UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549



 

FORM 10-K



 

 
(Mark One)
x   ACTUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2015

OR

 
o   TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from            to           

Commission File Number: 001-32384



 

MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)



 

 
Delaware   43-2052503
(Jurisdiction of Incorporation
or Organization)
  (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

125 West 55 th Street
New York, New York 10019

(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code: (212) 231-1000



 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 
Title of Each Class:   Name of Exchange on Which Registered:
Common stock, par value $0.001 per share   New York Stock Exchange

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None



 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.Yes o No x

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrants’ knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

     
Large Accelerated Filer x   Accelerated Filer o   Non-Accelerated Filer o   Smaller Reporting Company o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).Yes o No x

The aggregate market value of the outstanding shares of stock held by non-affiliates of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation at June 30, 2015 was $6,127,906,408 based on the closing price on the New York Stock Exchange on that date. This calculation does not reflect a determination that persons are affiliates for any other purposes.

There were 80,084,457 shares of common stock, with $0.001 par value, outstanding at February 19, 2016.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

The definitive proxy statement relating to Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders for fiscal year ended December 31, 2015, to be held May 18, 2016 is incorporated by reference in Part III to the extent described therein.

 

 


 
 

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MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION
 
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PART I
 

Item 1.

Business

    3  

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

    22  

Item 1B.

Unresolved Staff Comments

    49  

Item 2.

Properties

    49  

Item 3.

Legal Proceedings

    50  

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

    50  
PART II
 

Item 5.

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

    51  

Item 6.

Selected Financial Data

    53  

Item 7.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

    56  

Item 7A.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

    95  

Item 8.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

    97  

Item 9.

Changes in and Disagreements With Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

    158  

Item 9A.

Controls and Procedures

    158  

Item 9B.

Other Information

    160  
PART III
 

Item 10.

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

    160  

Item 11.

Executive Compensation

    160  

Item 12.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

    161  

Item 13.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence

    161  

Item 14.

Principal Accountant Fees and Services

    161  
PART IV
 

Item 15.

Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules

    162  

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

We have included or incorporated by reference into this report, and from time to time may make in our public filings, press releases or other public statements, certain statements that may constitute forward-looking statements. These include without limitation those under “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A, “Legal Proceedings” in Part I, Item 3, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7, and “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk” in Part II, Item 7A. In addition, our management may make forward-looking statements to analysts, investors, representatives of the media and others. These forward-looking statements are not historical facts and represent only our beliefs regarding future events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and beyond our control. We may, in some cases, use words such as “project”, “believe”, “anticipate”, “plan”, “expect”, “estimate”, “intend”, “should”, “would”, “could”, “potentially”, “may” or other words that convey uncertainty of future events or outcomes to identify these forward-looking statements.

In connection with the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, we are identifying important factors that, individually or in the aggregate, could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements made by us. Any such forward-looking statements are qualified by reference to the following cautionary statements.

Forward-looking statements in this report are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, some of which are beyond our control, including, among other things:

changes in general economic, business or demographic conditions or trends in the United States or changes in the political environment, including changes in GDP, interest rates and inflation;
the ability to service, comply with the terms of and refinance at maturity our indebtedness, including due to dislocation in debt markets;
disruptions or other extraordinary or force majeure events and the ability to insure against losses resulting from such events or disruptions;
the regulatory environment, including U.S. energy policy, and the ability to estimate compliance costs, comply with any changes thereto, rates implemented by regulators, and the relationships and rights under and contracts with governmental agencies and authorities;
any event or occurrence that may limit our ability to pay or increase our dividend;
the ability to conclude a sufficient number of attractive growth projects, deploy growth capital in amounts consistent with our objectives in the prosecution of those and achieve targeted risk adjusted returns on any growth project;
sudden or extreme volatility in commodity prices;
changes in demand for chemical, petroleum and vegetable and animal oil products, the relative availability of tank storage capacity and the extent to which such products are imported or exported;
changes in patterns of commercial or general aviation (GA) air travel, including variations in customer demand;
technological innovations leading to changes in energy production, distribution and consumption patterns;
fluctuations in fuel costs, or the costs of supplies upon which our gas processing and distribution business is dependent, and the ability to recover increases in these costs from customers;
the ability to make alternate arrangements to account for any disruptions or shutdowns that may affect suppliers’ facilities or the operation of the barges upon which our gas processing and distribution business is dependent;
the ability to make, finance and integrate acquisitions or growth projects and the quality of financial information and systems of acquired entities;
the ability to implement operating and internal growth strategies;

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environmental risks, including the impact of climate change and weather conditions;
the impact of weather events including potentially hurricanes, tornadoes and/or seasonal extremes;
changes in electricity or other energy costs, including natural gas pricing;
unplanned outages and/or failures of technical and mechanical systems;
payment of performance fees to the Manager, if any, that could reduce distributable cash if paid in cash or could dilute existing shareholders if satisfied with the issuance of shares;
changes in the current treatment of qualified dividend income and long-term capital gains under current U.S. federal income tax law and the qualification of income and gains for such treatment;
work interruptions or other labor stoppages;
the inability of principal off-takers in the contracted power businesses to take and/or pay for the energy supplied;
the Manager’s affiliation with the Macquarie Group or equity market sentiment, which may affect the market price of our shares;
the limited ability to remove the Manager for underperformance and the Manager’s right to resign;
unanticipated or unusual behavior of municipalities and states brought about by financial distress; and
the extent to which federal spending cuts reduce the U.S. military presence in Hawaii or flight activity at airports at which Atlantic Aviation operates.

Our actual results, performance, prospects or opportunities could differ materially from those expressed in or implied by the forward-looking statements. A description of risks that could cause our actual results to differ appears under the caption “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A and elsewhere in this report. It is not possible to predict or identify all risk factors and you should not consider that description to be a complete discussion of all potential risks or uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ.

In light of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, you should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. The forward-looking events discussed in this report may not occur. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this report. We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. You should, however, consult further disclosures we may make in future filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation is not an authorized deposit-taking institution for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959 (Commonwealth of Australia) and its obligations do not represent deposits or other liabilities of Macquarie Bank Limited ABN 46 008 583 542 (MBL). MBL does not guarantee or otherwise provide assurance in respect of the obligations of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation.

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PART I

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation is the successor to Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC (MIC LLC) pursuant to the conversion (the Conversion) of MIC LLC from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation on May 21, 2015. MIC LLC was formed on April 13, 2004. Except as otherwise specified, all references in this Form 10-K to “MIC”, “we”, “us” and “our” refer (i) from and after the time of the Conversion, to Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and its subsidiaries and (ii) prior to the Conversion, to the predecessor MIC LLC and its subsidiaries. Except as otherwise specified, all references in this Form 10-K to “common stock” or “shares” refer (i) from and after the time of the Conversion, to common stock and (ii) prior to the Conversion, LLC interests. Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) Inc., which we refer to as our Manager, is part of the Macquarie Group, comprised of Macquarie Group Limited and its subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide.

MIC Level Strategy

Our corporate strategy is to own a diversified portfolio of businesses and grow shareholder dividends. We intend to achieve this by:

providing the optimal service while maintaining the highest safety, environmental and governance standards;
increasing the top-line through effective optimization of price, volume and margin;
effectively managing expenses within the businesses;
realizing the growth and cost synergies across our businesses;
prudently deploying capital to:
grow our existing businesses; and
develop and acquire additional businesses; and
optimizing capital structure and tax planning.

General

We own, operate and invest in a diversified group of businesses that provide services to other businesses, government agencies and individuals primarily in the U.S. The businesses we own and operate include:

International-Matex Tank Terminals (IMTT) :  a bulk liquid terminals business which provides bulk liquid storage, handling and other services to third parties at ten marine terminals in the United States and two in Canada;
Atlantic Aviation :  a provider of fuel, terminal, aircraft hangaring and other services primarily to owners and operators of general aviation (GA) aircraft on 69 airports in the U.S.;
Contracted Power and Energy (CP&E) Segment :  controlling interests in gas-fired, wind and solar power facilities in the U.S.; and
Hawaii Gas :  a gas energy company processing and distributing gas and providing related services in Hawaii.

We buy, develop and invest in the growth of our businesses based on an assumption that we will own them indefinitely. It is neither our intent nor our expectation that we will divest of a business at a particular point in our ownership or as a result of having achieved certain targets, financial or otherwise. This view of ownership as a long-term relationship does not preclude sales of assets when we believe that we have either maximized the amount of value in the asset relative to our capability, or the asset is more highly valued by another owner. Since listing in December 2004, we have divested a total of approximately $360.0 million in assets including partial interests in several non-U.S. businesses, two businesses in the U.S. and several of the facilities owned and operated by our Atlantic Aviation business. In general, we have redeployed the proceeds

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of these asset sales in the development of our remaining businesses either through investment in growth projects or acquisitions of small, “bolt-on” operations consistent with our view of MIC as a long-term owner.

Deployment of growth capital has been and is expected to continue to be an important part of our strategy and the creation of shareholder value. Our sources of growth capital include the capital generated by our businesses but not distributed as a cash dividend, capital generated through the issuance of additional debt and/or equity securities, or, as noted above, the proceeds of sales of certain assets.

Since 2006, we have owned and operated businesses in the four lines in which we operate today, having acquired a 50% interest in IMTT in May 2006 and Hawaii Gas in June of that year. Since then, and excluding the investment in the second half of IMTT and our initial investment in Bayonne Energy Center (BEC), we have deployed over $2.4 billion in the expansion or improvement of, or bolt-on acquisitions on behalf of our businesses. Over time, we would expect to deploy growth capital of around $250.0 million per year in a combination of projects potentially spanning all of our businesses and bolt-on type acquisitions of smaller operations on behalf of those businesses where we have or may pursue a “roll-up” type strategy.

Importantly, we are not obligated to invest in the growth of any one business or segment. If the opportunities in any of our businesses or segments are insufficient or the returns are inadequate relative to our financial targets, we will seek to drive shareholder value through other means. In the extreme that could mean that in some years we invest very little in growth and focus instead on operational improvement — driving top line increases and/or managing expenses (or the rate of growth in expenses) down. Further, although we find value in diversification and the uncorrelated nature of the businesses in our current portfolio, ideally we would prefer to have a portfolio of five or six lines of business as we had following our initial public offering (IPO). However, we do not intend to pursue diversification for the sake of diversification if the opportunities are insufficient in number or the expected returns are inadequate relative to our financial hurdles.

Businesses

Our businesses, in general, are defined by a combination of the following characteristics:

ownership of long-lived, high-value physical assets that are difficult to replicate or substitute around;
opportunity to deploy growth capital within those businesses;
broadly consistent demand for their services;
scalability, such that relatively small amounts of growth can generate disproportionate increases in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA);
the provision of basic, often essential services;
generally predictable maintenance capital expenditure requirements; and
generally favorable competitive positions, largely due to high barriers to entry, including:
high initial development and construction costs;
difficulty in obtaining suitable land on which to operate;
long-term concessions, leases or customer contracts; and
lack of immediate cost-effective alternatives for the services provided.

The different businesses that comprise our Company exhibit these above characteristics to different degrees at different times. For instance, GDP correlated businesses like Atlantic Aviation may exhibit more volatility during periods of economic downturn than businesses with substantially contracted revenue streams. While not every business that we own will meet all of the general criteria described above, we seek to own a diversified portfolio of businesses that possesses a balance of the characteristics described above.

In addition to the benefits associated with these characteristics, the revenues generated by most of our businesses generally can be expected to keep pace with historically normal rates of inflation. The price escalators built into many customer contracts, and the inflation and cost pass-through adjustments typically a part of pricing terms or provided for by the regulatory process to regulated businesses serve to insulate our

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businesses to a significant degree from the negative effects of inflation and commodity price risk. We sometimes employ hedging contracts in connection with our businesses’ floating rate debt and limited commodity price exposure.

Our existing businesses can be categorized as follows:

those with the majority of their revenues derived from contracts, such as:
at IMTT and the unregulated business at Hawaii Gas (1 – 5 years); and
in our CP&E segment (13 – 25 years);
those with regulated revenue such as the utility operations of Hawaii Gas; and
those with long-dated concessions, such as Atlantic Aviation, where revenue is derived on a per-use basis.

Our Manager

MIC is managed externally by Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) Inc. (MIMUSA or Manager). MIMUSA is a member of the Macquarie Group, a diversified international provider of financial, advisory and investment services. The Macquarie Group is headquartered in Sydney, Australia and is a global leader in management of infrastructure investment vehicles on behalf of third-party investors and advising on the acquisition, disposition and financing of infrastructure assets.

We have entered into a Management Services Agreement with MIMUSA. MIMUSA is responsible for our day-to-day operations and affairs and oversees the management teams of our operating businesses. MIMUSA has assigned, or seconded, to the Company two of its employees to serve as chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Company and seconds or makes other personnel available as required. The services performed for the Company by the Manager are provided at our Manager’s expense, and include the compensation of our seconded personnel.

We pay MIMUSA a monthly base management fee based primarily on our market capitalization. Our Manager can also earn a performance fee if the quarterly total return to shareholders (capital appreciation plus dividends) is positive and exceeds the quarterly total return of a U.S. utilities index, both in the quarter and cumulatively. If payable, the performance fee is equal to 20% of the difference between the benchmark return and the return for our shareholders. The default method of settling both base management and performance fees is through the reinvestment of the fees in shares. The Manager’s election to invest its fees in shares can only change during a 20 trading day window following the Company’s earnings release. Any change would apply to fees paid thereafter.

Our Businesses

Use of Non-GAAP measures

As a result of our acquisition in July 2014 of the 50% of IMTT (IMTT Acquisition) that we did not previously own, we generally discuss the performance of our businesses on a consolidated basis on both an historical and prospective basis. However, where appropriate, we will continue to provide proportionately combined metrics where we believe such analysis will provide additional insight into the operations and performance of our businesses. Given the nature of the businesses we own and our varied ownership levels in these businesses, we believe that exclusive use of GAAP measures such as net income and cash from operating activities do not fully reflect all of the items that we consider in assessing the amount of cash generated by our businesses.

We note that proportionately combined metrics used by us may be calculated in a different manner by other companies and that this may limit their usefulness as a comparative measure. Therefore, our proportionately combined metrics should be used as a supplement to, and not in lieu of, our financial results reported under U.S. GAAP.

Our proportionately combined financial measures are those attributable to our ownership interest in each of our operating businesses and MIC Corporate. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Results of Operations — Summary of Our Proportionately Combined Results ” in Part II, Item 7, for our proportionately combined share of gross profit, EBITDA excluding non-cash items and Free Cash Flow for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014. The gross profit, EBITDA excluding non-cash items and Free Cash Flow are derived from the “Results of Operations” of our businesses described below.

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See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Results of Operations ” in Part II, Item 7, for further information for each of our businesses and Corporate and Other segment to see a reconciliation of EBITDA excluding non-cash to net income (loss), its closest comparable GAAP measure, and to see reconciliation of Free Cash Flow to cash provided by (used in) operating activities, its closest comparable GAAP measure.

IMTT

Business and Industry Overview

Bulk liquid terminals provide an important link in the supply chain for a broad range of liquids such as refined petroleum products, commodity and specialty chemicals or crude oil (not a material product for IMTT). In addition to renting storage tanks, dock access and intra-modal transportation access, bulk liquid terminals generate revenue by offering ancillary services including product transfer (throughput), heating, blending and packaging. Pricing for storage and other services typically reflects local supply and demand as well as the specific attributes of each terminal including access to deepwater berths and connections to land-based infrastructure such as roads, pipelines and rail.

Both domestic and international factors influence demand for bulk liquid terminals in the United States. Demand for storage rises and falls according to local and regional consumption. In addition, import and export activity accounts for a material portion of the business. Shippers require storage for the staging, aggregation and/or distribution of products before and after shipment. The extent of import/export activity depends on macroeconomic trends such as currency fluctuations as well as industry-specific conditions, such as supply and demand imbalances in different geographic regions. Demand for storage is also driven by fluctuations in the current and perceived future price and demand for the product being stored and the resulting temporal price arbitrage.

Potential entrants into the bulk liquid terminals business face several barriers. Strict environmental regulations, availability of waterfront land, local community resistance and initial investment costs may limit the construction of new bulk liquid terminal facilities. These barriers are typically higher around waterways near major urban centers. As a consequence, new tanks are generally built where existing docks, pipelines and other infrastructure can support them, resulting in higher returns on invested capital compared with development of new facilities. However, restrictions on land use, difficulties in securing environmental permits, and the potential for operational bottlenecks due to constraints on related infrastructure may limit the ability of existing terminals to expand the storage capacity of their facilities.

IMTT is one of the larger independent providers of bulk liquid terminal services in the U.S., based on capacity. IMTT stores or handles primarily refined petroleum products, various commodity and specialty chemicals, renewable fuels and vegetable and animal oils (collectively liquid commodities). The business operates a network of 12 terminals including ten in the U.S. and two in Canada (partially owned) with principal operations in the New York Harbor (NYH) market and on the Lower Mississippi River.

IMTT also owns OMI Environmental Solutions (OMI) (formerly Oil Mop), an environmental emergency response, industrial services, waste transportation and disposal business. While typically less than 2% of IMTT’s EBITDA, the financial performance of OMI is inherently volatile and based on the number and severity of environmental clean-up activities in any given year. In addition, given the OMI operating model, OMI may add variability to IMTT’s performance metrics in any period.

We acquired a 50% interest in IMTT from the firm’s founding family in May 2006 and operated the business on a joint basis through July 15, 2014. On July 16, 2014, we completed the acquisition of the remaining 50% interest that we did not previously own. Over the period of our ownership through 2015, excluding the acquisition of the business, we (and our co-owners in the period prior to July 16, 2014) deployed over $900.0 million in the growth and development of additional storage capacity and related infrastructure (pipes, pumps, docks, etc.) and an acquisition of a facility in Illinois. Subject to the features of our corporate strategy discussed above, we expect to be able to continue to deploy capital in the growth and expansion of IMTT’s storage capacity and capabilities provided that the risk-adjusted returns on such investments are adequate.

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IMTT — (continued)

The table below summarizes the breakdown of revenue generated by IMTT for the year ended December 31, 2015:

       
        Refined Products   Chemical   Renewable/Vegetable
& Animal Oil
  Crude Oil
& Asphalt
  Other
55%     23 %       6 %       3 %       13 % (1)  

(1) Includes 8% of revenues from spill response activity.

Summary financial information for 100% of IMTT is as follows ($ in millions):

     
  As of, and for the
Year Ended, December 31,
     2015   2014   2013
Revenue (1)   $ 550.0     $ 567.5     $ 513.9  
Gross profit (1)     327.3       318.8       287.2  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items (1) (2)     302.1       285.2       268.5  
Total assets (3)     4,022.6       4,057.9       1,378.9  

(1) Subsequent to the IMTT Acquisition on July 16, 2014, IMTT contributed $255.9 million, $147.3 million and $127.8 million to our consolidated revenues, gross profit and EBITDA excluding non-cash items, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2014.
(2) See “Business —  Our Businesses ” in Part I, Item 1 and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Results of Operations ” in Part II, Item 7, for further information and a reconciliation of net income (loss) to EBITDA excluding non-cash items.
(3) Increase in total assets at December 31, 2014 represents the fair value of assets acquired in conjunction with the IMTT Acquisition.

Although IMTT’s core business of storing and handling refined petroleum products continued to perform well in 2015, the sizeable and largely unforeseen volatility in petroleum product prices recently has impacted IMTT and the bulk liquid terminals industry in several ways. First, uncertainty among industry participants generally has led to a reduction in the average duration of storage and related services contracts. While the shortening of contracts results in a modest increase in re-contracting risk, the essential services nature of the business and continued strong demand for the products stored serves to offset this risk.

Second, specific ancillary services have been adversely affected by the decline in the price of crude oil in particular. At IMTT this has resulted in a reduction in the demand for rail services in support of crude oil that primarily originates in Canada. However, such services represent less than 3% of the business’ total revenue.

Strategy

IMTT’s strategy has five primary components:

1. to continuously drive improvements in safety;
2. to grow revenue and cash flows by attracting and retaining customers who place a premium on flexibility, speed and efficiency in bulk liquid terminals;
3. to deploy growth capital in the development of existing locations by constructing new terminal assets (for example tanks, docks, rail offloading capacity, pipelines or other logistics infrastructure) and other non-terminal assets that support MIC’s other lines of business when such construction is supported by customer demand and the returns are attractive;
4. to improve business processes and systems with particular focus on cost and risk reduction, control of maintenance capital expenditure and revenue optimization; and
5. to optimize the scale and performance of the business through acquisitions, developments, divestitures and partnerships.

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IMTT — (continued)

Locations

As of December 31, 2015, IMTT comprised the following facilities and storage capacity, not including tanks used in packaging, recovery tanks, and/or other storage capacity not typically available for rent.

     
Facility   Land   Aggregate Capacity
of Storage Tanks
in Service
(Millions of Barrels)
  Percent of
Ownership
Facilities in the United States:
                          
Louisiana Terminals (4)     Owned       20.5       100.0 %  
Bayonne Terminal     Owned       15.8       100.0 %  
Other Terminals (5)     Owned       3.8       100.0 %  
Facilities in Canada:
                          
Quebec City, Quebec (1)     Leased       2.0       66.7 %  
Placentia Bay, Newfoundland     Leased       3.0       20.1 %  
Total           45.1        

(1) IMTT owns 66.7% of its Quebec marine terminal in Canada. The remainder is owned by one other party. IMTT consolidates the results of the Quebec terminal in its financial statements and adjusts the portion that it does not own through noncontrolling interest. The financial information in this Form 10-K, except where specified, shows 100% of IMTT, including the 33.3% portion of the Quebec terminal that it does not own, which is not significant. Both MIC’s and IMTT’s EBITDA excluding non-cash items and Free Cash Flow reflects 100% of the results of the Quebec terminal.

All facilities have marine access, road access and, except for Richmond, Virginia and Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, all sites have rail access.

Louisiana Terminals (48% of gross profit)

On the Lower Mississippi River, IMTT currently operates four terminals (St. Rose, Gretna, Avondale and Geismar). With combined storage capacity of 20.5 million barrels, the four sites give IMTT substantial market share in the storage of black oil, bulk liquid chemicals and vegetable oils on the Lower Mississippi River.

The Louisiana facilities also give IMTT a substantial presence in a key domestic transport hub. The Lower Mississippi River serves as a major transshipment point between the central United States and the rest of the world for agricultural products (such as vegetable oils) and commodity chemicals (such as methanol). The region also has substantial traffic related to the petroleum industry. Gulf Coast refiners and traders send products to other regions of the U.S. and overseas and use IMTT’s Louisiana facilities to perform some of these functions. These facilities enjoy relatively unencumbered marine and road access when compared to other, more congested waterways such as the Houston Ship Channel.

Bayonne Terminal (42% of gross profit)

Located on the Kill Van Kull between New Jersey and Staten Island, the 15.8 million barrel capacity terminal occupies an advantageous position in NYH. As the largest independent bulk liquid terminal in NYH, IMTT-Bayonne has substantial market share for third-party storage of refined petroleum products and chemicals.

NYH serves as the main petroleum trading hub in the northeast United States and a physical settlement site for the gasoline and ULSD (ultra low sulfur diesel) futures contracts traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange. In addition to waterborne shipments, products reach NYH through petroleum product pipelines from the U.S. Gulf region and elsewhere. NYH also serves as the starting point for refined product pipelines linked to inland markets and as a key port for refined petroleum product exports and imports. IMTT-Bayonne has connections to the Colonial, Buckeye and Harbor refined petroleum product pipelines as well as rail and road connections and substantial blending capabilities. As a result, IMTT-Bayonne provides its customers with logistical flexibility.

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IMTT — (continued)

IMTT-Bayonne has the capability to quickly load and unload the largest bulk liquid transport ships entering NYH. The U.S. Army Corp of Engineers has dredged the Kill Van Kull channel passing the IMTT-Bayonne docks to 50 feet (IMTT has dredged two of its docks to 47 feet). Most of IMTT’s competitors in NYH have facilities located on the southern portion of the Arthur Kill (water depth of approximately 35 feet) and force large ships to transfer a portion of their cargoes to barges (a process known as lightering) before docking. This technique increases the cost of loading and unloading.

IMTT facilities operate 24/7 providing shippers, refiners, manufacturers, traders and distributors with prompt access to a wide range of storage services. In each of its two key markets, IMTT’s scale ensures availability of sophisticated product handling and storage capabilities. IMTT continues to improve its facilities’ speed and flexibility of operations by investing in upgrades of its docks, pipelines and pumping infrastructure and facility management systems.

Competition

The competitive environment in which IMTT operates varies by terminal location. The principal competition for each of IMTT’s facilities comes from other bulk liquid terminals facilities located in the same regional market. Secondary competition for IMTT’s facilities comes from bulk liquid terminal facilities located in the same broad geographic region as IMTT’s terminals. For example, IMTT’s Louisiana facilities indirectly compete with bulk liquid terminal facilities located on the Houston Ship Channel.

Independent terminal operators generally compete on the basis of the location and versatility of facilities, service and price. The services typically provided by the terminal include, among other things, the safe storage of the product at specified temperature, moisture and other conditions, as well as receipt and delivery from the terminal, all of which must be in compliance with applicable environmental regulations. A favorably located terminal will have access to various cost-effective transportation modes, both to and from the terminal. Transportation modes typically include waterways, railroads, roadways and pipelines. A terminal operator’s ability to obtain attractive pricing is often dependent on the quality, versatility and reputation of the facilities owned by the operator.

We face significant competition from a variety of international, national and regional energy companies, including large, diversified midstream partnerships, global terminal operators and large multi-national energy companies. We believe that we are favorably positioned to compete in the industry due to the strategic location of our terminals in the Gulf Coast and NYH, our reputation, the prices we charge for our services and the connectivity, quality and versatility of our services. In particular, we believe that IMTT’s proximity to petroleum and chemical refineries in both of its key markets and to the very substantial end use market in the Northeast are sources of competitive advantage.

As noted above, we believe that significant barriers to entry exist in the storage business. These barriers include significant capital requirements and execution risk, a lengthy permitting and development cycle, financing challenges and the finite number of sites suitable for development.

Customers

IMTT provides bulk liquid terminal services primarily to vertically integrated petroleum product producers and refiners, chemical manufacturers, food processors and traders of bulk liquid petroleum, chemical and agricultural products. IMTT does not depend on a single customer, the loss of which would have a material adverse effect on IMTT.

Customer Contracts/Agreements

IMTT’s customers are primarily major oil companies, major chemical companies or traders of these commodities. Approximately 50% of IMTT’s 2015 revenue was generated by its top ten customers of which eight were companies rated as investment grade and the other two were not rated. Customers typically sign contracts which, among other things, provide for a fixed periodic payment (usually monthly) for access to and use of IMTT’s facilities. This payment may be expressed in terms of cents per barrel of storage capacity, a dollar amount per unit of infrastructure, or a dollar amount per month. These amounts are payable whether they use the facilities or not.

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IMTT is responsible for ensuring appropriate care of products stored at its facilities and believes it maintains adequate insurance with respect to its exposure. IMTT does not have material exposure to commodity price fluctuations because IMTT typically does not purchase or market the products that it handles. IMTT’s customers are required to retain title to products stored and have responsibility for securing insurance or self-insuring against loss.

OMI’s customers typically pay a pre-agreed rate for services provided, as and when those services are rendered. The demand for OMI’s services is dependent on a number of difficult-to-forecast events, such as oil spills. Customers of OMI are sometimes customers of IMTT terminals and IMTT is itself a customer of OMI. All transactions between IMTT and OMI are eliminated upon consolidation.

Regulation

The rates that IMTT charges for its services are not subject to regulation. However, a number of regulatory bodies oversee IMTT’s operations. IMTT must comply with numerous federal, state and local environmental, occupational health and safety, security, tax and planning statutes and regulations. These regulations require IMTT to obtain and maintain permits to operate its facilities and impose standards that govern the way IMTT operates its business. If IMTT does not comply with the relevant regulations, it could lose its operating permits and/or incur fines and increased liability. As a result, IMTT has developed environmental and health and safety compliance functions overseen by terminal managers at the terminal level, as well as by IMTT’s Environmental, Health and Safety department, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer. While changes in environmental, health and safety regulations pose a risk to IMTT’s operations, such changes are generally phased in over time to manage the impact on the industry.

The Bayonne terminal has significant environmental remediation requirements that were partially assumed at the time of purchase from the various former owners. One former owner retained environmental remediation responsibilities for a purchased site as well as responsibility for sharing other remediation costs. Remediation efforts entail removal of the free product, groundwater control and treatment, soil treatment, repair/replacement of sewer systems, and the implementation of containment and monitoring systems. These remediation activities are expected to continue for an additional ten to twenty years. See “Legal Proceedings” in Part I, Item 3, for further discussions.

The Lemont terminal has entered into a consent order with the State of Illinois to remediate contamination at the site that pre-dated IMTT’s ownership. This remediation effort, including the implementation of extraction and monitoring wells and soil treatment, is estimated to continue for an additional ten to twenty years.

Employees and Management

As of December 31, 2015, IMTT (excluding the Newfoundland terminal) had a total of 1,097 employees, of which 233 employees were unionized. We believe employee relations at IMTT are good.

The day-to-day operations of IMTT are managed by individual terminal managers who are responsible for most aspects of the operations at their terminals. IMTT’s operations are overseen by senior personnel with significant experience in the bulk liquid storage industry. Management of the business is headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Atlantic Aviation

Business and Industry Overview

Fixed base operations (FBOs) primarily service the GA corporate and leisure flying segment of the air transportation industry. Local airport authorities, the owners of the airport properties, grant FBO operators the right to provide fueling and other services pursuant to long-term ground leases. Fueling services provide the majority of an FBO’s revenue and gross profit.

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FBOs often operate in environments with high barriers to entry. Airports tend to have limited physical space for additional FBOs. Airport authorities generally do not have an incentive to add additional FBOs unless there is a significant demand for additional services. Government approvals and design and construction of a new FBO can also take significant time and require significant capital expenditures. Furthermore, airports typically impose minimum standards with respect to the experience, capital investment and breadth of services provided by the FBO.

The ownership of FBOs in the U.S. is fragmented with the majority of facilities individually owned and operated rather than part of networks or chains. Consolidation has been and is expected to continue to be an important feature of the industry with larger networks that are able to achieve economies of scale in fuel and insurance purchasing, marketing and back office operations absorbing the locations of the individual owner/operator. We believe that this is a trend that will continue over the medium term.

Demand for FBO services is driven by the level of GA flight activity which we define as the number of take-offs and landings in a given period. GA business jet take-offs and landings increased by 1.2% in 2015 compared with 2014 according to flight data reported by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). GA business jet take-off and landings at airports where Atlantic Aviation operates increased by 1.6% for the same period along with increases in the average size of aircraft in service. We believe GA flight activity will continue to expand along with increased economic activity in the U.S. and that our business will continue to enjoy better than industry average flight activity as a result of its presence in some of the more popular business and recreational destinations in the U.S.

Increases in flight activity will not be uniform across the United States. For example, flight activity in 2015 at Houston, Oklahoma City and Tulsa declined 6% compared with 2014, primarily as a result of a decline in activity from customers associated with the energy industry. Accordingly, Atlantic Aviation seeks to ensure that it has geographically diverse locations with a variety of underlying economic drivers. Notwithstanding the diversity of our locations, flight activity will fluctuate with the state of the broader economy, the health of the financial markets and what has been described as the “wealth effect” or people’s perception of their financial well being.

Atlantic Aviation has been a part of the MIC portfolio since our IPO. In December 2004, the business owned and operated a total of 16 FBOs. Through a roll-up of FBOs since then, we have acquired a total of 68 additional facilities. Consistent with our strategy of seeking to optimize the portfolio by exiting markets we believe have limited growth potential in favor of entering those with better prospects, we have divested of a total of 15 sites. Today Atlantic Aviation operates FBOs on 69 airports in the United States. Including the acquisition of additional FBOs, we have deployed over $1.6 billion in Atlantic Aviation in the development of projects including the construction of terminals and aircraft hangars, fuel tank farms, aircraft parking (ramps) and a range of smaller projects through 2015.

Summary financial information for Atlantic Aviation is as follows ($ in millions):

     
  As of, and for the
Year Ended, December 31,
     2015   2014   2013
Revenue   $ 738.5     $ 779.3     $ 725.5  
Gross profit     410.2       362.6       323.2  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items (1)     203.6       167.9       144.8  
Total assets     1,527.6       1,537.4       1,369.5  

(1) See “Business —  Our Businesses ” in Part I, Item 1 and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Results of Operations ” in Part II, Item 7, for further information and a reconciliation of net income (loss) to EBITDA excluding non-cash items.

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Strategy

Atlantic Aviation’s strategy has five primary components:

1. to make Atlantic Aviation the preferred FBO provider at all of the airports at which it operates by providing the best service and safety in the industry;
2. to manage the business to optimize its operating expenses;
3. to grow the business by leveraging the size of the Atlantic Aviation network and its information technology capabilities to identify marketing and cross-selling opportunities;
4. to prudently deploy capital in equipment and leasehold improvements; and
5. to optimize the portfolio of FBOs through acquisitions, divestitures and lease extensions.

Operations

The business has high-quality facilities and focuses on attracting customers who desire a high level of personalized service. Fueling and fuel-related services generated 65% of its gross profit in 2015. Other services, including de-icing, aircraft parking, hangar rental and catering, provided the balance. Fuel is stored in fuel tank farms and each FBO operates refueling vehicles owned or leased by the FBO to move fuel from the tank farms to the aircraft being serviced. The FBO either owns or has access to the fuel storage tanks to support its fueling activities. At some of Atlantic Aviation’s locations, services are also provided to commercial airlines and the military. Services provided to the airlines may include refueling from the airline’s own fuel supplies, de-icing and/or ground and ramp handling services.

Atlantic Aviation buys fuel at a wholesale price and sells fuel to customers either at a contracted price, or at a price negotiated at the point of purchase. While wholesale fuel costs can be volatile, Atlantic Aviation generally passes fuel cost changes through to customers and attempts to maintain and, when possible, increase its dollar-based margin per gallon. Atlantic Aviation also fuels aircraft with fuel owned by third parties and charges customers a fee for this service. The business has minimal exposure to commodity price risk as it generally carries a limited inventory of jet fuel on its books.

Atlantic Aviation is focused on managing costs effectively and continuously evaluates opportunities to reduce expenses. Such opportunities may include business reengineering, more efficient purchasing, partnering with service providers and/or capturing synergies in acquisitions.

Locations

Atlantic Aviation’s FBOs operate pursuant to long-term leases from airport authorities or local government agencies. Atlantic Aviation works with airport authorities to maximize lease lengths through capital improvements or other items to enhance the airport.

Atlantic Aviation’s EBITDA-weighted average remaining lease length (including extension options) was 19.6 years at December 31, 2015 and 18.8 years at December 31, 2014, notwithstanding the passage of one year. The leases at eight of Atlantic Aviation’s FBOs, collectively accounting for 10.6% of Atlantic Aviation’s gross profit, will expire within the next five years. No individual FBO generates more than 10% of the gross profit of the business at December 31, 2015. Atlantic Aviation does not depend on a single customer, the loss of which would have a material adverse effect on the business.

The airport authorities have certain termination rights in each of Atlantic Aviation’s leases. Standard terms allow for termination if Atlantic Aviation defaults on the terms and conditions of the lease, abandons the property or becomes insolvent or bankrupt. Most of the leases allow for termination if liens are filed against the property. Fewer than twenty leases may be terminated for convenience or other similar reasons. In these cases, generally, there are compensation agreements based on amortization schedules or obligations of the authority to make best efforts to relocate the FBO.

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continued operations at these locations in which case it may elect to sell the site or not renew the lease upon maturity. Since IPO, Atlantic Aviation exited 15 locations.

Marketing

Atlantic Aviation has a number of marketing programs, each utilizing an internally-developed point-of-sale system that tracks GA flight movements. One program supports flight tracking and provides customer relationship management data that facilitates up-selling of fuel and optimization of revenue per customer.

Atlantic Aviation also maintains a loyalty program for pilots known as “Atlantic Awards” that provides an incentive to purchase fuel from Atlantic Aviation. These awards are recorded as a reduction in revenue in Atlantic Aviation’s consolidated financial statements.

Competition

Atlantic Aviation directly competes with other FBO operators at more than half of its locations. The FBOs compete on the basis of location of the facility relative to runways and street access, service, safety, value-added features, reliability and price. Each FBO also faces competitive pressure from the fact that aircraft may take on sufficient fuel at one location and not need to refuel at a specific destination. FBO operators also face indirect competition from facilities located at nearby airports.

Atlantic Aviation’s main competitors are Signature Flight Support, Landmark Aviation, Jet Aviation, Million Air, Sheltair Aviation and TAC Air. Other than Signature and Jet Aviation, these competitors are privately owned. To our knowledge, other than the competitors listed, no other competitor operated more than 10 FBOs in the United States at December 31, 2015. In February 2016, Signature Flight Support completed the acquisition of Landmark Aviation. Atlantic Aviation now competes directly with Signature Flight Support at 21 airports.

Regulation

The aviation industry is overseen by a number of regulatory bodies, but its primary regulator is the FAA. The business is also regulated by the local airport authorities through lease contracts with those authorities. The business must comply with federal, state and local environmental statutes and regulations associated in part with the operation of underground fuel storage tanks. These requirements include, among other things, tank and pipe testing for tightness, soil sampling for evidence of leaking and remediation of detected leaks and spills.

Atlantic Aviation’s FBOs are subject to regular inspection by federal and local environmental agencies as well as local fire departments and other agencies. The business does not expect that compliance and related remediation work, if any, will have a material negative impact on earnings or the competitive position of Atlantic Aviation. The business has not received notice requiring it to cease operations at any location or of any abatement proceeding by any government agency as a result of failure to comply with applicable environmental laws and regulations.

Employees and Management

As of December 31, 2015, the business employed 1,894 people, of which 185 employees were subject to collective bargaining agreements. We believe relations with union and non-union employees at Atlantic Aviation are good.

The day-to-day operations of Atlantic Aviation are managed by individual site managers who are responsible for most aspects of the operations at their site. Atlantic Aviation’s operations are overseen by senior personnel with significant experience in the aviation industry.

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Contracted Power and Energy

Business and Industry Overview

The power industry represents a large and critical infrastructure market, both in terms of the number and value of facilities as well as their contribution to overall economic activity. In developed economies, aging infrastructure, new technologies, increased legislation regarding emissions and the use of renewable energy are driving capital spending.

The Energy Information Administration forecasts the demand for electricity in the U.S. to grow at a compound annual rate of approximately 0.8% over the next twenty years. At the same time, agencies including the Environmental Protection Agency are developing increasingly stringent emission and other standards for the power generating community. As aging and inefficient generating capacity is retired or replaced, opportunities for deployment of capital in the growth of our CP&E segment are expected to increase.

Transaction activity in the electricity generating sector of the industry has been driven by a combination of portfolio optimization and a significant number of renewable power projects being developed as a result of the adoption of Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS). RPS are state-level regulatory mandates that aim to create demand for electricity derived from renewable sources by obligating utilities and other load-serving entities to provide a specific portion of their electricity generation from qualifying renewable technologies by a specified date. Transactions involving both existing and greenfield assets have increased in number and value as CP&E projects offer an attractive risk-adjusted return, particularly in a low interest rate environment.

At our IPO, we invested in a district energy business in Chicago, Illinois. We owned 100% of the business from our IPO until December 2009 at which time we sold a 49.99% interest in the business to a third party. In August 2014, we divested our remaining 50.01% interest. The financial results for the district energy business were reported as a component of CP&E through the date it was divested. We expect to continue to seek attractive investment opportunities in a range of conventional and renewable energy production and distribution projects and to pursue expansion opportunities at existing facilities. New projects will generally be in operation or near construction completion with either fully or partially contracted off-take agreements.

Today, the businesses in our CP&E segment sell electricity to creditworthy off-takers, typically pursuant to multi-year contracts. These contracts include either long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) or tolling arrangements whereby a counterparty has contracted with a business to deliver a specified suite of energy and related services. Contracts are generally with a specific off-taker, a power remarketer or a financial counterparty that provides a hedge against volatility in revenue. MIC’s current portfolio of electricity generating facilities utilize wind turbine, solar photovoltaic and gas-fired technologies.

At December 31, 2015, CP&E consisted of controlling interests in six solar power facilities, two wind power facilities and a 100% interest in a gas-fired power facility. We made our first investment in solar photovoltaic power generation in late 2012. Our portfolio of solar power facilities includes two located in Arizona, two located in California and one each in Texas and Hawaii. The Hawaii facility is currently under construction with an expected commercial operations in mid-2016. The solar facilities have an aggregate generating capacity of 64 megawatts (MW). Our wind power facilities are located in Idaho and New Mexico and have a combined generating capacity of 203 MW. The gas-fired power facility, BEC, has a generating capacity of 512 MW and is located in Bayonne, New Jersey, adjacent to IMTT’s Bayonne terminal.

The solar and wind projects sell electricity under PPAs with initial terms of 20 – 25 years. The PPAs generate a fixed amount of revenue for each unit of electricity sold and certain of the PPAs have fixed or CPI-linked escalators. Seven of the facilities are owned through tax-equity partnership structures in which we have controlling interests whereby we receive cash distributions disproportionate to our investment during the first several years of the projects’ operations and taxable income or loss disproportionate to our interest thereafter. Our interest in the wind project located in Idaho is an approximately 75% ordinary economic interest.

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The renewable energy facilities utilize arrays of photovoltaic solar panels and wind turbine generators (often on sites spanning thousands of acres) to convert energy from sunlight and wind into electricity. The electricity is aggregated and fed directly into regional power grids. These technologies tend to produce a predictable amount of electricity within the bounds of seasonal variability in insolation and wind. The business also generates Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) based on the amount of electricity provided to off-takers. These RECs are either bundled with the electricity under the terms of the PPAs or sold separately to third-parties.

In April 2015, we completed the acquisition of BEC, a 512 MW gas-fired simple cycle power facility in Bayonne, New Jersey, adjacent to IMTT. The BEC facility comprises eight natural gas turbine power generating sets (installed in 2012). Power produced by BEC is transmitted via a dedicated cable beneath NYH to a substation in Brooklyn, New York, from which it is distributed throughout the New York City power market. The majority of the facility’s output is contracted with a creditworthy power wholesaler that has entered into tolling agreements with BEC for 62.5% of the facility’s capacity that results in the generation of revenue whether or not the facility is in use for power production. In addition to revenue related to the tolling agreement and capacity payments from the grid operator, BEC generates an energy margin when the facility is dispatched. In late 2015, we commenced the process of expanding the generating capacity of BEC by at least 130 MW and connecting the facility to a second gas pipeline that runs beneath IMTT’s property and we are evaluating the opportunity to develop and construct a separate gas-fired generating facility on another part of the IMTT property.

The financial results discussed in this Form 10-K reflect 100% of the full-year performance of the solar and wind power facilities within the CP&E segment, not the contribution based on our economic interest, and the performance of BEC from the date of our acquisition on April 1, 2015, unless specified otherwise. Summary financial information for the CP&E segment, including the results of the district energy business through the date it was divested, is as follows ($ in millions):

     
  As of, and for the
Year Ended, December 31,
     2015   2014   2013
Revenue   $ 123.8     $ 51.1     $ 57.8  
Gross profit     104.9       25.9       24.5  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items (1)     68.2       22.7       24.1  
Total assets     1,431.1       618.2       505.3  

(1) See “Business —  Our Businesses ” in Part I, Item 1 and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Results of Operations ” in Part II, Item 7, for further information and a reconciliation of net income (loss) to EBITDA excluding non-cash items.

Strategy

Our CP&E businesses are pursuing a strategy comprised of the following four components:

1. to deliver cost-competitive electricity in a safe and reliable manner;
2. to optimize our projects through expansions and PPA and tolling extensions and where prudent, to divest all or a portion of individual projects;
3. to leverage the growing scale of our portfolio to manage costs and increase efficiencies across the businesses; and
4. to deploy additional capital at attractive risk-adjusted returns by developing or acquiring energy projects across a range of technologies and geographies.

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Operations

Operation and maintenance (O&M) of the CP&E facilities is performed by qualified contracted personnel and by established third-party service providers under long-term contracts for a fixed annual cost. Accordingly, a significant portion of the operating costs of these facilities is highly predictable. The business regularly evaluates which O&M services are best provided by contractors, employees or third-parties.

Customers

The primary customers of the contracted power business are creditworthy counterparties. Customers have entered into PPAs or tolling agreements with terms ranging from 13 to 25 years.

Seasonality

Each CP&E facility has unique seasonality based on local market factors including weather and energy demand. The solar projects generate a disproportionate amount of their revenue in the summer months when insolation is highest, while wind energy revenues vary by season depending on the location of the specific project. Other CP&E projects may also exhibit seasonality based on the respective market’s varying electricity demand. For example, BEC is a peaking power plant that is dispatched when energy demand increases above a base load, therefore BEC is dispatched more often in the summer and winter months.

Competition

The contracted portion of CP&E’s business is not subject to substantial direct competitive price pressure due to the long-term nature of the PPAs and tolling agreements. Our BEC facility may have incremental generating capacity which is available for sale in the spot power market. After the expiration of the PPAs or tolling agreements, our facilities could be subject to greater competition.

Employees and Management

As of December 31, 2015, we owned controlling interests in each of the eight solar and wind power facilities and a 100% interest in BEC. For the projects which are owned through a tax equity partnership structure, we serve as the managing member of each of the partnerships. At December 31, 2015, the CP&E businesses had four employees and four contractors that provide certain management oversight, while O&M is provided by third-parties.

Hawaii Gas

Business and Industry Overview

With no locally occurring hydrocarbons, Hawaii has historically relied on imported crude oil as its primary feedstock, predominantly for the production of fuels used in electricity generation and transportation. Founded in 1904, Hawaii Gas is Hawaii’s only government-franchised gas utility, processing and distributing gas throughout the state. We acquired Hawaii Gas in June 2006 and have since invested over $70.0 million in the business, including for the development of gas storage capacity and related capabilities of the business. The market includes Hawaii’s 1.4 million residents and 8.5 million visitors in 2015. Hawaii Gas services customers throughout Oahu, Hawaii, Maui, Kauai, Molokai and Lanai (the main islands).

In addition to Hawaii Gas, the Hawaii energy complex includes a number of regulated electricity producers, the largest of which is the Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO). In December 2014, Hawaiian Electric Industries (HEI), HECO’s parent company, announced an agreement to merge with NextEra Energy (NextEra), a Florida-based energy company with holdings that include the largest electric utility in Florida. In January 2015, HEI and NextEra filed an application with the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (HPUC) to approve the merger. In December 2015, HEI and NextEra agreed to extend their merger agreement for an additional six months while continuing to pursue regulatory approval. The HPUC commenced evidentiary hearings in December 2015 and have no deadline to issue a final ruling.

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Hawaii Gas comprises a regulated gas utility and an unregulated liquified petroleum gas (LPG) distribution business. The utility business includes the processing, distribution and sale of synthetic natural gas (SNG), the distribution and sale of liquefied natural gas (LNG) on the island of Oahu and the distribution and sale of LPG on all of the main islands. The non-utility business distributes and sells LPG to customers on all the main islands. LPG is delivered by truck to individual tanks located on customer sites or is distributed in cylinders filled at central locations. The gas distributed by Hawaii Gas has a wide range of commercial and residential applications including water heating, drying, cooking, emergency power generation and decorative lighting, such as tiki torches. LPG is also used as a fuel for specialty vehicles such as forklifts. Users include residential customers and a wide variety of commercial, hospitality, military, public sector and wholesale customers.

Hawaii Gas’s products are relatively cleaner-burning fuels that produce lower levels of carbon emissions than other hydrocarbon fuels such as coal or oil. This is particularly important in Hawaii where heightened public awareness of the environmental impact of using hydrocarbon fuels makes lower emission fuels attractive to customers. Hawaii Gas has several renewable natural gas (RNG) projects under development, including the recovery of gas from municipal waste water treatment plants and landfills as well as the processing of locally grown biomass. The source gas for these projects is often controlled, directly or indirectly, by state or municipal government, thereby requiring extended procurement processes.

Hawaii Gas’s primary products consist of:

Synthetic Natural Gas (SNG) :  The business converts a light hydrocarbon feedstock (currently naphtha) into SNG which has a similar heating value to natural gas. Hawaii Gas has the only SNG processing capability in Hawaii at its plant located on the island of Oahu. SNG is delivered by underground pipeline to utility customers throughout Oahu.

Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) :  LPG is a generic name for a mixture of hydrocarbon gases, typically propane and butane. LPG liquefies at a relatively low pressure under normal temperature conditions and can be efficiently transported in a range of quantities. LPG is typically stored in cylinders or tanks and Hawaii Gas maintains the largest network of LPG storage throughout Hawaii. Domestic and commercial applications of LPG are similar to those of natural gas and SNG.

Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) :  In March 2014, the business received regulatory approval to procure, transport and utilize LNG as a backup fuel for the SNG utility distribution system and currently uses conventional intermodal cryogenic containers to transport LNG from the U.S. mainland. The first shipment of LNG was regasified in April 2014 and LNG operations have been ongoing since that time.

Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) :  The business continues its initiatives to develop RNG and is evaluating a range of feedstock sources including waste water treatment plants, landfills and biomass. In January 2016, the business issued a request for proposal (RFP) for renewable gas supply from local and mainland sources.

Hawaii Gas is the only company with regulatory approval to land and utilize LNG in Hawaii. LNG is currently used by Hawaii Gas as a back-up fuel for its SNG system on Oahu. In October 2014, Hawaii Gas filed an application with the HPUC seeking approval to invest $12.8 million in its utility business for a smaller-scale containerized LNG import project to provide natural gas as a replacement for up to 30% of SNG gas demand. In the second quarter of 2015, the Consumer Advocate issued its Statement of Position recommending that the HPUC approve the application, with conditions, and the docket remains before the HPUC for a final ruling. If approved, regular deliveries of containerized LNG could commence approximately six-months from the date of approval.

Beginning in 2008 with the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative, the State implemented a RPS that required increasing levels of electricity be derived from renewable resources with the goal of cleaner and lower cost electricity in Hawaii. In 2015, Hawaii accelerated its RPS and now targets 100% of its electricity generated from renewable resources by 2045.

We believe that Hawaii Gas’ LNG and cost-effective RNG initiatives are supportive of the State’s clean energy goals by lowering emissions, increasing energy security and decreasing costs for all energy users in Hawaii. We also believe that natural gas is a better transitional fuel for power generation in Hawaii compared

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with fuel oil (currently the primary power generation fuel used in Hawaii) as it is cleaner-burning and less expensive. Further, natural gas-fired power generation better complements Hawaii’s growing renewable power generation sources given its efficiency and operating flexibility.

Hawaii Gas continues to work with stakeholders throughout the State regarding a scalable statewide LNG import, storage and distribution program to supply multiple end markets including power generation and ground and marine transportation. In November 2014, Hawaii Gas launched its Invitation to Bid (ITB) to more than 55 companies with relevant experience in scalable LNG projects. The business has awarded a contract and is in negotiations to finalize an agreement, subject to approvals of the HPUC and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Summary financial information of Hawaii Gas is as follows ($ in millions):

     
  As of, and for the
Year Ended, December 31,
     2015   2014   2013
Revenue   $ 227.0     $ 264.6     $ 257.7  
Gross profit     76.9       75.6       73.4  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items (1)     60.1       57.0       55.0  
Total assets     387.5       394.4       395.5  

(1) See “Business —  Our Businesses ” in Part I, Item 1 and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Results of Operations ” in Part II, Item 7, for further information and a reconciliation of net income (loss) to EBITDA excluding non-cash items.

Strategy

Hawaii Gas’s strategy has four primary components:

1. to lower the cost of energy in Hawaii in a safe and environmentally sustainable manner;
2. to diversify its sources of supply to ensure energy security for Hawaii and to mitigate the impact of potential cost increases to its customers;
3. to increase and diversify its customer base; and
4. to maintain positive relationships with regulators, government agencies, customers, the communities it serves and other stakeholders.

Customers

Hawaii Gas does not depend on any single customer, the loss of which would have a material adverse effect on the business.

Utility Regulation

Hawaii Gas’s utility business is regulated by the HPUC. The HPUC exercises broad regulatory oversight and investigative authority over all public utility companies in Hawaii.

Rate Regulation .  The HPUC establishes the rates that Hawaii Gas can charge its utility customers via cost of service regulation. Although the HPUC sets the base rate for the gas sold by Hawaii Gas’s utility business, the business is permitted to pass through changes in its raw materials cost by means of a monthly fuel adjustment charge.

The business’ utility rates are established by the HPUC in periodic rate cases typically initiated by Hawaii Gas. The business initiates a rate case by submitting a request to the HPUC for an increase in rates based, for example, upon materially higher costs related to providing the service. Following initiation of the rate increase request and submissions by other intervening parties of their positions on the rate request, and potentially an evidentiary hearing, the HPUC issues a decision establishing the revenue requirements and the resulting rates that Hawaii Gas will be allowed to charge. The business’s last rate case had a test year of 2009 and was approved in 2010. The business is currently reviewing the timing of its next rate case.

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Other Regulations .  In addition to regulating utility rates, the HPUC acts on requests for the acquisition, sale, disposition or other exchange of utility properties, including mergers and consolidations; acts on requests for financings; and approves material supply contracts. When we acquired Hawaii Gas, we agreed to 14 regulatory conditions with the HPUC that address a variety of matters including: a requirement that the ratio of consolidated debt to total capital for Hawaii Gas and HGC Holdings LLC (HGC) does not exceed 65%; and a requirement to maintain $20.0 million in readily-available cash resources at Hawaii Gas, HGC or MIC.

Competition

Depending upon the end-use, the business competes with electricity, diesel, solar, geo-thermal, wind, other gas providers and alternative energy sources. Electricity in Hawaii is generated by four electric utilities and various independent power producers. In addition, residential and some commercial customers in Hawaii have increased the rate at which they are installing distributed solar photovoltaic generating capacity.

Utility Business .  Hawaii Gas holds the only government franchise for utility gas services in Hawaii. This enables Hawaii Gas to utilize public easements for its pipeline distribution systems. This franchise also provides for the exclusive use of extensive below-ground distribution infrastructure that Hawaii Gas owns and maintains. In certain instances, the business’ utility customers also have the ability to use alternative sources of energy, such as diesel.

Non-Utility Business .  Hawaii Gas sells LPG in an unregulated market on the main islands of Hawaii. There are two other wholesale companies and several small retail distributors that compete in the LPG market (some of whom are supplied by Hawaii Gas). Hawaii Gas believes it has a competitive advantage because of its established customer base, storage facilities, distribution network and reputation for reliable service.

Fuel Supply, SNG Plant and Distribution System

Fuel Supply

Hawaii Gas obtains the majority of its LPG supply from off-island producers with the remainder supplied by the Chevron refinery located on Oahu.

Hawaii Gas obtains all of its naphtha supply, the feedstock for SNG, from Hawaii Independent Energy (HIE). On October 14, 2014, Hawaii Gas and HIE signed an amendment to the Petroleum Feedstock Agreement extending the existing terms through June 30, 2016. Hawaii Gas and HIE are currently in discussions to extend this agreement.

SNG Plant and Distribution System (Utility Business)

Hawaii Gas processes and distributes SNG from its plant located west of the Honolulu business district. The life of the plant continues to be extended through routine maintenance and additional capital investments. A 22-mile transmission pipeline links the SNG plant to a distribution system at Pier 38 in south Oahu. From Pier 38, a pipeline distribution system consisting of approximately 900 miles of distribution and service pipelines transports gas to customers. For the islands other than Oahu, LPG is distributed to the islands by direct deliveries from off-island suppliers by ship and by barge from Oahu. It is then distributed via pipelines to utility customers. Approximately 90% of the business’ pipeline system is on Oahu.

Distribution System (Non-Utility Business)

The non-utility business provides gas to customers on the main islands not connected to the business’ utility pipeline system. The majority of Hawaii Gas’s non-utility customers are on islands other than Oahu. LPG is transported to these islands by direct deliveries from off-island suppliers by ship and by barge from Oahu. The business also owns the infrastructure with which it distributes LPG to its customers, including harbor pipelines, trucks, several holding facilities and storage base-yards on Kauai, Maui and Hawaii.

Environmental Matters

Environmental Permits :  Gas processing and distribution requires environmental operating permits. The most significant are air and wastewater permits that are required for the SNG plant. Hawaii Gas is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable provisions of these permits.

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Employees and Management

As of December 31, 2015, Hawaii Gas had 326 employees, of which 214 were subject to the terms of a collective bargaining agreement that expires on April 30, 2017. The business believes it has a good relationship with its union and non-union employees and there have been no major disruptions in operations due to labor matters for over 30 years. Management of the business is headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii.

Consolidated

Our Employees

As of December 31, 2015, we employed approximately 3,300 people across our consolidated businesses of which approximately 19% were subject to collective bargaining agreements. The MIC holding company does not have any employees.

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AVAILABLE INFORMATION

We file annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the SEC. You may read and copy any document we file with the SEC at the SEC’s public reference room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the operations of the public reference room. The SEC maintains a website that contains annual, quarterly and current reports, proxy and information statements and other information that issuers (including Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation) file electronically with the SEC. The SEC’s website is www.sec.gov .

Our website is www.macquarie.com/mic . You can access our Investor Center through this website. We make available free of charge, on or through our Investor Center, our proxy statements, annual reports to shareholders, annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to these filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or the Exchange Act, as amended, as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. We also make available through our Investor Center statements of beneficial ownership of the shares filed by our Manager, our directors and officers, any holders of 10% or more of our shares outstanding and others under Section 16 of the Exchange Act.

You can also find information on the Governance page on our website where we post documents including:

Certificate of Incorporation of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation;
Bylaws of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation;
Third Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement;
Corporate Governance Guidelines;
Code of Ethics and Conduct;
Charters for our Audit Committee, Compensation Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee;
Policy for Shareholder Nomination of Candidates to Become Directors of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation; and
Information for Shareholder Communication with our Board of Directors, our Audit Committee and our Lead Independent Director.

Our Code of Ethics and Conduct applies to all of our directors, officers and employees as well as all directors, officers and employees of our Manager involved in the management of the Company and its businesses. We will post any amendments to the Code of Ethics and Conduct, and any waivers that are required to be disclosed by the rules of either the SEC or the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), on our website. The information on our website is not incorporated by reference into this report.

You can request a copy of these documents at no cost, excluding exhibits, by contacting Investor Relations at 125 West 55 th Street, New York, NY 10019 (212-231-1825).

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ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

An investment in our shares involves a number of risks. The occurrence of any of these risks could have a significant or material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition and could cause a corresponding decline in the market price of our shares.

Risks Related to Our Business Operations

Fluctuations in economic, equity and credit market conditions may have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, our liquidity or our ability to obtain credit on acceptable terms.

Should the economic, equity and credit market conditions become disrupted, our ability to raise equity or obtain capital, to repay or refinance credit facilities at maturity, pay significant capital expenditures or fund growth may be costly and/or impaired. Our access to debt financing in particular will depend on a variety of factors such as market conditions, the general availability of credit, the overall availability of credit to our industry, our credit history and credit capacity, as well as the historical performance of our businesses and lender perceptions of their and our financial prospects. In the event that we are unable to obtain debt financing, particularly as significant credit facilities mature, our internal sources of liquidity may not be sufficient.

Economic conditions may also increase our counterparty risk, particularly in those businesses whose revenues are determined under multi-year contracts, such as IMTT, and businesses within our CP&E segment. Should conditions deteriorate, we would expect to see increases in counterparty defaults and/or bankruptcies, which could result in an increase in bad debt expense and may cause our operating results to decline.

The volatility in the financial markets makes projections regarding future obligations under pension plans difficult. Two of our businesses, Hawaii Gas and IMTT, have defined benefit retirement plans. Future funding obligations under those plans depend in large part on the future performance of plan assets and the mix of investment assets. Our defined benefit plans hold a significant amount of equity securities as well as fixed income securities. If the market values of these securities decline or if interest rates decline, our pension expense and cash funding requirements would increase and, as a result, could materially adversely affect the results and liquidity of these businesses and our Company.

The documents governing our debt impose significant operating and financial restrictions, which may prevent us from pursuing certain business opportunities and taking certain actions.

The senior secured revolving credit facility imposes, and future debt agreements may impose, operational and financial restrictions on us. These restrictions limit or prohibit, among other things, our ability to:

incur additional indebtedness;
pay dividends, redeem subordinated debt or make other restricted payments;
make certain investments or acquisitions;
grant or permit certain liens on our assets;
enter into certain transactions with affiliates;
merge, consolidate or transfer substantially all of our assets; and
transfer or sell assets, including capital stock of our subsidiaries.

These covenants could adversely affect our ability to finance our future operations or capital needs, withstand a future downturn in our business or the economy in general, engage in business activities, including future opportunities that may be in our interest, and plan for or react to market conditions or otherwise execute our business strategies. A breach of any of these covenants could result in a default in respect of the related indebtedness. If a default occurs, the relevant lenders or holders of such indebtedness could elect to declare the indebtedness, together with accrued interest and other fees, to be immediately due and payable and proceed against any collateral securing that indebtedness. Acceleration of our other indebtedness could result in a default under the terms of the senior secured revolving credit facility or our convertible senior notes. There is no guarantee that we would be able to satisfy our obligations if any of our indebtedness is accelerated.

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Our strategy includes an expectation that we will find, acquire or develop, and integrate, additional businesses.

Although our businesses tend to benefit from stable fundamental drivers of growth over time, we will attempt to augment that growth by finding, acquiring or developing, and integrating additional businesses. We may not find or be able to acquire such businesses on economically sensible terms. In addition, we may acquire businesses with financial reporting and control systems that are less sophisticated than ours. If we do make an acquisition, we may not be successful in integrating it into our portfolio and/or achieving the expected level of performance. If we invest capital on a development, we may not be successful in the execution of the full project or in integrating it into our portfolio and/or achieving the expected level of performance. Failure to do any of these could result in higher indebtedness or expenses and/or in generating less cash than expected or generating growing amounts of cash at a slower than anticipated rate, either of which could result in a reduction in our share price.

The ownership and operation of our CP&E facilities exposes us to certain risks and hazards that could have an adverse effect on our revenues and results of operations and we may not have adequate insurance to cover these risks and hazards.

BEC connects to a 6.5 mile, 345-kilovolt submarine power line under the NYH connecting with a Consolidated Edison substation in Brooklyn, New York. The submarine power line is the longest extruded extra-high voltage submarine cable ever manufactured.

In addition to natural risks such as earthquake, flood, lightning, hurricane and wind, the generation of power in Bayonne and its transmission of power from Bayonne to Brooklyn via the submarine cable exposes us to other hazards such as fire, explosion, structural collapse and equipment failure both in respect of BEC and our adjacent Bayonne operations at IMTT. The occurrence of any of these events may result in our being named as a defendant in lawsuits asserting claims for substantial damages, including for environmental cleanup costs, personal injury and property damage and fines and/or penalties. While we maintain an amount of insurance protection that we consider adequate, we cannot provide any assurance that this insurance will be sufficient or effective under all circumstances and against all hazards or liabilities to which we may be subject. A successful claim for which our Company is not fully insured could hurt our financial results and materially harm our financial condition. Further, due to rising insurance costs and changes in the insurance markets, we cannot provide any assurance that this insurance coverage will continue to be available at all or at rates or on terms similar to those presently available. Any losses not covered by insurance could have a material adverse effect on our Company’s financial condition, results of operations or cash flows.

As part of our acquisition of BEC, we announced our intention to add incremental generating capacity on land owned by our IMTT business adjacent to the existing facility. While we have received preliminary reports indicating that the existing submarine cable is capable of transmitting both the existing and incremental electricity to Brooklyn, should our Company not be able to transmit either the current power or the incremental power via the existing cable it may adversely affect our Company.

Decreasing the proportion of businesses in our portfolio that are not regulated or of a predominantly contracted nature increases the potential volatility in our financial results.

With the exception of our airport services business, our businesses generally possess certain characteristics including high barriers to entry, generally stable demand, long-term contracts/concessions, stable yields, regulated operations, and inflation linked revenue. Our airport services business generates revenue and distributable cash in a way that is broadly reflective of the economic health of the country. To the extent we invest in or acquire or develop businesses with revenue and cash generating capacity that is similarly GDP sensitive or businesses that do not possess these characteristics, our financial results could become more volatile and our share price could decline as a result of an increase in the real or perceived risk.

If borrowing costs increase or if debt terms become more restrictive, the cost of refinancing and servicing our debt will increase, reducing our profitability and ability to freely deploy capital or pay dividends to shareholders.

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limit operational flexibility or reduce dividends and/or distributions from our operating businesses to us, which would have an adverse impact on our ability to freely deploy capital and continue to maintain or grow dividends to our shareholders. We cannot provide assurance that we or the other owners of any of our businesses will be willing or able to make capital contributions to repay some or all of the debt if required.

Our holding company level debt could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations, limit our operational and financing flexibility and negatively impact our business.

In 2014, we issued $350.0 million of convertible senior notes and entered into a senior secured revolving credit facility. This holding company level debt increases our interest payments and could have significant effects on our business, including the following:

we may be required to use a significant portion of our cash flow to pay interest on our indebtedness which will reduce the funds available for dividends to shareholders, additional acquisitions, pursuit of business opportunities or other business purposes;
our ability to obtain additional financing may be impaired;
it may be more difficult for us to satisfy our financial obligations under our contractual and commercial commitments;
our increased level of indebtedness could place us at a competitive disadvantage compared to our competitors that may have proportionately less debt;
exposing us to risk of increased interest rates because any borrowings under the senior secured revolving credit facility are at variable rates of interest;
our flexibility in planning for, or reacting to, changes in our business and the industry in which we operate may be limited; and
our indebtedness may make us more vulnerable to economic downturns and adverse developments in our businesses.

We expect to obtain the funds to pay our expenses and to repay our indebtedness primarily from our operating businesses. Our ability to meet our expenses and make these payments therefore depends on the future performance of our businesses, which will be affected by financial, business, economic and other factors, many of which we cannot control. Our businesses may not generate sufficient cash flow from operations in the future, which could result in our inability to repay indebtedness or to fund other liquidity needs. As a holding company with no operations, we are dependent on the ability of our businesses to make distributions to us to pay our expenses and repay our indebtedness. In addition, the senior secured revolving credit facility is guaranteed by MIC Ohana Corporation, our direct, wholly owned subsidiary. MIC Ohana Corporation is a holding company whose only material asset is the capital stock of our other subsidiaries. If we do not have enough funds, we may be required to refinance all or part of our then existing debt, sell assets or borrow more funds, which we may not be able to accomplish on terms acceptable to us, or at all. In addition, the terms of existing or future debt agreements may restrict us from pursuing any of these alternatives.

We and any of our existing or future subsidiaries may incur substantially more indebtedness in the future. This could further exacerbate the risks to our business as described herein.

We and any of our existing and future subsidiaries may incur substantial additional indebtedness in the future. Although the terms of our senior secured revolving credit facility contain limitations on our ability to incur additional indebtedness, these restrictions are subject to a number of qualifications and exceptions. If we incur any additional indebtedness that ranks equally with the indebtedness under our senior secured revolving credit facility, the holders of that additional debt will be entitled to share ratably with the lenders or holders of the indebtedness under the senior secured revolving credit facility in any proceeds distributed in connection with any insolvency, liquidation, reorganization, dissolution or other winding up of our Company. If new debt is added to our or any of our subsidiaries’ current debt levels, the related risks that we now face could be exacerbated.

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We are dependent on certain key personnel, and the loss of key personnel, or the inability to retain or replace qualified employees, could have an adverse effect on our consolidating businesses, financial condition and results of operations.

We operate our consolidating businesses on a stand-alone basis, relying on existing management teams for day-to-day operations. Consequently, our operational success, as well as the success of our internal growth strategy, will be dependent on the continued efforts of the management teams of our consolidating businesses, who have extensive experience in the day-to-day operations of these businesses. Furthermore, we will likely be dependent on the operating management teams of businesses that we may acquire in the future. The loss of key personnel, or the inability to retain or replace qualified employees, could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

We own, and may acquire in the future, investments in which we share voting control and, consequently, our ability to exercise significant influence over the business may be limited.

While it is our preference to own our businesses outright or to be able to exercise significant influence over our investments, including with respect to the timing and amount of distributions to us from those businesses, we may in some cases find the potential economic benefits of owning less than a controlling interest to be compelling. In such cases, we will attempt to co-invest with like-minded individuals/organizations. However, there can be no certainty that our interests with such co-investor(s) will always be aligned or that we will always be in a position to determine the amount and timing of distributions from such investments.

Disputes with a prior co-investor has resulted in our being involved in an arbitration proceeding. While we prevailed in this arbitration, it was costly and diverted the attention of our management and there was a delay associated with receipt of the benefits to which we were entitled.

Our ability to influence a joint venture business is typically governed by (and may be limited to) our rights under a shareholders’ agreement. We may not directly manage the day-to-day operations of a joint venture, and we may not be provided with notice of material events with respect such joint venture businesses (including, without limitation, potential liabilities for environmental health and safety (EHS) matters) in as timely a manner and with the same level of detail as we would if we were in such a day-to-day management role.

If we do not manage the day-to-day operations of a joint venture, we may not have complete visibility into operational and financial systems, controls or processes, including among others, as they relate to EHS measures. We may not be able to evaluate whether such financial, operational, or EHS systems or controls are sufficiently robust or executed appropriately.

Our businesses are subject to environmental risks that may impact our future profitability.

Our businesses (including businesses in which we invest) are subject to numerous statutes, rules and regulations relating to environmental protection. Atlantic Aviation is subject to environmental protection requirements relating to the storage, transport, pumping and transfer of fuel. Hawaii Gas is subject to risks and hazards associated with the refining, handling, storage and transportation of combustible products. These risks could result in substantial losses due to personal injury, loss of life, damage or destruction of property and equipment and environmental damage. Any losses we face could be greater than insurance levels maintained by our businesses, which could have an adverse effect on their and our financial results. In addition, disruptions to physical assets could reduce our ability to serve customers and adversely affect sales and cash flows.

IMTT’s and BEC’s operations in particular are subject to complex, stringent and expensive environmental regulations, including compliance with emission limitations and/or air permits, and future compliance costs are difficult to estimate with certainty. IMTT also faces risks relating to the handling and transportation of significant amounts of hazardous materials. Failure to comply with regulations or other claims may give rise to interruptions in operations and civil or criminal penalties and liabilities that could adversely affect the profitability of this business and the distributions it makes to us, as could significant unexpected compliance

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costs. Further, these rules and regulations are subject to change and compliance with any changes could result in a restriction of the activities of our businesses, significant capital expenditures and/or increased ongoing operating costs.

A number of the properties owned by IMTT have been subject to environmental contamination in the past and require remediation for which IMTT is liable. These remediation obligations exist principally at IMTT’s Bayonne and Lemont facilities and could cost more than anticipated or could be incurred earlier than anticipated, or both. In addition, IMTT may discover additional environmental contamination at its Bayonne, Lemont or other facilities that may require remediation at significant cost to IMTT. Further, the past contamination of the properties owned by IMTT, including by former owners or operators of such properties, could result in remediation obligations, personal injury, property damage, environmental damage or similar claims by third parties.

We may also be required to address other prior or future environmental contamination, including soil and groundwater contamination that results from the spillage of fuel, hazardous materials or other pollutants. Under various federal, state, local and foreign environmental statutes, rules and regulations, a current or previous owner or operator of real property may be liable for noncompliance with applicable environmental and health and safety requirements and for the costs of investigation, monitoring, removal or remediation of hazardous materials. These laws often impose liability, whether or not the owner or operator knew of, or was responsible for, the presence of hazardous materials. Persons who arrange for the disposal or treatment of hazardous materials may also be liable for the costs of removal or remediation of those materials at the disposal or treatment facility, whether or not that facility is or ever was owned or operated by that person and whether or not the original disposal or treatment activity accorded with all regulatory requirements. The presence of hazardous materials on a property could result in personal injury, loss of life, damage or destruction of property and equipment, environmental damage and/or claims by third parties that could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition or operating results.

Our income may be affected adversely if additional compliance costs are required as a result of new safety, health or environmental regulation.

Our businesses are subject to federal, state and local safety, health and environmental laws and regulations. These laws and regulations affect all aspects of their operations and are frequently modified. There is a risk that any one of our businesses may not be able to comply with some aspect of these laws and regulations, resulting in fines or penalties. Additionally, if new laws and regulations are adopted or if interpretations of existing laws and regulations change, we could be required to increase capital spending and incur increased operating expenses in order to comply. Because the regulatory environment frequently changes, we cannot predict when or how we may be affected by such changes. Environmental emissions and other compliance testing technologies continue to improve, which may result in more stringent, targeted environmental regulations and compliance obligations in the future, for example at IMTT, the costs of which could be material and adversely affect our cash flows and results of operations.

Our businesses are dependent on our relationships, on a contractual and regulatory level, with government entities that may have significant leverage over us. Government entities may be influenced by political considerations to take actions adverse to us.

Our businesses generally are, and will continue to be, subject to substantial regulation by governmental agencies. In addition, our businesses rely on obtaining and maintaining government permits, licenses, concessions, leases or contracts. Government entities, due to the wide-ranging scope of their authority, have significant leverage over us in their contractual and regulatory relationships with us that they may exercise in a manner that causes us delays in the operation of our businesses or pursuit of our strategy, or increased administrative expense. Furthermore, government permits, licenses, concessions, leases and contracts are generally very complex, which may result in periods of non-compliance, or disputes over interpretation or enforceability. If we fail to comply with these regulations or contractual obligations, we could be subject to monetary penalties or we may lose our rights to operate the affected business, or both. Where our ability to operate a business is subject to a concession or lease from the government, the concession or lease may restrict our ability to operate the business in a way that maximizes cash flows and profitability. Further, our ability to grow our current and future businesses will often require consent of numerous government

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regulators. Increased regulation restricting the ownership or management of U.S. assets by non-U.S. persons, given the non-U.S. ultimate ownership of our Manager, may limit our ability to pursue acquisitions. Any such regulation may also limit our Manager’s ability to continue to manage our operations, which could cause disruption to our businesses and a decline in our performance. In addition, any required government consents may be costly to seek and we may not be able to obtain them. Failure to obtain any required consents could limit our ability to achieve our growth strategy.

Our contracts with government entities may also contain clauses more favorable to the government counterparty than a typical commercial contract. For instance, a lease, concession or general service contract may enable the government to terminate the agreement without requiring them to pay adequate compensation. In addition, government counterparties also may have the discretion to change or increase regulation of our operations, or implement laws or regulations affecting our operations, separate from any contractual rights they may have. Governments have considerable discretion in implementing regulations that could impact these businesses. Governments may be influenced by political considerations to take actions that may hinder the efficient and profitable operation of our businesses.

Many of our contracts, especially those with government entities or quasi-government entities are long-term contracts. These long-term contracts may be difficult to replace if terminated. In addition, buy-out or other early termination provisions could adversely affect our results of operations if exercised before the end of the contract.

Governmental agencies may determine the prices we charge and may be able to restrict our ability to operate our businesses to maximize profitability.

Where our businesses are sole or predominant service providers in their respective service areas and provide services that are essential to the community, they are likely to be subject to rate regulation by governmental agencies that will determine the prices they may charge. We may also face fees or other charges imposed by government agencies that increase our costs and over which we have no control. We may be subject to increases in fees or unfavorable price determinations that may be final with no right of appeal or that, despite a right of appeal, could result in our profits being negatively affected. In addition, we may have very little negotiating leverage in establishing contracts with government entities, which may decrease the prices that we otherwise might be able to charge or the terms upon which we provide products or services. Businesses we acquire in the future may also be subject to rate regulation or similar negotiating limitations.

Unfavorable publicity or public perception of the industries in which we operate could adversely impact our operating results and our reputation.

Accidents and incidents involving the aviation industry, particularly those involving the airports and heliport at which we operate, whether or not directly related to our Company’s services, and the media coverage thereof, can adversely impact our Company’s reputation and the demand for our services. Similarly, negative publicity or public perception of the energy-related industries in which we operate, including through media coverage of environmental contamination and climate change concerns, could reduce demand for our services and harm our reputation. Any reduction in demand for the services our businesses provide or damage to our reputation could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations and business prospects.

A significant and sustained increase in the price of oil could have a negative impact on the revenue of a number of our businesses.

A significant and sustained increase in the price of oil could have a negative impact on the profitability of a number of our businesses. Higher prices for jet fuel could result in less use of aircraft by GA customers, which would have a negative impact on the profitability of Atlantic Aviation. Higher fuel prices could increase the cost of power to our businesses generally which they may not be able to fully pass on to customers.

A sustained period of low energy prices may foreshadow a downturn in economic activity, and capital investment in particular, that could have a negative impact on the performance and prospects of one or more of our businesses.

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economic activity and capital investment, and/or a slowing of the economy, demand for products and services provided by our airport services and/or bulk liquid terminal businesses may flatten or decline. A decline in the performance of these businesses could result in a decline in the value of our shares.

Revenue, cost of services/goods sold and gross profit may be adversely impacted by fluctuations in commodity prices at our business segments.

Revenue at our Atlantic Aviation and Hawaii Gas business segments is generated primarily from the re-sale of a commodity. Accordingly, fluctuations in the underlying cost of the commodity may be reflected in a similar movement in revenue and cost of services/goods sold such that:

a decline in the commodity price (assuming constant volume) may result in a decline in revenue and a corresponding decline in the cost of services/goods sold; and
an increase in the commodity price (assuming constant volume) may result in an increase in revenue and an increase in the cost of services/goods sold.

This volatility may or may not be apparent in our consolidated results given (i) revenue, costs of services/goods sold and gross profit in our segments may not exhibit the same degree of commodity price fluctuation (for example, the majority of revenues in our IMTT and CP&E segments are contracted revenues); (ii) the commodities sold in our Atlantic Aviation and Hawaii Gas segments may not exhibit the same degree of volatility; and (iii) such commodities may not do so simultaneously.

Energy efficiency and technology advances, as well as conservation efforts and changes in the sources and types of energy produced in the U.S. may result in reduced demand for our products and services.

The trends toward increased conservation, as well as technological advances including installation of improved insulation, the development of more efficient heating and cooling devices and advances in energy generation technology, may reduce demand for certain of our products and services. During periods of high energy commodity costs, the prices of certain of our products and services generally increase, which may lead to customer conversation. In addition, federal and/or state regulation may require mandatory conservation measures, which would also reduce demand.

The discovery and development of new and unconventional energy sources in the U.S. may drive changes in related energy product logistics chains. The location and exploitation of these new energy sources could result in the dislocation of certain portions of some of our businesses. Either or both of these changes in energy supply chain logistics or trends toward increased conservation could reduce demand for our products and services and could adversely affect our results of operations.

Each of our businesses experience a measure of seasonality and such seasonality may cause fluctuations in our results of operations.

Although our businesses tend to produce stable financial results owing to a preponderance of contracted/concession based revenues and the provision of generally essential services, each operates in an environment which can generate seasonal variations in results. Our bulk liquid terminals business may generate incrementally more cash during cold weather months as a result of increased heating, throughput of certain products such as heating oil or the reduction in maintenance expenses. Our aviation services business may generate relatively more cash during cold weather months as a result of increased GA traffic into bases in Florida and intermountain West. Our BEC gas power facility generates more cash during periods of extreme temperature. Our solar power facilities may generate incrementally more cash during summer months when the number of daylight hours increases. Our gas production and distribution business may generate incrementally more cash during the peak tourism periods in Hawaii between mid-December and the end of March and from mid-June through mid-September. To the extent that our businesses collectively appear to generate more cash in the first quarter of the year, such performance, if annualized, could result in an overly optimistic estimate of the value of our shares.

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Security breaches or interruptions in our information systems could materially adversely affect our business.

We rely on information technology networks and systems to process, transmit and store electronic information used to operate our businesses. We also share certain information technology networks with our Manager. The information technology we use, as well as the information technology systems used by our Manager, could be vulnerable to security breach, damage or interruption from computer viruses, cyber attacks, cyber terrorism, natural disasters or telecommunications failures. If our technology systems were to fail or be breached and we were unable to recover in a timely manner, we may be unable to fulfill critical business functions and confidential data could be compromised, which could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

Climate change, climate change regulations and greenhouse effects may adversely impact our operations and markets.

Climate change is receiving increased attention and there is an ongoing debate as to the extent to which our climate is changing, the possible causes of this change and its potential impacts. Some attribute global warming to increased levels of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, which has led to significant legislative and regulatory efforts to limit greenhouse gas emissions. The outcome of federal and state actions to address global climate change could result in significant new regulations, additional changes to fund energy efficiency activities or other regulatory actions. These actions could increase the costs of operating our businesses, reduce the demand for our products and services and impact the prices we charge our customers, any or all of which could adversely affect our results of operations. In addition, climate change could make severe weather events more frequent, which would increase the likelihood of capital expenditures to replace damaged physical property at our businesses.

We may face a greater exposure to terrorism than other companies because of the nature of our businesses.

We believe that our businesses face a greater risk of terrorist attack than other businesses, particularly our operations within the immediate vicinity of metropolitan and suburban areas. Because our businesses provide basic services relied on by many people, our facilities may be at greater risk for terrorism attacks than other businesses, which could affect our operations significantly. Any terrorist attacks that occur at or near our business locations would be likely to cause significant harm to our employees and assets. In recent years, insurers have significantly reduced the amount of insurance coverage available for liability to persons other than employees or passengers for claims resulting from acts of terrorism, war or similar events. A terrorist attack that makes use of our property, or property under our control, may result in liability far in excess of available insurance coverage. In addition, any terrorist attack, regardless of location, could cause a disruption to our business and a decline in earnings. Furthermore, it is likely to result in an increase in insurance premiums and a reduction in coverage, which could cause our profitability to suffer.

Risks Related to IMTT

IMTT’s business is dependent on the demand for bulk liquid terminals capacity in the locations where it operates.

Demand for IMTT’s bulk liquid terminals is largely a function of demand for chemical, petroleum and vegetable and animal oil products and, less significantly, the extent to which such products are imported into and/or exported out of the United States. Demand for chemical, petroleum and vegetable and animal oil products is influenced by a number of factors, including economic conditions, growth in the economy, the absolute and relative pricing of chemical, petroleum and vegetable and animal oil products and their substitutes. Import and export volumes of these products to and from the United States are influenced by demand and supply imbalances in the United States and overseas, the cost of producing chemical, petroleum and vegetable and animal oil products domestically versus overseas and the cost of transporting the products between the United States and overseas destinations.

Specifically, increased production of natural gas or crude from mainland North America, the volatility of global crude prices or the lifting of the U.S. ban on crude oil exports may increase or decrease the demand for bulk liquid terminals. This situation continues to develop and the effects are not yet predictable.

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In addition, changes in government regulations that affect imports and exports of bulk chemical, petroleum, renewable fuels and vegetable and animal oil products, including the imposition of surcharges or taxes on imported or exported products, could adversely affect import and export volumes to and from the United States. A reduction in demand for bulk liquid terminals, particularly in NYH or the Lower Mississippi River, as a consequence of lower demand for, or imports/exports of, chemical, petroleum or vegetable and animal oil products, could lead to a decline in storage rates and tankage volumes rented out by IMTT and adversely affect IMTT’s revenue and profitability and the distributions it makes to us.

IMTT’s business could be adversely affected by a substantial change in bulk liquid terminal or refining capacity or demand in the locations where it operates or in other alternative or substitute locations.

An increase in available bulk liquid terminal capacity in excess of growth in demand for such storage in the key locations in which IMTT operates, such as NYH and the Lower Mississippi River, or in Houston or other parts of the Gulf Coast could result in overcapacity and a decline in storage rates and tankage volumes rented out by IMTT and could adversely affect IMTT’s revenue and profitability and the distributions it makes to us.

The interplay and proximity of terminal capacity, refining and end user demand is critical for the commercial viability of a terminal. Shifts in any of these factors may cause a decline in demand for our terminals or make other terminals more attractive, which could adversely affect IMTT’s revenue and profitability and the distributions it makes to us.

If IMTT does not deploy capital for growth or make such deployment on economically acceptable terms, any future growth of the business may be limited.

A portion of IMTT’s historical growth has been dependent on the deployment of growth capital. IMTT faces significant uncertainties and competition in the pursuit of growth opportunities. For example, decisions regarding new growth projects rely on numerous estimates, including among other factors, predictions of future demand for IMTT’s services, future supply shifts, crude oil production estimates, commodity price environments, economic conditions and potential changes in the financial condition of IMTT’s customers. IMTT’s predictions of such factors could cause it to forego certain investments or to lose opportunities to competitors who make investments based on more aggressive predictions. If IMTT cannot find projects with economically acceptable terms, future growth of this business may be limited.

A continued or sustained decrease in the global price of crude oil and its derivative products may negatively impact IMTT’s operations.

A decrease in oil prices over a long period of time may result in reduced demand for the services IMTT provides. Uncertainty in the oil markets may also result in IMTT’s customers entering into shorter term contracts for storage than they have previously. This would increase the frequency of customer contract renewals and negotiations and may result in more volatility in earnings.

IMTT customers who are negatively impacted by reduced oil prices may seek to renegotiate contract pricing or storage capacity in order to reduce operating costs. Low oil prices may also result in a lower level of growth capital expenditures by IMTT as its customers may not require additional storage or logistics assets and this may limit IMTT’s future growth. IMTT’s customer base includes large, multinational oil companies. If oil prices remain low or decline further, one or more of these companies could cease operations or be consolidated. This could result in a loss of customers and/or a consolidation among customers and may reduce IMTT’s revenue or concentrate counterparties to the point where the loss of any one could be material to the performance or prospects of the business.

IMTT’s agreements may be terminated or expire at the end of the current term upon requisite notice or renewed on different terms. If one or more of the current agreements is terminated and IMTT is unable to secure comparable alternative arrangements, its financial condition and results of operations may be adversely affected.

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factors could cause IMTT’s customers to be unwilling to renew their storage agreements when those agreements terminate, or make them willing to renew only at lower rates or for shorter periods. If any of IMTT’s agreements are terminated or expire and IMTT is unable to secure comparable alternative arrangements, IMTT may not be able to generate sufficient additional revenue from third parties to replace any shortfall. Additionally, IMTT may incur substantial costs if modifications to its terminals are required by a new or renegotiated agreement.

IMTT could incur significant costs and liabilities in responding to contamination that occurs at its facilities.

There is inherent risk of incurring significant environmental costs and liabilities in IMTT’s operations due to its handling of petroleum hydrocarbons, hazardous substances and wastes, because of air emissions, water discharges and waste practices related to its operations, and as a result of historical operations and waste disposal practices of prior owners of IMTT’s facilities. IMTT’s pipeline and terminal facilities have been used for transportation, storage and distribution of crude oil, refined petroleum products and chemicals for many years. Although IMTT has utilized operating and disposal practices that were standard in the industry at the time, refined petroleum products or crude oil, hydrocarbons, hazardous substances and wastes from time to time have been spilled or released on or under the terminal properties.

In addition, the terminal properties were previously owned and operated by other parties and those parties from time to time also have spilled or released refined petroleum products or crude oil, hydrocarbons, hazardous substances or wastes. The terminal properties are subject to federal, state and local laws that impose investigatory, corrective action and remedial obligations, some of which are joint and several or strict liability obligations without regard to fault, to address and prevent environmental contamination. IMTT may incur significant costs and liabilities in responding to any soil and groundwater contamination that occurs on its properties, even if the contamination was caused by prior owners and operators of its facilities. IMTT may not be able to recover some or any of these costs from insurance or other sources of contractual indemnity. To the extent that the costs associated with meeting any or all of these requirements are substantial and not adequately provided for, there could be a material adverse effect on IMTT’s business, financial condition and results of operations.

IMTT may incur significant costs and liabilities in complying with environmental and occupational health and safety laws and regulations.

IMTT’s operations involve the transportation and storage of petroleum and chemical products which are subject to federal, state, and local laws and regulations governing release of materials and vapors into the environment, occupational health and safety aspects of our operations, and otherwise relating to the protection of the environment. Compliance with this array of federal, state, and local laws and regulations is difficult and may require significant capital expenditures and operating costs to mitigate or prevent pollution. Moreover, IMTT’s business is subject to spills, discharges or other releases of petroleum or chemical products or other hazardous substances or wastes into the environment and neighboring areas, in which events joint and several, strict liability may be imposed against us under certain environmental laws for costs required to remediate and restore impacted properties, for claims made by neighboring landowners and other third parties for personal injury, natural resource and property damages, and for costs required to conduct health studies. Failure to comply with applicable environmental, health, and safety laws and regulations may result in the assessment of sanctions, including fines, administrative, civil or criminal penalties, and permit revocations, the imposition of investigatory, corrective action, or remedial obligations and the issuance of injunctions limiting or prohibiting some or all of IMTT’s operations.

New laws and regulations, amendment of existing laws and regulations, increased government enforcement or other developments could require IMTT to make additional expenditures. Many of these laws and regulations are becoming increasingly stringent, and the cost of compliance with these requirements can be expected to increase over time. IMTT is not able to predict the impact of new or changed laws or regulations or how such legal requirements are interpreted or enforced, but any such expenditures or costs for environmental and occupational health and safety compliance could have a material adverse effect on its results of operations, financial condition and profitability.

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IMTT’s business involves hazardous activities and is partly located in a region with a history of significant adverse weather events and is potentially a target for terrorist attacks. We cannot assure that IMTT is, or will be in the future, adequately insured against all such risks.

The transportation, handling and storage of petroleum, chemical and vegetable and animal oil products are subject to the risk of spills, leakage, contamination, fires and explosions. Any of these events may result in loss of revenue, loss of reputation or goodwill, fines, penalties and other liabilities. In certain circumstances, such events could also require IMTT to halt or significantly alter operations at all or part of the facility at which the event occurred. IMTT carries insurance to protect against most of the accident-related risks involved in the conduct of the business; however, the limits of IMTT’s coverage mean IMTT cannot insure against all risks. In addition, because IMTT’s facilities are not insured against loss from terrorism or acts of war, such an attack that significantly damages one or more of IMTT’s major facilities would have a negative impact on IMTT’s future cash flow and profitability and the distributions it makes to us. Further, future losses sustained by insurers during hurricanes in the U.S. Gulf and Northeast regions may result in lower insurance coverage and/or increased insurance premiums for IMTT’s properties.

Many of IMTT’s facilities have been in service for several decades. Costs of maintaining those facilities could adversely affect IMTT’s results of operations.

IMTT’s terminals are generally long-lived assets. Some of those assets have been in service for several decades. The age and condition of these terminals could result in increased maintenance or remediation expenditures and an increased risk of product releases and associated costs and liabilities. Any significant increase in these expenditures, costs or liabilities could materially adversely affect IMTT’s results of operations, financial position or cash flows.

IMTT’s business is subject to federal, state and local laws and regulations that govern the product quality specifications of the products that it stores or transports. Changes in these regulations could impose costs on IMTT that would adversely affect its financial condition or results of operations.

Petroleum and other products that IMTT stores and transports are sold by customers for consumption into the public market. Various federal, state and local agencies have the authority to prescribe specific product quality specifications for commodities sold into the public market. Changes in product quality specifications or blending requirements could reduce IMTT’s revenue, require IMTT to incur additional costs or require capital expenditures. If IMTT is unable to recover these costs through increased revenue, its cash flows could be adversely affected.

IMTT’s business could be adversely affected by the insolvency of large customers.

IMTT has a number of customers that together generate a material proportion of IMTT’s revenue and gross profit. In 2015, IMTT’s ten largest customers by revenue generated approximately 50% of IMTT revenue. The insolvency of any of these large customers could result in an increase in unutilized storage capacity in the absence of such capacity being rented to other customers and adversely affect IMTT’s revenue and profitability and the distributions it makes to us.

Risks Related to Atlantic Aviation

Deterioration in the economy in general or in the aviation industry that results in less air traffic at airports that Atlantic Aviation services would have a material adverse impact on our business.

A large part of the business’ revenue is derived from fueling and other services provided to GA customers and, to a lesser extent, commercial air travelers. An economic downturn could reduce the level of air travel, adversely affecting Atlantic Aviation. GA travel is primarily a function of economic activity. Consequently, during periods of financial market dislocation, FBO customers may be more likely to curtail air travel.

Air travel and air traffic volume can also be affected by events that have nationwide and industry-wide implications. Events such as wars, outbreaks of disease, severe weather and terrorist activities in the United States or overseas may reduce air travel. Local circumstances include downturns in the general economic conditions of the area where an airport is located or other situations in which the business’ major FBO customers relocate their home base or preferred fueling stop to alternative locations.

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In addition, changes to regulations governing the tax treatment relating to GA travel, either for businesses or individuals, may cause a reduction in GA travel. Increased environmental regulation restricting or increasing the cost of aviation activities could also cause the business’ revenue to decline.

A decline in financial markets activity could have a negative impact on Atlantic Aviation’s results of operations.

Atlantic Aviation may experience negative impacts to its results of operations due to a deterioration in the level of domestic and international financial markets activity. A deterioration in either equity or credit markets and its resultant impact on volume or value of debt or equity issuances and/or merger and acquisition activity may cause GA activity to decline and consequently impact our results of operations.

Atlantic Aviation is subject to a variety of competitive pressures, and the actions of competitors may have a material adverse effect on its revenue, market share, and fuel margins, causing a decline in the profitability of that business.

FBO operators at a particular airport compete based on a number of factors, including location of the facility relative to runways and street access, service, value added features, reliability and price. Many of Atlantic Aviation’s FBOs compete with one or more FBOs at their respective airports and with FBOs at nearby airports. Furthermore, leases related to FBO operations may be subject to competitive bidding at the end of their term. Some present and potential competitors may have or may obtain greater financial and marketing resources than Atlantic Aviation, which may negatively impact Atlantic Aviation’s ability to compete at each airport or for lease renewal. Some competitors may aggressively or irrationally price their bids for airport concessions, which may limit the business’ ability to grow or renew its portfolio. Excessive price discounting may cause fuel volume and market share decline, potential decline in hangar rentals and de-icing and may result in increased margin pressure, adversely affecting the profitability of this business.

Atlantic Aviation’s FBOs do not have the right to be the sole provider of FBO services at any airport. The authority responsible for each airport has the ability to grant other leases to other operators and new competitors could be established at those airports. The addition of new competitors may reduce or impair Atlantic Aviation’s ability to grow or improve its financial performance.

The previously announced transaction between Signature Flight Support and Landmark Aviation closed in February 2016. Accordingly, Signature Flight Support has a network of FBOs materially larger than Atlantic Aviation’s and materially larger than has ever existed in the industry. This may enhance Signature Flight Support’s competitive position in the industry and adversely affect Atlantic Aviation’s results of operations.

Airport leases may not be renewed on economically favorable terms.

Atlantic Aviation generates revenue pursuant to concessions granted by airport authorities. Airport authorities may choose at the expiration of the current concession to not renew the concession at all or to only renew the concession on terms which are economically unfavorable to Atlantic Aviation. The loss or modification of any of Atlantic Aviation’s airport leases could adversely impact its results of operations.

The termination for cause or convenience of one or more of the FBO leases would damage Atlantic Aviation’s operations significantly.

Atlantic Aviation’s revenue is derived from long-term leases on 69 airports in the U.S. If Atlantic Aviation defaults on the terms and conditions of its leases, including upon insolvency, the relevant authority may terminate the lease without compensation. In this case, Atlantic Aviation would then lose the income from that location and potentially the expected returns from prior capital expenditures. Atlantic Aviation would also likely be in default under its loan agreements and be obliged to repay its lenders a portion or the entire outstanding loan amount. Any such events would have a material adverse effect on Atlantic Aviation’s results of operations.

The business may be exposed to sudden and extreme volatility in commodity prices directly or indirectly.

Aviation fuel is generally stored on site in fuel farms. In some instances these fuel farms are owned by the FBO operator and in other instances they are owned by a third party, usually the airport or a third party fuel provider. Extreme and sudden movements in underlying commodity prices may impact the value of an

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FBO operator’s fuel inventory as well as the margin the FBO operator earns on fuel. In addition, extreme and sudden movements in commodity prices may impact overall GA activity levels.

Failure to complete, or realize anticipated performance from acquisitions, expansions or developments could negatively impact Atlantic Aviation; the business’ increased indebtedness to fund such acquisitions, expansions or developments could reduce our operating flexibility.

Completing acquisitions, expansions or developments are subject to a number of conditions, and we may not complete such transactions on a timely basis or at all, which could have an adverse effect on the business and results of operations of our Atlantic Aviation business.

FBO industry participants are often smaller, private companies with less sophisticated information systems and financial reporting and control capabilities. Acquisitions are typically privately owned and have financial reporting and control systems that are less sophisticated than ours. If we complete the acquisitions, we may be unable to integrate the assets into our existing operations on a timely basis or to achieve expected efficiencies. The integration could be expensive and could be time consuming for our management.

We may not be able to achieve anticipated levels of financial performance at the acquired assets within our expected time frames or at all. Atlantic Aviation may incur additional indebtedness to fund future acquisitions, expansions or developments. This increased level of indebtedness will increase interest expense and could reduce funds available for reinvestment or distribution to us.

Deterioration of business jet traffic at airports where Atlantic Aviation operates would decrease Atlantic Aviation’s ability to refinance or service its debt.

As of December 31, 2015, Atlantic Aviation had total long-term debt outstanding of $604.6 million, consisting of $600.5 million in term loan debt and $4.1 million in stand-alone debt facilities. The terms of these debt arrangements require compliance with certain operating and financial covenants. The ability of Atlantic Aviation to meet its respective debt service obligations and to refinance or repay their outstanding indebtedness will depend primarily upon cash produced by this business.

Reductions in U.S. military spending could result in a reduction in demand for services provided by Atlantic Aviation at certain airports in the U.S.

The U.S. military operates non-combat aircraft that are serviced at Atlantic Aviation FBOs around the U.S. and combat and non-combat aircraft that are serviced at certain airports where specific fuel and fuel-related services are provided by Atlantic Aviation. Cuts in U.S. military spending, to the extent they result in a reduction in the number of flights by military aircraft, could reduce revenue at Atlantic Aviation.

Atlantic Aviation is subject to extensive governmental regulations that could require significant expenditures. Regulators, such as The Transportation Security Administration (TSA), have and may continue to consider new regulations which could impair the relative convenience of GA and adversely affect demand for Atlantic Aviation’s services.

FBOs are subject to extensive regulatory requirements that could result in significant costs. For example, the FAA, from time to time, issues directives and other regulations relating to the management, maintenance and operation of facilities. Compliance with those requirements may cause Atlantic Aviation to incur significant expenditures. The proposal and enactment of additional laws and regulations, as well as any charges that Atlantic Aviation has not complied with any such laws and regulations, could significantly increase the cost of Atlantic Aviation’s operations and reduce overall revenue. In addition, new regulations, if implemented, could decrease the convenience and attractiveness of GA travel relative to commercial air travel and, therefore, may adversely impact demand for Atlantic Aviation’s services.

The lack of accurate and reliable industry data can result in unfavorable strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions and macro pricing decisions.

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website, the data has several limitations and challenges. As a result, the use of the FAA traffic data may result in conclusions in strategic planning, mergers and acquisitions or macro pricing decisions that are ultimately sub-optimal.

Risks Related to CP&E

Development and investment in the power industry involve various development, construction, operational, and regulatory risks that could materially adversely affect our financial results.

The development, construction, operation and maintenance of power generation facilities involve various operational risks, which can include mechanical and structural failure, accidents, labor issues or the failure of technology to perform as anticipated. Events outside our control, such as economic developments, changes in fuel prices or the price of other feedstocks, governmental policy changes, demand for energy and the like, could materially reduce the revenues generated or increase the expenses of constructing, operating, maintaining or restoring power generation businesses. Degradation of the performance of our facilities may reduce our revenues. Unanticipated capital expenditures associated with maintaining, upgrading or repairing our facilities may reduce profitability. We may also choose or be required to decommission a power generation facility or other asset. The decommissioning process could be protracted and result in the incurrence of significant financial and/or regulatory obligations or other uncertainties.

Our CP&E businesses may also face construction risks typical for power generation and related infrastructure businesses, including, without limitation:

labor disputes, work stoppages or shortages of skilled labor;
shortages of fuels or materials;
slower than projected construction progress and the unavailability or late delivery of necessary equipment;
delays caused by or in obtaining the necessary regulatory approvals or permits;
adverse weather conditions and unexpected construction conditions;
accidents or the breakdown or failure of construction equipment or processes;
difficulties in obtaining suitable or sufficient financing; and
force majeure or catastrophic events such as explosions, fires and terrorist activities and other similar events beyond our control.

Such developments could result in substantial unanticipated delays or expenses and, under certain circumstances, and could prevent completion of construction activities once undertaken. Construction costs may exceed estimates for various reasons, including inaccurate engineering and planning, labor and building material costs in excess of expectations and unanticipated problems with project start-up. Such unexpected increases may result in increased debt service costs and funds being insufficient to complete construction. Our facilities under development may receive little or no cash flow through the date of completion of development and may experience operating deficits after the date of completion. In addition, market conditions may change during the course of development that make such development less attractive than at the time it was commenced. Any events of this nature could severely delay or prevent the completion of, or significantly increase the cost of, the construction. In addition, there are risks inherent in the construction work which may give rise to claims or demands against us from time to time. Delays in the completion of any power project may result in lost revenues or increased expenses, including higher O&M costs.

Investments in electric power industries continue to experience increasing competitive pressures, primarily in wholesale markets, as a result of consumer demands, technological advances, greater availability of natural gas and other factors. Changes in regulation may support not only consolidation among domestic utilities and other power producers, but also the disaggregation of vertically integrated utilities into separate generation, transmission and distribution businesses. As a result, additional significant competitors could become active in the independent power industry.

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Our CP&E businesses are subject to substantial regulations that impact operations and could result in additional costs.

The power and energy sectors are the subject of substantial and complex laws, rules and regulations. These regulators include the FERC, which has jurisdiction over the transmission and wholesale sale of electricity in interstate commerce and over the transportation, storage and certain sales of natural gas in interstate commerce, including the rates, charges and other terms and conditions for such services, respectively and the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the purpose of which is to establish and enforce reliability standards applicable to all users, owners and operators of the bulk power system. These regulators derive their authority from, among other laws, the Federal Power Act, as amended (FPA), The Energy Policy Act of 2005, Natural Gas Act, as amended (NGA) and state and, perhaps, local public utility laws.

We rely on third-party suppliers and contractors when developing our power projects. The failure of those third parties to perform could adversely affect our results of operations.

We source engines, boilers, chillers, cogeneration systems, photovoltaic modules and other complex components from a wide selection of third-party suppliers and engage third-party contractors for the construction of power projects. We typically enter into contracts with our suppliers and contractors on a project-by-project basis and do not maintain long-term contracts with our suppliers or contractors. Therefore, we are generally exposed to price fluctuations and availability of products and components sourced from our suppliers and construction services procured from our contractors. In light of changing market dynamics and government policies, the price and availability of certain products have been subject to significant volatility in recent years. Increases in the prices of products and components, decreases in their availability, fluctuations in construction, labor and installation costs, or changes in the terms of our relationships with our suppliers and contractors may increase the cost of procuring equipment and engaging contractors and hence materially adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations.

Furthermore, the delivery of defective products or products or construction services by our suppliers or contractors which are otherwise not in compliance with contract specifications, or the late supply of products or construction services, may cause construction delays or power projects that fail to adhere to our quality and safety standards, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flow.

Warranties provided by our suppliers and contractors may be limited or insufficient to compensate our losses, or may not cover the nature of our losses incurred.

We expect to benefit from various warranties, including product quality and performance warranties, provided by our supplies and contractors. These suppliers and contractors, however, may file for bankruptcy, cease operations or otherwise become unable or unwilling to fulfill their warranty obligations. Even if a supplier fulfills its warranty obligations, the warranty may not be sufficient to compensate us for all of our losses. In addition, the warranty period generally expires several years after the date that the equipment is delivered or commissioned and is subject to liability limits. Where damages are caused by defective products provided by our suppliers or construction services delivered by our contractors, our suppliers or contractors may be unable or unwilling to perform their warranty obligations as a result of their financial condition or otherwise, or if the warranty period has expired or a liability limit has been reached, there may be a reduction or loss of warranty protection for the affected projects, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Some of our generating capacity and the associated attributes of our facilities are not contracted and the price at which we can sell electricity may be impacted by price fluctuations in the wholesale power and energy markets.

Market prices for electricity, capacity and ancillary services are unpredictable and may fluctuate substantially. Unlike most other commodities, power can only be stored on a very limited basis and generally must be produced concurrently with its use. As a result, power prices are subject to significant volatility due to supply and demand imbalances, especially in the day-ahead and spot markets. CP&E’s results of operations, cash flows and financial condition may be impacted by lower prices for wholesale power.

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CP&E depends on electric interconnection and transmission facilities that we do not own or control and that are potentially subject to transmission constraints. If these facilities fail to provide adequate transmission capacity, CP&E may be restricted in its ability to deliver electricity to customers.

CP&E depends on electric interconnection and transmission facilities owned and operated by others to deliver the power it generates. Certain off-taker contracts include limited provisions that allow for occasional curtailment of electricity generated by CP&E due to the limitations of the transmission system or electricity grid. Any constraints on, or the failure of, interconnections or transmission facilities could prevent CP&E from selling power and could adversely affect CP&E’s results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

CP&E depends on counterparties performing in accordance with their agreements. If they fail to so perform, our CP&E businesses could incur substantial losses of revenue or additional expenses and business disruptions.

Counterparties to long-term agreements within CP&E may not perform their obligations in accordance with such agreements. Should they fail to perform, CP&E may be required to seek alternative purchasers of the power produced. The failure of any of the parties to perform in accordance with these agreements could adversely affect CP&E’s results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

CP&E’s BEC facility depends on a single dedicated electric transmission facility which we own and operate. If there were to be a failure of this transmission cable, CP&E’s BEC facility may be restricted in its ability to deliver electricity to customers.

CP&E’s BEC facility depends on a subsea electricity transmission cable which runs under NYH from the project site to Brooklyn, New York. While the cables are buried under the riverbed, an accident or other failure of one or more of these cables could cause BEC to be unable to deliver electricity for a significant period of time. In addition, BEC’s facility expansion will result in greater utilization of the subsea cables. While the cables are rated to safely transmit additional power, BEC has not historically operated at this capacity. Any meaningful disruption in the cable’s performance could adversely affect CP&E’s results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

We are exposed to the risk of fuel price volatility and interruptions in supplies and our failure to have adequate contingencies in place could have an adverse impact on our financial condition and results of operations.

For certain of CP&E’s current and future generating facilities, including BEC, we may be responsible for the purchase of fuel and face the risks of supply interruptions and fuel price volatility, as fuel deliveries may not exactly match those required for energy sales. CP&E’s fuel supply arrangements must be coordinated with transportation agreements, storage services, financial hedging transactions and other contracts so that the fuel is delivered to our facilities at the times, in the quantities and otherwise in a manner that meets CP&E’s needs. In addition, CP&E faces risks with regard to the delivery to and the use of fuel including the following:

transportation may be unavailable if pipeline infrastructure is damaged or disabled;
pipeline tariff changes may adversely affect our ability to, or cost to, deliver fuel supply;
third-party suppliers may default on supply obligations, and we may be unable to replace supplies currently under contract;
market liquidity for fuel or availability of storage services may be insufficient or available only at unfavorable prices; and
fuel quality variation may adversely affect our operations.

The generation of electricity from our solar and wind power facilities is dependent on meteorological conditions. If conditions are unfavorable, CP&E’s facilities may underperform which could materially adversely affect CP&E’s financial condition, cash flows and result of operations.

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power generation. Actual conditions are beyond our control and may vary substantially from our projections. If actual conditions cause material underperformance, CP&E’s result of operations, cash flows and financial condition may be materially adversely affected. This may cause a default under some or all of CP&E’s debt facilities and/or limit CP&E’s ability to pay distributions to MIC.

We may not be able to replace expiring PPAs or tolling agreements with contracts on similar terms. If we are unable to replace an expired contract with an acceptable new contract, we will experience lower than anticipated revenues.

We may not be able to replace an expiring PPA or tolling arrangement with a contract on equivalent terms and conditions, including at prices that permit operation of the related facility on a profitable basis. If we are unable to replace an expiring contract, the affected site may temporarily or permanently cease operations. In the case of a facility that ceases operations, the PPA may require that we remove the assets, including fixing or reimbursing the site owner for any damages caused by the assets or the removal of such assets. Alternatively, we may agree to sell the assets to the site owner, but we can offer no assurances as to the terms and conditions, including price, that we would receive in any sale, and the sale price may not be sufficient to replace the revenue previously generated by the project.

CP&E’s failure to uphold its obligations as managing member at the relevant facilities could materially adversely affect CP&E’s financial condition, cash flows and results of operations.

As managing member, CP&E is obligated to perform certain actions, including providing certain reporting items to its co-investor and the filing of correct and timely tax returns. As managing member, CP&E is also obligated to refrain from performing certain actions, including selling its interest to certain entities that would result in adverse economic outcomes to CP&E and its co-investor due to tax regulations. If CP&E were to cause an adverse tax outcome for its co-investor, CP&E could be liable. CP&E’s failure to perform its obligations or to take any actions contrary to its obligations under any or all operating LLC agreements could adversely affect CP&E’s results of operations, cash flows and financial condition.

Laws, governmental regulations and policies supporting renewable energy, and specifically solar and wind energy (including tax incentives), could change at any time, including as a result of new political leadership, and such changes may materially adversely affect our business and our growth strategy.

Renewable assets currently benefit from various federal, state and local governmental incentives. In the United States, these incentives include investment tax credits (ITC) or cash grants in lieu of ITCs, loan guarantees, RPS programs, modified accelerated cost-recovery system of depreciation and bonus depreciation. In addition, many U.S. states have adopted RPS programs mandating that a specified percentage of electricity sales come from eligible sources of renewable energy. If these government incentives or RPS requirements are reduced or eliminated, it could lead to fewer future power contracts or lead to lower prices for the sale of power in future power contracts, which could have a material adverse effect on future projects.

CP&E is subject to environmental laws that impose extensive and increasingly stringent requirements on CP&E’s ongoing operations, as well as potentially substantial liabilities arising out of environmental contamination. In addition, certain of CP&E’s current and future facilities may be subject to operating restrictions and limitations by a variety of regulatory bodies.

CP&E is subject to the environmental laws of U.S., federal, state and local authorities. CP&E must comply with numerous environmental laws and obtain numerous governmental permits and approvals to build and operate CP&E’s plants. Should CP&E fail to comply with any environmental requirements that apply to its operations, CP&E could be subject to administrative, civil and/or criminal liability and fines, and regulatory agencies could take other actions seeking to curtail operations. In addition, conventional power facilities, such as BEC, are subject to federal, state and local regulations which require certain permits to be obtained for their operations. Certain of these permits may restrict CP&E’s power facilities from operating under certain conditions or for more than a set number of hours per year. These regulatory limitations could adversely affect CP&E’s cash flow, results of operations or competitive position.

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Policies at the national, regional and state levels to regulate Greenhouse Gas emissions, as well as climate change, could adversely impact CP&E’s results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

Hazards customary to the power production industry include the potential for unusual weather conditions, which could affect fuel pricing and availability, as well as route to market or access to customers through transmission and distribution lines or to critical plant assets. To the extent that climate change contributes to the frequency or intensity of weather-related events, CP&E’s operations could be affected.

CP&E operates generating units in New Jersey that are not subject to the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI), which is a regional cap and trade system. Future state-level legislative changes may result in generating units in New Jersey being subject to RGGI. These new rules could adversely impact CP&E’s results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.

CP&E competes with both conventional power industries and renewable power industries, which could limit our returns and materially adversely affect our financial condition.

The power industry faces intense competition from both conventional and renewable energy providers. Other energy sources may benefit from innovations that reduce costs, increase safety or otherwise improve their competitiveness. New natural resources may be discovered, or global economic, business or political developments may disproportionately benefit certain energy sources.

Other companies with which CP&E competes may have greater liquidity, greater access to credit and other financial resources, lower cost structures, more effective risk management policies and procedures, greater ability to incur losses, longer-standing relationships with customers, greater potential for profitability from ancillary services or greater flexibility in the timing of their sale of generation capacity and ancillary services than CP&E does.

CP&E’s competitors may be able to respond more quickly to new laws or regulations or emerging technologies, or to devote greater resources to the construction, expansion or refurbishment of their power generation facilities than CP&E can. In addition, current and potential competitors may make strategic acquisitions or establish cooperative relationships among current and new competitors and rapidly gain significant market share. There can be no assurance that CP&E will be able to compete successfully against current and future competitors, and any failure to do so could have a material adverse effect on CP&E’s results of operations.

Risks Related to Hawaii Gas

Hawaii Gas is exposed to the effects of changing commodity prices that have a history of price volatility. To the extent that these costs cannot be passed on to customers, both in the short-term or the long-term, the business’ gross profit and cash flows will be adversely affected.

The profitability of Hawaii Gas is based on the margin of sales prices over costs. Since LPG and feedstock for the SNG plant are commodities, changes in global supply of and demand for these products can have a significant impact on costs. Hawaii Gas has no control over these costs, and, to the extent that these costs cannot be hedged or passed on to customers, the business’ financial condition and the results of operations would be adversely affected.

The operations of Hawaii Gas are subject to a variety of competitive pressures and the actions of competitors, particularly those involved in other energy sources, could have a materially adverse effect on operating results.

Other fuel sources such as electricity, diesel, solar energy, geo-thermal, wind, other gas providers and alternative energy sources may be substituted for certain gas end-use applications, particularly if the price of gas increases relative to other fuel sources, whether due to higher costs or otherwise. Customers could, for a number of reasons, including increased gas prices, lower costs of alternative energy or convenience, meet their energy needs through alternative sources. This could have an adverse effect on the business’ revenues and cash flows.

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Hawaii Gas relies on its SNG plant, including its transmission pipeline, for a significant portion of its sales. Disruptions at that facility could adversely affect the business’ ability to serve customers.

Disruptions at the SNG plant resulting from mechanical or operational problems or power failures could affect the ability of Hawaii Gas to produce SNG. Most of the utility sales on Oahu are of SNG and all SNG is produced at the Oahu plant. Disruptions to the primary and redundant production systems would have a significant adverse effect on Hawaii Gas’s revenues and cash flows.

Disruptions or shutdowns at either of the oil refineries on Oahu from which Hawaii Gas obtains both LPG and the primary feedstock for its SNG plant may have an adverse effect on the operations of the business.

Hawaii Gas processes SNG and distributes SNG and LPG. SNG feedstock or LPG supply disruptions could increase Hawaii Gas’s costs as a result of an inability to source feedstock at rates comparable to those being paid currently. The extended unavailability of one or both of the refineries or disruption to crude oil supplies or feedstock to Hawaii could also result in an increased reliance on off-island sources. An inability to purchase LPG from off-island sources would adversely affect operations. The business is also limited in its ability to store LPG, and any disruption in supply may cause a depletion of LPG stocks. All supply disruptions of SNG or LPG, if occurring for an extended period, could adversely impact the business’s contribution margin and cash flows.

Hawaii Gas is subject to risks associated with volatility in the Hawaii economy.

Hawaii’s economy, and demand for Hawaii Gas’s products, is heavily influenced by economic conditions in the U.S. and Asia and their impact on tourism, as well as by government spending. If the local economy deteriorates, the volume of gas sold could be negatively affected by business closures or lower usage, either of which could adversely impact the business’ financial performance. Additionally, a lack of growth in the Hawaiian economy could reduce the level of new residential construction, and adversely impact growth in volume from new residential customers. A reduction in government activity, particularly military activity could also have a negative impact on Hawaii Gas’s results.

Changes in commodity market prices may have a negative effect on our liquidity.

Depending on the terms of our contracts with suppliers as well as the extent and success of our use of financial instruments to reduce our exposure related to volatility in the cost of LPG, changes in the market price of LPG could create payment obligations and expose the business to increased liquidity risk.

Hawaii Gas’s utility business is subject to regulation by the HPUC and actions by the HPUC or changes to the regulatory environment may constrain the operation or profitability of the business.

The HPUC regulates all franchised or certificated public service companies operating in Hawaii; prescribes rates, tariffs, charges and fees; determines the allowable rate of earnings in establishing rates; issues guidelines concerning the general management of franchised or certificated utility businesses; and acts on requests for the acquisition, sale, disposition or other exchange of utility properties, including mergers and consolidations.

Any adverse decision by the HPUC concerning the level or method of determining utility rates, the items and amounts that may be included in the rate base, the returns on equity or rate base found to be reasonable, the potential consequences of exceeding or not meeting such returns, or any prolonged delay in rendering a decision in a rate or other proceeding, could have an adverse effect on our business.

As part of our acquisition, the business agreed to 14 regulatory conditions with the HPUC that address a variety of matters including: a requirement that Hawaii Gas and HGC’s ratio of consolidated debt to total capital does not exceed 65%; and a requirement to maintain $20.0 million in readily-available cash resources at Hawaii Gas, HGC or MIC. The business is currently in compliance with these conditions, however, future non-compliance with these or other HPUC regulatory conditions, could adversely impact the profitability of Hawaii Gas.

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The proposed merger of Hawaii Electric Industries and NextEra Energy could create delays in the review of Hawaii Gas’s pending and future regulatory filings or result in a less favorable competitive landscape.

The proposed merger, announced in December 2014, contemplates the largest energy transaction in state history and its review will require a significant portion of Hawaii’s regulatory resources. In March 2015, the HPUC issued an order granting Hawaii Gas intervener status in the merger docket. As of December 31, 2015 the evidentiary hearings were in recess and scheduled to resume in early 2016, with additional briefs from the parties expected thereafter with no deadline for a final HPUC ruling. To the extent this delays the timely review of current or future Hawaii Gas regulatory filings, this may have an adverse impact on the business’ revenues and cash flows. Further, to the extent that the merged companies are permitted to further vertically integrate into fuel supply, this could also result in an adverse impact on the business’ revenues and cash flows.

The RNG and LNG initiatives expose Hawaii Gas to new supply, counterparty, facility, technology and regulatory risks.

Hawaii Gas continues to evaluate a range of RNG sources for conversion into pipeline quality gas in scale quantities. These initiatives include ongoing commercial negotiations to source biogas from waste water treatment plants, landfills and biomass. The source gas for these projects is often controlled, directly or indirectly, by state or municipal government, thereby requiring extended procurement processes which may delay the business’s plans for implementation. Hawaii Gas must report annually to the HPUC the percentage of feedstock and quantity of gas produced from non-petroleum feedstock. In the event Hawaii Gas’s RNG initiatives face procurement delays, regulators could impose a renewable portfolio standard on the business, resulting in significantly increased energy costs to the business and its customers.

Hawaii Gas has invested over $5.0 million to evaluate and plan for LNG transport from the mainland and utilization by the business, as well as to commence training and development of systems required for regulatory approval. This project is subject to ongoing implementation risk including but not limited to: the timely issuance of necessary permits, licenses and approvals by governmental agencies and third parties; unanticipated changes in market demand or supply; competition with similar projects; site difficulties; environmental conditions; delays of critical equipment and materials; and commercial arrangements to transport and distribute LNG. In August 2015, Hawaii Governor David Ige announced that his administration is opposed to LNG for electricity generation. If the project is delayed beyond the estimated implementation period, the actual cost of planning and implementation may increase beyond the amounts currently estimated in our capital and operating budgets. A delay in implementation would also cause a delay in the receipt of projected revenues, which may cause our financial results to be negatively impacted.

Because of its geographic location, Hawaii, and in turn Hawaii Gas, is subject to earthquakes and certain weather risks that could materially disrupt operations.

Hawaii is subject to earthquakes and certain weather risks, such as hurricanes, floods, heavy and sustained rains and tidal waves. Because the business’ SNG plant, SNG transmission line and several storage facilities are close to the ocean, weather-related disruptions to operations are possible. In addition, earthquakes may cause disruptions. These events could damage the business’ assets or could result in wide-spread damage to its customers, thereby reducing the volumes of gas sold and, to the extent such damages are not covered by insurance, the business’ revenues and cash flows.

Reductions in U.S. military spending could result in a reduction in demand for gas in Hawaii.

The U.S. military has a significant presence in Hawaii. To the extent that federal spending cuts, including voluntary or mandatory cuts in U.S. military spending, result in a reduced military presence in Hawaii, such reductions could reduce the demand for gas in Hawaii.

Because of its geographic location and the unique economy of Hawaii, Hawaii Gas is subject to challenges in hiring and maintaining staff with specialized skill sets.

The changing nature of the Hawaii energy complex has had an impact on our Company’s staffing requirements. Volatility in feedstock prices, together with the impact of the State of Hawaii’s goals to reduce dependency on imported petroleum, requires staff with specialized knowledge of the energy sector. Because

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the resident labor pool in Hawaii is both small, and oriented mainly to Hawaii’s basic industries, it is difficult to find individuals with these specialized skill sets. Moreover, relocation to Hawaii is costly and often requires employees to make cultural and family adjustments not normally required for a change of employment. The inability to source and retain staff with appropriate skill sets could adversely impact the performance of our business.

Hawaii Gas’s operations on the islands of Hawaii, Maui and Kauai rely on LPG that is transported to those islands by Jones Act qualified barges from Oahu and from non-Jones Act vessels from off-island ports. Disruptions to service by those vessels could adversely affect the financial performance of our business.

The Jones Act requires that all goods transported by water between U.S. ports be carried in U.S.-flag ships and that they meet certain other requirements. The business has time charter agreements allowing the use of two barges that currently have a cargo capacity of approximately 420,000 gallons and 500,000 gallons of LPG, respectively. The barges used by the business are the only two Jones Act qualified barges available in the Hawaiian Islands capable of carrying large volumes of LPG. If the barges are unable to transport LPG from Oahu and the business is not able to secure off-island sources of LPG or obtain an exemption to the Jones Act that would permit importation of a sufficient quantity of LPG from the mainland U.S., the profitability of the business could be adversely impacted. If the barges require refurbishment or repair at a greater frequency than forecast, cash outflows for capital costs could adversely impact Hawaii Gas’s results and cash flows.

Risks Related to Having an External Manager

We are subject to the terms and conditions of the Management Services Agreement between our Company and our Manager.

We cannot unilaterally amend the Management Services Agreement between ourselves and our Manager. Changes in the compensation of our Manager, certain rights held by the Manager or other components of the Agreement require the approval of our Manager and limit our ability to make changes without the consent of the Manager that could be beneficial to shareholders generally.

Our Manager owns a significant portion of our shares outstanding. A sale of all or a portion of the shares owned by our Manager could be interpreted by the equity markets as a lack of confidence in the prospects of our Company.

Our Manager, in its sole discretion, determines whether to reinvest base and performance fees in shares and whether to hold or sell those securities. Reinvestment of base and performance fees in additional shares would increase our Manager’s ownership stake in our Company. As of February 22, 2016, our Manager owned 6.97% of our outstanding shares. If our Manager decides, for reasons other than the performance and prospects of our Company, to reduce its position in our Company, such sales may be interpreted by some market participants as a lack of confidence in our Company and put downward pressure on the market price of our shares. Sales of shares by our Manager could increase the available supply and decrease the price if demand is insufficient to absorb such sales.

Certain provisions of the Management Services Agreement and the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of our Company make it difficult for third parties to acquire control of our Company and could deprive investors of the opportunity to obtain a takeover premium for their shares.

In addition to the limited circumstances in which our Manager can be terminated under the terms of the Management Services Agreement, the Management Services Agreement provides that in circumstances where the stock ceases to be listed on a recognized U.S. exchange as a result of the acquisition of stock by third parties in an amount that results in the stock ceasing to meet the distribution and trading criteria on such exchange or market, our Manager has the option to either propose an alternate fee structure and remain our Manager or resign, terminate the Management Services Agreement upon 30 days’ written notice and be paid a substantial termination fee. The termination fee payable on our Manager’s exercise of its right to resign as our Manager subsequent to a delisting of our shares could delay or prevent a change in control that may favor our

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shareholders. Furthermore, in the event of such a delisting, any proceeds from the sale, lease or exchange of a significant amount of assets must be reinvested in new assets of our Company, subject to debt repayment obligations. We would also be prohibited from incurring any new indebtedness or engaging in any transactions with shareholders of our Company or its affiliates without the prior written approval of our Manager. These provisions could deprive shareholders of opportunities to realize a premium on the shares owned by them.

The certificate of incorporation and bylaws of our Company contain a number of provisions that could have the effect of making it more difficult for a third-party to acquire, or discouraging a third-party from acquiring, control of our Company. These provisions include:

restrictions on our Company’s ability to enter into certain transactions with our major shareholders, with the exception of our Manager; in addition, our Company is governed by Section 203 of the Delaware General Corporation Law;
allowing only our Company’s Board of Directors to fill vacancies, including newly created directorships and requiring that directors may be removed with or without cause by a shareholder vote of 66 2/3%;
requiring that only our Company’s chairman or Board of Directors may call a special meeting of our shareholders;
prohibiting shareholders from taking any action by written consent;
establishing advance notice requirements for nominations of candidates for election to our Company’s Board of Directors or for proposing matters that can be acted upon by our shareholders at a shareholders’ meeting; and
having a substantial number of additional shares authorized but unissued.

Our Manager’s decision to reinvest its monthly base management fees and quarterly performance fees, as applicable, in shares or retain the cash will affect shareholders differently.

Our Manager is paid a management fee based on our Company’s market capitalization and potentially performance fees based on the total return generated on behalf of equity holders relative to a utilities-based benchmark. Our Manager, in its sole discretion, may elect to retain base management fees and performance fees, if applicable, paid in cash or to reinvest such payments in additional shares. In the event our Manager chooses not to reinvest the fees to which it is entitled in additional shares, the amount paid will reduce the cash that may otherwise be distributed as a dividend to all shareholders or used in our Company’s operations. In the event our Manager chooses to reinvest the fees to which it is entitled in additional shares, effectively returning the cash to us, such reinvestment and the issuance of new shares will dilute existing shareholders by the increase in the percentage of shares owned by our Manager. Either option may adversely impact the market for our shares.

In addition, our Manager has typically elected to invest its fees in shares, and, unless otherwise agreed with MIC, can only change this election during a 20-trading day window following our Company’s earnings release. Any change would apply to fees paid thereafter. Accordingly, shareholders would generally have notice of our Manager’s intent to receive fees in cash rather than reinvest before the change was effective.

Our Manager can resign with 90 days notice, or our CEO or CFO could be removed by our Manager, and we may not be able to find a suitable replacement within that time, resulting in a disruption in our operations, which could adversely affect our financial results and negatively impact the market price of our shares.

Our Manager has the right, under the Management Services Agreement, to resign at any time with 90 days notice, whether we have found a replacement or not. The resignation of our Manager will trigger mandatory repayment obligations under debt facilities at certain of our operating companies. In addition, our Manager could re-assign or remove the CEO and/or the CFO from their positions and responsibilities at our Company without the Board’s approval and with little or no notice. If our Manager resigns or our CEO/CFO are removed, we may not be able to find a new external manager or hire internal management with similar expertise within 90 days to provide the same or equivalent services on acceptable terms, or at all. If we are

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unable to do so quickly, our operations are likely to experience a disruption, our financial results could be adversely affected, perhaps materially, and the market price of our shares may decline substantially. In addition, the coordination of our internal management, acquisition activities and supervision of our businesses are likely to suffer if we were unable to identify and reach an agreement with a single institution or group of executives having the expertise possessed by our Manager and its affiliates.

Furthermore, if our Manager resigns, our Company and its subsidiaries will be required to cease use of the Macquarie brand entirely, and change their names to remove any reference to “Macquarie”. This may cause the value of our Company and the market price of our shares to decline.

Our externally managed model may not be viewed favorably by investors.

Our Company is externally managed by a member of the Macquarie Group. Our Manager receives a fee for its services that provides for a number of corporate center functions including the compensation of our management team and those who provide services to our Company on a shared basis, health and welfare benefits, the provision of facilities, technology and insurance (other than Directors and Officers). The fee is based on the market capitalization of our Company and thus increases as our Company grows. The size of the fee may bear no direct correlation with the actual cost of providing the agreed upon services and may be higher than the cost of managing our Company internally. Per the terms of the Management Services Agreement with our Manager, the default manner for satisfying any base or performance fees to which our Manager may be entitled is the issuance of additional shares. To the extent the fee continues to be satisfied with the delivery of additional shares, all shareholders are diluted and our hurdle for growing distributable cash on a per share basis will be higher.

Our Manager’s affiliation with Macquarie Group Limited and the Macquarie Group may result in conflicts of interest or a decline in our stock price.

Our Manager is an affiliate of Macquarie Group Limited and a member of the Macquarie Group. From time to time, we have entered into, and in the future we may enter into, transactions and relationships involving Macquarie Group Limited, its affiliates, or other members of the Macquarie Group. Such transactions have included and may include, among other things, the entry into debt facilities and derivative instruments with members of the Macquarie Group serving as lender or counterparty, and financial advisory or equity underwriting services provided to us by the Macquarie Group.

Although our audit committee, all of the members of which are independent directors, is required to approve of any related party transactions, including those involving members of the Macquarie Group or its affiliates, the relationship of our Manager to the Macquarie Group may result in conflicts of interest.

In addition, as a result of our Manager’s being a member of the Macquarie Group, negative market perceptions of Macquarie Group Limited generally or of Macquarie’s infrastructure management model, or Macquarie Group statements or actions with respect to other managed vehicles, may affect market perceptions of our Company and cause a decline in the price of our shares unrelated to our financial performance and prospects.

In the event of the underperformance of our Manager, we may be unable to remove our Manager, which could limit our ability to improve our performance and could adversely affect the market price of our shares.

Under the terms of the Management Services Agreement, our Manager must significantly underperform in order for the Management Services Agreement to be terminated. Our Company’s Board of Directors cannot remove our Manager unless:

our shares underperform a weighted average of two benchmark indices by more than 30% in relative terms and more than 2.5% in absolute terms in 16 out of 20 consecutive quarters prior to and including the most recent full quarter, and the holders of a minimum of 66.67% of the outstanding shares (excluding any shares owned by our Manager or any affiliate of the Manager) vote to remove our Manager;
our Manager materially breaches the terms of the Management Services Agreement and such breach has been unremedied within 60 days after notice;

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our Manager acts with gross negligence, willful misconduct, bad faith or reckless disregard of its duties in carrying out its obligations under the Management Services Agreement, or engages in fraudulent or dishonest acts; or
our Manager experiences certain bankruptcy events.

Our Company’s Board of Directors cannot remove our Manager unless the market performance of our shares also significantly underperforms the benchmark index. If we were unable to remove our Manager in circumstances where the absolute market performance of our shares does not meet expectations, the market price of our shares could be negatively affected.

Risks Related to Ownership of Our Stock

The performances of our businesses or our holding company structure may limit our ability to make regular dividends in the future to our shareholders because we are reliant upon the cash flows and distributions from our businesses.

Our Company is a holding company with no operations. Therefore, we are dependent upon the ability of our businesses to make distributions to our Company to enable it to meet its expenses, and to make dividends to shareholders in the future. The ability of our operating subsidiaries and the businesses in which we invest to make distributions to our Company is subject to limitations based on their operating performance, the terms of their debt agreements, the applicable laws of their respective jurisdictions, and compliance of co-investors with applicable contracts and agreements. In addition, the ability of each business to reduce its outstanding debt will be similarly limited by its operating performance, as discussed below and in Part II, Item 7, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”.

The market price and marketability of our shares may from time to time be significantly affected by numerous factors beyond our control, which may adversely affect our ability to raise capital through future equity financings.

The market price of our shares may fluctuate significantly. Many factors that are beyond our control may significantly affect the market price and marketability of our shares and may adversely affect our ability to raise capital through equity financings. These factors include, but are not limited to, the following:

significant volatility in the market price and trading volume of securities of Macquarie Group Limited and/or vehicles managed by the Macquarie Group or branded under the Macquarie name or logo;
significant volatility in the market price and trading volume of securities of registered investment companies, business development companies or companies in our sectors, which may not be related to the operating performance of these companies;
changes in our earnings or variations in operating results;
changes in our ratings from any of the ratings agencies;
any shortfall in EBITDA excluding non-cash items or Free Cash Flow from levels expected by securities analysts;
changes in regulatory policies or tax law;
operating performance of companies comparable to us;
loss of funding sources; and
substantial sales by our Manager or other significant shareholders.

We may issue preferred stock with rights, preferences and privileges that may be superior to the common stock, and these could have negative consequences for holders of our common stock.

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immediate plans to do so. We cannot provide assurances that any such transaction will be consummated on favorable terms or at all, that they will enhance shareholder value, or that they will not adversely affect our business or the trading price of our common stock. Any shares of preferred stock could be issued with rights, preferences and privileges that may be superior to those of our common stock. In addition, preferred stock could be issued for capital raising, financing and acquisition needs or opportunities that have the effect of making an acquisition of our Company more difficult or costly, as could also be the case if the board of directors were to issue additional common stock.

Our reported Earnings per Share (EPS), as defined under GAAP, does not reflect the cash generated by our businesses and may result in unfavorable comparisons with other businesses for which EPS is a useful component in valuation.

Our businesses own and invest in high-value, long-lived assets that generate large amounts of depreciation and amortization. Depreciation and amortization are non-cash expenses that serve to reduce reported EPS. We pay our Manager base and may pay performance fees both of which may be reinvested in additional shares thereby rendering them a non-cash expense. Whether the fees are settled in cash or reinvested in additional shares, they have the effect of reducing EPS. As a result, our financial performance may appear to be substantially worse compared with businesses whose earnings do not reflect the effects of depreciation and amortization (or other non-cash items). To the extent that our results appear to be worse, we may have relatively greater difficulty attracting investors in our stock.

Our inability, under GAAP, to consolidate the financial results of certain of our investments may make it relatively more difficult to analyze the cash generating capacity of our combined businesses.

We may make investments in certain businesses which we will be required to account for using the equity method rather than consolidate with the results of our other businesses. The equity method requires us to include the portion of the net income, as determined in accordance with GAAP, equal to our equity interest in the business in our consolidated statement of operations. The physical asset backed nature of the businesses in which we invest (and the higher levels of non-cash expenses including depreciation and amortization) may mean that the performance of these investments have relatively little impact on our consolidated statement of operations even where they generate positive cash flow and this cash flow may not be reflected in the valuation of our shares.

Our total assets include a substantial amount of goodwill and other intangible assets. The write-off of a significant portion of intangible assets would negatively affect our reported earnings.

Our total assets reflect a substantial amount of goodwill and other intangible assets. At December 31, 2015, goodwill and other intangible assets, net, represented approximately 40.0% of our total assets. Goodwill and other intangible assets were primarily recognized as a result of the acquisitions of our businesses. Other intangible assets consist primarily of airport operating rights, customer relationships and trade names. On at least an annual basis we assess whether there has been any impairment in the value of goodwill and assess for impairment of other intangible assets when there are triggering events or circumstances. If the carrying value of the tested asset exceeds its estimated fair value, impairment is deemed to have occurred. In this event, the intangible is written down to fair value. Under current accounting rules, this would result in a charge to reported earnings. We have recognized significant impairments in the past, and any future determination requiring the write-off of a significant portion of goodwill or other intangible assets would negatively affect our reported earnings and total capitalization, and could be material.

Our total assets include a substantial amount of intangible assets and fixed assets. The depreciation and amortization of these assets may negatively impact our reported earnings.

The high level of intangible and physical assets written up to fair value upon acquisition of our businesses generates substantial amounts of depreciation and amortization. These non-cash items serve to lower net income as reported in our consolidated statement of operations as well as our taxable income. The generation of net losses or relatively small net income may contribute to a net operating loss (NOL) carryforward that can be used to offset current taxable income in future periods. However, the continued reporting of little or negative net income may adversely affect the attractiveness of our Company among some potential investors and may reduce the market for our shares.

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Risks Related to Taxation

We have significant NOL carryforwards that may be fully utilized over the next several years thereby subjecting us to payment of substantial federal income taxes and reducing our distributable Free Cash Flow.

We may, without the acquisition of businesses with NOLs, incurring performance fees or implementation of other strategies that provide us with additional tax shield, fully utilize our existing NOLs before we anticipate or have previously indicated. At that point we may be subject to federal income taxes in consolidation and any liability could be material. Any liability will reduce distributable Free Cash Flow and could prevent the growth or reduce the rate of growth of our dividends.

The current treatment of qualified dividend income and long-term capital gains under current U.S. federal income tax law may be adversely affected, changed or repealed in the future.

Under current law, qualified dividend income and long-term capital gains are taxed to non-corporate investors at a maximum U.S. federal income tax rate of 20%. In addition, certain holders that are individuals, estates or trusts are subject to 3.8% surtax on all or a portion of their “net investment income,” which may include all or a portion of their dividend income and net gains from the disposition of our shares. This tax treatment may be adversely affected, changed or repealed by future changes in tax laws at any time, which may affect market perceptions of our Company and the market price of our shares could be negatively affected.

Our ability to use our NOL carryforwards to offset future taxable income may be subject to certain limitations.

In general, under Section 382 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or the Code, a corporation (or other entity taxable as a corporation, such as the Company) that undergoes an “ownership change” is subject to limitations on its ability to utilize its pre-change NOLs and certain other tax attributes to offset future taxable income. Generally speaking, an “ownership change” occurs if the aggregate percentage ownership of the stock of the corporation held by one or more “five-percent shareholders” (as defined in the Code) increases by more than fifty percentage points over such shareholders’ lowest percentage ownership during the testing period, which is generally the three year-period ending on the transaction date. If we undergo an ownership change, our ability to utilize NOLs and certain other tax attributes could be limited.

We have significant income tax NOLs, which may not be realized before they expire.

We have $426.2 million in federal NOL carryforwards at December 31, 2015. While we have concluded that all of the NOLs will more likely than not be realized, there can be no assurance that we will utilize the NOLs generated to date or any NOLs we might generate in the future. In addition, we have incurred state NOLs and have provided a valuation allowance against a portion of those. As with our federal NOLs, there is also no assurance that we will utilize those state losses or future losses that may be generated. Further, the State of Louisiana has limited the use of NOL carryforwards for 2015, 2016 and 2017. There can be no assurance that other states will not suspend the use of NOL carryforwards or that Louisiana will not extend its limitations.

The treatment of depreciation and other tax deductions under current U.S. federal income tax law may be adversely affected, changed or repealed in the future.

Under current law, certain capital expenditures are eligible for accelerated depreciation, including 50% bonus depreciation for assets placed in service prior to December 31, 2017, for U.S. federal income tax purposes. In addition, certain other expenses are eligible to be deducted for U.S. federal income tax purposes. This tax treatment may be adversely affected, changed or repealed by future changes in tax laws at any time, which may affect market perceptions of our Company and the market price of our shares could be negatively affected.

Our Company is subject to changes in tax laws and changes in the interpretation of existing tax laws.

We are subject to various taxing regimes, including federal, state, local and foreign taxes such as income, excise, sales/use, payroll, franchise, property, gross receipts, withholding and ad valorem taxes. New tax laws

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and regulations and changes in existing tax laws and regulations or the interpretation thereof are continuously being enacted or proposed that could result in increased expenditures for tax liabilities in the future and have a material adverse effect on our Company's financial condition, results of operations, and liquidity.

Our Company and our subsidiaries are subject to examinations and challenges by taxing authorities.

Periodic examinations or audits by taxing authorities could increase our tax liabilities and result in the imposition of interest and penalties. If challenges arising from such examinations and audits are not resolved in our Company's favor, they could have a material adverse effect on our Company's financial condition, results of operations, and liquidity.

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ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

In general, the assets of our businesses, including real property, are pledged to secure the financing arrangements of each business on a stand-alone basis. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Liquidity and Capital Resources ” in Part II, Item 7, for a further discussion of these financing arrangements.

IMTT

IMTT operates ten wholly-owned bulk liquid terminal facilities in the United States and has partial ownership in two companies that each own bulk liquid terminal facilities in Canada. The land on which the facilities are located is either owned or leased by IMTT with leased land comprising a small proportion of the total land in use. IMTT also owns the storage tanks, piping and transportation such as truck and rail loading equipment located at the facilities and related ship docks, except in Quebec and Geismar, where the docks are leased. The business believes that the aforementioned equipment is generally well maintained and adequate for the present operations. For further details, see “Our Businesses —  IMTT — Locations ” in Part I, Item 1.

Atlantic Aviation

Atlantic Aviation does not own any real property. Its operations are carried out under various long-term leases. The business leases office space for its head office in Plano, Texas. For more information regarding Atlantic Aviation’s FBO locations, see “Our Businesses —  Atlantic Aviation — Locations ” in Part I, Item 1.

Atlantic Aviation owns or leases a number of vehicles, including fuel trucks and other equipment needed to provide service to customers. Routine maintenance is performed on this equipment and a portion is replaced in accordance with a pre-determined schedule. Atlantic Aviation believes that the equipment is generally well maintained and adequate for present operations. Changes in market conditions allowed Atlantic Aviation to move to purchasing or procuring capital leases for larger equipment. Atlantic Aviation believes that these assets are a core part of the business and have long useful lives making ownership desirable if conditions permit.

Contracted Power and Energy

At December 31, 2015, the CP&E business owned five operating solar facilities, two wind facilities, a gas-fired power facility and a solar construction project in Hawaii. The business owns the solar panels and wind turbines and leases the land. For further details, see “Our Businesses —  Contracted Power and Energy — Business and Industry Overview ” in Part I, Item 1.

   
Project   State   Ownership or Lease Information
Tucson   Arizona   Long-term property lease until 2032.
Presidio   Texas   Long-term property leases until 2039 and 2040.
DMAFB   Arizona   Long-term property lease until 2039.
Valley Center   California   Long-term property lease until 2038.
Ramona   California   Long-term property lease until 2037.
Brahms   New Mexico   Five long-term property leases until 2044.
IWP   Idaho   Eighteen long-term property leases until from 2037 to 2050.
Waihonu   Hawaii   Long-term property lease for 20 years initiating at commercial operations date.
BEC   New Jersey   Long-term property lease with IMTT until 2045.

Hawaii Gas

Hawaii Gas has facilities and equipment on all major Hawaiian Islands including: land beneath the SNG plant; several LPG holding tanks and cylinders; approximately 1,000 miles of underground piping, of which approximately 900 miles are on Oahu; and a 22-mile transmission pipeline from the SNG plant to Pier 38 in Honolulu.

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A summary of selected properties, by island, follows. For more information regarding Hawaii Gas’s operations, see “Our Businesses —  Hawaii Gas — Fuel Supply, SNG Plant and Distribution System ” in Part I, Item 1.

     
Island   Description   Use   Own/Lease
Oahu   SNG plant and land   Production of SNG   Own
Oahu   Kamakee Street buildings and
maintenance yard
  Engineering, maintenance facility,
warehouse
  Own
Oahu   LPG baseyard   Storage facility for tanks and cylinders   Lease
Oahu   Topa Fort Street Tower   Executive offices   Lease
Oahu   Various holding tanks   Store and supply LPG to utility customers   Lease
Maui   Office, tank storage facilities and
baseyard
  Island-wide operations   Lease
Kauai   Office   Island-wide operations   Own
Kauai   Tank storage facility and baseyard   Island-wide operations   Lease
Hawaii   Office, tank storage facilities and
baseyard
  Island-wide operations   Own

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

IMTT Bayonne — Remediation Estimate

The Bayonne, New Jersey terminal, portions of which have been acquired and aggregated over a 30-year period, contain pervasive remediation requirements that were assumed at the time of purchase from the various former owners. One former owner retained environmental remediation responsibilities for a purchased site as well as sharing other remediation costs. These remediation requirements are documented in two memoranda of agreement and an administrative consent order with the State of New Jersey. Remediation efforts entail removal of free product, soil treatment, repair/replacement of sewer systems, and the implementation of containment and monitoring systems. These remediation activities are estimated to span a period of ten to twenty or more years at a cost ranging from $30.0 million to $65.0 million. The remediation activities at the terminal are estimated based on currently available information, in undiscounted U.S. dollars and is inherently subject to relatively large fluctuation.

Except as noted above, there are no legal proceedings pending that we believe will have a material adverse effect on us other than ordinary course litigation incidental to our businesses. We are involved in ordinary course legal, regulatory, administrative and environmental proceedings. Typically, expenses associated with these proceedings are covered by insurance.

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

Not Applicable.

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PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information

Our shares are traded on the NYSE under the symbol “MIC”. The following table sets forth, for the fiscal periods indicated, the high and low sales prices per share on the NYSE:

   
  High   Low
Fiscal 2014
                 
First Quarter   $ 59.05     $ 51.52  
Second Quarter     62.42       54.55  
Third Quarter     73.47       61.03  
Fourth Quarter     72.90       62.58  
Fiscal 2015
                 
First Quarter   $ 83.65     $ 67.55  
Second Quarter     87.88       80.63  
Third Quarter     85.70       69.84  
Fourth Quarter     83.38       64.06  
Fiscal 2016
                 
First Quarter (through February 19, 2016)   $ 71.82     $ 51.83  

As of February 19, 2016, we had 80,084,457 shares issued and outstanding that we believe were held by 261 holders of record.

The following represents the Company’s relative share price performance from December 31, 2010 through December 31, 2015.

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Dividend Policy

MIC has been structured to provide investors with an opportunity to generate an attractive “total return” based on the capital appreciation resulting from the improved operating performance of our businesses over time and the payment of a cash dividend that we believe will grow over time. Our dividend payments are determined based on the cash flows available to the MIC holding company from its operating companies and paid subject to maintaining a prudent level of reserves and without creating undue volatility in the amount of such dividends where possible.

Since January 1, 2014, MIC has paid or declared the following dividends:

       
                  Declared   Period Covered   $ per Share   Record Date   Payable Date
February 18, 2016
    Fourth quarter 2015     $ 1.15       March 3, 2016       March 8, 2016  
October 29, 2015
    Third quarter 2015     $ 1.13       November 13, 2015       November 18, 2015  
July 30, 2015
    Second quarter 2015     $ 1.11       August 13, 2015       August 18, 2015  
April 30, 2015
    First quarter 2015     $ 1.07       May 14, 2015       May 19, 2015  
February 17, 2015
    Fourth quarter 2014     $ 1.02       March 2, 2015       March 5, 2015  
October 27, 2014
    Third quarter 2014     $ 0.98       November 10, 2014       November 13, 2014  
July 3, 2014
    Second quarter 2014     $ 0.95       August 11, 2014       August 14, 2014  
April 28, 2014
    First quarter 2014     $ 0.9375       May 12, 2014       May 15, 2014  
February 18, 2014
    Fourth quarter 2013     $ 0.9125       March 3, 2014       March 6, 2014  

Tax Treatment of 2015 Dividends

The Company has determined that none of the dividends paid in 2015 were characterized as a dividend for U.S. federal income tax purposes. All dividends were characterized as returns of capital, capital gain, or combination thereof depending on each shareholder’s tax basis.

Future dividends, if any, may be characterized as a dividend or a return of capital/capital gain depending on the earnings and profits of the Company as determined in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code. Holders of MIC shares are encouraged to seek their own tax advice with regard to their investment in MIC.

Future Dividends

We currently intend to maintain a payout ratio between 75% and 85% of the Free Cash Flow generated by our businesses. The payment is expected to take the form of a quarterly cash dividend to our shareholders. We define Free Cash Flow as cash from operating activities, which reflects cash paid for interest, taxes and pension contributions, less maintenance capital expenditures, and includes principal repayments on capital lease obligations used to fund maintenance capital expenditures, and excludes changes in working capital. For the avoidance of doubt, any base management fees and performance fees, if any, are excluded from the calculation of Free Cash Flow whether paid in cash or stock.

We currently intend to maintain, and where possible, increase our quarterly cash dividend to our shareholders. The MIC Board has authorized a quarterly cash dividend of $1.15 per share for the quarter ended December 31, 2015. In addition to the dividends for the first three quarters for 2015, this represents a cumulative 2015 dividend of $4.46 per share compared with $3.89 per share for 2014, or an increase of 14.7%. In determining whether to adjust the amount of our quarterly dividend, our Board will take into account such matters as the state of the capital markets and general business conditions, the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, capital opportunities and any contractual, legal and regulatory restrictions on the payment of dividends by the Company to its shareholders or by its subsidiaries to the Company, and any other factors that it deems relevant, subject to maintaining a prudent level of reserves and without creating undue volatility in the amount of such dividends where possible. Moreover, the Company’s senior secured credit facility and the debt commitments at our businesses contain restrictions that may limit the Company’s ability to pay dividends. Although historically we have declared cash dividends on our shares, any or all of these or other factors could result in the modification of our dividend policy, or the reduction, modification or elimination of our dividend in the future.

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proportionately combined Free Cash Flow per share grew at a compound annual rate of 13.7%. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Results of Operations — Consolidated — Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) excluding non-cash items and Free Cash Flow ” and “ Summary of Our Proportionately Combined Results ” for further information on our calculation of Free Cash Flow and our proportionately combined financial measures in Part II, Item 7.

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The selected financial data includes the results of operations, cash flow and balance sheet data for the years ended, and as of, December 31, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011 for our consolidated group, with the results of businesses acquired during those five years being included from the date of each acquisition. The selected financial data for each of the five years in the period ended December 31, 2015 have been derived from the consolidated financial statements of the Company, which financial statements have been audited by KPMG LLP. The information below should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements (and notes thereon) and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in Part II, Item 7.

         
  Year Ended December 31,
     2015   2014   2013   2012   2011
     ($ In Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)
Statement of operations data:
                                            
Revenue
                                            
Service revenue   $ 1,288,501     $ 1,064,682     $ 770,360     $ 768,617     $ 731,033  
Product revenue     350,749       284,400       267,096       260,893       252,766  
Financing and equipment lease income           1,836       3,563       4,536       4,992  
Total revenue     1,639,250       1,350,918       1,041,019       1,034,046       988,791  
Cost of revenue
                                            
Cost of services (1)     551,029       546,609       434,177       448,993       416,438  
Cost of product sales     168,954       192,881       185,843       188,099       189,768  
Gross profit     919,267       611,428       420,999       396,954       382,585  
Selling, general and administrative expenses     304,862       265,254       210,060       213,372       202,486  
Fees to Manager-related party     354,959       168,182       85,367       89,227       15,475  
Depreciation     215,243       98,442       39,150       31,587       33,815  
Amortization of intangibles     101,435       42,695       34,651       34,601       42,107  
Loss from customer contract termination           1,269       5,906              
Loss (gain) on disposal of assets     2,093       1,279       226       (1,358 )       1,522  
Total operating expenses     978,592       577,121       375,360       367,429       295,405  

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  Year Ended December 31,
     2015   2014   2013   2012   2011
     ($ In Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)
Operating (loss) income     (59,325 )       34,307       45,639       29,525       87,180  
Interest income     55       112       204       222       112  
Interest expense     (123,079 )       (73,196 )       (37,044 )       (46,623 )       (59,361 )  
Loss on extinguishment of debt           (90 )       (2,472 )              
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee           26,391       39,115       32,327       22,763  
Gain from acquisition/divestiture of businesses (2)           1,027,054                    
Other income, net     3,381       331       681       1,085       912  
Net (loss) income before income taxes     (178,968 )       1,014,909       46,123       16,536       51,606  
Benefit (provision) for income taxes     65,161       24,374       (18,043 )       (2,285 )       (22,718 )  
Net (loss) income   $ (113,807 )     $ 1,039,283     $ 28,080     $ 14,251     $ 28,888  
Less: net (loss) income attributable to noncontrolling interests     (5,270 )       (2,745 )       (3,174 )       930       1,545  
Net (loss) income attributable to MIC   $ (108,537 )     $ 1,042,028     $ 31,254     $ 13,321     $ 27,343  
Basic (loss) income per share attributable to MIC   $ (1.39 )     $ 16.54     $ 0.61     $ 0.29     $ 0.59  
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: basic     77,997,826       62,990,312       51,381,003       46,635,049       45,995,207  
Diluted (loss) income per share attributable to MIC   $ (1.39 )     $ 16.10     $ 0.61     $ 0.29     $ 0.59  
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: diluted (3)     77,997,826       64,925,565       51,396,146       46,655,289       46,021,015  
Cash dividends declared per share   $ 4.46     $ 3.8875     $ 3.35     $ 2.20     $ 0.80  

(1) Includes depreciation expense of $4.4 million, $6.7 million, $6.7 million and $6.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011, respectively, relating to the district energy business, a component of CP&E segment prior to the Company’s divestiture of the business on August 21, 2014.
(2) Gain from acquisition/divestiture of businesses represents the gain of $948.1 million from IMTT Acquisition from the remeasuring to fair value of the Company’s previous 50% ownership interest and the gain of $78.9 million from the sale of the Company's interest in the district energy business.
(3) Diluted weighted average number of common stock outstanding reflects the effect of potentially dilutive shares assuming: (i) the restricted stock unit grants provided to the independent directors had been fully converted to shares on the grant dates; (ii) the $67.8 million of the performance fee for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, settlement of which was deferred to July 2016, had been reinvested in shares by the Manager, in July 2015; and (iii) the convertible senior notes that were issued on July 15, 2014 had been fully converted into shares on that date. The potentially dilutive shares are excluded in the calculation if the effect is anti-dilutive or when the Company has a net loss for the period.

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  Year Ended December 31,
     2015   2014   2013   2012   2011
     ($ In Thousands)
Statement of cash flows data:
                                            
Cash provided by operating activities   $ 381,156     $ 251,615     $ 155,117     $ 217,911     $ 91,042  
Cash (used in) provided by investing activities     (448,816 )       (1,068,806 )       (139,636 )       2,477       (39,682 )  
Cash provided by (used in) financing activities     42,896       632,422       76,516       (101,798 )       (53,137 )  
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents     (856 )       (590 )                    
Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents   $ (25,620 )     $ (185,359 )     $ 91,997     $ 118,590     $ (1,777 )  

         
  As of December 31,
     2015   2014   2013   2012   2011
     ($ In Thousands)
Balance sheet data:
                                            
Total current assets   $ 239,924     $ 256,890     $ 406,550     $ 253,910     $ 143,313  
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net     4,116,163       3,362,585       854,169       708,031       561,022  
Intangible assets, net     934,892       959,634       592,850       626,902       662,135  
Goodwill     2,017,211       1,996,259       514,494       514,640       516,175  
Total assets   $ 7,378,828     $ 6,625,188     $ 2,500,865     $ 2,223,694     $ 2,168,633  
Total current liabilities   $ 308,790     $ 224,332     $ 271,452     $ 245,330     $ 148,902  
Deferred income taxes     840,191       904,108       189,719       169,392       177,262  
Long-term debt, net of current portion     2,793,194       2,364,866       831,027       1,052,584       1,086,053  
Total liabilities     4,176,386       3,655,020       1,347,597       1,526,129       1,474,773  
Stockholders' equity   $ 3,030,190     $ 2,787,163     $ 1,042,228     $ 655,028     $ 703,682  

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

The following discussion of the financial condition and results of operations of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and the notes to those statements included elsewhere herein.

We own, operate and invest in a diversified group of businesses that provide services, such as bulk liquid terminalling and handling services, aircraft fueling, contracted power facilities and utility gas services to businesses, government agencies and individuals primarily in the U.S. Our businesses are IMTT, Atlantic Aviation, our interests in contracted power facilities and Hawaii Gas.

Our businesses generally operate in sectors with barriers to entry including high initial development and construction costs, long-term contracts or the requirement to obtain government approvals and a lack of immediate cost-effective alternatives to the services provided. Overall they tend to generate sustainable, stable and growing cash flows over the long term.

In analyzing the financial condition and results of operations of our businesses, we focus primarily on cash generation and our ability to distribute cash to shareholders in particular. The ability of our businesses to generate cash, broadly, is tied to their ability to effectively manage the volume of products sold or services provided and the margin earned on those transactions. Offsetting that cash generation capability are required payments on debt facilities, cash taxes, capital expenditures necessary to maintain the productivity of the fixed assets of the businesses and pension contributions, among other items.

At IMTT, we focus on providing bulk liquid storage for customers who place a premium on ease of access and operational flexibility. The substantial majority of IMTT’s revenue is generated pursuant to “take-or-pay” contracts providing access to storage tank capacity and ancillary services.

At Atlantic Aviation, our focus is on attracting and maintaining relationships with GA aircraft owners and pilots and encouraging them to purchase refueling and other services from our FBOs. Atlantic Aviation’s revenue is correlated with the number of GA flight movements in the U.S. and the business’ ability to service a portion of the aircraft involved in those operations.

The businesses that comprise our CP&E segment generate revenue pursuant primarily to long-dated PPAs and tolling agreements with creditworthy power off-takers.

At Hawaii Gas, we focus on the provision of gas services to commercial, residential and governmental customers throughout the islands of Hawaii and seek to grow by increasing the number of customers served, the volume of gas sold and the margins achieved on gas sales. Hawaii Gas actively markets its products and services in an effort to develop new customers throughout Hawaii.

Recent Activities

Conversion to Corporation (Conversion)

On May 21, 2015, we completed the Conversion from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation. The Conversion had no impact on the business or management of our company and has been treated as a tax-free exchange under relevant Internal Revenue Service regulations. Investors’ limited liability company interests were automatically converted to shares of common stock at the time of the Conversion. We undertook the Conversion in an effort to become eligible for consideration for inclusion in various stock indices and to permit investment by investors who may be precluded from investing in limited liability companies, or LLCs.

CP&E — Bayonne Energy Center (BEC) Acquisition

On April 1, 2015, we completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in BEC for a purchase price of $718.0 million (net of post-closing working capital adjustments), which consisted of $208.9 million in cash and the assumption of $509.1 million of debt, excluding transaction costs. We funded the cash consideration for the acquisition by drawing on the MIC senior secured revolving credit facility and using cash on hand. BEC is a 512 MW gas-fired power facility located in Bayonne, New Jersey, adjacent to IMTT’s Bayonne terminal. BEC has tolling agreements with a creditworthy off-taker for 62.5% of its power generating capacity

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and power produced is delivered to New York City via a dedicated transmission cable under NYH. At December 31, 2015, tolling agreements have a megawatt-weighted average remaining life of approximately 12 years.

Results of Operations

Consolidated

             
  Year Ended December 31,   Change
(From 2014 to 2015)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
  Change
(From 2013 to 2014)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2015   2014   2013   $   %   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
Revenue
                                                              
Service revenue   $ 1,288,501     $ 1,064,682     $ 770,360       223,819       21.0       294,322       38.2  
Product revenue     350,749       284,400       267,096       66,349       23.3       17,304       6.5  
Financing and equipment lease income           1,836       3,563       (1,836 )       (100.0 )       (1,727 )       (48.5 )  
Total revenue     1,639,250       1,350,918       1,041,019       288,332       21.3       309,899       29.8  
Costs and expenses
                                                              
Cost of services     551,029       546,609       434,177       (4,420 )       (0.8 )       (112,432 )       (25.9 )  
Cost of product sales     168,954       192,881       185,843       23,927       12.4       (7,038 )       (3.8 )  
Gross profit     919,267       611,428       420,999       307,839       50.3       190,429       45.2  
Selling, general and
administrative
    304,862       265,254       210,060       (39,608 )       (14.9 )       (55,194 )       (26.3 )  
Fees to Manager-related party     354,959       168,182       85,367       (186,777 )       (111.1 )       (82,815 )       (97.0 )  
Depreciation     215,243       98,442       39,150       (116,801 )       (118.6 )       (59,292 )       (151.4 )  
Amortization of intangibles     101,435       42,695       34,651       (58,740 )       (137.6 )       (8,044 )       (23.2 )  
Loss from customer contract termination           1,269       5,906       1,269       100.0       4,637       78.5  
Loss on disposal of assets     2,093       1,279       226       (814 )       (63.6 )       (1,053 )       NM  
Total operating expenses     978,592       577,121       375,360       (401,471 )       (69.6 )       (201,761 )       (53.8 )  
Operating (loss) income     (59,325 )       34,307       45,639       (93,632 )       NM       (11,332 )       (24.8 )  
Other income (expense)
                                                              
Interest income     55       112       204       (57 )       (50.9 )       (92 )       (45.1 )  
Interest expense (1)     (123,079 )       (73,196 )       (37,044 )       (49,883 )       (68.1 )       (36,152 )       (97.6 )  
Loss on extinguishment of debt           (90 )       (2,472 )       90       100.0       2,382       96.4  
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee           26,391       39,115       (26,391 )       (100.0 )       (12,724 )       (32.5 )  
Gain from acquisition/divestiture of businesses           1,027,054             (1,027,054 )       (100.0 )       1,027,054       NM  
Other income, net     3,381       331       681       3,050       NM       (350 )       (51.4 )  
Net (loss) income before income taxes     (178,968 )       1,014,909       46,123       (1,193,877 )       (117.6 )       968,786       NM  
Benefit (provision) for
income taxes
    65,161       24,374       (18,043 )       40,787       167.3       42,417       NM  
Net (loss) income   $ (113,807 )     $ 1,039,283     $ 28,080       (1,153,090 )       (111.0 )       1,011,203       NM  
Less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests     (5,270 )       (2,745 )       (3,174 )       2,525       92.0       (429 )       (13.5 )  
Net (loss) income attributable to MIC   $ (108,537 )     $ 1,042,028     $ 31,254       (1,150,565 )       (110.4 )       1,010,774       NM  

NM — Not meaningful

(1) Interest expense includes losses on derivative instruments of $30.5 million, $21.3 million and $7.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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Results of Operations: Consolidated — (continued)

Key Factors Affecting Operating Results:

contributions from the IMTT Acquisition;
improved gross profit primarily at Atlantic Aviation;
contributions from acquired businesses in CP&E; and
absence of costs related to the IMTT Acquisition; offset by
higher performance fees; and
increased interest expense.

Year Ended December 31, 2015 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2014

Gross Profit

Consolidated gross profit increased from 2014 to 2015 primarily reflecting the consolidation of IMTT’s results, contribution from the acquisition of BEC and wind power facilities and improved results at Atlantic Aviation including the contribution from acquired FBOs. These increases were offset by the sale of the district energy business in August 2014.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased in 2015 compared with 2014 primarily due to contributions from the 2015 and 2014 acquisitions at CP&E and Atlantic Aviation, the consolidation of IMTT and costs associated with the Conversion. These increases are partially offset by costs incurred for the IMTT Acquisition during the third quarter of 2014 and the sale of the district energy business in August 2014.

Fees to Manager

Our Manager is entitled to a monthly base management fee based primarily on our market capitalization, and potentially a quarterly performance fee, based on the performance of our stock relative to a U.S. utilities index. For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, we incurred base management fees of $70.6 million and $46.6 million, respectively, and performance fees of $284.4 million and $121.5 million, respectively. In all of these periods, excluding $67.8 million of the performance fee for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 and $65.0 million of the performance fee for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, our Manager elected to reinvest these fees in additional shares.

The unpaid portion of the base management fees and performance fees, if any, at the end of each reporting period is included in due to Manager-related party in the consolidated balance sheets. The following table shows our Manager’s election to reinvest its base management fees and performance fees, if any, in additional shares, except as noted:

     
Period   Base Management
Fee Amount
($ in thousands)
  Performance
Fee Amount
($ in thousands)
  Shares
Issued
2015 Activities:
                          
Fourth quarter 2015   $ 17,009     $       227,733 (1)  
Third quarter 2015     18,118             226,914  
Second quarter 2015     18,918       135,641       223,827 (2)  
First quarter 2015     16,545       148,728       2,068,038  
2014 Activities:
                          
Fourth quarter 2014   $ 14,192     $       208,122  
Third quarter 2014     13,915       116,586       947,583 (3)  
Second quarter 2014     9,535       4,960       243,329  
First quarter 2014     8,994             164,546  

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Period   Base Management
Fee Amount
($ in thousands)
  Performance
Fee Amount
($ in thousands)
  Shares
Issued
2013 Activities:
                          
Fourth quarter 2013   $ 8,455     $       155,943  
Third quarter 2013     8,336       6,906       278,480  
Second quarter 2013     8,053       24,440       603,936  
First quarter 2013     7,135       22,042       522,638  

(1) Our Manager elected to reinvest all of the monthly base management fees for the fourth quarter of 2015 in shares of MIC common stock. The Company issued 227,733 shares, of which 77,019 shares were issued in January 2016 for the December 2015 monthly base management fee.
(2) In July 2015, our Board requested, and our Manager agreed, that $67.8 million of the performance fee for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 be settled in cash in July 2015 to minimize dilution. The remaining $67.8 million obligation was deferred until July 2016. At July 2016, the MIC Board will consider whether the remaining obligation may be settled in cash or shares, or a combination thereof.
(3) In October 2014, our Board requested, and our Manager agreed, that $65.0 million of the performance fee for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 be settled in cash using the proceeds from the sale of the district energy business to minimize dilution. The remainder of the fee of $51.6 million was reinvested in additional shares of MIC.

Depreciation

Depreciation expense increased in 2015 compared with 2014 primarily as a result of fixed assets acquired in conjunction with the IMTT Acquisition and the depreciation associated with businesses acquired during 2015 and 2014.

Atlantic Aviation’s depreciation expense increased during 2015 due to the reassessment of the useful lives of its leasehold and land improvements related to leases at certain airports to generally match these useful lives with the remaining lease terms plus extensions under Atlantic Aviation’s control. This change will generally accelerate depreciation expense at the affected sites. As a result of this reassessment, the business recorded a non-cash impairment of $2.8 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2015. The change in useful life also resulted in increased depreciation expense of $4.3 million in 2015.

In addition, during the first quarter of 2015, a non-cash impairment charge of $4.2 million was recorded due to a change in the current lease contract at one of the sites.

Amortization of Intangibles

Amortization of intangibles increased in 2015 compared with 2014 primarily at Atlantic Aviation and from the intangible assets acquired in conjunction with the IMTT Acquisition.

The increase in amortization expense at Atlantic Aviation is attributable to the reassessment of the useful lives of its contractual arrangements related to leases at certain airports to generally match these useful lives with the remaining lease terms plus extensions under Atlantic Aviation’s control. This change will generally accelerate amortization expense at the affected sites. As a result of this reassessment, the business recorded a non-cash impairment of $13.5 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2015. The change in useful life also resulted in increased amortization expense of $18.6 million in 2015.

In addition, during the first quarter of 2015, a non-cash impairment charge of $17.8 million was recorded due to a change in the current lease contract at one of the sites.

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Interest Expense and Losses on Derivative Instruments

Interest expense includes losses on derivative instruments of $30.5 million and $21.3 million for 2015 and 2014, respectively. Losses on derivatives recorded in interest expense are attributable to the change in fair value of interest rate hedging instruments. For 2014, losses on derivatives also included the reclassification of amounts from accumulated other comprehensive loss into earnings. Excluding the derivative adjustments, interest expense for 2015 compared with 2014 increased primarily due to (i) the consolidation of IMTT debt; (ii) incremental debt from the acquisitions of BEC and one of the 2014 wind power facilities, partially offset by the absence of debt related to district energy business; (iii) interest expense associated with the convertible senior notes that were issued in July 2014; and (iv) borrowings on the MIC revolving credit facility.

As part of the refinancing of long-term debt in May 2015, IMTT paid $31.4 million in interest rate swap breakage fees. In July 2015, the Company fully repaid the outstanding debt balance at BEC and paid $19.2 million in interest rate swap breakage fees. In both instances, the swap breakage fees were associated with the termination of out-of-the-money interest rate swap contracts related to prior debt facilities. See further discussion in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Liquidity and Capital Resources ”.

Equity in Earnings and Amortization Charges of Investee

The decrease in equity in earnings in 2015 compared with 2014 is due to the consolidation of IMTT’s results from July 16, 2014 and thereafter compared with the equity method of accounting for IMTT’s results prior to the acquisition date.

Gain From Acquisition/Divestiture of Businesses

On August 21, 2014, we completed the sale of our 50.01% controlling interest in the district energy business, within CP&E, for approximately $270.0 million. Proceeds of the sale were used to repay the outstanding debt balance. The remaining amounts were divided between us and our co-investor in the business. Our share of the remaining proceeds was $59.6 million. As a result of this transaction, we deconsolidated the assets and liabilities of district energy business and recorded a pre-tax gain of $78.9 million.

On July 16, 2014, we completed the acquisition of the remaining 50% interest in IMTT that we did not own for $1.029 billion. Prior to this acquisition, our investment in IMTT was accounted for using the equity method of accounting. As of the closing date, we have consolidated IMTT’s results and the business is considered a reportable segment. The acquisition of the remaining 50% interest in IMTT requires that all assets and liabilities of IMTT be recorded at fair value including our previous 50% ownership. This resulted in a pre-tax gain of $948.1 million due to the remeasuring to fair value of our previous 50% ownership of IMTT.

Income Taxes

We file a consolidated federal income tax return that includes the financial results for IMTT, Atlantic Aviation, BEC, Hawaii Gas and our allocable share of the taxable income (loss) from our solar and wind power facilities, which are treated as partnerships for tax purposes. Prior to July 16, 2014, IMTT filed a separate federal income tax return. Distributions we received from IMTT were characterized as dividends, returns of capital or capital gains. Generally, 20% of any distribution characterized as dividend was included in our taxable income and subject to tax at our statutory rate. Distributions characterized as returns of capital were not subject to current tax. Distributions characterized as capital gain were subject to tax at statutory rates. Subsequent to July 16, 2014, IMTT joined the MIC federal consolidated group. Distributions we receive from IMTT after that date generally will not be subject to tax.

For 2015, we expect to incur federal taxable losses which will increase our consolidated NOL carryforward balance. Notwithstanding our consolidated NOLs, each business records federal income taxes on a standalone basis. The current portion of the federal income taxes recorded by the businesses is eliminated in consolidation with the application of MIC’s NOLs.

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We believe that we will be able to utilize all of our federal prior year NOLs, which will begin to expire after 2021 and completely expire after 2035. Our federal NOL balance at December 31, 2015 was $426.2 million. As a result of having federal NOL carryforwards, together with other planned tax strategies, we do not expect to make regular federal tax payments until the second half of 2019. For 2015, we expect to report a current year taxable loss of $149.6 million and we do not expect to pay any federal Alternative Minimum Tax.

For 2015, we recorded an income tax benefit of $65.2 million, which included a federal tax benefit of $53.6 million, a state tax benefit of $13.9 million, and an increase in valuation allowance of $2.3 million. For 2014, we recorded an income tax benefit of $24.4 million, which includes a federal tax benefit of $22.9 million and a decrease in valuation allowances of $2.2 million. This is offset by state tax expense of $699,000. Cash state and local taxes paid by our individual businesses are discussed in the sections entitled “ Income Taxes ” within the results of operations for each of these businesses.

The increase in income tax benefit in 2015 compared with 2014 is primarily due to higher performance fees recognized in 2015. The income tax benefit in 2014 reflects the write-off of the deferred tax liability associated with the investment in IMTT that had been created under the equity method of accounting, partially offset by the capital gain generated on the sale of the district energy business.

Valuation allowance:

At December 31, 2015 and 2014, we do not have a valuation allowance for our consolidated federal NOL carryforwards. In calculating our consolidated state income tax provision, we have provided a valuation allowance for certain state income tax NOL carryforwards, the utilization of which is not assured beyond a reasonable doubt. We increased the valuation allowance by $2.3 million and $1.8 million for 2015 and 2014, respectively, for certain state NOL carryforwards.

Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act

On December 18, 2015, President Obama signed bill HR 2029, the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act (PATH Act), into law. The PATH Act retroactively extends several tax provisions applicable to corporations, including the extension of 50% bonus depreciation for certain assets placed in service in 2015, 2016 and 2017, 40% bonus depreciation for eligible property placed in service in 2018 and 30% bonus depreciation for property placed in service in 2019. Other than the extension of the bonus depreciation provision, the Company does not expect the provisions of the PATH Act to have a material effect on its tax profile.

Year Ended December 31, 2014 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2013

Gross Profit

Consolidated gross profit increased from 2013 to 2014 primarily reflecting the consolidation of IMTT’s results and improved results at Atlantic Aviation. This increase is offset by the sale of the district energy business on August 21, 2014.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased in 2014 compared with 2013 primarily as a result of the consolidation of IMTT’s results, increases in legal and transaction costs primarily related to the IMTT Acquisition and the acquisition activities at both Atlantic Aviation and CP&E.

Fees to Manager

For the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, we incurred base management fees of $46.6 million and $32.0 million, respectively, and performance fees of $121.5 million and $53.4 million, respectively. Our Manager elected to reinvest the base management and performance fees in additional shares of MIC in all those periods except a portion of the third quarter of 2014 performance fee. For the third quarter of 2014, the Board requested, and our Manager agreed, that $65.0 million of the performance fee be settled in cash using the proceeds from the sale of the district energy business in order to minimize dilution. The remainder of the fee of $51.6 million was reinvested in additional shares of MIC.

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Results of Operations: Consolidated — (continued)

Depreciation

Depreciation expense increased in 2014 compared with 2013 primarily as a result of fixed assets acquired in conjunction with the IMTT Acquisition and the depreciation associated with businesses acquired during 2013 and 2014.

Amortization of Intangibles

Amortization of intangibles increased from 2013 to 2014 primarily as a result of intangible assets acquired in conjunction with the IMTT Acquisition.

Interest Expense and Loss on Derivative Instruments

Interest expense includes losses on derivative instruments of $21.3 million and $7.5 million for 2014 and 2013, respectively. Excluding the derivative adjustments, interest expense for 2014 compared with 2013 increased primarily due to the consolidation of IMTT, higher interest rate and higher average balance on Atlantic Aviation’s term loan that was refinanced during the second quarter of 2013, and interest expense associated with the convertible senior notes that were issued in July 2014 at the MIC holding company.

Equity in Earnings and Amortization Charges of Investee

The decrease in equity in earnings in 2014 compared with 2013 is primarily due to the consolidation of IMTT’s results from July 16, 2014 and thereafter compared with the equity method of accounting for IMTT’s results prior to the acquisition date.

Gain From Acquisition/Divestiture of Businesses

Gain from acquisition/divestiture of business represents pre-tax gain of $78.9 million from the sale of our 50.01% controlling interest in the district energy business and a pre-tax gain of $948.1 million from the remeasuring to fair value of the previous 50% investment in IMTT.

Income Taxes

For 2014 and 2013, we reported a current federal taxable loss and did not pay a Federal Alternative Minimum Tax.

Valuation allowance:

In calculating our consolidated federal income tax provision, we reversed the valuation allowances for certain federal income tax NOL carryforwards totaling $4.7 million which we now considered more likely than not to be realized, including an NOL carryforward that we inherited as part of the IMTT Acquisition. Our valuation allowance for federal NOL carryforwards was $2.7 million as of December 31, 2013. As of December 31, 2014, there was no valuation allowance for federal NOL carryforwards.

In calculating our consolidated state income tax provision, we provided a valuation allowance for certain state income tax NOL carryforwards, the utilization of which is not assured beyond a reasonable doubt. We increased the valuation allowance by $1.8 million for 2014 and $3.0 million for 2013 for certain state NOL carryforwards.

Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization (EBITDA) excluding non-cash items and Free Cash Flow

We have disclosed EBITDA excluding non-cash items for our Company and each of our operating segments in Note 11, “Reportable Segments”, in our consolidated financial statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in Part II, Item 8, of this Form 10-K, as a key performance metric relied on by management in evaluating our performance. EBITDA excluding non-cash items is defined as earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization and non-cash items, which includes impairments, derivative gains and losses and adjustments for other non-cash items reflected in the statements of operations. EBITDA excluding non-cash items also excludes any base management fees and performance fees, if any, whether paid in cash or stock. We believe EBITDA excluding non-cash items provides additional insight into the performance of our operating businesses relative to each other and to similar businesses without regard to their capital structure, and to their ability to service or reduce debt, fund capital expenditures and/or support distributions to the holding company.

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We also disclose Free Cash Flow, as defined by us, as a means of assessing the amount of cash generated by our businesses and supplementing other information provided in accordance with GAAP. We define Free Cash Flow as cash from operating activities, which includes cash paid for interest, taxes and pension contributions, less maintenance capital expenditures, and includes principal repayments on capital lease obligations used to fund maintenance capital expenditures, and excludes changes in working capital.

We believe that reporting Free Cash Flow will provide our investors with additional insight into our future ability to deploy cash, as GAAP metrics such as net income and cash from operating activities do not reflect all of the items that our management considers in estimating the amount of cash generated by our operating entities. In this Annual Report on Form 10-K, we have disclosed Free Cash Flow for our consolidated results and for each of our operating segments.

We note that Free Cash Flow does not fully reflect our ability to freely deploy generated cash, as it does not reflect required payments to be made on our indebtedness and other fixed obligations or the other cash items excluded when calculating Free Cash Flow. We also note that Free Cash Flow may be calculated in a different manner by other companies, which limits its usefulness as a comparative measure. Therefore, our Free Cash Flow should be used as a supplemental measure and not in lieu of our financial results reported under GAAP.

Classification of Maintenance Capital Expenditures and Growth Capital Expenditures

We categorize capital expenditures as either maintenance capital expenditures or growth capital expenditures. As neither maintenance capital expenditure nor growth capital expenditure is a GAAP term, we have a framework we use in categorizing any specific capital expenditure. In broad terms, maintenance capital expenditures primarily maintain our businesses at current levels of operations, capability, profitability or cash flow, while growth capital expenditures primarily provide new or enhanced levels of operations, capability, profitability or cash flow. We consider a number of factors to determine whether a specific capital expenditure will be classified as maintenance or growth.

The primary factors we consider in determining classification of capital expenditures are:

whether the asset/unit/property currently exists in the business or is new (not a replacement);
whether the capital expenditure provides enhanced functionality or capability to an existing asset/unit/property; and
whether we expect the capital expenditure increases profitability or cash flows, through incremental future revenue, lower future costs or lower future capital requirements.

In some cases, specific capital expenditures contain characteristics of both maintenance and growth capital expenditures. We do not bifurcate specific capital expenditures into growth and maintenance components. Each discrete capital expenditure is considered within the above framework and the entire capital expenditure is classified as either maintenance or growth according to the preponderance of categorization. Further, where capital expenditure follows an acquisition and is incurred to bring the acquired business to the standards expected by MIC across all of its portfolio, such integration capital expenditure will usually be classified as growth capital expenditure.

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Results of Operations: Consolidated — (continued)

A reconciliation of net (loss) income attributable to MIC to EBITDA excluding non-cash items and EBITDA excluding non-cash items to Free Cash Flow from operations, on a consolidated basis, is provided below, and similar reconciliations for each of our operating businesses and MIC Corporate follow.

             
  Year Ended December 31,   Change
(From 2014 to 2015)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
  Change
(From 2013 to 2014)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2015   2014   2013   $   %   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
Net (loss) income attributable
to MIC (1)
  $ (108,537 )     $ 1,042,028     $ 31,254                                      
Interest expense, net (2)     123,024       73,084       36,840                                      
(Benefit) provision for income taxes     (65,161 )       (24,374 )       18,043                                      
Depreciation (3)     215,243       98,442       39,150                                      
Depreciation – cost of services (3)           4,374       6,726                                      
Amortization of intangibles (4)     101,435       42,695       34,651                                      
Gain from acquisition/divestiture of businesses           (1,027,181 )                                            
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee           (26,391 )       (39,115 )                                      
Equity distributions from investee (5)           25,330       39,115                                      
Fees to Manager-related party (6)     354,959       168,182       85,367                                      
Other non-cash expense, net (7)     2,822       9,355       5,603                                
EBITDA excluding non-cash items   $ 623,785     $ 385,544     $ 257,634       238,241       61.8       127,910       49.6  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items   $ 623,785     $ 385,544     $ 257,634                                      
Interest expense, net (2)     (123,024 )       (73,084 )       (36,840 )                                      
Adjustments to derivative instruments recorded in interest expense (2)     1,509       (3,108 )       (5,138 )                                      
Amortization of debt financing costs (2)     9,075       5,376       3,874                                      
Interest rate swap breakage fees     (50,556 )                                                  
Equipment lease receivable, net           2,805       3,807                                      
Benefit/provision for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes (8)     6,427       (3,568 )       (4,748 )                                      
Pension contribution           (26,960 )       (3,150 )                                      
Changes in working capital (6)     (86,060 )       (35,390 )       (60,322 )                          
Cash provided by operating activities     381,156       251,615       155,117                                      
Changes in working capital (6)     86,060       35,390       60,322                                      
Maintenance capital expenditures     (68,596 )       (25,520 )       (18,582 )                                
Free cash flow   $ 398,620     $ 261,485     $ 196,857       137,135       52.4       64,628       32.8  

(1) Net (loss) income attributable to MIC excludes net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests of $5.3 million, $2.7 million and $3.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
(2) Interest expense, net, includes adjustment to derivative instruments and non-cash amortization of deferred financing fees. For the year ended December 31, 2015, interest expense also includes non-cash write-off of deferred financing costs related to the May 2015 refinancing at IMTT.
(3) Depreciation — cost of services includes depreciation expense for our previously owned district energy business, a component of CP&E segment, which is reported in cost of services in our consolidated statements of operations. Depreciation and Depreciation — cost of services does not include acquisition-related step-up depreciation expense of $4.2 million and $7.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, in connection with our previous 50% investment in IMTT, which is reported in equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee in our consolidated statements of operations.
(4) Amortization of intangibles does not include acquisition-related step-up amortization expense of $185,000 and $342,000 for the years ended December 31, 2014, and 2013, respectively, in connection with our previous 50% investment in IMTT, which is reported in equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee in our consolidated statements of operations.

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(5) Equity distributions from investee in the above table includes distributions we received only up to our share of the earnings recorded in the calculation for EBITDA excluding non-cash items.
(6) In July 2015, our Board requested, and our Manager agreed, that $67.8 million of the performance fee for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 be settled in cash in July 2015 to minimize dilution. The remaining $67.8 million obligation was deferred until July 2016. At July 2016, the MIC Board will consider whether the remaining obligation may be settled in cash or shares, or a combination thereof. In October 2014, our Board requested, and our Manager agreed, that $65.0 million of the performance fee for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 be settled in cash using the proceeds from the sale of the district energy business to minimize dilution. The remainder of the fee of $51.6 million was reinvested in additional share of MIC.
(7) Other non-cash expense, net, primarily includes non-cash adjustments related to pension expense, adjustments to noncontrolling interest, amortization of tolling liabilities, unrealized gains (losses) on commodity hedges and any non-cash gains (losses) on disposal of assets. Other non-cash expense, net also included non-cash loss from customer contract terminations for 2014 and 2013 and non-cash losses on extinguishment of debt for 2013.
(8) Includes $6.9 million of tax refund received in the fourth quarter of 2015 relating to the election of bonus depreciation for 2014.

Reconciliation from Consolidated Free Cash Flow to Proportionately Combined Free Cash Flow

The following table is a reconciliation from Free Cash Flow on a consolidated basis to Free Cash Flow on a proportionately combined basis (in proportion to our interests). See “Results of Operations —  Consolidated ” above for a reconciliation of Free Cash Flow — Consolidated basis to cash provided by operating activities, the most comparable GAAP measure. See “Results of Operations” below for each of our segments for a reconciliation of Free Cash Flow for each segment to cash provided by (used in) operating activities for such segment. See “Results of Operations —  Summary of Our Proportionately Combined Results ” for further discussions on Free Cash Flow and our proportionately combined financial measures below.

             
  Year Ended December 31,   Change
(From 2014 to 2015)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
  Change
(From 2013 to 2014)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2015   2014   2013   $   %   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
Free Cash Flow-Consolidated basis   $ 398,620     $ 261,485     $ 196,857       137,135       52.4       64,628       32.8  
Equity distributions from investee (1)           (25,086 )       (39,115 )                                      
100% of CP&E Free Cash Flow included in consolidated Free Cash Flow     (21,989 )       (10,480 )       (13,662 )                                      
MIC's share of IMTT Free Cash Flow (2)           31,324       60,411                                      
MIC's share of CP&E Free Cash Flow     16,005       5,103       5,560                                
Free Cash Flow-Proportionately Combined basis   $ 392,636     $ 262,346     $ 210,051       130,290       49.7       52,295       24.9  

(1) Equity distributions from investee represent the portion of distributions received from IMTT that are recorded in cash from operating activities prior to the IMTT Acquisition on July 16, 2014.
(2) Represents our proportionate share of IMTT's Free Cash Flow prior to the IMTT Acquisition on July 16, 2014.

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IMTT

Prior to July 16, 2014, we accounted for our 50% interest in IMTT using the equity method of accounting. As of July 16, 2014, we have consolidated IMTT on a 100% basis. To enable meaningful analysis of IMTT’s performance across periods, IMTT’s overall performance is discussed below, rather than IMTT’s contribution to our consolidated results.

             
  Year Ended December 31,   Change
(From 2014 to 2015)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
  Change
(From 2013 to 2014)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2015   2014   2013
     $   $   $   $   %   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
Revenues     550,041       567,467       513,902       (17,426 )       (3.1 )       53,565       10.4  
Cost of services (1)     222,724       248,681       226,688       25,957       10.4       (21,993 )       (9.7 )  
Gross profit     327,317       318,786       287,214       8,531       2.7       31,572       11.0  
General and administrative expenses (1)     33,903       44,018       32,729       10,115       23.0       (11,289 )       (34.5 )  
Depreciation and amortization     132,002       93,488       76,091       (38,514 )       (41.2 )       (17,397 )       (22.9 )  
Casualty losses, net (2)                 6,700                   6,700       100.0  
Operating income     161,412       181,280       171,694       (19,868 )       (11.0 )       9,586       5.6  
Interest expense, net (3)     (37,378 )       (27,239 )       (24,572 )       (10,139 )       (37.2 )       (2,667 )       (10.9 )  
Other income, net     2,212       2,665       2,133       (453 )       (17.0 )       532       24.9  
Provision for income taxes     (51,520 )       (64,033 )       (61,149 )       12,513       19.5       (2,884 )       (4.7 )  
Noncontrolling interest     (586 )       (527 )       (251 )       (59 )       (11.2 )       (276 )       (110.0 )  
Net income (4)     74,140       92,146       87,855       (18,006 )       (19.5 )       4,291       4.9  
Reconciliation of net income to EBITDA excluding non-cash items and cash provided by operating activities to Free Cash Flow:
                                                              
Net income (4)     74,140       92,146       87,855                                      
Interest expense, net (3)     37,378       27,239       24,572                                      
Provision for income taxes     51,520       64,033       61,149                                      
Depreciation and amortization     132,002       93,488       76,091                                      
Other non-cash expense, net (5)     7,027       8,269       18,822                                
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     302,067       285,175       268,489       16,892       5.9       16,686       6.2  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     302,067       285,175       268,489                                      
Interest expense, net (3)     (37,378 )       (27,239 )       (24,572 )                                      
Adjustments to derivative instruments recorded in interest expense (3)     (2,912 )       (15,335 )       (19,794 )                                      
Amortization of debt financing costs (3)     2,344       2,050       2,833                                      
Interest rate swap breakage fees     (31,385 )                                                  
Provision for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes     (470 )       (34,250 )       (18,456 )                                      
Pension contribution           (20,000 )       (4,450 )                                      
Changes in working capital     (11,260 )       (413 )       (3,707 )                          
Cash provided by operating activities     221,006       189,988       200,343                                      
Changes in working capital     11,260       413       3,707                                      
Maintenance capital expenditures     (37,696 )       (44,176 )       (83,228 )                                
Free cash flow     194,570       146,225       120,822       48,345       33.1       25,403       21.0  

(1) Includes transactional costs in connection with the IMTT Acquisition for the year ended December 31, 2014.
(2) For 2013, casualty losses, net, represent non-cash write-offs of fixed assets associated with Hurricane Sandy, net of insurance recoveries.
(3) Interest expense, net, includes adjustments to derivative instruments and non-cash amortization of deferred financing fees. For the year ended December 31, 2015, interest expense also includes non-cash write-off of deferred financing costs related to the May 2015 refinancing.

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(4) Corporate allocation expense, intercompany fees and the tax effect have been excluded from the above table as they are eliminated on consolidation.
(5) Other non-cash expense, net, primarily includes non-cash adjustments related to pension expense and adjustments to noncontrolling interest. For 2013, other non-cash expense also includes non-cash adjustment for casualty losses.

Year Ended December 31, 2015 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2014

Key Factors Affecting Operating Results:

an increase in gross profit primarily due to:
a decrease in costs; and
an increase in revenue from firm commitments; partially offset by
a decrease in revenue from spill response activity; and
a decrease in revenue from heating and rail services;
decrease in general and administrative expenses; and
the unfavorable impact of foreign exchange rates.

Revenue

IMTT generates the majority of its revenue from contracts that typically comprise a fixed monthly charge (that escalates annually with inflation) for access to or use of its infrastructure. We refer to revenue generated from such fixed charges (contracts) as firm commitments. The ongoing volatility in crude oil prices saw customers within the petroleum products category (58% of total revenue) seek to enter into or renew contracts with shorter durations in 2015 compared with prior years. As a result, the weighted average remaining life of firm commitments decreased to 2.62 years at the end of 2015 compared with 2.82 years at the end of 2014. Notably, the weighted average life of firm commitments increased sequentially in the fourth quarter of 2015 to the year-end 2.62 years from 2.33 years at the end of the third quarter of 2015 suggesting a potential reversal in the trend toward shorter duration contracts.

For the year ended December 31, 2015, total revenue decreased by $17.4 million primarily as a result of: a reduced level of spill response activity on the part of IMTT’s subsidiary OMI Environmental Solutions; a reduction in heating revenue attributable to the milder winter weather in 2015 compared with 2014; a decrease in rail services revenue principally in connection with the reduction in demand for Canadian crude oil in the U.S.; and, the weakening of the Canadian Dollar relative to the U.S. Dollar and its impact on contributions from IMTT’s interests in two terminals in Canada. On a constant currency basis, these reductions in total revenue were partially offset by an increase in revenue from firm commitments of 2.3% primarily attributable to higher utilization rates. Revenue from firm commitments comprised approximately 78.7% of total revenue in 2015.

Substantially similar factors contributed to a decline in revenue in the fourth quarter of 2015 compared with the fourth quarter in 2014. IMTT’s revenue for the fourth quarter of 2015 compared with the fourth quarter of 2014 decreased $10.8 million, of which $11.7 million reflects the impact of reduced spill response activity, heating revenue, rail service revenue and other ancillary service revenue as well as deterioration in the Canadian Dollar/U.S. Dollar exchange rate. Consistent with the full year result, on a constant currency basis, revenue from firm commitments increased in the fourth quarter of 2015 at a rate slightly better than inflation compared with the fourth quarter in 2014.

Capacity utilization was consistent with historically normal levels at 94.9% at year-end 2015 compared with 92.5% at year-end 2014 as certain tanks were placed back in service following scheduled cleaning and inspection during the year.

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Costs

Costs were 12.3% lower in 2015 compared with 2014. The reduction in costs was primarily the result of improved cost controls and the realization of efficiencies following the IMTT Acquisition and costs associated with the IMTT Acquisition in 2014 that did not recur.

Costs related to spill response activity decreased for 2015 compared with 2014 which contributed to the cost improvement compared with 2014.

Depreciation and amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense increased in 2015 compared with 2014 primarily due to remeasuring the fixed assets and intangibles to fair value in connection with the IMTT Acquisition in July 2014.

Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense includes losses on derivative instruments of $7.4 million and $3.0 million for 2015 and 2014, respectively. Excluding the derivative adjustments, interest expense decreased during 2015 compared with 2014 due to lower average debt balances and lower interest rates. The weighted average interest rate on all outstanding debt facilities, including any interest rate swaps, was 3.42% at December 31, 2015.

Cash interest paid totaled $33.8 million for 2015, excluding interest rate swap breakage fees in relation to the refinancing of the business’ long-term debt facilities in May 2015, and $39.7 million for 2014. Cash interest paid was lower in 2015 compared with 2014 primarily due to the timing of interest payments on the senior notes and a lower average debt balance in the first half of 2015 compared with the first half of 2014.

As part of the refinancing of the IMTT debt in May 2015, IMTT paid $31.4 million in interest rate swap breakage fees associated with the termination of out-of-the-money interest rate swap contracts related to prior debt facilities. See further discussion in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Liquidity and Capital Resources ”.

Income Taxes

Subsequent to July 16, 2014, the federal taxable income or loss generated by IMTT is filed as part of our consolidated federal income tax return. The business will continue to file stand-alone state income tax returns in the states in which it operates. For 2015, the tax provision in the table above includes both state taxes and the portion of the consolidated federal tax liability attributable to the business.

The “Provision for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes” of $470,000 for 2015 in the table above relates to state income taxes. The business does not have a current federal income tax liability in 2015. Future current federal taxable income attributable to IMTT can be offset in consolidation with the application of MIC’s NOLs.

A significant difference between IMTT’s book and federal taxable income relates to depreciation of terminalling fixed assets. For book purposes, these fixed assets are depreciated primarily over 15 to 30 years using the straight-line method of depreciation. For federal income tax purposes, these fixed assets are depreciated primarily over 5 to 15 years using accelerated methods. Most terminalling fixed assets placed in service between 2012 through 2015 did or should qualify for the federal 50% bonus tax depreciation. A significant portion of Louisiana terminalling fixed assets constructed after Hurricane Katrina was financed with Gulf Opportunity Zone Bonds (GO Zone Bonds). GO Zone Bond financed assets are depreciated, for tax purposes, primarily over 9 to 20 years using the straight-line depreciation method, and do not qualify for bonus depreciation. Most of the states in which the business operates do not allow the use of 50% bonus tax depreciation. However, Louisiana allows the use of 50% bonus depreciation except for assets financed with GO Zone Bonds.

Maintenance Capital Expenditures

For the year ended December 31, 2015, IMTT incurred maintenance capital expenditures of $37.7 million and $34.9 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, compared with $44.2 million and $53.6 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2014. The decrease in maintenance capital expenditures on an accrual basis from 2014 to 2015 primarily reflects improved controls and processes and the timing of projects.

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Year Ended December 31, 2014 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2013

Revenue

Revenues increased 10.4% during 2014 as compared with 2013. The increase was primarily attributable to additional increased spill response activity, higher firm commitments (notwithstanding marginally lower tank utilization for the first nine months ended September 30, 2014), heating charges and a customer reimbursement.

As expected, capacity utilization increased from 92.4% in the fourth quarter of 2013 to 93.2% in the fourth quarter of 2014 due to the timing and increased size of tanks taken out of service for scheduled cleaning and inspection.

Costs

Costs were higher for 2014 as compared with 2013 primarily due to higher spill response activity involving third parties and transactional related costs.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense increased for 2014 compared with 2013, primarily due to remeasuring the fixed assets and intangibles to fair value in connection with the IMTT Acquisition.

Casualty Losses, Net

During 2013, casualty losses, net, were recorded as a result of fixed asset write-offs associated with Hurricane Sandy, net of insurance recoveries.

Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense includes losses on derivative instruments of $3.0 million and gains of $1.6 million for 2014 and 2013, respectively. Excluding the derivative adjustments, interest expense decreased during 2014 compared with 2013 due to lower average debt balances.

Cash interest paid totaled $39.7 million and $40.2 million for 2014 and 2013, respectively. The decrease in cash interest paid in 2014 was primarily due to lower average debt balances as a result of a net reduction of IMTT’s revolving credit facility drawn balance.

Income Taxes

For 2014, IMTT paid federal and state income taxes of $22.7 million and $4.3 million, respectively. For 2013, IMTT paid federal and state income taxes of $13.6 million and $5.6 million, respectively.

Maintenance Capital Expenditures

For the year ended December 31, 2014, IMTT incurred maintenance capital expenditures of $44.2 million and $53.6 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, compared with $83.2 million and $90.9 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2013.

The decrease in the maintenance capital expenditures on an accrual basis from 2013 to 2014 was primarily due to the costs associated with repairs to the Bayonne terminal as a result of damage from Hurricane Sandy in 2013, a lower level of tanks out of service for planned cleaning and inspections in 2014 and improved controls and processes.

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  Year Ended December 31,   Change
(From 2014 to 2015)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
  Change
(From 2013 to 2014)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2015   2014   2013
     $   $   $   $   %   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
Revenues     738,460       779,261       725,480       (40,801 )       (5.2 )       53,781       7.4  
Cost of services     328,305       416,697       402,306       88,392       21.2       (14,391 )       (3.6 )  
Gross profit     410,155       362,564       323,174       47,591       13.1       39,390       12.2  
Selling, general and administrative expenses     207,062       194,804       178,182       (12,258 )       (6.3 )       (16,622 )       (9.3 )  
Depreciation and amortization     126,351       63,778       56,378       (62,573 )       (98.1 )       (7,400 )       (13.1 )  
Loss on disposal of assets     2,093       1,279       226       (814 )       (63.6 )       (1,053 )       NM  
Operating income     74,649       102,703       88,388       (28,054 )       (27.3 )       14,315       16.2  
Interest expense, net (1)     (35,735 )       (40,618 )       (22,151 )       4,883       12.0       (18,467 )       (83.4 )  
Loss on extinguishment of debt                 (2,472 )                   2,472       100.0  
Other expense, net     (28 )       (25 )       (2 )       (3 )       (12.0 )       (23 )       NM  
Provision for income taxes     (16,081 )       (25,096 )       (25,218 )       9,015       35.9       122       0.5  
Net income (2)     22,805       36,964       38,545       (14,159 )       (38.3 )       (1,581 )       (4.1 )  
Reconciliation of net income to EBITDA excluding non-cash items and cash provided by operating activities to Free Cash Flow:
                                                              
Net income (2)     22,805       36,964       38,545                                      
Interest expense, net (1)     35,735       40,618       22,151                                      
Provision for income taxes     16,081       25,096       25,218                                      
Depreciation and amortization     126,351       63,778       56,378                                      
Other non-cash expense, net (3)     2,645       1,475       2,545                                
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     203,617       167,931       144,837       35,686       21.3       23,094       15.9  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     203,617       167,931       144,837                                      
Interest expense, net (1)     (35,735 )       (40,618 )       (22,151 )                                      
Adjustments to derivative instruments recorded in interest expense (1)     3,617       9,459       823                                      
Amortization of debt financing costs (1)     3,221       3,138       2,687                                      
Provision for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes     (242 )       (4,549 )       (7,823 )                                      
Changes in working capital     (2,635 )       6,775       2,504                          
Cash provided by operating activities     171,843       142,136       120,877                                      
Changes in working capital     2,635       (6,775 )       (2,504 )                                      
Maintenance capital expenditures     (21,455 )       (9,886 )       (11,618 )                                
Free cash flow     153,023       125,475       106,755       27,548       22.0       18,720       17.5  

NM — Not meaningful

(1) Interest expense, net, includes adjustments to derivative instruments and non-cash amortization of deferred financing fees.
(2) Corporate allocation expense, intercompany fees and the tax effect have been excluded from the above table as they are eliminated on consolidation.
(3) Other non-cash expense, net, primarily includes non-cash gains (losses) on disposal of assets. For 2013, other non-cash expense also includes non-cash losses on extinguishment of debt.

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Year Ended December 31, 2015 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2014

Key Factors Affecting Operating Results:

increases in same store gross profit; partially offset by;
higher selling, general and administrative expenses.

The recovery in the U.S. GA market continued through 2015. This was reflected in increased flight activity, increased volume of fuel sold, increased demand for hangar and ramp rental and increased margin per gallon. In 2015, Atlantic Aviation benefited from the prior expansion of our network into the Florida market. While the decline in commodity prices experienced in 2015 lead to a decline in revenue, this decline was more than offset by a decline in fuel costs.

Consolidation of the FBO industry continued in 2015. In addition to the participating in the consolidation, Atlantic Aviation also deployed growth capital in fuel supply chain logistics, terminal and hangar improvements and expansions.

If the U.S. economy continues to improve, we anticipate that these trends will continue through 2016.

Revenue and Gross Profit

The majority of the revenue and gross profit earned by Atlantic Aviation is generated through fueling GA aircraft at facilities located on 69 U.S. airports at which Atlantic Aviation operates. The business generally pursues a strategy of maintaining and, where appropriate, increasing dollar-based margins. Generally, fluctuations in the cost of fuel are passed through to the customer.

Revenue and gross profit are driven by the volume of fuel sold and the dollar-based margin/fee per gallon on those sales. Despite an increase in the volume of fuel sold, revenues decreased from 2014 to 2015 as a result of a significant decline in the price of fuel charged to customers. However, the decline in cost of services more than offset the decline in the price to customers. On a same store basis, gross profit increased 8.3% from 2014 to 2015, driven by increases in fuel gross profit and hangar rentals.

Atlantic Aviation seeks to extend FBO leases prior to their maturity and to increase the portfolio’s weighted average lease life. The weighted average lease life increased from 18.8 years at December 31, 2014 to 19.6 years at December 31, 2015, notwithstanding the passage of one year.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased in 2015 compared with 2014 primarily due to incremental expenses associated with acquired FBOs, higher salaries and benefit costs, rent, accelerated repairs and maintenance and professional fees. On a same store basis, costs were 2.9% higher in 2015 compared with 2014.

Depreciation and Amortization

During the first quarter of 2015, Atlantic Aviation reassessed the useful lives of its contractual arrangements and leasehold and land improvements related to leases at certain airports to generally match these useful lives with the remaining lease terms plus extensions under Atlantic Aviation’s control. This change will generally accelerate depreciation and amortization expense at the affected sites. As a result of this reassessment, the business performed an impairment analysis related to its contractual arrangements and leasehold and land improvements and recorded a non-cash impairment of $16.3 million during the quarter ended March 31, 2015. In addition, the change in useful life resulted in increased depreciation and amortization expense of $22.9 million in 2015.

During the first quarter of 2015, a non-cash impairment of $22.0 million was also recorded due to a change in the current lease contract at one of the bases. This amount is included in depreciation and amortization expense for the year ended December 31, 2015.

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Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense includes losses on derivative instruments of $12.1 million and $17.5 million in 2015 and 2014, respectively. Excluding the derivative adjustments, interest expense increased for 2015 compared with 2014 due to higher average debt balances. The weighted average interest rate on all outstanding debt facilities, including any interest rate swaps, was 4.63% at December 31, 2015, which was unchanged from December 31, 2014. Cash interest paid was $29.4 million and $28.1 million in 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Income Taxes

The federal taxable income generated by Atlantic Aviation is filed as part of our consolidated federal income tax return. The business files stand-alone state income tax returns in the states in which it operates. The tax expense in the table above includes both state taxes and the portion of the consolidated federal tax liability attributable to the business.

The “Provision for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes” of $242,000 for 2015 in the above table, includes $139,000 of state income taxes payable and $103,000 federal income taxes payable. Any current federal income taxes payable is expected to be offset in consolidation with the application of MIC’s NOLs.

At December 31, 2015, Atlantic Aviation had $63.5 million of state NOL carryforwards. State NOL carryforwards are specific to the state in which the NOL was generated and various states impose limitations on the utilization of NOL carryforwards. Therefore, the business may incur state income tax liabilities in the future, even if its consolidated state taxable income is less than $63.5 million.

For 2014, Atlantic Aviation paid state income taxes of $3.3 million.

Maintenance Capital Expenditures

For the year ended December 31, 2015, Atlantic Aviation incurred maintenance capital expenditures of $21.5 million both on an accrual basis and cash basis compared with $9.9 million and $9.7 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2014. Maintenance capital expenditures for the periods presented were primarily to fund replacement of equipment at existing locations. Atlantic Aviation accelerated the spending of certain maintenance capital expenditure items for the year ended December 31, 2015 due to over performance in the business and the availability of capital. This acceleration is expected to increase Atlantic Aviation’s financial flexibility.

Year Ended December 31, 2014 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2013

Revenue and Gross Profit

The increase in revenue and gross profit in 2014 compared with 2013 was primarily attributable to the Galaxy Acquisitions and acquisition of the Kansas City FBO. On a same store basis, total gross profit increased by 5.9% in 2014 compared with 2013, driven by increases in fuel, rental and de-icing revenue.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased in 2014 as compared with 2013 due to incremental selling, general and administrative expenses associated with acquired FBOs and transaction and legal costs associated with previously announced acquisitions. On a same store basis, costs were 3.1% higher in 2014 as compared with 2013 due to increased employee salaries and benefit costs, rent and utility expenses and costs associated with the colder weather in the Northeast U.S. during the first quarter of 2014.

Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense includes losses on derivative instruments of $17.5 million and $3.7 million in 2014 and 2013, respectively. Excluding the derivative adjustments, interest expense increased in 2014 compared with 2013 due to lower cost of debt in the prior comparable period, as the principal amount was unhedged until it was refinanced on May 31, 2013, and higher average debt levels in 2014. Cash interest paid was $28.1 million and $18.8 million in 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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Income Taxes

For 2014 and 2013, Atlantic Aviation paid state income taxes of $3.3 million in both periods.

Maintenance Capital Expenditures

For the year ended December 31, 2014, Atlantic Aviation incurred maintenance capital expenditures of $9.9 million and $9.7 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, compared with $11.6 million and $11.9 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2013. Maintenance capital expenditures for the periods presented were primarily to fund replacement of equipment at existing locations.

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Contracted Power and Energy

The financial results below reflect 100% of the full-year performance of the solar and wind power facilities within the CP&E segment, not the contribution based on our economic interest, and the performance of BEC from the date of our acquisition on April 1, 2015, unless specified otherwise. The financial results for the CP&E segment, including the results of the district energy business through the date it was divested, is as follows.

             
  Year Ended December 31,   Change
(From 2014 to 2015)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
  Change
(From 2013 to 2014)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2015   2014   2013
     $   $   $   $   %   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
Service revenues           29,487       44,880       (29,487 )       (100.0 )       (15,393 )       (34.3 )  
Product revenues     123,797       19,779       9,371       104,018       NM       10,408       111.1  
Finance lease revenues           1,836       3,563       (1,836 )       (100.0 )       (1,727 )       (48.5 )  
Total revenues     123,797       51,102       57,814       72,695       142.3       (6,712 )       (11.6 )  
Cost of revenue – service (1)           21,311       31,871       21,311       100.0       10,560       33.1  
Cost of revenue – product     18,901       3,869       1,488       (15,032 )       NM       (2,381 )       (160.0 )  
Cost of revenue – total     18,901       25,180       33,359       6,279       24.9       8,179       24.5  
Gross profit     104,896       25,922       24,455       78,974       NM       1,467       6.0  
Selling, general and administrative expenses     30,847       8,319       7,865       (22,528 )       NM       (454 )       (5.8 )  
Depreciation and amortization     48,990       15,601       8,656       (33,389 )       NM       (6,945 )       (80.2 )  
Loss from customer contract termination           1,269       5,906       1,269       100.0       4,637       78.5  
Operating income     25,059       733       2,028       24,326       NM       (1,295 )       (63.9 )  
Interest expense, net (2)     (28,390 )       (8,606 )       (7,930 )       (19,784 )       NM       (676 )       (8.5 )  
Loss on extinguishment of debt           (90 )             90       100.0       (90 )       NM  
Equity in earnings of investee           244             (244 )       (100.0 )       244       NM  
Other income     1,066       2,300       3,289       (1,234 )       (53.7 )       (989 )       (30.1 )  
Provision for income taxes     (4,887 )       (823 )       (827 )       (4,064 )       NM       4       0.5  
Noncontrolling interest     5,856       4,471       4,051       1,385       31.0       420       10.4  
Net (loss) income (3)     (1,296 )       (1,771 )       611       475       26.8       (2,382 )       NM  
Reconciliation of net (loss) income to EBITDA excluding non-cash items and cash provided by (used in) operating activities to Free Cash Flow:
                                                              
Net (loss) income (3)     (1,296 )       (1,771 )       611                                      
Interest expense, net (2)     28,390       8,606       7,930                                      
Provision for income taxes     4,887       823       827                                      
Depreciation and amortization (1)     48,990       19,975       15,382                                      
Other non-cash income, net (4)     (12,815 )       (4,910 )       (663 )                                
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     68,156       22,723       24,087       45,433       199.9       (1,364 )       (5.7 )  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     68,156       22,723       24,087                                      
Interest expense, net (2)     (28,390 )       (8,606 )       (7,930 )                                      
Adjustments to derivative instruments recorded in interest expense (2)     819       (5,321 )       (5,531 )                                      
Amortization of debt financing costs (2)     686       518       732                                      
Interest rate swap breakage fees     (19,171 )                                                  
Equipment lease receivable, net           2,805       3,807                                      
Provision for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes     (4 )       (903 )       (855 )                                      
Changes in working capital     (2,331 )       33,440       (54,491 )                          
Cash provided by (used in) operating activities     19,765       44,656       (40,181 )                                      
Changes in working capital     2,331       (33,440 )       54,491                                      
Maintenance capital expenditures     (107 )       (736 )       (648 )                                
Free cash flow     21,989       10,480       13,662       11,509       109.8       (3,182 )       (23.3 )  

NM — Not meaningful

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(1) Includes depreciation expense of $4.4 million and $6.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively, related to the district energy business, which was sold in August 2014.
(2) Interest expense, net, includes adjustments to derivative instruments and non-cash amortization of deferred financing fees.
(3) Corporate allocation expense, intercompany fees and the tax effect have been excluded from the above table as they are eliminated on consolidation.
(4) Other non-cash income, net, primarily includes adjustments to noncontrolling interest and amortization of tolling liabilities. Both 2014 and 2013 also included non-cash loss from customer contract terminations related to the district energy business, which was sold in August 2014.

We acquired BEC on April 1, 2015 for total consideration of $724.3 million. We subsequently received a purchase price reduction of $6.3 million reflecting a reduction in the fair value of the working capital acquired in conjunction with the acquisition. While we currently anticipate that the BEC acquisition will perform over the medium term in line with our original expectations, performance in the financial year ended December 31, 2015 was negatively impacted by a combination of mild weather, low natural gas prices and incremental expenses incurred in conjunction with the transition to our ownership. These were partially offset by interest savings associated with the repayment of the $509.1 million term loan we assumed upon acquisition. Over the course of 2016 and beyond, we anticipate introducing a number of initiatives designed to improve the financial performance of BEC, including the addition of at least 130 MW of incremental capacity, the construction of an interconnection with the Spectra Energy-owned Texas Eastern Transmission natural gas pipeline and the consolidation of BEC’s asset management function, currently performed by a third party service provider.

Year Ended December 31, 2015 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2014

Key Factors Affecting Operating Results:

contributions from acquisitions, notably BEC and the wind power facilities acquired during the second half of 2014; partially offset by
sale of the district energy business in August 2014; and
reduced output/revenue from renewables facilities as a result of below average solar and wind resources.

Revenue and Gross Profit

Total revenue and gross profit increased in 2015 compared with 2014 due to the acquisition of BEC on April 1, 2015 and the acquisitions of the wind power facilities during the second half of 2014, partially offset by the sale of the district energy business on August 21, 2014. Our solar and wind power facilities were impacted by poor solar and wind resource in 2015 compared to 2014, with solar resource approximately 94% of long term average and wind resource approximately 89% of long term average. Although the fourth quarter is typically a softer quarter for peak power demand, relatively mild weather in the Northeast saw the uncontracted portion of the power generating capacity of BEC dispatched less frequently than expected.

Selling, General and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative expenses are comprised primarily of transaction-related fees, legal and other professional fees and management and incentive costs. The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses in 2015 compared with 2014 was driven by incremental selling, general and administrative expenses associated with BEC and the wind power facilities, partially offset by the sale of the district energy business on August 21, 2014.

Depreciation and Amortization

Depreciation and amortization expense increased in 2015 compared with 2014 primarily as a result of depreciation and amortization associated with BEC and the wind power facilities.

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Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense includes losses on derivative instruments of $8.6 million and $199,000 in 2015 and 2014, respectively. Excluding the derivative adjustments, interest expense increased in 2015 compared with 2014 due to the additional debt at BEC and at one of the 2014 wind power facilities, partially offset by the absence of the debt balance at the district energy business. The weighted average interest rate on all outstanding debt facilities, including any interest rate swaps, was 4.323% at December 31, 2015. Cash interest paid totaled $27.1 million, excluding interest rate swap breakage fees in relation to the repayment of BEC’s long-term debt facilities, and $15.6 million in 2015 and 2014, respectively.

In connection with the BEC acquisition, the business assumed $509.1 million of debt facilities that were fully repaid in July 2015. As part of the repayment, BEC paid $19.2 million in interest rate swap breakage fees associated with the termination of out-of-the-money interest rate swap contracts. In August 2015, BEC entered into new debt agreements and at December 31, 2015, had $271.0 million of term debt outstanding. See further discussion in “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Liquidity and Capital Resources ”.

Income Taxes

Our solar and wind power facilities are held in LLCs that are treated as partnerships for tax purposes. As such, these entities do not pay federal or state income taxes on a standalone basis, but each partner pays federal and state income taxes based on their allocated taxable income. For 2015, MIC expects its allocated share of the federal taxable income from these facilities to be a loss. For 2014, MIC’s allocated share of the taxable income from the solar and wind power facilities was a loss of $6.9 million.

On April 1, 2015, we acquired 100% of BEC. The federal taxable income generated by BEC is filed as part of our consolidated federal income tax return and is subject to New York state income taxes on a stand-alone basis. For 2015, the business does not expect to have a state income tax liability. We do not believe that the businesses of CP&E will generate a current federal income tax liability in 2015. Future current federal taxable income attributable to CP&E may be offset in consolidation with the application of MIC’s NOLs.

Maintenance Capital Expenditures

CP&E incurred maintenance capital expenditures of $107,000 both on an accrual basis and cash basis for the year ended December 31, 2015. For the year ended December 31, 2014, the district energy business incurred all of the maintenance capital expenditures. The district energy business was sold on August 21, 2014. We do not expect to incur substantial maintenance capital expenditures at our CP&E facilities as most upgrades, replenishments and repairs are covered under the respective O&M contracts for each site.

Year Ended December 31, 2014 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2013

Revenue and Gross Profit

Total revenue decreased in 2014 compared with 2013 due to the sale of the district energy business on August 21, 2014, partially offset by the full year operations of all solar power facilities and partial year results from the wind power facilities acquired during the second half of 2014.

Total gross profit increased in 2014 compared with 2013 due to full year operation of the solar power facilities, partially offset by the sale of the district energy business on August 21, 2014.

Selling, General and Administrative Expense

The increase in selling, general and administrative expenses in 2014 compared with 2013 was driven by the increase in legal and professional expenses for the acquisitions of wind power facilities and the sale of our interest in the district energy business in 2014.

Depreciation

Depreciation expense increased in 2014 compared with 2013 primarily as a result of the depreciation associated with solar power facilities that became operational during 2013 and the wind power facilities acquired during the second half of 2014.

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Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense includes losses on derivative instruments of $199,000 and $1.8 million in 2014 and 2013, respectively. Excluding the derivative adjustments, interest expense increased in 2014 compared with 2013 due to higher term debt balance at the solar power facilities, partially offset by the sale of the district energy business on August 21, 2014. Cash interest paid totaled $15.6 million and $13.3 million in 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Income Taxes

For 2014 and 2013, MIC’s allocated share of the taxable income from the solar and wind power facilities was a loss of $6.9 million and $8.8 million, respectively.

Prior to the sale of the district energy business in August 2014, the district energy business filed a separate federal and state income tax return. In 2014, for tax purposes, a gain of $33.4 million was recognized, yielding a federal capital gain of $11.7 million, which was fully offset with the application of MIC’s NOLs.

Maintenance Capital Expenditures

For the year ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, the district energy business incurred all of the maintenance capital expenditures. The district energy business was sold on August 21, 2014.

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Hawaii Gas

             
  Year Ended December 31,   Change
(From 2014 to 2015)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
  Change
(From 2013 to 2014)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2015   2014   2013
     $   $   $   $   %   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
Revenues     226,952       264,621       257,725       (37,669 )       (14.2 )       6,896       2.7  
Cost of product sales (1)     150,053       189,012       184,355       38,959       20.6       (4,657 )       (2.5 )  
Gross profit     76,899       75,609       73,370       1,290       1.7       2,239       3.1  
Selling, general and administrative expenses     21,475       22,491       20,294       1,016       4.5       (2,197 )       (10.8 )  
Depreciation and amortization     9,335       9,192       8,767       (143 )       (1.6 )       (425 )       (4.8 )  
Operating income     46,089       43,926       44,309       2,163       4.9       (383 )       (0.9 )  
Interest expense, net (2)     (7,279 )       (7,091 )       (6,834 )       (188 )       (2.7 )       (257 )       (3.8 )  
Other expense     (556 )       (2,871 )       (164 )       2,315       80.6       (2,707 )       NM  
Provision for income taxes     (14,261 )       (12,635 )       (14,995 )       (1,626 )       (12.9 )       2,360       15.7  
Net income (3)     23,993       21,329       22,316       2,664       12.5       (987 )       (4.4 )  
Reconciliation of net income to EBITDA excluding non-cash items and cash provided by operating activities to Free Cash Flow:
                                                              
Net income (3)     23,993       21,329       22,316                                      
Interest expense, net (2)     7,279       7,091       6,834                                      
Provision for income taxes     14,261       12,635       14,995                                      
Depreciation and amortization     9,335       9,192       8,767                                      
Other non-cash expense, net (4)     5,215       6,709       2,116                                
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     60,083       56,956       55,028       3,127       5.5       1,928       3.5  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     60,083       56,956       55,028                                      
Interest expense, net (2)     (7,279 )       (7,091 )       (6,834 )                                      
Adjustments to derivative instruments recorded in interest expense (2)     (15 )       5       (430 )                                      
Amortization of debt financing costs (2)     483       480       455                                      
Provision for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes     184       (659 )       (6,705 )                                      
Pension contribution           (6,960 )       (3,150 )                                      
Changes in working capital     (1,570 )       (1,100 )       2,248                          
Cash provided by operating activities     51,886       41,631       40,612                                      
Changes in working capital     1,570       1,100       (2,248 )                                      
Maintenance capital expenditures     (9,338 )       (6,829 )       (6,316 )                                
Free cash flow     44,118       35,902       32,048       8,216       22.9       3,854       12.0  

NM — Not meaningful

(1) For 2015, cost of product sales includes unrealized losses on commodity hedges.
(2) Interest expense, net, includes adjustments to derivative instruments related to interest rate swaps and non-cash amortization of deferred financing fees.
(3) Corporate allocation expense, intercompany fees and the tax effect have been excluded from the above table as they are eliminated on consolidation.
(4) Other non-cash expense, net, primarily includes non-cash adjustments related to pension expense and unrealized gains (losses) on commodity hedges.

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Year Ended December 31, 2015 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2014

Key Factors Affecting Operating Results:

an increase in gross profit driven by an increase in volume of gas sold; and
a decrease in selling, general and administrative costs.

The Hawaii economy grew at a rate of 2.0% in 2015 with an unemployment rate 1.6% lower than the national average. Key tourism measures all grew during 2015, including visitor arrivals, days and spending, while other key industries, including construction, have continued their gains. These trends are projected to continue in 2016. Hawaii Gas continues to see opportunities to deploy growth capital to support Hawaii’s clean energy objectives.

Gross Profit and Operating Income

Excluding the impact of unrealized gains and losses on commodity hedges, gross profit in 2015 increased $3.1 million over prior year driven by increases in volume and gross profit per therm. Volume of gas sold increased by 2.4% in 2015 compared with 2014. However, on an underlying basis, adjusting for changes in customer inventory primarily related to the timing of foreign shipments, volume of gas sold increased by 2.0% in 2015. Throughout the year, the business significantly increased its supply of LPG from off-island sources and, effective October 1 st , declined to renew its contract with Hawaii Independent Energy. The business continues to implement several initiatives to mitigate volatility in naphtha and LPG prices and supply, including hedging, storage expansion and diversification of the supply base.

Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased in 2015 compared with 2014 as a result of lower promotional costs offset by legal costs associated with proceedings related to the proposed merger involving Hawaii’s largest electric utility.

Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense includes losses on derivative instruments of $2.4 million and $2.2 million in 2015 and 2014, respectively. Excluding the derivative adjustments, interest expense increased slightly in 2015 compared with 2014. The weighted average interest rate on all outstanding debt facilities, including any interest rate swaps, was 3.63% at December 31, 2015. Cash interest paid totaled $6.8 million and $6.7 million in 2015 and 2014, respectively.

Income Taxes

The federal taxable income generated by Hawaii Gas is filed as part of our consolidated federal income tax return, and is subject to Hawaii state income taxes on a stand-alone basis. The tax provision in the table above includes both state taxes and the portion of the consolidated federal tax receivable attributable to the business.

The “Provision for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes” of $184,000 for the year ended December 31, 2015 in the above table, includes $10,000 of federal income taxes receivable and $174,000 of state income tax benefit. Any future current federal income tax liability is expected to be offset in consolidation with the application of MIC NOLs. For 2014, Hawaii Gas paid state income taxes of $232,000.

The business’ federal taxable income differs from book income primarily as a result of differences in the depreciation of fixed assets. The state of Hawaii does not allow the federal bonus depreciation deduction of 50% in determining state taxable income.

Maintenance Capital Expenditures

For the year ended December 31, 2015, Hawaii Gas incurred maintenance capital expenditures of $9.3 million and $7.3 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, compared with $6.8 million and $8.3 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2014. Maintenance capital expenditures for the periods presented were primarily for transmission line modifications and vehicle replacements.

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Year Ended December 31, 2014 Compared with Year Ended December 31, 2013

Gross Profit and Operating Income

Volume of gas sold increased by 1.0% for 2014 compared to 2013, notwithstanding lower customer tank levels at year end, driven by increased volumes at commercial customers, partially offset by lower residential consumption. Gross profit per therm increased in 2014 compared with 2013 as a result of lower inter-island transportation costs, partially offset by LPG margin compression and the timing of pipeline repairs.

Selling, general and administrative expenses increased in 2014 compared with 2013 primarily due to higher marketing expenses, which were offset by the absence of severance costs in 2014.

Interest Expense, Net

Interest expense includes losses on derivative instruments of $2.2 million and $2.0 million in 2014 and 2013, respectively. Excluding the derivative adjustments, interest expense decreased in 2014 compared with 2013. Cash interest paid totaled $6.7 million and $6.9 million in 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Income Taxes

For 2014 and 2013, the business paid state income taxes of approximately $232,000 and $1.4 million, respectively.

Maintenance Capital Expenditures

For the year ended December 31, 2014, Hawaii Gas incurred maintenance capital expenditures of $6.8 million and $8.3 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, compared with $6.3 million and $7.0 million on an accrual basis and cash basis, respectively, for the year ended December 31, 2013. Maintenance capital expenditures for the periods presented were primarily for transmission line modifications and vehicle replacements.

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Corporate and Other

The financial results below reflect Corporate and Other’s performance during the periods below.

             
  Year Ended December 31,   Change
(From 2014 to 2015)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
  Change
(From 2013 to 2014)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
     2015   2014   2013
     $   $   $   $   %   $   %
     ($ In Thousands) (Unaudited)
Fees to Manager-related party     354,959       168,182       85,367       (186,777 )       (111.1 )       (82,815 )       (97.0 )  
Selling, general and administrative expenses     11,575       15,526       6,149       3,951       25.4       (9,377 )       (152.5 )  
Operating loss     (366,534 )       (183,708 )       (91,516 )       (182,826 )       (99.5 )       (92,192 )       (100.7 )  
Interest (expense) income, net (1)     (14,242 )       (5,905 )       75       (8,337 )       (141.2 )       (5,980 )       NM  
Gain from acquisition/divestiture of businesses (2)           1,027,054             (1,027,054 )       (100.0 )       1,027,054       NM  
Other income (expense)     687             (12 )       687       NM       12       100.0  
Benefit for income taxes     151,910       88,696       22,997       63,214       71.3       65,699       NM  
Noncontrolling interest           (1,428 )       (877 )       1,428       100.0       (551 )       (62.8 )  
Net (loss) income (3)     (228,179 )       924,709       (69,333 )       (1,152,888 )       (124.7 )       994,042       NM  
Reconciliation of net (loss) income to EBITDA excluding non-cash items and cash used in operating activities to Free Cash Flow:
                                                              
Net (loss) income (3)     (228,179 )       924,709       (69,333 )                                      
Interest expense (income), net (1)     14,242       5,905       (75 )                                      
Benefit for income taxes     (151,910 )       (88,696 )       (22,997 )                                      
Fees to Manager-related party (4)     354,959       168,182       85,367                                      
Gain from acquisition/divestiture of businesses (2)           (1,027,181 )                                            
Other non-cash expense     750       2,178       1,605                                
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     (10,138 )       (14,903 )       (5,433 )       4,765       32.0       (9,470 )       (174.3 )  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     (10,138 )       (14,903 )       (5,433 )                                      
Interest (expense) income, net (1)     (14,242 )       (5,905 )       75                                      
Amortization of debt financing costs (1)     2,341       1,013                                            
Benefit for income taxes, net of changes in deferred taxes (5)     6,959       760       10,635                                      
Changes in working capital (4)     (68,264 )       (60,531 )       (10,583 )                          
Cash used in operating activities     (83,344 )       (79,566 )       (5,306 )                                      
Changes in working capital (4)     68,264       60,531       10,583                                
Free cash flow     (15,080 )       (19,035 )       5,277       3,955       20.8       (24,312 )       NM  

NM — Not meaningful

(1) Interest (expense) income, net, includes non-cash amortization of deferred financing fees.
(2) Represents the gain from the remeasuring to fair value of our previous 50% ownership of IMTT and the gain recognized on the sale of the district energy business. See “Results of Operations —  Consolidated ” for further discussions.
(3) Corporate allocation expense, intercompany fees and the tax effect have been excluded from the above table as they are eliminated on consolidation.
(4) In July 2015, our Board requested, and our Manager agreed, that $67.8 million of the performance fee for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 be settled in cash in July 2015 to minimize dilution. The remaining $67.8 million obligation was deferred until July 2016. At July 2016, the MIC Board will consider whether the remaining obligation may be settled in cash or shares, or a combination thereof. In October 2014, our Board requested, and our Manager agreed, that $65.0 million of the performance fee for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 be settled in cash using the proceeds from the sale of the district energy business to minimize dilution. The remainder of the fee of $51.6 million was reinvested in additional shares of MIC.
(5) Includes $6.9 million of tax refund received in the fourth quarter of 2015 relating to the election of bonus depreciation for 2014.

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Summary of Our Proportionately Combined Results

The proportionately combined financial measures below are those attributable to MIC’s ownership interest in each of our operating businesses and MIC Corporate. Given the nature of the businesses we own and our varied ownership levels of these businesses, management believes that GAAP measures such as net income and cash from operating activities do not fully reflect all of the items that our management considers in assessing the amount of cash generated by our ownership interest in our businesses. We note that proportionately combined metrics used by us may be calculated in a different manner by other companies, which may limit their usefulness as a comparative measure. Therefore, our proportionately combined metrics should be used as a supplement to, and not in lieu of, our financial results reported under GAAP. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” for a reconciliation of EBITDA excluding non-cash items to net income (loss), and a reconciliation of Free Cash Flow to cash provided by (used in) operating activities for each of our operating businesses and MIC Corporate ($ in thousands)(unaudited).

             
  Year Ended December 31, 2015   Contracted Power and Energy 100%
     IMTT 100% (1)   Atlantic Aviation   Contracted Power and Energy (2)   Hawaii
Gas
  MIC Corporate   Proportionately Combined (3)
Gross profit     327,317       410,155       94,095       76,899       N/A       908,466       104,896  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     302,067       203,617       58,507       60,083       (10,138 )       614,136       68,156  
Free cash flow     194,570       153,023       16,005       44,118       (15,080 )       392,636       21,989  

                 
  Year Ended December 31, 2014   IMTT
100% (5)
  Contracted
Power and
Energy
100%
     IMTT 50% (4)   IMTT 100% (1)   Atlantic Aviation   Contracted Power and Energy (2)   Hawaii Gas   MIC
Corporate
  Proportionately Combined (3)
Gross profit     85,727       147,333       362,564       16,639       75,609       N/A       687,872       318,786       25,922  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items     78,712       127,751       167,931       12,914       56,956       (14,903 )       429,361       285,175       22,723  
Free cash flow     31,324       83,577       125,475       5,103       35,902       (19,035 )       262,346       146,225       10,480  

N/A — Not applicable.

(1) Represents our 100% ownership interest in IMTT subsequent to July 16, 2014. IMTT owns 66.7% of its Quebec marine terminal in Canada. The remainder is owned by one other party. IMTT consolidates the results of the Quebec terminal in its financial statements and adjusts the portion that it does not own through noncontrolling interest. The above table shows 100% of IMTT, including the 33.3% portion of the Quebec terminal that it does not own, which is not significant. Both MIC’s and IMTT’s EBITDA excluding non-cash items and Free Cash Flow reflects 100% of the results of the Quebec terminal.
(2) Proportionately combined Free Cash Flow for Contracted Power and Energy is equal to MIC's controlling ownership interest in its solar and wind power facilities and the district energy business, up to August 21, 2014, date of sale. As of April 1, 2015, Contracted Power and Energy also includes 100% of BEC, a gas-fired power facility.
(3) Proportionately combined Free Cash Flow is equal to the sum of Free Cash Flow attributable to MIC's ownership interest in each of its operating businesses and MIC Corporate.
(4) Our proportionate interest in IMTT prior to the acquisition of the remaining 50% interest on July 16, 2014.
(5) Represents 100% of IMTT as a stand-alone business.

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Our primary cash requirements include normal operating expenses, debt service, debt principal payments, payments of dividends and capital expenditures. Our primary source of cash is operating activities, although we may draw on credit facilities for capital expenditures, issue additional shares or sell assets to generate cash.

At December 31, 2015, our consolidated debt outstanding totaled $2,833.3 million, our consolidated cash balance totaled $22.4 million and consolidated total available capacity under our revolving credit facilities totaled $1,149.0 million.

On February 19, 2016, MIC’s proportionate ownership interest of the debt outstanding was as follows ($ in thousands):

       
Business   Debt   Weighted Average Remaining Life (in years)   Balance Outstanding (1)   Weighted Average Rate (2)
MIC Corporate              3.4                    
       Revolving Facility              $ 9,000       2.18 %  
       Convertible Senior Notes                349,975       2.88 %  
IMTT (3)              8.4                    
       Senior Notes                600,000       3.97 %  
       Tax-Exempt Bonds                508,975       2.70 %  
Atlantic Aviation (4)              4.3                    
       Term Loan                600,500       4.63 %  
CP&E                                    
       Renewables       15.1       212,626       4.76 %  
       BEC       6.5       271,000       3.91 %  
Hawaii Gas              5.8                    
       Term Loan (5)                80,000       2.74 %  
       Senior Notes                100,000       4.22 %  
Total           7.0     $ 2,732,076       3.76 %  

(1) Proportionate to MIC's ownership interest.
(2) Reflects annualized interest rate on all facilities including interest rate hedges.
(3) Excludes loans from prior owners of $18.2 million.
(4) Excludes $4.1 million of stand-alone debt facilities used to fund construction at certain FBOs.
(5) On February 10, 2016, Hawaii Gas completed the refinancing of its existing $80.0 million term loan facility and extended its maturity to February 2021.

At December 31, 2015, the revolving credit facilities of each of our businesses remained undrawn. In December 2015, we drew down $16.0 million on the MIC senior secured credit factility for general corporate purposes, of which $7.0 million was repaid in January 2016. The following table shows the profile of the revolving credit facilities at each of our businesses and at MIC Corporate on February 19, 2016 ($ in thousands).

       
Business   Debt   Remaining Life (in years)   Undrawn Amount   Interest Rate (1)
MIC Corporate     Revolving Facility       3.4     $ 401,000       LIBOR + 1.750%  
IMTT     USD Revolving Facility       4.3       550,000       LIBOR + 1.500%  
       CAD Revolving Facility       4.3       50,000       Bankers' Acceptance Rate + 1.500%  
Atlantic Aviation     Revolving Facility       2.3       70,000       LIBOR + 2.500%  
CP&E – BEC     Revolving Facility       6.5       25,000       LIBOR + 2.125%  
Hawaii Gas     Revolving Facility (2)       5.0       60,000       LIBOR + 1.250%  
Total           4.0     $ 1,156,000        

(1) Excludes commitment fees.
(2) On February 10, 2016, Hawaii Gas completed the refinancing of its existing $60.0 million revolving credit facility and extended its maturity to February 2021.

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We will, in general, apply available cash to the repayment of revolving debt balances as a means of minimizing interest expense and draw on those facilities to fund growth projects and for general corporate purposes.

We use revolving credit facilities at each of our operating companies and the holding company as a means of maintaining access to sufficient liquidity to meet future requirements, managing interest expense and funding growth projects. We base our assessment of the sufficiency of our liquidity and capital resources on the assumptions that:

our businesses overall generate, and are expected to continue to generate, significant operating cash flow;
the ongoing capital expenditures associated with our businesses are readily funded from their respective operating cash flow or available debt facilities; and
we will be able to refinance, extend and/or repay the principal amount of maturing long-term debt on terms that can be supported by our businesses.

We are capitalized in part using floating rate bank debt with a medium-term maturity of between five and seven years. We hedge a portion of the floating rate exposure for the majority of the term of these facilities using interest rate derivative instruments.

We also use longer dated private placement debt and other forms of capital, including bank, bond or hybrid debt instruments to capitalize our businesses. In general, the debt facilities at our businesses are non-recourse to the holding company and there are no cross-collateralization or cross-guarantee provisions in these facilities.

Six of our solar and wind facilities are financed through standalone fully amortizing non-recourse project finance structures which have maturities prior to or coterminous with the expiration of the underlying PPAs for each of those facilities. On a multiple of EBITDA basis, we use a higher initial level of leverage in these projects than at BEC or our other business segments because of the long-term wholly contracted nature of the revenue stream and the creditworthiness of the PPA counterparties.

The following section discusses our sources and uses of cash on a consolidated basis. All intercompany activities such as corporate allocations, capital contributions to our businesses and distributions from our businesses have been excluded from the tables as these transactions are eliminated on consolidation.

Recent Activities

At the Market (ATM) Program

On June 24, 2015, we entered into an equity distribution agreement providing for the sale by the Company, from time to time, of shares of its common stock having an aggregate gross offering price of up to $400.0 million. Sales of shares may be made in privately negotiated transactions and/or any other method permitted by law, including sales deemed to be an “at the market” offering, which includes sales made directly on the New York Stock Exchange or sales made to or through a market maker other than on an exchange. Under the terms of the equity distribution agreement, we may also sell shares to any sales agent as principal for its own account. The Company is under no obligation to sell shares under the ATM Program. Through December 31, 2015, we sold 37,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the agreement for net proceeds of $3.0 million (after commissions and fees).

Equity Offering

On March 2, 2015, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of 5,312,500 shares. On March 12, 2015, an additional 796,875 shares were sold pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. The proceeds from the offering of $471.6 million, net of underwriting fees and expenses, were partially used to fund the acquisition of BEC on April 1, 2015 and for general corporate purposes.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The following table summarizes our future obligations, by period due, as of December 31, 2015, under our various contractual obligations and commitments. We had no off-balance sheet arrangement at that date or currently.

         
  Payments Due by Period
     Total   Less than
One Year
  1 – 3 Years   3 – 5 Years   More than
5 Years
     ($ In Thousands)
Long-term debt (1)   $ 2,833,293     $ 40,099     $ 149,180     $ 1,001,995     $ 1,642,019  
Interest obligations (2)     733,244       111,767       214,623       172,946       233,908  
Capital lease obligations (3)     2,601       1,518       1,083              
Operating lease obligations (4)     623,488       41,321       75,477       69,159       437,531  
Pension benefit obligations (5)     95,632       7,242       15,227       18,500       54,663  
Post-retirement benefit obligations (5)     9,500       920       1,842       1,956       4,782  
Purchase commitments     54,483       27,350       27,133              
Service commitments     107,589       30,758       14,070       10,163       52,598  
Other     466       39       74       70       283  
Total contractual cash obligations (6)   $ 4,460,296     $ 261,014     $ 498,709     $ 1,274,789     $ 2,425,784  

(1) The long-term debt represents the consolidated principal obligations to various lenders. The primary debt facilities are subject to certain covenants, the violation of which could result in acceleration of the maturity dates.
(2) The variable rate portion on the interest obligation on long-term debt was calculated using three months LIBOR forward spot rate at December 31, 2015.
(3) Capital lease obligations are for the lease of certain transportation equipment. Such equipment could be subject to repossession upon violation of the terms of the lease agreements.
(4) This represents the minimum annual rentals required to be paid under non-cancellable operating leases with terms in excess of one year.
(5) The pension and post-retirement benefit obligation is forecasted payments, by actuaries, for the next ten years.
(6) The above table does not reflect certain long-term obligations, such as deferred taxes, for which we are unable to estimate the period in which the obligation will be incurred.

In addition to these commitments and contingencies, we typically incur capital expenditures on a regular basis. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Classification of Maintenance Capital Expenditures and Growth Capital Expenditures ” and “Investing Activities” below for further discussion of growth capital expenditures. Maintenance capital expenditures are discussed above in “Results of Operations” for each of our businesses.

We also have other contingencies, including pending or threatened legal and administrative proceedings that are not reflected above as amounts at this time are not ascertainable. See “Legal Proceedings” in Part I, Item 3.

Our sources of cash to meet these obligations are as follows:

cash generated from our operations (see “Operating Activities” below);
issuance of shares or debt securities (see “Financing Activities” below);
refinancing our current credit facilities on or before maturity (see “Financing Activities” below);
cash available from our undrawn credit facilities (see “Financing Activities” below); and
if advantageous, sale of all or part of any of our businesses (see “Investing Activities” below).

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ANALYSIS OF CONSOLIDATED HISTORICAL CASH FLOWS

             
($ In Thousands)   Year Ended December 31,   Change
(From 2014 to 2015)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
  Change
(From 2013 to 2014)
Favorable/(Unfavorable)
  2015   2014   2013
  $   $   $   $   %   $   %
Cash provided by operating activities     381,156       251,615       155,117       129,541       51.5       96,498       62.2  
Cash used in investing activities     (448,816 )       (1,068,806 )       (139,636 )       619,990       58.0       (929,170 )       NM  
Cash provided by financing activities     42,896       632,422       76,516       (589,526 )       (93.2 )       555,906       NM  

NM — Not meaningful

Operating Activities

Cash provided by (used in) operating activities is generally comprised of EBITDA excluding non-cash items (as defined by us), less cash interest, tax and pension payments, and changes in working capital. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Results of Operations ” for discussions around the components of EBITDA excluding non-cash items on a consolidated basis and for each of our businesses.

The increase in consolidated cash provided by operating activities for 2015 compared with 2014 was due primarily to:

the consolidation of IMTT results beginning on July 16, 2014;
improved EBITDA excluding non-cash items; and
pension contributions made in 2014; partially offset by
interest rate swap breakage fees paid; and
increase in cash interest expense.

The increase in consolidated cash provided by operating activities for 2014 compared with 2013 was due primarily to:

the consolidation of IMTT on July 16, 2014;
payments from restricted cash accounts during 2014 for the completion of construction for projects and a payment into restricted cash during 2013 at our CP&E segment; and
improved operating results offset by higher cash interest paid at Atlantic Aviation; partially offset by
larger cash pension contribution made during 2014; and
larger cash distribution received from IMTT during 2013 reflected in cash from operating activities.

Through July 15, 2014, results for IMTT were accounted for using the equity method of accounting and distributions from IMTT were reflected in our consolidated cash provided by operating activities up to our cumulative 50% share of IMTT’s earnings recorded since the date of our investment in IMTT. Distributions from IMTT in excess of this were reflected in our consolidated cash from investing activities as a return of investment in unconsolidated business. From July 16, 2014, results for IMTT have been consolidated with those of our other businesses and distributions from IMTT are eliminated on consolidation.

We believe our operating activities overall provide a source of sustainable and stable cash flows over the long-term with the opportunity for future growth due to:

consistent customer demand driven by the basic nature of the services provided;
our strong competitive position due to factors including:
high initial development and construction costs;
difficulty in obtaining suitable land near many of our operations (for example, airports, waterfront near ports);

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long-term concessions, leases or customer contracts;
required government approvals, which may be difficult or time-consuming to obtain;
lack of immediate cost-effective alternatives for the services provided; and
product/service pricing that we expect to generally keep pace with cost changes due to factors including:
consistent demand;
limited alternatives;
contractual terms; and
regulatory rate setting.

Investing Activities

The drivers of cash provided by investing activities primarily include proceeds from divestitures of businesses and fixed assets. The drivers of cash used in investing activities primarily include acquisitions of businesses in new and existing segments and capital expenditures. Acquisitions of businesses are generally funded by raising additional equity and/or drawings on credit facilities.

Maintenance capital expenditures are generally funded by cash from operating activities and growth capital expenditures are generally funded by drawing on our available credit facilities or with equity capital. We may fund maintenance capital expenditures from credit facilities or equity capital and growth capital expenditures from operating activities from time to time. See “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations —  Results of Operations ” for maintenance capital expenditures for each of our businesses.

The decrease in consolidated cash used in investing activities for 2015 compared with 2014 was primarily due to:

acquisitions related to IMTT, Galaxy FBOs and wind power facilities in 2014; partially offset by
proceeds from the sale of district energy business in 2014;
the acquisition of BEC on April 1, 2015;
the consolidation of IMTT’s capital expenditures and distributions to MIC that were previously accounted for using the equity method; and
increase in capital expenditures at Atlantic Aviation.

The increase in consolidated cash used in investing activities for 2014 compared with 2013 was primarily due to:

acquisitions related to IMTT, Galaxy FBOs and wind power facilities in 2014; and
increase in capital expenditures, primarily due to the consolidation of IMTT and increase in growth capital expenditures at Atlantic Aviation; partially offset by
proceeds from the sale of district energy business;
distributions received from IMTT classified as a return of investment in unconsolidated business prior to the IMTT Acquisition; and
decreases in capital expenditures at our solar power facilities.

Growth Capital Expenditures

We invested $132.6 million, $94.0 million and $91.8 million of growth capital expenditures in our existing businesses during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

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We continuously evaluate opportunities to deploy capital in both growth projects and in acquisitions of additional businesses, whether through our existing businesses or in new lines of business. These opportunities may be significant, such as our recent acquisition of the remaining 50% interest in IMTT, or they may be incremental and not individually significant, such as our acquisitions of BEC and three FBOs in 2015. In aggregate, we anticipate deploying between $225.0 million and $250.0 million in these types of activities in 2016.

In addition, we maintain a backlog of projects that we expect to complete in subsequent periods. We consider projects to be a part of our backlog when we have committed to the deployment of capital for the underlying project, and have, where relevant, received all requisite approvals/authorizations for the deployment of such capital. The inclusion of a project in our backlog does not guarantee that the project will commence, be completed or ultimately generate revenue. As of December 31, 2015, our backlog includes and we anticipate deploying approximately $210.0 million of growth capital in 2016 and 2017.

We are actively pursuing an expansion of BEC and have entered into certain agreements, including for the acquisition of generating sets, related to that project. As of this date, we have not secured all of the requisite regulatory approvals, although these may be received during 2016. If approved, the construction of an additional 130MW of electricity generating capacity on land adjacent to BEC would involve the deployment of approximately $130.0 million in growth capital not included in the current backlog. The majority of this deployment would likely occur in 2017.

IMTT currently leases land to a third party on which it operates a 171 MW power plant. The lease expires in 2018, and we have notified the third party that we will not be renewing the lease and offered to buy out the remaining lease term. Following the reversion of control of the site to IMTT, MIC anticipates investing substantial capital over the medium term to develop or redevelop the site in a manner that could be an important growth component of the CP&E segment. The majority of any capital deployment in relation to this project(s) would likely occur in 2018 or later.

Financing Activities

The drivers of cash provided by financing activities primarily include new equity issuance and debt issuance related to acquisitions and capital expenditures. The drivers of cash used in financing activities primarily include repayment of debt principal balances on maturing debt and dividends to our shareholders.

The decrease in consolidated cash provided by financing activities for 2015 compared with 2014 is primarily due to:

cash proceeds, net of fees, from the July 2014 equity and convertible senior notes offerings used to partially fund the IMTT Acquisition, partially offset by cash proceeds, net of fees, from the issuance of equity in March 2015 which was used to fund a portion of the acquisition of BEC;
net repayment of term loan debt at BEC during 2015;
increase in dividends paid to shareholders during 2015; and
net borrowing at Atlantic Aviation to partially fund the Galaxy Acquisitions in April 2014; partially offset by
net borrowing on IMTT credit facilities upon refinancing its debt in May 2015 compared to net repayment on its previous outstanding revolver balance in 2014;
debt repayment at the district energy business prior to the sale of the business in 2014; and
decrease in distributions paid to noncontrolling interest in 2015.

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The increase in consolidated cash provided by financing activities for 2014 compared with 2013 was primarily due to:

increase in cash proceeds, net of fees, from the July 2014 equity and convertible senior notes offerings used to partially fund the IMTT Acquisition, compared with the May and December 2013 equity offerings used to refinance the term loan at Atlantic Aviation and to fund the Galaxy Acquisitions; and
net decrease in debt repayments during 2014; partially offset by
increase in dividends paid to shareholders and the timing of the fourth quarter dividend for 2013 and 2012. The payment of the dividend for the fourth quarter of 2012 was accelerated and made during that quarter, whereas the dividend payment for the fourth quarter of 2013 was made in the first quarter of 2014, as is customary;
contribution from noncontrolling interests for our solar power facilities during 2013; and
increase in distributions paid to noncontrolling interest, primarily from the proceeds from the district energy business sale.

IMTT

On May 21, 2015, IMTT refinanced its existing debt, in part, with new senior notes, new revolving credit facilities and redeemed and sold its portfolio of tax-exempt bonds. In conjunction with the refinancing, Standard and Poor’s and Fitch assigned IMTT an investment grade rating of BBB- with a stable outlook to the notes and the issuer. Concurrent with entering into these new facilities, the business paid $31.4 million in interest rate swap breakage fees associated with the termination of out-of-the-money interest rate swap contracts related to the prior debt facilities.

At December 31, 2015, IMTT had $1.1 billion of debt outstanding consisting of $600.0 million of senior notes, $509.0 million of tax-exempt bonds and $18.2 million of loans from prior owners. IMTT also has access to $600.0 million of revolving credit facilities. At December 31, 2015, the revolving credit facilities remained undrawn.

The weighted average interest rate on the outstanding debt facilities, including interest rate swaps, was 3.42% at December 31, 2015. Cash interest paid totaled $33.8 million, excluding interest rate swap breakage fees, $39.7 million and $40.2 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

At December 31, 2015, IMTT was in compliance with its financial covenants.

Atlantic Aviation

At December 31, 2015, Atlantic Aviation had total debt outstanding of $604.6 million comprising $600.5 million of senior secured, first lien term loan facilities and $4.1 million of stand-alone debt facilities used to fund construction of certain FBOs. Atlantic Aviation also has access to a $70.0 million senior secured, first lien revolving credit facility which remained undrawn. The weighted average interest rate on all outstanding debt facilities, including interest rate swaps, was 4.63% at December 31, 2015. Cash interest paid totaled $29.4 million, $28.1 million and $18.8 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

At December 31, 2015, Atlantic Aviation was in compliance with its financial covenants.

CP&E

BEC

In connection with the BEC acquisition, the business assumed $509.1 million of debt facilities that were fully repaid in July 2015. As part of the repayment, BEC paid $19.2 million in interest rate swap breakage fees associated with the termination of out-of-the-money interest rate swap contracts. In August 2015, BEC entered into new debt agreements and at December 31, 2015, had $271.0 million of term debt outstanding. The interest rate on the term loan facility was LIBOR plus 2.125% at December 31, 2015. The floating rate

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has been fixed at 1.786% for six years using interest rate swap contracts. BEC also entered into a $25.0 million revolving credit facility that bears interest at LIBOR plus 2.125%. The revolving credit facility remained undrawn at December 31, 2015. Cash interest paid totaled $12.0 million, excluding interest rate swap breakage fees in relation to the repayment of its long-term debt facilities, for the year ended December 31, 2015.

At December 31, 2015, BEC was in compliance with its financial covenants.

Solar and Wind Power Businesses

On June 3, 2015, the wind power business located in Idaho amended its term loan facility to reduce its cost of borrowings. The margin on the floating interest rate decreased from 2.75% to 1.625% with all other terms remaining substantially unchanged. The floating interest rate on the amortizing debt balance has been fixed at a weighted average rate of 4.756% at December 31, 2015 using interest rate swap contracts.

At December 31, 2015, the solar and wind power facilities had $284.5 million in term loan debt outstanding. The weighted average interest rate on the term loan debt, including interest rate swaps, was 4.716% at December 31, 2015. Cash interest paid totaled $15.1 million, $8.6 million and $3.6 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

At December 31, 2015, all of the solar and wind power businesses were in compliance with their respective financial covenants.

District Energy Business

On August 21, 2014, we completed the sale of the district energy business. Proceeds from the sale were used to repay the outstanding debt balance. Cash interest paid totaled $7.0 million and $9.7 million for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

Hawaii Gas

At December 31, 2015, Hawaii Gas had total debt outstanding of $180.0 million in term loan and senior secured note borrowings and a revolving credit facility of $60.0 million that remained undrawn. The weighted average interest rate on the outstanding debt facilities, including the interest rate swap, was 3.63% at December 31, 2015. Cash interest paid totaled $6.8 million, $6.7 million and $6.9 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

At December 31, 2015, Hawaii Gas was in compliance with its financial covenants.

On February 10, 2016, Hawaii Gas completed the refinancing of its existing $80.0 million term loan and $60.0 million revolving credit facility. The new, five-year facilities include a reduction in interest rates on the term loan and revolving credit facilities of 0.50% and 0.25%, respectively, compared with the prior facilities. The $80.0 million term loan will bear interest at a variable rate of LIBOR plus an applicable margin between 1.0% to 1.75% and initially set at 1.75%. The variable rate component of the debt was hedged at 0.99% using interest rate swaps through the first four years of the facility. The revolving credit facility will bear interest at a variable rate of LIBOR plus an applicable margin between 1.0% to 1.75% and initially set at 1.25% and will remain unhedged.

MIC Corporate

At December 31, 2015, we had $350.0 million in convertible senior notes outstanding that bear interest at 2.875% and $16.0 million drawn on our revolving credit facility. On May 1, 2015, we increased the aggregate commitments under our revolving credit facility from $250.0 million to $360.0 million, with all terms remaining the same, and subsequently, on August 25, 2015, we increased the commitments from $360.0 million to $410.0 million, with all terms remaining the same.

On April 1, 2015, we drew down $155.0 million on the MIC senior secured revolving credit facility to partially fund the BEC acquisition and subsequently repaid the amount in May 2015. In July 2015, we drew down $191.0 million, and together with cash on hand, fully repaid the outstanding balance of $251.5 million of term loan debt at BEC. The amount outstanding on the MIC senior secured revolving credit facility was

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subsequently repaid in August 2015. At December 31, 2015, the undrawn portion on the MIC senior secured revolving credit facility was $394.0 million. In January 2016, we paid down $7.0 million of the outstanding balance on the MIC senior secured revolving credit facility. Cash interest paid totaled $11.8 million and $145,000 for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

At December 31, 2015, MIC Corporate was in compliance with its financial covenants.

For a description of the material terms and debt covenants of MIC and its businesses, see Note 8, “Long-Term Debt”, in our consolidated financial statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in Part II, Item 8, of this Form 10-K.

CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES

The preparation of our financial statements requires management to make estimates and judgments that affect the amounts reported in the financial statements and accompanying notes. We base our estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results could differ from these estimates under different assumptions and judgments and uncertainties, and potentially could result in materially different results under different conditions. Our critical accounting policies and estimates are discussed below. These estimates and policies are consistent with the estimates and accounting policies followed by the businesses we own.

Business Combinations

Our acquisitions of businesses that we control are accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. The amounts assigned to the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with acquisitions are based on estimated fair values as of the date of the acquisition, with the remainder, if any, recorded as goodwill. The fair values are determined by our management, taking into consideration information supplied by the management of acquired entities and other relevant information. Such information includes valuations supplied by independent appraisal experts for significant business combinations. The valuations are generally based upon future cash flow projections for the acquired assets, discounted to present value. The determination of fair values require significant judgment both by management and outside experts engaged to assist in this process.

Goodwill, Intangible Assets and Property, Plant and Equipment

Significant assets acquired in connection with our acquisition of businesses include contract rights, customer relationships, non-compete agreements, trademarks, property and equipment and goodwill.

Trademarks are generally considered to be indefinite life intangibles. Trademarks and goodwill are not amortized in most circumstances. It may be appropriate to amortize some trademarks. However, for unamortized intangible assets, we are required to perform annual impairment reviews and more frequently in certain circumstances.

ASU No. 2011-08, Intangibles — Goodwill and Other (Topic 350) : Testing Goodwill for Impairment, permits an entity to make a qualitative assessment of whether it is more likely than not that a reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying amount before applying the two-step goodwill impairment test, as discussed below. If an entity concludes it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, it need not perform the two-step impairment test.

If an entity concludes that it is more likely than not that the fair value of reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, it needs to perform the two-step impairment test. This requires management to make judgments in determining what assumptions to use in the calculation. The first step of the process consists of estimating the fair value of each reporting unit based on a discounted cash flow model using revenue and profit forecasts and comparing those estimated fair values with the carrying values, which includes the allocated goodwill. If the estimated fair value is less than the carrying value, a second step is performed to compute the amount of the impairment by determining an “implied fair value” of goodwill. The determination of a reporting unit’s “implied fair value” of goodwill requires the allocation of the estimated fair value of the reporting unit to the assets and liabilities of the reporting unit. Any unallocated fair value represents the

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“implied fair value” of goodwill, which is compared with its corresponding carrying value. IMTT, Atlantic Aviation, CP&E and Hawaii Gas are separate reporting units for purposes of this analysis. The impairment test for trademarks, which are not amortized, requires the determination of the fair value of such assets. If the fair value of the trademarks is less than their carrying value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to the difference. We cannot predict the occurrence of certain future events that might adversely affect the reported value of goodwill and/or intangible assets. Such events include, but are not limited to, strategic decisions made in response to economic and competitive conditions, the impact of the economic environment on our customer base, or material negative change in relationship with significant customers.

Property and equipment is initially stated at cost. Depreciation on property and equipment is computed using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the property and equipment after consideration of historical results and anticipated results based on our current plans. Our estimated useful lives represent the period the asset remains in service assuming normal routine maintenance. We review the estimated useful lives assigned to property and equipment when our business experience suggests that they do not properly reflect the consumption of economic benefits embodied in the property and equipment nor result in the appropriate matching of cost against revenue. Factors that lead to such a conclusion may include physical observation of asset usage, examination of realized gains and losses on asset disposals and consideration of market trends such as technological obsolescence or change in market demand.

Significant intangibles, including contract rights, customer relationships, non-compete agreements and technology are amortized using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the intangible asset after consideration of historical results and anticipated results based on our current plans. With respect to contractual rights at Atlantic Aviation, the useful lives will generally match the remaining lease terms plus extensions under the business’ control.

We perform impairment reviews of property and equipment and intangibles subject to amortization, when events or circumstances indicate that assets are less than their carrying amount and the undiscounted cash flows estimated to be generated by those assets are less than the carrying amount of those assets. In this circumstance, the impairment charge is determined based upon the amount by which the net book value of the assets exceeds their fair market value. Any impairment is measured by comparing the fair value of the asset to its carrying value.

The “implied fair value” of reporting units and fair value of property and equipment and intangible assets is determined by our management and is generally based upon future cash flow projections for the acquired assets, discounted to present value. We use outside valuation experts when management considers that it is appropriate to do so.

We test for goodwill and indefinite-lived intangible assets when there is an indicator of impairment. See Note 5, “Property, Equipment, Land and Leasehold Improvements”, and Note 6, “Intangible Assets”, in our consolidated financial statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in Part II, Item 8, of this Form 10-K for financial information and further discussions.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, the seller’s price to the buyer is fixed and determinable and collectability is probable.

IMTT

Contracts for the use of storage capacity at the various terminals predominantly have non-cancelable terms of one to five years. These contracts generally provide for payments for providing storage capacity throughout their term based on a fixed rate per barrel of capacity leased, as adjusted annually for inflation indices. Contract revenue is recognized over their term based on the rate specified in the contract. Revenue from the rendering of ancillary services (e.g., product movement (throughput), heating, blending, etc.) is recognized as the related services are performed based on contract rates. Throughput revenues in excess of those provided by contract are not recognized until the throughput quantity specified in the contract for the applicable period is exceeded. Payments received prior to the related services being performed or as a reimbursement for specific fixed asset additions or improvements related to a customer’s contract are recorded

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as deferred revenue and ratably recognized as revenues over the contract term; the noncurrent portion is included in other noncurrent liabilities. Environmental response services revenues are recognized as services are rendered. Revenue from IMTT is recorded in service revenue on the consolidated statements of operations.

Atlantic Aviation

Revenue from Atlantic Aviation is recorded in service revenue on the consolidated statements of operations. Services provided by Atlantic Aviation include: (i) Fuel services recognized when fuel has been delivered to the customer, collection of the resulting receivable is probable, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists and the fee is fixed or determinable. Fuel services are recorded net of volume discounts and rebates; (ii) Certain fueling fees for fueling certain carriers with fuel owned by such carriers. Revenue from these transactions are recorded based on the service fee earned and does not include the cost of the carriers’ fuel; and (iii) Other services consisting principally of de-icing services, landing and fuel distribution fees as well as rental income for hangar and terminal use. Other FBO revenue is recognized as the services are rendered to the customer.

CP&E

BEC

With respect to BEC’s contracted capacity, revenue is recognized as energy, capacity and ancillary services are sold to the off-taker under the third-party tolling agreements, which are based on a fixed rate per MW of capacity and not subject to dispatch or utilization. A portion of the revenues under the tolling agreements are subject to annual increases. Revenues under the tolling agreements are subject to availability of capacity (subject to a historical rolling average forced outage factor). Variable operating and major maintenance revenues under the tolling agreements are a function of net plant output and a negotiated rate, which is adjusted annually based on historical plant experience.

With respect to BEC’s residual capacity, revenue is recognized as energy, capacity and ancillary services are sold into the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) energy market, which are based on prevailing market rates at the time such services are sold. Volumes of energy and ancillary services sold are subject to BEC’s market based dispatch from NYISO.

Revenue from BEC is recorded in product revenue on the consolidated statements of operations.

Solar and wind power businesses

Revenue from solar and wind power facilities are recognized when the electricity is provided to the utility companies. Owners of these facilities sell substantially all of the electricity generated at a fixed price to electric utilities pursuant to long-term (typically 20 – 25 years) PPAs. Customers are billed on a monthly-cycle basis. Revenue from the solar and wind power facilities are recorded in product revenue on the consolidated statements of operations.

District energy business (through the date sold)

Revenue from cooling capacity and consumption was recognized at the time of performance of service. Cash received from customers for services to be provided in the future was recorded as unearned revenue and recognized over the expected service period on a straight-line basis. Revenue from the district energy business was recorded in service revenue on the consolidated statements of operations through the date of sale.

Hawaii Gas

Hawaii Gas recognizes revenue when products are delivered. Sales of gas to customers are billed on a monthly-cycle basis. Earned but unbilled revenue is accrued and included in accounts receivable and revenue based on the amount of gas that is delivered but not billed to customers from the latest meter reading or billed delivery date to the end of an accounting period, and the related costs are charged to expense. Most revenue is based upon consumption; however, certain revenue is based upon a flat rate . Revenue from Hawaii Gas is recorded in product revenue on the consolidated statements of operations.

Hedging

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since the fourth quarter of 2014 the Company’s Hawaii Gas business entered into commodity price hedges to mitigate the impact of fluctuations in propane prices on its cash flows.

As of February 25, 2009 for Atlantic Aviation and effective April 1, 2009 for our other businesses, we elected to discontinue hedge accounting. From the dates that hedge accounting was discontinued, all movements in the fair value of the interest rate swaps are recorded directly through earnings. As a result of the discontinuance of hedge accounting, we reclassified into earnings net derivative losses included in accumulated other comprehensive loss over the remaining life of the existing interest rate swaps. As of December 31, 2014, the other comprehensive loss related to net derivative losses was fully amortized.

Our derivative instruments are recorded on the balance sheet at fair value with changes in fair value of interest rate swap contracts recorded directly through earnings. We measure derivative instruments at fair value using the income approach, which discounts the future net cash settlements expected under the derivative contracts to a present value. See Note 9, “Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”, in our consolidated financial statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in Part II, Item 8, of this Form 10-K for financial information and further discussions.

Income Taxes

We account for income taxes using the asset and liability method of accounting. Under this method, deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences attributable to differences between the financial statement carrying amounts of existing assets and liabilities and their respective tax basis and for operating loss and tax credit carryforwards. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are measured using enacted tax rates expected to apply to taxable income in the years in which those temporary differences are expected to be recovered or settled.

In assessing the need for a valuation allowance, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment.

Accounting Policies, Accounting Changes and Future Application of Accounting Standards

See Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies”, in our consolidated financial statements in “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” in Part II, Item 8, of this Form 10-K for financial information and further discussions, for a summary of the Company’s significant accounting policies, including a discussion of recently adopted and issued accounting pronouncements.

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ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

The discussion that follows describes our exposure to market risks and the use of derivatives to address those risks. See “Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates —  Hedging ” for a discussion of the related accounting.

Interest Rate Risk

We are exposed to interest rate risk in relation to the borrowings of our businesses. Our current policy is to enter into derivative financial instruments to fix variable-rate interest payments covering a portion of the interest rate risk associated with the borrowings of our businesses, subject to the requirements of our lenders. As of December 31, 2015, we had $2.8 billion of current and long-term debt, of which $1.6 billion was economically hedged with interest rate contracts, $1.2 billion was fixed rate debt and $16.0 million was unhedged.

Changes in interest rates impact our interest expense on both the hedged and unhedged portion of our debt. Interest expense on the unhedged portion of our debt changes by the variation in interest rates applied to the outstanding balance of the debt. This has a corresponding impact on the amount of cash interest we pay and our effective cash interest rate. Interest expense on the hedged portion of our debt changes by the variation in the fair value of the underlying interest rate swaps. This has no impact on the amount of cash interest we pay or our effective cash interest rate.

IMTT

At December 31, 2015, IMTT had $509.0 million in tax exempt bonds outstanding. The floating rate has been fully fixed at a weighted average of 2.70% using interest rate swap contracts through June 2021, approximately one year before the tax exempt bonds are subject to mandatory tender. A 10% decrease in interest rates would result in a $3.8 million decrease in the fair market value of the interest rate swaps and a corresponding 10% increase would result in a $2.8 million increase in the fair market value.

Atlantic Aviation

At December 31, 2015, Atlantic Aviation had $600.5 million of term loan debt outstanding. The interest rate on the term loan debt floats at LIBOR plus 2.5%. This floating rate has been fixed at 4.63% using amortizing interest rate swap contracts that are expected to equal the total principal balance outstanding on the term loan debt through July 2019, approximately one year prior to maturity. A 10% decrease in interest rates would result in a $2.6 million decrease in the fair market value of the interest rate swaps and a corresponding 10% increase would result in a $2.5 million increase in the fair market value.

CP&E

BEC

At December 31, 2015, BEC had $271.0 million of term loan debt outstanding. The interest rate on the term loan debt floats at LIBOR plus 2.125% at December 31, 2015. This floating rate has been fixed at 3.91% using amortizing interest rate swap contracts that are expected to equal the total principal balance outstanding on the term loan debt through August 2021, approximately one year prior to maturity. A 10% decrease in interest rates would result in a $2.6 million decrease in the fair market value of the interest rate swaps and a corresponding 10% increase would result in a $2.1 million increase in the fair market value.

Wind power facility

At December 31, 2015, one of the wind power facilities had $151.4 million of term loan debt outstanding. The interest rate on this term loan facility floats at LIBOR plus 1.625% at December 31, 2015. This floating rate has been fixed at a weighted average rate of 4.756% using amortizing interest rate swap contracts that are expected to equal the total principal balance outstanding on the term loan facility through maturity in December 2027. A 10% decrease in interest rates would result in a $2.1 million decrease in the fair market value of the interest rate swaps and a corresponding 10% increase would result in a $1.9 million increase in the fair market value.

Hawaii Gas

At December 31, 2015, Hawaii Gas had $80.0 million of term loan debt outstanding. The interest rate on this term loan facility floats at LIBOR plus 2.25% at December 31, 2015. This floating rate has been fixed at 2.89% using interest rate swap contract through August 2016, approximately one year prior to maturity. A

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10% decrease in interest rates would result in a $24,000 decrease in the fair market value of the interest rate swaps and a corresponding 10% increase would result in a $28,000 increase in the fair market value.

MIC Corporate

At December 31, 2015, MIC Corporate had $16.0 million outstanding under its revolving credit facility. This debt is unhedged. A 1% increase in interest rates on this debt would result in a $160,000 increase in interest expense per year and a corresponding 1% decrease would result in a $160,000 decrease in interest expense per year.

Commodity Price Risk

Hawaii Gas

The risk associated with fluctuations in the prices Hawaii Gas pays for propane is principally a result of market forces reflecting changes in supply and demand for propane and other energy commodities. Hawaii Gas’s gross profit is sensitive to changes in propane supply costs and Hawaii Gas may not always be able to pass through product cost increases fully or on a timely basis, particularly when product costs rise rapidly. In order to reduce the volatility of the business’ propane market price risk, Hawaii Gas had used and expects to continue to use over-the-counter commodity derivative instruments including price swaps. Hawaii Gas does not use commodity derivative instruments for speculative or trading purposes. Over-the-counter derivative commodity instruments utilized by Hawaii Gas to hedge forecasted purchases of propane are generally settled at expiration of the contract. The fair value of unsettled commodity price risk sensitive instruments at December 31, 2015, was a liability of $4.4 million. A 10% increase in the market price of propane would result in an increase in such fair value of approximately $3.0 million. A 10% decrease in the market price of propane would result in a decrease in such fair value of approximately $2.8 million.

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ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION
 
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 
  Page
Number
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2015 and 2014     99  
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2015, 2014
and 2013
    101  
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income for the Years Ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013     102  
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the Years Ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013     103  
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2015, 2014
and 2013
    104  
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements     106  

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation:

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive (loss) income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2015. These consolidated financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for each of the years in the three year period ended December 31, 2015, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, based on criteria established in Internal Control — Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), and our report dated February 22, 2016, expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Dallas, Texas
February 22, 2016

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
($ in Thousands, Except Share Data)

   
  As of December 31,
     2015   2014
ASSETS
                 
Current assets:
                 
Cash and cash equivalents   $ 22,394     $ 48,014  
Restricted cash     18,946       21,282  
Accounts receivable, less allowance for doubtful accounts of $1,690 and $771, respectively     95,597       96,885  
Inventories     29,489       28,080  
Prepaid expenses     21,690       14,276  
Deferred income taxes     23,355       25,412  
Other     28,453       22,941  
Total current assets     239,924       256,890  
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net     4,116,163       3,362,585  
Investment in unconsolidated business     8,274       9,773  
Goodwill     2,017,211       1,996,259  
Intangible assets, net     934,892       959,634  
Deferred financing costs, net of accumulated amortization     46,669       32,037  
Other     15,695       8,010  
Total assets   $ 7,378,828     $ 6,625,188  
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY
                 
Current liabilities:
                 
Due to Manager – related party   $ 73,317     $ 4,858  
Accounts payable     56,688       49,733  
Accrued expenses     78,527       77,248  
Current portion of long-term debt     40,099       27,655  
Fair value of derivative instruments     19,628       32,111  
Other     40,531       32,727  
Total current liabilities     308,790       224,332  
Long-term debt, net of current portion     2,793,194       2,364,866  
Deferred income taxes     840,191       904,108  
Fair value of derivative instruments     15,698       27,724  
Tolling agreements – noncurrent     68,150        
Other     150,363       133,990  
Total liabilities     4,176,386       3,655,020  
Commitments and contingencies            

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS – (continued)
($ in Thousands, Except Share Data)

   
  As of December 31,
     2015   2014
Stockholders’ equity:
                 
Preferred stock ($0.001 par value; 100,000,000 authorized; no shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2015) (1)   $     $  
Special stock ($0.001 par value; 100 authorized; 100 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2015) (1)            
Common stock ($0.001 par value; 500,000,000 authorized; 80,006,744 shares issued and outstanding at December 31, 2015) (1)     80        
LLC interests (no par value; 71,089,590 LLC interests issued and outstanding at December 31, 2014) (1)           1,942,745  
Additional paid in capital (1)     2,317,421       21,447  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss     (23,295 )       (21,550 )  
Retained earnings     735,984       844,521  
Total stockholders’ equity     3,030,190       2,787,163  
Noncontrolling interests     172,252       183,005  
Total equity     3,202,442       2,970,168  
Total liabilities and equity   $ 7,378,828     $ 6,625,188  

(1) See Note 10, “Stockholders' Equity”, for discussions on preferred stock, special stock, common stock, LLC interests and additional paid in capital.

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS
($ in Thousands, Except Share and Per Share Data)

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2015   2014   2013
Revenue
                          
Service revenue   $ 1,288,501     $ 1,064,682     $ 770,360  
Product revenue     350,749       284,400       267,096  
Financing and equipment lease income           1,836       3,563  
Total revenue     1,639,250       1,350,918       1,041,019  
Costs and expenses
                          
Cost of services     551,029       546,609       434,177  
Cost of product sales     168,954       192,881       185,843  
Selling, general and administrative     304,862       265,254       210,060  
Fees to Manager – related party     354,959       168,182       85,367  
Depreciation     215,243       98,442       39,150  
Amortization of intangibles     101,435       42,695       34,651  
Loss from customer contract termination           1,269       5,906  
Loss on disposal of assets     2,093       1,279       226  
Total operating expenses     1,698,575       1,316,611       995,380  
Operating (loss) income     (59,325 )       34,307       45,639  
Other income (expense)
                          
Interest income     55       112       204  
Interest expense (1)     (123,079 )       (73,196 )       (37,044 )  
Loss on extinguishment of debt           (90 )       (2,472 )  
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee           26,391       39,115  
Gain from acquisition/divestiture of businesses (2)           1,027,054        
Other income, net     3,381       331       681  
Net (loss) income before income taxes     (178,968 )       1,014,909       46,123  
Benefit (provision) for income taxes (3)     65,161       24,374       (18,043 )  
Net (loss) income   $ (113,807 )     $ 1,039,283     $ 28,080  
Less: net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests     (5,270 )       (2,745 )       (3,174 )  
Net (loss) income attributable to MIC   $ (108,537 )     $ 1,042,028     $ 31,254  
Basic (loss) income per share attributable to MIC   $ (1.39 )     $ 16.54     $ 0.61  
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: basic     77,997,826       62,990,312       51,381,003  
Diluted (loss) income per share attributable to MIC   $ (1.39 )     $ 16.10     $ 0.61  
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: diluted     77,997,826       64,925,565       51,396,146  
Cash dividends declared per share   $ 4.46     $ 3.8875     $ 3.35  

(1) Interest expense includes losses on derivative instruments of $30.5 million, $21.3 million and $7.5 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively, of which net losses of $856,000 and $1.4 million were reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.
(2) Gain from acquisition/divestiture of businesses represents the gain of $948.1 million from IMTT Acquisition from the remeasuring to fair value of the Company’s previous 50% ownership interest and the gain of $78.9 million from the sale of the Company’s interest in the district energy business.
(3) Includes $340,000 and $568,000 of benefit for income taxes from accumulated other comprehensive loss reclassifications for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively.

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME
($ in Thousands)

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2015   2014   2013
Net (loss) income   $ (113,807 )     $ 1,039,283     $ 28,080  
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of taxes:
                          
Reclassification of realized losses of derivatives into earnings (1)           636       902  
Change in post-retirement benefit plans (2)     4,049       (10,816 )       12,445  
Translation adjustment (3)     (9,671 )       (4,813 )       (560 )  
Other comprehensive (loss) income     (5,622 )       (14,993 )       12,787  
Comprehensive (loss) income   $ (119,429 )     $ 1,024,290     $ 40,867  
Less: comprehensive loss attributable to noncontrolling interests     (9,147 )       (4,633 )       (2,743 )  
Comprehensive (loss) income attributable to MIC   $ (110,282 )     $ 1,028,923     $ 43,610  

(1) Reclassification of realized losses of derivatives is composed of (i) pre-tax derivative losses into interest expense of $856,000 and $1.4 million, respectively, and the related tax benefit of $340,000 and $568,000, respectively, in the consolidated statements of operations; and (ii) pre-tax derivative losses of $185,000 and $61,000, respectively, as an adjustment to investment in unconsolidated business, and an adjustment to deferred taxes of $65,000 and $21,000, respectively, in the consolidated balance sheets for the years ended December 31, 2014, and 2013, respectively. See Note 10, “Stockholders' Equity” for further discussions.
(2) Change in post-retirement benefit plans is presented net of taxes of $2.7 million, $6.9 million and $7.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. See Note 10, “Stockholders' Equity” for further discussions.
(3) Translation adjustment is presented net of taxes of $3.9 million, $2.7 million and $302,000 for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. See Note 10, “Stockholders' Equity” for further discussions.

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
($ in Thousands, Except Share Data)

           
        Shares
     Year Ended December 31,   Year Ended December 31,
     2015   2014   2013   2015   2014   2013
LLC Interests (1)
                                                     
Balance, beginning of year   $ 1,942,745     $ 1,226,733     $ 883,143       71,089,590       56,295,595       47,453,943  
Issuance of shares, net of offering costs     471,627       739,452       339,279       6,111,253       11,504,844       6,334,277  
Issuance of shares to Manager     176,256       101,345       132,641       2,213,666       1,546,918       2,488,272  
Issuance of shares pursuant to IMTT acquisition           115,000                   1,729,323        
Issuance of shares to independent directors     750       750       640       12,525       12,910       19,103  
Issuance of shares pursuant to conversion of convertible senior notes     2                   23              
Dividends to shareholders (2)     (162,967 )       (240,535 )       (128,970 )                    
Conversion of LLC interests to common stock (1)     (2,428,413 )                   (79,427,057 )              
Balance, end of year   $     $ 1,942,745     $ 1,226,733             71,089,590       56,295,595  
Common Stock
                                                     
Balance, beginning of year   $     $     $                    
Issuance of shares, net of offering costs                       53,798              
Issuance of shares to Manager (3)     1                   525,598              
Issuance of shares pursuant to conversion of convertible senior notes                       291              
Conversion of LLC interests to common stock (1)     79                   79,427,057              
Balance, end of year   $ 80     $     $       80,006,744              
Additional Paid in Capital
                                                     
Balance, beginning of year   $ 21,447     $ 21,447     $ 21,447                             
Issuance of shares, net of offering costs     3,822                                         
Issuance of shares to Manager     42,388                                         
Issuance of shares pursuant to conversion of convertible senior notes     23                                         
Dividends to common stockholders (2)     (178,593 )                                         
Conversion of LLC interests to common stock (1)     2,428,334                                
Balance, end of year   $ 2,317,421     $ 21,447     $ 21,447                    
Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss
                                                     
Balance, beginning of year   $ (21,550 )     $ (8,445 )     $ (20,801 )                             
Other comprehensive (loss) income     (1,745 )       (13,105 )       12,356                    
Balance, end of year   $ (23,295 )     $ (21,550 )     $ (8,445 )                    
Retained Earnings (Accumulated Deficit)
                                                     
Balance, beginning of year   $ 844,521     $ (197,507 )     $ (228,761 )                             
Net (loss) income     (108,537 )       1,042,028       31,254                    
Balance, end of year   $ 735,984     $ 844,521     $ (197,507 )                    
Total Stockholders' Equity   $ 3,030,190     $ 2,787,163     $ 1,042,228                    
Noncontrolling Interests
                                                     
Balance, beginning of year   $ 183,005     $ 111,040     $ 42,537                             
Distributions to noncontrolling interests     (2,138 )       (62,703 )       (2,366 )                             
Net adjustment to noncontrolling interest from acquisitions/disposition           139,301                                   
Contributions from noncontrolling interests     532             73,612                             
Net loss     (5,270 )       (2,745 )       (3,174 )                             
Other comprehensive (loss) income     (3,877 )       (1,888 )       431                    
Balance, end of year   $ 172,252     $ 183,005     $ 111,040                    
Total Equity   $ 3,202,442     $ 2,970,168     $ 1,153,268                    

(1) See Note 10, “Stockholders' Equity”, for discussion on common stock, LLC interests and additional paid in capital.
(2) See Note 10, “Stockholders' Equity”, for discussion on cash dividends paid on shares for each period.
(3) Excludes 100 shares of special stock issued to Manager for the year ended December 31, 2015. See Note 10, “Stockholders' Equity” for further discussion.

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
($ in Thousands)

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2015   2014   2013
Operating activities
                          
Net (loss) income   $ (113,807 )     $ 1,039,283     $ 28,080  
Adjustments to reconcile net (loss) income to net cash provided by operating activities:
                          
Depreciation and amortization of property and equipment     215,243       102,816       45,876  
Amortization of intangible assets     101,435       42,695       34,651  
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee           (26,391 )       (39,115 )  
Equity distributions from investee           25,330       39,115  
Gain from acquisition/divestiture of businesses           (1,027,181 )        
Amortization of debt financing costs     9,075       5,376       3,874  
Adjustments to derivative instruments     (47,208 )       (567 )       (5,138 )  
Fees to Manager-related party     287,139       103,182       85,367  
Equipment lease receivable, net           2,805       3,807  
Deferred taxes     (58,734 )       (27,942 )       13,295  
Other non-cash expense, net     6,253       9,559       8,777  
Changes in other assets and liabilities, net of acquisitions:
                          
Restricted cash     722       35,858       (28,303 )  
Accounts receivable     5,418       1,645       (4,239 )  
Inventories     (84 )       4,779       (4,662 )  
Prepaid expenses and other current assets     (6,964 )       5,448       1,062  
Due to Manager – related party     (33 )       (11 )       29  
Accounts payable and accrued expenses     (8,002 )       (12,446 )       (23,796 )  
Income taxes payable     (5,926 )       288       1,037  
Pension contribution           (26,960 )       (3,150 )  
Other, net     (3,371 )       (5,951 )       (1,450 )  
Net cash provided by operating activities     381,156       251,615       155,117  
Investing activities
                          
Acquisitions of businesses and investments, net of cash acquired     (266,895 )       (1,222,266 )       (28,953 )  
Proceeds from sale of business, net of cash divested           265,295        
Return of investment in unconsolidated business           12,319       371  
Purchases of property and equipment     (194,148 )       (123,946 )       (111,208 )  
Change in restricted cash     10,559              
Other, net     1,668       (208 )       154  
Net cash used in investing activities     (448,816 )       (1,068,806 )       (139,636 )  

 
 
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS – (continued)
($ in Thousands)

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2015   2014   2013
Financing activities
                          
Proceeds from long-term debt   $ 2,486,569     $ 412,884     $ 561,253  
Payment of long-term debt     (2,554,552 )       (548,431 )       (748,668 )  
Proceeds from the issuance of shares     492,433       765,052       355,890  
Dividends paid to common stockholders     (341,560 )       (240,535 )       (128,970 )  
Contributions received from noncontrolling interests     532             73,612  
Distributions paid to noncontrolling interests     (2,546 )       (62,538 )       (2,366 )  
Offering and equity raise costs paid     (16,984 )       (25,600 )       (16,313 )  
Debt financing costs paid     (23,816 )       (15,142 )       (19,699 )  
Proceeds from the issuance of convertible senior notes           350,000        
Change in restricted cash     5,166       (999 )       3,810  
Payment of capital lease obligations     (2,346 )       (2,269 )       (2,033 )  
Net cash provided by financing activities     42,896       632,422       76,516  
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents     (856 )       (590 )        
Net change in cash and cash equivalents     (25,620 )       (185,359 )       91,997  
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year     48,014       233,373       141,376  
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year   $ 22,394     $ 48,014     $ 233,373  
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information
                          
Non-cash investing and financing activities:
                          
Accrued equity offering costs   $     $     $ 298  
Accrued financing costs   $ 3     $ 112     $ 479  
Accrued purchases of property and equipment   $ 23,396     $ 8,122     $ 13,950  
Acquisition of equipment through capital leases   $ 398     $ 3,744     $ 1,320  
Issuance of shares to Manager   $ 218,645     $ 101,345     $ 132,641  
Issuance of shares to independent directors   $ 750     $ 750     $ 640  
Issuance of shares for acquisition of business   $     $ 115,000     $  
Conversion of convertible senior notes to shares   $ 25     $     $  
Conversion of LLC interests to common stock (1)   $ 79     $     $  
Conversion of LLC interests to additional paid in capital (1)   $ 2,428,334     $     $  
Conversion of construction loan to term loan   $     $ 60,360     $ 24,749  
Distributions payable to noncontrolling interests   $ 33     $ 441     $ 276  
Taxes paid, net   $ 6,654     $ 19,704     $ 3,710  
Interest paid   $ 108,896     $ 70,894     $ 38,956  

(1) See Note 10, “Stockholders' Equity”, for discussion on common stock, LLC interests and additional paid in capital.

 
 
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1. Organization and Description of Business

Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation is the successor to Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC (MIC LLC) pursuant to the conversion (the Conversion) of MIC LLC from a Delaware limited liability company to a Delaware corporation on May 21, 2015. MIC LLC was formed on April 13, 2004. Except as otherwise specified, all references in this Form 10-K to “MIC” or the “Company,” refer (i) from and after the time of the Conversion, to Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and its subsidiaries and (ii) prior to the Conversion, to the predecessor MIC LLC and its subsidiaries. Except as otherwise specified, all references in this Form 10-K to “common stock” or “shares” refer (i) from and after the time of the Conversion, to common stock and (ii) prior to the Conversion, LLC interests.

The Company owns, operates and invests in a diversified group of businesses in the United States. Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) Inc. is the Company’s manager and is referred to in these financial statements as the Manager. The Manager is a wholly-owned subsidiary within the Macquarie Group of companies, which is comprised of Macquarie Group Limited and its subsidiaries and affiliates worldwide. Macquarie Group Limited is headquartered in Australia and is listed on the Australian Stock Exchange. MIC is a non-operating holding company with a Board of Directors and other corporate governance responsibilities. MIC, and MIC LLC prior to the Conversion, is treated as a corporation for tax purposes.

The Company owns its businesses through its direct wholly-owned subsidiary MIC Ohana Corporation, the successor to Macquarie Infrastructure Company Inc. pursuant to the Conversion on May 21, 2015. The Company operates and invests in a diversified group of businesses that provide services to other businesses, government agencies and individuals primarily in the U.S. The businesses it owns and operates include:

International-Matex Tank Terminals (IMTT) :  a bulk liquid terminals business that provides bulk liquid storage, handling and other services to third parties at ten marine terminals in the United States and two in Canada;
Atlantic Aviation :  a provider of fuel, terminal, aircraft hangaring and other services primarily to owners and operators of general aviation (GA) aircraft on 69 airports in the U.S.;
Contracted Power and Energy (CP&E) Segment :  controlling interests in gas-fired, wind and solar power facilities in the U.S.; and
Hawaii Gas :  a gas energy company processing and distributing gas and providing related services in Hawaii.

2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company consolidates investments where it has a controlling financial interest. The general condition for a controlling financial interest is ownership of a majority of the voting interest and, therefore, as a general rule, ownership, directly or indirectly, of over 50% of the outstanding voting shares is a condition for consolidation. In addition, if the Company demonstrates that it has the ability to direct policies and management, this may be also indication for consolidation. For investments in variable interest entities, the Company consolidates when it is determined to be the primary beneficiary of the variable interest entity. As of December 31, 2015, the Company was the primary beneficiary in six solar power facilities and two wind power facilities in the U.S. and consolidated these projects accordingly.

Investments

The Company accounts for 50% or less owned companies over which it has the ability to exercise significant influence using the equity method of accounting, otherwise the cost method is used. The Company’s share of net income or losses of equity investments is included in equity in earnings and

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amortization charges of investee in the consolidated statements of operations. Losses are recognized in other income (expense) when a decline in the value of the investment is deemed to be other than temporary. In making this determination, the Company considers factors to be evaluated in determining whether a loss in value should be recognized, including the Company’s ability to hold its investment and inability of the investee to sustain an earnings capacity, which would justify the carrying amount of the investment.

Subsequent to the IMTT acquisition on July 16, 2014 (IMTT Acquisition), the Company does not have any equity method investments on its consolidated balance sheet. From January 1, 2014 through July 15, 2014, the results of IMTT have been accounted for under the equity method of accounting. From July 16, 2014 through December 31, 2014 and subsequent periods, the Company has consolidated the results of IMTT.

Investment in unconsolidated business of $8.3 million and $9.8 million at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, represent primarily a 20% ownership interest in a joint venture acquired in conjunction with the IMTT Acquisition on July 16, 2014. This investment is accounted for at cost on the consolidated balance sheet. Income from this investment is recorded in other income (expense), net, on the consolidated statements of operations.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the consolidated financial statements, which are in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. The Company evaluates these estimates and judgments on an ongoing basis and the estimates are based on experience, current and expected future conditions, third-party evaluations and various other assumptions that the Company believes are reasonable under the circumstances. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include the carrying amount of property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, intangibles and goodwill; valuation allowances for receivables, inventories and deferred income tax assets; assets and obligations related to employee benefits; and valuation of derivative instruments. The results of these estimates form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities as well as identifying and assessing the accounting treatment with respect to commitments and contingencies. Actual results may differ from the estimates and assumptions used in the financial statements and related notes.

Business Combinations

Acquisitions of businesses that the Company controls are accounted for under the purchase method of accounting. The amounts assigned to the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed in connection with acquisitions are based on estimated fair values as of the date of the acquisition, with the remainder, if any, recorded as goodwill. The fair values are determined by the Company’s management, taking into consideration information supplied by the management of acquired entities and other relevant information. Such information includes valuations supplied by independent appraisal experts for significant business combinations. The valuations are generally based upon future cash flow projections for the acquired assets, discounted to present value. The determination of fair values require significant judgment both by management and outside experts engaged to assist in this process.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid investments, including commercial paper, with a maturity of three months or less when purchased to be cash equivalents. Commercial paper, with maturities of approximately three months or less, issued by a counterparty with Standard & Poor rating of A1+ are also considered cash and cash equivalents. The Company did not have any commercial paper at December 31, 2015 and 2014.

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Restricted Cash

Restricted cash on the consolidated balance sheets represents cash account agreements that require the businesses within the CP&E segment that have long-term debt to maintain cash accounts restricted to fund operations, capital expenditures and debt service. For these businesses, cash generated from operations is recorded in restricted cash upon receipts. The solar and wind businesses within the CP&E segment use the restricted cash to pay distributions to its partners and the Bayonne Energy Center (BEC) within the CP&E segment also uses restricted cash to fund capital expenditures.

The Company recorded $19.0 million of cash pledged as collateral in the consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2015, of which $18.9 million was recorded in current assets. At December 31, 2014, the Company recorded $22.0 million of cash pledged as collateral in the consolidated balance sheet, of which $21.3 million was recorded in current assets. The remaining amounts are included in other noncurrent assets.

Allowance for Doubtful Accounts

The Company uses estimates to determine the amount of the allowance for doubtful accounts necessary to reduce billed and unbilled accounts receivable to their net realizable value. The Company estimates the required allowance by reviewing the status of past-due receivables and analyzing historical bad debt trends. Actual collection experience has not varied significantly from estimates primarily due to credit policies and a lack of concentration of accounts receivable. The Company writes off receivables deemed to be uncollectible to the allowance for doubtful accounts.

Inventory

Inventory consists principally of fuel purchased from various third-party vendors at Atlantic Aviation and Hawaii Gas and materials and supplies at all of the operating businesses. Fuel inventory is stated at the lower of cost or market. Materials and supplies inventory is valued at the lower of average cost or market. Inventory sold is recorded using the first-in-first-out method at Atlantic Aviation and an average cost method at Hawaii Gas. IMTT also has inventory for sale for its spill response activity business. This is carried at lower of average cost or market. Cash flows related to the sale of inventory are classified in net cash provided by operating activities in the consolidated statements of cash flows.

The Company’s inventory balance at December 31, 2015 comprised $14.3 million of inventory held for sale and $15.2 million of materials and supplies. The Company’s inventory balance at December 31, 2014 comprised $15.6 million of inventory held for sale and $12.5 million of materials and supplies.

Property, Equipment, Land and Leasehold Improvements

Property, equipment and land are initially recorded at cost. Leasehold improvements are recorded at the initial present value of the minimum lease payments less accumulated amortization. Major renewals and improvements are capitalized while maintenance and repair expenditures are expensed when incurred. Interest expense relating to construction in progress is capitalized as an additional cost of the asset. The Company depreciates property, equipment and leasehold improvements over their estimated useful lives on a straight-line basis. Within the CP&E segment, depreciation expense for the district energy business was included in cost of services in the consolidated statements of operations prior to the Company’s divestiture of the business on August 21, 2014. The estimated economic useful lives range according to the table below:

 
Buildings   10 to 68 years
Leasehold and land improvements   5 to 40 years
Machinery and equipment   3 to 62 years
Furniture and Fixtures   3 to 25 years

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Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Goodwill consists of costs in excess of the aggregate purchase price over the fair value of tangible and identifiable intangible net assets acquired in business combinations. The cost of intangible assets with determinable useful lives is amortized over their estimated useful lives ranging as follows:

 
Customer relationships   9 to 30 years
Contractual arrangements   5 to 57 years
Non-compete agreements   10 years
Leasehold rights   25 years
Trade names   20 years
Technology   5 years

Impairment of Long-lived Assets, Excluding Goodwill

Long-lived assets, including amortizable intangible assets, are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount of an asset or group of assets may not be fully recoverable. These events or changes in circumstances may include a significant deterioration of operating results, changes in business plans, or changes in anticipated future cash flows. If an impairment indicator is present, the Company evaluates recoverability by a comparison of the carrying amount of the assets to future undiscounted net cash flows expected to be generated by the assets. If the assets are impaired, the impairment recognized is measured by the amount by which the carrying amount exceeds the fair value of the assets. Fair value is generally determined by estimates of discounted cash flows or value expected to be realized in a third party sale. The discount rate used in any estimate of discounted cash flows would be the rate required for a similar investment of like risk.

Impairment of Goodwill

Goodwill is tested for impairment at least annually or when there is a triggering event that indicates impairment. For the annual impairment test, the Company can make a qualitative assessment of whether it is more likely than not that a reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying amount before applying the two-step goodwill impairment test, as discussed below. If an entity concludes it is not more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, it need not perform the two-step impairment test.

If an entity concludes that it is more likely than not that the fair value of reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, or if there is a triggering event that indicates impairment, the Company needs to perform the two-step impairment test. This requires management to make judgments in determining what assumptions to use in the calculation. The first step is to determine the estimated fair value of each reporting unit with goodwill. The reporting units of the Company, for purposes of the impairment test, are those components of operating segments for which discrete financial information is available and segment management regularly reviews the operating results of that component. When determining reporting units, components with similar economic characteristics are combined.

The Company estimates the fair value of each reporting unit by estimating the present value of the reporting unit’s future discounted cash flows or value expected to be realized in a third party sale. If the recorded net assets of the reporting unit are less than the reporting unit’s estimated fair value, then no impairment is indicated. Alternatively, if the recorded net assets of the reporting unit exceed its estimated fair value, then goodwill is assumed to be impaired and a second step is performed. In the second step, the implied fair value of goodwill is determined by deducting the estimated fair value of all tangible and identifiable intangible net assets of the reporting unit from the estimated fair value of the reporting unit. If the recorded amount of goodwill exceeds this implied fair value, an impairment charge is recorded for the excess.

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Impairment of Indefinite-lived Intangibles, Excluding Goodwill

Indefinite-lived intangibles, which consist of trademarks, are considered impaired when the carrying amount of the asset exceeds its implied fair value.

The Company estimates the fair value of each trademark using the relief-from-royalty method that discounts the estimated net cash flows the Company would have to pay to license the trademark under an arm’s length licensing agreement.

If the recorded indefinite-lived intangible is less than its estimated fair value, then no impairment is indicated. Alternatively, if the recorded intangible asset exceeds its fair value, an impairment loss is recognized in an amount equal to that excess.

Debt Issuance Costs

The Company capitalizes all direct costs incurred in connection with the issuance of debt as debt issuance costs. These costs are amortized over the contractual term of the debt instrument, which ranges from 5 to 23 years, using the effective interest method.

Derivative Instruments

From time to time the Company enters into interest rate swap agreements to minimize potential variations in cash flows resulting from fluctuations in interest rates and their impact on its variable-rate debt. Since the fourth quarter of 2014, the Company’s Hawaii Gas business entered into commodity price hedges to mitigate the impact of fluctuations in propane prices on its cash flows.

The Company accounts for derivatives and hedging activities in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification (ASC) 815 Derivatives and Hedging , which requires that all derivative instruments be recorded on the balance sheet at their respective fair values. All movements in the fair value of derivative contracts are recorded directly through earnings. See Note 9, “Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities”, for further discussion.

Financial Instruments

The Company’s financial instruments, including cash and cash equivalents, accounts receivable, accounts payable and variable-rate senior debt, are carried at cost, which approximates their fair value because of either the short-term maturity, or variable or competitive interest rates assigned to these financial instruments.

Concentrations of Credit Risk

Financial instruments that potentially expose the Company to concentrations of credit risk consist primarily of cash and cash equivalents and accounts receivable. The Company places its cash and cash equivalents with financial institutions and its balances may exceed federally insured limits. The Company’s accounts receivable are mainly derived from fuel and gas sales and services rendered under contract terms with commercial and private customers located primarily in the United States. At December 31, 2015 and 2014, there were no outstanding accounts receivable due from a single customer that accounted for more than 10% of the total accounts receivable. Additionally, no single customer accounted for more than 10% of the Company’s revenue during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

Foreign Currency Translation

The assets and liabilities of IMTT’s Newfoundland and Quebec locations are translated from their local currency (Canadian dollars) to U.S. dollars at exchange rates in effect at the end of the year and consolidated statement of operations accounts are translated at average exchange rates for the year. Translation gains or losses as a result of changes in the exchange rate are recorded as a component of other comprehensive income (loss).

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Tolling Agreements Liability

Tolling agreements represent agreements with an off-taker where BEC agreed to sell 62.5% of its capacity, energy and ancillary services for fixed monthly tolling and capacity payments and monthly variable operation and maintenance (O&M) fees. Fixed payments received under these contracts were below prevailing market rates at the date of acquisition. The difference between the present value of the fixed payments and the present value of the market rates at the date of acquisition is recorded as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet as part of purchase accounting. This liability is amortized into revenue over a weighted average life of the tolling agreements of approximately thirteen years.

Income (Loss) per Share

The Company calculates income (loss) per share using the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted income (loss) per share is computed using the weighted average number of dilutive common equivalent shares outstanding during the period. Common equivalent shares consist of shares issuable upon conversion of the Company’s convertible senior notes (using the if-converted method), stock units granted to the Company’s independent directors and fees payable to the Manager that will be reinvested in shares by the Manager in a future period. Common equivalent shares are excluded from the calculation if their effect is anti-dilutive.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

The Company follows the requirements of ASC 220 Comprehensive Income , for the reporting and presentation of comprehensive income (loss) and its components. This guidance requires unrealized gains or losses on the Company’s foreign currency translation adjustments, minimum pension liability adjustments and changes in fair value of derivatives, where hedge accounting had been previously applied, to be included in other comprehensive income (loss). At December 31, 2014, the other comprehensive loss related to hedge accounting was fully amortized.

Revenue Recognition

The Company recognizes revenue when persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, the seller’s price to the buyer is fixed and determinable and collectability is probable.

IMTT

Contracts for the use of storage capacity at the various terminals predominantly have non-cancelable terms of one to five years. These contracts generally provide for payments for providing storage capacity throughout their term based on a fixed rate per barrel of capacity leased, as adjusted annually for inflation indices. Contract revenue is recognized over their term based on the rate specified in the contract. Revenue from the rendering of ancillary services (e.g., product movement (throughput), heating, blending, etc.) is recognized as the related services are performed based on contract rates. Throughput revenues in excess of those provided by contract are not recognized until the throughput quantity specified in the contract for the applicable period is exceeded. Payments received prior to the related services being performed or as a reimbursement for specific fixed asset additions or improvements related to a customer’s contract are recorded as deferred revenue and ratably recognized as revenues over the contract term; the noncurrent portion is included in other noncurrent liabilities. Environmental response services revenues are recognized as services are rendered. Revenue from IMTT is recorded in service revenue on the consolidated statements of operations.

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Atlantic Aviation

Revenue from Atlantic Aviation is recorded in service revenue on the consolidated statements of operations. Services provided by Atlantic Aviation include: (i) Fuel services recognized when fuel has been delivered to the customer, collection of the resulting receivable is probable, persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists and the fee is fixed or determinable. Fuel services are recorded net of volume discounts and rebates; (ii) Certain fueling fees for fueling certain carriers with fuel owned by such carriers. Revenue from these transactions are recorded based on the service fee earned and does not include the cost of the carriers’ fuel; and (iii) Other services consisting principally of de-icing services, landing and fuel distribution fees as well as rental income for hangar and terminal use. Other fixed base operation (FBO) revenue is recognized as the services are rendered to the customer.

CP&E

BEC

With respect to BEC’s contracted capacity, revenue is recognized as energy, capacity and ancillary services are sold to the off-taker under the third-party tolling agreements, which are based on a fixed rate per megawatt (MW) of capacity and not subject to dispatch or utilization. A portion of the revenues under the tolling agreements are subject to annual increases. Revenues under the tolling agreements are subject to availability of capacity (subject to a historical rolling average forced outage factor). Variable operating and major maintenance revenues under the tolling agreements are a function of net plant output and a negotiated rate, which is adjusted annually based on historical plant experience.

With respect to BEC’s residual capacity, revenue is recognized as energy, capacity and ancillary services are sold into the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) energy market, which are based on prevailing market rates at the time such services are sold. Volumes of energy and ancillary services sold are subject to BEC’s market based dispatch from NYISO.

Revenue from BEC is recorded in product revenue on the consolidated statements of operations.

Solar and wind power facilities

Revenue from the solar and wind power facilities are recognized when the electricity is provided to the utility companies. Owners of the solar and wind power facilities sell substantially all of the electricity generated at a fixed price to electric utilities pursuant to long-term (typically 20 – 25 years) power purchase agreements (PPAs). Customers are billed on a monthly-cycle basis. Revenue from the solar and wind power facilities are recorded in product revenue on the consolidated statements of operations.

District energy business (through the date sold)

Revenue from cooling capacity and consumption was recognized at the time of performance of service. Cash received from customers for services to be provided in the future was recorded as unearned revenue and recognized over the expected service period on a straight-line basis. Revenue from the district energy business was recorded in service revenue on the consolidated statements of operations through the date of sale on August 21, 2014.

Hawaii Gas

Hawaii Gas recognizes revenue when products are delivered. Sales of gas to customers are billed on a monthly-cycle basis. Earned but unbilled revenue is accrued and included in accounts receivable and revenue based on the amount of gas that is delivered but not billed to customers from the latest meter reading or billed delivery date to the end of an accounting period, and the related costs are charged to expense. Most revenue is based upon consumption; however, certain revenue is based upon a flat rate . Revenue from Hawaii Gas is recorded in product revenue on the consolidated statements of operations.

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Regulatory Assets and Liabilities

The regulated utility operations of Hawaii Gas are subject to regulations with respect to rates, service, maintenance of accounting records, and various other matters by the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (HPUC). The established accounting policies recognize the financial effects of the rate-making and accounting practices and policies of the HPUC. Regulated utility operations are subject to the provisions of ASC 980, Regulated Operations . This guidance requires regulated entities to disclose in their financial statements the authorized recovery of costs associated with regulatory decisions. Accordingly, certain costs that otherwise would normally be charged to expense may, in certain instances, be recorded as an asset in a regulatory entity’s balance sheet. Hawaii Gas records regulatory assets for costs that have been deferred for which future recovery through customer rates has been approved by the HPUC. Regulatory liabilities represent amounts included in rates and collected from customers for costs expected to be incurred in the future.

ASC 980 may, at some future date, be deemed inapplicable because of changes in the regulatory and competitive environments or other factors. If the Company were to discontinue the application of this guidance, the Company would be required to write-off its regulatory assets and regulatory liabilities and would be required to adjust the carrying amount of any other assets, including property, plant and equipment, that would be deemed not recoverable related to these affected operations. The Company believes its regulated operations in Hawaii Gas continue to meet the criteria of ASC 980 and that the carrying value of its regulated property, plant and equipment is recoverable in accordance with established HPUC rate-making practices.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes using the asset and liability method. Under this method, deferred income tax assets and liabilities are determined based on differences between financial reporting and tax basis of assets and liabilities, and are measured using the enacted tax rates and laws that will be in effect when the differences are expected to reverse. The Company and its more than 80% owned subsidiaries file a consolidated U.S. federal income tax return, including its allocated share of the taxable income from its solar and wind power facilities. The investments in solar and wind power facilities within the CP&E business are held in various LLCs, which are treated as partnerships for income tax purposes.

Prior to the IMTT Acquisition in July 2014, the Company’s consolidated income tax return did not include IMTT and the district energy business, both of which were less than 80% owned by the Company and each filed separate income tax returns. Subsequent to the Company’s acquisition of the remaining 50% interest in IMTT, IMTT became a wholly owned subsidiary and files as part of the Company’s consolidated federal income tax return. The district energy business continued to file separate income tax returns through 2014. The Company sold its interest in the district energy business on August 21, 2014.

In assessing the need for a valuation allowance, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income and tax planning strategies in making this assessment.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications were made to the financial statements for the prior period to conform to current year presentation.

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Recently Issued Accounting Standards Adopted

On November 20, 2015, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update (ASU) No. 2015-17, Income Taxes (Topic 740): Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes , which modifies the disclosure requirements of deferred tax assets and liabilities on an entity’s statement of financial position. Under this ASU, an entity will classify deferred tax assets and liabilities, as well as any related valuation allowances, as single noncurrent amounts provided that each tax-paying component of the entity is consistent. The guidance in the ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2016 for public issuers. Early adoption is allowed. The Company will include appropriate disclosures related to the balance sheet classification of deferred taxes in accordance with the standard when it adopts the provisions of this ASU.

On September 25, 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-16, Business Combinations (Topic 805): Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement Period Adjustments , which requires an acquirer to recognize adjustments to provisional amounts that are identified during the measurement period in the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The ASU also requires an entity to present separately on the face of the income statement or disclose in the notes the portion of the amount recorded in current-period earnings by line item that would have been recorded in previous reporting periods if the adjustment to the provisional amounts had been recognized as of the acquisition date. The guidance in the ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. The standard must be applied prospectively to adjustments to provisional amounts that occur after the effective date of this ASU. The Company will include appropriate disclosures related to adjustments to provision amounts in accordance with the standard when it adopts the provisions of this ASU.

On August 12, 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-14, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606): Deferral of the Effective Date, which defers the adoption date of ASU No. 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, by one calendar year. ASU No. 2014-09 requires an entity to recognize the amount of revenue to which it expects to be entitled for the transfer of promised goods or services to customers. The ASU will replace most existing revenue recognition guidance in U.S. GAAP when it becomes effective. With the deferral, the new standard is effective for the Company on January 1, 2018. Early application is permitted to the original effective date of January 1, 2017. The standard permits the use of either the retrospective or cumulative effect transition method. The Company is evaluating the effect that ASU 2014-09 will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures. The Company will assess the effect of the standard in 2016 on its ongoing financial reporting.

On July 22, 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-11, Inventory (Topic 330): Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory, which changes the measurement principle for inventory from the lower of cost or market to lower of cost and net realizable value. The ASU defines net realizable value as the “estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation”. The ASU will not apply to inventories that are measured by using either the last-in, first-out (LIFO) method or the retail inventory method. The guidance in the ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2016. Early adoption is allowed. The Company has not yet determined the effect of the standard on its ongoing financial reporting.

On April 7, 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-03, Interest — Imputation of Interest (Subtopic 835-30): Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs , which requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. The recognition and measurement guidance for debt issuance costs are not affected by the amendments. The guidance in the ASU is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption

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is allowed. The standard must be applied retrospectively to all prior periods presented. The Company will include appropriate disclosures related to debt issuance costs in accordance with the standard when it adopts the provisions of this ASU.

On February 18, 2015, the FASB issued ASU No. 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the Consolidation Analysis , which changes the way reporting enterprises evaluate whether (i) they should consolidate limited partnerships and similar entities, (ii) fees paid to a decision maker or service provider are variable interests in a variable interest entity (VIE), and (iii) variable interests in a VIE held by related parties of the reporting enterprise require the reporting enterprise to consolidate the VIE. The ASU significantly changes how to evaluate voting rights for entities that are not similar to limited partnerships when determining whether the entity is a VIE, which may affect entities for which the decision making rights are conveyed through a contractual arrangement. The ASU is effective for annual and interim periods in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015. Early adoption is allowed, including early adoption in an interim period. A reporting enterprise may apply a modified retrospective approach or full retrospective application. The Company has not yet determined the effect of the standard on its ongoing financial reporting.

3. (Loss) Income per Share

Following is a reconciliation of the basic and diluted (loss) income per share computations ($ in thousands, except share and per share data):

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2015   2014   2013
Numerator:
                          
Net (loss) income attributable to MIC   $ (108,537 )     $ 1,042,028     $ 31,254  
Interest expense attributable to convertible senior notes, net of taxes           3,016        
Diluted net (loss) income attributable to MIC   $ (108,537 )     $ 1,045,044     $ 31,254  
Denominator:
                          
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: basic     77,997,826       62,990,312       51,381,003  
Dilutive effect of restricted stock unit grants           12,637       15,143  
Dilutive effect of convertible senior notes           1,922,616        
Weighted average number of shares outstanding: diluted     77,997,826       64,925,565       51,396,146  
(Loss) income per share:
                          
Basic (loss) income per share attributable to MIC   $ (1.39 )     $ 16.54     $ 0.61  
Diluted (loss) income per share attributable to MIC   $ (1.39 )     $ 16.10     $ 0.61  

Due to the Company’s net loss for the year ended December 31, 2015, (i) the 8,660 restricted stock unit grants provided to the independent directors on June 18, 2015, which will vest during the second quarter of 2016 and the 12,525 restricted stock unit grants provided to the independent directors on May 21, 2014, which vested during the second quarter of 2015; (ii) the $67.8 million of the performance fee for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, settlement of which was deferred to July 2016, and the assumed reinvestment of the fee in shares by the Manager in July 2015; and (iii) the convertible senior notes that were issued on July 15, 2014, were all anti-dilutive.

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The effect of potentially dilutive shares for the year ended December 31, 2014 is calculated assuming that (i) the 12,525 restricted stock unit grants provided to the independent directors on May 21, 2014, which vested during the second quarter of 2015, and the 12,910 restricted stock unit grants provided to the independent directors on May 20, 2013, which vested during the second quarter of 2014, had been fully converted to shares on those grant dates and (ii) the convertible senior notes that were issued on July 15, 2014 had been fully converted into shares on that date.

The effect of potentially dilutive shares for the year ended December 31, 2013 is calculated assuming that the 12,910 restricted stock unit grants provided to the independent directors on May 20, 2013, which vested during the second quarter of 2014, the 18,208 restricted stock unit grants provided to the independent directors on May 31, 2012, which vested during the second quarter of 2013, and the 895 restricted stock unit grants on February 21, 2013, which vested during the second quarter of 2013, had been fully converted to shares on those grant dates.

The following represents the weighted average potential dilutive shares of common stock that were excluded from the diluted (loss) income per share calculation:

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2015   2014   2013
Restricted stock unit grants     9,410              
Fees to Manager-related party (1)     449,126              
Convertible senior notes     4,160,717         —           —    
Total     4,619,253         —           —    

(1) Represents $67.8 million of the performance fee for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, settlement of which was deferred to July 2016. The weighted average potentially dilutive shares of common stock in the above table includes shares assumed to have been issued had the Manager reinvested this fee in shares in July 2015.

4. Acquisitions

CP&E — Bayonne Energy Center (BEC) Acquisition

On April 1, 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of a 100% interest in BEC for a purchase price of $718.0 million (net of post-closing working capital adjustments), which consisted of $208.9 million in cash and the assumption of $509.1 million of debt, excluding transaction costs. The Company funded the cash consideration for the acquisition by drawing on the MIC senior secured revolving credit facility and using cash on hand.

BEC is a 512 MW gas-fired power facility located in Bayonne, New Jersey, adjacent to IMTT’s Bayonne terminal. BEC has tolling agreements with a creditworthy off-taker for 62.5% of its power generating capacity and power produced is delivered to New York City via a dedicated transmission cable under New York Harbor.

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The acquisition has been accounted for as a business combination. Accordingly, the results of operations of BEC are included in the consolidated statement of operations and as a component of the Company’s CP&E segment since April 1, 2015. The allocation of the purchase price for BEC’s assets acquired and liabilities assumed was as follows ($ in thousands):

 
Restricted cash   $ 12,440  
Accounts receivable     5,471  
Inventories     3,155  
Prepaid expenses     1,835  
Other current assets     479  
Total current assets     23,380  
Property, equipment and leasehold improvements     716,818  
Intangible assets-contractual arrangements (1)     63,115  
Goodwill (2)     21,628  
Total assets acquired   $ 824,941  
Accounts payable   $ 1,926  
Accrued expenses     1,084  
Current portion of long-term debt     5,250  
Fair value of derivative instruments-current     6,196  
Tolling agreements – current (3)     7,777  
Other current liabilities     179  
Total current liabilities     22,412  
Long-term debt, net of current portion     503,827  
Tolling agreements – noncurrent (3)     73,983  
Fair value of derivative instruments – non-current     15,279  
Other noncurrent liabilities     486  
Total liabilities assumed     615,987  
Net assets acquired   $ 208,954  

(1) Contractual arrangements are being amortized over a seventeen year period.
(2) Goodwill is deductible for tax purposes.
(3) Tolling agreements represent agreements with an off-taker where BEC agreed to sell 62.5% of its capacity, energy and ancillary services for fixed monthly tolling and capacity payments and monthly variable O&M. Fixed payments received under these contracts were below prevailing market rates at the date of acquisition. The difference between the present value of the fixed payments and the present value of the market rates at the date of acquisition is recorded as a liability on the consolidated balance sheet as part of purchase accounting. This liability will be amortized into revenue over the weighted average life of the tolling agreements of approximately thirteen years.

The fair value of the acquired assets and liabilities assumed were determined using various valuation techniques, including the market, income and/or cost approaches. Had the acquisition occurred as of January 1, 2015, the consolidated results of operations would not have been materially different. For the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company incurred acquisition costs of approximately $9.3 million in connection with this acquisition, which are included in selling, general, and administrative expenses.

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CP&E — 2014 Wind Power Facilities Acquisitions

In 2014, the Company acquired controlling interests in wind power facilities, consisting of Brahms Wind, LLC, Exergy Idaho Holdings, LLC and Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC (collectively the 2014 wind power facilities), for a combined purchase price of $106.1 million. These wind farms have a total of 134 turbines located in New Mexico and Idaho and have a total wind power capacity of 203 MW of electricity. The Company entered into LLC agreements with the noncontrolling interest co-investors whose interests in these projects are reflected in noncontrolling interests in the consolidated financial statements.

Substantially all of the purchase price has been allocated to the wind turbines, which have a fair value of $316.2 million, and is primarily offset by $163.9 million of amortizing term loan debt and noncontrolling interests. The fair value was determined using various valuation techniques, including the market approach, income approach and/or cost approach.

For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company recorded transaction related costs of $2.0 million in selling, general and administrative expenses for these investments. Had the acquisitions occurred as of January 1, 2014, the consolidated results of operations would not have been materially different.

Other Transactions

During 2015, the Company acquired three FBOs and a solar power facility in Hawaii that is under construction for a combined purchase price of $49.0 million. Substantially all of the purchase price was allocated to property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements of $54.4 million and intangible assets of $16.4 million, and is partially offset by $29.3 million in liabilities assumed. None of the liabilities assumed represent debt. These acquisitions were partially offset by three FBOs disposed that were insignificant.

5. Property, Equipment, Land and Leasehold Improvements

Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements at December 31, 2015 and 2014 consist of the following ($ in thousands):

   
  As of December 31,
     2015   2014
Land   $ 291,521     $ 272,110  
Easements     131       131  
Buildings     41,049       40,730  
Leasehold and land improvements     590,646       439,962  
Machinery and equipment     3,455,776       2,810,531  
Furniture and fixtures     29,547       28,664  
Construction in progress     203,146       72,241  
       4,611,816       3,664,369  
Less: accumulated depreciation     (495,653 )       (301,784 )  
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net   $ 4,116,163     $ 3,362,585  

As discussed in Note 4, “Acquisitions”, the Company acquired $716.8 million in property, equipment and leasehold improvements from the acquisition of BEC on April 1, 2015.

During the quarter ended March 31, 2015, Atlantic Aviation reassessed the useful lives of its leasehold and land improvements related to leases at certain airports to generally match these useful lives with the remaining lease terms plus extensions under Atlantic Aviation’s control. This change will generally accelerate depreciation expense at the affected sites. During the quarter ended March 31, 2015, as a result of this reassessment, the business performed an impairment analysis related to its leasehold and land improvements

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and recorded a non-cash impairment of $2.8 million, which was included in depreciation expense. The change in useful life also resulted in increased depreciation expense of $4.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2015.

In addition, during the quarter ended March 31, 2015, a non-cash impairment charge of $4.2 million was recorded due to a change in the current lease contract at one of the bases. This amount was included in depreciation expense.

6. Intangible Assets

Intangible assets at December 31, 2015 and 2014 consist of the following ($ in thousands):

   
  As of December 31,
     2015   2014
Contractual arrangements   $ 901,807     $ 873,406  
Non-compete agreements     9,665       9,665  
Customer relationships     340,425       342,232  
Leasehold rights     350       350  
Trade names     16,091       16,091  
Technology     8,760       8,760  
       1,277,098       1,250,504  
Less: accumulated amortization     (342,206 )       (290,870 )  
Intangible assets, net   $ 934,892     $ 959,634  

As discussed in Note 4, “Acquisitions”, the Company acquired $63.1 million in contractual arrangements from the acquisition of BEC on April 1, 2015.

During the quarter ended March 31, 2015, Atlantic Aviation reassessed the useful lives of its contractual arrangements related to leases at certain airports to generally match these useful lives with the remaining lease terms plus extensions under Atlantic Aviation’s control. This change will generally accelerate amortization expense at the affected sites. During the quarter ended March 31, 2015, as a result of this reassessment, the business performed an impairment analysis related to its contractual arrangements and recorded a non-cash impairment of $13.5 million, which was included in amortization expense. The change in useful life also resulted in increased amortization expense of $18.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2015.

In addition, during the quarter ended March 31, 2015, a non-cash impairment charge of $17.8 million was recorded due to a change in the current lease contract at one of the bases. This amount was included in amortization expense.

At December 31, 2015, the Company had $14.5 million in trade names, of which $7.5 million relates to Atlantic Aviation and are considered to be indefinite-lived. The remaining balance of $7.0 million relates to “The Gas Company” trade name.

Amortization expense of intangible assets for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 totaled $101.4 million, $42.7 million and $34.7 million, respectively. The estimated future amortization expense for amortizable intangible assets to be recognized is as follows ($ in thousands):

 
2016   $ 64,713  
2017     59,031  
2018     54,740  
2019     51,791  
2020     47,759  
Thereafter     649,367  
Total   $ 927,401  

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The goodwill balance as of December 31, 2015 is comprised of the following ($ in thousands):

 
Goodwill acquired in business combinations, net of disposals, at December 31, 2014   $ 2,120,424  
Less: accumulated impairment charges     (123,200 )  
Less: other     (965 )  
Balance at December 31, 2014     1,996,259  
Add: goodwill related to 2015 acquisitions     28,874  
Less: purchase accounting adjustments related to 2014 acquisitions     (6,241 )  
Less: other     (1,681 )  
Balance at December 31, 2015   $ 2,017,211  

The Company tests for goodwill impairment at the reporting unit level on an annual basis on October 1 st of each year and between annual tests if a triggering event indicates impairment.

7. Accrued Expenses

Accrued expenses at December 31, 2015 and 2014 consisted of the following ($ in thousands):

   
  As of December 31,
     2015   2014
Payroll and related liabilities   $ 26,740     $ 27,185  
Purchase of property and equipment     8,045       4,170  
Interest     10,684       7,853  
Sales tax     5,750       8,322  
Insurance     6,361       8,832  
Property tax     4,670       4,191  
Other     16,277       16,695  
     $ 78,527     $ 77,248  

8. Long-Term Debt

The Company capitalizes its operating businesses separately using non-recourse, project finance style debt. All of the term debt facilities described below contain customary financial covenants, including maintaining or exceeding certain financial ratios, and limitations on capital expenditures and additional debt. The facilities include events of default, representations and warranties and other covenants that are customary for facilities of this type, including change of control, which will occur if the Macquarie Group, or any fund or entity managed by the Macquarie Group, fails to control a majority of the Borrower. For a description of related party transactions associated with the Company’s long-term debt, see Note 12, “Related Party Transactions”.

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At December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company’s consolidated long-term debt comprised the following ($ in thousands):

   
  As of December 31,
     2015   2014
IMTT   $ 1,127,223     $ 953,061  
Atlantic Aviation     604,609       611,328  
CP&E     555,486       298,132  
Hawaii Gas     180,000       180,000  
MIC Corporate     365,975       350,000  
Total     2,833,293       2,392,521  
Less: current portion     (40,099 )       (27,655 )  
Long-term portion   $ 2,793,194     $ 2,364,866  

The total undrawn capacity on the revolving credit facilities at IMTT, Atlantic Aviation, CP&E, Hawaii Gas and MIC Corporate was $1.1 billion at December 31, 2015.

At December 31, 2015, future maturities of long-term debt are as follows ($ in thousands):

 
2016   $ 40,099  
2017     114,072  
2018     35,108  
2019     395,151  
2020     606,844  
Thereafter     1,642,019  
Total   $ 2,833,293  

MIC Corporate

In July 2014, the Company entered into a five-year, $250.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility with a syndicate of banks. On May 1, 2015, the Company increased the aggregate commitments under its revolving credit facility from $250.0 million to $360.0 million, with all terms remaining the same, and subsequently, on August 25, 2015, the Company increased the commitments from $360.0 million to $410.0 million, with all terms remaining the same. On April 1, 2015, the Company drew down $155.0 million on the MIC senior secured revolving credit facility to partially fund the BEC acquisition and subsequently repaid the amount in May 2015. In July 2015, the Company drew down $191.0 million, and together with cash on hand, fully repaid the outstanding balance of $251.5 million of term loan debt at BEC. The amount outstanding on the MIC senior secured revolving credit facility was subsequently repaid in August 2015. In December 2015, the Company drew down $16.0 million for general corporate purposes, of which $7.0 million was repaid in January 2016. At December 31, 2015, the undrawn portion on the MIC senior secured revolving credit facility was $394.0 million.

On July 15, 2014, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of a five-year, $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of 2.875% convertible senior notes to partially fund the IMTT Acquisition and for general corporate purposes. The notes are convertible, at the holder’s option, into the Company’s shares, initially at a conversion rate of 11.7942 shares per $1,000 principal amount (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $84.79 per share, subject to adjustment), at any time on or prior to the close of business on the second scheduled trading day immediately preceding the maturity date. The notes are the Company’s unsecured obligations and rank equal in right of payment with all of the Company’s existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness.

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As a result of the Conversion, holders of the Company’s outstanding convertible senior notes that chose to convert those securities into the Company’s shares from May 21, 2015, the effective date of the Conversion, until the close of business on June 18, 2015, were entitled to an increased conversion rate of 12.7836 shares per $1,000 face amount of the notes. During this period, $23,000 face amount of the notes were converted into shares of common stock of the Company. To date, $25,000 face amount of the notes have been converted into shares of common stock of the Company.

The key terms of the senior secured revolving credit facility and the convertible senior notes at December 31, 2015 are summarized in the table below.

   
Facility Terms   Senior Secured Revolving
Credit Facility
  Convertible Senior Notes
Total Committed Amount   $410.0 million  
Amount Outstanding at December 31, 2015   $16.0 million   $350.0 million
Maturity   July 2019   July 2019
Amortization   Revolving, payable at maturity   Payable at maturity or convertible at the holder's option into the Company's shares
Interest Rate   LIBOR plus 1.75% at
December 31, 2015
  2.875% payable on January 15 and July 15 of each year
Commitment Fees   0.275% at December 31, 2015  
Security   Secured   Unsecured

IMTT

On July 16, 2014, the Company acquired the remaining 50% interest in IMTT that it did not previously own. Prior to this transaction, the investment in IMTT was accounted for under the equity method of accounting. As of the closing date, IMTT became consolidated into the Company’s consolidated balance sheet. The $1.0 billion of IMTT’s debt as of the closing date was comprised of $512.8 million tax-exempt bonds, $486.0 million drawn on its revolving credit facilities and a $22.2 million loan from its previous shareholder, the Coleman Trust.

Effective May 21, 2015, ITT Holdings LLC (ITT LLC), a direct subsidiary of IMTT Holdings LLC and an indirect subsidiary of the Company, entered into a Credit Agreement (the Credit Agreement), among ITT LLC, IMTT — Quebec Inc. and IMTT — NTL, LTD. as Canadian borrowers, SunTrust Bank as administrative agent and the lenders thereto. The Credit Agreement provides for (i) a $550.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility for ITT LLC and (ii) the Canadian dollar equivalent of a $50.0 million unsecured revolving credit facility for the Canadian borrowers. At December 31, 2015, the revolving credit facilities remained undrawn.

In addition, ITT LLC entered into a Note Purchase Agreement for the issuance of $325.0 million aggregate principal amount of 3.92% Guaranteed Senior Notes, Series A due 2025, and $275.0 million aggregate principal amount of 4.02% of Guaranteed Senior Notes, Series B due 2027 (together the senior notes). The senior notes are unsecured. Proceeds from the senior notes issuance and the revolving credit facility borrowings were used to repay all amounts under the existing IMTT credit agreement and will be used to finance working capital needs, capital expenditures, acquisitions, distributions and for other general corporate purposes.

In connection with this refinancing, $509.0 million of IMTT’s outstanding Gulf Opportunity Zone Bonds (GO Zone Bonds) and New Jersey Economic Development Authority Bonds (NJEDA Bonds and, together with the Go Zone Bonds, the Tax Exempt Bonds) were repurchased. The GO Zone Bonds were reissued and sold to certain lenders under the Credit Agreement. The NJEDA Bonds were financed with a new issuance of tax exempt bonds and sold to certain lenders under the Credit Agreement. IMTT entered into interest rate

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swap contracts, maturing in June 2021, with a total notional amount of $361.1 million. These swaps fully hedge the floating LIBOR interest rate risk associated with the tax-exempt bonds for six years at 1.677%.

Revolving Credit Facilities

The revolving credit facilities are used primarily to fund IMTT’s growth capital expenditures in the U.S. and Canada and for general corporate purposes. The key terms of IMTT’s U.S. dollar and Canadian dollar denominated revolving credit facilities at December 31, 2015 are summarized in the table below.

   
Facility Terms   USD Revolving Credit Facility   CAD Revolving Credit Facility
Total Committed Amount   $550.0 million   $50.0 million
Amount Outstanding at December 31, 2015   Undrawn   Undrawn
Maturity   May 2020   May 2020
Amortization   Revolving, payable at maturity   Revolving, payable at maturity
Interest Rate   LIBOR plus 1.50% at December 31, 2015   Bankers' Acceptances Rate plus 1.50% at December 31, 2015
Commitment Fees   0.225% at December 31, 2015   0.225% at December 31, 2015
Security   Unsecured   Unsecured

Senior Notes

The key terms of the senior notes at December 31, 2015 are summarized in the table below.

   
Facility Terms   Senior Notes, Series A   Senior Notes, Series B
Amount Outstanding at December 31, 2015   $325.0 million   $275.0 million
Maturity   May 2025   May 2027
Amortization   Payable at maturity   Payable at maturity
Interest Rate   3.92% per annum   4.02% per annum
Security   Unsecured   Unsecured

Louisiana Public Facilities Authority Bonds and Ascension Parish Bonds (LA Bonds)

The key terms of the LA Bonds at December 31, 2015 are summarized in the table below.

         
Facility Terms   Louisiana Public
Facilities Authority
Revenue Bonds,
Series 2007
  The Industrial
Development Board of
the Parish of
Ascension, Louisiana
Revenue Bonds,
Series 2007
  Louisiana Public
Facilities Authority
Gulf Opportunity
Zone Revenue Bonds,
Series 2010
  Louisiana Public
Facilities Authority
Revenue Bonds,
Series 2010A
  Louisiana Public
Facilities Authority
Revenue Bonds,
Series 2010B
Amount Outstanding at December 31, 2015   $50.0 million   $165.0 million   $85.0 million   $90.9 million   $81.8 million
Maturity   June 2043   June 2043   August 2046   December 2040   December 2040
Amortization   Payable at maturity, subject to mandatory tender in May 2022   Payable at maturity, subject to mandatory tender in May 2022   Payable at maturity, subject to mandatory tender in May 2022   Payable at maturity, subject to mandatory tender in May 2022   Payable at maturity, subject to mandatory tender in May 2022
Interest Rate   One-month LIBOR plus Revolving Credit Facility margin plus 0.625% multiplied by 75%   One-month LIBOR plus Revolving Credit Facility margin plus 0.625% multiplied by 75%   One-month LIBOR plus Revolving Credit Facility margin plus 0.625% multiplied by 67%   One-month LIBOR plus Revolving Credit Facility margin plus 0.625% multiplied by 67%   One-month LIBOR plus Revolving Credit Facility margin plus 0.625% multiplied by 67%
Security   Unsecured   Unsecured   Unsecured   Unsecured   Unsecured

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New Jersey Economic Development Authority Bonds (NJEDA Bonds)

The key terms of the NJEDA Bonds at December 31, 2015 are summarized in the table below.

 
Facility Terms   New Jersey Economic Development Authority
Revenue Refunding Bonds, Series 2015
Amount Outstanding at December 31, 2015   $36.3 million
Maturity   December 2027
Amortization   Payable at maturity, subject to mandatory tender in May 2022
Interest Rate   One-month LIBOR plus Revolving Credit Facility margin plus 0.625% multiplied by 75%
Security   Unsecured

Atlantic Aviation

On May 31, 2013, Atlantic Aviation entered into a credit agreement (the AA Credit Agreement), that provides the business with a seven-year, $465.0 million senior secured first lien term loan facility. On November 7, 2013 and January 22, 2014, the business entered into an incremental $50.0 million and $100.0 million, respectively, term loan under the AA Credit Agreement that provides the business with senior secured first lien term loan facility. The interest rate on these term loan facilities floats at LIBOR plus 2.50%, with minimum LIBOR of 0.75%, and these facilities mature in June 2020. The floating rate has effectively been fixed for 6 years using interest rate swaps. The AA Credit Agreement also provides for a five-year, $70.0 million senior secured first lien revolving credit facility that bears interest at LIBOR plus 2.50%. The balance on the revolving credit facility remained undrawn at December 31, 2015.

The key terms of the term loan and revolving credit facility of Atlantic Aviation at December 31, 2015 are summarized in the table below.

   
Facility Terms   Term Financing   Revolving Credit Facility
Borrower   AA FBO   AA FBO
Facilities   $615.0 million senior secured first lien term loan ($600.5 million outstanding at December 31, 2015)   $70.0 million senior secured first lien revolving credit facility (undrawn at December 31, 2015)
Maturity   June 2020   May 2018
Amortization   1.0% of the original principal amount per annum paid in equal quarterly installments with the balance payable at maturity   Revolving, payable at maturity
Interest Type   Floating   Floating
Interest Rate and Fees  

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LIBOR plus 2.50% or Alternate Base Rate (ABR) plus 1.50%. ABR is the highest of (i) the prime rate, (ii) the federal funds rate plus 0.5% and (iii) one-month LIBOR plus 1.0%

 

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LIBOR plus 2.50% or ABR plus 1.50% Commitment fee: 0.50% on the undrawn portion

    

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Subject to a minimum LIBOR of 0.75% and a minimum ABR of 1.75%

    
Collateral   First priority security interest in (x) the equity securities of AA FBO and certain of its subsidiaries and (y) the personal and material real property of Holdings, AA FBO and certain of its subsidiaries (in each case subject to certain exceptions)   First priority security interest in (x) the equity securities of AA FBO and certain of its subsidiaries and (y) the personal and material real property of Holdings, AA FBO and certain of its subsidiaries (in each case subject to certain exceptions)

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Facility Terms   Term Financing   Revolving Credit Facility
Mandatory Prepayment  

•  

With 0% excess cash flow, with a step up to 50% if Total Leverage Ratio (ratio of funded debt net of unrestricted cash and cash equivalents to combined EBITDA) equals or exceeds 4.25x to 1.00x

    
    

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With net proceeds from the sale of assets in excess of $5.0 million that are not reinvested

    
    

•  

With net proceeds of debt issuances by Holdings, AA FBO and its restricted subsidiaries (other than certain permitted debt)

    

CP&E

BEC

On April 1, 2015, the Company acquired BEC and assumed $509.1 million of amortizing term loan debt maturing in August 2021. BEC also had a $30.0 million revolving credit facility maturing in August 2019. The interest rate on both the term loan facility and any drawn amounts under the revolving credit facility was LIBOR plus 4.0%, with a 1.0% LIBOR floor. BEC had interest rate swap contracts that partially hedged the floating interest rate exposure on the term loan at a fixed rate of 3.455% through December 31, 2016 with periodic step-ups through maturity. Through July 2015, the Company fully repaid the principal balance on the term loan debt. Concurrently, the Company paid $19.2 million in interest rate swap breakage fees associated with the termination of out-of-the money interest rate swap contracts.

On August 10, 2015, BEC entered into a seven-year, $275.0 million term loan facility and a seven-year, $25.0 million revolving credit facility. A majority of the proceeds of the term loan were used to fully repay the outstanding balance under the MIC senior secured revolving credit facility. The BEC revolving credit facility will be used primarily as backing for letters of credit supporting collateral and reserve requirements. Concurrently, BEC entered into amortizing interest rate swap contracts with an original notional of $275.0 million. These contracts are scheduled to amortize concurrently with the term loan debt and fix the floating LIBOR interest rate for six years at 1.786%.

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The key terms of the term loan and revolving credit facility of BEC at December 31, 2015 are summarized in the table below.

   
Facility Terms   Term Financing   Revolving Credit Facility
Total Committed Amount   $275.0 million   $25.0 million
Amount Outstanding at December 31, 2015   $271.0 million   Undrawn
Maturity   August 2022   August 2022
Amortization   $10.0 million per annum paid in equal quarterly installments with the balance payable at maturity   Revolving, payable at maturity
Interest Rate   LIBOR plus 2.125% from August 2015 to August 2020; and LIBOR plus 2.375% from August 2020 through maturity   LIBOR plus 2.125% from August 2015 to August 2020; and LIBOR plus 2.375% from August 2020 through maturity
Commitment Fee     0.50% per annum
Collateral   First lien on all assets (subject to certain exceptions)   First lien on all assets (subject to certain exceptions)

Solar and wind power facilities

Since 2012, the Company acquired six solar power facilities and assumed term loan and construction loan debt. Subsequent to operations, the construction loans are converted into amortizing term loan debt. During 2013 and 2014, $24.7 million and $60.4 million of construction loans were converted to term loan debt, respectively. These term loans have a fixed interest rate ranging from 4.00% to 5.60%, with a weighted average rate of 4.67% maturing from September 2032 through September 2036.

During 2014, in conjunction with the acquisitions of the 2014 wind power facilities, the Company assumed $163.9 million in amortizing term loan debt that will mature in December 2027. On June 3, 2015, the wind power facility located in Idaho amended its term loan facility to reduce the cost of borrowings. The margin on the floating interest rate decreased from 2.75% to 1.625% with all other terms remaining substantially unchanged. The floating interest rate on the amortizing debt balance has been fixed using interest rate swap contracts. A portion of the interest rate swap contracts were amended increasing the fixed rate by 0.20%. The weighted average rate fixed with the interest rate swap contracts and margin was 4.756% at December 31, 2015.

The key terms of the term loans at the solar and wind power facilities at December 31, 2015 are presented below.

   
Facility Terms   Solar Power Facilities – Term Loans   Wind Power Facility – Term Loan
Borrower  

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Picture Rocks Solar, LLC (Tucson Project);

 

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Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC (IWP Project)

    

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Bryan Solar, LLC (Presidio Project);

    
    

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Sune DM, LLC (DMAFB Project);

    
    

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Sol Orchard San Diego 20 LLC and Sol Orchard San Diego 21 LLC (Ramona Project); and

    
    

•  

Sol Orchard San Diego 22 LLC and Sol Orchard San Diego 23 LLC (Valley Center Project)

    
Facilities   $133.1 million outstanding balance at December 31, 2015   $151.4 million outstanding balance at December 31, 2015
Maturity   September 2032 to September 2036   December 2027
Amortization   Fully amortizing over 20 to 23 years maturity   Fully amortizing over 17 years maturity
Interest Type   Fixed   Floating

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Facility Terms   Solar Power Facilities – Term Loans   Wind Power Facility – Term Loan
Interest Rate   4.0% to 5.6%   LIBOR plus 1.625% at December 31, 2015; The margin increases by 0.25% every five years through maturity
Collateral   First lien on the following:   First lien on the following:
    

•  

Project revenues;

 

•  

All property and assets of the Borrower and project companies; and

    

•  

Equity of the Borrower;

 

•  

Equity interests in the Borrower

    

•  

All property and assets of the Borrower; and

    
    

•  

Insurance policies and claims or proceeds.

    
Mandatory Prepayment  

•  

With net proceeds that equal or exceed $250,000 to $500,000 from the sale of assets not used for replacement of assets;

 

•  

With net proceeds that equal or exceed $500,000 from the sale of assets;

    

•  

With insurance proceeds that exceed from $250,000 to $1.0 million not used to repair, restore or replace assets;

 

•  

With insurance proceeds that exceed $10.0 million not used to repair, restore or replace assets;

    

•  

With condemnation proceeds that exceed from $250,000 to $1.0 million not used to repair, restore or replace assets; and

 

•  

With Guaranteed Performance commitment liquidated damages in excess of $250,000; and

    

•  

With net proceeds from equity and certain debt issuances.

 

•  

With amount necessary to reduce debt to within the revised projected debt service coverage ratio following a substantial change such as additional wind turbines not in engineers plan.

Hawaii Gas

Hawaii Gas issued a ten-year, $100.0 million non-amortizing senior secured notes and entered into a five-year, $80.0 million non-amortizing senior secured term loan facility and a five-year, $60.0 million senior secured revolving credit facility that is available at the operating company level to partially fund capital expenditures and general corporate needs. The balance on the revolving credit facility remained undrawn at December 31, 2015.

The obligations under the credit agreements are secured by security interests in the assets of Hawaii Gas as well as the equity interests of Hawaii Gas and HGC Holdings LLC (HGC).

The key terms of the term loan, senior secured notes and revolving credit facility of Hawaii Gas at December 31, 2015 are summarized in the table below.

     
Facility Terms   Holding Company Debt   Operating Company Debt
Borrowers   HGC Holdings LLC (HGC)   The Gas Company, LLC (TGC)
Facilities   $80.0 million Term Loan (fully drawn at December 31, 2015)   $100.0 million Senior Secured Notes (fully drawn at December 31, 2015)   $60.0 million Revolver Credit Facility (undrawn at December 31, 2015)
Maturity   August 2017   August 2022   August 2017
Amortization   Payable at maturity   Payable at maturity   Revolving, payable at maturity
Interest Rate   LIBOR plus 2.25% or Base Rate: 1.25% above the greater of the prime rate or the federal funds rate plus 0.5%   4.22% payable semi-annually   LIBOR plus 1.50% or Base Rate: 0.5% above the greater of the prime rate or the federal funds rate plus 0.5%
Commitment Fees       0.225% on the undrawn portion
Collateral   First lien on all assets of HGC and its subsidiaries   First lien on all assets of TGC and its subsidiaries   First lien on all assets of TGC and its subsidiaries

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The interest rate of the $80.0 million term loan floats at LIBOR plus 2.25% and has effectively been fixed at 2.89% using an interest rate swap contract through August 2016, maturity of the swap.

The facilities also require mandatory repayment if the Company fails to either own 50% of the respective borrowers or control the management and policies of the respective borrowers.

As part of the regulatory approval process of the Company’s acquisition of Hawaii Gas, the Company agreed to 14 regulatory conditions from the HPUC that addresses a variety of matters. The more significant conditions include:

the non-recoverability of goodwill, transaction or transition costs in future rate cases;
a requirement that Hawaii Gas and HGC’s ratio of consolidated debt to total capital does not exceed 65%; and
a requirement to maintain $20.0 million in readily available cash resources at Hawaii Gas, HGC or the Company.

On February 10, 2016, Hawaii Gas completed its refinancing on its existing $80.0 million term loan facility and its $60.0 million revolving credit facility and extended their maturities to February 2021. For further discussions, see Note 17, “Subsequent Events”.

9. Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities

From time to time the Company enters into interest rate swap agreements to minimize potential variations in cash flows resulting from fluctuations in interest rates and their impact on its variable-rate debt. The Company does not enter into derivative instruments for any purpose other than economic interest rate hedging. That is, the Company does not speculate using derivative instruments. In addition, the Company’s Hawaii Gas business enters into commodity price hedges to mitigate the impact of fluctuations in propane prices on its cash flows.

By using derivative financial instruments to hedge exposures to changes in interest rates, the Company exposes itself to credit risk and market risk. Credit risk is the failure of the counterparty to perform under the terms of the derivative contract. When the fair value of a derivative contract is positive, the counterparty owes the Company, which creates credit risk for the Company. When the fair value of a derivative contract is negative, the Company owes the counterparty and, therefore, it does not possess credit risk. The Company minimizes the credit risk in derivative instruments by entering into transactions with creditworthy counterparties.

Market risk is the adverse effect on the value of a financial instrument that results from a change in interest rates. The market risk associated with interest rates is managed by establishing and monitoring parameters that limit the types and degree of market risk that may be undertaken.

Interest Rate Swap Contracts

The Company and certain of its businesses have in place variable-rate debt. Management believes that it is prudent to limit the variability of a portion of the business’ interest payments. To meet this objective, the Company enters into interest rate swap agreements to manage fluctuations in cash flows resulting from interest rate risk on a portion of its debt with a variable-rate component. These swaps change the variable-rate cash flow exposure on the debt obligations to fixed cash flows. Under the terms of the interest rate swaps, the Company receives variable interest rate payments and makes fixed interest rate payments, thereby creating the equivalent of fixed-rate debt for the portion of the debt that is swapped.

At December 31, 2015, the Company had $2.8 billion of current and long-term debt, of which $1.6 billion was economically hedged with interest rate contracts, $1.2 billion was fixed rate debt and $16.0 million was unhedged. At December 31, 2014, the Company had $2.4 billion of current and long-term

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debt, of which $1.3 billion was economically hedged with interest rate contracts, $613.1 million was fixed rate debt and $517.2 million was unhedged.

The Company elected to discontinue hedge accounting in 2009. In prior periods, when the Company applied hedge accounting, changes in the fair value of derivatives that effectively offset the variability of cash flows on the Company’s debt interest obligations were recorded in other comprehensive income or loss. From the dates that hedge accounting was discontinued, all movements in the fair value of the interest rate swaps are recorded directly through earnings. As interest payments are made, a portion of the other comprehensive loss recorded under hedge accounting is also reclassified into earnings. At December 31, 2015, the other comprehensive loss was fully amortized.

IMTT

On June 1, 2015, IMTT, as part of the IMTT refinancing in May 2015, entered into interest rate swap contracts, maturing in June 2021, with a total notional amount of $361.1 million. These swaps fully hedge the floating LIBOR interest rate risk associated with the tax-exempt bonds for six years at 1.677%. Concurrent with the refinancing, IMTT paid $31.4 million in interest rate swap breakage fees associated with the termination of out-of-the-money interest rate swap contracts related to prior debt facilities.

Atlantic Aviation

Under the AA Credit Agreement, Atlantic Aviation entered into a seven-year, $465.0 million senior secured first lien term loan facility credit agreement on May 31, 2013 and two incremental term loans of $50.0 million and $100.0 million on November 7, 2013 and January 22, 2014, respectively. The interest rate on these term loan facilities floats at LIBOR plus 2.50%, with a minimum LIBOR of 0.75%. Atlantic Aviation entered into amortizing interest rate swap contracts that are scheduled to equal the total principal balance outstanding on all of the term loan facilities until maturity on July 31, 2019, resulting in the principal balance on the term loans to be 100% hedged. These interest rate swap contracts effectively fix the interest rate on the term loans through the maturity of the interest rate swap contract. At December 31, 2015, the weighted average of the interest rate from the outstanding swaps under the AA Credit Agreement is effectively fixed at 4.63%.

CP&E

BEC

On April 1, 2015, the Company acquired BEC and assumed $509.1 million of amortizing term loan debt and interest rate swaps with a fair value of $21.5 million maturing in August 2021. The term loan facility bears interest of LIBOR plus 4.0%, with a 1.0% LIBOR floor. The interest rates swaps partially hedge the floating interest rate exposure of the term loan at a fixed rate of 3.455% through December 31, 2016 with periodic step-ups through maturity. Through July 2015, the Company fully repaid the principal balance on the term loan debt. Concurrently, the Company paid $19.2 million in interest rate swap breakage fees associated with the termination of out-of-the money interest rate swap contracts.

On August 10, 2015, BEC entered into a seven year, $275.0 million term loan facility. The interest rate on this term loan facility floats at LIBOR plus 2.125% at December 31, 2015. Concurrently, BEC entered into amortizing interest rate swap contracts with an original notional of $275.0 million. These contracts are scheduled to amortize concurrently with the term loan debt and fix the floating LIBOR interest rate for six years at 1.786%.

Wind power facility

During 2014, in conjunction with the acquisition of the wind power facility located in Idaho, the Company assumed $163.9 million in amortizing term loan debt that will mature in December 2027. The interest rate on the outstanding debt balance floats at LIBOR plus a fixed margin. The floating rate has been fixed using amortizing interest rate swap contracts that are scheduled to equal the total principal balance

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outstanding on all of the term loan facilities until maturity. On June 3, 2015, the term loan facility was amended to reduce the cost of borrowings. The margin on the floating interest rate decreased from 2.75% to 1.625% with all other terms remaining substantially unchanged. The floating interest rate on the amortizing debt balance has been fixed using interest rate swap contracts. A portion of the interest rate swap contracts were amended increasing the fixed rate by 0.20%. The weighted average rate fixed with the interest rate swap contracts and margin was 4.756% at December 31, 2015.

Hawaii Gas

The interest rate on the $80.0 million term loan facility at Hawaii Gas floats at LIBOR plus 2.25%. During 2012, Hawaii Gas entered into an interest rate swap for $80.0 million notional that expires on August 8, 2016. The interest rate swap effectively fixes the interest rate on the term loan at 2.89%.

Commodity Price Hedges

The risk associated with fluctuations in the prices Hawaii Gas pays for propane is principally a result of market forces reflecting changes in supply and demand for propane and other energy commodities. Hawaii Gas’s gross profit is sensitive to changes in propane supply costs and Hawaii Gas may not always be able to pass through product cost increases fully or on a timely basis, particularly when product costs rise rapidly. In order to reduce the volatility of the business’ propane market price risk, Hawaii Gas had used and expects to continue to use over-the-counter commodity derivative instruments including price swaps. Hawaii Gas does not use commodity derivative instruments for speculative or trading purposes. Over-the-counter derivative commodity instruments utilized by Hawaii Gas to hedge forecasted purchases of propane are generally settled at expiration of the contract.

Financial Statement Location Disclosure for Derivative Instruments

The Company measures derivative instruments at fair value using the income approach which discounts the future net cash settlements expected under the derivative contracts to a present value. These valuations utilize primarily observable (level 2) inputs, including contractual terms, interest rates and yield curves observable at commonly quoted intervals.

The Company’s fair value measurements of its derivative instruments and the related location of the assets and liabilities within the consolidated balance sheets at December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014 were as follows ($ in thousands):

   
  Assets (Liabilities)
at Fair Value (1)
As of December 31,
Balance Sheet Location   2015   2014
Fair value of derivative instruments – other noncurrent assets (2)   $ 1,810     $ 584  
Total derivative contracts – assets (2)   $ 1,810     $ 584  
Fair value of derivative instruments – current liabilities (2) (3)   $ (19,628 )     $ (32,111 )  
Fair value of derivative instruments – noncurrent liabilities (2) (3)     (15,698 )       (27,724 )  
Total derivative contracts – liabilities (2) (3)   $ (35,326 )     $ (59,835 )  

(1) Fair value measurements at reporting date were made using significant other observable inputs (level 2).
(2) Derivative contracts include interest rate swaps.
(3) Derivative contracts include commodity hedges.

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The Company’s hedging activities for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 and the related location within the consolidated financial statements were as follows ($ in thousands):

     
  Amount of Loss Recognized in
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the
Year Ended December 31,
Financial Statement Account   2015   2014   2013
Interest expense – Interest rate cap   $     $ (1 )     $ (94 )  
Interest expense – Interest rate swaps (1)     (30,457 )       (21,311 )       (7,389 )  
Cost of product sales – Commodity swaps     (6,458 )              
Other income, net – Commodity swaps           (2,541 )        
Total   $ (36,915 )     $ (23,853 )     $ (7,483 )  

(1) Interest expense for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013 includes $20.5 million and $6.0 million, respectively, of derivative losses and $856,000 and $1.4 million, respectively, for amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive loss for the interest rate swap contracts.

All of the Company’s derivative instruments are collateralized by the assets of the respective businesses.

10. Stockholders’ Equity

Classes of Stock

The Company is authorized to issue (i) 500,000,000 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share, (ii) 100 shares of special stock, par value $0.001 per share and (iii) 100,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.001 per share. At December 31, 2015, the Company had 80,006,744 shares of common stock issued and outstanding and 100 shares of special stock issued and outstanding. There was no preferred stock issued or outstanding at December 31, 2015. Each outstanding share of common stock of the Company is entitled to one vote on any matter with respect to which holders of shares are entitled to vote.

Upon consummation of the Conversion on May 21, 2015, each issued and outstanding LLC interest of MIC LLC was converted into one share of common stock of the Company. The Company also issued to its Manager 100 shares of special stock. The sole purpose for the issuance of special stock to the Manager was to preserve the Manager’s previously-existing right to appoint one director to serve as the chairman of the board of directors, which right would otherwise have been lost upon the Conversion. The special stock is not listed on any stock exchange and is non-transferable. Holders of special stock are not entitled to any dividends or to share in any distribution of assets upon the liquidation or dissolution of the Company.

At May 21, 2015, upon consummation of the Conversion, the Company made a non-cash reclassification of $79,000 from LLC interests to common stock, par value $0.001 per share, with the remaining balance of LLC interests reclassified to additional paid in capital for the presentation of the consolidated balance sheet.

At the Market (ATM) Program

On June 24, 2015, the Company entered into an equity distribution agreement providing for the sale by the Company, from time to time, of shares of its common stock having an aggregate gross offering price of up to $400.0 million. Sales of shares may be made in privately negotiated transactions and/or any other method permitted by law, including sales deemed to be an “at the market” offering, which includes sales made directly on the New York Stock Exchange or sales made to or through a market maker other than on an exchange. Under the terms of the equity distribution agreement, the Company may also sell shares to any sales agent as principal for its own account. The Company is under no obligation to sell shares under the ATM Program. Through December 31, 2015, the Company sold 37,000 shares of common stock pursuant to the agreement for net proceeds of $3.0 million (after commissions and fees).

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MIC Direct

The Company maintains a dividend reinvestment/direct share purchase program, named “MIC Direct”, that allows for the issuance of up to 1.0 million additional shares of common stock to participants in this program. At December 31, 2015, 976,058 shares of common stock remained unissued under MIC Direct. The Company may also choose to fill requests for reinvestment of dividends or share purchases through MIC Direct via open market purchases.

Equity Offerings

On May 21, 2015, in connection with the Conversion, the Company filed a post-effective amendment to the automatic shelf registration statement on Form S-3 (shelf) originally filed by MIC LLC with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 8, 2013 to issue and sell an indeterminate amount of its shares of common and preferred stock and debt securities in one or more future offerings.

On March 2, 2015, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of 5,312,500 shares pursuant to the shelf. On March 12, 2015, an additional 796,875 shares were sold pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. The proceeds from the offering of $471.6 million, net of underwriting fees and expenses, were partially used to fund the acquisition of BEC on April 1, 2015 and for general corporate purposes.

On July 15, 2014, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of 10,000,000 shares pursuant to the shelf and an additional 1,500,000 shares pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. The Company received proceeds from the offering of $739.2 million, net of underwriting fees and expenses, which were used to partially fund the IMTT Acquisition and for general corporate purposes.

On December 18, 2013, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of 2,125,200 shares pursuant to the shelf and an additional 318,780 shares pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. The Company received proceeds from the offering of $123.2 million, net of underwriting fees and expenses. The Company used the proceeds to fund, in part, the Galaxy Acquisitions during April 2014.

On May 8, 2013, the Company completed an underwritten public offering of 3,756,500 shares pursuant to the shelf. On May 16, 2013, the Company sold an additional 133,375 shares in this offering pursuant to the exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option. The proceeds from the offering were $217.8 million to the Company, net of underwriting fees and expenses. The Company used the proceeds of the offering to partially repay the existing term loan at Atlantic Aviation prior to the May 31, 2013 refinancing under the AA Credit Agreement.

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

The following represents the changes and balances to the components of accumulated other comprehensive loss for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 ($ in thousands):

           
  Cash Flow
Hedges,
net of taxes (1)
  Post-Retirement
Benefit Plans,
net of taxes (2)
  Translation
Adjustment,
net of taxes (3)
  Total
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss, net of taxes
  Noncontrolling
Interests
  Total
Stockholders'
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Loss, net of taxes
Balance at December 31, 2012   $ (1,538 )     $ (20,466 )     $ 514     $ (21,490 )     $ 689     $ (20,801 )  
Reclassification of realized losses of derivatives into earnings     902                   902       (431 )       471  
Change in post-retirement benefit plans           12,445             12,445             12,445  
Translation adjustment                 (560 )       (560 )             (560 )  
Balance at December 31, 2013   $ (636 )     $ (8,021 )     $ (46 )     $ (8,703 )     $ 258     $ (8,445 )  
Reclassification of realized losses of derivatives into earnings     636                   636       (258 )       378  
Change in post-retirement benefit plan           (10,816 )             (10,816 )             (10,816 )  
Translation adjustment                 (4,813 )       (4,813 )       2,146       (2,667 )  
Balance at December 31, 2014   $     $ (18,837 )     $ (4,859 )     $ (23,696 )     $ 2,146     $ (21,550 )  
Change in post-retirement benefit plans           4,049             4,049             4,049  
Translation adjustment                 (9,671 )       (9,671 )       3,877       (5,794 )  
Balance at December 31, 2015   $     $ (14,788 )     $ (14,530 )     $ (29,318 )     $ 6,023     $ (23,295 )  

(1) Reclassification of realized losses of derivatives is composed of (i) pre-tax derivative losses into interest expense of $856,000 and $1.4 million, respectively, and the related tax benefit of $340,000 and $568,000, respectively, in the consolidated statements of operations; and (ii) pre-tax derivative losses of $185,000 and $61,000, respectively, as an adjustment to investment in unconsolidated business, and an adjustment to deferred taxes of $65,000 and $21,000, respectively, in the consolidated balance sheets for the years ended December 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2014, the Company wrote-off $162,000 for the amount related to the investment in unconsolidated business and related taxes of $57,000, previously accounted for under the equity method of accounting in conjunction with the IMTT Acquisition. This write-off is recorded in gain from acquisition/divestiture of businesses in the consolidated statement of operations.
(2) Change in post-retirement benefit plans is presented net of taxes of $2.7 million, $6.9 million and $7.3 million for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2014, change in post-retirement benefit plans also includes a write-off of the remaining balance of $6.5 million and the related taxes of $2.3 million previously accounted for under the equity method of accounting in conjunction with the IMTT Acquisition. This write-off is recorded in gain from acquisition/divestiture of businesses in the consolidated statement of operations.
(3) Translation adjustment is presented net of taxes of $3.9 million, $2.7 million and $302,000 for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2014, translation adjustment also includes a write-off of the remaining balance of $66,000 and the related taxes of $23,000 previously accounted for under the equity method of accounting in conjunction with the IMTT Acquisition. This write-off is recorded in gain from acquisition/divestiture of businesses in the consolidated statement of operations.

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Dividends

The Company’s Board of Directors have made or declared the following dividends during 2015, 2014 and 2013:

       
                      Declared   Period Covered   $ per
Share
  Record Date   Payable Date
February 18, 2016     Fourth quarter 2015     $ 1.15       March 3, 2016       March 8, 2016  
October 29, 2015     Third quarter 2015     $ 1.13       November 13, 2015       November 18, 2015  
July 30, 2015     Second quarter 2015     $ 1.11       August 13, 2015       August 18, 2015  
April 30, 2015     First quarter 2015     $ 1.07       May 14, 2015       May 19, 2015  
February 17, 2015     Fourth quarter 2014     $ 1.02       March 2, 2015       March 5, 2015  
October 27, 2014     Third quarter 2014     $ 0.98       November 10, 2014       November 13, 2014  
July 3, 2014     Second quarter 2014     $ 0.95       August 11, 2014       August 14, 2014  
April 28, 2014     First quarter 2014     $ 0.9375       May 12, 2014       May 15, 2014  
February 18, 2014     Fourth quarter 2013     $ 0.9125       March 3, 2014       March 6, 2014  
October 25, 2013     Third quarter 2013     $ 0.875       November 11, 2013       November 14, 2013  
July 29, 2013     Second quarter 2013     $ 0.875       August 12, 2013       August 15, 2013  
April 26, 2013     First quarter 2013     $ 0.6875       May 13, 2013       May 16, 2013  

The declaration and payment of any future dividends will be subject to a decision of the Company’s Board of Directors. The Board will take into account such matters as the state of the capital markets and general business conditions, the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, capital requirements, capital opportunities and any contractual, legal and regulatory restrictions on the payment of dividends by the Company to its shareholders or by its subsidiaries to the Company, and any other factors that it deems relevant, subject to maintaining a prudent level of reserves and without creating undue volatility in the amount of such dividends where possible. In particular, each of the Company’s businesses has debt commitments and restrictive covenants, which must be satisfied before any of them can make distributions to the Company. In addition, the Company’s senior secured credit facility contains restrictions on the Company’s ability to pay dividends. Although historically the Company has declared cash dividends on its shares, any or all of these factors or other factors could result in the modification of the dividend policy, or the reduction, modification or elimination of its dividend in the future.

The dividends paid have been recorded as a reduction to additional paid in capital, subsequent to the Conversion (and as a reduction to LLC interests prior to the Conversion), in the stockholders’ equity section of the consolidated balance sheets.

Independent Director Equity Plan

In 2014, MIC adopted, and MIC’s stockholders approved, the 2014 Independent Directors Equity Plan (2014 Plan) to replace the 2004 Independent Directors Equity Plan, which expired in December 2014. The purpose of this plan is to promote the long-term growth and financial success of the Company by attracting, motivating and retaining independent directors of outstanding ability. Only the Company’s independent directors may participate in the 2014 Plan. The only type of award that may be granted under the 2014 Plan is an award of director shares. Each share is an unsecured promise to transfer one share on the settlement date, subject to satisfaction of the applicable terms and conditions. The maximum number of shares available for issuance under the 2014 Plan is 300,000 shares, of which 291,340 shares remain available for issuance at December 31, 2015. The aggregate grant date fair value of awards granted to an independent director during any single fiscal year (excluding awards made at the election of the independent director in lieu of all or a portion of annual and committee cash retainers) may not exceed $350,000. The 2014 Plan does not provide a

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formula for the determination of awards and the Compensation Committee will have the authority to determine the size of all awards under the 2014 Plan, subject to the limits on the number of shares that may be granted annually.

Since 2013, the Company has granted and issued the following stock to the Board of Directors under the Plans:

     
              Date of Grant   Stock Units
Granted (1)
  Price of Stock
Units Granted
  Date of Vesting
February 21, 2013     895     $ 44.55       May 19, 2013  
May 20, 2013     12,910     $ 58.09       May 20, 2014  
May 21, 2014     12,525     $ 59.89       May 19, 2015  
June 18, 2015 (2)     8,660     $ 86.61       (3)  

(1) Stock units granted refer (i) from and after the time of the Conversion, to common stock and (ii) prior to the Conversion, LLC interests.
(2) The 8,660 restricted stock units granted on June 18, 2015 were granted under the 2014 Plan.
(3) Date of vesting will be the day immediately preceding the 2016 annual meeting of the Company's stockholders.

11. Reportable Segments

At December 31, 2015, the Company’s businesses consist of four reportable segments: IMTT, Atlantic Aviation, CP&E and Hawaii Gas. Effective July 16, 2014, the date of the IMTT Acquisition, the Company consolidated the financial results of IMTT and IMTT became a reportable segment.

Prior to July 16, 2014, the Company had a 50% investment in IMTT, which was accounted for under the equity method of accounting. The Company recorded equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee of $26.1 million from January 1, 2014 through July 15, 2014 and $39.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. This comprises the Company’s 50% share of IMTT’s net income offset by step-up depreciation and amortization charges in connection with the initial 50% investment in IMTT in May 2006.

The unaudited pro forma selected consolidated financial data set forth below gives effect to the IMTT Acquisition as if it had occurred as of January 1, 2014. The pro forma adjustments give effect to the IMTT Acquisition based upon the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with U.S. GAAP. The selected unaudited pro forma consolidated financial data is presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the results of operations of future periods or results of operations that actually would have been realized had the Company and IMTT been consolidated during the period presented ($ in thousands):

 
  Year Ended December 31,
2014
Revenue   $ 1,662,451  
Net income attributable to MIC (1)     77,923  

(1) The tax rate used to calculate net income attributable to MIC was 35.0%.

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Financial information for IMTT’s business as a whole is presented below for periods prior to July 16, 2014, where the Company accounted for the investment in IMTT under the equity method of accounting ($ in thousands):

   
  As of, and for the
     Period From
January 1, 2014
through July 15,
2014 (1)
  Year Ended
December 31,
2013
Revenue   $ 311,533     $ 513,902  
Net income   $ 57,496     $ 87,855  
Interest expense, net     16,375       24,572  
Provision for income taxes     38,265       61,149  
Depreciation and amortization     40,922       76,091  
Other non-cash expenses     4,366       18,822  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items (2)   $ 157,424     $ 268,489  
Capital expenditures paid   $ 59,868     $ 149,723  
Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net     1,289,245       1,273,692  
Total assets     1,415,378       1,378,930  

(1) Amounts represent financial position of IMTT business prior to July 16, 2014, the date of the IMTT Acquisition.
(2) EBITDA consists of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. Non-cash items that are excluded consist of impairments, derivative gains and losses and all other non-cash income and expense items.

IMTT

IMTT provides bulk liquid terminal and handling services in North America through ten terminals located in the United States and partially owned terminals in Quebec and Newfoundland, Canada. IMTT derives the majority of its revenue from storage and handling of petroleum products, various chemicals, renewable fuels, and vegetable and animal oils. Based on storage capacity, IMTT operates one of the larger third-party bulk liquid terminals businesses in the United States. Revenue from IMTT is included in service revenue.

Atlantic Aviation

Atlantic Aviation derives the majority of its revenues from fuel delivery services and from other airport services, including de-icing and aircraft hanger rental. All of the revenue of Atlantic Aviation is generated at airports in the U.S. At December 31, 2015, the business operates on 69 airports. Revenue from Atlantic Aviation is included in service revenue.

CP&E

The CP&E business segment derives revenue from the contracted power, comprised of solar, wind and gas-fired power facilities, and, through the date it was sold, the district energy business. Revenues from the solar, wind and gas-fired power facilities are included in product revenue and prior to August 21, 2014, the district energy business recorded revenues in service revenue and financing and equipment lease income. As of December 31, 2015, the Company has six utility-scale solar photovoltaic power facilities, two wind power facilities and a gas-fired power facility that are located in the United States.

The solar and wind power facilities that are operational at December 31, 2015 have an aggregate generating capacity of 260 MW of wholesale electricity to utilities. These facilities sell substantially all of the electricity generated, subject to agreed upon pricing formulas, to electric utilities pursuant to long-term

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(typically 20 – 25 years) PPAs. These projects are held in LLCs, and are treated as partnerships for income tax purposes, with co-investors. The acquisition price on these projects can vary depending on, among other things, factors such as the size of the project, PPA terms, eligibility for tax incentives, debt package, operating cost structure and development stage. A completed project takes out all of the construction risk, testing and costs associated with construction contracts.

The Company has certain rights to make decisions over the management and operations of these solar and wind power facilities. The Company has determined that it is appropriate to consolidate these projects, with the co-investors’ interest reflected as “noncontrolling interest” in the consolidated financial statements.

As discussed in Note 4, “Acquisitions”, on April 1, 2015, the Company acquired 100% of BEC. As a result of this transaction, the financial results of BEC have been consolidated as part of CP&E segment since the acquisition date. BEC is a 512 MW gas-fired power facility located in Bayonne, New Jersey, adjacent to IMTT’s Bayonne facility. BEC has tolling agreements with a creditworthy off-taker for 62.5% of its power generating capacity and power produced is delivered to New York City via a dedicated transmission cable under New York Harbor.

Hawaii Gas

Revenue is generated from the distribution and sales of synthetic natural gas (SNG), liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Revenue is primarily a function of the volume of SNG, LPG and LNG consumed by customers and the price per thermal unit or gallon charged to customers. Because both SNG and LPG are derived from petroleum, revenue levels, without organic growth, will generally track global oil prices. Revenue from Hawaii Gas is included in product revenue.

All of the business segments are managed separately and management has chosen to organize the Company around the distinct products and services offered.

Selected information by segment is presented in the following tables. The tables include financial data of IMTT since July 16, 2014, subsequent to the IMTT Acquisition, and the CP&E businesses since acquisition and through the sale of the district energy business.

Revenue from external customers for the Company’s consolidated reportable segments was as follows ($ in thousands):

         
  Year Ended December 31, 2015
     IMTT   Atlantic
Aviation
  Contracted
Power and
Energy
  Hawaii
Gas
  Total
Reportable
Segments
Service revenue   $ 550,041     $ 738,460     $     $     $ 1,288,501  
Product revenue                 123,797       226,952       350,749  
Total revenue   $ 550,041     $ 738,460     $ 123,797     $ 226,952     $ 1,639,250  

         
  Year Ended December 31, 2014
     IMTT (1)   Atlantic
Aviation
  Contracted
Power and
Energy
  Hawaii
Gas
  Total
Reportable
Segments
Service revenue   $ 255,934     $ 779,261     $ 29,487     $     $ 1,064,682  
Product revenue                 19,779       264,621       284,400  
Financing and equipment lease income                 1,836             1,836  
Total revenue   $ 255,934     $ 779,261     $ 51,102     $ 264,621     $ 1,350,918  

(1) Represents IMTT results subsequent to July 16, 2014, the date of the IMTT Acquisition.

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  Year Ended December 31, 2013
     Atlantic Aviation   Contracted Power and Energy   Hawaii
Gas
  Total Reportable Segments
Service revenue   $ 725,480     $ 44,880     $     $ 770,360  
Product revenue           9,371       257,725       267,096  
Financing and equipment lease income           3,563             3,563  
Total revenue   $ 725,480     $ 57,814     $ 257,725     $ 1,041,019  

In accordance with FASB ASC 280 Segment Reporting , the Company has disclosed earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) excluding non-cash items as a key performance metric relied on by management in the evaluation of the Company’s performance. Non-cash items include impairments, derivative gains and losses and adjustments for other non-cash items reflected in the statements of operations. EBITDA excluding non-cash items also excludes any base management fees and performance fees, if any, whether paid in cash or shares. The Company believes EBITDA excluding non-cash items provides additional insight into the performance of the operating businesses relative to each other and similar businesses without regard to their capital structure, and their ability to service or reduce debt, fund capital expenditures and/or support distributions to the holding company. EBITDA excluding non-cash items is reconciled to net income or loss.

EBITDA excluding non-cash items for the Company’s consolidated reportable segments is shown in the tables below ($ in thousands). Allocations of corporate expenses, intercompany fees and the tax effect have been excluded as they are eliminated on consolidation.

         
  Year Ended December 31, 2015
     IMTT   Atlantic
Aviation
  Contracted
Power and
Energy
  Hawaii
Gas
  Total
Reportable
Segments
Net income (loss)   $ 74,140     $ 22,805     $ (1,296 )     $ 23,993     $ 119,642  
Interest expense, net     37,378       35,735       28,390       7,279       108,782  
Provision for income taxes     51,520       16,081       4,887       14,261       86,749  
Depreciation     120,950       40,249       45,490       8,554       215,243  
Amortization of intangibles     11,052       86,102       3,500       781       101,435  
Other non-cash expense (income)     7,027       2,645       (12,815 )       5,215       2,072  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items   $ 302,067     $ 203,617     $ 68,156     $ 60,083     $ 633,923  

         
  Year Ended December 31, 2014
     IMTT (1)   Atlantic
Aviation
  Contracted
Power and
Energy
  Hawaii
Gas
  Total
Reportable
Segments
Net income (loss)   $ 34,650     $ 36,964     $ (1,771 )     $ 21,329     $ 91,172  
Interest expense, net     10,864       40,618       8,606       7,091       67,179  
Provision for income taxes     25,768       25,096       823       12,635       64,322  
Depreciation (2)     47,475       28,264       19,132       7,945       102,816  
Amortization of intangibles     5,091       35,514       843       1,247       42,695  
Other non-cash expense (income)     3,903       1,475       (4,910 )       6,709       7,177  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items   $ 127,751     $ 167,931     $ 22,723     $ 56,956     $ 375,361  

(1) Represents IMTT results subsequent to July 16, 2014, the date of the IMTT Acquisition.
(2) Depreciation includes depreciation expense for the district energy business, a component of the CP&E segment prior to the Company’s divestiture of the business on August 21, 2014, which was reported in cost of services in the consolidated statements of operations.

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  Year Ended December 31, 2013
     Atlantic
Aviation
  Contracted
Power and
Energy
  Hawaii
Gas
  Total
Reportable
Segments
Net income   $ 38,545     $ 611     $ 22,316     $ 61,472  
Interest expense, net     22,151       7,930       6,834       36,915  
Provision for income taxes     25,218       827       14,995       41,040  
Depreciation (1)     24,301       14,056       7,519       45,876  
Amortization of intangibles     32,077       1,326       1,248       34,651  
Other non-cash expense (income)     2,545       (663 )       2,116       3,998  
EBITDA excluding non-cash items   $ 144,837     $ 24,087     $ 55,028     $ 223,952  

(1) Depreciation includes depreciation expense for the district energy business, a component of the CP&E segment prior to the Company’s divestiture of the business on August 21, 2014, which was reported in cost of services in the consolidated statements of operations.

Reconciliation of total reportable segments’ EBITDA excluding non-cash items to consolidated net (loss) income before income taxes are as follows ($ in thousands):

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2015   2014   2013
Total reportable segments EBITDA excluding
non-cash items (1)
  $ 633,923     $ 375,361     $ 223,952  
Interest income     55       112       204  
Interest expense     (123,079 )       (73,196 )       (37,044 )  
Depreciation (2)     (215,243 )       (102,816 )       (45,876 )  
Amortization of intangibles     (101,435 )       (42,695 )       (34,651 )  
Selling, general and administrative expenses – Corporate and Other     (11,575 )       (15,526 )       (6,149 )  
Fees to Manager – related party     (354,959 )       (168,182 )       (85,367 )  
Gain from acquisition/divestiture of businesses           1,027,054        
Equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee (1)           26,391       39,115  
Other expense, net     (6,655 )       (11,594 )       (8,061 )  
Total consolidated net (loss) income before income taxes   $ (178,968 )     $ 1,014,909     $ 46,123  

(1) For the year ended December 31, 2015 and from July 16, 2014 through December 31, 2014, total reportable segments' EBITDA excluding non-cash items includes the results of IMTT’s EBITDA excluding non-cash items. Prior to July 16, 2014, the date of the IMTT Acquisition, MIC accounted for its 50% investment in IMTT under the equity method of accounting. As such, MIC’s 50% share of IMTT’s net income was reported in equity in earnings and amortization charges of investee in the above table for periods prior to July 16, 2014.
(2) Depreciation includes depreciation expense for the district energy business, a component of the CP&E segment prior to the Company’s divestiture of the business on August 21, 2014, which was reported in cost of services in the consolidated statements of operations.

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Capital expenditures, on a cash basis, for the Company’s reportable segments were as follows ($ in thousands):

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2015   2014   2013
IMTT   $ 96,990     $ 47,376     $  
Atlantic Aviation     64,385       43,691       31,049  
Contracted Power and Energy     15,636       14,376       58,687  
Hawaii Gas     17,137       18,503       21,472  
Total   $ 194,148     $ 123,946     $ 111,208  

Property, equipment, land and leasehold improvements, net, goodwill and total assets for the Company’s reportable segments as of December 31 st were as follows ($ in thousands):

           
  Property, Equipment,
Land and Leasehold
Improvements, net
  Goodwill   Total Assets
     2015   2014   2015   2014   2015   2014
IMTT   $ 2,238,654     $ 2,267,650     $ 1,410,668     $ 1,412,349     $ 4,022,584     $ 4,057,857  
Atlantic Aviation     390,188       331,945       464,722       457,476       1,527,556       1,537,370  
Contracted Power and Energy     1,274,557       563,056       21,628       6,241       1,431,086       618,199  
Hawaii Gas     212,764       199,934       120,193       120,193       387,465       394,363  
Total   $ 4,116,163     $ 3,362,585     $ 2,017,211     $ 1,996,259     $ 7,368,691     $ 6,607,789  

Reconciliation of reportable segments’ total assets to consolidated total assets ($ in thousands):

   
  As of December 31,
     2015   2014
Total assets of reportable segments   $ 7,368,691     $ 6,607,789  
Corporate and other     10,137       17,399  
Total consolidated assets   $ 7,378,828     $ 6,625,188  

12. Related Party Transactions

Management Services

At December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the Manager held 5,506,369 and 4,667,105 shares, respectively, of the Company. Pursuant to the terms of the management services agreement (Management Agreement) the Manager may sell these shares at any time. As part of the Company’s equity offering completed in May 2013, the Manager sold 3,182,625 of its shares and received proceeds of $178.2 million, net of underwriting fees and expenses. On May 27, 2015, the Manager sold 1,900,000 shares of the Company and received proceeds of $160.4 million, net of underwriting fees and expenses. Under the Management Agreement, the Manager, at its option, may reinvest performance fees and base management fees in shares of the Company.

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Since January 1, 2013, the Company paid the Manager cash dividends on shares held for the following periods:

         
Declared   Period Covered   $ per Share   Record Date   Payable Date   Cash Paid
to Manager
(in thousands)
February 18, 2016     Fourth quarter 2015     $ 1.15       March 3, 2016       March 8, 2016     $      (1)       
October 29, 2015     Third quarter 2015     $ 1.13       November 13, 2015       November 18, 2015     $ 6,052  
July 30, 2015     Second quarter 2015     $ 1.11       August 13, 2015       August 18, 2015     $ 5,693  
April 30, 2015     First quarter 2015     $ 1.07       May 14, 2015       May 19, 2015     $ 7,281  
February 17, 2015     Fourth quarter 2014     $ 1.02       March 2, 2015       March 5, 2015     $ 4,905  
October 27, 2014     Third quarter 2014     $ 0.98       November 10, 2014       November 13, 2014     $ 4,438  
July 3, 2014     Second quarter 2014     $ 0.95       August 11, 2014       August 14, 2014     $ 3,402  
April 28, 2014     First quarter 2014     $ 0.9375       May 12, 2014       May 15, 2014     $ 3,180  
February 18, 2014     Fourth quarter 2013     $ 0.9125       March 3, 2014       March 6, 2014     $ 2,945  
October 25, 2013     Third quarter 2013     $ 0.875       November 11, 2013       November 14, 2013     $ 2,442  
July 29, 2013     Second quarter 2013     $ 0.875       August 12, 2013       August 15, 2013     $ 2,744  
April 26, 2013     First quarter 2013     $ 0.6875       May 13, 2013       May 16, 2013     $ 1,872  

(1) The amount of dividend payable to the Manager for the fourth quarter of 2015 will be determined on March 3, 2016, the record date.

Under the Management Agreement, the Manager manages the Company’s day-to-day operations and oversees the management teams of the Company’s operating businesses. In addition, the Manager has the right to appoint the Chairman of the Board of the Company, subject to minimum equity ownership, and to assign, or second, to the Company, two of its employees to serve as chief executive officer and chief financial officer of the Company and seconds or makes other personnel available as required.

In accordance with the Management Agreement, the Manager is entitled to a monthly base management fee based primarily on the Company’s market capitalization, and potentially a quarterly performance fee, based on the performance of the Company’s stock relative to a U.S. utilities index. For the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, the Company incurred base management fees of $70.6 million, $46.6 million and $32.0 million, respectively. For the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, the Company incurred performance fees of $284.4 million, $121.5 million and $53.4 million, respectively. In all of these periods, excluding $67.8 million of the performance fee for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 and $65.0 million of the performance fee for the quarter ended September 30, 2014, the Manager elected to reinvest these fees in additional shares.

The unpaid portion of the base management fees and performance fees, if any, at the end of each reporting period is included in due to Manager-related party in the consolidated balance sheets. The following table shows the Manager’s election to reinvest its base management fees and performance fees, if any, in additional shares of the Company, except as noted:

     
Period   Base Management
Fee Amount
($ in thousands)
  Performance
Fee Amount
($ in thousands)
  Shares
Issued
2015 Activities:
                          
Fourth quarter 2015   $ 17,009     $       227,733 (1)  
Third quarter 2015     18,118             226,914  
Second quarter 2015     18,918       135,641       223,827 (2)  
First quarter 2015     16,545       148,728       2,068,038  

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Period   Base Management
Fee Amount
($ in thousands)
  Performance
Fee Amount
($ in thousands)
  Shares
Issued
2014 Activities:
                          
Fourth quarter 2014   $ 14,192     $       208,122  
Third quarter 2014     13,915       116,586       947,583 (3)  
Second quarter 2014     9,535       4,960       243,329  
First quarter 2014     8,994             164,546  
2013 Activities:
                          
Fourth quarter 2013   $ 8,455     $       155,943  
Third quarter 2013     8,336       6,906       278,480  
Second quarter 2013     8,053       24,440       603,936  
First quarter 2013     7,135       22,042       522,638  

(1) The Manager elected to reinvest all of the monthly base management fees for the fourth quarter of 2015 in shares of MIC common stock. The Company issued 227,733 shares, of which 77,019 shares were issued in January 2016 for the December 2015 monthly base management fee.
(2) In July 2015, the Board requested, and the Manager agreed, that $67.8 million of the performance fee for the quarter ended June 30, 2015 be settled in cash in July 2015 to minimize dilution. The remaining $67.8 million obligation was deferred until July 2016. At July 2016, the MIC Board will consider whether the remaining obligation may be settled in cash or shares, or a combination thereof.
(3) In October 2014, the Board requested, and the Manager agreed, that $65.0 million of the performance fee for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 be settled in cash using the proceeds from the sale of the district energy business to minimize dilution. The remainder of the fee of $51.6 million was reinvested in additional shares of MIC.

The Manager is not entitled to any other compensation and all costs incurred by the Manager, including compensation of seconded staff, are paid by the Manager out of its base management fee. However, the Company is responsible for other direct costs including, but not limited to, expenses incurred in the administration or management of the Company and its subsidiaries, income taxes, audit and legal fees, acquisitions and dispositions and its compliance with applicable laws and regulations. During the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, the Manager charged the Company $533,000, $571,000 and $614,000, respectively, for reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses. The unpaid portion of the out-of-pocket expenses at the end of the reporting period is included in due to Manager-related party in the consolidated balance sheets.

Third Amended and Restated Management Service Agreement

On May 21, 2015, to give effect to the Conversion, Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation entered into a Third Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement (the Third Amended Agreement), among the Company, MIC Ohana Corporation and the Manager. Concurrently with the Conversion, the Manager was issued 100 shares of a new series of special stock of the Company in order to induce the Manager to enter into the Third Amended Agreement. The sole purpose for the issuance of shares of special stock to the Manager was to preserve the Manager’s existing right to appoint one director who served as the chairman of the board of directors of MIC pursuant to the terms of MIC’s operating agreement, which right would otherwise have been lost upon consummation of the Conversion. Following the Conversion and the issuance of special stock, the Manager’s right to elect one director who serves as chairman remains the same as was in effect prior to the Conversion. The Company did not grant any additional rights to the Manager through the special stock issuance.

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On May 21, 2015, the Company entered into an amended and restated registration rights agreement with the Manager to give effect to the Conversion.

Other Services

The Company utilizes the resources of the Macquarie Group with respect to a range of advisory, procurement, insurance, hedging, lending and other services. Engagements involving members of the Macquarie Group are reviewed and approved by the Audit Committee of the Company’s Board of Directors. Macquarie Group affiliates are engaged on an arm’s length basis and frequently as a member of syndicate of providers whose other members establish the terms of the interaction.

Advisory Services

The Macquarie Group, and wholly-owned subsidiaries within the Macquarie Group, including Macquarie Bank Limited (MBL) and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. (MCUSA) have provided various advisory and other services and incurred expenses in connection with the Company’s equity raising activities, acquisitions and debt structuring for the Company and its businesses. Underwriting fees are recorded in stockholders’ equity as a direct cost of equity offerings. Advisory fees and out-of-pocket expenses relating to acquisitions are expensed as incurred. Debt arranging fees are deferred and amortized over the term of the credit facility.

On June 24, 2015, the Company commenced the ATM program where the Company may offer and sell shares of its common stock, par value $0.001 per share, from time to time having an aggregate gross offering price of up to $400.0 million. These sales, if any, will be made pursuant to the terms of an equity distribution agreement entered into between the Company and the sales agents, with MCUSA being one of the sales agents. Under the terms of the equity distribution agreement, the Company may also sell shares to any sales agent as principal for its own account at a price agreed upon at the time of the sale. For the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company did not engage MCUSA for such activities.

In March 2015, July 2014, December 2013 and May 2013, the Company completed underwritten public offerings of 6,109,375 shares, 11,500,000 shares, 2,443,980 shares and 3,889,875 shares, respectively. In all these offerings, MCUSA served as a joint book-running manager and an underwriter and received $2.3 million, $3.0 million, $2.6 million and $2.4 million, respectively, from the Company for such services.

The district energy business’ credit facility was scheduled to mature in September 2014. The Company engaged MCUSA to assist in identifying and analyzing various alternatives for paying these obligations prior to maturity and obtaining other credit facilities. In August 2014, the Company paid $1.6 million to MCUSA for such services upon closing of the sale of district energy business.

In July 2014, the Company also completed underwritten public offering of $350.0 million aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes. MCUSA served as a joint book-running manager and an underwriter and received $1.1 million from the Company for such services.

During 2013, the Company engaged MCUSA as Joint Bookrunner, Joint Lead Arranger and Syndication Agent in connection with the refinancing of the long-term debt facilities of Atlantic Aviation. Atlantic Aviation closed the refinancing on May 31, 2013. Atlantic Aviation paid $4.0 million to MCUSA for such services, of which $12,000 related to out-of-pocket expenses. On January 22, 2014, Atlantic Aviation entered into an incremental $100.0 million term loan facility on the same terms as the AA Credit Agreement. The Company engaged MCUSA as Joint Bookrunner and paid $16,000 in fees during January 2014.

In December 2013, Atlantic Aviation entered into an equity bridge loan for $70.0 million, of which $35.0 million was provided by MIHI LLC, an entity within the Macquarie Group. The Company engaged MCUSA as Joint Bookrunner and Joint Lead Arranger. This equity bridge loan was never drawn by the business and subsequently cancelled. During the quarter ended March 31, 2014, Atlantic Aviation incurred and paid $88,000 in commitment fees to MCUSA related to this equity bridge loan.

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MIC engaged MCUSA in connection with its ongoing initiative to bring Liquefied Natural Gas to the state of Hawaii. During the year ended December 31, 2013, the business incurred $132,000, of which $7,000 related to out-of-pocket expenses incurred in the first quarter 2013, in fees to MCUSA for such services.

Long-Term Debt and Derivatives

On April 1, 2015, in conjunction with the acquisition of BEC, the Company assumed the existing revolving credit facility, of which $7.5 million was committed by MIHI LLC. The Company also assumed interest rate swap contracts of which MBL was one of its counterparties. During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company incurred and paid $8,000 in commitment fees to MIHI LLC for its portion of the revolving credit facility and paid $396,000 to MBL for interest in connection with the interest rate swap settlements. In connection with the repayment of the outstanding balance on BEC’s debt facilities, the Company paid $4.8 million in interest rate swap breakage fees associated with the termination of out-of-the money interest rate swap contracts to MBL.

Atlantic Aviation’s $70.0 million revolving credit facility is provided by various financial institutions, including MBL which provides $15.7 million. At December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the revolving credit facility remained undrawn. For the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, Atlantic Aviation incurred $114,000, $107,000 and $65,000, respectively, in commitment fees related to MBL’s portion of the revolving credit facility.

In July 2014, the Company entered into a credit agreement at the holding company that provides a five-year, $250.0 million senior secured first lien revolving credit facility, of which $50.0 million is committed by MIHI LLC. Upon closing, the Company paid MIHI LLC $250,000 in fees. As discussed in Note 8, “Long-Term Debt”, the Company increased the aggregate commitments under its revolving credit facility from $250.0 million to $410.0 million with all terms remaining the same during the year ended December 31, 2015. MIHI LLC’s commitment of $50.0 million remained unchanged.

During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company incurred and paid $113,000 in interest expense related to MIHI LLC’s portion of the amounts drawn on the MIC revolving credit facility. For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company incurred $123,000 and $65,000, respectively, in commitment fees related to MIHI LLC’s portion of the revolving credit facility. The Company had $35,000 and $36,000 payable in accrued interest at December 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, in the consolidated balance sheets related to these commitment fees. During the year ended December 31, 2015, the Company also incurred and paid $1,000 in LIBOR break fees to MIHI LLC for early repayment of the revolving credit facility.

Other Transactions

Macquarie, through the Macquarie Insurance Facility (MIF), has an aggregated insurance buying program. By combining the insurance premiums of Macquarie owned and managed funds, MIF has been able to deliver very competitive terms to businesses that participate in the facility. MIF earns a commission from the insurers. No payments were made to MIF by the Company during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

IMTT, Atlantic Aviation, CP&E, and Hawaii Gas purchase and renew property and casualty insurance coverage on an ongoing basis from insurance underwriters who then pay commissions to MIF. For the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, no payments were made directly to MIF for property and casualty insurance.

During 2015, Hawaii Gas appointed an independent director who is the chief executive officer of one of its syndicate of lenders on its $80.0 million term loan debt facility and its $60.0 million revolving credit facility. Of $80.0 million term loan debt facility, $11.4 million was committed by this lender and the business incurred $146,000 of interest expense since the director appointment and through December 31, 2015. Of the $60.0 million revolving credit facility, $8.6 million was committed by this lender and the business incurred $10,000 of commitment fees since the director appointment and through December 31, 2015. At December 31,

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2015, the business had $6,000 payable to this lender for accrued interest. In addition, Hawaii Gas held $100,000 in cash with this bank at December 31, 2015.

Macquarie Energy North America Trading, Inc., a subsidiary of Macquarie Group Limited, entered into contracts with IMTT to lease a total of 154,000 barrels of capacity during the quarter ended June 30, 2015, of which the contract for 56,000 barrels expired within the same quarter. The remaining contract for 98,000 barrels was outstanding as at December 31, 2015. The revenue recognized pursuant to these agreements during the year ended December 31, 2015 was $565,000.

During the quarter ended March 31, 2015, Macquarie Capital Markets Canada Ltd, an indirect subsidiary of Macquarie Group Limited, used Atlantic Aviation’s charter jet business and incurred $18,000 for this service. This amount was subsequently collected by Atlantic Aviation.

In July 2014, in connection with the acquisition of the remaining interest in IMTT, the Company purchased insurance from an insurance underwriter who then paid commission to MIF. No payments were made directly to MIF for representations and warranties insurance.

Atlantic Aviation entered into a copiers lease agreement with Macquarie Equipment Finance (MEF) an indirect subsidiary of Macquarie Group Limited. For the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, Atlantic Aviation incurred $2,000, $23,000 and $23,000, respectively, in lease expense on these copiers. As of March 31, 2015, the contract with MEF expired and there were no amounts due to MEF.

Hawaii Gas entered into licensing agreements with Utility Service Partners, Inc. and America’s Water Heater Rentals, LLC, both indirect subsidiaries of Macquarie Group Limited, to enable these entities to offer products and services to Hawaii Gas’s customer base. No payments were made under these arrangements during the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013.

In addition, the Company and several of its subsidiaries have entered into a licensing agreement with the Macquarie Group related to the use of the Macquarie name and trademark. The Macquarie Group does not charge the Company any fees for this license.

13. Income Taxes

The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to income taxes. The Company files a consolidated U.S. income tax return with its wholly-owned subsidiaries, including its allocated share of the taxable income from the solar and wind power facilities within the CP&E businesses. The Company and its subsidiaries file separate and combined state income tax returns.

IMTT filed a short period consolidated federal income tax return for the period ended July 15, 2014. On July 16, 2014, the Company acquired the remaining 50% interest in IMTT and IMTT became part of the Company’s consolidated federal return group. As such, any taxable income earned by IMTT is eligible to be offset with the application of MIC net operating loss (NOL) carryforwards, and any losses by IMTT will be added to MIC’s NOL carryforwards.

Prior to the IMTT Acquisition, the Company included in its income the taxable portion of distributions received from its interests in IMTT. The taxable portion of these distributions generally qualified for the 80% dividends received deduction.

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Components of the Company’s income tax (benefit) provision related to the (loss) income for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014, and 2013 were as follows ($ in thousands):

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2015   2014   2013
Current taxes:
                          
Federal   $ (6,884 )     $ 463     $ 150  
State     457       2,134       4,584  
Total current tax (benefit) provision   $ (6,427 )     $ 2,597     $ 4,734  
Deferred taxes:
                          
Federal   $ (46,744 )     $ (23,339 )     $ 12,900  
State     (14,348 )       (1,435 )       (2,638 )  
Total deferred tax (benefit) provision     (61,092 )       (24,774 )       10,262  
Change in valuation allowance     2,358       (2,197 )       3,047  
Total tax (benefit) provision   $ (65,161 )     $ (24,374 )     $ 18,043  

On December 18, 2015, President Obama signed bill HR 2029, the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act (PATH Act), into law. The PATH Act retroactively extends several tax provisions applicable to corporations, including the extension of 50% bonus depreciation for certain assets placed in service in 2015, 2016 and 2017, 40% bonus depreciation for eligible property placed in service in 2018 and 30% bonus depreciation for property placed in service in 2019. Other than the extension of the bonus depreciation provision, the Company does not expect the provisions of the PATH Act to have a material effect on its tax profile.

The tax effects of temporary differences give rise to significant portions of the deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities at December 31, 2015 and 2014, which are presented below ($ in thousands):

   
  At December 31,
     2015   2014
Deferred tax assets:
                 
Net operating loss carryforwards   $ 189,060     $ 111,616  
Deferred revenue     9,383       7,158  
Accrued compensation     13,837       13,347  
Accrued expenses     30,133       28,299  
Unrealized losses     6,482       19,523  
Allowance for doubtful accounts     561       848  
Other     4,935       4,361  
Total gross deferred tax assets     254,391       185,152  
Less: valuation allowance     (18,983 )       (16,625 )  
Net deferred tax assets   $ 235,408     $ 168,527  
Deferred tax liabilities:
                 
Intangible assets   $ (140,128 )     $ (158,830 )  
Investment basis difference     (32,816 )       (17,972 )  
Property and equipment     (877,065 )       (868,888 )  
Prepaid expenses     (2,235 )       (1,533 )  
Total deferred tax liabilities     (1,052,244 )       (1,047,223 )  
Net deferred tax liabilities     (816,836 )       (878,696 )  
Less: current deferred tax asset     (23,355 )       (25,412 )  
Noncurrent deferred tax liabilities   $ (840,191 )     $ (904,108 )  

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At December 31, 2015, the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries had federal income tax NOL carryforwards of approximately $426.2 million, which are available to offset future taxable income, if any, through 2035. The Company’s NOL balance begins to expire in 2021. Approximately $41.3 million of these NOLs may be limited, on an annual basis, due to the change of control for tax purposes of the respective subsidiaries in which such losses were incurred.

The Company incurred a federal consolidated taxable loss for the year ended December 31, 2015, which increased the NOL carryforward. The Company believes that it will be able to utilize all of its federal prior year NOLs. The Company’s valuation allowance increased $2.3 million related to certain state NOLs generated during 2015.

In assessing the need for a valuation allowance, management considers whether it is more likely than not that some portion of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets is dependent upon the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which those temporary differences become deductible. Management considers the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities, projected future taxable income, and tax planning strategies in making this assessment.

As of December 31, 2015, the Company had approximately $840.2 million in noncurrent deferred tax liabilities. A significant portion of the Company’s deferred tax liabilities relates to tax basis temporary differences of both intangible assets and property and equipment. The Company records the acquisitions of consolidated businesses under the purchase method of accounting and accordingly recognizes a significant increase to the value of the intangible assets and to property and equipment. For tax purposes, the Company may assume the existing tax basis of the acquired businesses, in which case the Company records a deferred tax liability to reflect the increase in the purchase accounting basis of the assets acquired over the carryover income tax basis. This liability will reduce in future periods as these temporary differences reverse.

For the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company recorded income tax benefit of $65.2 million and $24.4 million, respectively, compared with income tax provision of $18.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2013. These amounts are different from the amounts computed by applying the U.S. federal income tax rate of 35% to pretax income as a result of the following ($ in thousands):

     
  Year Ended December 31,
     2015   2014   2013
Tax (benefit) provision at U.S. statutory rate   $ (62,639 )     $ 355,218     $ 16,143  
Permanent differences and other     1,299       3,418       409  
State income taxes, net of federal benefit     (10,082 )       (2,111 )       127  
Income attributable to noncontrolling interest     3,903       2,328       1,800  
Gain from acquisition/divestiture of businesses           (347,772 )        
Tax effect of federal dividends received deduction           (8,029 )       (3,483 )  
Basis adjustment for equity method investment           (25,229 )        
Change in valuation allowance     2,358       (2,197 )       3,047  
Total tax (benefit) provision   $ (65,161 )     $ (24,374 )     $ 18,043  

Uncertain Tax Positions

The Company does not expect that the amount of unrecognized tax benefits will change in the next 12 months. The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits in income tax expense in the statements of operations, which is consistent with the recognition of these items in prior reporting periods.

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federal income tax returns of the Company or its consolidated subsidiaries. The various state statutes of limitations on the assessment of additional income taxes have lapsed on all returns filed for the years ended on or before December 31, 2010.

The amount of unrecognized tax benefits at December 31, 2015 and 2014 are not material.

14. Leases

The Company leases land, buildings, office space and certain office equipment under non-cancellable operating lease agreements that expire through January 2063.

Future minimum rental commitments at December 31, 2015 are as follows ($ in thousands):

 
2016   $ 41,321  
2017     38,601  
2018     36,876  
2019     35,282  
2020     33,877  
Thereafter     437,531  
Total   $ 623,488  

Rent expense under all operating leases for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 was $53.0 million, $38.5 million and $35.1 million, respectively.

15. Employee Benefit Plans

401(k) Savings Plan

The Company’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, except the businesses in CP&E, each have a defined contribution plan under Section 401(k) of the Internal Revenue Code, allowing eligible employees to contribute a percentage of their annual compensation up to an annual amount as set by the IRS.

The employer contribution to these plans ranges from 0% to 6% of eligible compensation. For the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, contributions were $2.5 million, $2.1 million and $1.4 million, respectively.

IMTT DB Plan

Except for a plan covering certain employees covered by a collective-bargaining agreement at certain terminals, substantially all employees of IMTT are eligible to participate in a defined benefit pension plan (IMTT DB Plan). Benefits under the IMTT DB Plan are based on years of service and the employees’ highest average compensation for a consecutive five year period. IMTT’s contributions to the plan are based on the recommendations of its consulting actuary.

Hawaii Gas Union Pension Plan

Hawaii Gas has a Defined Benefit Pension Plan for Classified Employees of GASCO, Inc. (HG DB Plan) that accrues benefits pursuant to the terms of a collective-bargaining agreement. The plan was frozen to new participants in 2008 in connection with an agreement to increase participant benefits over a three year period after which there will be no further increases to the flat rate as described herein. The HG DB Plan is non-contributory and covers all bargaining unit employees who have met certain service and age requirements. The benefits are based on a flat rate per year of service through the date of employment termination or retirement. Future contributions will be made to meet ERISA funding requirements. The HG DB Plan’s trustee handles the plan assets and, as an investment manager, invests them in a diversified portfolio of primarily equity and fixed-income securities.

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Other Plan Benefits

IMTT, Hawaii Gas and Atlantic Aviation have other insignificant plans that are comprised of the following. These plans are shown below collectively as “Other Plan Benefits”.

IMTT

IMTT is the sponsor of a defined benefit plan covering union employees at certain terminals (IMTT Union Plan). Monthly benefits under this plan are computed based on a benefit rate in effect at the date of the participant’s termination multiplied by the number of years of service. IMTT’s contributions to the plan are based on the recommendations of its consulting actuary.

IMTT provides post-retirement life insurance (coverage equal to 25% of final year compensation not to exceed $25,000) and health benefits (coverage for early retirees at least 62 years old on early retirement to age 65, reimbursement of Medicare premiums for the Bayonne terminal employees and some smaller health benefits no longer offered) to retired employees.

Hawaii Gas

Hawaii Gas has a postretirement plan. The GASCO, Inc. Hourly Postretirement Medical and Life Insurance Plan (the PMLI Plan) covers all bargaining unit participants who were employed by Hawaii Gas on April 30, 1999 and who retire after the attainment of age 62 with 15 years of service. Under the provisions of the PMLI Plan, Hawaii Gas pays for medical premiums of the retirees and spouses through the age of 64. After age 64, Hawaii Gas pays for medical premiums up to a maximum of $150 per month. The retirees are also provided $1,000 of life insurance benefits.

Hawaii Gas also has a retiree life insurance program for certain nonunion retirees. This plan is closed to future participants.

Atlantic Aviation

Atlantic Aviation sponsors a retiree medical and life insurance plan available to certain employees. Currently, the plan is funded as required to pay benefits and the plan has no assets. The Company accounts for postretirement healthcare and life insurance benefits in accordance with ASC 715 Compensation —  Retirement Benefits , which requires the accrual of the cost of providing postretirement benefits during the active service period of the employee.

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Additional information about the fair value of the benefit plan assets, the components of net periodic cost and the projected benefit obligation as of and for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 are as follows ($ in thousands). IMTT plans are shown from July 16, 2014, the date of the IMTT Acquisition.

               
  HG DB
Plan Benefits
  IMTT DB
Plan Benefits
  Other
Plan Benefits
  Total
     2015   2014   2015   2014   2015   2014   2015   2014
Change in benefit obligation:
                                                                       
Benefit obligation – beginning of year   $ 52,266     $ 43,522     $ 142,397     $     $ 22,737     $ 2,798     $ 217,400     $ 46,320  
Benefit obligation – IMTT Acquisition                       123,986             18,153             142,139  
Service cost     841       716       6,853       2,799       911       409       8,605       3,924  
Interest cost     1,988       1,988       5,914       2,530       912       480       8,814       4,998  
Plan amendments                             (110 )             (110 )        
Participant contributions                             126       60       126       60  
Actuarial (gains) losses     (2,752 )       8,281       (13,236 )       14,787       (1,498 )       1,395       (17,486 )       24,463  
Benefits paid     (2,299 )       (2,241 )       (5,856 )       (1,705 )       (1,166 )       (558 )       (9,321 )       (4,504 )  
Benefit obligation – end of year   $ 50,044     $ 52,266     $ 136,072     $ 142,397     $ 21,912     $ 22,737     $ 208,028     $ 217,400  
Change in plan assets:
                                                                       
Fair value of plan assets –  beginning of year   $ 45,475     $ 38,131     $ 103,090     $     $ 8,468     $     $ 157,033     $ 38,131  
Fair value of plan assets –  IMTT Acquisition                       85,462             5,703             91,165  
Actual return on plan assets     (351 )       2,625       (343 )       1,993       (78 )       173       (772 )       4,791  
Employer contributions           6,960             17,340       811       3,090       811       27,390  
Participant contributions                             126       60       126       60  
Benefits paid     (2,299 )       (2,241 )       (5,856 )       (1,705 )       (1,166 )       (558 )       (9,321 )       (4,504 )  
Fair value of plan assets – end of year   $ 42,825     $ 45,475     $ 96,891     $ 103,090     $ 8,161     $ 8,468     $ 147,877     $ 157,033  

During 2015, Hawaii Gas did not make any contributions to the HG DB Plan. The business is not expected to make contributions in 2016 and annually for at least two years as the business made a voluntary contribution payment of $5.0 million during the third quarter of 2014. During the third quarter of 2014, IMTT made a voluntary contribution payment of $20.0 million to the IMTT DB Plan and the IMTT Union Plan. The business did not make any contributions to these plans during 2015 and is not expected to make contributions in 2016 and annually for at least five years. The annual amount of contributions will be dependent upon a number of factors such as market conditions and changes to regulations.

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The funded status at December 31, 2015 and 2014, are presented in the following table ($ in thousands):

               
  HG DB
Plan Benefits
  IMTT DB
Plan Benefits
  Other
Plan Benefits
  Total
     2015   2014   2015   2014   2015   2014   2015   2014
Funded status
                                                                       
Funded status at end of year   $ (7,219 )     $ (6,791 )     $ (39,181 )     $ (39,307 )     $ (13,751 )     $ (14,269 )     $ (60,151 )     $ (60,367 )  
Net amount recognized in balance sheet (1)   $ (7,219 )     $ (6,791 )     $ (39,181 )     $ (39,307 )     $ (13,751 )     $ (14,269 )     $ (60,151 )     $ (60,367 )  
Amounts recognized in balance sheet consisting of:
                                                                       
Noncurrent assets   $     $     $     $     $ 222     $ 146     $ 222     $ 146  
Current liabilities                             (916 )       (786 )       (916 )       (786 )  
Noncurrent liabilities     (7,219 )       (6,791 )       (39,181 )       (39,307 )       (13,057 )       (13,629 )       (59,457 )       (59,727 )  
Net amount recognized in balance sheet (1)   $ (7,219 )     $ (6,791 )     $ (39,181 )     $ (39,307 )     $ (13,751 )     $ (14,269 )     $ (60,151 )     $ (60,367 )  

(1) Generally accepted accounting principles require measurement of defined benefit pension liabilities utilizing current discount rates. Statutory funding formulas permit measurement of defined benefit pension liabilities utilizing discount rates based on a 25-year average of those rates, which more closely matches the expected payout period for those liabilities. The IMTT and Hawaii Gas defined benefit pension plans both exceed 100% of the statutory funding target as of December 31, 2015.

Amounts not yet reflected in net periodic benefit cost and included in accumulated other comprehensive loss for the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014 are presented in the following table ($ in thousands):

               
  HG DB
Plan Benefits
  IMTT DB
Plan Benefits
  Other
Plan Benefits
  Total
     2015   2014   2015   2014   2015   2014   2015   2014
Prior service credit   $     $     $     $ 78     $ 110     $ 5     $ 110     $ 83  
Accumulated loss     (12,698 )       (13,313 )       (9,926 )       (15,265 )       (1,140 )       (1,945 )       (23,764 )       (30,523 )  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss     (12,698 )       (13,313 )       (9,926 )       (15,187 )       (1,030 )       (1,940 )       (23,654 )       (30,440 )  
Net periodic benefit cost in excess (deficit) of cumulative employer contributions     5,479       6,522       (29,255 )       (24,120 )       (12,721 )       (12,329 )       (36,497 )       (29,927 )  
Net amount recognized in balance sheet   $ (7,219 )     $ (6,791 )     $ (39,181 )     $ (39,307 )     $ (13,751 )     $ (14,269 )     $ (60,151 )     $ (60,367 )  

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The components of net periodic benefit cost and other changes in other comprehensive (income) loss for the plans are shown below ($ in thousands):

               
  HG DB
Plan Benefits
  IMTT DB
Plan Benefits
  Other
Plan Benefits
  Total
     2015   2014   2015   2014   2015   2014   2015   2014
Components of net periodic benefit cost:
                                                                       
Service cost   $ 841     $ 716     $ 6,853     $ 2,799     $ 911     $ 409     $ 8,605     $ 3,924  
Interest cost     1,988       1,988       5,914       2,530       912       480       8,814       4,998  
Expected return on plan
assets
    (2,670 )       (2,268 )       (7,020 )       (3,049 )       (585 )       (183 )       (10,275 )       (5,500 )  
Recognized actuarial loss (gain)     883       122       (534 )       579       (31 )       200       318       901  
Amortization of prior service (cost) credit                 (78 )       78       (5 )       5       (83 )       83  
Net periodic benefit cost   $ 1,042     $ 558     $ 5,135     $ 2,937     $ 1,202     $ 911     $ 7,379     $ 4,406  
Other changes recognized in other comprehensive (income) loss:
                                                                       
Prior service credit arising during the year   $     $     $     $     $ (110 )     $     $ (110 )     $  
Net loss (gain) arising during the year     268       7,925       (5,873 )       15,844       (836 )       1,406       (6,441 )       25,175  
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)                 78       (78 )       5       (5 )       83       (83 )  
Amortization of (loss) gain     (883 )       (122 )       534       (579 )       31       (200 )       (318 )       (901 )  
Total recognized in other comprehensive (income) loss   $ (615 )     $ 7,803     $ (5,261 )     $ 15,187     $ (910 )     $ 1,201     $ (6,786 )     $ 24,191  

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The estimated amounts that will be amortized from accumulated other comprehensive loss over the next year are presented in the following table ($ in thousands):

               
  HG DB
Plan Benefits
  IMTT DB
Plan Benefits
  Other
Plan Benefits
  Total
     2015   2014   2015   2014   2015   2014   2015   2014
Amortization of prior service cost (credit)   $     $     $     $ 65     $ (15 )     $ 10     $ (15 )     $ 75  
Amortization of net loss     854       883             2,310       76       479       930       3,672  

The assumptions used in accounting for the HG DB Plan Benefits, IMTT DB Plan Benefits and Other Plan Benefits are as follows:

           
  HG DB
Plan Benefits
  IMTT DB
Plan Benefits
  Other
Plan Benefits
     2015   2014   2015   2014   2015   2014
Weighted average assumptions to determine benefit obligations:
                                                     
Discount rate     4.20%       3.90%       4.65%       4.25%       3.78% to 4.55%       3.45% to 4.15%  
Rate of compensation increase     N/A       N/A       4.57%       4.57%       4.57% (1)       4.57% (1)  
Measurement date     December 31       December 31       December 31       December 31       December 31       December 31  
Weighted average assumptions to determine net cost:
                                                     
Discount rate     3.90%       4.70%       4.25%       4.55%       3.45% to 4.15%       4.20% to 4.45%  
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets during fiscal year     5.90%       5.90%       7.00%       7.00%       7.00% (2)       7.00% (2)  
Rate of compensation increase     N/A       N/A       4.57%       4.57%       4.57% (1)       4.57% (1)  
Assumed healthcare cost trend rates:
                                                     
Initial health care cost trend rate                                         7.50%       7.75% to 7.80%  
Ultimate rate                                         4.50% to 5.00%       4.50% to 5.00%  
Year ultimate rate is reached                                         2025 to 2028       2025 to 2028  

(1) Only applies to IMTT post-retirement life insurance plan.
(2) Only applies to IMTT Union Plan.

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Pension asset investment decisions are made with assistance of an outside paid advisor to achieve the multiple goals of high rate of return, diversification and safety. The business has instructed the trustee, the investment manager, to maintain the allocation of the defined benefit plans’ assets between equity mutual fund securities, fixed income mutual fund securities, mixed equity and fixed income mutual fund securities, money market funds and cash within the pre-approved parameters set by the management. The weighted average asset allocation at December 31, 2015 and 2014 was:

           
  HG DB
Plan Benefits
  IMTT DB
Plan Benefits
  Other
Plan Benefits
     2015   2014   2015   2014   2015   2014
Equity securities     60 %       64 %       58 %       59 %       58 %       59 %  
Fixed income securities     30 %       33 %       37 %       38 %       41 %       38 %  
Mixed income securities     8 %                                
Private equity                 3 %                    
Cash     2 %       3 %       2 %       3 %       1 %       3 %  
Total     100 %       100 %       100 %       100 %       100 %       100 %  

The expected returns on plan assets were estimated based on the allocation of assets and management’s expectations regarding future performance of the investments held in the investment portfolios. The asset allocations as of December 31, 2015 and 2014 measurement dates were as follows ($ in thousands):

       
  Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2015
Pension Benefits – Plan Assets
     Total   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for
Identical Assets
(Level 1)
  Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Asset category:
                                   
Cash and money market   $ 3,138     $ 3,138     $     $  
Equity securities:
                                   
Domestic equities     66,290       66,290              
International equities     20,473       20,473              
Fixed income securities:
                                   
Domestic fixed income     50,860       50,860              
International fixed income     1,035       1,035              
Domestic mixed income securities     3,401       3,401              
Domestic private equity     2,680                   2,680  
Total   $ 147,877     $ 145,197     $     $ 2,680  

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  Fair Value Measurements at December 31, 2014
Pension Benefits – Plan Assets
     Total   Quoted Prices
in Active
Markets for Identical Assets
(Level 1)
  Significant
Observable
Inputs
(Level 2)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
Asset category:
                                   
Cash and money market   $ 4,638     $ 4,638     $     $  
Equity securities:
                                   
Domestic equities     72,882       72,882              
International equities     22,204       22,204              
Fixed income securities:
                                   
Domestic fixed income     56,284       56,284              
International fixed income     1,025       1,025              
Total   $ 157,033     $ 157,033     $     $  

The estimated future benefit payments for the next ten years are as follows ($ in thousands):

       
  HG DB
Plan Benefits
  IMTT DB
Plan Benefits
  Other
Plan Benefits
  Total
2016   $ 2,665     $ 4,320     $ 1,177     $ 8,162  
2017     2,778       4,469       1,218       8,465  
2018     2,874       4,528       1,202       8,604  
2019     2,916       5,493       1,313       9,722  
2020     2,973       6,299       1,462       10,734  
Thereafter     15,299       37,001       7,145       59,445  
Total   $ 29,505     $ 62,110     $ 13,517     $ 105,132  

16. Legal Proceedings and Contingencies

The Company and its subsidiaries are subject to legal proceedings arising in the ordinary course of business. In management’s opinion, the Company has adequate legal defenses and/or insurance coverage with respect to the eventuality of such actions, and does not believe the outcome of any pending legal proceedings will be material to the Company’s financial position or result of operations.

IMTT Bayonne — Remediation Estimate

The Bayonne, New Jersey terminal, portions of which have been acquired and aggregated over a 30-year period, contain pervasive remediation requirements that were assumed at the time of purchase from the various former owners. One former owner retained environmental remediation responsibilities for a purchased site as well as sharing other remediation costs. These remediation requirements are documented in two memoranda of agreement and an administrative consent order with the State of New Jersey. Remediation efforts entail removal of free product, soil treatment, repair/replacement of sewer systems, and the implementation of containment and monitoring systems. These remediation activities are estimated to span a period of ten to twenty or more years at a cost ranging from $30.0 million to $65.0 million. The remediation activities at the terminal are estimated based on currently available information, in undiscounted U.S. dollars and is inherently subject to relatively large fluctuation.

Except as noted above, there are no material legal proceedings pending other than ordinary routine litigation incidental to the Company’s businesses.

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17. Subsequent Events

Dividend

On February 18, 2016, the Board of Directors declared a dividend of $1.15 per share for the quarter ended December 31, 2015, which is expected to be paid on March 8, 2016 to holders of record on March 3, 2016.

Hawaii Gas Refinancing

On February 10, 2016, Hawaii Gas completed the refinancing of its existing $80.0 million term loan and $60.0 million revolving credit facility. The new, five-year facilities include a reduction in interest rates on the term loan and revolving credit facilities of 0.50% and 0.25%, respectively, compared with the prior facilities. The $80.0 million term loan will bear interest at a variable rate of LIBOR plus an applicable margin between 1.0% to 1.75% and initially set at 1.75%. The variable rate component of the debt was hedged at 0.99% using interest rate swaps through the first four years of the facility. The revolving credit facility will bear interest at a variable rate of LIBOR plus an applicable margin between 1.0% to 1.75% and initially set at 1.25% and will remain unhedged.

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18. Quarterly Data (Unaudited)

The data shown below relates to the Company’s operations and includes all adjustments which the Company considers necessary for a fair presentation of such amounts.

       
Quarter ended   March 31   June 30   September 30   December 31
     (In thousands, except per share data)
2015
                                   
Revenue   $ 398,498     $ 423,689     $ 415,709     $ 401,354  
Operating (loss) income     (115,910 )       (75,405 )       73,126       58,864  
Net (loss) income attributable to MIC     (89,002 )       (63,096 )       10,638       32,923  
Per share information attributable to MIC:
                                   
Net (loss) income per share – basic   $ (1.22 )     $ (0.80 )     $ 0.13     $ 0.41  
Net (loss) income per share – diluted (1)     (1.22 )       (0.80 )       0.13       0.41  
Cash dividends declared per share   $ 1.07     $ 1.11     $ 1.13     $ 1.15  
2014
                                   
Revenue (2)   $ 276,195     $ 280,943     $ 388,638     $ 405,142  
Operating income (loss) (2)     27,625       20,768       (74,267 )       60,181  
Net income attributable to MIC (2) (3)     20,366       9,700       990,993       20,969  
Per share information attributable to MIC:
                                   
Net income per share – basic   $ 0.36     $ 0.17     $ 14.57     $ 0.30  
Net income per share – diluted (1)     0.36       0.17       13.87       0.30  
Cash dividends declared per share   $ 0.9375     $ 0.95     $ 0.98     $ 1.02  

(1) Diluted net (loss) income per share reflects the effect of potentially dilutive shares assuming: (i) the restricted stock unit grants provided to the independent directors had been fully converted to shares on the grant dates; (ii) the $67.8 million of the performance fee for the quarter ended June 30, 2015, settlement of which was deferred to July 2016, had been reinvested in shares by the Manager, a related party, in July 2015; and (iii) the convertible senior notes that were issued on July 15, 2014 had been fully converted into shares on that date. The potentially dilutive shares are excluded in the calculation if the effect is anti-dilutive or when the Company has a net loss for the period.
(2) Includes 100% of the results of IMTT subsequent to the IMTT Acquisition on July 16, 2014.
(3) Includes gain from acquisition/divestiture of businesses totaling $1.0 billion from the IMTT Acquisition and the sale of the Company's interest in the district energy business for the quarter ended September 30, 2014.

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ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None.

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

(a) Management’s Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our principal executive officer and principal financial officer, after evaluating the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) as of the end of the period covered by this Form 10-K, have concluded that, based on such evaluation, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective to ensure that information required to be disclosed by us in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported, within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

(b) Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting

Management of the Company is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for performing an assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015. Internal control over financial reporting is defined in Rule 13a-15(f) or 15d-15(f) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as a process designed by, or under the supervision of, the Company’s principal executive and principal financial officers and effected by the Company’s Board of Directors, management and other personnel, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

Internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Because of the inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate. Accordingly, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.

Management used the framework set forth in the report entitled “Internal Control-Integrated Framework (2013)” published by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (referred to as COSO) to evaluate the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015. As a result of its evaluation, management has concluded that the Company’s internal control over financial reporting was effective as of December 31, 2015 based on those criteria.

In conducting this evaluation, management did not include an assessment of internal control over financial reporting at Bayonne Energy Center (BEC). As previously disclosed, on April 1, 2015, the Company completed the acquisition of BEC and consolidated the financial results of BEC effective as of such date. BEC accounted for approximately 10% of total assets and approximately 5% of total revenue as of and for the year ended December 31, 2015.

The effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015 has been audited by KPMG LLP, the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing on page 159 , which expressed an unqualified opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015.

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(c) Attestation Report of Registered Public Accounting Firm

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Stockholders
Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation:

We have audited Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO). Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation’s management is responsible for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s internal control over financial reporting based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material respects. Our audit included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

In our opinion, Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, based on criteria established in Internal Control – Integrated Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation acquired Bayonne Energy Center during 2015, and management excluded from its assessment of the effectiveness of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, Bayonne Energy Center’s internal control over financial reporting associated with approximately 10% of total assets and approximately 5% of total revenues included in the consolidated financial statements of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation as of and for the year ended December 31, 2015. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation also excluded an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of Bayonne Energy Center.

We also have audited, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), the consolidated balance sheets of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive (loss) income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year

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period ended December 31, 2015, and our report dated February 22, 2016 expressed an unqualified opinion on those consolidated financial statements.

/s/ KPMG LLP

Dallas, Texas
February 22, 2016

(d) Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

No change in our internal control over financial reporting (as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(f)) was identified in connection with the evaluation described in (b) above during the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2015 that materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

Not Applicable.

PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

The Company will furnish to the Securities and Exchange Commission a definitive proxy statement not later than 120 days after the end of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.

The information required by this Item 10 is included under the captions “Election of Directors”, “Governance Information” and “Section 16(A) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance” in our proxy statement for our 2016 annual meeting of shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

Our Code of Ethics and Conduct applies to all of our directors, officers and employees as well as all directors, officers and employees of our Manager involved in the management of the Company and its businesses. Our Code of Ethics and Conduct is posted on the Governance page of our website, www.macquarie.com/mic . You may request a copy of our Code of Ethics and Conduct by contacting Investor Relations at 125 West 55 th Street, New York, NY 10019 ((212) 231-1000). We will post any amendment to the Code of Ethics and Conduct, and any waivers that are required to be disclosed by the rules of either the SEC or the NYSE, on our website.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

The information required by this Item 11 is included under the captions “Director Compensation”, “Compensation Discussion and Analysis”, “Executive Compensation”, “Governance Information” and “Compensation Committee Report” in our proxy statement for our 2016 annual meeting of shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

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ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS

Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

The table below sets forth information with respect to shares authorized for issuance as of December 31, 2015:

     
Plan Category   Number of Securities
to Be Issued Upon
Exercise of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights
(a)
  Weighted-Average
Exercise Price of
Outstanding Options,
Warrants and Rights
(b)
  Number of Securities
Remaining Available for
Future Issuance Under
Equity Compensation
Plans (Excluding
Securities Under
Column (a))
(c)
Equity compensation plans approved by stockholders (1)     8,660     $       (1)  
Equity compensation plans not
approved by stockholders
                 
Total     8,660     $       (1)  

(1) Information in columns (a) and (b) represents number of shares issuable upon the vesting of director stock units pursuant to our 2014 Independent Directors Equity Plan (2014 Plan), which was approved in 2014. Only the Company’s independent directors may participate in the 2014 Plan. The only type of award that may be granted under the 2014 Plan is an award of director shares. Each share is an unsecured promise to transfer one share on the settlement date, subject to satisfaction of the applicable terms and conditions. The units vest on the day prior to the following year's annual meeting. The Company granted 1,732 restricted stock units to each of its independent directors elected at the 2015 annual stockholders' meeting. The maximum number of shares available for issuance under the 2014 Plan is 300,000 shares, with a balance of 291,340 shares remaining available for issuance at December 31, 2015. The aggregate grant date fair value of awards granted to an independent director during any single fiscal year (excluding awards made at the election of the independent director in lieu of all or a portion of annual and committee cash retainers) may not exceed $350,000. The 2014 Plan does not provide a formula for the determination of awards and the Compensation Committee will have the authority to determine the size of all awards under 2014 Plan, subject to the limits on the number of shares that may be granted annually.

The remaining information required by this Item 12 is included under the caption “Share Ownership of Directors, Executive Officers and Principal Shareholders” in our proxy statement for our 2016 annual meeting of shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE

The information required by this Item 13 is included under the caption “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions” and “Governance Information” in our proxy statement for our 2016 annual meeting of shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

The information required by this Item 14 is included under the caption “Ratification of Selection of Independent Auditor” in our proxy statement for our 2016 annual meeting of shareholders and is incorporated herein by reference.

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PART IV

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES

Financial Statements and Schedules

The consolidated financial statements in Part II, Item 8, and schedule listed in the accompanying exhibit index are filed as part of this report.

Exhibits

The exhibits listed on the accompanying exhibit index are filed as a part of this report.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on February 22, 2016.

 
  MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION
(Registrant)
    

By:

/s/ James Hooke

Chief Executive Officer

We, the undersigned directors and executive officers of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation, hereby severally constitute James Hooke and Liam Stewart, and each of them singly, our true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them to sign for us, and in our names in the capacities indicated below, any and all amendments to the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, hereby ratifying and confirming our signatures as they may be signed by our said attorneys to any and all amendments to said Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and in the capacities indicated on the 22 nd day of February 2016.

 
Signature   Title
/s/ James Hooke

James Hooke
  Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)
/s/ Liam Stewart

Liam Stewart
  Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)
/s/ Martin Stanley

Martin Stanley
  Chairman of the Board of Directors
/s/ Norman H. Brown, Jr.

Norman H. Brown, Jr.
  Director
/s/ George W. Carmany III

George W. Carmany III
  Director
/s/ William H. Webb

William H. Webb
  Director
/s/ Henry E. Lentz

Henry E. Lentz
  Director
/s/ Ouma Sananikone

Ouma Sananikone
  Director


 
 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 
  2.1   Plan of Conversion dated April 10, 2015 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Registrant’s Registration Statement Form S-4 (Reg. No. 333-202162).
  2.2*   Stock Purchase Agreement, dated July 7, 2014, by and among Macquarie Terminal Holdings LLC, MCT Holdings LLC, Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC, IMTT Holdings Inc. and The Voting Trust of IMTT Holdings Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 2.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 7, 2014).
  3.1   Certificate of Incorporation of the Registrant (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 21, 2015).
  3.2***   Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Registrant, dated as of February 18, 2016.
  4.1   Senior Debt Securities Indenture, dated as of July 15, 2014, by and among Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 18, 2014).
  4.2   First Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 15, 2014, by and among Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee (including the form of 2.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2019) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 18, 2014).
  4.3   Second supplemental indenture, dated as of May 21, 2015, by and between Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and Wells Fargo, National Association, as Trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 21, 2015).
 10.1   Third Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement by and among the Registrant, MIC Ohana Corporation and Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 21, 2015).
 10.2   Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement between the Registrant and Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on May 21, 2015).
 10.3   Credit Agreement, dated July 7, 2014, by and among Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC, as borrower, Macquarie Infrastructure Company Inc., as guarantor, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 7, 2014).
 10.4   First Incremental Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2015, among the Registrant, Macquarie Infrastructure Company Inc. (the “Guarantor”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent (the “Agent”) and the incremental lenders party thereto, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2014, among the Registrant, the Guarantor, the Agent and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015).
 10.5   Second Incremental Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of August 25, 2015, among the Registrant, MIC Ohana Corporation (the “Guarantor”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent (the “Agent”) and Bank of America, N.A., as additional lender, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of July 7, 2014, among the Registrant, the Guarantor, the Agent and the lenders party thereto.
 10.6   Credit Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2015, among ITT Holdings LLC, IMTT-Quebec Inc. and IMTT-NTL Ltd., SunTrust Bank as administrative agent and the lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015).


 
 

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 10.7   Note Purchase Agreement, dated May 8, 2015, among ITT Holdings LLC and the purchasers named therein, with respect to the issuance of 3.92% Guaranteed Senior Notes, Series A, due 2025 and 4.02% Guaranteed Senior Notes, Series B, due 2027 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015).
 10.8   Memorandum of Agreement, dated July 17, 2015, among the Registrant, MIC Ohana Corporation and Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015).
 10.9   Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2015, among Louisiana Public Facilities Authority and IMTT-Finco, LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. (Series 2010A) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015).
 10.10   Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2015, among Louisiana Public Facilities Authority and IMTT-Finco, LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. (Series 2010) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015).
 10.11   Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2015, among Louisiana Public Facilities Authority and IMTT-Finco, LLC and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. (Series 2010B) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015).
 10.12   Amended and Restated Loan Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2015, among Louisiana Public Facilities Authority and International-Matex Tank Terminals and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee. (Series 2007) (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015).
 10.13   Amended and Restated Lease Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2015, among The Industrial Development Board of the Parish of Ascension, Louisiana, Inc. and IMTT-Geismar and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.11 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015).
 10.14   Loan Agreement, dated as of May 1, 2015, among New Jersey Economic Development Authority and Bayonne Industries, Inc., IMTT-Bayonne and IMTT-BC and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2015).
 10.15**   Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC 2014 Independent Directors Equity Plan (incorporated by reference to Appendix A of the Registrant’s Definitive Proxy Statement filed on April 4, 2014).
 10.16   Credit Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2013, among Atlantic Aviation FBO Holdings LLC, Atlantic Aviation FBO Inc., Barclays Bank Plc, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as Documentation Agent, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., as Syndication Agent, Barclays Bank Plc, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as Joint Bookrunners and Joint Lead Arrangers, and the several lenders party thereto (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for quarter ended June 30, 2013 (the “June 2013 Quarterly Report”).
 10.17*   Incremental Joinder Agreement, dated as of November 7, 2013, among Atlantic Aviation FBO Inc. and Barclays Bank Plc, as Administrative Agent and initial lender.
 10.18*   Incremental Joinder Agreement and Amendment, dated as of January 22, 2014, among Atlantic Aviation FBO Inc. and Barclays Bank Plc, as Administrative Agent and initial lender.
 10.19   Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of May 31, 2013, among Atlantic Aviation FBO Holdings LLC, Atlantic Aviation FBO Inc., the grantors party thereto and Barclays Bank PLC as Collateral Agent (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the June 2013 Quarterly Report).


 
 

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 10.20†   Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2012, among The Gas Company, LLC and the purchasers named therein, with respect to the issuance of 4.22% Senior Secured Notes due 2022 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 (the “September 2012 Quarterly Report”)).
 10.21†   Credit Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2012, by and among HGC Holdings LLC, as Borrower, the lenders named therein, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Registrant’s September 2012 Quarterly Report).
 10.22†   Credit Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2012, by and among The Gas Company, LLC, as Borrower, the lenders named therein, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and Issuing Lender, and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as Sole Lead Arranger and Sole Book Manager (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Registrant’s September 2012 Quarterly Report).
 10.23   Registration Rights Agreement, dated July 7, 2014, by Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC and The Voting Trust of IMTT Holdings Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on July 7, 2014).
 10.24   Equity Distribution Agreement, dated June 24, 2015, by and among Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation, SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., Barclays Capital Inc., Credit Agricole Securities (USA) Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Robert W. Baird & Co. Incorporated and Wells Fargo Securities LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Registrant’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on June 24, 2015).
 10.25***†   Credit Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2010, as amended, among Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC and The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, LTD., as administrative agent, ING Capital LLC, as DSR Letter of Credit issuing bank, Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, as joint lead arranger, Union Bank, N.A., as collateral agent, and the lender parties thereto.
 10.26***†   Credit Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2015, among Bayonne Energy Center, LLC and Bayonne Energy Center Urban Renewal, LLC and Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank as swingline lender, administrative agent and joint lead arranger, ING Capital LLC, National Australia Bank Limited, Siemens Financial Services, Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc., and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as joint lead arrangers, and the lender parties thereto.
 21.1***   Subsidiaries of the Registrant
 23.1***   Consent of KPMG LLP
 24.1***   Powers of Attorney (included in signature pages)
 31.1***   Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of the Chief Executive Officer
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 32.1****   Section 1350 Certification of Chief Executive Officer
 32.2****   Section 1350 Certification of Chief Financial Officer
101.0***   The following materials from the Annual Report on Form 10-K of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation for the year ended December 31, 2015, filed on February 22, 2016, formatted in Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL): (i) the Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, (ii) the Consolidated Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, (iii) the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, (iv) the Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013, (v) the Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended December 31, 2015, 2014 and 2013 and (vi) the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.

* Pursuant to Item 601(b)(2) of Regulation S-K, the schedules to the Stock Purchase Agreement have been omitted. Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation agrees to provide a copy of any such omitted schedule to the SEC upon request.
** Management contract, compensatory plan or arrangement.
*** Filed herewith.
**** A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and will be retained by Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.
The Registrant does not deem this agreement material pursuant to Regulation S-K Item 601(b)(10).


 

Exhibit 3.2

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF

 

MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION

 

(a Delaware corporation)

 

Effective Date: February 18, 2016

 

 
 

 

Table of Contents

 

    Page
   
Article I
     
THE CORPORATION
1.1 Name 1
1.2 Registered Office 1
1.3 Other Offices 2
1.4 Principal Place of Business 2
Article II
     
STOCKHOLDERS
2.1 Annual Meetings of Stockholders 2
2.2 Special Meetings of Stockholders 2
2.3 Place of Meeting 2
2.4 Notice of Meeting 3
2.5 Record Date 3
2.6 Quorum and Adjournment 4
2.7 Proxies 5
2.8 Nominations and Notice of Stockholder Business 5
2.9 Procedure for Election of Directors; Voting 10
2.10 Inspectors of Elections; Opening and Closing the Polls 11
2.11 Conduct of Business 11
2.12 Waiver of Notice 12
2.13 Remote Communication 12
2.14 No Stockholder Action Without a Meeting 12
2.15 List of Stockholders 13
Article III
     
DIRECTORS
3.1 General Powers 13
3.2 Number, Tenure and Qualifications 13
3.3 Election of Directors 14
3.4 Removal 14
3.5 Resignations 14
3.6 Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships 14
3.7 Appointment of Chairman of the Board 15
3.8 Chairman of the Board 15
3.9 Regular Meetings 15
3.10 Special Meetings 15
3.11 Notice for Special Meetings 15
3.12 Waiver of Notice 16

 

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3.13 Board Action Without Meeting 16
3.14 Conference Telephone Meetings 16
3.15 Quorum 16
3.16 Compensation 17
Article IV
     
COMMITTEES
4.1 Committees 17
4.2 Committee Members 18
4.3 Committee Secretary 18
Article V
     
OFFICERS
5.1 General 18
5.2 Election and Term of Office 19
5.3 Chief Executive Officer 19
5.4 Chief Financial Officer 19
5.5 General Counsel 19
5.6 Secretary 19
5.7 Resignatins and Removals. 20
5.8 Vacancies 20
5.9 Representation of Shares of Other Corporations 20
Article VI
     
MANAGEMENT
6.1 Duties of the Manager 20
6.2 Secondment of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer 20
6.3 Secondment of Additional Officers 20
6.4 Election of the Secondees as Officers of the Corporation 21
6.5 Removal of Seconded Officers 21
6.6 Replacement Manager 21
Article VII
     
STOCK
7.1 Stock Certificates 21
7.2 Special Designation on Certificates 22
7.3 Lost Certificates 22
7.4 Dividends 22
7.5 Transfer of Stock 22

 

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7.6 Stock Transfer Agreements 23
7.7 Registered Stockholders 23
Article VIII
     
INDEMNIFICATION
8.1 Indemnification of Directors and Officers in Third Party Proceedings 23
8.2 Indemnification of Directors and Officers in Actions by or in the Right of the Corporation 24
8.3 Successful Defense 24
8.4 Indemnification of Others 24
8.5 Advance Payment of Expenses 24
8.6 Limitation on Indemnification 25
8.7 Determination; Claim 26
8.8 Non-Exclusivity of Rights 26
8.9 Insurance 26
8.10 Survival 26
8.11 Effect of Repeal or Modification 26
8.12 Certain Definitions 27
8.13 Notices. 27
8.14 Reliance 27
Article IX
     
BOOKS AND RECORDS
9.1 Books and Records 28
Article X
     
MISCELLANEOUS
10.1 Forum Selection Clause 28
10.2 Time 28
10.3 Severability 29
10.4 Variation of Terms 29
10.5 Fiscal Year 29
10.6 Seal 29
Article XI
     
AMENDMENTS
11.1 Amendments 29
11.2 Execution of Amendments by Officers 29

 

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BYLAWS OF MACQUARIE INFRASTRUCTURE CORPORATION

 

Article I

 

THE CORPORATION

 

1.1            Name .

 

(i)          The name of the corporation is Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation (the “ Corporation ”) and all business of the Corporation shall be conducted in such name. The Board of Directors may change the name of the Corporation upon ten (10) days’ written notice to the stockholders, which name change shall be effective upon the filing of a certificate of amendment with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

(ii)         Upon the resignation of Macquarie Infrastructure Management (USA) Inc. (the “ Manager ”) and the termination of that certain Third Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2015, by and among the Corporation as successor-in-interest to Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC, the Manager, MIC Ohana Corporation and any directly owned Subsidiary of the Company as from time to time may exist and that has executed a counterpart of such agreement (as may be amended from time to time, the “ Management Services Agreement ”) or within thirty (30) days of the delisting of the stock of the Corporation as provided in the Management Services Agreement unless otherwise approved in writing by the Manager, the board of directors of the Corporation (the “ Board of Directors ”) shall, within thirty (30) days of such resignation and termination or such date, cause the Corporation and any of its Subsidiaries to cease using the Macquarie brand entirely, including, without limitation, changing their respective names; provided that, to the extent the Board of Directors deems it necessary or advisable, the Corporation and its Subsidiaries may use “Macquarie” in referencing their previous names.

 

(iii)        Upon the termination of the Management Services Agreement and the removal of the Manager by the Board of Directors in accordance with the terms of the Management Services Agreement, the Board of Directors of the Corporation shall cause the Corporation and, MIC Ohana Corporation and any directly owned Subsidiary of the Corporation that becomes party to the Management Services Agreement, from time to time (together, the “ Managed Subsidiaries ”), to cease using the Macquarie brand entirely, including, without limitation, changing their respective names; provided that, to the extent the Board of Directors deems it necessary or advisable, the Corporation and its Subsidiaries may use “Macquarie” in referencing their previous names.

 

1.2            Registered Office .

 

The address of the registered office of the Corporation in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

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1.3            Other Offices .

 

The Corporation may have such offices, either within or without the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors may designate or as the business of the Corporation may from time to time require.

 

1.4            Principal Place of Business .

 

The principal executive offices of the Corporation are at 125 West 55th Street, New York, New York 10019. The Board of Directors may change the principal executive offices of the Corporation to any other place within or without the State of Delaware by resolution.

 

As used in these Bylaws, “ Subsidiary ” means any corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association or other entity in which any Person owns, directly or indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding equity securities or interests, the holders of which are generally entitled to vote for the election of the board of directors or other governing body of such entity.

 

As used in these Bylaws, “ Person ” means any individual, partnership (whether general or limited), limited liability company, corporation, trust, estate, association, nominee or other entity as well as any syndicate or group deemed to be a person under Section 14(d)(2) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “ Exchange Act ”).

 

Article II

 

STOCKHOLDERS

 

2.1            Annual Meetings of Stockholders .

 

The annual meeting of the stockholders shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place (if any) within or without the State of Delaware as may be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

2.2            Special Meetings of Stockholders .

 

Special meetings of the stockholders shall be held on such date, at such time and at such place (if any) within or without the State of Delaware as shall be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and stated in the notice of the meeting. Special meetings of the stockholders may be called at any time only by the Secretary, either at the direction of the Board of Directors pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors or by the Chairman of the Board.

 

2.3            Place of Meeting .

 

The Board of Directors may designate the place (if any) of meeting for any meeting of the stockholders. If no designation is made by the Board of Directors, the place of meeting shall be the principal executive office of the Corporation. In lieu of holding any meeting of the stockholders at a designated place, the Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that any meeting of the stockholders may be held solely by means of remote communication as authorized by Section 211(a)(2) of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “ DGCL ”).

 

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2.4            Notice of Meeting .

 

(i)          A notice of meeting, stating the place (if any), day and hour of the meeting, and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, shall be prepared and delivered by the Corporation not less than twenty (20) days and not more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting, either personally, by mail or, to the extent and in the manner permitted by applicable law, electronically, to each stockholder of record. In the case of special meetings, the notice shall state the purpose or purposes for which such special meeting is called. Such further notice shall be given as may be required by law. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of the stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Any previously scheduled meeting of the stockholders may be postponed, and (unless these Bylaws otherwise provide) any special meeting of the stockholders may be canceled, by resolution of the Board of Directors upon public notice given prior to the time previously scheduled for such meeting of the stockholders.

 

(ii)         Notice to stockholders shall be given personally, by mail or, to the extent and in the manner permitted by applicable law, electronically to each stockholder of record. If mailed, such notice shall be delivered by postage prepaid envelope directed to each holder at such stockholder’s address as it appears in the records of the Corporation and shall be deemed given when deposited in the United States mail. Notice given by electronic transmission pursuant to this subsection shall be deemed given: (1) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a facsimile telecommunication number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (2) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice; (3) if by posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and (4) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. An affidavit of the Secretary or an assistant Secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given by personal delivery, mail or a form of electronic transmission shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

 

(iii)        Notice of any meeting of stockholders need not be given to any stockholder if waived by such stockholder either in a writing signed by such stockholder or by electronic transmission, whether such waiver is given before or after such meeting is held. If such a waiver is given by electronic transmission, the electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder.

 

2.5            Record Date .

 

(i)          In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors, and which record date shall not be more than sixty (60) nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.

 

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(ii)         A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of such meeting; provided, however , that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the reconvened meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such reconvened meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance with the provisions of Section 213 of the DGCL and this Section 2.5 at the reconvened meeting.

 

(iii)        In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted, and which record date shall be not more than sixty (60) days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose shall be at the close of business on the day on which the Board of Directors adopts the resolution relating thereto.

 

2.6            Quorum and Adjournment .

 

Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation of the Corporation (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”), these Bylaws or the rules of any applicable stock exchange, the holders of a majority of the voting power of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy, shall constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders. Where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding shares of such class or series or classes or series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter, except as otherwise required by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or the rules of any applicable stock exchange.

 

The Chairman of the Board or the holders of a majority of the voting power of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote so represented may adjourn the meeting from time to time, whether or not there is such a quorum. The stockholders present at a duly organized meeting at which a quorum is present in person or by proxy may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum.

 

When a meeting is adjourned to another time and place, if any, unless otherwise provided by these Bylaws, notice need not be given of the reconvened meeting if the date, time and place, if any, thereof and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxyholders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such reconvened meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the reconvened meeting, the stockholders may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of such meeting; provided, however , that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for the reconvened meeting in accordance with Section 213(a) of the DGCL and Section 2.5 of these Bylaws. If an adjournment is for more than thirty (30) days or if, after an adjournment, a new record date is fixed for the reconvened meeting, a notice of the reconvened meeting shall be given to each stockholder entitled to vote at the meeting.

 

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2.7            Proxies .

 

Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another Person or Persons to act for such stockholder by proxy authorized by an instrument in writing or by a transmission permitted by law filed in accordance with the procedure established for the meeting, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section 212 of the DGCL. A written proxy may be in the form of a telegram, cablegram, or other means of electronic transmission which sets forth or is submitted with information from which it can be determined that the telegram, cablegram, or other means of electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder.

 

2.8            Nominations and Notice of Stockholder Business .

 

(i)           General .

 

(a)          Only individuals who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.8 shall be eligible to be elected as directors at a meeting of stockholders and only such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.8. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law or this Section 2.8, the Chairman of the Board shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.8 and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in compliance with this Section 2.8 (including if the stockholder or stockholders of record intending to propose the business (or a qualified representative of such stockholder) did not appear at the meeting to present the proposed business), to declare that such defective proposal or nomination shall be disregarded. To be considered a qualified representative of such stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager, or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as a proxy at the meeting and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting. The requirements of this Section 2.8 shall apply to any nominations or business to be brought by a stockholder before a meeting of the stockholders notwithstanding (A) any reference in these Bylaws to the Exchange Act or the rules or regulations promulgated thereunder or (B) that the underlying matter may already be the subject of a notice to the stockholders or public disclosure. Subject to compliance with the requirements of this Section 2.8, nothing in this Section 2.8 shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act (or any successor provision of law).

 

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(b)          For purposes of this Section 2.8, “ public announcement ” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

(c)          Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.8, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”) or the Exchange Act (the “ Rules and Regulations ”) with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.8. Nothing in this Section 2.8 shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

 

(ii)          Annual Meetings of Stockholders .

 

(a)          Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Directors of the Corporation, other than the director to be elected by the holders of the Corporation’s special stock, voting or consenting separately as a class, in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, and the proposal of business to be considered by the stockholders, may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders (A) pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting delivered pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof, (B) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or (C) by any stockholder who is entitled to vote at the meeting, who complies with the notice procedures set forth in clauses (b) and (c) of this Section 2.8(ii).

 

In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination for election of a director to be made by a stockholder or for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must (A) be a stockholder of record on both (1) the date of the delivery of such nomination or the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.8(ii) and (2) the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such annual meeting, and (B) have given timely notice thereof in proper written form in accordance with the requirements of this Section 2.8(ii) to the Secretary.

 

(b)          For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder pursuant to clause (C) of the first paragraph of Section 2.8(ii)(a), even if such matter is already the subject of any notice to the stockholders or public disclosure from the Board of Directors, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary and, in the case of business other than nominations, such other business must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action under the DGCL and, if such stockholder, or the beneficial owner on whose behalf any such proposal or nomination is made or any Associated Person, solicits or participates in the solicitation of proxies in support of such proposal, such stockholder must have timely indicated its, or each such person’s, intention to do so as provided in Section 2.8(ii)(c) below. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than one hundred and twenty (120) days nor more than one hundred and fifty (150) days prior to the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting. In no event shall the public announcement or an adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described in this Section 2.8(ii).

 

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(c)          Subject to Section 2.8(ii)(a), for nominations to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder and such stockholder’s notice shall set forth: (A) as to each individual whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election or reelection as a director and each Proposed Nominee Associated Person, as applicable, (1) the name, age, business address and residence address of such person; (2) the principal occupation or employment of such person; (3) the class and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation which are owned of record and beneficially owned by such person; (4) a statement whether each such proposed nominee, if elected, intends to tender, promptly following such person’s failure to receive the required vote for election or re-election at the next meeting at which such person would face election or re-election, an irrevocable resignation effective upon acceptance of such resignation by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 2.9; (5) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and each such person pursuant to which the nomination or nominations are to be made by the stockholder; and (6) any other information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with the solicitations of proxies for elections of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder (including, without limitation, such nominee’s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected); and (B) as to such stockholder giving notice and each Stockholder Associated Person, the information required to be provided pursuant to Section 2.8(ii)(d) below. A stockholder providing notice of any nomination as required under this Section 2.8(ii)(c) shall further update and supplement such notice so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct as of the record date for the applicable meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to such meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for such meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for such meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to such meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). In addition, a stockholder providing notice of any nomination shall update and supplement such notice from time to time so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.8(ii)(c) shall be true and correct in all material respects, and such update and supplement shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than three (3) business days following the occurrence of any event, development or occurrence which would cause the information provided or required to be provided to be not true and correct in all material respects (or if such three (3) business day period ends after the date of the applicable meeting, not later than the day prior to such meeting).

 

Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no nomination shall be brought forth at a meeting except nominations brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.8(ii). Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.8(ii)(c), a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to matters set forth in this Section 2.8(ii)(c).

 

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(d)          Subject to Section 2.8(ii)(a), as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, such stockholder’s notice shall set forth: (A) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment), (B) as to such stockholder and each Stockholder Associated Person, (1) the name and address, as they appear on the Corporation’s books, of each such person and of any holder of record of the stockholder’s shares, (2) the class and number of shares of the Corporation which are held of record or beneficially owned by each such person and owned by any holder of record of each such person’s shares, as of the date of such stockholder’s notice, and a representation that such stockholder will notify the Corporation in writing of the class and number of such shares held of record or beneficially owned by each such person as of the record date for the meeting not later than five (5) business days following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed, (3) any material interest of each such person in such business, (4) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding with respect to such business between or among each such person, and a representation that such stockholder will notify the Corporation in writing of any such agreement, arrangement or understanding in effect as of the record date for the meeting not later than five (5) business days following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed, (5) a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any derivative instruments, swaps, warrants, short positions, profit interests, options, hedging transactions, borrowed or loaned shares or other transactions) that has been entered into as of the date of such stockholder’s notice by, or on behalf of, each such person, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit from share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of each such person with respect to shares of stock of the Corporation, and a representation that such stockholder will notify the Corporation in writing of any such agreement, arrangement or understanding in effect as of the record date for the meeting not later than five (5) business days following the later of the record date or the date notice of the record date is first publicly disclosed, (6) a representation that such stockholder is a holder of record or beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote at the annual meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business, (7) whether any such person, alone or as part of a group, intends to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy or to otherwise solicit or participate in the solicitation of proxies in favor of such proposal, and (8) any other information that is required to be provided by each such person pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. A stockholder providing notice of any matter (other than the nomination of a person for election to the Board of Directors) shall further update and supplement such notice so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct as of the record date for the applicable meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to such meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five business days after the record date for such meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for such meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to such meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). In addition, a stockholder providing notice of any matter (other than the nomination of a person for election to the Board of Directors) shall update and supplement such notice from time to time so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.8(ii)(d) shall be true and correct in all material respects, and such update and supplement shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than three (3) business days following the occurrence of any event, development or occurrence which would cause the information provided or required to be provided to be not true and correct in all material respects (or if such three (3) business day period ends after the date of the applicable meeting, not later than the day prior to such meeting). Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting except business brought before the annual meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.8(ii). Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.8(ii), a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder with respect to matters set forth in this Section 2.8.

 

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For purposes of these Bylaws, (a) “ Associated Person ” shall mean any Stockholder Associated Person or Proposed Nominee Associated Person, (b) “ Proposed Nominee Associated Persons ” shall mean, with respect to the applicable Proposed Nominee, (1) any beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such Proposed Nominee, (2) any associate of such Proposed Nominee or beneficial owner, (3) any affiliate of such Proposed Nominee or beneficial owner and (4) any other person acting in concert, directly or indirectly pursuant to any agreement, arrangement, understanding or otherwise, whether written or oral, with such Proposed Nominee or beneficial owner (or any of their respective affiliates or associates) and (c) “ Stockholder Associated Person(s) ” shall mean, with respect to the applicable stockholder, (1) any beneficial owner of shares of the Corporation owned of record or beneficially by such stockholder, (2) any associate of such stockholder or beneficial owner, (3) any affiliate of such stockholder or beneficial owner and (4) any other person acting in concert, directly or indirectly pursuant to any agreement, arrangement, understanding or otherwise, whether written or oral, with such stockholder or beneficial owner (or any of their respective affiliates or associates).

 

(iii)         Special Meetings of Stockholders .

 

(a)          Nominations of individuals for election to the Board of Directors, other than the director to be elected by the holders of the Corporation’s special stock, voting or consenting separately as a class, in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which directors are to be elected pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting (A) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, or (B) by any stockholder who is entitled to vote at the meeting who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.8. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting pursuant to Section 2.4 of these Bylaws.

 

In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination for election of a director to be made by a stockholder, such stockholder must (A) be a stockholder of record on both (1) the date of the delivery of such nomination or the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.8(iii) and (2) the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such special meeting, and (B) have given timely notice thereof in proper written form in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.8(ii) to the Secretary.

 

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(b)          In the event the Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing one (1) or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder may nominate such number of individuals for election to such position(s) as are specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting, if the stockholder’s notice as required by clause (c) of Section 2.8(ii) of these Bylaws shall be delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the one hundred and twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting or the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public announcement is first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of a special meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

2.9            Procedure for Election of Directors; Voting .

 

The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and Section 2.5 of these Bylaws, subject to Section 217 (relating to voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners of stock) and Section 218 (relating to voting trusts and other voting agreements) of the DGCL.

 

Except as may be otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, each stockholder shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder.

 

Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or the rules of any applicable stock exchange, the election of directors submitted to stockholders at any meeting shall be decided by a “majority of votes cast” (as defined herein) unless the election is contested, in which case directors shall be elected by a plurality of votes cast. An election shall be contested if, as of a date that is fourteen (14) days in advance of the date the Corporation files its definitive proxy statement (regardless of whether or not thereafter revised or supplemented), the number of nominees exceeds the number of directors to be elected. For the purposes of this Section, a “majority of votes cast” means that the number of shares voted “for” a director exceeds the number of votes cast “against” that director.

 

The Board of Directors shall nominate for election or re-election as a director only candidates who agree to tender, promptly following the annual meeting at which they are elected or re-elected as a director, an irrevocable resignation that will be effective upon (i) the failure to receive the required vote at the next meeting at which they face re-election and (ii) Board acceptance of such resignation. In addition, the Board of Directors shall fill director vacancies and new directorships only with candidates who have agreed to tender, promptly following their appointment to the Board, the same form of resignation tendered by other directors in accordance with this provision.

 

If a director in an uncontested election does not receive a majority of votes cast for his or her election, the Nominating and Governance Committee shall promptly assess the appropriateness of such nominee continuing to serve as a director and recommend to the Board the action to be taken with respect to such director’s tendered resignation. The Board will determine whether to accept or reject such resignation, or what other action should be taken, within 90 days from the date of the certification of election results.

 

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Except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or the rules of any applicable stock exchange, all matters other than the election of directors submitted to the stockholders at any meeting shall be decided by the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting of stockholders. Where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of the voting power of shares of such class or series or classes or series present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting shall be the act of such class or series or classes or series, except as otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or the rules of any applicable stock exchange.

 

The vote on any matter at a meeting, including the election of directors, shall be by written ballot. Each ballot shall be signed by the stockholder voting, or by such stockholder’s proxy, and shall state the number of shares of capital stock voted..

 

2.10          Inspectors of Elections; Opening and Closing the Polls .

 

(i)          The Board of Directors by resolution shall appoint one or more inspectors, which inspector or inspectors shall not be directors, officers or employees of the Corporation, to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. One or more individuals may be designated as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate has been so appointed to act, or if all inspectors or alternates who have been appointed are unable to act, at a meeting of stockholders, the Chairman of the Board shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each such inspector, before discharging his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors shall have the duties prescribed by the DGCL.

 

The inspectors of election shall perform their duties impartially, in good faith, to the best of their ability and as expeditiously as is practical. If there are three (3) inspectors of election, the decision, act or certificate of a majority is effective in all respects as the decision, act or certificate of all. Any report or certificate made by the inspectors of election is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

 

(ii)         The Chairman of the Board shall fix and announce at the meeting the date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at the meeting.

 

2.11          Conduct of Business .

 

The chairperson of any meeting of stockholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of business. The chairperson of any meeting of stockholders shall be designated by the Board of Directors; in the absence of such designation, the Chairman of the Board, if any, the Chief Executive Officer (in the absence of the Chairman of the Board) or the lead Independent Director (in the absence of the Chairman of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer), or in their absence any other executive officer of the Corporation, shall serve as chairperson of the stockholder meeting.

 

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As used in these Bylaws, “ Independent Director ” means a director who (i) is not an officer or employee of the Corporation, or an officer, director or employee of any Subsidiary of the Corporation, (ii) was not appointed as a director pursuant to the terms of the Management Services Agreement, (iii) for so long as the Management Services Agreement is in effect, is not affiliated with the Manager or Macquarie Group Limited, and (iv) who complies with the independence requirements under the Exchange Act, the Rules and Regulations and the applicable rules, if any, of the principal U.S. securities exchange on which the shares of stock of the Corporation are listed or quoted, as the case may be (the “ Applicable Listing Rules ”).

 

2.12          Waiver of Notice .

 

Whenever any notice is required to be given to any stockholder by the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the Person or Persons entitled to such notice, or a waiver thereof by electronic transmission by the Person or Persons entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any annual or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission of such meeting.

 

2.13          Remote Communication .

 

For the purposes of these Bylaws, if authorized by the Board of Directors in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board of Directors may adopt, stockholders and proxyholders may, by means of remote communication:

 

(i)          participate in a meeting of stockholders; and

 

(ii)         be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders, whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication,

 

provided, however , that (i) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each Person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxyholder, (ii) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxyholders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and to vote on matters submitted to the stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings and (iii) if any stockholder or proxyholder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such vote or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

 

2.14          No Stockholder Action Without a Meeting .

 

Subject to the rights of the holders of the shares of any series of preferred stock or any other class of stock or series thereof that have been expressly granted the right to take action by written consent, stockholders of the Corporation shall take any action required or permitted only at a meeting of stockholders duly called and noticed, and no action shall be taken by the stockholders by written consent.

 

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2.15          List of Stockholders .

 

The Secretary shall make, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders. The list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present.

 

Article III

 

DIRECTORS

 

3.1            General Powers .

 

The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of its Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided in the DGCL or the Certificate of Incorporation. No director is authorized to act individually on behalf of the Corporation and the Board of Directors shall only take action in accordance with the quorum and other requirements provided by these Bylaws.

 

In addition to the powers and authorities expressly conferred upon it by these Bylaws, the Board of Directors may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by applicable law, including the Rules and Regulations, or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it shall be the responsibility of the Board of Directors to establish broad objectives and the general course of the business, determine basic policies, appraise the adequacy of overall results, and generally represent and further the interests of the stockholders.

 

3.2            Number, Tenure and Qualifications .

 

The number of directors shall be fixed from time to time exclusively pursuant to a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, but shall consist of not less than four (4) nor more than twelve (12) directors. However, no decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. The term of each director shall be the period from the effective date of such director’s election to the next annual meeting of stockholders until such director’s successor is duly elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Directors need not be residents of the State of Delaware or stockholders.

 

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3.3            Election of Directors .

 

Except as provided in Section 3.6 and with respect to the director to be elected by the holders of the Corporation’s special stock, voting or consenting separately as a class, in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the directors shall be elected at the annual meeting of stockholders. At any meeting of stockholders duly called and held for the election of directors at which a quorum is present, directors shall be elected as provided in Section 2.9. For the avoidance of doubt, (i) the holders of the Corporation’s special stock may elect the director to be elected by the holders of the Corporation’s special stock, voting or consenting separately as a class, in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, at a meeting of the holders of the Corporation’s special stock or by written consent and (ii) the holders of the Corporation’s common stock may elect all other directors, voting separately as a class, in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, at a meeting of the holders of the Corporation’s common stock.

 

3.4            Removal .

 

Any director may be removed from office in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation. If any directors are so removed, new directors may be elected by the stockholders at the same meeting in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and Section 3.3 hereof.

 

3.5            Resignations .

 

Any director may resign at any time upon notice of such resignation to the Corporation. A resignation is effective when the resignation is delivered unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of an event or events. An Independent Director who ceases to be independent shall promptly resign to the extent required for the Corporation or the Manager to comply with applicable laws, rules and regulations.

 

3.6            Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships .

 

Vacancies and newly created directorships shall be filled in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

If at any time, by reason of death or resignation or other cause, the Corporation should have no directors in office, then any officer or any stockholder or an executor, administrator, trustee or guardian of a stockholder, or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of a stockholder, may call a special meeting of stockholders in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, or may apply to the Delaware Court of Chancery for a decree summarily ordering an election as provided in Section 211 of the DGCL.

 

If, at the time of filling any vacancy or any newly created directorship, the directors then in office constitute less than a majority of the whole Board of Directors (as constituted immediately prior to any such increase), the Delaware Court of Chancery may, upon application of any stockholder or stockholders holding at least ten percent (10%) of the voting power of the voting stock at the time outstanding having the right to vote for such directors, summarily order an election to be held to fill any such vacancies or newly created directorships, or to replace the directors chosen by the directors then in office as aforesaid, which election shall be governed by the provisions of Section 211 of the DGCL as far as applicable.

 

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3.7            Appointment of Chairman of the Board .

 

For so long as the holders of the Corporation’s special stock, voting or consenting separately as a class, are entitled to elect a director of the Board of Directors pursuant to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, such director shall serve as Chairman of the Board. In all other cases, the Board of Directors shall appoint a Chairman of the Board from among its members.

 

3.8            Chairman of the Board .

 

The Chairman of the Board shall be a member of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board is not required to be an employee of the Corporation. The Chairman of the Board, if present, shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Directors. If the Chairman of the Board is unavailable for any reason, the duties of the Chairman of the Board shall be performed, and the Chairman of the Board’s authority may be exercised, by a director designated for this purpose by the remaining members of the Board of Directors. The Chairman of the Board shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws, all in accordance with basic policies as may be established by the Corporation, and subject to the approval and oversight of the Board of Directors.

 

3.9            Regular Meetings .

 

The Board of Directors may, by resolution, provide the time and place (if any) for the holding of regular meetings without any other notice than such resolution. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the Secretary shall act as secretary at all regular meetings of the Board of Directors, and in the Secretary’s absence a temporary secretary shall be appointed by the chairman of the meeting.

 

3.10          Special Meetings .

 

Special meetings of the Board of Directors shall be called at the request of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the Board or a majority of the Board of Directors. The Person or Persons authorized to call special meetings of the Board of Directors may fix the place and time of the meetings. Unless otherwise determined by the Board of Directors, the Secretary shall act as secretary at all special meetings of the Board of Directors, and in the Secretary’s absence a temporary secretary shall be appointed by the chairman of the meeting.

 

3.11          Notice for Special Meetings .

 

Notice of any special meeting of the Board of Directors shall be mailed by first class mail, postage paid, to each director at his or her business or residence not later than three (3) days before the day on which such meeting is to be held or shall be sent to either of such places by telegraph, express courier service (including, without limitation, Federal Express) or facsimile (directed to the facsimile number to which the director has consented to receive notice) or other electronic transmission (including, but not limited to, an e-mail address at which the director has consented to receive notice), or be communicated to each director personally or by telephone not later than one (1) day before such day of meeting; provided, however , that if the business to be transacted at such special meeting includes a proposed amendment to these Bylaws, notice shall be communicated to each director personally or by telephone or e-mail not later than three (3) days before such day of meeting. Except in the case where the business to be transacted at such special meeting includes a proposed amendment to these Bylaws, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors need be specified in the notice of such meeting. A meeting may be held at any time without notice if all the directors are present or if those not present waive notice of the meeting in accordance with Section 3.12 hereof, either before or after such meeting.

 

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3.12          Waiver of Notice .

 

Whenever any notice is required to be given to any director of the Corporation under the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the Person or Persons entitled to such notice, or a waiver thereof by electronic transmission by the Person or Persons entitled to notice, whether before or after the time stated in such notice, shall be deemed equivalent to the giving of such notice. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any meeting of the Board of Directors or committee thereof need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission of notice of such meeting.

 

3.13          Board Action Without Meeting .

 

Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting by the Board of Directors or any committee or subcommittee thereof, as the case may be, may be taken without a meeting if a consent thereto is signed or transmitted electronically, as the case may be, by all members of the Board of Directors or of such committee or subcommittee, as the case may be, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors or such committee or subcommittee; provided, however , that such electronic transmission or transmissions must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission or transmissions were authorized by the director. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

 

3.14          Conference Telephone Meetings .

 

Members of the Board of Directors, or any committee or subcommittee thereof, may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors or such committee or subcommittee by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all Persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at such meeting.

 

3.15          Quorum .

 

At all meetings of the Board of Directors, at least fifty percent (50%) of the then total number of directors in office (such total number of directors, the “ Entire Board of Directors ”) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. At all meetings of any committee of the Board of Directors, the presence of a majority of the total number of members of such committee (assuming no vacancies) shall constitute a quorum. The act of a majority of the directors or committee members present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board of Directors or such committee, as the case may be. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board of Directors or any committee, a majority of the directors or members, as the case may be, present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice other than announcement at the meeting. The members of the Board of Directors present at a duly organized meeting at which a quorum is present may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough members of the Board of Directors to leave less than a quorum.

 

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3.16          Compensation .

 

The directors may be paid their expenses, if any, incurred with respect to their attendance at each meeting of the Board of Directors and may be paid compensation as director or chairman of any committee or subcommittee, as the case may be, as determined by the Compensation Committee. Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation and payment of expenses for attending committee meetings. For so long as the holders of the Corporation’s special stock, voting or consenting separately as a class, are entitled to elect a director of the Board of Directors pursuant to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, the Chairman of the Board shall not receive any compensation from the Corporation for his or her service as Chairman of the Board, but shall be entitled to the payment of all out-of-pocket expenses incurred in attending regular or special meetings of the Board of Directors.

 

Article IV

 

COMMITTEES

 

4.1            Committees .

 

(i)          The Corporation shall have three (3) standing committees: the Nominating and Governance Committee, the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee. Each of the Nominating and Governance Committee, the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee shall adopt by resolution a charter to establish the rules and responsibilities of such committee in accordance with applicable law, including the Rules and Regulations and the Applicable Listing Rules.

 

(ii)          General .

 

(a)          In addition, the Board of Directors may designate one or more additional committees or subcommittees, with each such committee or subcommittee consisting of such number of directors of the Corporation and having such powers and authority as shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors.

 

(b)          All acts done by any committee or subcommittee within the scope of its powers and authority pursuant to these Bylaws and the resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to be, and may be certified as being, done or conferred under authority of the Board of Directors. The Secretary is empowered to certify that any resolution duly adopted by any such committee is binding upon the Corporation and to execute and deliver such certifications from time to time as may be necessary or proper to the conduct of the business of the Corporation.

 

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(c)          Regular meetings of committees shall be held at such times as may be determined by resolution of the Board of Directors or the committee or subcommittee in question and no notice shall be required for any regular meeting other than such resolution. A special meeting of any committee or subcommittee shall be called by resolution of the Board of Directors or by the Secretary upon the request of the Chief Executive Officer, the Chairman of the Board or a majority of the members of any committee. Notice of special meetings shall be given to each member of the committee in the same manner as that provided for in Section 3.11 hereof.

 

4.2            Committee Members .

 

(i)          Each member of any committee of the Board of Directors shall hold office until such member’s successor is elected and has qualified, unless such member sooner dies, resigns or is removed.

 

(ii)         The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee to fill any vacancy on a committee and to fill a vacant chairmanship of a committee, occurring as a result of a member or chairman leaving the committee, whether through death, resignation, removal or otherwise.

 

4.3            Committee Secretary .

 

The Secretary shall act as secretary of any committee or subcommittee, unless otherwise provided by the Board of Directors or the committee or subcommittee, as applicable.

 

Article V

 

OFFICERS

 

5.1            General .

 

(i)          The officers of the Corporation shall be elected by the Board of Directors, subject to Section 5.1(ii) and Article VI. The officers of the Corporation shall consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer and a Secretary and, subject to clause (ii) of this Section 5.1, such other officers as in the judgment of the Board of Directors may be necessary or desirable, including a General Counsel. All officers elected by the Board of Directors shall have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the specific provisions of this Article V. Such officers shall also have powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred by the Board of Directors or any committee thereof. Any number of offices may be held by the same Person, unless otherwise prohibited by law or these Bylaws. The officers of the Corporation need not be stockholders or directors of the Corporation.

 

(ii)         For so long as the Management Services Agreement is in effect, the Manager shall, subject at all times to the supervision of the Board of Directors, provide and be responsible for the day-to-day management of the Corporation, including the secondment of personnel nominated to serve as the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer. In accordance with the terms of the Management Services Agreement, only the Manager will have the right to nominate officers of the Corporation, including the Secretary and the General Counsel, if any. The Board of Directors shall elect nominated personnel as officers of the Corporation in accordance with this Article V. In the event that the appointment of the Manager is terminated pursuant to the terms of the Management Services Agreement and no replacement manager is retained, the Nominating and Governance Committee shall nominate and the Board of Directors shall elect the officers of the Corporation.

 

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5.2            Election and Term of Office .

 

Subject to Section 5.1(ii) above, the elected officers of the Corporation shall be elected annually by the Board of Directors at a meeting of the Board of Directors held as soon as is convenient after each annual meeting of the stockholders. Each officer shall hold office until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified or until his or her death or resignation or removal.

 

5.3            Chief Executive Officer .

 

The Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation shall, subject to the oversight of the Board of Directors, supervise, coordinate and manage the Corporation’s business and operations, and supervise, coordinate and manage its activities, operating expenses and capital allocation, shall have general authority to exercise all the powers necessary for the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws, all in accordance with basic policies as may be established by the Board of Directors.

 

5.4            Chief Financial Officer .

 

The Chief Financial Officer shall have responsibility for the financial affairs of the Corporation, including the preparation of financial reports, managing financial risk and overseeing accounting and internal control over financial reporting, subject to the responsibilities of the Audit Committee. In the absence of a General Counsel, the Chief Financial Officer shall be responsible for the performance of the duties of Secretary. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws, all in accordance with basic policies as may be established by the Board of Directors and subject to the oversight of the Board of Directors and the Chief Executive Officer.

 

5.5            General Counsel .

 

The General Counsel, if any, shall have responsibility for the legal affairs of the Corporation and for the performance of the duties of the Secretary. The General Counsel shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as may be prescribed by the Board of Directors or these Bylaws, all in accordance with basic policies as may be established by the Board of Directors and subject to the oversight of the Board of Directors and the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer.

 

5.6            Secretary .

 

The Secretary shall act as secretary of all meetings of stockholders and the Board of Directors and any meeting of any committee of the Board of Directors. The Secretary shall prepare and keep or cause to be kept in books provided for the purpose minutes of all meetings of stockholders and the Board of Directors and any meeting of any committee of the Board of Directors; shall see that all notices are duly given in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws and applicable law; and shall perform all duties incident to the office of Secretary and as required by law and such other duties as may be assigned to him or her from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

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5.7            Resignations and Removals .

 

Any officer of the Corporation may resign at any time upon notice of such resignation to the Corporation.

 

Subject to Section 6.5, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by an affirmative vote of the majority of the Board of Directors at any regular or special meeting of the Board of Directors or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the Board of Directors, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board of Directors.

 

5.8            Vacancies .

 

Subject to Section 5.1(ii) above, a newly created office and a vacancy in any office because of death, resignation or removal may be filled by the Board of Directors for the unexpired portion of the term at any meeting of the Board of Directors.

 

5.9            Representation of Shares of Other Corporations .

 

The Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Secretary or any other Person authorized by the Board of Directors or the Chief Executive Officer, is authorized to vote, represent, and exercise on behalf of the Corporation all rights incident to any and all shares of any other corporation or corporations standing in the name of the Corporation. The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such Person directly or by any other Person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such Person having the authority.

 

Article VI

 

MANAGEMENT

 

6.1            Duties of the Manager .

 

For so long as the Management Services Agreement is in effect and subject at all times to the oversight of the Board of Directors, the Manager will manage the business of the Corporation and provide its services to the Corporation in accordance with the terms of the Management Services Agreement.

 

6.2            Secondment of the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer .

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Management Services Agreement, the Manager will arrange for the secondment to the Corporation, on a wholly dedicated basis, individuals acceptable to the Board of Directors to serve as the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

 

6.3            Secondment of Additional Officers .

 

Pursuant to the terms of the Management Services Agreement, the Manager and the Corporation may agree from time to time that the Manager will second to the Corporation one or more additional individuals to serve as officers of the Corporation, upon such terms as the Manager and the Corporation may mutually agree. Any such individuals will have such titles and fulfill such functions as the Manager and the Corporation may mutually agree.

 

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6.4            Election of the Secondees as Officers of the Corporation .

 

The Board of Directors will elect the seconded Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, and any additional individuals seconded to the Corporation by the Manager to serve as officers of the Corporation, as officers of the Corporation in accordance with Article V hereof.

 

6.5            Removal of Seconded Officers .

 

For so long as the Management Services Agreement is in effect, the officers of the Corporation seconded by the Manager may only be removed pursuant to the terms of the Management Services Agreement.

 

6.6            Replacement Manager .

 

In the event that the Management Services Agreement is terminated and the Board of Directors determines that a replacement manager should be retained to provide for the management of the Corporation pursuant to a management or other services agreement, the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting of stockholders shall be required to retain such replacement manager.

 

Article VII

 

STOCK

 

7.1            Stock Certificates .

 

The shares of the Corporation shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Corporation. Every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by the Chairman of the Board, or the Chief Executive Officer, and by the Treasurer or an assistant Treasurer, or the Secretary or an assistant Secretary of the Corporation representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such Person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The Corporation shall not have power to issue a certificate in bearer form.

 

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7.2            Special Designation on Certificates .

 

If the Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the preferences, and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided, however , that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the DGCL, in lieu of the foregoing requirements there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate that the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the Corporation shall send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to this Section 7.2 or Sections 151, 156, 202(a) or 218(a) of the DGCL or with respect to this Section 7.2 a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated stock and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical.

 

7.3            Lost Certificates .

 

Except as provided in this Section 7.3, no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the Corporation and cancelled at the same time. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.

 

7.4            Dividends .

 

The Board of Directors, subject to any restrictions contained in the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of the Corporation’s capital stock.

 

The Board of Directors may set apart out of any of the funds of the Corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve. Such purposes shall include but not be limited to equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any Property, and meeting contingencies.

 

7.5            Transfer of Stock .

 

Transfers of record of shares of stock of the Corporation shall be made only upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by an attorney duly authorized, and, subject to Section 7.3 of these Bylaws, if such stock is certificated, upon the surrender of a certificate or certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer.

 

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7.6            Stock Transfer Agreements .

 

The Corporation shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the Corporation to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the Corporation of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.

 

7.7            Registered Stockholders .

 

The Corporation:

 

(i)          shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a Person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends and to vote as such owner;

 

(ii)         shall be entitled to hold liable for calls and assessments the Person registered on its books as the owner of shares; and

 

(iii)        shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of another Person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.

 

Article VIII

 

INDEMNIFICATION

 

8.1            Indemnification of Directors and Officers in Third Party Proceedings .

 

Subject to the other provisions of this Article VIII, the Corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as now or hereinafter in effect, any Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “ Proceeding ”) (other than an action by or in the right of the Corporation) by reason of the fact that such Person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with such Proceeding if such Person acted in good faith and in a manner such Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such Person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the Person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such Person’s conduct was unlawful.

 

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8.2            Indemnification of Directors and Officers in Actions by or in the Right of the Corporation .

 

Subject to the other provisions of this Article VIII, the Corporation shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as now or hereinafter in effect, any Person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action or suit by or in the right of the Corporation to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such Person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation, or is or was a director or officer of the Corporation serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection with the defense or settlement of such action or suit if such Person acted in good faith and in a manner such Person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such Person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Corporation unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such Person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

 

8.3            Successful Defense .

 

To the extent that a present or former director or officer of the Corporation has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding described in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such Person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such Person in connection therewith.

 

8.4            Indemnification of Others .

 

Subject to the other provisions of this Article VIII, the Corporation shall have power to indemnify its employees and agents to the extent not prohibited by the DGCL or other applicable law. The Board of Directors shall have the power to delegate to such Person or Persons as the Board of Directors shall in its discretion determine the determination of whether employees or agents shall be indemnified.

 

8.5            Advance Payment of Expenses .

 

Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by an officer or director of the Corporation in defending any Proceeding shall be paid by the Corporation in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding upon receipt of a written request therefor (together with documentation reasonably evidencing such expenses) and an undertaking by or on behalf of the Person to repay such amounts if it shall ultimately be determined that the Person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VIII or the DGCL. Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents of the Corporation or by Persons serving at the request of the Corporation as directors, officers, employees or agents of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Corporation deems appropriate. The right to advancement of expenses shall not apply to any claim for which indemnity is excluded pursuant to these Bylaws, but shall apply to any Proceeding referenced in Section 8.6(ii) or 8.6(iii) prior to a determination that the Person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Corporation.

 

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8.6            Limitation on Indemnification .

 

Subject to the requirements in Section 8.3 and the DGCL, the Corporation shall not be obligated to indemnify any Person pursuant to this Article VIII in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding):

 

(i)          for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of such Person under any statute, insurance policy, indemnity provision, vote or otherwise, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid;

 

(ii)         for an accounting or disgorgement of profits pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, or similar provisions of federal, state or local statutory law or common law, if such Person is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement arrangements);

 

(iii)        for any reimbursement of the Corporation by such Person of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by such Person from the sale of securities of the Corporation, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Corporation pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, or the payment to the Corporation of profits arising from the purchase and sale by such Person of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), if such Person is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement arrangements);

 

(iv)        initiated by such Person, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by such Person against the Corporation or its directors, officers, employees, agents or other indemnitees, unless (a) the Board of Directors authorized the Proceeding (or the relevant part of the Proceeding) prior to its initiation, (b) the Corporation provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Corporation under applicable law, (c) otherwise required to be made under Section 8.7 or (d) otherwise required by applicable law; or

 

(v)         if prohibited by applicable law; provided , however , that if any provision or provisions of this Article VIII shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (1) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article VIII (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph or clause containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (2) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article VIII (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph or clause containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

 

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8.7            Determination; Claim .

 

If a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article VIII is not paid in full within ninety (90) days after receipt by the Corporation of the written request therefor, the claimant shall be entitled to an adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction of his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of expenses. The Corporation shall indemnify such Person against any and all expenses that are incurred by such Person in connection with any action for indemnification or advancement of expenses from the Corporation under this Article VIII, to the extent such Person is successful in such action, and to the extent not prohibited by law. In any such suit, the Corporation shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses.

 

8.8            Non-Exclusivity of Rights .

 

The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the Certificate of Incorporation or any statute, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such Person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. The Corporation is specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advancement of expenses, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL or other applicable law.

 

8.9            Insurance .

 

The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any Person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such Person and incurred by such Person in any such capacity, or arising out of such Person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such Person against such liability under the provisions of the DGCL.

 

8.10          Survival .

 

The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred by this Article VIII shall continue as to a Person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a Person.

 

8.11          Effect of Repeal or Modification .

 

A right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses arising under a provision of the Certificate of Incorporation or a bylaw shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought, unless the provision in effect at the time of such act or omission explicitly authorizes such elimination or impairment after such action or omission has occurred.

 

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8.12          Certain Definitions .

 

For purposes of this Article VIII, references to the “ Corporation ” shall include any constituent corporation (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents, so that any Person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent corporation, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the resulting or surviving corporation as such Person would have with respect to such constituent corporation if its separate existence had continued. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to “ other enterprises ” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “ fines ” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a Person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “ serving at the request of the Corporation ” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a Person who acted in good faith and in a manner such Person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “ not opposed to the best interests of the Corporation ” as referred to in this Article VIII.

 

8.13          Notices .

 

Any notice, request or other communications required or permitted to be given to the Corporation under this Article VIII shall be in writing and either delivered in person or sent by facsimile, telex, telegram, overnight mail or courier service, or certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, to the General Counsel or the Secretary of the Corporation and shall be effective only upon receipt by the General Counsel or the Secretary, as the case may be.

 

8.14          Reliance .

 

Each director of the Corporation shall, in the performance of such director’s duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Corporation by the Manager, or employees of the Manager, or any of the officers of the Corporation, or committees of the Board of Directors, or by any other Person as to matters the director reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.

 

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Article IX

 

BOOKS AND RECORDS

 

9.1            Books and Records .

 

(i)          The Corporation, other than as provided in the Management Services Agreement, shall keep or cause to be kept at its principal office appropriate books and records with respect to the Corporation’s business, including, without limitation, all books and records necessary to provide to the stockholders any information, lists and copies of documents required to be provided pursuant to applicable law. Any books and records maintained by or on behalf of the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including, without limitation, the record of the stockholders, books of account and records of Corporation proceedings, may be kept in electronic or any other form, provided that the books and records so maintained are convertible into clearly legible written form within a reasonable period of time.

 

(ii)         Any stockholder, in person or by attorney or other agent, shall, upon written demand stating the purpose thereof, have the right during the usual business hours to inspect for any proper purpose, and to make copies and extracts from: (1) the stock register, a list of the stockholders, and its other books and records; and (2) a Subsidiary of the Corporation’s books and records or copies thereof in electronic form, to the extent that (i) the Corporation has actual possession and control of such records of such Subsidiary, or (ii) the Corporation could obtain such records through the exercise of control over such Subsidiary, provided that as of the date of the making of the demand (A) stockholder inspection of such books and records of such Subsidiary would not constitute a breach of an agreement between the Corporation or such Subsidiary and a Person or Persons not affiliated with the Corporation, and (B) such Subsidiary would not have the right under the law applicable to it to deny the Corporation access to such books and records upon demand by the Corporation. In every instance where the beneficial holder of shares is not a holder of record, the demand shall state the Person’s status as a beneficial holder of shares, be accompanied by documentary evidence of beneficial ownership of shares, and state that such documentary evidence is a true and correct copy of what it purports to be. A proper purpose shall mean a purpose reasonably related to such Person’s interest as a stockholder or beneficial holder of shares.

 

Article X

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

10.1          Forum Selection Clause .

 

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation; (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders; (c) any action asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws; (d) any action to interpret, apply, enforce or determine the validity of this Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws or (e) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the provisions of this Section 10.1.

 

10.2          Time .

 

In computing any period of time pursuant to these Bylaws, the day of the act, event or default from which the designated period of time begins to run shall not be included, but the time shall begin to run on the next succeeding day. The last day of the period so computed shall be included, unless it is a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banks in The City of New York are required or authorized by law or executive order to close, in which event the period shall run until the end of the next day which is not a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which banks in The City of New York are required or authorized by law or executive order to close.

 

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10.3          Severability .

 

If any provision of these Bylaws shall be held to be invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation, then such provision shall nonetheless be enforced to the maximum extent possible consistent with such holding and the remaining provisions of these Bylaws (including without limitation, all portions of any section of these Bylaws containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with the Certificate of Incorporation, that are not themselves invalid, illegal, unenforceable or in conflict with the Certificate of Incorporation) shall remain in full force and effect.

 

10.4          Variation of Terms .

 

All terms and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the Person or Persons may require.

 

10.5          Fiscal Year .

 

The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors and may be changed by the Board of Directors.

 

10.6          Seal .

 

The Corporation may adopt a corporate seal, which shall be adopted and which may be altered by the Board of Directors. The Corporation may use the corporate seal by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

 

Article XI

 

AMENDMENTS

 

11.1          Amendments .

 

The Board of Directors is authorized to amend the terms of these Bylaws by resolution adopted by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Entire Board of Directors; provided, however , that Section 6.6 and this Section 11.1 hereof may not be amended without the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of stockholders; provided further, however , that for so long as the Management Services Agreement is in effect, Section 3.7, Article VI, this Section 11.1 and Section 11.2 may not be amended without the prior written consent of the Manager.

 

11.2          Execution of Amendments by Officers .

 

The Board of Directors may authorize any of the officers of the Corporation to execute any amendment to these Bylaws that is adopted in accordance with Section 11.1 and this Section 11.2.

 

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Exhibit 10.25

 

Execution Version

   

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

among

 

IDAHO WIND PARTNERS 1, LLC ,
as Borrower,

 

THE SUBSIDIARIES OF BORROWER SIGNATORY HERETO,
as Borrower Subsidiaries,

 

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS SIGNATORY HERETO,

as Lenders,

 

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH,

as Administrative Agent, PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and
Joint Lead Arranger,

 

ING CAPITAL LLC,
as DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and Joint Lead Arranger,

 

NORDDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Joint Lead Arranger,

 

UNION BANK, N.A.,

as Collateral Agent

 

 

Up to 183 MW Wind Generation Facilities
Southern Idaho, Idaho

 

 

Dated as of October 8, 2010

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ANNEXES, Exhibits and Schedules vi
   
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS 1
     
1.1 Definitions 1
1.2 Rules of Interpretation 1
1.3 Accounting Terms 1
     
ARTICLE II THE CREDIT FACILITIES 2
     
2.1 Construction Loan Facilities 2
2.2 Term Loan Facility 3
2.3 Tranche C Loan Facility 4
2.4 Letter of Credit Facility 5
2.5 Interest Provisions Relating to All Loans 12
2.6 Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt 16
2.7 Loan Funding 17
2.8 Prepayments; Reduction of Commitments 18
2.9 Other Payment Terms 20
2.10 Sharing of Payments, Etc. 25
2.11 Limitations on LIBO Rate Borrowing; Change of Circumstances 25
2.12 Funding Losses 28
2.13 Alternate Office; Minimization of Costs 28
2.14 Fees 29
2.15 Loan Type and Class 30
2.16 Defaulting Lenders 31
2.17 Incremental Loans 33
     
ARTICLE III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT 35
     
3.1 Conditions Precedent to Closing 35
3.2 Conditions Precedent to Issuance of Letters of Credit 43
3.3 Conditions Precedent to Each Construction Loan 44
3.4 Conditions Precedent to Tranche B Construction Loans 47
3.5 Conditions Precedent to Tranche C Loans that are REC Loans 48
3.6 Conditions Precedent to Tranche C Loans that are Salmon Falls Loans 50
3.7 Conditions Precedent to Term Conversion 53
     
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 57
     
4.1 Organization; Power and Authority 57
4.2 Authorization; No Conflict 57
4.3 Enforceability 58
4.4 Compliance with Organizational Documents and Law 58
4.5 Compliance with Project Documents; Existing Defaults 58
4.6 No Default 58
4.7 No Closing Date Material Adverse Effect 59
4.8 Bankruptcy Event 59

 

 

 

 

4.9 Indebtedness, Contracts, Etc. 59
4.10 Offices 59
4.11 Accounts 59
4.12 Financial Statements 59
4.13 No Ownership by Disqualified Persons 59
4.14 Regulation U, Etc. 59
4.15 Ranking 59
4.16 Ownership; Single-Purpose Entity 60
4.17 Investment Company 60
4.18 Partnerships and Joint Ventures; Investments 60
4.19 Taxes 60
4.20 Tax Status 60
4.21 ERISA 61
4.22 Labor Disputes and Acts of God 61
4.23 Project Documents 61
4.24 Project Document Representations 61
4.25 Proper Subdivision 62
4.26 Land Not in Flood Zone 62
4.27 Collateral; Title and Liens 62
4.28 Environmental Matters 63
4.29 Permits 64
4.30 Utilities 64
4.31 Gen-Tie Lines; Roads 64
4.32 REC Compliance; FPA and PUHCA 65
4.33 Project Completion Date; Project Costs 65
4.34 Insurance 66
4.35 Grant Eligible 66
4.36 Cash Grant Application 66
4.37 Anti-Terrorism Laws 67
4.38 Litigation 67
4.39 Intellectual Property 67
4.40 Project Work 67
4.41 Project Budgets; Projection 67
4.42 Disclosure 68
     
ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS 68
     
5.1 Use of Loan Proceeds and Project Revenues. 68
5.2 Payment 69
5.3 Notices 69
5.4 Financial Statements 71
5.5 Reports 73
5.6 Additional Permits and Project Documents; Additional Consents 74
5.7 Existence, Conduct of Business, Properties, Etc. 74
5.8 Books, Records, Access 75
5.9 QF; REC Compliance 75
5.10 Operation of Projects and Annual Budget and Annual Maintenance Plan 75

 

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5.11 Preservation of Rights; Further Assurances 76
5.12 Construction of Projects; Operation Date 77
5.13 Taxes, Other Government Charges and Utility Charges 78
5.14 Compliance With Laws, Instruments, Etc. 78
5.15 Maintenance of Insurance 79
5.16 Warranty of Title 79
5.17 Event of Eminent Domain 79
5.18 Compliance with Project Document Covenants 79
5.19 Interest Rate Hedging Agreements 80
5.20 Spare Parts 80
5.21 Upwind Array Event 80
5.22 WTG Location Variance Event 81
5.23 Cash Grant Applications 81
5.24 Site Surveys 83
5.25 Government Regulation 83
5.26 Supplemental Reserve 83
5.27 BOP O&M Agreement; Operations Support Agreement 83
5.28 Nomination of Net Energy Amounts 83
5.29 Delay Security LCs; Interconnection LCs 84
5.30 Warranty Period 84
5.31 Intentionally deleted 84
5.32 Payne’s Ferry Lease Amendment; Landowner Estoppels 85
     
ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS 85
     
6.1 Limitations on Liens 85
6.2 Indebtedness 85
6.3 Sale or Lease of Assets 85
6.4 Changes 85
6.5 Distributions 85
6.6 Investments 86
6.7 Transactions with Affiliates 86
6.8 Regulations 86
6.9 Loan Proceeds; Project Revenues 86
6.10 Partnerships 86
6.11 Dissolution 87
6.12 Amendments; Change Orders; Completion 87
6.13 Name and Location; Fiscal Year 88
6.14 Use of Sites 88
6.15 Assignment 88
6.16 Transfer of Interests 88
6.17 Abandonment of Project 89
6.18 Additional Documents 89
6.19 Government Regulation 89
6.20 Accounts 89
6.21 Transfer to a Disqualified Person 90
6.22 ERISA 90

 

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6.23 Clauses Restricting Borrower Subsidiary Distributions 90
     
ARTICLE VII GUARANTEE 90
     
7.1 Guarantee 90
7.2 Obligations Unconditional 91
7.3 Reinstatement 91
7.4 Subrogation 92
7.5 Remedies 92
7.6 Instrument for the Payment of Money 92
7.7 Continuing Guarantee 92
7.8 General Limitation on Guaranteed Obligations 92
     
ARTICLE VIII EVENTS OF DEFAULT 93
     
8.1 Failure to Make Payments 93
8.2 Judgments 93
8.3 Representations and Warranties 94
8.4 Bankruptcy; Insolvency 94
8.5 ERISA 95
8.6 Cross Default; Cross Acceleration 95
8.7 Breach of Project Documents 96
8.8 Breach of Terms of Credit Agreement; Credit Documents 99
8.9 Loss of QF Status; Government Regulation 100
8.10 Security 100
8.11 Loss of Required Permits 100
8.12 Change of Control 100
8.13 Destruction or Abandonment of a Project 101
8.14 Cash Grant Recapture Liabilities 101
8.15 Member Indemnity 101
8.16 Completion 101
8.17 Change in Law 102
8.18 Loss of Collateral 102
     
ARTICLE IX REMEDIES 102
     
9.1 No Further Loans or Letters of Credit 102
9.2 Cure by Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent 102
9.3 Acceleration 103
9.4 Accounts; Cash Collateral 103
9.5 Possession of Project 103
9.6 Remedies Under Credit Documents 103
9.7 Order of Payments During Continuance of Events of Default 103
9.8 Interest Rate Hedge Agreements 103

 

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ARTICLE X SCOPE OF LIABILITY 104
   
ARTICLE XI AGENTS AND LETTER OF CREDIT ISSUING BANKS; SUBSTITUTION 104
     
11.1 Appointment, Powers and Immunities 104
11.2 Reliance by Agents and Letter of Credit Issuing Bank 105
11.3 Non-Reliance 106
11.4 Defaults 106
11.5 Indemnification 107
11.6 Collateral Agent’s Duty of Care 107
11.7 Information 107
11.8 Successor Agents and Letter of Credit Issuing Banks 108
11.9 Withholding Tax 109
11.10 Consents and Approvals 109
11.11 Substitution of Lender 111
11.12 Participations 112
11.13 Transfer of Commitment 113
11.14 Laws 114
11.15 Assignability to Federal Reserve Bank or Central Bank 114
     
ARTICLE XII INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS 115
     
12.1 Removal and Fees 115
12.2 Duties 115
12.3 Independent Consultants’ Certificates 115
     
ARTICLE XIII MISCELLANEOUS 115
     
13.1 Notices 115
13.2 Additional Security; Right to Set-Off 118
13.3 No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative 119
13.4 Costs, Expenses and Attorneys’ Fees; Syndication 119
13.5 Indemnification 119
13.6 Entire Agreement 121
13.7 Governing Law 121
13.8 Severability 122
13.9 Headings 122
13.10 Additional Financing 122
13.11 No Partnership, Etc. 122
13.12 Limitation on Liability 122
13.13 Waiver of Jury Trial 122
13.14 Consent to Jurisdiction 123
13.15 Usury 123
13.16 Successors and Assigns 124
13.17 Counterparts 124
13.18 USA PATRIOT Act Compliance 124
13.19 Confidentiality 125
13.20 Jointly Drafted 125
13.21 Union Bank, N.A. 125

 

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ANNEXES, Exhibits and Schedules

 

Annexes
Annex A Definitions
Annex B Rules of Interpretation
   
Exhibits
Forms of Notes
Exhibit A-1 Form of Tranche A Construction Note
Exhibit A-2 Form of Tranche B Construction Note
Exhibit A-3 Form of Term Note
Exhibit A-4 Form of Tranche C Loan Note
Exhibit A-5 Form of LC Note
Exhibit A-6 Form of Member Loan Note
Exhibit A-7 Form of Borrower Subsidiary Loan Note
   
Form of Letters of Credit
Exhibit B-1 Form of PPA Letter of Credit
Exhibit B-2 Form of DSR Letter of Credit
   
Disbursement Procedures
Exhibit C-1 Disbursement Procedures for Construction Loans
   
Forms of Notices
Exhibit D-1 Form of Notice of Construction Loan Borrowing
Exhibit D-2 Form of Notice of Term Conversion
Exhibit D-3A Form of Notice of Tranche C Loan Borrowing (REC Loans)
Exhibit D-3B Form of Notice of Tranche C Loan Borrowing (Salmon Falls Loans)
Exhibit D-4 Form of Notice of LC Activity
Exhibit D-5 Form of Conversion/Continuation Certificate
   
Forms of Draw-Down/Completion Certificates
Exhibit E-1 Form of Drawdown Certificate of Borrower
Exhibit E-2 Form of Drawdown Certificate of Independent Engineer
Exhibit E-3 Form of Total Completion Certificate of Borrower
Exhibit E-4 Form of Total Completion Certificate of Independent Engineer
Exhibit E-5 Form of Completion (Salmon Falls) Certificate of Borrower
Exhibit E-6 Form of Completion (Salmon Falls) Certificate of Independent Engineer
   
Forms of Collateral Documents
Exhibit F-1 Form of Member Indemnity Agreement
Exhibit F-2 Form of Pledge and Security Agreement
Exhibit F-3 Form of Depositary Agreement
Exhibit F-4 [Intentionally Omitted]
Exhibit F-5 Form of Mortgage
Exhibit F-6 Form of Consent

 

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Forms of Certificates and Opinions
Exhibit G-1(a) Form of Borrower’s Closing Certificate
Exhibit G-1(b) Form of Borrower Subsidiary Closing Certificate
Exhibit G-1(c) Form of Member Closing Certificate
Exhibit G-2 Form of Insurance Consultant’s Certificate
Exhibit G-3 Form of Independent Engineer’s Certificate
Exhibit G-4 Form of Wind Consultant’s Certificate
Exhibit G-5 Form of Financial Condition Certificate
Exhibit G-6 Form of Process Agent’s Letter
Exhibit G-7 Form of Insurance Broker’s Certificate
Exhibit G-8 Form of Eligible Costs Certificate
Exhibit G-9 Form of Borrower’s Tranche B Construction Loan Certificate
Exhibit G-10 Form of Cash Grant Opinion
Exhibit G-11 Form of Independent Engineer’s Tranche B Construction Loan Certificate
   
Project-Related Documents
Exhibit H-1 List of Permits
Exhibit H-2 List of Landowner Estoppels
Exhibit H-3 Project Documents
Exhibit H-4 Grant Eligibility Standards
Exhibit H-5 Project Schedules
Exhibit H-6 List of Required Consents
Exhibit H-7 Closing Date Base Case Projections
Exhibit H-8 Amendments to Organizational Documents
   
Miscellaneous
Exhibit I Lenders
Exhibit J-1 Form of Withholding Certificate (Portfolio Interest)
Exhibit K Loan Amortization Schedule
Exhibit L LC Loan Amortization Schedule
Exhibit M Form of Assignment
Exhibit N Borrower Subsidiaries
Exhibit O Description of Disputes
   
Schedules
Schedule 3.1(l) Legal Opinions
Schedule 3.5(l) REC Document Legal Opinions
Schedule 4.10 Offices
Schedule 4.27 UCC Financing Statements
Schedule 5.15 Insurance Requirements
Schedule 5.31 Amendment to Transmission Easements

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of October 8, 2010 (this “ Credit Agreement ”), among IDAHO WIND PARTNERS 1, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Borrower ”), each wholly owned subsidiary of Borrower listed on Exhibit N hereto (each individually, a “ Borrower Subsidiary ” and collectively, the “ Borrower Subsidiaries ”), the financial institutions signatory hereto (the “ Lenders ”), THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH , as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, “ Administrative Agent ”), Joint Lead Arranger and Syndication Agent, ING CAPITAL LLC , as Joint Lead Arranger and Co-Documentation Agent, NORDDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE, NEW YORK BRANCH , as Joint Lead Arranger and Co-Documentation Agent, UNION BANK, N.A. , as Collateral Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, and including any permitted successors or assigns “ Collateral Agent ”), THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH , as PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank (in such capacity, and including any permitted successors or assigns, the “ PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank ”) and ING CAPITAL LLC , as DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank (in such capacity, and including any permitted successors or assigns, the “ DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank ”).

 

WITNESSETH :

 

WHEREAS, each Borrower Subsidiary is a wholly owned subsidiary of Borrower;

 

WHEREAS, Borrower and each Borrower Subsidiary have been organized to undertake the development, construction, completion, ownership, operation and maintenance of the Projects, as applicable, as each Project is more fully defined in Annex A ;

 

WHEREAS, in order to finance the development, construction, operation and maintenance of the Projects, Borrower has requested the Lenders to provide the credit facilities described herein; and

 

WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to provide the credit facilities described herein upon the terms and conditions herein set forth.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual agreements hereinafter contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS

 

1.1          Definitions . Each capitalized term used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning assigned thereto in Annex A .

 

1.2          Rules of Interpretation . Certain rules of interpretation applicable to this Credit Agreement are set forth in Annex B .

 

1.3          Accounting Terms . All financial statements and certificates and reports as to financial matters required to be delivered to Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant to this Credit Agreement shall be prepared and interpreted in accordance with GAAP.

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II
THE CREDIT FACILITIES

 

2.1          Construction Loan Facilities .

 

(a)           Tranche A Construction Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Credit Agreement, each Tranche A Lender hereby agrees, severally and not jointly, to advance to Borrower from time to time during the Tranche A Construction Loan Availability Period, but not more than twice in any month, such loans as Borrower may request under Section 2.1(c) (individually, a “ Tranche A Construction Loan ”; and, collectively the “ Tranche A Construction Loans ”) in a principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed such Tranche A Lender’s Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment. The aggregate amount of the Tranche A Construction Loan Commitments shall not exceed $138,500,000 (such amount, as may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, the “ Total Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment ”). The aggregate amount of Tranche A Construction Loans outstanding at any point in time shall not exceed the Total Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment.

 

(b)           Tranche B Construction Loans . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Credit Agreement, each Tranche B Lender hereby agrees, severally and not jointly, to advance to Borrower from time to time during the Tranche B Construction Loan Availability Period, but not more than twice in any month, such loans as Borrower may request under Section 2.1(c) (individually, a “ Tranche B Construction Loan ”; and, collectively the “ Tranche B Construction Loans ”) in a principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed such Tranche B Lender’s Tranche B Construction Loan Commitment. The aggregate amount of the Tranche B Construction Loan Commitments shall not exceed $83,250,000 (such amount, as may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, the “ Total Tranche B Construction Loan Commitment ”, and together with the Total Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment, the “ Total Construction Loan Commitment ”). The aggregate maximum amount of Tranche B Construction Loans outstanding at any point in time shall not exceed the lesser of (A) the Tranche B Construction Loan Commitment and (B) 95% of 30% of total funded Eligible Costs for all the Projects at such time.

 

(c)           Notice of Construction Loan Borrowing . Borrower shall request Tranche A Construction Loans and Tranche B Construction Loans (collectively, the “ Construction Loans ”) by delivering to Administrative Agent an irrevocable written notice in the form of Exhibit D-1 , appropriately completed (a “ Notice of Construction Loan Borrowing ”), which specifies, among other things: (i) the amount of the requested Borrowing, which shall be in the minimum amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof; provided that such minimum amount shall not apply to the final Borrowing of Tranche A Construction Loans or Tranche B Construction Loans; (ii) the date of the requested Borrowing, which shall be a Banking Day; and (iii) whether the Construction Loans then being requested are to be (or what portion or portions thereof are to be) Base Rate Loans or LIBO Rate Loans and the Interest Period or Interest Periods with respect thereto in the case of LIBO Rate Loans. Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a Notice of Construction Loan Borrowing relating to each Construction Loan by 11:00 a.m. at least (i) three Banking Days before the date of the requested Borrowing in respect of LIBO Rate Loans and (ii) two Banking Days before the date of the requested Borrowing in respect of Base Rate Loans.

 

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(d)           Construction Loan Principal Payments .

 

(i)          To the extent not previously paid or converted to Term Loans as provided in Section 2.2(a) , Borrower shall repay to Administrative Agent, for the account of the Tranche A Lenders, in full on the Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date, the unpaid principal amount of the Tranche A Construction Loans, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and fees and costs and other amounts due and payable under the Credit Documents with respect to the Tranche A Construction Loans.

 

(ii)         To the extent not previously paid, Borrower shall repay to Administrative Agent, for the account of the Tranche B Lenders, in full on the Tranche B Construction Loan Maturity Date, the unpaid principal amount of all Tranche B Construction Loans made by the Tranche B Lenders, together with all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and fees and costs and other amounts due and payable under the Credit Documents with respect to such Tranche B Construction Loans.

 

2.2          Term Loan Facility .

 

(a)           Term Loans . Subject to the terms and provisions set forth in this Credit Agreement, each Tranche A Lender agrees, severally but not jointly, to make to Borrower on the Term Conversion Date such loan as Borrower may request under Section 2.2(b) (individually, a “ Term Loan ”; and, collectively, the “ Term Loans ”), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such Tranche A Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Total Term Loan Commitment. The aggregate amount of the Term Loan Commitments available to Borrower on the Term Conversion Date shall be the lesser of (i) $138,500,000 and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Tranche A Construction Loans then outstanding as of the Term Conversion Date (after giving effect to any prepayments of the Tranche A Construction Loans to be made by Borrower on the Term Conversion Date pursuant to Section 2.8(c)(vii) , if applicable) together with all accrued and unpaid interest, fees and costs and other amounts payable under the Credit Documents with respect thereto (such amount, as may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, the “ Total Term Loan Commitment ”). Each Tranche A Lender shall make its Term Loan by converting to a Term Loan the unpaid principal amount of its Tranche A Construction Loans then outstanding as of the Term Conversion Date together with all accrued and unpaid interest, fees and costs and other amounts payable under the Credit Documents with respect thereto, in an amount not in excess of its Term Loan Commitment. Each Tranche A Lender’s Term Loan Commitment shall be irrevocably terminated upon the making of such Term Loan by such Tranche A Lender on the Term Conversion Date.

 

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(b)           Notice of Term Conversion . Borrower shall request Term Conversion by delivering to Administrative Agent a written notice in the form of Exhibit D-2 , appropriately completed (the “ Notice of Term Conversion ”), which specifies, among other things: (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Tranche A Construction Loans to be converted to Term Loans, which shall not exceed the Total Term Loan Commitment; (ii) the proposed date of the Term Conversion, which shall be (A) no later than the Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date, and (B) on a Banking Day; (iii) whether the Term Loans then being requested are to be (or what portion thereof are to be) Base Rate Loans or LIBO Rate Loans and (iv) the initial Interest Periods selected by Borrower for such Term Loans, which Interest Periods shall correspond to those currently in effect under any Interest Rate Hedging Agreement. Borrower shall deliver the Notice of Term Conversion by 11:00 a.m. at least five Banking Days before the requested Term Conversion Date; provided , however , that such Notice of Term Conversion shall not be delivered more than 15 Banking Days before the requested Term Conversion Date.

 

(c)           Term Loan Principal Payments . Borrower shall repay to Administrative Agent, for the account of each Tranche A Lender, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Term Loan made by such Lender in installments payable on each Repayment Date in accordance with the Loan Amortization Schedule set forth on Exhibit K (as the same may be amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified in accordance with this Credit Agreement). Borrower shall repay to Administrative Agent, for the account of each Tranche A Lender, in full on the Term Loan Maturity Date any remaining unpaid principal, accrued and unpaid interest thereon and fees and costs with respect thereto due and payable hereunder.

 

2.3          Tranche C Loan Facility .

 

(a)           Tranche C Loans . Subject to the terms and provisions set forth in this Credit Agreement, each Tranche C Lender agrees, severally but not jointly, to advance to Borrower from time to time during the Tranche C Loan Availability Period, but not more than twice in any month, such loans as Borrower may request under Section 2.3(b) (individually, a “ Tranche C Loan ”; and, collectively, the “ Tranche C Loans ”), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such Tranche C Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Tranche C Loan Commitment; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, there shall be no more than one borrowing of Tranche C Loans that are Salmon Falls Loans hereunder. The aggregate amount of the Tranche C Loan Commitments shall not exceed $0 (such amount, as may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, the “ Total Tranche C Loan Commitment ”). The aggregate amount of Tranche C Loans outstanding at any point in time shall not exceed the Total Tranche C Loan Commitment. Each Tranche C Lender’s Tranche C Loan Commitment shall be irrevocably terminated upon the termination of the Tranche C Loan Availability Period.

 

(b)           Notice of Tranche C Loan Borrowing . Borrower shall request Tranche C Loans by delivering to Administrative Agent an irrevocable written notice in the form of Exhibit D-3A (in the case of a borrowing of Tranche C Loans that are REC Loans) or Exhibit D-3B (in the case of a borrowing of Tranche C Loans that are Salmon Falls Loans), appropriately completed (a “ Notice of Tranche C Loan Borrowing ”), which specifies, among other things: (i) the amount of the requested Borrowing, which shall be in the minimum amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof; provided that such minimum amount shall not apply to the final Borrowing of Tranche C Loans; (ii) the date of the requested Borrowing, which shall be a Banking Day; and (iii) whether the Tranche C Loans then being requested are to be (or what portion or portions thereof are to be) Base Rate Loans or LIBO Rate Loans and the Interest Period or Interest Periods with respect thereto in the case of LIBO Rate Loans. Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent a Notice of Tranche C Loan Borrowing relating to each Tranche C Loan by 11:00 a.m. at least (i) three Banking Days before the date of the requested Borrowing in respect of LIBO Rate Loans and (ii) one Banking Day before the date of the requested Borrowing in respect of Base Rate Loans. The Borrower may not submit a Notice of Borrowing in respect of Tranche C Loans that are REC Loans on or after the REC Loan Availability Termination Date. The Borrower may submit only one Notice of Tranche C Loan Borrowing in respect of Tranche C Loans that are Salmon Falls Loans, and the aggregate amount requested thereunder may not exceed the least of (i) the then-available Tranche C Loan Commitment, (ii) $27,000,000 and (iii) the amount that Borrower demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Administrative Agent meets the requirements of Section 3.6(f) .

 

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(c)           Tranche C Loan Principal Payments . Borrower shall repay to Administrative Agent, for the account of each Tranche C Lender, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Tranche C Loans made by such Tranche C Lender as follows: (i) with respect to Tranche C Loans outstanding on the first Repayment Date set forth on Exhibit K hereto, in installments payable on the Repayment Dates as set forth on Exhibit K hereto and (ii) with respect to Tranche C Loans borrowed after the first Repayment Date set forth on Exhibit K hereto, in installments payable on the remaining Repayment Dates as set forth on Exhibit K hereto; provided that in such case the percentages set forth opposite such remaining Repayment Dates shall be increased, as to such Tranche C Loan, on a pro rata basis, by the percentage attributable to each prior Repayment Date. Borrower shall repay to Administrative Agent, for the account of each Tranche C Lender, in full on the Term Loan Maturity Date any remaining unpaid principal, interest, fees and costs payable with respect to Tranche C Loans hereunder.

 

2.4          Letter of Credit Facility .

 

(a)           Issuance .

 

(i)           PPA Letters of Credit . Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, Borrower may request the issuance of, and the PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank hereby agrees to issue PPA Letters of Credit, at the request of Borrower for the applicable Borrower Subsidiary’s account (provided that Borrower is the co-applicant for such PPA Letters of Credit issued for the applicable Borrower Subsidiary’s account and Borrower and the applicable Borrower Subsidiary are jointly and severally liable with respect to any PPA Letter of Credit issued to the account of a Borrower Subsidiary), at any time during the PPA Letter of Credit Availability Period. PPA Letters of Credit issued hereunder shall constitute utilization of the Total PPA LC Commitment and at any time, the PPA LC Exposure at such time shall not exceed the Total PPA LC Commitment. The PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank will make available to the beneficiary thereof the original of the PPA Letter of Credit issued by it hereunder.

 

(ii)          DSR Letters of Credit. DSR Letters of Credit. Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, Borrower may request the issuance of, and the DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank hereby agrees to issue DSR Letters of Credit, for the Borrower’s account, at any time during the DSR Letter of Credit Availability Period. DSR Letters of Credit issued hereunder shall constitute utilization of the Total DSR LC Commitment and at any time, the DSR LC Exposure at such time shall not exceed the Total DSR LC Commitment. The DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank will make available to the beneficiary thereof the original of the DSR Letter of Credit issued by it hereunder.

 

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(b)           Letter of Credit Commitments . Any Drawing Payment with respect to a Letter of Credit shall reduce the Stated Amount thereof dollar for dollar.

 

(i)           Eligible Reimbursed Drawing Payment. If (x) within five Banking Days immediately following a Drawing Payment in respect of a Letter of Credit, Borrower reimburses the applicable Letter of Credit Issuing Bank in full for such Drawing Payment and pays all interest accrued thereon at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans and (y) on the date of such payment, (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (B) each representation and warranty set forth in Sections 4.1 through 4.6 , 4.9 , 4.14 through 4.16 , 4.20 , 4.27(a) , 4.37 and 4.38 shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on such date (except to the extent expressly made as of as an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date), then the amount reimbursed by Borrower in respect of such Drawing Payment shall be an Eligible Reimbursed Drawing Payment.

 

(ii)          Eligible Repaid LC Loan . To the extent that a Drawing Payment has been converted into an LC Loan pursuant to Section 2.4(d)(iv) and such LC Loan, together with all interest accrued thereon, has been repaid in full and on the date of such payment (x) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (y) each representation and warranty set forth in Sections 4.1 through 4.6 , 4.9 , 4.14 through 4.16 , 4.20 , 4.27(a) , 4.37 and 4.38 shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on such date (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date), then the amount of the LC Loan repaid in full by Borrower shall be an Eligible Repaid LC Loan.

 

(iii)         Cancelation or Expiration of Letter of Credit . Upon the expiration or cancelation of a Letter of Credit, the Stated Amount in respect of such Letter of Credit shall be permanently reduced to zero and, where such Letter of Credit is (A) a PPA Letter of Credit, the Total PPA LC Commitment, shall be permanently reduced by the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit prior to such expiration or cancelation and (B) a DSR Letter of Credit, the Total DSR LC Commitment, shall be permanently reduced by the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit prior to such expiration or cancelation.

 

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(c)           Notice of LC Activity . Borrower may request (x) the issuance or extension of any Letter of Credit and (y) any decrease or increase in the Stated Amount thereof by delivering to Administrative Agent and the applicable Letter of Credit Issuing Bank (with a copy to the applicable LC Lenders) an irrevocable written notice in the form of Exhibit D-4 , appropriately completed (a “ Notice of LC Activity ”) and if requested by the applicable Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, a Letter of Credit application in such Letter of Credit Issuing Bank’s standard form (“ Letter of Credit Application ”), which specifies, among other things: (i) the particulars of the Letter of Credit to be issued, extended or amended, including the then-current Stated Amount of the Letter of Credit (which shall not exceed the then Available PPA LC Commitment, in the case of a PPA Letter of Credit, or the then Available DSR LC Commitment, in the case of a DSR Letter of Credit); and (ii) if an adjustment to the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit is requested, the amount by which such Stated Amount is to be decreased or increased, as applicable, and the written confirmation of the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit confirming a decrease or increase in the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit, where applicable; provided , however , that in no instance may the Stated Amount of any Letter of Credit be increased by an amount that would exceed the then Available PPA LC Commitment, in the case of a PPA Letter of Credit, or the then Available DSR LC Commitment, in the case of a DSR Letter of Credit.  Borrower shall deliver the Notice of LC Activity and/or any Letter of Credit Application to Administrative Agent (with a copy to the applicable Letter of Credit Issuing Bank) by 11:00 a.m. at least five Banking Days before the date of issuance, extension, increase or decrease of the Stated Amount of the Letter of Credit; provided that, with respect to the issuance of any Letter of Credit to be issued on or within five Banking Days of the Closing Date hereunder, such Notice of LC Activity and/or Letter of Credit Application shall be delivered by Borrower at least one Banking Day before the date of the requested issuance thereof. Upon the adjustment date, in the case of a requested increase or decrease of the Stated Amount under a Letter of Credit, or the date specified as being the date requested for issuance or extension, in the case of the issuance or extension of a Letter of Credit, in each case as the applicable date is specified in such Notice of LC Activity or Letter of Credit Application, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Credit Agreement, the applicable Letter of Credit Issuing Bank shall, by amendment or adjustment to the Letter of Credit, adjust the Stated Amount thereof downward or upward, as applicable, to reflect the decrease or increase, as applicable, or issue or extend the Letter of Credit, in each case as specified in such Notice of LC Activity or Letter of Credit Application. In the event of any conflict between the provisions set forth in this Credit Agreement and those set forth in a Notice of LC Activity or Letter of Credit Application, the provisions of this Credit Agreement shall control.

 

(d)           Disbursement Procedures; Participations, Funding LC Loans and Reimbursement .

 

(i)           Disbursement Procedures . Each Letter of Credit Issuing Bank shall, within a reasonable time following its receipt thereof but within four Banking Days, examine all documents purporting to represent a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit. Each Letter of Credit Issuing Bank shall promptly after such examination notify the Administrative Agent and Borrower by telephone (confirmed by telecopy) of such demand for payment and whether such Letter of Credit Issuing Bank has made or will make a Drawing Payment thereunder; provided that any failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and the applicable LC Lenders with respect to any such Drawing Payment.

 

(ii)          Participation .

 

(A)        By the issuance of a DSR Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a DSR Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) by the DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and without any further action on the part of the DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or the DSR LC Lenders, the DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank hereby grants to each DSR LC Lender, and each DSR LC Lender hereby acquires from such DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, a participation in such DSR Letter of Credit equal to such DSR LC Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Stated Amount under such DSR Letter of Credit.

 

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(B)        By the issuance of a PPA Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a PPA Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) by the PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and without any further action on the part of the PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or the PPA LC Lenders, the PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank hereby grants to each PPA LC Lender, and each PPA LC Lender hereby acquires from such PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, a participation in such PPA Letter of Credit equal to such PPA LC Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Stated Amount under such PPA Letter of Credit.

 

Each LC Lender acknowledges and agrees that its obligation to acquire participations pursuant to this paragraph in respect of applicable Letters of Credit is absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by any circumstance whatsoever, including any amendment, renewal or extension of any applicable Letter of Credit or the occurrence and continuance of a Default or Event of Default or reduction or termination of the Total PPA LC Commitments, Total DSR LC Commitments, PPA LC Commitments or DSR LC Commitments.

 

(iii)         Funding of Participations .

 

(A)        In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing Section 2.4(d)(ii)(A) , each DSR LC Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, such DSR LC Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of each Drawing Payment made by the DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank promptly upon the request of the DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank at any time from the time of such Drawing Payment until such Drawing Payment is reimbursed by Borrower or at any time after any reimbursement payment is required to be refunded to Borrower for any reason.

 

(B)        In consideration and in furtherance of the foregoing Section 2.4(d)(ii)(B) , each PPA LC Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, such PPA LC Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of each Drawing Payment made by the PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank promptly upon the request of the PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank at any time from the time of such Drawing Payment until such Drawing Payment is reimbursed by Borrower or at any time after any reimbursement payment is required to be refunded to Borrower for any reason. Each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever.

 

Each such payment under this Section 4.2(d)(iii) shall be made in the same manner as provided in Section 2.7(c) with respect to Construction Loans made by a Lender (and Section 2.7(c) shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the applicable LC Lenders (including the obligation to pay interest to the applicable Letter of Credit Issuing Bank in respect of late payments by an applicable LC Lender)), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the applicable Letter of Credit Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the applicable LC Lenders. Promptly following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any payment from Borrower pursuant to Section 2.4(d)(iv) , the Administrative Agent shall distribute such payment to the applicable Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or, to the extent that the applicable LC Lenders have made payments pursuant to this Section 2.4(d)(iii) to reimburse such Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, then to such applicable LC Lenders and such Letter of Credit Issuing Bank as their interests may appear. Any payment made by an LC Lender pursuant to this Section 2.4(d)(iii) to reimburse a Letter of Credit Issuing Bank for any Drawing Payment shall not constitute an LC Loan (except in the circumstances described in paragraph (iv) below) and shall not relieve Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Drawing Payment.

 

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(iv)         Reimbursement . If a Letter of Credit Issuing Bank shall make any Drawing Payment in respect of a Letter of Credit, the applicable Letter of Credit Issuing Bank shall provide notice thereof to Borrower that such Drawing Payment has been made (provided that the failure to deliver such notice shall not relieve Borrower of its obligation to reimburse such Letter of Credit Issuing Bank in accordance with this Credit Agreement) and Borrower shall reimburse such Letter of Credit Issuing Bank in respect of such Drawing Payment by paying to Administrative Agent an amount equal to such Drawing Payment and any interest accrued pursuant to Section 2.4(g) not later than 11:00 a.m. New York time, on the Banking Day that is within five Banking Days following the date on which the Drawing Payment is made; provided that unless Borrower otherwise notifies such Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and so long as (A) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (B) each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Sections 4.1 through 4.6 , 4.9 , 4.14 through 4.16 , 4.20 , 4.27(a) , 4.37 and 4.38 shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on such date (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date), such Drawing Payment shall be deemed to be financed on the date on which such Drawing Payment is made with a Borrowing (or a portion thereof) of loans (such Borrowing to reimburse Drawing Payments under DSR Letter of Credit, a “ DSR LC Loan ” and such Borrowing to reimburse Drawing Payments under PPA Letters of Credit, a “ PPA LC Loan ” and collectively, each, an “ LC Loan ”) that shall be made as Base Rate Loans, bearing interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin then applicable for Base Rate Loans plus , solely to the extent the Default Rate is not in effect, 0.25% per annum and Borrower’s obligation to reimburse such Drawing Payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting LC Loan. Borrower shall repay to Administrative Agent, for the account of each applicable LC Lender, the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the LC Loans made by such LC Lender in installments payable on each Repayment Date in accordance with the LC Loan Amortization Schedule set forth on Exhibit L (as the same may be amended, amended and restated or otherwise modified in accordance with this Credit Agreement), together with any remaining unpaid principal, interest, fees and costs due and payable on the Term Loan Maturity Date. Borrower shall prepay LC Loans in accordance with Section 2.8 and the Depositary Agreement.

 

If Borrower fails to make such reimbursement payment when due, Administrative Agent shall notify each applicable LC Lender of the applicable Drawing Payment, the payment then due from Borrower in respect thereof and such LC Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) thereof.

 

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(e)           Reduction of Stated Amount; Cancellation or Return .

 

(i)           Other Reductions in Stated Amount .

 

(A) Borrower may, from time to time upon five Banking Days’ notice and the delivery of a Notice of LC Activity pursuant to clause (c) above to Administrative Agent, the DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and the DSR LC Lenders, permanently reduce the Total DSR LC Commitment (and the Stated Amount of any DSR Letter of Credit) by the amount of $250,000, or an integral multiple thereof, or, Borrower may, from time to time upon five Banking Days’ prior notice to Administrative Agent, the DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and the DSR LC Lenders, cancel any DSR Letter of Credit in its entirety; provided , however , that (x) so long as any Obligations remain outstanding, Administrative Agent shall be satisfied that no reduction or cancellation would cause a violation of any provision of this Credit Agreement or a breach of any provision of any other Operative Document and (y) in respect of a reduction or cancelation of an issued DSR Letter of Credit, Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from the applicable beneficiary of such DSR Letter of Credit, confirming such reduction or cancellation. The Total DSR LC Commitment shall not be reduced if the effect thereof would be to cause (1) the DSR LC Exposure to exceed the Total DSR LC Commitment or (2) Borrower to fail to satisfy its obligations under Section 4.5 of the Depositary Agreement.

 

(B) Borrower may, from time to time upon five Banking Days’ notice and the delivery of a Notice of LC Activity pursuant to clause (c) above to Administrative Agent, the PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and the PPA LC Lenders, permanently reduce the Total PPA LC Commitment (and the Stated Amount of any PPA Letter of Credit) by the amount of $250,000, or an integral multiple thereof, or, Borrower may, from time to time upon five Banking Days’ prior notice to Administrative Agent, the PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and the PPA LC Lenders, cancel any PPA Letter of Credit in its entirety; provided , however , that (x) so long as any Obligations remain outstanding, Administrative Agent shall be satisfied that no reduction or cancellation would cause a violation of any provision of this Credit Agreement or a breach of any provision of any other Operative Document and (y) in respect of a reduction or cancelation of an issued PPA Letter of Credit, Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from the applicable beneficiary of such PPA Letter of Credit, confirming such reduction or cancellation. The Total PPA LC Commitment shall not be reduced if the effect thereof would be to cause the PPA LC Exposure to exceed the Total PPA LC Commitment.

 

(C) Once reduced or cancelled solely pursuant to clause (i)(A) or (B) above, the Stated Amount of the applicable Letter of Credit and the Total DSR LC Commitment or Total PPA LC Commitment, as applicable, may not be increased. Any reductions to the Stated Amount, Available DSR LC Commitment, Available PPA LC Commitment, Total DSR LC Commitment and/or Total PPA LC Commitment, as applicable, of any Letter of Credit shall be applied ratably to each applicable LC Lender’s applicable LC Commitment with respect to such Letter of Credit.

 

(ii)          Cancellation Upon Event of Default . Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default under Article VIII or at such time as, pursuant to the terms hereof, Administrative Agent has accelerated the Obligations, and following notice to Collateral Agent, as beneficiary of the DSR Letter of Credit, the DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank shall be entitled to the return or cancellation of the DSR Letter of Credit (including as a result of a Drawing under the DSR Letter of Credit by Collateral Agent) at any time at least fifteen days after delivery to Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Borrower of a written notice of the applicable Letter of Credit Issuing Bank’s desire for the return or cancellation of such DSR Letter of Credit.

 

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(iii)         Expiration . The Letters of Credit shall expire on their respective Expiration Dates (which shall in no event be later than the LC Facility Maturity Date), or on such earlier date if canceled pursuant to the terms of this Credit Agreement, the applicable Letter of Credit or the applicable Principal Project Document.

 

(f)            Commercial Practices . Borrower assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit with respect to the use of such Letter of Credit. Borrower agrees that none of the Letter of Credit Issuing Banks, Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent nor any LC Lender (nor any of their respective directors, officers or employees) shall be liable or responsible for, and Borrower’s obligation to reimburse Drawing Payments shall be performed strictly in accordance with this Credit Agreement regardless of: (i) the use which may be made of the Letters of Credit or for any acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee in connection therewith; (ii) any reference which may be made to this Credit Agreement or to the Letters of Credit in any agreements, instruments or other documents; (iii) the validity, sufficiency or genuineness of documents (including this Credit Agreement) other than the Letters of Credit, or of any endorsement(s) thereon, which appear on their face to be valid, sufficient or genuine, as the case may be, even if such documents should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, fraudulent or forged or any statement therein prove to be untrue or inaccurate in any respect whatsoever; (iv) payment by the Letter of Credit Issuing Banks against presentation of documents which do not strictly comply with the terms of the Letters of Credit, including failure of any documents to bear any reference or adequate reference to such Letters of Credit so long as such documents substantially comply with the terms of the Letter of Credit; (v) any amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or any terms of any of the Credit Documents; (vi) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which Borrower may have at any time against any beneficiary or transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Persons for whom any such beneficiary or transferee may be acting), Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Banks, any LC Lender or any other Person, whether in connection with this Credit Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein or in the other Credit Documents, or in any unrelated transaction; (vii) any breach of contract or dispute among or between Borrower, Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Banks, any LC Lender, or any other Person; (viii) any demand, statement, certificate, draft or other document presented under the Letters of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; (ix) any extension of time for or delay, renewal or compromise of or other indulgence or modification to the Drawing Payment granted or agreed to by Administrative Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Banks, or any LC Lender in accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement; (x) any failure to preserve or protect any Collateral, any failure to perfect or preserve the perfection of any Lien thereon, or the release of any of the Collateral securing the performance or observance of the terms of this Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents; or (xi) any other circumstances whatsoever in making or failing to make payment under the Letters of Credit, including the non completion of any Project for any cause whatsoever, the failure of a Borrower Subsidiary to occupy or use a Project in the manner contemplated by the Credit Documents or otherwise, any defect in title, design, operation, merchantability, fitness or condition of a Project or in the suitability of a Project for a Borrower Subsidiary’s purposes or needs, any failure of consideration, destruction of or damage to a Project, any commercial frustration of purpose, the taking by condemnation of title to or the use of all or any part of a Project, any regulatory change, any failure of any Person to perform or observe any agreement, whether express or implied, or any duty, liability or obligation arising out of or in connection with the Credit Documents to which each is a party, except that a Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, as applicable, shall be liable to Borrower for acts or events described in clauses (i) through (xi) above to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct damages, as opposed to indirect, special or consequential damages, suffered by Borrower which Borrower proves were caused by (A) such Letter of Credit Issuing Bank’s willful misconduct or gross negligence in determining whether a Drawing made under any Letter of Credit complies with the terms and conditions therefor stated in such Letter of Credit or (B) such Letter of Credit Issuing Bank’s failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after a Drawing by the beneficiary strictly complying with the terms and conditions of such Letter of Credit. Without limiting the foregoing, a Letter of Credit Issuing Bank may accept any document that appears on its face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation.

 

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(g)           Interim Interest . If a Letter of Credit Issuing Bank shall make any Drawing Payment, then, unless Borrower shall reimburse such Drawing Payment in full on the date such Drawing Payment is made, the unpaid amount thereof shall bear interest, for each day from and including the date such Drawing Payment is made to but excluding the date that Borrower reimburses such Drawing Payment in full, at a rate equal to the Base Rate, in effect from time to time, plus the Applicable Margin for Base Rate Loans plus 0.25% per annum; provided that, if Borrower fails to reimburse such Drawing Payment when due pursuant to Section 2.4(d)(iv) through the conversion to an LC Loan or otherwise, then such overdue amount shall bear additional interest (after as well as before judgment) at a rate equal to 2% per annum. Interest accrued pursuant to this paragraph shall be for the account of the applicable Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any interest accrued in accordance with Section 2.5 on and after the date of payment by any LC Lender pursuant to Section 2.4(d)(iii) to reimburse such Letter of Credit Issuing Bank shall be for account of such LC Lender to the extent of such payment.

 

2.5          Interest Provisions Relating to All Loans .

 

(a)           Interest Rate .

 

(i)          Each Loan and, subject to Section 2.4(d)(iv) , LC Loan shall be either a Base Rate Loan or a LIBO Rate Loan, as Borrower may request in its Notice of Construction Loan Borrowing, Conversion/Continuation Certificate or Notice of Term Conversion pursuant to this Article II , and thereafter, the basis of determining the interest rate with respect to each Loan and LC Loan may be changed from time to time pursuant to Section 2.5(d) .

 

(ii)         Borrower shall pay interest (including interest accruing after the commencement of an insolvency proceeding of Borrower under applicable Bankruptcy Law) on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan and LC Loan which is a LIBO Rate Loan calculated from the date of such Loan or LC Loan (or the date of conversion or continuation thereof, as applicable) until the repayment or prepayment thereof, at a rate per annum equal to the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the relevant Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin. Borrower shall pay interest (including interest accruing after the commencement of an insolvency proceeding under applicable Bankruptcy Law) on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan and LC Loan which is a Base Rate Loan calculated from the date of such Loan or LC Loan until the repayment or prepayment thereof, at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate for the relevant Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin.

 

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(b)           Interest Payment Dates . Interest accrued on each Loan and LC Loan shall be payable, without duplication (each applicable date, an “ Interest Payment Date ”):

 

(i)          on all Tranche A Construction Loans on the Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date, on all Tranche B Construction Loans on the Tranche B Construction Loan Maturity Date, on all LC Loans on the LC Facility Maturity Date and on all Term Loans, Tranche C Loans on the Term Loan Maturity Date, except as otherwise provided in Section 2.4(d)(iv) ;

 

(ii)         on the date of any prepayment, in whole or in part, of principal outstanding on such Loan or LC Loan, as applicable, in any amount accrued and unpaid on the amount of principal so prepaid;

 

(iii)        with respect to Base Rate Loans outstanding prior to the Term Conversion Date, on each Quarterly Date commencing December 31, 2010;

 

(iv)        with respect to any Base Rate Loan outstanding on or after the Term Conversion Date, on each Calculation Date commencing on the Calculation Date immediately following the Term Conversion Date; and

 

(v)         with respect to any LIBO Rate Loans, on the last day of each applicable Interest Period (and, if such Interest Period shall exceed three months, on the date three months after such LIBO Rate Loan is made or continued).

 

(c)           LIBO Rate Interest Periods .

 

(i)          The initial and each subsequent Interest Period selected by Borrower for all LIBO Rate Loans during the Tranche A Construction Loan Availability Period and the Tranche B Construction Loan Availability Period shall be one or three months. The initial and each subsequent Interest Period selected by Borrower for all LIBO Rate Loans after the Term Conversion Date shall be three or six months.

 

(ii)         In connection with each Term Loan, Tranche C Loan or LC Loan which is a LIBO Rate Loan, (A) the initial Interest Period selected by Borrower for all LIBO Rate Loans on or after the Term Conversion Date shall be an irregular Interest Period ending on the next Calculation Date after such Loan or LC Loan is made and (B) each subsequent Interest Period shall end on the three-month or six-month anniversary date of the commencement date of such Interest Period, as applicable, in accordance with clause (iii) below.

 

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(iii)        Any Interest Period which would otherwise end on a day which is not a Banking Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Banking Day unless such next Banking Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Banking Day. Any Interest Period which begins on the last Banking Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Banking Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period. Borrower may not select Interest Periods for a (A) Tranche A Construction Loan that is a LIBO Rate Loan which would otherwise end after the Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date, (B) Tranche B Construction Loan that is a LIBO Rate Loan which would otherwise end after the Tranche B Construction Loan Maturity Date, (C) LC Loan that is a LIBO Rate Loan which would otherwise end after the LC Facility Maturity Date or otherwise end after a date upon which LC Loans are required to be repaid, (D) Term Loan that is a LIBO Rate Loan which would otherwise end after the Term Loan Maturity Date or otherwise end after a date upon which such Term Loans are required to be repaid and (E) Tranche C Loans that is a LIBO Rate Loan which would otherwise end after the Term Loan Maturity Date or otherwise end after a date upon which such Tranche C Loans are required to be repaid. Any Interest Period for (A) a Tranche A Construction Loan which would otherwise end after the Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date shall end on the Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date, (B) a Tranche B Construction Loan which would otherwise end after the Tranche B Construction Loan Maturity Date shall end on the Tranche B Construction Loan Maturity Date, (C) an LC Loan which would otherwise end after the LC Facility Maturity Date shall end on the LC Facility Maturity Date, (D) a Term Loan which would otherwise end after the Term Loan Maturity Date shall end on the Term Loan Maturity Date and (E) a Tranche C Loan which would otherwise end after the Term Loan Maturity Date shall end on the Term Loan Maturity Date. Borrower may not at any time have outstanding more than six different Interest Periods relating to LIBO Rate Loans. At the request of Borrower, Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall cooperate in minimizing the number of Interest Periods outstanding under this Section 2.5(c)(iii) and in consolidating such Interest Periods and scheduled payment dates. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided in this Section 2.5(c)(iii) , Borrower may request irregular Interest Periods with a duration other than a one, three or six month Interest Period in order to consolidate outstanding Interest Periods and scheduled payment dates, as well as to facilitate the repayment of LIBO Rate Loans and LC Loans converted from Base Rate Loans in accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement. Upon receipt of a Conversion/Continuation Certificate from Borrower requesting such irregular Interest Period, Administrative Agent and Lenders shall endeavor to provide Borrower with such Interest Period as long as such Interest Period is available in the London interbank market, in the reasonable judgment of Administrative Agent; provided , that where this Credit Agreement requires Borrower to have an irregular Interest Period for a LIBO Rate Loan, Administrative Agent shall set the applicable Adjusted LIBO Rate through interpolating available LIBO Rates for periods having terms ending immediately prior to and immediately following such Interest Period (e.g., for a 75 day Interest Period, the Administrative Agent shall use the midpoint of a two month and three month LIBO Rate).

 

(d)           Continuation and Conversion Options . With respect to any Loans and LC Loans, Borrower shall have the right at any time upon the irrevocable delivery of a Conversion/Continuation Certificate to Administrative Agent (1) not later than 11:00 a.m., three Banking Days prior to the expiration of the Interest Period for any LIBO Rate Loan, to convert such LIBO Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan, to continue any LIBO Rate Loan as a LIBO Rate Loan for any additional Interest Period or to convert the Interest Period with respect to any LIBO Rate Loan to another permissible Interest Period or (2) not later than 11:00 a.m., three Banking Days prior to such conversion, to convert any Base Rate Loan into a LIBO Rate Loan, subject to the following:

 

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(i)          no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of any conversion to a LIBO Rate Loan, or any continuation of a LIBO Rate Loan into a subsequent Interest Period;

 

(ii)         if fewer than all Loans or LC Loans of a particular Type at any time outstanding shall be continued or converted, such continuation or conversion shall be made pro rata among the applicable Lenders in accordance with the respective principal amount of such Loans or LC Loans held by the applicable Lenders immediately prior to such continuation or conversion;

 

(iii)        subject to Section 2.5(c)(iii) and the consolidation of Interest Periods provided for therein, no Base Rate Loan (or portion thereof) may be converted to a LIBO Rate Loan if, after such conversion, and after giving effect to any concurrent prepayment of Loans or LC Loans, an aggregate of more than six separate Interest Periods would be outstanding hereunder with respect to a Lender;

 

(iv)        the Interest Period with respect to a new LIBO Rate Loan effected by a continuation or conversion shall commence on the date of such continuation or conversion;

 

(v)         if a LIBO Rate Loan is converted to a Base Rate Loan other than as of the end of the Interest Period with respect thereto, the amounts required by Section 2.12 shall be paid upon such conversion;

 

(vi)        except as otherwise provided in Section 2.5(b) , accrued interest on any Loan or LC Loan (or portion thereof) being converted to a Loan or LC Loan of a different Type shall be paid by Borrower at the time of conversion; and

 

(vii)       each request for a continuation as, or conversion to, a LIBO Rate Loan which fails to state an applicable Interest Period shall be deemed to be a request for an Interest Period of three months.

 

Subject to the foregoing, in the event that Borrower shall not deliver a notice to continue or convert any LIBO Rate Loan as provided above, such LIBO Rate Loan (unless repaid) shall, in the case of any LIBO Rate Loan for which the then current Interest Period will terminate prior to the Term Conversion Date, automatically be continued as a LIBO Rate Loan with an Interest Period of one month, and in the case of any LIBO Rate Loan for which the then current Interest Period will terminate after the Term Conversion Date, automatically be converted to a LIBO Rate Loan with an Interest Period of three months, and in either case, Borrower shall reimburse Lenders for any Liquidation Costs incurred as a result of any such LIBO Rate Loan being repaid on any day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such LIBO Rate Loan in accordance with Section 2.12 .

 

(e)           Interest Computations . Borrower agrees that all computations by Administrative Agent of interest shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. All computations of interest on LIBO Rate Loans hereunder shall be based upon a year of 360 days and the actual days elapsed (including the first day, but excluding the last day of the applicable Interest Period). All computations of interest on obligations for which interest is calculated at the Base Rate (including Base Rate Loans and the obligation of Borrower to reimburse Drawing Payments) hereunder shall be based upon a year of 365 days (or 366 days in a leap year) and the actual days elapsed (including the first day, but excluding the last day of the applicable Interest Period).

 

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2.6          Repayment of Loans; Evidence of Debt .

 

(a)          Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender, the principal amount of each Loan and LC Loan as and when required hereunder together with interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from time to time outstanding from the date hereof until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum, and, in the case of accrued interest, on the dates set forth in Sections 2.5 and  2.9(d)(i) , as applicable.

 

(b)          Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan or LC Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Credit Agreement.

 

(c)          Administrative Agent, on behalf of Borrower, shall maintain a register (the “ Register ”), and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in which shall be recorded (i) the amount of each Loan or LC Loan made hereunder and any Note evidencing such Loan or LC Loan, the Type of such Loan or LC Loan and each Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) both the amount of any sum received by Administrative Agent hereunder from Borrower and each Lender’s share thereof. The Register shall be available for inspection by (x) Borrower and (y) any Lender, but only as to such Lender’s Loans, LC Loans and Commitments, in each case at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable notice.

 

(d)          The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the Obligations therein recorded; provided , however , that the failure of any Lender or Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or any such account, or any error therein, shall not in any manner affect the obligation of Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement.

 

(e)          Borrower agrees that, upon its receipt of notice of the request to Administrative Agent by any Lender, Borrower will promptly execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note of Borrower evidencing (i) any Tranche A Construction Loans of such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 (a “ Tranche A Construction Note ”), with appropriate insertions as to date and the outstanding principal amount, (ii) any Tranche B Construction Loans of such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 (a “ Tranche B Construction Note ”), with appropriate insertions as to date and the outstanding principal amount, (iii) any Term Loans of such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-3 (a “ Term Note ”), with appropriate insertions as to date and the outstanding principal amount, (iv) any Tranche C Loans of such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-4 (a “ Tranche C Loan Note ”), with appropriate insertions as to date and the outstanding principal amount and (v) any LC Loans of such Lender, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-5 (an “ LC Note ”), with appropriate insertions as to date and the outstanding principal amount.

 

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(f)           Construction Loans, Term Loans and Tranche C Loans once repaid or prepaid (whether at maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) may not be reborrowed. Reinstatement of amounts under Letters of Credit upon the payment of Drawing Payments shall be governed by Section 2.4 .

 

2.7          Loan Funding .

 

(a)           Notice . Each Notice of Construction Loan Borrowing, Notice of Tranche C Loan Borrowing, Notice of Term Conversion and Continuation/Conversion Certificate shall be delivered to Administrative Agent in accordance with this Article II and Section 13.1 . Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each applicable Lender of its Proportionate Share (Commitment) of each Borrowing, the date of such Borrowing, the Type of Loan being requested (or continued or converted) and the Interest Periods applicable thereto.

 

(b)           Pro Rata Funding . All Loans and LC Loans shall be made on a pro rata basis by the applicable Lenders in accordance with their respective Proportionate Share (Commitment) of such Loans and LC Loans, with the Term Loan by each Tranche A Lender equal to such Lender’s Proportionate Share (Loans) of the Tranche A Construction Loans converted to Term Loans.

 

(c)           Lender Funding . Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, no later than 12:00 p.m. on the date specified in each Notice of Construction Loan Borrowing, Notice of Tranche C Loan Borrowing, as the case may be, each Lender will make available, through such Lender’s Lending Office, its pro rata portion of the aggregate amount of the Loans requested to be made on such date, in Dollars and in immediately available funds at the Payment Office, and, if applicable, Administrative Agent will deposit the aggregate of the amounts so made available in accordance with the Depositary Agreement; provided that the proceeds of LC Loans shall be deposited with the Administrative Agent for payment to the applicable Letter of Credit Issuing Bank. Unless Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the applicable date of Borrowing that such Lender does not intend to make available to Administrative Agent such Lender’s portion of the Borrowing on such date, Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such amount available to Administrative Agent on such date, and Administrative Agent may (but shall have no obligation to), in reliance upon such assumption, make available to Borrower a corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is not in fact made available to Administrative Agent by such Lender, Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount from such Lender on demand. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower, and Borrower shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to Administrative Agent. Administrative Agent shall also be entitled to recover on demand from such Lender or Borrower, in accordance with the following, interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such corresponding amount was made available by Administrative Agent to Borrower until the date such corresponding amount is recovered by Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum equal to (i) if such amount is recovered from such Lender, the cost to Administrative Agent of acquiring overnight federal funds at the then applicable rate and (ii) if such amount is recovered from Borrower, the then applicable rate of interest as provided herein. Nothing in this Section 2.7(c) shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to make a Loan or LC Loan hereunder or to prejudice any rights which Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any failure by such Lender to make Loans or LC Loans hereunder.

 

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2.8          Prepayments; Reduction of Commitments .

 

(a)           Terms of all Prepayments . Upon the prepayment of any Loan or LC Loan (whether such prepayment is a voluntary prepayment under Section 2.8(b) or a Mandatory Prepayment), Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender that made such Loan or LC Loan, (i) all accrued interest to the date of such prepayment on the amount prepaid; (ii) all accrued fees and costs to the date of such prepayment corresponding to the amount being prepaid; and (iii) with respect to any LIBO Rate Loans, if such prepayment is the prepayment of a Loan or LC Loan on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period for such Loan or LC Loan, all Liquidation Costs incurred by such Lender as a result of such prepayment.

 

(b)           Voluntary Prepayments .

 

(i)          Borrower shall have the right to prepay the Loans, without premium or penalty, in whole or in part, at any time, and from time to time on the following terms and conditions: (A) Borrower shall give Administrative Agent at least three Banking Days’ prior written notice of its intent to prepay such Loans, the aggregate principal amount of the prepayment, the Types of Loans to be prepaid and in the event that there are outstanding LIBO Rate Loans with different Interest Periods, the specific LIBO Rate Loan(s) to be prepaid (which notice Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders); (B) such prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount of at least $1,000,000 (or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof) with respect to Loans, unless the remaining aggregate principal amount is to be prepaid in full, in which case such prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the entire remaining aggregate principal amount; (C) prepayments of a LIBO Rate Loan may only be made pursuant to this Section 2.8(b) on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto, unless Borrower pays Liquidation Costs and Hedge Fix Fees incurred in connection with a prepayment made on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto; and (D) such prepayment shall be applied to the remaining installments of principal of such Loans in inverse order of maturity.

 

(ii)         Borrower shall have the right to prepay the LC Loans, without premium or penalty, in whole or in part, at any time, and from time to time on the following terms and conditions: (A) Borrower shall give Administrative Agent at least three Banking Days’ prior written notice of its intent to prepay such LC Loans, the aggregate principal amount of the prepayment, the Types of LC Loans to be prepaid and in the event that there are outstanding LIBO Rate Loans with different Interest Periods, the specific LIBO Rate Loan(s) to be prepaid (which notice Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the applicable Lenders); (B) such prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount of at least $100,000 (or an integral multiple of $50,000 in excess thereof) with respect to LC Loans, unless the remaining aggregate principal amount is to be prepaid in full, in which case such prepayment shall be in an aggregate principal amount equal to the entire remaining aggregate principal amount; (C) prepayments of a LIBO Rate Loan may only be made pursuant to this Section 2.8(b) on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto, unless Borrower pays Liquidation Costs incurred in connection with a prepayment made on a date other than the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto; and (D) such prepayment shall be applied to the remaining installments of principal of any LC Loans in inverse order of maturity.

 

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(c)           Mandatory Prepayments . Borrower shall make Mandatory Prepayments of the Loans and, where applicable, LC Loans as follows:

 

(i)          Borrower shall prepay the Loans and LC Loans to the extent that amounts are received as Net Disposition Proceeds, excluding Net Disposition Proceeds received from any disposition permitted by Section 6.3 .

 

(ii)         Borrower shall prepay the Loans and LC Loans from any amounts on deposit in the Distribution Reserve Account in accordance with the Depositary Agreement.

 

(iii)        Borrower shall prepay the Loans and LC Loans with Loss Proceeds in accordance with the Depositary Agreement.

 

(iv)        Borrower shall prepay Tranche B Construction Loans with the Cash Grant Proceeds in accordance with the Depositary Agreement.

 

(v)         Borrower shall prepay the Loans and LC Loans with the proceeds in excess of $250,000 of Guaranteed Performance Commitment Liquidated Damages.

 

(vi)        In the event that (A) there occurs an Upwind Array Event and (B) the certificate delivered pursuant to Section 5.21 demonstrates that the Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio, calculated as of each remaining Repayment Date, fails to demonstrate at least the Minimum Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio according to the P50 Production Scenario and the P99 Production Scenario as set forth in the Base Case Projections, then Borrower shall prepay the Term Loans, Tranche C Loans and LC Loans in accordance with clause sixth of Section 4.2(c) of the Depositary Agreement not later than the next Repayment Date after the Adjustment Date (or, if such Upwind Array Event occurs prior to the Term Conversion Date, within ten (10) Banking Days of the Adjustment Date), in an amount and applied to principal installments as selected by Borrower sufficient to achieve a Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio equal to or greater than the Minimum Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio according to both production scenarios as set forth in the Base Case Projections and the Loan Amortization Schedule shall be deemed amended and revised to take into account the amount of such prepayment.

 

(vii)       If a WTG Location Variance Event has occurred, and Administrative Agent has determined that a WTG Overleverage Amount is payable by Borrower, Borrower shall prepay, through a Borrowing of Tranche B Construction Loans on the Term Conversion Date, the Tranche A Construction Loans in an amount equal to the lesser of (A) the WTG Overleverage Amount and (B) the difference of (1) the amount of any Available Tranche B Construction Loan Commitments on such date less (2) the amount of Tranche B Construction Loans that would otherwise be needed to pay or reserve for Project Costs necessary to be funded in order for the Term Conversion Date to occur, and the Term Loan Commitments shall be automatically reduced in an aggregate amount equal to the amount of Tranche A Construction Loans prepaid by Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.8(c)(vii) .

 

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(viii)      Borrower shall prepay the Term Loans, Tranche C Loans and LC Loans in accordance with clause sixth of Section 4.2(c) of the Depositary Agreement in an amount equal to the WTG Overleverage Term Loan Amount.

 

(ix)        Borrower shall prepay the LC Loans in accordance with clause fifth of Section 4.2(c) of the Depositary Agreement, to be applied to the remaining installments of principal of such LC Loans in inverse order of maturity.

 

(d)           Application . Except as expressly set forth in Sections 2.8(b) and 2.8(c) , the aggregate amount of any Mandatory Prepayment payable pursuant to Sections 2.8(c)(i), 2.8(c)(ii) , 2.8(c)(iii) , 2.8(c)(v) and 2.8(c)(viii) shall (x) first, be divided between the Loans and the LC Loans in proportion to the aggregate amount of Loans and LC Loans outstanding at the time of such prepayment and (y) second , the portion of such prepayment to be applied to the Loans and LC Loans shall be applied to the remaining installments of principal of such Loans and LC Loans in inverse order of maturity. The aggregate amount of any prepayment to be applied to the Loans shall be applied first to prepay, pro rata , (x) the Tranche A Construction Loans or the Term Loans then outstanding and (y) the Tranche C Loans and second , to prepay the Tranche B Construction Loans.

 

(e)           Mandatory Reduction of Tranche C Loan Commitment . The unutilized portion of the Total Tranche C Loan Commitment shall be automatically reduced:

 

(i)          on the REC Loan Availability Termination Date: (A) to the extent that a Tranche C Loan that is a Salmon Falls Loan has been made, to zero and (B) to the extent that no Tranche C Loan that is a Salmon Falls Loan has been made, to the lesser of (1) $27,000,000 and (2) an amount obtained by subtracting the aggregate original principal amount of all REC Loans previously made from the Total Tranche C Loan Commitment; and

 

(ii)         on the Salmon Falls Availability Termination Date, to zero.

 

2.9          Other Payment Terms .

 

(a)           Place and Manner . Borrower shall make all payments due to each Lender, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and each Agent hereunder to Administrative Agent, for the account of such Lender, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or such Agent at Administrative Agent’s account held at The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. (ABA Number: 026-009-632, Account Name: Loan Operations Department, Account Number: 9777-0191, Attention: Agency Desk, Reference: Idaho Wind or as otherwise directed by Administrative Agent in writing from time to time), in lawful money of the United States and in immediately available funds not later than 12:30 p.m. on the date on which such payment is due. Any payment made after such time on any day shall be deemed received on the next Banking Day after such payment is received. Administrative Agent shall disburse to each Lender, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or each Agent each such payment received by Administrative Agent for such Lender, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or such Agent, such disbursement to occur on the day such payment is received if received by 12:30 p.m. otherwise on the next Banking Day, and each payment received by Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders, Letter of Credit Issuing Banks and the Agents, except as otherwise provided in the Credit Documents, shall be applied first , to any out-of-pocket costs, expenses and/or indemnities owed to the Agents, Letter of Credit Issuing Banks and Lenders; second to any fees of the Agents and Letter of Credit Issuing Banks; third , to the payment of any interest then due and payable to the Lenders; fourth , to the any principal due and payable to the Lenders and fifth , to any other amounts due and payable under the Credit Documents.

 

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(b)           Pro Rata Treatment of Lenders . Except as expressly set forth in Section 2.8(c)(iv) , Section 2.8(c)(ix) , Section 2.11 , Section 2.16 and Section 11.5 , Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Lender, its pro rata share, according to such Lender’s Proportionate Share (Loans) of Loans and LC Loans, of each payment of principal and interest payable to the applicable Lenders on the Loans and LC Loans and of fees hereunder received by Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders and of any other amounts owing under the Loans and LC Loans. If any Lender shall fail to make any payment required to be made by it pursuant to Sections 2.4(d) or 11.5 , then Administrative Agent may, in its discretion and notwithstanding any contrary provision hereof, (i) apply any amounts thereafter received by Administrative Agent for the account of such Lender for the benefit of Administrative Agent or the applicable Letter of Credit Issuing Bank to satisfy such Lender’s obligations to it under such Section until all such unsatisfied obligations are fully paid, and/or (ii) hold any such amounts in a segregated account as cash collateral for, and application to, any future funding obligations of such Lender under any such Section, in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii) above, in any order as determined by Administrative Agent in its discretion.

 

(c)           Date . Unless otherwise specified in this Credit Agreement, whenever any payment due hereunder shall fall due on a day other than a Banking Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Banking Day, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of such extension of time, and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of interest or fees, as the case may be.

 

(d)           Late Payments; Conversion to Base Rate Loans .

 

(i)          During such periods that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, all outstanding Loans and LC Loans shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Default Rate to but excluding the dates such Event of Default is remedied or waived. In addition, if any amounts required to be paid by Borrower under this Credit Agreement or the other Credit Documents (including principal or interest payable on any Loan or LC Loan, and any fees or other amounts otherwise payable to Administrative Agent or any Lender) remain unpaid after such amounts are due, Borrower shall pay interest on the aggregate, outstanding balance of such amounts from the date due until those amounts are paid in full at a per annum rate equal to the Default Rate. Payments of interest accruing pursuant to this Section 2.9(d)(i) shall be payable on demand.

 

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(ii)         Without limiting any rights or remedies of Administrative Agent under Article IX or other Credit Documents, as long as any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Majority Lenders in their sole discretion) may suspend the right of Borrower to continue any Loan or LC Loan on the basis of a LIBO Rate, in which event all LIBO Rate Loans then outstanding shall be automatically converted on the last Banking Day of the respective Interest Periods therefor into Base Rate Loans, except as provided in Section 2.5(d) .

 

(e)           Net of Taxes, Etc .

 

(i)           Taxes . Any and all payments to or for the benefit of any Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender by Borrower hereunder or under any other Credit Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction, setoff or counterclaim of any kind whatsoever and in such amounts as may be necessary in order that all such payments, after deduction for or on account of any present or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings arising from or relating to such Lender’s Commitments, Loans or LC Loans made under this Credit Agreement or other amounts payable to any Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender under the Credit Documents, and all liabilities with respect thereto (excluding (A) taxes imposed on or measured by the net income of any Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender by any jurisdiction or any political subdivision (or taxing authority thereof or therein) in which the Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender is organized, has a permanent establishment or is engaged in business other than solely by reason of executing, owning an interest in, delivering or performing its rights and obligations or receiving a payment under, or enforcing, this Credit Agreement, any Note or any other Credit Document, (B) taxes imposed as a result of the failure of Administrative Agent or such Lender, as applicable, to comply with its obligations described in Section 2.9(f) , and (C) all liabilities with respect to taxes described in clauses (A) and (B)) (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as “ Taxes ”), shall be not less than the amounts otherwise specified to be paid under this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents. If Borrower shall be required by law to withhold or deduct any Taxes imposed by any Governmental Authority from or in respect of any sum payable hereunder or under any other Credit Document to any Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender, (I) the sum payable shall be increased as may be necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.9(e) ), such Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made; (II) Borrower shall make such deductions; and (III) Borrower shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable law. If Borrower shall make any payment under this Section 2.9(e) to or for the benefit of any Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender with respect to Taxes and if such Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender determines in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, that it has received the benefit of any credit or deduction for such Taxes attributable to such payment, then such Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender shall pay to Borrower an amount equal to the net amount of such credit or deduction actually received by such Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender to the extent attributable to such payment; provided , however , that the aggregate amount payable by such Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender pursuant to this sentence shall not exceed the aggregate amount previously paid by Borrower with respect to such Taxes and no Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender shall be required to pay any amounts pursuant to this Section 2.9(e) at any time when an Event of Default exists. In addition, Borrower agrees to pay any present or future stamp, recording or documentary taxes and any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies (other than those in the nature of taxes described in clauses (A) and (B) above and taxes imposed on the gross or net assets or capital of any Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender by any jurisdiction or any political subdivision (or taxing authority thereof or therein) in which the Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender is organized, has a permanent establishment or is engaged in business other than solely by reason of executing, delivering or performing its obligations or receiving a payment under, or enforcing, this Credit Agreement, any Note or any other Credit Document) that arise under applicable law from any payment made hereunder or under any other Credit Document or from the execution, delivery or performance or otherwise with respect to this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document (hereinafter referred to as “ Other Taxes ”).

 

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(ii)          Indemnity . Borrower shall indemnify each Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and Lender on an After Tax Basis for the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under this Section 2.9(e) ) arising from the execution, delivery or performance of its obligations or from receiving a payment hereunder or under any other Credit Document, or enforcing this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, paid by any Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender, or any liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted; provided , however , that Borrower shall not be obligated to indemnify any Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender for any penalties, interest or expenses relating to Taxes or Other Taxes arising from the indemnitee’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Each Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and Lender agrees to use its best efforts to give notice to Borrower of the assertion of any claim against such Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender, as applicable, relating to such Taxes or Other Taxes reasonably promptly, and in no event later than 90 days after the principal officer of such Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender responsible for administering this Credit Agreement has actual knowledge of such claim; provided that any Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender’s failure to notify Borrower within such 90-day period of such assertion shall not relieve Borrower of its obligation under this Section 2.9(e) . Payments by Borrower pursuant to this indemnification shall be made within 30 days from the date such Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender makes written demand therefor (submitted through Administrative Agent), which demand shall be accompanied by a certificate describing in reasonable detail a fair and reasonable basis for the calculations thereof. Each Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and Lender agree to (i) repay to Borrower any refund (including that portion of any interest that was included as part of such refund with respect to Taxes or Other Taxes paid by Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.9(e) ) received by such Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender for Taxes or Other Taxes that were paid by Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.9(e) ; provided , however , that no Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender shall be required to pay any amounts pursuant to this Section 2.9(e) at any time following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default and (ii) determine in its sole discretion to contest, with the cooperation and at the expense of Borrower, any such Taxes or Other Taxes which such Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, Lender or Borrower reasonably believes not to have been properly assessed.

 

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(iii)         Notice . Within 30 days after the date of any payment of Taxes or Other Taxes by Borrower, Borrower shall furnish to Administrative Agent, at its address referred to in Section 13.1 , the original or a certified copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof, or if such receipt is not obtainable, other evidence of such payment by Borrower reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders. Borrower shall indemnify each Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and Lender, as applicable, for all reasonable losses and expenses sustained by such Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender, as the case may be, as a result of any failure by Borrower to so furnish the original or certified copy of such receipt.

 

(iv)         Survival of Obligations . The obligations of Borrower under this Section 2.9(e) shall survive the termination of this Credit Agreement and the repayment of the Obligations for a period that is coterminous with the statute of limitations applicable to actions by applicable Governmental Authorities for the payment of Taxes.

 

(v)          Tax Returns; No Interference. Nothing in this Section 2.9(e) shall be construed to require any Agent, any Lender or any Letter of Credit Issuing Bank to (x) make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential or proprietary) to Borrower or any other Person unless required in order for any Obligor to perform its obligations hereunder or (y) take other actions that, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, would be adverse to its commercial interests. Nothing in this Credit Agreement shall interfere with the right of any Agent, any Lender or any Letter of Credit Issuing Bank to arrange its affairs, tax or otherwise, in whatever manner it thinks fit.

 

(f)            Withholding Exemption Certificates . Administrative Agent and each Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, on the Closing Date, and each Lender, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, agree that they will deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent (and Administrative Agent agrees that it will deliver to Borrower and Collateral Agent) either (i) a statement that it is a United States person (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) pursuant to a Form W-9; or (ii) if it is not a United States person, (y) two duly completed copies of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN or successor applicable form, as appropriate, or (z) in the case of an Administrative Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest, a letter in the form of Exhibit J-1 “Withholding Certificate (Portfolio Interest)”, such Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN or letter in the form of Exhibit J-1 certifying in each case that such Administrative Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Credit Agreement without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes. Each Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and Lender which delivers to Borrower and Administrative Agent a Form W-8ECI or W-8BEN pursuant to the preceding sentence or accompanying a letter in the form of Exhibit J-1 further undertakes to deliver to Borrower and Administrative Agent further copies of the said letter and Form W-8ECI or W-8BEN, or successor applicable forms, or other manner of certification or procedure, as the case may be, on or before the date that any such letter or form expires or becomes obsolete or within a reasonable time after gaining knowledge of the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent letter and forms previously delivered by it to Borrower, and such extensions or renewals thereof as may reasonably be requested by Borrower or Administrative Agent, certifying in the case of a Form W-8ECI or W-8BEN that such Lender is entitled to receive payments under this Credit Agreement, the Notes and the other Credit Documents without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, unless in any such cases a Change of Law has occurred prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be required which renders all such forms inapplicable or which would prevent a Lender from duly completing and delivering any such letter or form with respect to it. In the event that any Lender is not qualified or otherwise fails to satisfy the provisions of this Section 2.9(f) , Borrower, Administrative Agent and such Lender shall take reasonable action at the expense of Borrower to find another Person to be substituted for such Lender in the manner provided in Section 11.11 hereof; provided that such Lender shall not be required to substitute any other Person if such substitution would result in any adverse consequence for which such Lender is not indemnified to its satisfaction.

 

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2.10        Sharing of Payments, Etc. If any Lender (a “ Benefited Bank ”) shall obtain any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) on account of any Loans or LC Loans (or interest thereon) owed to it, in excess of its ratable share of payments on account of such Loans or LC Loans obtained by all Lenders entitled to such payments, such Lender shall forthwith purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans or LC Loans, as the case may be, as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment ratably with each of them; and if after taking into account such participations the Benefited Bank continues to have access to additional funds of Borrower for application on account of its debt, then the Benefited Bank shall use such funds to reduce Indebtedness held by it and share such payments with the other Lenders; provided , however , that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Lender, such purchase from such Lender shall be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price to the extent of such recovery together with an amount equal to such other Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such other Lender’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered.

 

2.11        Limitations on LIBO Rate Borrowing; Change of Circumstances .

 

(a)           Inability to Determine Rates .

 

(i)          If, prior to the first day of any Interest Period for LIBO Rate Loans, Administrative Agent shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon Borrower) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and commercially reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period, Administrative Agent shall give facsimile or telephonic notice thereof to Borrower and the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter. If such notice is given (x) any LIBO Rate Loans requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made as Base Rate Loans, (y) any Loans that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to LIBO Rate Loans shall be continued as Base Rate Loans and (z) any outstanding LIBO Rate Loans shall be converted, on the last day of the then-current Interest Period, to Base Rate Loans. Until such notice has been withdrawn by Administrative Agent, no LIBO Rate Loans shall be made or continued, and Borrower shall not have the right to convert Loans to LIBO Rate Loans. Once such notice has been withdrawn, Borrower may resume Borrowings of, and conversions to, LIBO Rate Loans as provided elsewhere in this Credit Agreement.

 

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(ii)         No later than 5:00 p.m. three Banking Days prior to the date when any Interest Period for a LIBO Rate Loan may be requested by Borrower (including any continuations of LIBO Rate Loans), any Lender (such lender, the “ Affected Lender ”) is entitled to provide a written notice to Administrative Agent and Borrower with respect to such Affected Lender’s projected additional costs of funds (in excess of the LIBO Rate then in effect) with respect to the relevant Interest Period for such LIBO Rate Loan. The Affected Lender is required to include in such written notice that (x) the relevant LIBO Rate for the upcoming Interest Period does not adequately reflect the Affected Lender’s funding costs and (y) the additional funding costs being claimed by the Affected Lender are a reasonable approximation of such additional costs sought to be recovered determined by applying reasonable practices used by such Affected Lender. After receipt of such written notice from Affected Lenders holding, in the aggregate, at least 35% of the Proportionate Share (Loans) of the LIBO Rate Loans under this Credit Agreement, (a) Administrative Agent shall provide written notice to the Lenders and Borrower (an “ Additional Funding Costs Notice ”) that Lenders holding, in the aggregate, at least 35% of the Proportionate Share (Loans) of the LIBO Rate Loans under this Credit Agreement have claimed additional funding costs (without specifying the identity of each such Affected Lender or the amount of the additional funding costs) and (b) each such Affected Lender’s LIBO Rate Loan for the relevant Interest Period shall accrue interest at (x) the applicable Adjusted LIBO Rate, plus (y) the relevant Applicable Margin and (z) the additional funding costs claimed by each such Affected Lender in its notice to Borrower and Administrative Agent. Upon receipt from Administrative Agent of the Additional Funding Costs Notice, Borrower shall have the right to convert the relevant LIBO Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans in accordance with Section 2.5(d) .

 

(b)           Illegality . If, after the date of this Credit Agreement, the adoption of any Legal Requirement, any change in any Legal Requirement or the application or requirements thereof (whether such change occurs in accordance with the terms of such Legal Requirement as enacted, as a result of amendment, or otherwise), any change in the interpretation or administration of any Legal Requirement by any Governmental Authority, or compliance by any Lender or Borrower with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority (a “ Change of Law ”) shall make it unlawful or impossible for any Lender to make or maintain any LIBO Rate Loan, such Lender shall immediately notify Administrative Agent and Borrower of such Change of Law. Upon receipt of such notice (i) Borrower’s right to request the making of, and the Lenders’ obligations to make or continue, LIBO Rate Loans shall be suspended for so long as such condition shall exist, and (ii) Borrower shall, at its option, either (y) immediately prepay such Loans or (x) convert such outstanding LIBO Rate Loans into Base Rate Loans. Any conversion or prepayment of LIBO Rate Loans made pursuant to the preceding sentence prior to the last day of an Interest Period for such Loans shall be deemed a prepayment thereof for purposes of Section 2.8 . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary provided in this Section 2.11(b) , Borrower may replace any Lender, affected as described in this Section 2.11(b) , pursuant to Section 11.11 .

 

(c)           Increased Costs . If, after the date of this Credit Agreement, any Change of Law:

 

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(i)          shall subject any Lender to any duty or other similar charge with respect to any Loan or Commitment with respect to such Lender, or shall change the basis of taxation of payments by Borrower to any Lender on such a Loan or LC Loan or with respect to any Commitment (except for Taxes or Other Taxes or changes in the rate of taxation on the overall net income of the any Lender); or

 

(ii)         shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances or loans by, or any other acquisition of funds by any Lender for any LIBO Rate Loan; or

 

(iii)        shall impose on any Lender any other condition directly related to any LIBO Rate Loan or Commitment;

 

and the effect of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender of making, issuing, creating, renewing, participating in or maintaining any such Commitment or to reduce any amount receivable by such Lender hereunder or under the Notes, then Borrower shall from time to time, upon demand by such Lender (accompanied by a certificate from such Lender setting forth the calculations used in determining such incurred costs in reasonable detail), as the case may be, pay to such Lender additional amounts sufficient to reimburse such Lender for such increased costs or to compensate such Lender for such reduced amounts, to the extent actually incurred by or suffered by such Lender; provided that no Lender may make a claim for increased costs hereunder which are already addressed in the definition of Reserve Requirement.

 

(d)          Capital Requirements . If, after the date of this Credit Agreement, any Lender determines that (i) any Change of Law affects the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Lender or the Lending Office of such Lender (a “ Capital Adequacy Requirement ”) and (ii) the amount of capital maintained by such Lender or such Lending Office which is attributable to or based upon the Loans, LC Loans, the Commitments or this Credit Agreement must be increased as a result of such Capital Adequacy Requirement (taking into account the policies of such Lender with respect to capital adequacy), Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent on behalf of such Lender, upon demand of Administrative Agent on behalf of such Lender (accompanied by a certificate from such Lender setting forth the calculations used in determining such incurred costs in reasonable detail), such amounts as such Lender shall determine are necessary to compensate such Lender for the increased costs to such Lender of such increased capital.

 

(e)          Notice . Each Lender will notify Administrative Agent of any event occurring after the date of this Credit Agreement that entitles such Person to compensation pursuant to this Section 2.11 , as promptly as is reasonable, and in no event later than 90 days after the principal officer of such Lender responsible for administering this Credit Agreement has actual knowledge of such claim, and Administrative Agent shall promptly notify Borrower of such event; provided that any such Lender’s failure to notify Administrative Agent within such 90 day period of such assertion shall not relieve Borrower of its obligation under this Section 2.11 with respect to claims arising prior to the end of such period, but shall relieve Borrower of its obligations under this Section 2.11 with respect to the time between the end of such period and such time as Borrower receives notices as provided herein (except that, if the event giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof). Any Lender seeking compensation under this Section 2.11 shall promptly deliver to Borrower (with a copy to Administrative Agent) a written statement, setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for calculating the additional amounts owed to such Lender under this Section 2.11 , which statement shall be conclusive and binding upon all parties hereto absent manifest error.

 

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2.12        Funding Losses . If Borrower shall (a) repay or prepay any LIBO Rate Loans on any day other than the last day of an Interest Period for such LIBO Rate Loans (whether as a voluntary prepayment or a Mandatory Prepayment), (b) fail to borrow, continue or convert any LIBO Rate Loan in accordance with a Notice of Construction Loan Borrowing, Notice of Tranche C Loan Borrowing, Notice of Term Conversion or Conversion/Continuation Certificate delivered to Administrative Agent (whether as a result of the failure to satisfy any applicable conditions or otherwise other than a default by a Lender), or (c) fail to make any prepayment of any LIBO Rate Loan in accordance with any notice of prepayment delivered to Administrative Agent; then Borrower shall, upon demand by any Lender, reimburse such Lender for all documented and reasonable costs, losses, liabilities or expenses which such Lender may incur as a result of such repayment, prepayment or failure, including any loss, cost, liability or expense actually incurred by reason of the liquidation or re-employment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Lender to fund or maintain such LIBO Rate Loan (but excluding any anticipated profits) (“ Liquidation Costs ”). Each Lender demanding payment under this Section 2.12 shall deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate setting forth and reasonably accounting for the amount of costs and losses for which demand is made, and Administrative Agent shall promptly provide such certificate to Borrower.

 

2.13        Alternate Office; Minimization of Costs .

 

(a)          To the extent reasonably possible, each Lender shall designate an alternative Lending Office with respect to its Loans and LC Loans and otherwise take any reasonable actions to reduce any liability of Borrower to such Lender under Sections 2.9(e) , 2.11(c) or 2.11(d) , or to avoid the unavailability of any Loans or LC Loans or an interest rate option under Section 2.11(b) so long as such Lender, in its sole discretion, does not determine that such designation is illegal or materially disadvantageous to such Lender.

 

(b)          Any Lender may designate a Lending Office other than that set forth on Exhibit I and may assign all of its interests under the Credit Documents, and its Notes, to such Lending Office, provided however , such designation or assignment shall not render the Loans or LC Loans or an interest rate option unavailable hereunder and that any liability of Borrower under Section 2.9(e) , shall not exceed the amount otherwise payable at the time of such designation, if such designation had not been made.

 

(c)          Each Lender shall use reasonable efforts to avoid or minimize any additional costs, taxes, expense or obligation which might otherwise be imposed on Borrower pursuant to Sections 2.9(e) , 2.11(c) , or 2.11(d) or as a result of such Lender being subject to a Reserve Requirement or to avoid the unavailability of Loans or LC Loans or an interest rate option under Section 2.11(a) or Section 2.11(b) ; provided , however , that such efforts shall not cause the imposition on any Lender of any material additional costs (as determined in such Lender’s sole discretion) or legal or regulatory burdens (unless Borrower shall provide such Lender with an indemnification for such additional costs in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Lender).

 

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2.14        Fees .

 

(a)           Commitment Fees .

 

(i)          On each Quarterly Date during the Tranche A Construction Loan Availability Period (where all or any portion of such calendar quarter occurs on or after the Closing Date) and on the Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date, Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Tranche A Lenders, accruing from the Closing Date or the first day of such quarter, as the case may be, Tranche A Construction Loan commitment fees for such quarter (or portion thereof) then ending equal to the product of (x) 0.75% times (y) the daily average Available Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment for such quarter (or portion thereof) times (z) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in such quarter (or portion thereof) and the denominator of which is 360.

 

(ii)         On each Quarterly Date during the Tranche B Construction Loan Availability Period (where all or any portion of such calendar quarter occurs on or after the Closing Date) and on the Tranche B Construction Loan Maturity Date, Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Tranche B Lenders, accruing from the Closing Date or the first day of such quarter, as the case may be, Tranche B Construction Loan commitment fees for such quarter (or portion thereof) then ending equal to the product of (x) 0.75% times (y) the daily average Available Tranche B Construction Loan Commitment for such quarter (or portion thereof) times (z) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in such quarter (or portion thereof) and the denominator of which is 360.

 

(iii)        (x) Prior to December 31, 2011, on each Quarterly Date during the Tranche C Loan Availability Period (where all or any portion of such calendar quarter occurs on or after the Closing Date), Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Tranche C Lenders, accruing from the Closing Date or the first day of such quarter, as the case may be, commitment fees for such quarter (or portion thereof) then ending equal the product of (A) 0.75% times (B) the daily average Available Tranche C Loan Commitment for such quarter (or portion thereof) times (C) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in such quarter (or portion thereof) and the denominator of which is 360 and (y) after December 31, 2011, on each Quarterly Date during the Tranche C Loan Availability Period occurring after December 31, 2011, Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Tranche C Lenders, accruing from the first day of such quarter, commitment fees for such quarter (or portion thereof) then ending equal the product of (A) 1.00% times (B) the daily average Available Tranche C Loan Commitment for such quarter (or portion thereof) times (C) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in such quarter (or portion thereof) and the denominator of which is 360.

 

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(iv)        On each Quarterly Date from the Closing Date to the LC Facility Maturity Date (where all or any portion of such calendar quarter occurs on or after the Closing Date) and on the LC Facility Maturity Date, Borrower shall pay to Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the LC Lenders, accruing from the Closing Date or the first day of such quarter, as the case may be, Letter of Credit commitment fees for such quarter (or portion thereof) then ending equal to the product of (x) 0.75% times (y) the daily average Available LC Commitment with respect to Letters of Credit for such quarter (or portion thereof) times (z) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in such quarter (or portion thereof) and the denominator of which is 360.

 

(b)           Annual Agency Fee; Collateral Agent and Depositary Bank Fee . Borrower shall pay to (x) Administrative Agent solely for Administrative Agent’s account the non-refundable fees described in the Administrative Agent Fee Letter and (y) shall pay to Collateral Agent and Depositary Bank the non-refundable fees described in the Collateral Agent and Depositary Bank Fee Letter.

 

(c)           LC Fees .

 

(i)          On each Quarterly Date during any period in which a Letter of Credit is outstanding, Borrower shall pay to the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, for the account of the LC Lenders pro rata , based on each LC Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of such Letter of Credit, letter of credit fees in arrears for such quarter (or a portion thereof) in an aggregate amount equal to the product of (x) the Applicable Margin for LIBO Rate Loans times (y) the daily average Stated Amount available from time to time to be drawn under each Letter of Credit for such quarter (or portion thereof), including the first day of such period but excluding the last day thereof, times (z) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in such quarter (or portion thereof), including the first day of such quarter but excluding the last day thereof, and the denominator of which is 360 (the “ LC Maintenance Fees ”).

 

(ii)         If any Person other than the Initial LC Lenders (or an Affiliate thereof) becomes an LC Lender pursuant to Section 11.13(b) , then, on each Quarterly Date during any period in which a Letter of Credit is outstanding, Borrower shall pay to the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank a fronting fee in respect of such Letter of Credit equal to the product of (x) 0.375%, times (y) the excess, if any, of (A) the daily average Stated Amount available from time to time to be drawn under the Letter of Credit for such quarter (or portion thereof), including the first day of such period but excluding the last day thereof over (B) an amount equal to the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank’s (in its (or its Affiliate’s) capacity as a Lender) Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the daily average Stated Amount of the Letter of Credit for such quarter (or portion thereof), including the first day of such period but excluding the last day of thereof, times (z) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in such quarter (or portion thereof), including the first day of such quarter but excluding the last day thereof, and the denominator of which is 360.

 

2.15        Loan Type and Class . Loans and LC Loans may be classified and referred to by type (“ Type ”) or class (“ Class ”). The “Type” of a Loan or LC Loan refers to whether such Loan or LC Loan is a Base Rate Loan or a LIBO Rate Loan, each of which constitutes a Type. The “Class” of a Loan or LC Loan refers to whether such Loan or LC Loan is a Tranche A Construction Loan, a Tranche B Construction Loan, an LC Loan, a Term Loan, or a Tranche C Loan and, when used in reference to any Commitment, refer to whether such Commitment is a Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment, Tranche B Construction Loan Commitment, LC Commitment, Term Loan Commitment or Tranche C Loan Commitment.

 

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2.16        Defaulting Lenders . Notwithstanding any provision of this Credit Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender :

 

(a)          fees shall cease to accrue on the unfunded portion of the Commitments of such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.14(a) ;

 

(b)          the Commitments of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether the Majority Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment, waiver or other modification pursuant to Section 11.10 ); provided , that this clause (b) shall not apply to the vote of a Defaulting Lender in the case of an amendment, waiver or other modification requiring the consent of such Lender or each Lender affected thereby;

 

(c)          if any DSR LC Exposure exists at the time a DSR LC Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender (and to the extent that such DSR LC Exposure has not been converted into an LC Loan in accordance with this Credit Agreement) then:

 

(i)          all or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the DSR LC Exposure shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting DSR LC Lenders in accordance with each such non-Defaulting DSR Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Total DSR LC Commitment (provided that, for the purposes of such calculation, the Defaulting Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Total DSR LC Commitment shall be disregarded), as applicable, but only to the extent the sum of all non-Defaulting DSR LC Lenders’ DSR LC Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting DSR LC Lenders’ DSR LC Commitments;

 

(ii)         Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.14(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lenders’ Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the DSR LC Exposure; and

 

(iii)        if the DSR LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting DSR LC Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.14(a) and Section 2.14(c) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting DSR LC Lenders’ Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Total DSR LC Commitment;

 

(c)          if any PPA LC Exposure exists at the time a PPA LC Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender (and to the extent that such PPA LC Exposure has not been converted into an LC Loan in accordance with this Credit Agreement) then:

 

(i)          all or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the PPA LC Exposure shall be reallocated among the non-Defaulting PPA LC Lenders in accordance with each such non-Defaulting PPA Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Total PPA LC Commitment (provided that, for the purposes of such calculation, the Defaulting Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Total PPA LC Commitment shall be disregarded), as applicable, but only to the extent the sum of all non-Defaulting PPA LC Lenders’ PPA LC Exposure does not exceed the total of all non-Defaulting PPA LC Lenders’ PPA LC Commitments;

 

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(ii)         Borrower shall not be required to pay any fees to such Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 2.14(c) with respect to such Defaulting Lenders’ Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the PPA LC Exposure; and

 

(iii)        if the PPA LC Exposure of the non-Defaulting PPA LC Lenders is reallocated pursuant to clause (i) above, then the fees payable to the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.14(a) and Section 2.14(c) shall be adjusted in accordance with such non-Defaulting PPA LC Lenders’ Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Total PPA LC Commitment; and

 

(d)          so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender, each Letter of Credit Issuing Bank shall not be required to issue, amend or increase any Letter of Credit, unless it is satisfied that the related exposure and the Defaulting Lender’s then outstanding DSR LC Exposure or PPA LC Exposure, as applicable, will be 100% covered by the applicable LC Commitments of the applicable non-Defaulting LC Lenders and/or cash collateral will be provided by Borrower in accordance with Section 2.16(c) , and participating interests in any newly issued or increased Letter of Credit shall be allocated among the applicable non-Defaulting LC Lenders in a manner consistent with Section 2.16(c)(i) (and such Defaulting Lender shall not participate therein).

 

In the event that Administrative Agent, Borrower and each Letter of Credit Issuing Bank each agrees that a Defaulting Lender has adequately remedied all matters that caused such Lender to be a Defaulting Lender, then the DSR LC Exposure or PPA LC Exposure, as applicable of the LC Lenders shall be readjusted to reflect the inclusion of such LC Lender’s DSR LC Commitment or PPA LC Commitment, as applicable, and on such date such Lender shall purchase at par such of the Loans of the other Lenders as Administrative Agent shall determine may be necessary in order for such Lender to hold such Loans in accordance with its Proportionate Share (Loans) of the applicable Loans and LC Loans, subject to payment by such Lender to each other applicable Lender, Borrower and each applicable Agent of all fees, costs and expenses in connection with such Lender having become a Defaulting Lender and the purchase by such Defaulting Lender of Loans or portions thereof in accordance with this paragraph.

 

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2.17        Incremental Loans .

 

(a)          Borrower may, at any time after the Closing Date but prior to the date which falls nine (9) months after the Closing Date (provided such period may be extended by no more than three (3) months with the consent of Administrative Agent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed provided that Borrower is working diligently with a proposed Incremental Lender to provide a Commitment Increase), by written notice to the Administrative Agent (a “ Commitment Increase Notice ”), request (i) one or more increases in the amount of the Tranche A Construction Loan Commitments up to an aggregate amount not exceeding $19,000,000 in the aggregate and not less than $5,000,000 individually per request (or such lesser amount as shall be approved by Administrative Agent) (the “ Incremental Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment Increase ”); provided that any Incremental Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment Increase shall be accompanied by a dollar-for-dollar increase in the Term Loan Commitment to be held by the Person holding the Tranche A Construction Loan Commitments subject of the Incremental Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment Increase and provided further that no more than two Incremental Lenders may be allocated an Incremental Tranche A Construction Loan Increase, (ii) one or more increases in the amount of the Tranche B Construction Loan Commitments up to an aggregate amount not exceeding $30,250,000 in the aggregate and not less than $5,000,000 individually per request (or such lesser amount as shall be approved by Administrative Agent) (the “ Incremental Tranche B Construction Loan Commitment Increase ”) provided that no more than two Incremental Lenders may be allocated an Incremental Tranche B Construction Loan Increase and (iii) one or more increases in the amount of the Tranche C Loan Commitments up to an aggregate amount not exceeding $31,500,000 in the aggregate and not less than $5,000,000 individually per request (or such lesser amount as shall be approved by Administrative Agent) (the “ Incremental Tranche C Commitment Increase ” and, together with the Incremental Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment Increase and the Incremental Tranche B Construction Loan Commitment Increase, each a “ Commitment Increase ”) provided that no more than two Incremental Lenders may be allocated an Incremental Tranche C Loan Increase.

 

(b)          Each Commitment Increase Notice shall specify (i) the date on which Borrower proposes that a Commitment Increase shall be effective, which shall be a date not less than 10 Banking Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent and (ii) the identity of each Lender or other Person that is an Eligible Assignee (each, an “ Incremental Lender ”) to whom Borrower proposes any portion of such Commitment Increase be allocated and the amounts of such allocations; provided that the Administrative Agent may elect or decline to arrange such Commitment Increase in its sole discretion and any Lender approached to provide all or a portion of the Commitment Increase may elect or decline, in its sole discretion, to participate in such Commitment Increase. 

 

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(c)          Commitments in respect of the Commitment Increases shall become Commitments (or, in the case of a Commitment Increase of a Class of Commitments to be provided by an existing Lender with a Commitment of such Class, an increase in such Lender’s Commitments of such Class) under this Credit Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “ Incremental Amendment ”) to this Credit Agreement executed by Borrower, the Administrative Agent and each Incremental Lender (with the consent of no other Lender or Secured Party being required) which provides solely for (A) the increase in the Commitments of the applicable Class (including an increase in the Term Loan Commitments where the applicable increase is in respect of the Tranche A Construction Loan Commitments), (B) a proportionate decrease in the amounts of Commitment Increases which Borrower may request under Section 2.17(a), (C) amendments to the definitions of “Proportionate Share (Commitment)” and “Proportionate Share (Loans)” to reflect the relative unfunded Commitments of the Lenders and the Incremental Lender and (D) the joinder of the Incremental Lender to this Credit Agreement. The effectiveness of any Incremental Amendment (1) relating to: (i) an Incremental Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment Increase shall be subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 3.3(g) , (h) and (i) ; (ii) an Incremental Tranche B Construction Loan Commitment Increase shall be subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 3.3(g) , (h) and (i) and (iii) an Incremental Tranche C Loan Commitment Increase shall be subject to the satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Sections 3.5(i) , (j) and (k) and 3.6(g) , (h) and (n) , (2) shall be subject to the condition that Administrative Agent has received an Updated Base Case Projections in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, which Updated Base Case Projections shall demonstrate that the requested Commitment Increase will not reduce the Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio according to (i) the P50 Production Scenario to less than 1.40:1.00, on a minimum quarterly and on an average quarterly basis and (ii) the P99 Production Scenario to less than 1.00:1.00, on a minimum quarterly and on an average quarterly basis, (3) shall be subject to the condition that no Default or Event of Default shall exist on such date of effectiveness before or after giving effect to such Commitment Increase and (4) shall be subject to the condition that such Incremental Lender is entitled to receipt of any required reliance letters in respect of the legal opinions provided to Administrative Agent pursuant to Sections 3.1(l) and 3.5(l) , as applicable.

 

(d)          On the first date on which Borrower requests any Loans following the effectiveness of an Incremental Amendment with respect to an Incremental Tranche A Construction Loan Increase, Borrower shall request that the Tranche A Lenders make a Tranche A Construction Loan in an amount at least equal to the full amount of the Incremental Tranche A Construction Loan Increase with the proceeds thereof in an amount equal to such Incremental Tranche A Construction Loan Increase being applied (i) first , to repay Member Loans outstanding on the Closing Date or as otherwise permitted by the Majority Lenders ( provided that (x) the proceeds of such Member Loans had been used to pay Project Costs in respect of the Projects and (y) in the event that Total Completion and Completion (Salmon Falls) have not yet occurred, sufficient monies have been reserved in an Account to pay all remaining Project Costs in order to achieve Total Completion and Completion (Salmon Falls) in accordance with the Project Schedules and Project Budgets), (ii) second , in the event that such Loans are made after the Term Conversion Date, to reimburse Equity Contributions, in an amount, without duplication, not to exceed the positive difference between the Equity Contribution and the amount required to maintain the Debt to Equity Ratio of 70:30, in each case calculated as of the date of such Loan and (iii) third , to deposit any remaining proceeds in the Revenue Account, for application solely for the purposes and in the order and manner provided in the Depositary Agreement. In addition, the repayment of Member Loans and reimbursement of any Equity Contribution in accordance with this Section 2.17(d) is subject to the condition that all Reserve Account Requirements (if applicable) have been satisfied.

 

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(e)          On the first date on which Borrower requests any Loans following the effectiveness of an Incremental Amendment with respect to an Incremental Tranche B Construction Loan Increase, Borrower shall request that the Tranche B Lenders make a Tranche B Construction Loan in an amount at least equal to the full amount of the Incremental Tranche B Construction Loan Increase with the proceeds thereof in an amount equal to such Incremental Tranche B Construction Loan Increase being applied (i) first , to repay Member Loans outstanding on the Closing Date or as otherwise permitted by the Majority Lenders ( provided that (x) the proceeds of such Member Loans had been used to pay Project Costs in respect of the Projects and (y) in the event that Total Completion and Completion (Salmon Falls) have not yet occurred, sufficient monies have been reserved in an Account to pay all remaining Project Costs in order to achieve Total Completion and Completion (Salmon Falls) in accordance with the Project Schedules and Project Budgets), (ii) second , in the event that such Loans are made after the Term Conversion Date, to reimburse Equity Contributions, in an amount, without duplication, not to exceed the positive difference between the Equity Contribution and the amount required to maintain the Debt to Equity Ratio of 70:30, in each case calculated as of the date of such Loan and (iii) third , to deposit any remaining proceeds in the Revenue Account, for application solely for the purposes and in the order and manner provided in the Depositary Agreement. In addition, the repayment of Member Loans and reimbursement of any Equity Contribution in accordance with this Section 2.17(e) is subject to the condition that all Reserve Account Requirements (if applicable) have been satisfied.

 

ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

3.1          Conditions Precedent to Closing . The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan and the obligation of each Letter of Credit Issuing Bank to issue a Letter of Credit on the Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent, each in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Lenders (unless waived in writing by Administrative Agent and the Lenders):

 

(a)           Equity Contributions . Delivery to Administrative Agent of evidence satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Lenders that Borrower has received Equity Contributions and Member Loans in an aggregate amount at least equal to the Required Contribution Amount and evidence of the amount of Project Costs incurred and paid for in respect of the Projects prior to the Closing Date.

 

(b)           Resolutions . Delivery to Administrative Agent of a copy of one or more resolutions or other authorizations duly authorized by the board of directors (or other equivalent body) or evidence of all corporate or limited liability company action, as the case may be, of each Idaho Wind Entity certified by an Authorized Officer of each such entity as being in full force and effect on the Closing Date, authorizing the Borrowings herein provided for and the execution, delivery and performance of this Credit Agreement (in the case of each Obligor) and the other Operative Documents and any instruments or agreements required hereunder or thereunder and in each case to which such Person is a party, as applicable.

 

(c)           Incumbency . Delivery to each of Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent of a certificate from each Idaho Wind Entity, signed by the appropriate Authorized Officer or representative of each such entity and dated the Closing Date, as to the name, incumbency and specimen signature of the natural persons authorized to execute and deliver this Credit Agreement (in the case of each Obligor’s certificate) and the other Operative Documents to which such Person is a party, as applicable.

 

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(d)           Formation Documents . Delivery to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent of a certificate of each Idaho Wind Entity, as applicable, dated the Closing Date and attaching and certifying the following (i) with respect to Borrower, a true and correct copy of the certificate of formation of Borrower, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, a true and correct copy of the Borrower Operating Agreement, satisfactory to the Lenders and any related agreements or certificates filed in accordance with applicable state law, and a certificate issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware certifying that Borrower is in good standing in such state, in each case, certified by an Authorized Officer of Borrower as being true, correct and complete, (ii) with respect to each Borrower Subsidiary, a true and correct copy of the certificate of formation of such Borrower Subsidiary, certified by the Secretary of State of the State of Idaho, a true and correct copy of such Borrower Subsidiary’s Project Company Operating Agreement, satisfactory to the Lenders and any related agreements or certificates filed in accordance with applicable state law, and a certificate issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Idaho certifying that such Borrower Subsidiary is in good standing in such state, in each case, certified by an Authorized Officer of such Borrower Subsidiary as being true, correct and complete and (iii) with respect to each Member, a true and correct copy of the certificate of formation of each Member, certified by the Secretary of State of the state of formation of each such Person, a true and correct copy of the Organizational Documents of such Person and any related agreements or certificates filed in accordance with applicable state law, and a certificate issued by the Secretary of State of the state of formation of each such Person certifying that such Person is in good standing in such state, in each case, certified by an Authorized Officer of such Person as being true, correct and complete.

 

(e)           Idaho Qualification Certificate . Delivery to Administrative Agent of certificates issued as of a recent date prior to the Closing Date by the Idaho Secretary of State as to the qualification of Borrower to do business in the State of Idaho.

 

(f)            Membership Interest Certificates; Promissory Notes . Delivery to Collateral Agent of (i) the original membership interest certificates, with blank transfer powers, representing all issued and outstanding membership interests in Borrower and each Borrower Subsidiary, as required pursuant to each Pledge and Security Agreement and (ii) each promissory note (if any) pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to each Pledge and Security Agreement and endorsed (without recourse) in blank or with blank transfer powers, as required pursuant to each Pledge and Security Agreement.

 

(g)           Closing Certificates . Delivery to Administrative Agent, with a copy to Collateral Agent, of: (i) a certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, signed by an Authorized Officer of Borrower, in substantially the form of Exhibit G-1(a) (the “ Borrower’s Closing Certificate ”); (ii) a closing certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, signed by an Authorized Officer of each Borrower Subsidiary, in substantially the form of Exhibit G-1(b), and (iii) a closing certificate, dated as of the Closing Date, signed by an Authorized Officer of each Member in substantially the form of Exhibit G-1(c) .

 

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(h)           Insurance Consultant Certificate; Insurance Broker Compliance Letter . Delivery to Administrative Agent, with a copy to Collateral Agent, of the Insurance Consultant’s certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit G-2 , with the Insurance Consultant’s report attached thereto. Delivery to Administrative Agent of a compliance letter from Borrower’s insurance broker, in substantially the form of Exhibit G-7 , confirming that all insurance premiums required by Schedule 5.15 to be paid as of the Closing Date have been paid and that Borrower is otherwise in compliance with Section 5.15 and Schedule 5.15 .

 

(i)            Independent Engineer Certificate . Delivery to Administrative Agent of the Independent Engineer’s certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit G-3 , with the Independent Engineer’s report attached thereto.

 

(j)            Wind Consultant Certificate . Delivery to Administrative Agent of the Wind Consultant’s certificate, in substantially the form of Exhibit G-4 , with the Wind Consultant’s report attached thereto (the “ Wind Consultant Closing Report ”), which includes the wind and energy production forecasts for the life of the Projects and analysis attached thereto, and which shall also include a P50 Production Scenario and a P99 Production Scenario with respect to each Project.

 

(k)           Cost Segregation Consultant Report . Delivery to Administrative Agent of the Cost Segregation Consultant closing report in respect of each Project (the “ Cost Segregation Closing Report ”), which report shall: (i) identify the cost categories and the expected amount of Eligible Costs in respect of each Project and certify that the projected Project Costs and other Eligible Costs that will be claimed as part of the basis for Eligible Costs in respect of each Project shall constitute Eligible Costs, based on such Cost Segregation Consultant’s review of the Closing Date Base Case Projections and determined pursuant to a methodology consistent with the Treasury Guidance and any other guidance issued with respect to a Cash Grant, (ii) estimate the aggregate Cash Grant Proceeds to be at least $115,700,000 and (iii) include such other matters as Administrative Agent and the Lenders may reasonably request.

 

(l)            Legal Opinions . Delivery to Administrative Agent of the legal opinions set forth on Schedule 3.1(l) .

 

(m)          Financial Statements . Delivery to Administrative Agent of the following: (i) the most recent quarterly unaudited financial statements of Borrower (on a consolidated basis for Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries and including pro forma financial statements) and each Member (other than Atlantic Member and GE Member) prepared in accordance with GAAP along with a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the applicable Person, certifying that such financial statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of such Idaho Wind Entity, in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, as at the end of, and for, such period (subject to normal year-end adjustments), (ii) a Financial Condition Certificate in respect of Atlantic Member and GE Member and (iii) the most recent annual audited financial statements of the Power Purchaser and EPC Contractor. Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent a copy of Form W-9 duly completed by Borrower.

 

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(n)           Insurance . Insurance complying with Section 5.15 shall be in full force and effect and Administrative Agent shall have received certified copies of all policies evidencing such insurance (or insurance certificates signed by the insurer or a broker authorized to bind the insurer evidencing such insurance).

 

(o)           Permits . Delivery to Administrative Agent of (i)  Exhibit H-1 , the schedule of Required Permits required to own, develop, construct and operate each Project (including the sale of electric energy therefrom but excluding any Required Permits that are necessary solely for the performance of an Obligor’s obligations under the REC Documents), (ii) true, correct and complete copies of all Permits listed on Part I of Exhibit H-1 , which Permits shall be all of the Required Permits as of the Closing Date together with a certificate of Borrower signed by an Authorized Officer certifying that, except as disclosed in Exhibit H-1 each such Required Permit has been duly obtained and is in full force and effect and is not subject to appeal, further proceedings or any unsatisfied conditions that could reasonably be expected to result in a material modification or revocation and (iii) a certificate of Borrower signed by an Authorized Officer certifying that all of the conditions applicable to the construction of the Projects have been satisfied under the Conditional Use Permits issued by the Elmore County, Cassia County, Jerome County and Twin Falls County Planning Developments, as applicable. Part II of Exhibit H-1 shall list all other Permits of a type that is routinely granted on an application prior to the time it becomes a Required Permit and that would not normally be obtained before commencement of construction.

 

(p)           Governmental Authority Actions, Etc . No action, suit, proceeding or investigation shall have been instituted or threatened in writing, nor shall any rule, regulation, order, judgment or decree have been issued by any Governmental Authority that, (i) if such action, suit, proceeding or investigation shall have been adversely determined, would have a Closing Date Material Adverse Effect, or (ii) solely as a result of the construction, ownership, leasing or operation of any Project, the sale of electric energy, capacity or ancillary services or RECs from a Project, or the entering into of any Operative Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, would cause or deem (1) any of the Secured Parties or any Affiliate of any of them to be subject to, or not exempted from, regulation under the FPA or PUHCA or under any State laws and regulations respecting the rates or the financial or organizational regulation of electric utilities (other than, (x) upon exercise by a Secured Party of certain remedies allowed under the Credit Documents, such Secured Party may become subject to regulation under the FPA or PUHCA, to the extent such entity becomes a direct or indirect owner of 10% or more of the voting securities, as defined in PUHCA, of an Obligor, or the operator of, or controls, an Obligor, a Project, or an Obligor’s or a Project’s FERC-jurisdictional facilities or contracts, if any, and (y) the exercise of any remedy provided for in any Operative Document by a Secured Party or any of its successor or assigns may require prior approval of FERC under Section 203 of the FPA), or (2) an Obligor or any Affiliate of an Obligor to be subject to, or not exempted from, regulation under any State laws and regulations respecting the rates or the financial or organizational regulation of electric utilities.

 

(q)           FERC Documents . Delivery to Administrative Agent of a copy of each Project’s most recent notice of self-certification (“ Notice of Self-Certification ”) filed at FERC demonstrating that each of the Projects is a QF.

 

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(r)            IPUC Orders . Delivery to Administrative Agent of an order issued by the IPUC approving each Power Purchase Agreement without reservations or conditions, or on conditions and reservations acceptable to Idaho Power or conditions or reservations waived by Idaho Power under the applicable Power Purchase Agreement.

 

(s)           Anti-Terrorism Laws, Etc . At least five Banking Days prior to the Closing Date, delivery to Administrative Agent of all documentation and other information requested by Administrative Agent and the Lenders (including in respect of each Idaho Wind Entity and any applicable Affiliates) required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” laws and Anti-Terrorism Laws.

 

(t)            Payment of Fees, Etc . All amounts required to be paid to or deposited with any Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender under the Credit Documents, and all taxes, fees (including, but not limited to, any Agency Fees, LC Maintenance Fees, attorneys’ fees and the Independent Consultants’ fees), expenses and other costs payable in connection with the execution, delivery, recordation or filing of the documents and instruments required to be filed pursuant to this Section 3.1 shall have been paid in full or will be paid in full on the Closing Date.

 

(u)           Collateral Requirements .

 

(i)          Financing statements or other documents required by the Collateral Documents or under applicable law to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein, shall have been filed, registered or recorded or shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent in form for filing, registration or recordation. The Liens of the Collateral Documents shall constitute valid and enforceable first-priority Liens on the Collateral (except, as to the priority of such Lien, for any Permitted Liens that, pursuant to applicable law, are entitled to a higher priority than the Lien of the Collateral Agent) and the security interests in the portion of the Collateral that consists of personal property and fixtures shall have been perfected. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Liens on the portion of the Collateral that consists of real property created under each Mortgage shall have been duly recorded or registered at the real estate recordation offices of the Counties of Cassia, Elmore, Jerome or Twin Falls, as applicable, State of Idaho (or such Mortgage shall have been delivered to the Title Insurer for recordation on terms and conditions satisfactory to the Collateral Agent) and all such Liens shall be prior to any other Liens except for Permitted Liens.

 

(ii)         Delivery to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent of UCC search reports of a recent date before the Closing Date for each of the jurisdictions in which the UCC-1 financing statements, the fixture filings and the Mortgages are intended to be filed in respect of the Collateral. The Administrative Agent shall have received litigation and docket search reports of a recent date before the Closing Date for each of the jurisdictions in which an Idaho Wind Entity has a main place of business.

 

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(iii)        Delivery to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent of duly completed copies, which have been duly authorized for filing by the appropriate Person, or which will, upon payment of a specified amount, which amount shall be paid prior to or concurrently with the Closing Date, be authorized for filing by the appropriate Person, of each UCC financing statement amendment (Form UCC-3) termination statement, if any, necessary to release all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) of any Person in any Collateral previously granted by any Idaho Wind Entity.

 

(iv)        Delivery to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent of evidence satisfactory to it that all filing, recordation, subscription and inscription fees and all recording and other similar fees, and all recording, stamp and other expenses related to such filings, registrations and recordings necessary for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Credit Agreement and the other Operative Documents have been paid in full by or on behalf of the Idaho Wind Entities.

 

(v)           No Closing Date Material Adverse Effect . No event shall have occurred and no condition shall exist that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Closing Date Material Adverse Effect.

 

(w)           Representations and Warranties . Each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Article IV and the Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects on the Closing Date (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date).

 

(x)            No Default or Event of Default . No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

(y)           Project Budget . Delivery to Administrative Agent of a budget, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent in consultation with the Independent Engineer (the “ Project Budget ”) for all Project Costs incurred and expected to be incurred in connection with the development, construction and start-up of the Projects, as well as estimates of revenues and cash flows expected to be generated from the Projects, in each case for the period commencing on the date of the Project Budget through the date of Total Completion and Completion (Salmon Falls), as applicable.

 

(z)            Closing Date Base Case Projections and Project Schedule . Delivery to Administrative Agent of (i) the Closing Date Base Case Projections (which shall, among other things, show a minimum Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio according to (A) the P50 Production Scenario of not less than 1.40:1.00 on a minimum quarterly and on an average quarterly basis and (B) the P99 Production Scenario of not less than 1.00:1.00 on a minimum quarterly and on an average quarterly basis) and (ii) the Project Schedule for each of the Projects; in each case, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Independent Engineer.

 

(aa)         Notices to Proceed . Delivery to Administrative Agent of duly executed copies of the notices to proceed required to be issued under the EPC Contract in respect of each Project and any change orders or amendments issued or required to be issued under the Construction Contracts and the Interconnection Agreements on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

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(bb)         Title to Real Estate . Each Borrower Subsidiary shall have (A) acquired good, marketable and indefeasible title to, or interest in, its respective Project and Site and in and to all related property and assets to the extent necessary to construct, operate and maintain the Project, in each case free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, (B) caused the instruments or memoranda of the Real Property Documents evidencing such interests in the Projects and Sites, as applicable, to be duly recorded with all required Governmental Authorities in accordance with applicable law, (C) taken all action necessary to satisfy all conditions and pay all amounts necessary to acquire its interest in its respective Project and Site as evidenced by the Ground Leases and Easements contemplated in the applicable Real Property Documents and (D) caused the instruments evidencing the Easements (as applicable) to be duly recorded with all required Governmental Authorities in accordance with applicable law.

 

(cc)         ALTA Land Title Surveys . Delivery to Administrative Agent of the Surveys (provided that optional items 7(b)(1) and 7(c) shall not be required to be included in the certification for such Surveys delivered in accordance with this paragraph (cc)) and so long as the Surveys delivered pursuant to this paragraph (cc) are in such form as is reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and the Title Insurer.

 

(dd)         ALTA Land Title Policies . At the sole cost and expense of Borrower, Title Insurer shall have delivered to Administrative Agent the Title Policies or a binding marked commitment to issue such Title Policies dated as of the Closing Date and to be redated the date of the recording of the Mortgages, subject only to those exceptions approved by the Lenders and containing such endorsements and affirmative assurances as the Lenders shall reasonably require and which are obtainable from title insurers in the State of Idaho.

 

(ee)         Landowner Estoppels . Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to Administrative Agent estoppels with respect to the Ground Leases and Easements set forth on Exhibit H-2 (the “ Landowner Estoppels ”).

 

(ff)          Consents . Delivery to Administrative Agent, with a copy to Collateral Agent, of each of the fully executed Consents.

 

(gg)         Assignment . All Permits, Principal Project Documents, Real Property Documents, Ground Leases and any other property or assets necessary or appropriate for the development, construction and operation of the Projects (including, without limitation, the Turbine Supply Agreement), shall have been duly assigned or transferred to each applicable Borrower Subsidiary by Borrower or the Members, or such other Affiliates of Borrower or Members, as applicable, pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and each Lender.

 

(hh)         Establishment of Accounts . Delivery to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, of satisfactory evidence of the establishment of the Accounts and the Checking Accounts.

 

(ii)           Process Agent Letter . Delivery to Administrative Agent of a copy of a letter from Capitol Services, Inc. accepting its appointment as process agent in New York for each Idaho Wind Entity (other than GE Member) with respect to the Credit Documents that it is a party to, in substantially the form of Exhibit G-6 .

 

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(jj)           Phase I Environmental Site Assessments . Delivery to Administrative Agent of the Phase I Environmental Site Assessments, together with a reliance and bringdown letter from Bionomics dated no earlier than 180 days prior to the Closing Date that shall entitle Administrative Agent, the other Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Banks and the Lenders to rely upon the Phase I Environmental Site Assessments as of the Closing Date, and shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

 

(kk)         Eligible Costs Certificate . Delivery to Administrative Agent of a certificate of an Authorized Officer of Borrower who is familiar in all material respects with the financial condition and operations of the Obligors, in substantially the form of Exhibit G-8 , dated the Closing Date, certifying that: (i) the Cost Segregation Consultant has determined that the anticipated Project Costs designated as Eligible Costs in the Cost Segregation Closing Report will be Eligible Costs if incurred; (ii) such projected Eligible Costs basis has been determined pursuant to a methodology consistent with the Treasury Guidance; (iii) such projected Eligible Costs are at least equal to the total anticipated Project Costs that can be included in the basis of property eligible for five-year Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System Depreciation   pursuant to Code section 168(e)(3)(B)(vi) and (iv) the aggregate Tranche B Construction Loan Commitments do not exceed 95% of 30% of the projected amount of Eligible Costs, as certified by the Cost Segregation Consultant.

 

(ll)           Commencement of Construction . Delivery to Administrative Agent of a certificate of an Authorized Officer of Borrower certifying that each Project has commenced construction as of the Closing Date.

 

(mm)       Cash Grant Power of Attorney . Each Borrower Subsidiary shall have granted Collateral Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) a power of attorney (the “ Power of Attorney ”), in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders, which grants the Collateral Agent the power to act in the place of such Borrower Subsidiary with respect to such Person’s Cash Grant Application and any filings, amendments or notices related thereto upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default.

 

(nn)         Credit Documents and Principal Project Documents . Delivery to Administrative Agent, with a copy to Collateral Agent, of executed originals or copies of each Credit Document and a true and correct copy of each Principal Project Document, and any existing supplements or amendments thereto, all of which Credit Documents, Principal Project Documents and supplements or amendments thereto shall be satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent and the Lenders, shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto, and shall be in full force and effect on the Closing Date and shall be certified by Borrower as being true, complete and correct copies and in full force and effect pursuant to the certificate referred to in Section 3.1(g) above.

 

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(oo)         Repayment of Indebtedness . Delivery to Administrative Agent of evidence satisfactory to Administrative Agent that all Indebtedness (other than Permitted Indebtedness) of each Obligor shall have been indefeasibly repaid or discharged in full.

 

(pp)         Amendments to Organizational Documents . Delivery to Administrative Agent of evidence satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Lenders that the Borrower Operating Agreement, each Project Company Operating Agreement and the limited liability company agreements of each Member that is a partnership or other pass-through entity described in the Treasury Guidance includes, or has been amended to include, a provision substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit H-8    (or having the same substantive effect as such provision).

 

(qq)         Repayment of Member Loan Obligations . Delivery to Administrative Agent of a certificate of an Authorized Officer of Borrower certifying the aggregate amount of Member Loans (including unpaid principal and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon) to be repaid by Borrower with the proceeds of the Loans to be made on the Closing Date.

 

(rr)           Performance Bond . Delivery to Administrative Agent of a copy of the performance bond issued by or on behalf of EPC Contractor in favor of Collateral Agent.

 

(ss)         Incumbency Certificates . Delivery to Collateral Agent of an authority and incumbency certificate for each Idaho Wind Entity pursuant to Section 7.5 of the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

(tt)           Burley Butte Lease Amendment . Delivery to Administrative Agent of an executed original or copy of the First Amendment to Lease and Memorandum of Lease among Jarolimek Financial Group LLC and Burley Butte, duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and evidence that such First Amendment to Lease and Memorandum of Lease has been duly recorded in the real estate records of the County of Cassia, State of Idaho.

 

3.2          Conditions Precedent to Issuance of Letters of Credit . The issuance or amendment of any Letter of Credit is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent (unless waived in writing by Administrative Agent with the consent of the applicable Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and the Majority Lenders):

 

(a)           Notice of LC Activity . Delivery to Administrative Agent and the applicable Letter of Credit Issuing Bank of a Notice of LC Activity, in accordance with Section 2.4(c) , requesting the issuance of a Letter of Credit.

 

(b)           Other Conditions Precedent . (i) In the case of the issuance of a PPA Letter of Credit, the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.1 , solely with respect to PPA Letters of Credit to be issued on or within five Banking Days of the Closing Date, and Section 3.3 (other than Sections 3.3(a) , 3.3(b) , 3.3(c) , and 3.3(e) ), with respect to all other issuances of PPA Letters of Credit shall have been satisfied, and all conditions to the “Operation Date” (other than the delivery of such PPA Letter of Credit) shall have occurred under and as defined in the applicable Power Purchase Agreement pursuant to which such PPA Letter of Credit is required to be delivered and (ii) in the case of the issuance of the DSR Letter of Credit, the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.7 shall have been satisfied on the Term Conversion Date.

 

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(c)           Credit Documents, Principal Project Documents and Permits . Each Credit Document, Principal Project Document and Required Permit that is then required to be in effect shall be in full force and effect.

 

3.3          Conditions Precedent to Each Construction Loan . The obligation of each Lender to make each Construction Loan contemplated to be made by it hereunder, including the initial Construction Loan, is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent (unless waived in writing by Administrative Agent with the consent of the Majority Lenders or, solely with respect to the initial Construction Loan, with the consent of all Lenders):

 

(a)           Notice of Borrowing . Delivery to Administrative Agent of a Notice of Construction Loan Borrowing, in accordance with Section 2.1(c) , which Notice of Construction Loan Borrowing shall include a certification as to certain of the matters set forth in this Section 3.3 .

 

(b)           Drawdown Certificates . Within the time periods provided in Exhibit C-1 , prior to each Construction Loan, delivery to Administrative Agent of a certificate, dated the date such Construction Loan is to be made and signed by an Authorized Officer of Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1 . Such certificate shall state the amount and purpose(s) of the requested Borrowing of Construction Loans accompanied by appropriate invoices or other evidence of payment representing Project Costs then due and payable to third parties (other than subcontractors solely to the extent that the aggregate amount of such subcontract to which such subcontractor is a party is equal to or less than $150,000 per annum) and together with a certification that the proceeds of such Construction Loans shall be used solely for Project Costs in accordance with the Project Budget, or otherwise as permitted under this Credit Agreement, and further certifying that sufficient funds are available pursuant to the Tranche A Construction Loan Commitments plus , solely to the extent Borrower has satisfied the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.4 , the applicable amount of the Tranche B Construction Loan Commitments to complete the Projects and achieve Total Completion and Completion (Salmon Falls) (or certifying that sufficient funds are available pursuant to the Tranche A Construction Loan Commitments, plus , solely to the extent Borrower has satisfied the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.4 , the applicable amount of the Tranche B Construction Loan Commitments, plus any other irrevocable funding commitment in form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders for any shortfall).

 

(c)           Certificate of Independent Engineer . The Independent Engineer shall have reviewed Borrower’s certificates and supporting invoices or other evidence of payment and other information referred to in Section 3.3(b) , and shall have delivered a certificate to the Administrative Agent, in substantially the form of Exhibit E-2 , approving such Borrower’s certificates and invoices or other evidence of payment; provided, however , that the Independent Engineer shall not be required to review and approve any invoices or other evidence of payment that are submitted under any agreement whose aggregate contract price is equal to or less than $150,000 per annum.

 

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(d)           Date Down Endorsement . Receipt by the Administrative Agent of a date-down endorsement in respect of each Project dated the date of such Construction Loan. Each date - down endorsement shall (i) show that since the effective date of the applicable Title Policy (or the effective date of the last such endorsement, if any) there has been no change in the status of the title to the applicable Site and no new Lien thereon (other than (A) matters constituting Permitted Liens, (B) matters that could not be reasonably expected to cause a Default or Event of Default under this Credit Agreement or (C) matters otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent), (ii) state the amount of coverage then existing under the applicable Title Policy and (iii) updating the date of the Title Policy to the date of such disbursement.

 

(e)           Project Documents and Required Permits . With respect to Additional Project Documents and Required Permits entered into or obtained, transferred or required to be obtained since the date of the most recent Construction Loan, delivery to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent of copies of each such Additional Project Document and Required Permit, together with a certificate of Borrower signed by an Authorized Officer certifying that each such Additional Project Document and Required Permit (i) has been duly executed and delivered or duly obtained, as applicable, (ii) is in full force and effect and (iii) with respect to each Required Permit, is not subject to appeal, further proceedings, or any unsatisfied conditions that could reasonably be expected to result in a material modification or revocation. With respect to Permits listed on Part II of Exhibit H-1 , Borrower reasonably believes that such permits will be obtained by the time required, and in any event no later than the Term Conversion Date.

 

(f)            Mechanics’ and Materialmen’s Liens . Delivery to Administrative Agent of duly executed acknowledgments of payments and releases of mechanics’ and materialmen’s liens, with respect to any payment to the EPC Contractor, Turbine Supplier and any subcontractors to the extent such payment, either alone or when combined with all payments previously made to the EPC Contractor, Turbine Supplier, or such subcontractor, exceeds $150,000, in a form reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, from the EPC Contractor, Turbine Supplier and all such subcontractors for all work, services and materials, including equipment and fixtures of all kinds, done, previously performed or furnished for the construction of the Projects for which all prior disbursements have been made through the date specified therein; provided , however , that if the foregoing lien release cannot be obtained from the applicable counterparty, then the foregoing condition shall be satisfied if Borrower delivers to Administrative Agent either (i) a policy of title insurance or endorsement thereto, in the form referred to in Section 3.3(d), (ii) a bond, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (additionally, such bond shall be for one-hundred and fifty percent (150%) of the amount claimed and in a form effective for release under applicable Idaho law for the amount claimed) or (iii) additional indemnity or guaranty (which additional indemnity or guaranty shall be in form, substance and from an indemnitor or guarantor reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) in the amount of all payments owed to the relevant contractor, subcontractor or other Person as to whom the filing periods for mechanics and materialmen’s Liens have not expired or who has filed a Lien, and covering an Obligor’s liability to such contractors, subcontractors or other Persons.

 

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(g)           Representations and Warranties . Each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Article IV and the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the date of such Borrowing (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date).

 

(h)           No Default or Event of Default . No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or will result from the Borrowing of such Construction Loan.

 

(i)            No Material Adverse Effect . No event shall have occurred and no condition shall exist that has had a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(j)            Operative Documents . All of the Operative Documents (including, if applicable, in the case of any Additional Project Document entered into after the date of this Credit Agreement (i) the corresponding consents to the extent consents are required pursuant to Section 5.6 and (ii) documents necessary to cause the Obligor’s interests in, to and under such Additional Project Document to be pledged and/or mortgaged, if applicable, to Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 6.18 , that were not in effect as of the date of any previous Borrowing and that are required, in connection with the development and construction of a Project, to be executed and delivered on or prior to the date of such Construction Loans, shall be in full force and effect and in a form, including any change or amendment thereto made since the respective dates of their execution and delivery, approved by Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders, unless approval of such form, change or amendment was not required in accordance with this Credit Agreement.

 

(k)           Project Schedules and Project Budget . Each Obligor is in compliance with each Project Schedule and Project Budget, or if (i) an Obligor is not in compliance with such schedule(s) in respect of a Project, the Independent Engineer has certified that (x) such Project is reasonably likely to achieve Completion by April 1, 2011 and Final Completion by June 1, 2011, in compliance with the Project Budget for such Project and in addition, (y) in the case of Project (Burley Butte) and Project (Milner Dam), such Projects are reasonably likely to have completed all upgrades or modifications necessary to generate and transmit electric energy in all amounts up to and including its respective nameplate capacity by August 1, 2011; or (ii) if Project Costs in excess of those contemplated by the Project Budget for such Project (including the Contingency) are required to be expended to achieve Completion of a Project by April 1, 2011, Final Completion by June 1, 2011 and in addition, in the case of Project (Burley Butte) and Project (Milner Dam), such upgrades and modifications by August 1, 2011, Borrower has certified that sufficient funds are available pursuant to the Tranche A Construction Loan Commitments to achieve Completion with respect to such Project (or has certified that sufficient funds are available pursuant to the Tranche A Construction Loan Commitments and, solely to the extent the applicable conditions precedent have been met in Section 3.4 , the applicable Tranche B Construction Loan Commitments, plus any other irrevocable funding commitment in form and substance acceptable to Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders for any shortfall), which shall be satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders (acting in consultation with the Independent Engineer).

 

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(l)            Insurance Proceeds . If at the time of making a Construction Loan, any Project shall have been materially damaged by flood, fire or other casualty, the Administrative Agent shall have received insurance proceeds or money or other assurances sufficient in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Majority Lenders), the Insurance Consultant and the Independent Engineer to assure restoration of such Project and Completion in respect of such Project on or prior to April 1, 2011.

 

(m)          Defaults Under Operative Documents . There has not been any default under any Principal Project Document, Required Permit, certificate or insurance policy that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(n)           Exergy Member Indemnification . It shall be a further condition to the third Borrowing of a Tranche A Construction Loans that Administrative Agent has received an executed original or copy of (i) an indemnity agreement duly authorized, executed and delivered by Exergy Member in favor of Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in respect of the Disputes (the “ Exergy Member Dispute Indemnity ”) and (ii) the Exergy Account Control Agreement duly authorized, executed and delivered by all parties thereto; in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders; provided that this condition 3.3(n) shall not be required to be satisfied in the event that Administrative Agent has received evidence reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent that the Disputes have been fully and finally compromised, settled, released or dismissed.

 

3.4          Conditions Precedent to Tranche B Construction Loans . The obligation of each Tranche B Lender to make each Tranche B Construction Loan is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent (unless waived in writing by Administrative Agent, with the consent of the Tranche B Lenders):

 

(a)           Tranche A Construction Loans . Borrower shall have drawn Tranche A Construction Loans in an aggregate amount equal to the Total Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment (or is contemporaneously making a draw of Tranche A Construction Loans that will cause the aggregate amount of such Loans then drawn to equal the Total Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment).

 

(b)           Borrower Certificate . Delivery to Administrative Agent of a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit G-9 , from an Authorized Officer of Borrower who is familiar in all material respects with the financial condition and operations of the Obligors, and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders certifying as to the amount of the projected Eligible Costs with respect to each Project and confirming therein that (i) the current estimated Cash Grant Proceeds are sufficient to repay the Tranche B Construction Loan in full, at its anticipated drawn size on the Tranche B Construction Loan Maturity Date and (ii) the drawn amount of the Tranche B Construction Loan (including the making of such Tranche B Construction Loan) is less than 95% of 30% of such Eligible Costs incurred to date.

 

(c)           Cash Grant Opinion . Not less than three Banking Days prior to the proposed initial date of Borrowing for the Tranche B Construction Loans, delivery to Administrative Agent of an opinion, substantially in the form of Exhibit G-10 , from counsel to Borrower with respect to the qualification of each Borrower Subsidiary and Project to receive a Cash Grant.

 

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(d)           Independent Engineer Certificate . Not less than three Banking Days prior to the proposed initial date of Borrowing for the Tranche B Construction Loan, delivery to Administrative Agent of a certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit G-11 , from the Independent Engineer as to the status of construction of each Project. Such certificate shall describe the characteristics of each Project that make such Project a “qualified facility” for purposes of the Cash Grant, including that (A) such Project is a facility using wind to produce electricity, (B) the nameplate capacity of each wind turbine associated with such Project is greater than 100kW and (C) such Project commenced construction prior to December 31, 2010.

 

(e)           Cost Segregation Closing Report Update . (i) On or prior to the initial Borrowing in respect of the Tranche B Construction Loans and (ii) every 90 days thereafter, delivery to Administrative Agent of an update of the Cost Segregation Closing Report, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, which update shall (x) be dated no more than 30 days prior to the date of delivery of such report, (y) identify any increases or decreases in the Cost Segregation Consultant’s estimate of the Cash Grant Proceeds compared to the Cost Segregation Closing Report and (z) include an update as to the calculation of Eligible Costs paid to date by Borrower or a Borrower Subsidiary (and characterization consistent with the initial Cost Segregation Closing Report).

 

3.5          Conditions Precedent to Tranche C Loans that are REC Loans . The obligation of each Tranche C Lender to make a Tranche C Loan that is a REC Loan, is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent (unless waived in writing by Administrative Agent with the consent of the Majority Lenders):

 

(a)           Notice of Borrowing . Delivery to Administrative Agent of a Notice of Tranche C Borrowing in the form of Exhibit D-3A , in accordance with Section 2.3(b) , which Notice of Tranche C Loan Borrowing shall state the applicable Projects (and REC Documents) to which such Tranche C Loan that is a REC Loan relates and include a certification as to certain of the matters set forth in this Section 3.5 .

 

(b)           Completion . Completion in respect of all Projects shall have occurred.

 

(c)           REC Documents . Delivery to Administrative Agent, with a copy to Collateral Agent, of the following with respect to each of the applicable Projects: (i) a true and correct copy of each REC Document relating to the Tranche C Loan that is a REC Loan requested by Borrower, and any existing supplements or amendments thereto, all of which REC Documents and supplements and amendments thereto shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent and the Lenders (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by all the parties thereto, together with a certificate of an Authorized Officer of Borrower certifying that (1) all conditions precedent to the obligations of each party under such REC Documents have been satisfied (including, without limitation, the occurrence of the “Delivery Term Commencement Date” (under and as defined in the applicable REC Agreement)) and (2) such REC Documents and any existing supplements or amendments thereto are in full force and effect, (ii) executed originals or copies of the corresponding consents to the extent consents are required pursuant to Section 5.6 and (iii) executed originals or copies of all documents necessary to cause the applicable Borrower Subsidiary’s interests in, to and under such REC Documents to be pledged and/or mortgaged, if applicable, to Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 6.18 .

 

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(d)           FERC Documents . Delivery to Administrative Agent of (i) a copy of the most recent Notice of Self-Certification filed at FERC demonstrating that each Project owned by a Borrower Subsidiary party to the REC Documents delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (c) above is a QF and (ii) a copy of such Borrower Subsidiary’s application for MBR Authority filed at FERC by Borrower Subsidiaries subject to this requirement and a copy of an order of FERC, which shall be in full force and effect and no longer subject to any period for seeking rehearing or appeal, granting such Borrower Subsidiary’s application for MBR Authority without any material modifications or conditions and accepting such Borrower Subsidiary’s tariff for filing, demonstrating that such Borrower Subsidiary has obtained MBR Authority.

 

(e)           REC Requirements. Each Borrower Subsidiary party to the REC Documents delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (c) above, shall have (i) obtained final CEC Certification in respect of its Project, (ii) obtained LORS Certification in respect of its Project, (iii) established its registration at WREGIS in respect of its Project and (iv) satisfied all other Legal Requirements necessary for such Borrower Subsidiary to perform its obligations under the REC Documents.

 

(f)            Updated Base Case Projections . Delivery to Administrative Agent of the Updated Base Case Projections in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders, which Updated Base Case Projections shall demonstrate that the requested Tranche C Loan Borrowing for REC Loans will not reduce the Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio according to (i) the P50 Production Scenario to less than 1.40:1.00, on a minimum quarterly and on an average quarterly basis and (ii) the P99 Production Scenario to less than 1.00:1.00, on a minimum quarterly and on an average quarterly basis); in each case after application of the actual net revenues and costs from the REC Documents delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant to clause (c) above.

 

(g)           Operative Documents .

 

(i)          Delivery to Administrative Agent of executed originals or copies of each Credit Document and copies of each Additional Project Document executed and delivered since the date of the most recent Borrowing, including, but not limited to, the Tranche C Loan Notes if requested by a Lender, each in the form of Exhibit A-4 , each of which shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto.

 

(ii)         All Operative Documents shall be in full force and effect as of the Borrowing Date other than those which have previously expired or been fully performed in accordance with their respective terms.

 

(h)           Required Permits . With respect to Required Permits obtained, transferred or required to be obtained since the date of the most recent Borrowing, delivery to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent of such Required Permit, together with a certificate of Borrower signed by an Authorized Officer certifying that such Required Permit (i) has been duly obtained, (ii) is in full force and effect and (iii) is not subject to any appeal, further proceedings or any unsatisfied conditions that could reasonably be expected to result in a material modification or revocation.

 

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(i)            Representations and Warranties . Each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Article IV and the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date of such Borrowing (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date).

 

(j)            No Default or Event of Default . No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or will result from the Borrowing of such Tranche C Loan.

 

(k)           No Material Adverse Effect . No event shall have occurred and no condition shall exist that has had a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(l)            Legal Opinions . Delivery to Administrative Agent of legal opinions in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders from the counsels listed on Schedule 3.5(l) .

 

(m)          REC Loan Availability Termination Date . The REC Loan Availability Termination Date shall not have occurred.

 

(n)           Nameplate Capacity . Each Project that is the subject of the requested Tranche C Loan Borrowing for REC Loans has completed all upgrades or modifications necessary to generate and transmit electric energy in all amounts up to and including its nameplate capacity (as certified by Borrower and the Independent Engineer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent).

 

(o)           Amortization Schedule . Delivery to Administrative Agent of an amortization schedule for the requested Tranche C Loan Borrowing for REC Loans, which shall modify Exhibit K upon the approval of Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

 

(p)           Appointment of Idaho Power as QRE . Delivery to Administrative Agent of evidence that Idaho Power has been appointed as the QRE for the Projects.

 

3.6          Conditions Precedent to Tranche C Loans that are Salmon Falls Loans . The obligation of each Tranche C Lender to make the Tranche C Loan that is a Salmon Falls Loan, is subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent (unless waived in writing by Administrative Agent with the consent of the Majority Lenders):

 

(a)           Notice of Borrowing . Delivery to Administrative Agent of a Notice of Tranche C Loan Borrowing in the form of Exhibit D-3B , in accordance with Section 2.3(b) , which Notice of Tranche C Loan Borrowing shall include a certification as to certain of the matters set forth in this Section 3.6 .

 

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(b)           Payment of Fees, Etc . All amounts required to be paid to any Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender, and all taxes, fees (including, but not limited to, any attorneys’ fees and the Independent Consultants’ fees), expenses and other costs payable in connection with the execution and delivery of the documents required to be executed and delivered pursuant to this Section 3.6 shall have been paid in full concurrently with the Borrowing of the Tranche C Loan that is a Salmon Falls Loan.

 

(c)           Operative Documents .

 

(i)          Delivery to Administrative Agent of executed originals or copies of each Credit Document and copies of each Additional Project Document executed and delivered since the date of the most recent Borrowing, including, but not limited to, the Tranche C Loan Notes if requested by a Lender, each in the form of Exhibit A-4 , each of which shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto.

 

(ii)         All Operative Documents shall be in full force and effect as of the Borrowing Date other than those which have previously expired or been fully performed in accordance with their respective terms.

 

(d)           Completion Certificate of Borrower . Delivery to Administrative Agent of a certificate from Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit E-5 certifying that Completion (Salmon Falls) has been achieved.

 

(e)           Completion Certificate of Independent Engineer . Delivery to Administrative Agent of a certificate of the Independent Engineer in substantially the form of Exhibit E-6 , and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders (i) certifying that Completion (Salmon Falls) has been achieved (including, for the avoidance of doubt, that all WTGs have been commissioned and completed in accordance with all Acceptance Tests required to achieve Completion (Salmon Falls) and set forth in the Construction Contracts) and addressing such other matters as Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, (ii) certifying that all upgrades or modifications necessary to generate and transmit electric energy in all amounts up to and including its nameplate capacity have been completed, (iii) confirming the Punch List Items (as provided by Borrower to the Independent Engineer) as those necessary to achieve Final Completion in respect of Project (Salmon Falls) and (iv) addressing such other matters related to Completion (Salmon Falls) as Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders may reasonably request.

 

(f)            Updated Base Case Projections . Delivery to Administrative Agent of an Updated Base Case Projections in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders, which Updated Base Case Projections shall demonstrate that the requested Borrowing of Tranche C Loans that are Salmon Falls Loans will not reduce the Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio according to (i) the P50 Production Scenario to less than 1.40:1.00, on a minimum quarterly and on an average quarterly basis and (ii) the P99 Production Scenario to less than 1.00:1.00, on a minimum quarterly and on an average quarterly basis.

 

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(g)           Representations and Warranties . Each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Article IV and the Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the date of such Borrowing (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date).

 

(h)           No Default or Event of Default . No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or will result from the Borrowing of such Tranche C Loan.

 

(i)            Nameplate Capacity . Project (Salmon Falls) has completed all upgrades or modifications necessary to generate and transmit electric energy in all amounts up to and including its nameplate capacity (as certified by Borrower and the Independent Engineer, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent).

 

(j)            Required Permits . Delivery to Administrative Agent of copies of all Required Permits that have not previously been delivered to Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (acting in consultation with the Independent Engineer), together with a certificate of an Authorized Officer of Borrower, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, certifying that (i) all such Required Permits necessary to have been obtained since the Closing Date have been obtained and are in full force and effect and (ii) such Required Permits are not subject to appeal, further proceedings or any unsatisfied conditions that could reasonably be expected to result in a material modification or revocation. All Required Permits then required for the operation of Project (Salmon Falls) shall have been obtained and are in full force and effect and are not subject to appeal, further proceedings or any unsatisfied conditions that could reasonably be expected to result in a material modification or revocation.

 

(k)           Work . There has not been filed with or served upon an Obligor or Project (Salmon Falls) (or any part thereof) notice of any Lien, claim of Lien or attachment upon or claim affecting the right to receive payment of any of the moneys payable to any of the Persons named on such request which has not been released or for which a bond has not been obtained, other than Permitted Liens. Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent that all work in connection with the Project (Salmon Falls) requiring inspection by any Governmental Authorities has been duly inspected and approved by such authorities and that any certificates or notices required to be issued in connection therewith have been issued by such Governmental Authorities.

 

(l)            Insurance . All insurance policies required to be maintained by Borrower under Section 5.15 shall be in full force and effect with respect to Project (Salmon Falls) and Administrative Agent shall have received certified copies of all policies evidencing such insurance (or insurance certificates signed by the insurer or a broker authorized to bind the insurer evidencing such insurance), in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (acting in consultation with the Insurance Consultant). Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a certificate of the Insurance Consultant, in substantially the form of Exhibit G-2 , with the Insurance Consultant’s report attached thereto, dated as of the Term Conversion Date, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders and (ii) a compliance letter from Borrower’s insurance broker, in substantially the form of Exhibit G-7 , confirming that all insurance premiums required by Schedule 5.15 to be paid as of the Term Conversion Date have been paid and that Borrower is otherwise in compliance with Section 5.15 and Schedule 5.15 .

 

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(m)          Amortization Schedule . Delivery to Administrative Agent of an amortization schedule for the requested Tranche C Loan Borrowing for the Salmon Falls Loan, which shall modify Exhibit K upon the approval of Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

 

(n)           No Material Adverse Effect . No event shall have occurred and no condition shall exist that has had a Material Adverse Effect.

 

 

3.7          Conditions Precedent to Term Conversion . The Tranche A Construction Loans shall be converted to Term Loans in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Credit Agreement upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent (unless waived by Administrative Agent with the consent of the Majority Lenders):

 

(a)           Repayment of Loans . Borrower shall have repaid in full (i) to Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders) the aggregate principal amount of Tranche A Construction Loans then outstanding which are not to be converted to Term Loans under this Credit Agreement, plus all accrued and unpaid fees and interest on such Tranche A Construction Loans; (ii) to Administrative Agent (on behalf of the LC Lenders, as the case may be) the amount of all Drawing Payments that have not been reimbursed, plus all accrued and unpaid fees and interest on such amounts and (iii) to Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders or LC Lenders, as the case may be) all other Obligations of Borrower then due and owing to the Lenders and LC Lenders hereunder or under the other Credit Documents.

 

(b)           Notice of Term Conversion . Delivery to Administrative Agent of a Notice of Term Conversion in accordance with Section 2.2(b) .

 

(c)           Payment of Fees, Etc . All amounts required to be paid to or deposited with any Agent, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender, and all taxes, fees (including, but not limited to, any attorneys’ fees and the Independent Consultants’ fees), expenses and other costs payable in connection with the execution and delivery of the documents required to be executed and delivered pursuant to this Section 3.7 shall have been paid in full concurrently with the occurrence of the Term Conversion Date.

 

(d)           Funding of Debt Service Reserve Account . Borrower shall have funded the Debt Service Reserve Account in accordance with the Depositary Agreement, caused the issuance of a DSR Letter of Credit for the benefit of Collateral Agent (acting for the benefit of the Lenders) and/or provided an Acceptable Guarantee or Acceptable Letter of Credit for the benefit of Collateral Agent (acting for the benefit of the Lenders) in an aggregate amount equal to the Debt Service Reserve Requirement.

 

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(e)           Operative Documents .

 

(i)          Delivery to Administrative Agent of executed originals or copies of each Credit Document and copies of each Additional Project Document executed and delivered after the Closing Date but on or prior to the Term Conversion Date, including, but not limited to, the Term Notes if requested by a Lender, each in the form of Exhibit A-3 , each of which shall have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the parties thereto.

 

(ii)         All Operative Documents shall be in full force and effect as of the Term Conversion Date other than those which have previously expired or been fully performed in accordance with their respective terms.

 

(f)            WTG Location Variance Event . If a WTG Location Variance Event has occurred, (i) Borrower shall have delivered to Administrative Agent any updates to the Closing Date Base Case Projections required pursuant to Section 5.22 (which shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be incorporated into the Term Conversion Date Base Case Projections delivered to Administrative Agent in accordance with Section 3.7(m)) , (ii) the Wind Consultant shall have delivered to Administrative Agent the Wind Consultant Conversion Report pursuant to Section 5.22 and (iii) Borrower shall have made such Mandatory Prepayments as are required pursuant to Section 2.8(c)(vii) , if applicable.

 

(g)           Completion Certificate of Borrower . Delivery to Administrative Agent of a certificate from Borrower in substantially the form of Exhibit E-3 certifying that Completion has been achieved in respect of each Project.

 

(h)           Completion Certificate of Independent Engineer . Delivery to Administrative Agent of a certificate of the Independent Engineer in substantially the form of Exhibit E-4 , and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders (i) certifying that Completion has been achieved in respect of each Project (including, for the avoidance of doubt, that all WTGs have been commissioned and completed in accordance with all Acceptance Tests required to achieve Completion in respect of each Project and set forth in the Construction Contracts) and addressing such other matters as Administrative Agent shall reasonably request, (ii) confirming the Punch List Items (as provided by Borrower to the Independent Engineer) as those necessary to achieve Final Completion in respect of each Project and (iii) addressing such other matters related to Term Conversion as Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders may reasonably request.

 

(i)            Completion Certificates of Turbine Supplier . Delivery to Administrative Agent and the Independent Engineer of evidence (including copies of all notices confirming Start-up and Commissioning and Turbine Completion in respect of each WTG delivered by Turbine Supplier under the Turbine Supply Agreement) that Start-up and Commissioning and Turbine Completion in respect of each WTG has been achieved under the Turbine Supply Agreement.

 

(j)            Substantial Completion Certificate of EPC Contractor . Delivery to Administrative Agent and the Independent Engineer of true, complete and correct copies of each “Project Site Substantial Completion Certificate” (as each such certificate is defined in the EPC Contract) with respect to each “Project Site” (as defined in the EPC Contract).

 

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(k)           High Voltage Electrical System Substantial Completion Certificate of EPC Contractor . Delivery to Administrative Agent and the Independent Engineer of a true, complete and correct copy of the “High Voltage Electrical System Substantial Completion Certificate” (as such certificate is defined in the EPC Contract).

 

(l)            Financial Statements . Delivery to Administrative Agent of the financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.4 .

 

(m)          Term Conversion Date Base Case Projections . At least 10 Banking Days prior to the anticipated Term Conversion Date, delivery to Administrative Agent of the Term Conversion Date Base Case Projections in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders (which shall, among other things, show a minimum Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio according to (A) the P50 Production Scenario of not less than 1.40:1.00, on a minimum quarterly and on an average quarterly basis and (B) the P99 Production Scenario of not less than 1.00:1.00, on a minimum quarterly and on an average quarterly basis).

 

(n)           Representations and Warranties . Each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Article IV and the Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made as of the Term Conversion Date (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date).

 

(o)           No Default or Event of Default . No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or will result from the Term Conversion.

 

(p)           Title Policies . Delivery to Administrative Agent of a copy of an endorsement to each Title Policy, dating down such Title Policy to the date of Term Conversion, insuring the continuation of the applicable original Title Policy and showing the continuing first Lien of the Mortgage relating to such Title Policy, setting forth no additional exceptions (including survey exceptions) except for Permitted Liens, and otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

 

(q)           Annual Operating Budgets . Delivery to Administrative Agent of an Annual Operating Budget with respect to each Project, as provided in Section 5.10 .

 

(r)            Punch List Items . Delivery to Administrative Agent of the list of remaining Punch List Items (as approved by the Independent Engineer) to achieve Final Completion in respect of each Project and funding of the Completion Reserve Account in an amount equal to 150% of the aggregate value of the Punch List Items.

 

(s)           Required Permits . Delivery to Administrative Agent of copies of all Required Permits that have not previously been delivered to Administrative Agent, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (acting in consultation with the Independent Engineer), together with a certificate of an Authorized Officer of Borrower, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, certifying that (i) all such Required Permits necessary to have been obtained as of the Term Conversion Date have been obtained and are in full force and effect and (ii) such Required Permits are not subject to appeal, further proceedings or any unsatisfied conditions that could reasonably be expected to result in a material modification or revocation. All Required Permits then required for the operation of each Project shall have been obtained (other than the BLM Permit in respect of Project (Salmon Falls)), are in full force and effect and are not subject to appeal, further proceedings or any unsatisfied conditions that could reasonably be expected to result in a material modification or revocation.

 

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(t)            Work . There has not been filed with or served upon an Obligor or a Project (or any part thereof) notice of any Lien, claim of Lien or attachment upon or claim affecting the right to receive payment of any of the moneys payable to any of the Persons named on such request which has not been released or for which a bond has not been obtained, other than Permitted Liens. Administrative Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent that all work in connection with the Projects requiring inspection by any Governmental Authorities has been duly inspected and approved by such authorities and that any certificates or notices required to be issued in connection therewith have been issued by such Governmental Authorities.

 

(u)           Intentionally deleted .

 

(v)           Insurance . All insurance policies required to be maintained by Borrower under Section 5.15 shall be in full force and effect with respect to the Projects and Administrative Agent shall have received certified copies of all policies evidencing such insurance (or insurance certificates signed by the insurer or a broker authorized to bind the insurer evidencing such insurance), in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (acting in consultation with the Insurance Consultant). Administrative Agent shall have received (i) a certificate of the Insurance Consultant, in substantially the form of Exhibit G-2 , with the Insurance Consultant’s report attached thereto, dated as of the Term Conversion Date, in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders and (ii) a compliance letter from Borrower’s insurance broker, in substantially the form of Exhibit G-7 , confirming that all insurance premiums required by Schedule 5.15 to be paid as of the Term Conversion Date have been paid and that Borrower is otherwise in compliance with Section 5.15 and Schedule 5.15 .

 

(w)          Bringdowns . Delivery to Administrative Agent of updated opinions, resolutions, certificates, reports and similar documents reasonably requested by Administrative Agent, in each case dated as of the Term Conversion Date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent.

 

(x)           Site Surveys .  Delivery to Administrative Agent of an “as-built” ALTA/ACSM survey of each Site, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, the Majority Lenders and the Title Insurer, prepared by a licensed surveyor reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, sufficient for the Title Insurer to eliminate standard survey exceptions and to confirm that there are no encroachments on any competing land interests in respect of such Site dated within 30 days prior to the Term Conversion Date.

 

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(y)           LC Loans . There are no LC Loans outstanding as a result of a Drawing on a PPA Letter of Credit.

 

ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Each of the Obligors makes the following representations and warranties to and in favor of each Agent, each Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and each Lender as of the Closing Date, as of each Borrowing Date, and as of the Term Conversion Date (except that any representation or warranty in this Article IV which relates expressly to an earlier date, by direct reference or by reference to a document dated a certain date, shall be deemed made only as of such date). All of these representations and warranties shall survive the Closing Date, each Borrowing Date and the Term Conversion Date:

 

4.1          Organization; Power and Authority . Each Idaho Wind Entity (i) is a limited liability company duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of its formation with all requisite organizational or other power and authority under the laws of such State to enter into the Operative Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby; (ii) 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; (iii) has the power (A) to carry on its business as now being conducted and as proposed to be conducted by it hereunder, (B) to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each Operative Document to which it is a party, in its individual capacity, (C) to take all action as may be necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated thereunder, and (D) to grant the Liens and security interests provided for in the Credit Documents to which it is a party; and (iv) has the authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under each Operative Document to which it is a party.

 

4.2          Authorization; No Conflict .

 

(a)          Each Idaho Wind Entity has duly authorized, executed and delivered each Operative Document to which such Person is a party. Each Idaho Wind Entity’s execution and delivery of each Operative Document to which such Person is a party, the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby and the compliance with the terms thereof or performance of its obligations thereunder (i) do not or will not contravene (A) the Borrower Operating Agreement or any other Organizational Document of such Person or (B) any other Legal Requirement applicable to or binding on such Person or on any of their respective properties except for any such contravention of a Legal Requirement which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) will not result in any material breach of or constitute any material default under, or result in or require the creation of any Lien (other than Liens in favor of Collateral Agent pursuant to the Credit Documents or Permitted Liens) upon any of their respective properties under, any agreement or instrument to which such Person is a party or by which any of them or any of their respective properties may be bound or affected or (iii) does not or will not require the consent or approval of any Person except for any such consent or approval which has been granted or obtained.

 

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(b)          Each Idaho Wind Entity’s execution, delivery and performance of the Credit Documents to which such Person is a party, do not (i) contravene any of the Project Documents except for any such contravention which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) result in a material breach of or constitute a material default under (in each case, with due notice or lapse of time or both) the Project Documents or create any present right of any counterparty to terminate any of the Project Documents.

 

4.3          Enforceability . Each Operative Document to which an Idaho Wind Entity is a party is a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Idaho Wind Entity, as the case may be, enforceable against such Idaho Wind Entity, as the case may be, in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general equitable principles. None of the Operative Documents to which an Idaho Wind Entity is a party has been amended or modified since the Closing Date except as permitted by this Credit Agreement. Each Operative Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Idaho Wind Entity party thereto, and to the knowledge of the Obligors, by each other party thereto (other than the Agents, the Lenders and the Letter of Credit Issuing Banks). Each Operative Document (other than any Additional Project Documents) is in full force and effect as of the Closing Date. As of the date this representation is made or deemed made, each Operative Document remains in full force and effect except for those Operative Documents that have expired in accordance with their respective terms as of such date.

 

4.4          Compliance with Organizational Documents and Law . (a)  Each Obligor is and at all times has been in compliance with and not in default under its Organizational Documents; and (b) each Obligor is and at all times has been in compliance with all Legal Requirements applicable to it, the Projects and the Sites, as applicable except in each such case, where any such non-compliance or default which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Except as otherwise disclosed to Administrative Agent in writing, no notices of violation of any Legal Requirement relating to any Project or any Site have been issued or received by an Obligor.

 

4.5          Compliance with Project Documents; Existing Defaults . Each Obligor is in material compliance with all of its obligations under all Principal Project Documents. To each Obligor’s knowledge, each Principal Project Participant is in material compliance with its obligations under each Principal Project Document to which it is a party unless otherwise disclosed in writing to Administrative Agent. As of the Closing Date, no Obligor is in default under any term of any Project Document which default gives rise to a current right of the counterparty to such document to terminate such document; as of the Closing Date, to each Obligor’s knowledge, no other party to any Project Document is in default under any material term thereunder; and as of the Closing Date, to each Obligor’s knowledge, no events or circumstances exist which, with the passage of time or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default under any Project Document.

 

4.6          No Default . No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

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4.7          No Closing Date Material Adverse Effect . As of the Closing Date, no Closing Date Material Adverse Effect has occurred or is continuing.

 

4.8          Bankruptcy Event . No Bankruptcy Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to an Idaho Wind Entity.

 

4.9          Indebtedness, Contracts, Etc. No Obligor has any outstanding Indebtedness other than Permitted Indebtedness, and no Obligor is a party to or bound by any material contract other than the Credit Documents and the Project Documents.

 

4.10        Offices . The chief executive office or chief place of business of each Obligor is set forth in Schedule 4.10 , together with the organization number assigned to such Obligor in such jurisdiction and each Obligor’s federal employer identification number.

 

4.11        Accounts . No Obligor has any “deposit account” with a “bank” (within the meaning of Section 9-102 of the UCC) or “securities account” (within the meaning of section 8-501 of the UCC) with a “securities intermediary” (within the meaning of section 8-102 of the UCC) other than the Accounts and the Checking Accounts established in accordance with this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

 

4.12        Financial Statements . The financial statements delivered in respect of Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries (on a consolidating and a consolidated basis) and each Member (other than Atlantic Member and GE Member) pursuant to Section 3.1(m) and Section 5.4 fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Person to whom they relate as of the date thereof (subject in the case of unaudited financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments). Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently followed throughout the periods involved. Each Financial Condition Certificate delivered in respect of Atlantic Member and GE Member pursuant to Section 3.1(m) and Section 5.4 fairly presents in all material respects the financial condition of the Person to which it relates as of the date thereof.

 

4.13        No Ownership by Disqualified Persons . As of the Closing Date and thereafter until the expiration of the Recapture Period, no Obligor or any direct equity beneficial owner of an Obligor (other than any such direct equity owner that is a direct owner solely as a result of owning equity interests in an entity that is treated as a corporation for federal income tax purposes) is a Disqualified Person.

 

4.14        Regulation U, Etc. No Obligor is engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (as defined or used in Regulations T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board), and no part of the proceeds of the Loans, LC Loans or the Project Revenues will be used by an Obligor to purchase or carry any such margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such margin stock or otherwise in violation of Regulations T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board.

 

4.15        Ranking . The monetary Obligations of Borrower constitute unsubordinated Indebtedness and rank senior in priority of payment to all other secured Indebtedness and at least pari passu in priority of payment with all other present and future unsubordinated Indebtedness (other than obligations preferred by statute or by operation of Law).

 

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4.16        Ownership; Single-Purpose Entity .

 

(a)          Borrower owns 100% of all issued and outstanding membership and limited liability company interests in each Borrower Subsidiary.

 

(b)          As of the Closing Date, Atlantic Member, Exergy Member, GE Member and Reunion Member together own 100% of all issued and outstanding membership and limited liability company interests in Borrower.

 

(c)          No Obligor has engaged in any business other than the development, construction and operation of the Projects.

 

(d)          No Obligor has any Subsidiaries (other than in the case of Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries).

 

4.17        Investment Company . No Obligor is an “investment company” or a company “controlled by” an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

4.18        Partnerships and Joint Ventures; Investments .

 

(a)          No Obligor is a general partner or a limited partner in any general or limited partnership or a joint venturer in any joint venture or a member in any limited liability company, other than pursuant to any transaction contemplated under the Credit Documents and the Project Documents that relate solely to the Projects; and

 

(b)          no Obligor has any investments other than Permitted Investments.

 

4.19        Taxes . Each Obligor has filed, or has caused to be filed, all federal, state and local tax returns that it is required to file, has paid or has caused to be paid all taxes it is required to pay to the extent due (other than (a) those taxes that it is contesting in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, with reserves established for such taxes as required by GAAP and (b)  de minimis taxes that it shall pay promptly upon its knowledge of non-payment). No Obligor is liable for the Taxes of any other Person, whether by contract, by operation of law (including as a successor) or otherwise; provided, however that any contract entered into during the ordinary course of business whose principal purpose is not to address tax matters shall not be considered for such determination of liability hereunder.

 

4.20        Tax Status . For federal income purposes, (a) each Borrower Subsidiary is, and since its inception has been, a limited liability company that is disregarded for federal income tax purposes and (b) Borrower is, and since its inception has been, a limited liability company that is disregarded or treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. Neither the execution and delivery of this Credit Agreement or the other Operative Documents nor the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall affect such status.

 

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4.21        ERISA . No Obligor or any member of the Controlled Group sponsors, maintains, contributes to or has any liability in respect of any ERISA Plans and no ERISA Plan provides benefits to any employee of an Obligor or any member of the Controlled Group. No Obligor nor any member of the Controlled Group has any liabilities to the PBGC.

 

4.22        Labor Disputes and Acts of God . Neither the business nor the properties of an Obligor are affected by any fire, explosion, accident, strike, lockout or other labor dispute, drought, storm, hail, earthquake, embargo, act of God or of the public enemy, or other casualty or force majeure event (whether or not covered by insurance), which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.23        Project Documents .

 

(a)          Other than those that can be reasonably expected to be commercially available on commercially reasonable terms when and as required, the services to be performed, the materials to be supplied and the real property interests and other rights granted pursuant to the Project Documents and the Real Property Documents:

 

(i)          comprise all of the property interests reasonably necessary to develop, construct, operate and maintain the Projects in accordance in all material respects with all Legal Requirements and in accordance in all material respects with the Project Schedules, the Project Budgets and the Project Documents, all without reference to any proprietary information not owned by an Obligor or available (under terms and conditions satisfactory to Administrative Agent) to an Obligor under the Project Documents;

 

(ii)         are sufficient to enable each Project to be located, constructed, operated and maintained on the applicable Site; and

 

(iii)        provide adequate ingress and egress for the construction, operation and maintenance of each Project under the Project Documents.

 

(b)          There are no services, materials or rights required for the construction, operation or maintenance of the Projects in accordance with the Principal Project Documents, the Plans and Specifications for the Projects and the Base Case Projections other than those available under the Project Documents or that can reasonably be expected to be commercially available at the Sites on commercially reasonable terms at or before the time when such services, materials and rights are needed.

 

(c)          As of the Closing Date, all agreements relating to the Projects to which an Obligor or any of their respective Affiliates are a party that are in effect are listed on Exhibit H-3 and copies of all Project Documents to which any such Obligor or any of their respective Affiliates is a party as currently in effect have been delivered to Administrative Agent by Borrower.

 

4.24        Project Document Representations . Each of the representations and warranties made by an Obligor or any of its respective Affiliates contained in the Project Documents were true and correct in all material respects as of the date made or deemed made by such Person. To each Obligor’s knowledge, the representations and warranties of the Principal Project Participants contained in the Project Documents were true and correct in all material respects as of the time made or deemed made by such Principal Project Participant.

 

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4.25        Proper Subdivision . None of the Mortgaged Property needs to be subdivided from larger tracts of land in order to be made subject to a Lien, and the Mortgaged Property may be mortgaged, conveyed, made subject to a Lien and otherwise dealt with as separate legal lots or parcels subject to the extent and limitations of the applicable Obligor’s rights, title and interest therein and thereto.

 

4.26        Land Not in Flood Zone . Except as disclosed on the Surveys but in no event with respect to Real Property where WTGs are, or are expected to be, located, none of the Collateral includes improved real property that is or will be located in an area that has been identified by the Director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an area having special flood hazards and in which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended.

 

4.27        Collateral; Title and Liens .

 

(a)          The security interests granted to Collateral Agent in the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents (i) constitute as to personal property included in the Collateral and, with respect to subsequently acquired personal property included in the Collateral, will constitute, a perfected security interest and Lien after the proper filing of each applicable UCC financing statement listed on Schedule 4.27 hereof (but only where filing of a UCC financing statement is sufficient for the perfection of such security interest under applicable Legal Requirements), and (ii) are, and, with respect to such subsequently acquired property, will be, as to Collateral perfected after the proper filing of each applicable UCC financing statement, superior and prior to the rights of all third Persons now existing or hereafter arising whether by way of Lien, encumbrance, assignment or otherwise, except for Permitted Liens. Except to the extent control or possession of portions of the Collateral is required for perfection, all such action as is necessary has been taken to establish and perfect Administrative Agent’s rights in and to, and first priority Lien on the Collateral, including any recording, filing, registration, giving of notice or other similar action. The Collateral Documents and the financing statements relating thereto have been duly filed or recorded in each office and in each jurisdiction where required in order to create, perfect and maintain perfected the first Lien and security interest described above. Borrower has properly delivered or caused to be delivered to Collateral Agent all Collateral that requires or allows for perfection of the Lien and security interest by possession.

 

(b)          Each Obligor, as applicable, has and will have, good and marketable title with respect to any owned real property and a legal, valid and subsisting interest in and to the leasehold or easement estate (as the case may be) to the Sites pursuant to the Real Property Documents, to the assets that comprise the Projects as of such date, and all of the Collateral then existing relating to the Projects, in each case free and clear of all Liens or other exceptions to title other than Permitted Liens. Each Obligor owns no assets other than assets included in the Collateral. Upon proper recordation of the Mortgages and filing of the applicable UCC financing statements listed on Schedule 4.27 hereof, the Lien of each Mortgage constitutes a valid and subsisting first priority Lien of record on all the Mortgaged Property described in such Mortgage and a first priority perfected security interest in all the personal property described in the Collateral Documents that may be perfected by filing, subject to no Liens except Permitted Liens.

 

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4.28        Environmental Matters .

 

(a)          Except as could not be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, no Obligor nor any Project is in violation of any Environmental Law. To the knowledge of an Obligor, there has been no Release nor any threatened Release of any Hazardous Substance at, on, under or from the Real Property or any other location at which any Hazardous Substance generated, used, stored, treated or disposed by or on behalf of an Obligor or a Project has been located.

 

(b)          There is no Environmental Claim pending or, to the knowledge of an Obligor threatened in writing against or involving an Obligor, the Real Property, the Sites or the Projects. To the knowledge of each Obligor, there are no circumstances or conditions that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any such Environmental Claim except as disclosed to Administrative Agent in writing or as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)          There are no Hazardous Substances used, stored or present at or on the Real Property or any Site that could reasonably be expected to give rise to a material liability of any Obligor.

 

(d)          With respect to an Obligor or the Projects or, to the knowledge of an Obligor, with respect to any third party, there is no present condition, circumstance, action, activity or event that is reasonably likely to form the basis of any material violation of any Environmental Law with respect to, at or on the Projects, the Real Property or any Site or give rise to any liability to Administrative Agent, other Agents or the Lenders or any material liability of the Obligors under any Environmental Law.

 

(e)          There are no aboveground or, to the knowledge of an Obligor, no underground tanks, whether operative or temporarily or permanently closed, located on the Real Property or any Site which would give rise to any material liability under Environmental Law.

 

(f)           No Obligor has received a written notice of any proceeding, investigation or inquiry by any Governmental Authority (including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality) or any non-governmental third party with respect to the presence or Release of Hazardous Substances in, on, from or to the Real Property or any Site.

 

(g)          Borrower has provided to Administrative Agents copies of all material environmental, wildlife or natural resource assessment reports, studies or audits and other material environmental, wildlife, natural resources or permitting documents concerning the Projects in the possession, custody or control of Obligors.

 

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4.29        Permits .

 

(a)          As of the Closing Date, there are no Permits under Legal Requirements, including Environmental Laws, applicable to an Obligor or a Project, as each is currently designed that are or will become Required Permits other than (i) the Permits described in (A) Part I of Exhibit H-1 and (B) Part II of Exhibit H-1 where, in the case of the Permits required to be listed in Part II of Exhibit H-1, such Permits can be reasonably expected to be obtained on commercially reasonable terms and conditions when needed unless previously obtained and (ii) any Required Permits that are necessary solely for the performance of an Obligor’s obligations under the REC Documents.

 

(b)          As of the Closing Date, each Borrowing Date occurring prior to the Term Conversion Date and the Term Conversion Date, (i) each Obligor, as applicable, has obtained all Required Permits necessary as of such date; (ii) except as otherwise disclosed in Exhibit H-1 , each of the Required Permits is validly issued, final, in full force and effect and is not subject to any current appeal, legal proceeding or any unsatisfied conditions that, in the case of any such unsatisfied conditions, could reasonably be expected to result in a material modification or revocation, and all applicable rehearing or appeal periods with respect thereto have expired; and (iii) each Obligor, as applicable, is in compliance in all respects with all Required Permits except where such noncompliance could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, each Borrowing Date occurring prior to the Term Conversion Date and the Term Conversion Date, each Permit listed on Part II of Exhibit H-1 can be reasonably expected to be obtained on commercially reasonable terms and conditions when needed unless previously obtained.

 

(c)          No Required Permit has been modified, amended or supplanted in a manner that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and no Obligor has entered into any material stipulations, amendments or agreements with any Governmental Authority issuing any Required Permit(s) that are expressly set forth in such Permit(s).

 

4.30        Utilities . All utility services necessary for the construction and the operation of the Projects for their intended purposes are available at the Sites or will be so available, as and when required for the construction and operation of the Projects upon commercially reasonable terms.

 

4.31        Gen-Tie Lines; Roads .

 

(a)          All necessary easements, rights of way, agreements and other rights for the construction, interconnection and utilization of the collector or feeder lines and Gen-Tie Lines have been acquired, other than the authorization to be obtained by Idaho Power from the United States Bureau of Land Management necessary to upgrade the interconnection line for the Project (Salmon Falls).

 

(b)          All roads necessary for the construction and full utilization of the Projects for their intended purpose have either been completed or the necessary rights of way therefor have been acquired, except for Permits to cross state, county or township roads that will be granted as a ministerial matter during the construction of the Projects prior to the date such Permits are required to be acquired pursuant to any applicable Governmental Authority.

 

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4.32        REC Compliance; FPA and PUHCA .

 

(a)          In respect of each Borrower Subsidiary and each Project, on or before the performance of obligations under any of the REC Documents and the initial sale of RECs from such Project, such Borrower Subsidiary and such Project, as applicable, will be eligible and duly authorized pursuant to any applicable law to perform such obligations and sell RECs generated by the Project.

 

(b)          Each of the Projects is a QF. None of the transactions contemplated by any Operative Document will cause any of the Projects to lose its status as a QF. Borrower is not a “public utility” as such term is defined in Section 201(e) of the FPA. Borrower will not become a “public utility” solely as a result of the construction, ownership, leasing or operation of the Projects, or the Borrower Subsidiaries’ sale of electric energy, capacity, ancillary services or RECs from a Project or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby. Each of the Borrower Subsidiaries is exempt from regulation under the FPA, to the extent set forth in 18 C.F.R. § 292.601(c). None of the Borrower Subsidiaries is a “holding company” as such term is defined in Section 1262(8) of PUHCA, and Borrower is a “holding company” solely with respect to its indirect ownership of one or more QFs, and is not subject to regulation under PUHCA, except with respect to exemption therefrom.

 

(c)          None of the Secured Parties, nor any Affiliate of any of them will, solely as a result of the construction, ownership, leasing or operation of the Projects, the sale of electric energy, capacity, ancillary services or RECs from a Project, or the entering into any Credit Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, be subject to, or not exempt from, regulation under the FPA, PUHCA or State laws, rules or regulations respecting the rates or the financial or organizational regulation of electric utilities or holding companies; provided , however , upon exercise by a Secured Party of certain remedies allowed under the Credit Documents, such Secured Party may become subject to regulation under the FPA or PUHCA; and provided further , that if any of the Secured Parties is otherwise a “holding company” as defined in PUHCA, the purchase, acquisition or taking by such Secured Party of a security (as defined in Section 3(16) of the FPA) in an Obligor, after such Obligor becomes an “electric utility company” as defined in PUHCA, may be subject to Section 203(a)(2) of the FPA (provided further that such Secured Party may be eligible for one or more blanket authorizations granted pursuant to 18 C.F.R. § 33.1(c)). Borrower is not subject to, or is exempt from, regulation under any Legal Requirement as to securities, rates or financial or organizational matters that would preclude the incurrence or repayment of the principal of and interest on any Loans or LC Loans, or the incurrence by Borrower of any of the Obligations or the execution, delivery and performance by Borrower of the Operative Documents to which it is a party. Borrower will not be deemed by the IPUC to be subject to financial, organizational or rate regulation as an “electric utility” or similar entity under any existing Idaho law, rule or regulation.

 

4.33        Project Completion Date; Project Costs .

 

(a)          Construction of each Project has commenced and no landlord, holder or owner under any Ground Lease in respect of the Sites has the right to terminate such Ground Lease for failure to commence construction as contemplated in such Ground Lease.

 

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(b)          Borrower estimates, in good faith, that (i) the Placed in Service Date for each WTG included in the Projects will occur no later than January 15, 2011, (ii) “High Voltage Electrical System Substantial Completion” (under and as defined in the EPC Contract) will occur no later than December 31, 2010, (ii) Completion in respect of each Project will occur no later than April 1, 2011, (iv) Final Completion in respect of each Project will occur no later than June 1, 2011, (v) Project (Burley Butte) and Project (Milner Dam) will have completed all upgrades or modifications necessary to generate and transmit electric energy in all amounts up to and including its respective nameplate capacity by no later than August 1, 2011, and (vi) the aggregate proceeds of the Loans, together with the aggregate Equity Contributions and aggregate Member Loans not repaid as of the Closing Date, will be sufficient to achieve Total Completion and Completion (Salmon Falls).

 

(c)          As of the Closing Date, no change order (other than change orders entered into prior to the Closing Date that were disclosed to the Lenders and reviewed by the Independent Engineer prior to delivering its report pursuant to Section 3.1(i) ) has been proposed and no change order has been duly executed and delivered by Borrower and the EPC Contractor or the Turbine Supplier.

 

4.34        Insurance . Insurance complying with Section 5.15 hereof will be, when required in accordance with such section to be, in full force and effect and all premiums due thereon have been paid in full.

 

4.35        Grant Eligible . So long as any Obligations with respect to the Tranche B Construction Loans remain outstanding:

 

(a)          each Borrower Subsidiary, as applicable, is the owner of a Project, and each Project is a wind facility within the meaning of Section 45(d)(1) of the Code, and each Borrower Subsidiary and each Project meet the standards listed on Part A of Exhibit H-4 hereto; and

 

(b)          as of the Closing Date, each of the representations listed on Part B of Exhibit H-4 hereto is true, correct and complete in all material respects.

 

4.36        Cash Grant Application . So long as any Obligations with respect to the Tranche B Construction Loans remain outstanding:

 

(a)          to the knowledge, after due inquiry of the Manager personnel preparing each Draft Cash Grant Application, at the time of the delivery thereof, the factual information and the representations of each Borrower Subsidiary set forth therein (i) are based on reasonable assumptions as to all legal and factual matters material to the figures set forth therein, (ii) are materially consistent with the provisions of the Project Documents, (iii) have been prepared in good faith and (iv) fairly represents each Obligor’s reasonable expectations as to the matters covered thereby;

 

(b)          the factual information and the representations of each Borrower Subsidiary set forth each Cash Grant Application, as applicable (i) are true, correct and complete in all material respects, (ii) are based on reasonable assumptions as to all legal and factual matters material to the figures set forth therein, (iii) are materially consistent with the provisions of the Project Documents, (iv) have been prepared in good faith and with due care and (v) fairly represent such Idaho Wind Entity’s reasonable expectations as to the matters covered thereby;

 

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(c)          no Federal tax credit under Section 48 or Section 45 of the Code has been claimed with respect to any asset comprising a Project; and

 

(d)          in respect of each Project, as of the Cash Grant Application Date for such Project, the relevant Obligor has made every election that is necessary to claim and apply for the applicable Cash Grant in accordance with the Treasury Guidance and applicable Law.

 

4.37        Anti-Terrorism Laws . No Idaho Wind Entity is in violation of any Anti-Terrorism Laws. The use of the proceeds of the Loans by Borrower will not violate any Anti-Terrorism Laws.

 

4.38        Litigation . There are no pending or, to each Obligor’s knowledge, threatened in writing, legal, arbitral or equitable actions or proceedings of any kind, including actions or proceedings of or before any Governmental Authority, to which an Obligor, a Project, or by which any of them or any of their properties incorporated into a Project is bound. There are no condemnation proceedings by or before any Governmental Authority now pending or, to each Obligor’s knowledge, threatened in writing against an Obligor or any Project or any portion thereof, material to the construction, ownership or operation of the Projects or the sale of electricity or ancillary services from the Projects.

 

4.39        Intellectual Property . Each Obligor owns or has the right to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses and other rights which are necessary for the operation of its business. No Obligor has received notice that (a) any material product, process, method, substance, part or other material presently contemplated to be sold by or employed by an Obligor in connection with its business will infringe in any manner any patent, trademark, service mark, trade name, copyright, license or other right owned by any other Person; (b) there is pending or threatened any claim or litigation against or affecting an Obligor contesting its right to sell or use any such product, process, method, substance, part or other material; or (c) there is, or there is pending or proposed, any patent, invention, device, application or principle or any statute, law, rule, regulation, standard or code which could, in each case described in clauses (a) – (c), reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.40        Project Work . All work that has been done on the Projects has been done in a good and workmanlike manner and in accordance with the Plans and Specifications, Project Budgets, Required Permits, the Project Documents and Good Utility Practices except where the failure to adhere to the foregoing could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.41        Project Budgets; Projection . Borrower has prepared or provided the Project Schedules and Project Budgets in good faith and on the basis of reasonable assumptions that are consistent with the provisions of the Project Documents. As of the date of this Credit Agreement and as of the date when this representation is made or deemed made, there are no material Project Costs that are not included in the Project Budgets.

 

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4.42        Disclosure . As of the Closing Date, all information (other than the Base Case Projections and any report of an Independent Consultant) heretofore or contemporaneously furnished to Administrative Agent by or on behalf of an Obligor (but only where Obligor has knowledge of such disclosure) in connection with any Credit Document or any transaction contemplated hereby, taken together as a whole with all other information with which Administrative Agent has previously been furnished by or on behalf of an Obligor (but only where an Obligor has knowledge of such disclosure) is complete and correct in all material respects as of the date such information was furnished and as of the Closing Date, and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make any information not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which furnished. As of the Closing Date, the Base Case Projections have been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by Borrower to be reasonable at the time made and at the time so furnished, it being understood that the Base Case Projections are not to be viewed as facts and are subject to uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of Borrower, that no assurance can be given that the Base Case Projections will be realized, that actual results may differ and such differences may be material.

 

ARTICLE V
AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

Each Obligor covenants and agrees that, so long as any Commitments are outstanding (including the Commitments under the Letters of Credit), any Interest Rate Hedging Agreement with any Hedge Counterparty remains in effect, or any Loans or LC Loans are outstanding, it shall (or shall cause, as the context may require):

 

5.1          Use of Loan Proceeds and Project Revenues.

 

(a)           Construction Loan Proceeds . Use the proceeds of Construction Loans solely:

 

(i)          to pay Project Costs;

 

(ii)         to make a Permitted Financed Payment; and

 

(iii)        in the case of Tranche B Construction Loans only, to make the prepayment of Tranche A Construction Loans up to the WTG Overleverage Amount in accordance with Section 2.8(c)(vii) .

 

Proceeds of the Construction Loans shall be applied in the order and manner set forth in the Depositary Agreement.

 

(b)           Tranche C Loan Proceeds . Borrower shall use the proceeds of Tranche C Loans either by (i) making a Permitted Financed Payment or (ii) depositing such proceeds into the Revenue Account pursuant to the Depositary Agreement, for application solely for the purposes and in the order and manner provided in the Depositary Agreement.

 

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(c)           Revenues . Deposit all Project Revenues into the Construction Account or the Revenue Account, as applicable, pursuant to the Depositary Agreement, for application solely for the purposes and in the order and manner provided in the Depositary Agreement.

 

5.2          Payment . Pay all sums due under this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents according to the terms hereof and thereof.

 

5.3          Notices . Promptly upon acquiring notice or giving notice, as the case may be, or obtaining knowledge thereof, give written notice, and deliver the documents, correspondence or reports, as applicable, that are the subject of such notices describing the relevant events in reasonable detail (with reference to this Section 5.3 ) to Administrative Agent of the following:

 

(a)          Any litigation (including any litigation arising under any Environmental Law) pending or, to the knowledge of an Obligor, threatened against:

 

(i)           any Obligor and prior to the expiration of the Recapture Period, any Member, involving claims against such Idaho Wind Entity or any Project in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate or involving any material injunctive, declaratory or other equitable relief; and

 

(ii)         after the expiration of the Recapture Period, any Member, involving claims against any Project in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate or involving any material injunctive, declaratory or other equitable relief,

 

in each case, such notice to include copies of all papers filed in such litigation and to be given monthly if any such papers have been filed since the last notice given;

 

(b)          Any dispute or disputes (including any dispute or disputes arising under any Environmental Law) between:

 

(i)          any Obligor and prior to the expiration of the Recapture Period, any Member on the one hand, and any Governmental Authority on the other that involves (i) a claim against an Idaho Wind Entity which individually exceeds $500,000 or in the aggregate in any fiscal year of such Idaho Wind Entity exceeds $500,000; (ii) a request for any material injunctive or declaratory relief; (iii) revocation, material modification, suspension or the like of any Required Permit or imposition of additional material conditions with respect thereto; or (iv) any Lien for taxes due but not paid; and

 

(ii)         after the expiration of the Recapture Period, any Member and any Governmental Authority that involves (i) a claim against any Project which individually exceeds $500,000 or in the aggregate in any fiscal year of such Member exceeds $500,000; (ii) a request for any material injunctive or declaratory relief in respect of a Project or (iii) revocation, material modification, suspension or the like of any Required Permit or imposition of additional material conditions with respect thereto in respect of a Project;

 

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(c)          Any Default or Event of Default and together with such notice, or as soon thereafter as possible, a description of the action that Borrower has taken or proposes to take with respect to such Default or Event of Default;

 

(d)          Any casualty, damage or loss, whether or not insured, through fire, theft, other hazard or casualty, or any act or omission of any Obligor or any of their respective members, officers, directors, employees, contractors, consultants or representatives, or of any other Person if such casualty, damage or loss affects an Obligor or a Project and is in excess of $500,000 for any one casualty or loss, or an aggregate of $1,000,000;

 

(e)          Any cancellation or material change in the terms, coverages or amounts of any insurance described in Section 5.15 ;

 

(f)           (i) Any termination (except in accordance with its terms), (ii) event of default or notice thereof, (iii) other material notices under any Project Document and in the case of (iii) where such material notice relates to facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (iv) copies of any financial statements being delivered to an Obligor under any Project Document;

 

(g)          The commencement of any Acceptance Tests which are to be performed under the Construction Contracts;

 

(h)          Any PUC or FERC proceeding with respect to any Obligor or any Project alleging a violation of the regulations of any PUC or FERC or the loss of QF status of any Project or the loss of MBR Authority by any Borrower Subsidiary once MBR Authority has been obtained by a Borrower Subsidiary required to obtain such MBR Authority, except where MBR Authority is no longer a Legal Requirement;

 

(i)           (i) Any non-compliance with any Environmental Law or any liability or remedial, corrective or investigation obligation thereunder where such noncompliance or obligation has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) any Release of Hazardous Substances at, on, under or from any Site, any Improvement or any other Mortgaged Property or any other location at which any Hazardous Substance is generated, used, stored, treated or disposed of by or on behalf of any Obligor or any Project has come to be located that has resulted or would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (iii) any pending or, to an Obligor’s knowledge, threatened in writing any material Environmental Claim against or involving any Obligor, any Project, any Site, any Improvement or other Mortgaged Property;

 

(j)           The occurrence of the “Operation Date” with respect to a Project, as defined in and pursuant to each Power Purchase Agreement;

 

(k)          Any claim of force majeure under any Project Document lasting more than five consecutive days or which could reasonably be expected to cause a material delay in the Project Schedule, material increase the Project Costs or material impairment in the operation of any of the Projects;

 

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(l)           The adoption or participation in, or incurrence of liability with respect to, any ERISA Plan by any Obligor or any member of the Controlled Group;

 

(m)         The occurrence of an Event of Eminent Domain;

 

(n)          So long as any Obligations with respect to the Tranche B Construction Loans remain outstanding any notices or communications delivered or received by an Obligor in connection with any Cash Grant Application;

 

(o)          So long as any Obligations with respect to the Tranche B Construction Loans remain outstanding, the receipt by any Obligor of any Cash Grant Proceeds;

 

(p)          Any notice or other communications received by any Obligor from the U.S. Treasury Department or any other Governmental Authority relating to any Cash Grant Recapture Liability applicable to a Project;

 

(q)          Any material notice received by any Obligor from FERC or the IPUC;

 

(r)           Any notice received by any Obligor from a Principal Project Participant or a subcontractor of the EPC Contractor that could reasonably be expected to result in a material delay in any Project Schedule or a material increase in any Project Budget;

 

(s)          The commencement of the erection of any Upwind Turbine;

 

(t)           Promptly upon obtaining knowledge thereof, provide written notice of any transfer or disposition of any direct ownership interest in an Obligor, including information regarding transferees in respect of any transfers by any Person that directly owns an interest in an Obligor below a corporate taxpayer level;

 

(u)          The loss of CEC Certification or LORS Certification by any Borrower Subsidiary once CEC Certification or LORS Certification has been obtained by such Borrower Subsidiary; and

 

(v)          Any other event, circumstance, development or condition which has had, or, in Borrower’s reasonable judgment, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.4          Financial Statements .

 

(a)          Deliver to Administrative Agent (or cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent), with sufficient copies for the Lenders, in form and detail satisfactory to Administrative Agent:

 

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(i)          Commencing with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2010, and as soon as available but no later than 45 days after the close of the first, second and third quarterly periods of its fiscal year, (x) quarterly (and year-to-date) financial statements of Borrower (on a consolidated basis for Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries) and, prior to the expiration of the Recapture Period, each Member (other than Atlantic Member and GE Member), such statements to include a balance sheet, an income and expense statement and a statement of cash flows, all prepared in accordance with GAAP, setting forth, in each case, in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding period in the preceding fiscal year, if any, in each case to be accompanied by a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the applicable Person, certifying that (A) in the case of Borrower’s certificate only, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and (B) such financial statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition (and to the extent applicable) results of operations of such Idaho Wind Entity, in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, as at the end of, and for, such period and (y) in the case of Atlantic Member and GE Member, prior to the expiration of the Recapture Period, a Financial Condition Certificate duly authorized, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of the applicable Person;

 

(ii)         Commencing with fiscal year 2010, as soon as available but no later than 120 days after the close of each fiscal year, (x) audited annual financial statements of Borrower (on a consolidated basis for Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries) and, prior to the expiration of the Recapture Period, each Member (other than Atlantic Member and GE Member), including a statement of equity, a balance sheet as of the close of such year, a statement of operations, a statement of changes in members capital and a statement of cash flows, all prepared in accordance with GAAP, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding fiscal year and accompanied by a report thereon of an independent certified public accountant selected by Borrower reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders to the effect that said financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial position and results of operations of such Person as at the end of, and for, such fiscal year in accordance with GAAP consistently applied (except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements) and that the examination by such auditor in connection with such financial statements has been made in accordance with GAAP (such related accountants report shall be unqualified as to going concern and scope of audit) and (y) in the case of Atlantic Member and GE Member, prior to the expiration of the Recapture Period, a Financial Condition Certificate duly authorized, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of the applicable Person; and

 

(iii)        Upon the reasonable request of Administrative Agent and to the extent required by auditors of any Lender or by any Governmental Authority under applicable Legal Requirement, any information required to be delivered under Section 13.18 .

 

(b)          No later than 15 Banking Days after each Calculation Date, calculate and deliver to Administrative Agent a certificate setting forth (in reasonable detail and with appropriate computations) the Historical Debt Service Coverage Ratio for the 12-month period ending on such Calculation Date (or such shorter period between the Term Conversion Date and the first, second or third Calculation Dates).

 

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5.5          Reports .

 

(a)          Deliver to Administrative Agent and the Independent Engineer monthly after the Closing Date as soon as available but no later than 10 Banking Days after the end of each calendar month until the Term Conversion Date, a report describing in reasonable detail: (i) the estimated date on which “Project Site Substantial Completion” shall be achieved in respect of each Project under the EPC Contract, (ii) the estimated date on which “High Voltage Electrical System Substantial Completion” shall be achieved under the EPC Contract, (iii) if the “Project Site Substantial Completion” in respect of each Project is not anticipated to occur under the EPC Contract on or before December 31, 2010, the reasons therefor, (iv) if the “High Voltage Electrical System Substantial Completion” is not anticipated to occur under the EPC Contract on or before October 30, 2010, the reasons therefor (v) the status of construction of each Project (and a description of any material defects or deficiencies with respect thereto or any material discrepancies with the Plans and Specifications) and compliance by the EPC Contractor with the Project Schedule for each Project, (vi) the conformance to the Project Budgets of the amount of Project Costs incurred to date and during the most recent monthly period, and in the event of a material variance, the reasons therefor, (vii) any progress reports received from the Turbine Supplier and the EPC Contractor, and (viii) an update on the process of obtaining any Required Permits that an Obligor has not yet obtained. Until Total Completion and Completion (Salmon Falls) is achieved, deliver to Administrative Agent and the Independent Engineer a weekly progress report describing in reasonable detail the progress of construction with respect to each applicable Project.

 

(b)          Provide to Administrative Agent promptly upon reasonable request such information concerning any Project at such times as the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall reasonably require, including such reports and information as are reasonably required by the Independent Consultants.

 

(c)          Deliver copies of all monthly reports required to be delivered under the BOP O&M Agreement by the BOP Operator and copies of all annual, quarterly and monthly reports, as applicable, required to be delivered under the Construction Oversight Agreement, the Management Services Agreements and the Operations Support Agreement by Power Constructors Inc., the Manager and Operator, respectively, promptly after receipt by any Obligor (and in any event within five Banking Days of receipt thereof).

 

(d)          Following the Term Conversion Date, as soon as practicable but no later than (x) in respect of the first year following the Term Conversion Date, the 30 th day following the end of each calendar month and (y) from and after the first anniversary of the Term Conversion Date, the 30 th day following the end of each calendar quarter, deliver a summary operating report for each Project, which shall include (i) a monthly or quarterly, as applicable, and year-to-date numerical and a brief summary narrative assessment of (A) such Project’s compliance with each material category in the then current Annual Operating Budget for such Project, (B) such Project’s electrical production and delivery, REC sales (including, if applicable, any shortfalls), sale and purchase of power under the REC Documents applicable to such Project and grid curtailment, if any, (C) a comparison of each Project’s actual production compared to its achievable production based on actual measured wind speed at each WTG of such Project (adjusted for scheduled and unscheduled maintenance), together with a good faith determination by Borrower based on such information and supported in reasonable detail with respect to whether the WTGs had produced electricity during such period at levels meeting or exceeding the “Power Curve Guarantee” under the Turbine Supply Agreement, (D) revenues and expenses and cash balances, including debt service payments and balances in the Accounts and the Checking Accounts, (E) the amount of electrical energy delivered to Power Purchaser pursuant to a Power Purchase Agreement in respect of which Power Purchaser paid the Market Energy Cost or Market Energy Reference Price therefor (in each case, under and as defined in the applicable Power Purchase Agreement) and if applicable, the monthly generation estimates of Net Energy nominated to Idaho Power under the applicable Power Purchase Agreement; (F) property losses of value in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate per Project, (G) replacement of equipment not contemplated by the then current Annual Operating Budgets of value in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate per Project, (H) material disputes with contractors, materialmen, suppliers or others and any related claims against any Obligor, (I) a description of any penalties or fines incurred by such Project and (J) (i) performance guarantee claims made by or against any Obligor; (ii) statistical data and reasonably detailed commentary thereon; and (iii) a comparison of year-to-date figures for each Project to corresponding figures provided in the prior year.

 

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(e)          Until the expiration of the Recapture Period, deliver (i) copies of any and all reports filed with, or certifications made to, the U.S. Treasury Department with respect to each Cash Grant within five Banking Days after the filing or certification thereof and (ii) a copy of any acknowledgement or notice from the U.S. Treasury Department (including any notice acknowledging receipt of any Cash Grant Application) promptly upon the receipt thereof.

 

5.6          Additional Permits and Project Documents; Additional Consents .

 

(a)          Deliver to Administrative Agent promptly, but in no event later than 10 Banking Days after the receipt thereof by an Obligor, copies of (i) all Required Permits or Additional Project Documents obtained or entered into by an Obligor after the Closing Date; and (ii) any amendment, supplement or other modification to any Required Permit received by an Obligor after the Closing Date.

 

(b)          With respect to any Additional Project Document entered into by an Obligor after the Closing Date, use reasonable commercial efforts to cause its counterparty thereto to execute and deliver to Administrative Agent a consent substantially in the form of Exhibit F-6 .

 

5.7          Existence, Conduct of Business, Properties, Etc.

 

(a)          Except as otherwise expressly permitted under this Credit Agreement, Borrower shall (i) maintain and preserve its existence as a Delaware limited liability company and all material rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business and (ii) engage only in the business contemplated by the Operative Documents.

 

(b)          Except as otherwise expressly permitted under this Credit Agreement, each Borrower Subsidiary shall (i) maintain and preserve its existence as an Idaho limited liability company and all material rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business and (ii) engage only in the business contemplated by the Operative Documents.

 

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(c)          Each Obligor shall (i) be, and at all times hold itself out to the public as, a legal entity separate and distinct from any other entity (including any Affiliate of an Obligor or any constituent party of an Obligor), (ii) correct any known misunderstanding regarding its status as a separate entity, (iii) conduct business in its own name, (iv) not identify itself or any of its Affiliates as a division or part of the other and (v) maintain and utilize separate stationery, bank accounts (except the Accounts), invoices and checks bearing its own name.

 

5.8          Books, Records, Access . Maintain adequate books, accounts and records with respect to each Obligor and each Project and prepare all financial statements required hereunder in accordance with GAAP and in compliance with the regulations of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction thereof, and permit employees or agents of Administrative Agent and the Lenders at any reasonable times and upon reasonable prior notice to inspect all Project properties, including the WTGs, the Sites and the Easements, to examine or audit all books, accounts and records of the Obligors and make copies and memoranda thereof and, together with the Independent Engineer, to witness any Acceptance Tests under the Construction Contracts.

 

5.9          QF; REC Compliance .

 

(a)          Each Borrower Subsidiary shall maintain the status of its Project as a QF.

 

(b)          Each Borrower Subsidiary shall maintain its MBR Authority once obtained, if applicable to such Borrower Subsidiary, except where MBR Authority is no longer a Legal Requirement, and shall comply with all applicable requirements of FERC relating to MBR Authority.

 

(c)          On or before the initial sale of RECs from a Project, the applicable Borrower Subsidiary and the Project shall obtain all Required Permits necessary for the sale of RECs from the Project and the performance of the Borrower Subsidiary’s other obligations under the applicable REC Documents, and maintain the eligibility and authorization under any applicable law necessary for the sale of RECs and performance of such other obligations by such Borrower Subsidiary and the Project under the applicable REC Documents.

 

5.10        Operation of Projects and Annual Budget and Annual Maintenance Plan .

 

(a)          Keep and operate the Projects, or cause the same to be kept and operated, in good operating condition consistent with Good Utility Practices, all Required Permits and all Legal Requirements and all applicable requirements of the Operative Documents, and make or cause to be made all repairs (structural and non-structural, extraordinary or ordinary) necessary to keep and operate the Projects in such condition, in each case, except to the extent the failure to take such action could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Obligor shall from time to consider the reasonable recommendations of the Independent Engineer in connection with the operation of the Projects.

 

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(b)          On or before 45 days prior to Completion of each Project, Borrower shall adopt an operating plan and a budget for each Project, detailed by calendar month of anticipated revenues, Debt Service, proposed member distributions, maintenance, repair and operation expenses (including reasonable allowance for contingencies and working capital), maintenance reserves and all other anticipated O&M Costs for such Project for the period from Completion to the conclusion of the first full fiscal year thereafter (the “ Annual Operating Budget ”) and shall re-assess the scheduling and probable cost of each item of maintenance of such Project and include a timetable and budget therefor in such Annual Operating Budget. Not less than 60 days in advance of the beginning of each fiscal year after the Term Conversion Date, Borrower shall adopt a draft Annual Operating Budget for each Project for the ensuing fiscal year. Copies of each draft Annual Operating Budget for the initial year and each subsequent year of operation of each Project shall be promptly furnished to Administrative Agent for the review and approval by Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Independent Engineer) 45 days in advance of the Completion Date for each Project and 60 days in advance of the beginning of each fiscal year after the Term Conversion Date. Borrower shall incorporate reasonable suggestions of Administrative Agent and the Lenders into a final Annual Operating Budget for each Project, which shall be prepared no less than 30 days in advance of the Completion Date for such Project and the beginning of each fiscal year thereafter. Borrower shall operate and maintain the each Project, or cause each Project to be operated and maintained, in accordance with each applicable Annual Operating Budget as approved by Administrative Agent in consultation with the Independent Engineer; provided that an Obligor shall not exceed any individual line item in any Annual Operating Budget by more than 15% of the budgeted amount therefor for the applicable fiscal year and shall not exceed in the aggregate for all line items in any Annual Operating Budget by more than 10% of the budgeted amount therefor for the applicable fiscal year; provided, further that any Annual Operating Budget may be amended with Administrative Agent’s prior written consent in consultation with the Independent Engineer and in such event Borrower shall operate and maintain the relevant Project, or cause the relevant Project to be operated and maintained, within such Annual Operating Budget, as so amended and subject to the proviso set forth above. If Administrative Agent does not approve an Annual Operating Budget, Administrative Agent shall notify Borrower of the items which are disapproved and the reason for such disapproval, and until such Annual Operating Budget is so approved, the applicable Annual Operating Budget most recently in effect shall continue to apply, except that (i) any inflation indexes or escalators contained in any Project Documents shall be applied, and (ii) any items of the then-proposed Annual Operating Budget that have been approved shall be given effect in substitution of the corresponding items in the applicable Annual Operating Budget most recently in effect.

 

5.11        Preservation of Rights; Further Assurances .

 

(a)          Preserve, protect and defend the material rights of each Obligor under each and every Project Document, including, if appropriate in the reasonable business judgment of Borrower, prosecution of suits to enforce any material right of an Obligor thereunder and enforcement of any claims with respect thereto.

 

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(b)          From time to time as reasonably requested by Administrative Agent, execute, acknowledge, record, register, deliver and/or file all such notices, statements, instruments and other documents necessary to render valid and enforceable under all applicable laws the rights, Liens and priorities of Administrative Agent and the Secured Parties with respect to all Collateral, in each case, in such form and at such times as shall be reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, and pay all reasonable fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incident to compliance with this Section 5.11(b) .

 

(c)          If any Obligor shall at any time acquire any fee interest in real property or leasehold, easement or other interest in real property which is not covered by any Mortgage, promptly upon such acquisition (or on the Closing Date if such acquisition occurred prior thereto, but in any event no later than 30 days after the date of acquisition), such Obligor shall execute, deliver and record a supplement to the applicable Mortgage, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to Administrative Agent, subjecting such fee interest in real property or leasehold, easement or other interests in real property to the Lien and security interest created by such Mortgage and shall include such additional fee interest in real property or leasehold, easement or other interest in real property in the applicable Title Policy for such Project, or obtain title insurance for such fee interest in real property, leasehold, easement or other interest in real property consistent on substantially the same terms as the applicable Title Policy for such Project at Borrower’s expense.

 

(d)          Any Person to whom any Membership Interest in Borrower is transferred shall execute and deliver to Collateral Agent (i) a Pledge and Security Agreement in the form of Exhibit F-2 , or otherwise be subject to a Pledge and Security Agreement such that Collateral Agent has a valid and subsisting first priority security interest in such transferred ownership interest (subject to Permitted Liens), and such intended transferee shall have delivered to Collateral Agent original membership interest certificates, with blank transfer powers, evidencing such transferee’s ownership interest in Borrower (and Collateral Agent shall return any original certificates or other instruments evidencing the transferor’s ownership interest in Borrower for cancellation by Borrower in replacement thereof) and (ii) prior to the end of the Recapture Period, a Member Indemnity Agreement in the form of Exhibit F-1 , or otherwise be party to a Member Indemnity Agreement.

 

5.12        Construction of Projects; Operation Date .

 

(a)          Make or cause to be made all contracts and do or cause to be done all things necessary for the acquisition, construction, expansion, improvement, equipping and Completion of the Projects and cause (i) each Project to achieve Completion by no later than April 1, 2011 and (ii) each Project to achieve Final Completion no later than June 1, 2011, in each case, substantially in accordance in all material respects with the Plans and Specifications, the Construction Contracts, the Interconnection Agreements, the Project Schedules and the Project Budgets.

 

(b)          Cause Project (Burley Butte) and Project (Milner Dam) to complete all upgrades or modifications necessary to generate and transmit electric energy in all amounts up to and including their respective nameplate capacities by no later than August 1, 2011, in each case substantially in accordance in all material respects with the Plans and Specifications, the Construction Contracts, the Interconnection Agreements, the Project Schedules and the Project Budgets.

 

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(c)          Cause (i) each Initial Project to achieve the “Operation Date” (as defined in such Project’s Power Purchase Agreement) no later than April 1, 2011 and (ii) each of Project (Burley Butte) and Project (Milner Dam) to achieve the “Operation Date” (as defined in such Project’s Power Purchase Agreement) no later than June 1, 2011.

 

5.13        Taxes, Other Government Charges and Utility Charges .

 

(a)          File, as and when due, all tax returns and pay, or cause to be paid, as and when due and prior to delinquency, all taxes, assessments and governmental charges of any kind that may at any time be lawfully assessed or levied against or with respect to any Obligor or any Project and all assessments and charges lawfully made by any Governmental Authority for public improvements that may be secured by a Lien on the properties of any Obligor or any Project, unless, in each case, the same are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, with reserves established for such taxes as required by GAAP, and except for de minimis taxes that an Obligor shall pay promptly upon such Obligor’s knowledge of such non-payment.

 

(b)          Pay, or cause to be paid, as and when due and prior to delinquency, all utility and other charges incurred in the construction, operation, maintenance, use, occupancy and upkeep of the Projects except where the failure to so pay could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or an Obligor is in good faith contesting the same, so long as (i) reserves in accordance with GAAP have been established in an amount sufficient to pay any such utility or other charges, accrued interest thereon and potential penalties or other costs relating thereto, or other adequate provision for the payment thereof shall have been made; (ii) enforcement of Liens or judgments associated with the contested utility or other charge is effectively stayed for the entire duration of such contest; and (iii) any utility or other charge determined to be due, together with any interest or penalties thereon, is paid when due after final resolution of such contest.

 

5.14        Compliance With Laws, Instruments, Etc. At its expense, (a)  comply, or cause compliance with all Legal Requirements relating to the Projects or any Obligor, including all Environmental Laws except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (b) procure, maintain and comply with, all Required Permits (as and when required to be procured and maintained under Legal Requirements (including all Environmental Laws)) for the construction, operation and maintenance of the Projects and the sale of electricity and ancillary services from the Projects except where failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and (c) in the case of a change of name or corporate organization involving any Obligor, take such actions, including the filing of appropriate notices with all Governmental Authorities that have issued Required Permits, to maintain in full force and effect each Required Permit, as may be necessary by applicable Legal Requirements. Each Obligor shall (i) promptly take any remedial, responsive or corrective action to the extent required of such Obligor under and for compliance with any Environmental Law with respect to any presence or Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Substances and (ii) promptly respond to, and address, any Environmental Claim against any Obligor or any Project.

 

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5.15        Maintenance of Insurance . Without cost to the Lenders, maintain or cause to be maintained on its behalf in effect at all times the types of insurance required pursuant to the Insurance Requirements set forth in Schedule 5.15 , in the amount and on the terms and conditions specified therein, with insurance companies rated “A-X” or better by Best’s Insurance Guide and Key Ratings (or an equivalent rating by another nationally recognized insurance rating agency of similar standing if Best’s Insurance Guide and Key Ratings shall no longer be published); provided , however , that if insurance required pursuant to the Insurance Requirements is not available on commercially reasonable terms, each applicable Obligor shall obtain insurance on terms most similar to the Insurance Requirements that is available on commercially reasonable terms with the consent of Administrative Agent which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

 

5.16        Warranty of Title . Subject only to Permitted Liens, each Obligor shall maintain (a) good, marketable and insurable title to, or interest in, the fee, leasehold or easement estate (as the case may be) to the Sites pursuant to the Real Property Documents and (b) good, marketable and insurable title to, or interest in, all of its other respective properties and assets.

 

5.17        Event of Eminent Domain . If an Event of Eminent Domain shall be threatened or occur with respect to any Collateral, (a) diligently pursue any right to compensation against the relevant Governmental Authority in respect of such Event of Eminent Domain; (b) not, without the written consent of Administrative Agent, compromise or settle any claim against such Governmental Authority where the amount subject of such claim is in excess of $500,000; and (c) pay or apply all Eminent Domain Proceeds in accordance with the Depositary Agreement. Each Obligor consents to the participation of Administrative Agent at the direction of the Majority Lenders in any proceedings resulting from an Event of Eminent Domain, and each Obligor shall from time to time deliver to Administrative Agent (with reference to this Section 5.17 ) all documents and instruments reasonably requested by it to permit such participation.

 

5.18        Compliance with Project Document Covenants .

 

(a)          Perform and observe all covenants and obligations contained in any Project Document to which it is a party except where failure to perform could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(b)          take all reasonable and necessary action to prevent the termination or cancellation of any Project Document in accordance with the terms of such Project Document or otherwise (except for the expiration of any Project Document in accordance with its terms and not as a result of a breach or default thereunder); and

 

(c)          enforce against the relevant Principal Project Participant each covenant or obligation of such Project Document to which it is a party in accordance with its terms except where failure to enforce such covenant or obligation could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, including enforcing each Obligor’s rights and remedies under the Project Documents to maximize the amount of liquidated damages available to such Obligor under the Project Documents.

 

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5.19        Interest Rate Hedging Agreements .

 

(a)          Within 7 Banking Days of the Closing Date, enter into the Confirmations and maintain in full force and effect until the earlier of (i) December 31, 2027 and (ii) the Term Loan Maturity Date, Interest Rate Hedging Agreements with Hedge Counterparties with respect to a notional amount equal to at least 75% of the projected Term Loans based on the Term Loan Commitments in effect on the Closing Date.

 

(b)          Within 7 Banking Days of the closing of any Incremental Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment Increase, enter into Confirmations and maintain in full force and effect until the earlier of (i) December 31, 2027 and (ii) the Term Loan Maturity Date, Interest Rate Hedging Agreements with Hedge Counterparties with respect to a notional amount (in addition to that required under Section 5.19(a) and any amounts previously hedged under this Section 5.19(b) ) equal to at least 75% of the projected Term Loans associated with such Incremental Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment Increase.

 

(c)          Within 7 Banking Days of the Borrowing of any Tranche C Loans, enter into Confirmations and maintain in full force and effect until the earlier of (i) December 31, 2027 and (ii) the Term Loan Maturity Date, Interest Rate Hedging Agreements with Hedge Counterparties with respect to a notional amount (in addition to any amounts previously hedged under this Section 5.19(c) ) equal to at least 75% of the projected Tranche C Loans associated with such Borrowing.

 

(d)          All such Interest Rate Hedging Agreements referred to in this Section 5.19 shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, the Majority Lenders and the Hedge Counterparties. Borrower shall be responsible for all reasonable costs, fees and expenses, if any, incurred by the Hedge Counterparties in accordance with, and pursuant to the terms of, the Interest Rate Hedging Agreements (“ Hedge Fix Fees ”). Borrower shall ensure that at no time shall the total aggregate notional amounts of the swaps entered into pursuant to the Interest Rate Hedging Agreements exceed the outstanding amount of Term Loans and Tranche C Loans.

 

5.20        Spare Parts . Maintain a spare parts inventory for each Project as required under the applicable manufacturer’s operating manual.

 

5.21        Upwind Array Event . In the event that an Upwind Array Event shall occur, then within (a) 10 Banking Days after the completion of construction in respect thereof, if such Upwind Array Event shall have been caused by an Idaho Wind Entity or any Affiliate thereof, or (b) promptly, but in any event within 10 Banking Days after Borrower has knowledge thereof, if such Upwind Array Event shall have been caused by a Person other than an Idaho Wind Entity or an Affiliate thereof (such date of delivery, the “ Adjustment Date ”), calculate and deliver to Administrative Agent the Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio as of the Adjustment Date using the applicable Base Case Projections (after giving effect to any prepayments made prior to the date of determination) updated with any changes needed solely to take into account the effect, if any, of such Upwind Array Event on the expected power production of the Projects, as determined by the Wind Consultant and the Independent Engineer. In the event that there occurs an Upwind Array Event and the Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio, calculated as of each remaining Repayment Date, fails to demonstrate at least the Minimum Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio for either production scenario, then Borrower shall make a mandatory prepayment in accordance with Section 2.8(c)(vi) .

 

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5.22        WTG Location Variance Event . If (a) on or prior to the Term Conversion Date, (i) one or more WTGs at any Site were constructed or are located at a distance greater than 500 feet in the aggregate from the locations therefor set forth in the Wind Consultant Closing Report and (ii) at least one WTG was constructed or is located at a distance greater than 30 feet from the location therefor set forth in the Wind Consultant Closing Report, or (b) on or prior to Term Conversion Date, at least one WTG at any Site was constructed or is located at a distance greater than 60 feet from the location therefor set forth in the Wind Consultant Closing Report or (c) if at Term Conversion Date, the number of WTGs at all of the Sites that have achieved Turbine Completion (as defined in the Turbine Supply Agreement) is less than 122 (each a “ WTG Location Variance Event ”), then (i) Borrower shall cause the Wind Consultant to deliver to Administrative Agent an update to the Wind Consultant Closing Report (the “ Wind Consultant Conversion Report ”) solely as to the difference, if any, in the wind and energy production forecasts from those set forth in the Wind Consultant Closing Report, (ii) Borrower shall deliver to Administrative Agent an update to the Closing Date Base Case Projections which reflects the wind and energy production forecasts set forth in the Wind Consultant Conversion Report (which updates shall be included in the Term Conversion Date Base Case Projections delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.7(m) ) and (iii) Administrative Agent shall, based on the Term Conversion Date Base Case Projections, determine the WTL Overleverage Amount (if any).

 

5.23        Cash Grant Applications .

 

(a)          At least 10 days prior to the earlier of (i) the anticipated Final Completion Date in respect of each Project and (ii) April 1, 2011, deliver to Administrative Agent a substantially complete Draft Cash Grant Application for such Project, together with all supporting documents, including the commissioning report, design plans and final engineering design documents stamped by a licensed professional engineer and a substantially final report of the Cost Segregation Consultant in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders). Administrative Agent shall have the right to consult with the Cost Segregation Consultant and any auditor or accountant of Borrower in respect of any such drafts. Administrative Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders) shall, within 10 Banking Days after receipt thereof, approve such Draft Cash Grant Application or inform Borrower that such Draft Cash Grant Application is deficient or incomplete in any respect as required pursuant to the Treasury Guidance or inconsistent with the categorization, methodology or amount included in such report of the Cost Segregation Consultant delivered pursuant to this Section 5.23(a) . If such Draft Cash Grant Application is not approved by Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall notify Borrower and the applicable Borrower Subsidiaries of any applicable deficiencies or incompleteness and Borrower and such Borrower Subsidiaries shall correct any deficiencies or incompleteness prior to filing a final Cash Grant Application.

 

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(b)          As soon as practicable but not later than 30 days after the earlier of (i) the Final Completion Date in respect of each Project and (ii) April 1, 2011, file, or cause to be filed, the Cash Grant Application in respect of such Project and provide Administrative Agent with a copy thereof, (i) which application shall be true, correct and complete, (ii) which application shall be based on reasonable assumptions as to all legal and factual matters material to the estimates set forth therein and prepared in good faith with due care, (iii) which application shall be consistent with the provisions of the Operative Documents and the applicable Draft Cash Grant Application approved pursuant to Section 5.23(a) , (iv) which application shall fairly represent such Obligor’s reasonable expectations as to the matters covered thereby, (v) which application shall be on the maximum amount of qualifying energy property of the Project and (vi) which application and notice shall be prepared and filed in accordance with the Treasury Guidance and applicable Law, including by being consistent with the independent accountants’ examination opinion (required pursuant to the Treasury Guidance) attesting to the accuracy of the costs claimed as the basis of the assets for purposes of the relevant Cash Grant Application. Borrower shall instruct, or cause the relevant Borrower Subsidiary to instruct, in each Cash Grant Application, that the proceeds of such Cash Grant be deposited into the Construction Account or the applicable Borrower Subsidiary Account, as applicable, in accordance with the Depositary Agreement and Borrower shall apply, or cause such proceeds to be applied, in accordance the Depositary Agreement.

 

(c)          In respect of each Project, deliver to Administrative Agent each Cash Grant Application and a certificate of an Authorized Officer of Borrower, dated the Cash Grant Application Date for such Project, certifying that all facts set forth in, and all representations, warranties and certifications made by, or on behalf of, Borrower or the relevant Borrower Subsidiary, as applicable, in the applicable Cash Grant Application and in the information provided to the Cost Segregation Consultant and the independent accountant providing the independent accountants’ examination opinion are true, complete and correct in all material respects.

 

(d)          (i) Timely provide all supporting documentation required to be filed with, or in connection with, each Cash Grant Application on and after each Cash Grant Application Date, (ii) promptly respond to all requests for further information with respect to each Cash Grant Application from the U.S. Treasury Department and (iii) make all other filings and take all other actions deemed necessary or advisable in connection with each Cash Grant Application and each Cash Grant from time to time, including upon the reasonable request of Administrative Agent.

 

(e)          Comply with all laws applicable to each Cash Grant and each Cash Grant Application (including the Treasury Guidance).

 

(f)           During the Recapture Period, deliver to Administrative Agent no later than 30 days after the end of each calendar year commencing on the first full calendar year after receipt by an Obligor of any Cash Grant Proceeds, a certificate of an Authorized Officer of Borrower certifying that to its knowledge, no event or circumstance shall have occurred and be continuing that could reasonably be expected to result in a claim by the U.S. Treasury Department for the recapture of any Cash Grant in the event the property of any Project (i) is disposed of to a Disqualified Person by any Idaho Wind Entity or Affiliate thereof or (ii) ceases to be specified energy property.

 

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5.24        Site Surveys . Provide Administrative Agent an as-built survey of each Site consistent with the requirements and detail of the applicable Survey delivered at Closing, and clearly delineating the location of all Improvements constructed by an Obligor on such Site, in each case, dated no more than 30 days prior to the Term Conversion Date.

 

5.25        Government Regulation . Take or cause to be taken any actions necessary in order to ensure that (a) each Project will maintain its status as a QF, (b) after a Borrower Subsidiary obtains MBR Authority, as applicable, such Project will maintain its MBR Authority and (c) none of the Secured Parties or any affiliate (as that term is defined in Section 1262(1) of PUHCA) of any of them, solely as a result of an Obligor’s actions relating to the ownership, leasing or operation of any Project, the sale of electric energy, capacity or ancillary services from the Projects or the entering into any Operative Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, other than with respect to exercise of certain remedies allowed under the Credit Documents, will become subject to, or not exempt from, regulation under PUHCA, the FPA or State laws and regulations respecting the rates or the financial or organizational regulation of electric utilities.

 

5.26        Supplemental Reserve . Borrower shall fund the Supplemental Reserve Account (or cause an Acceptable Letter of Credit and/or Acceptable Guarantee to be issued), in an aggregate amount equal to at least the required Supplemental Reserve Amount, in accordance with the Depositary Agreement.

 

5.27        BOP O&M Agreement; Operations Support Agreement . At least 30 days prior to the expiry of the term of the BOP O&M Agreement or the Operations Support Agreement, either (a) extend the term of such agreement (or cause the term of such agreement to be extended) for a period of at least 12 months, on substantially similar terms as the BOP O&M Agreement or Operations Support Agreement, as applicable, existing on the date hereof or (b) replace such agreement with an agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders.

 

5.28        Nomination of Net Energy Amounts .

 

(a)          Prior to the Operation Date of its Project, each applicable Borrower Subsidiary (other than Camp Reed, Payne’s Ferry and Yahoo Creek) shall deliver a written notice to Power Purchaser pursuant to Section 6.2.3 of its Power Purchase Agreement, nominating the “Initial Year Monthly Net Energy Amounts” (as such term is used in the applicable Power Purchase Agreement), which Initial Year Monthly Net Energy Amounts shall not exceed the amount of energy production for such Project, based on a P99 Scenario/0.90 (such amounts, the “ Required Net Energy Amounts ”). During the period commencing on the applicable Operation Date and ending on the first anniversary of the Operation Date for its Project, each Borrower Subsidiary, as applicable, shall ensure that all monthly generation estimates of Net Energy Amounts provided by such Borrower Subsidiary to Power Purchaser pursuant to its Power Purchase Agreement shall not exceed the Required Net Energy Amounts. For the purposes of this Section 5.28 , the Operation Date shall mean the “Operation Date” as such term is defined in the Power Purchase Agreement with respect to each Project (other than Project (Camp Reed), Project (Payne’s Ferry) and Project (Yahoo Creek)).

 

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(b)          In the event that Depositary Bank withdraws funds from the Supplemental Reserve Account (or a drawing or demand is made in respect of an Acceptable Letter of Credit or an Acceptable Guarantee delivered to satisfy the Supplemental Reserve Amount) pursuant to the Depositary Agreement, each Borrower Subsidiary, as applicable, shall ensure that all monthly generation estimates of Net Energy Amounts provided by such Borrower Subsidiary to Power Purchaser pursuant to its Power Purchase Agreement shall not exceed the Required Net Energy Amounts until the funds on deposit in the Supplemental Reserve Account (together with the aggregate amount then available to be drawn or demanded, as applicable, under any Acceptable Letter of Credit and any Acceptable Guarantee provided, in each case, to satisfy in whole or in part, the Supplemental Reserve Amount) are at least equal to the Supplemental Reserve Amount in effect as of such date.

 

5.29        Delay Security LCs; Interconnection LCs . Within five Banking Days of the Closing Date, Borrower shall:

 

(a)          cause the Delay Security LCs to be replaced by Letters of Credit issued pursuant to this Credit Agreement; and

 

(b)          cause the Interconnection LCs to be cancelled and returned from Idaho Power, and provide evidence thereof to Administrative Agent.

 

5.30        Warranty Period .

 

(a)          No later than 12 months prior to the expiration of the Warranty Period, Borrower shall (together with Operator and Independent Engineer) conduct an inspection of each Project and determine any final claims associated with the applicable warranties. Independent Engineer shall submit a report of its findings to Administrative Agent, which report shall be used by Administrative Agent to determine the Minimum Major Maintenance Reserve Amount, if any.

 

(b)          No later than 90 days after the expiration of the Warranty Period, Borrower shall (together with Operator and Independent Engineer) conduct an inspection of each Project and determine any final claims associated with the applicable warranties. Independent Engineer shall submit a report of its findings to Administrative Agent, which report shall be used by Administrative Agent to determine the Minimum Major Maintenance Reserve Amount, if any.

 

5.31        Intentionally deleted .

 

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5.32        Payne’s Ferry Lease Amendment; Landowner Estoppels .

 

(a)          Within 30 days after the Closing Date (or such longer period as agreed by Borrower and Administrative Agent in writing), Payne’s Ferry shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to record in the real property records of Twin Falls County, Idaho, the First Amendment to Lease and Memorandum of Lease among O'Connor Enterprises, Inc., Half Moon LLC and Payne's Ferry (which amendment shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent). Payne’s Ferry shall provide a copy of the recorded amendment to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent on or before the 30th day (or within such longer period as agreed by Borrower and Administrative Agent in writing) after the Closing Date. In addition, Payne's Ferry shall execute such additional documents and instruments (including , without limitation,  an amendment to the Mortgage (Payne's Ferry)  and an amendment to the Survey for the Project (Payne's Ferry), all of which shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable  to Administrative Agent), as necessary to  (i)  incorporate the additional real estate interests that are subject to the First Amendment to Lease and Memorandum of Lease into the Mortgage (Payne’s Ferry) and subject to the lien thereof  and (ii) enable the Title Insurer to issue endorsements and amendments to the Title Policy (Payne’s Ferry) to remove any encroachment exception and to fully insure the amendment to the Lease and the additional real estate interests.  

 

(b)          Following the Closing Date, Borrower shall use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to Administrative Agent the Landowner Estoppels that were not executed and delivered to Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date.  Each of the Landowner Estoppels shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Administrative Agent.

 

ARTICLE VI
NEGATIVE COVENANTS

 

Each Obligor covenants and agrees that, so long as this Credit Agreement is in effect, it shall not:

 

6.1          Limitations on Liens . Create, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on any of the Collateral or any Project except Permitted Liens.

 

6.2          Indebtedness . Incur, create, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness except Permitted Indebtedness.

 

6.3          Sale or Lease of Assets . Dispose of assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired except (i) inventory (including all sales of energy) in the ordinary course of developing and operating a Project as contemplated by the Operative Documents, (ii) interests in Real Property not being utilized at any of the Sites or obsolete, worn out or replaced personal property not used or useful in the development of any Project, in each case, having a fair market value as to each such item of property of less than $500,000 and (iii) in the case of a Borrower Subsidiary, Dispositions from one Borrower Subsidiary to another Borrower Subsidiary.

 

6.4          Changes . Change the nature of its business or expand its business beyond the business contemplated in the Operative Documents, including the installation by any Obligor of any WTG that is not on any Site or does not comprise any Project.

 

6.5          Distributions . Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly, make or declare any distribution (in cash, property or obligation) on, or make any return of capital or any other payment or transfer on account of, any interest in Borrower, make any payments in respect of indebtedness owed to any Member or Affiliate thereof or make any payments in respect of any management fees or fees to any Member or Affiliate thereof (any such distribution, payment or transfer, a “ Restricted Payment ”) except for:

 

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(a)          Permitted Financed Payments;

 

(b)          the payment of Project Costs (including the repayment of interest on Member Loans as permitted under clause (k) of the definition of Project Costs);

 

(c)          fees and expense reimbursements to the Manager provided for under the Management Services Agreements in accordance with the applicable Annual Operating Budgets;

 

(d)          the distribution by Borrower of Project Revenues in accordance with Section 4.2(c) of the Depositary Agreement;

 

(e)          payments under the Turbine Supply Agreement, so long as Turbine Supplier is an Affiliate of any Obligor; and

 

(f)           payments under the Operations Support Agreement, so long as Operator is an Affiliate of any Obligor.

 

6.6          Investments . Make or permit to remain outstanding any advances or loans or extensions of credit to, or purchase or own any stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities of any Person except Permitted Investments.

 

6.7          Transactions with Affiliates . Other than the Turbine Supply Agreement, the Operations Support Agreement, Management Services Agreements, the Development Fee Agreement and the Reimbursement Agreement, directly or indirectly enter into any transaction or series of transactions with or for the benefit of an Affiliate other than (i) on an arm’s length basis and on reasonable market terms and conditions and (ii) not involving, in the aggregate, in excess of $500,000 across all Obligors on an annual basis, without the prior written approval of Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Majority Lenders and the Independent Engineer).

 

6.8          Regulations . Directly or indirectly apply any part of the proceeds of any Loan, LC Loan or Project Revenues to the purchasing or carrying of any margin stock within the meaning of Regulations T, U or X of the Federal Reserve Board, or any regulations, interpretations or rulings thereunder.

 

6.9          Loan Proceeds; Project Revenues . Use, pay, transfer, distribute or dispose of any Loan or LC Loan proceeds or any Project Revenues in any manner or for any purposes except as provided in Sections 2.17 and 5.1 and in the Depositary Agreement.

 

6.10        Partnerships . Execute a binding agreement to become a general or limited partner in any partnership, or a member in any limited liability company, or a joint venturer in any joint venture, acquire property, create or hold stock or other equity interests in any Person or form or acquire any Subsidiaries; other than pursuant to any transaction contemplated under the Credit Documents and the Project Documents that relate solely to the Projects.

 

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6.11        Dissolution . Liquidate or dissolve, or sell or lease or otherwise transfer or dispose of all or substantially all of its property, assets or business, or combine, merge or consolidate with or into any other entity.

 

6.12        Amendments; Change Orders; Completion .

 

(a)          Cause, consent to, or permit: (i) any termination or cancellation of any Project Document to which it is a party unless it is replaced as contemplated by Section 8.7 , except for expiration in accordance with its terms, (ii) sell, assign (other than pursuant to the Collateral Documents) or otherwise dispose of (by operation of law or otherwise) any part of its interest in any Project Document to which it is a party, (iii) waive any material default under, or material breach of, any Project Document to which it is a party or waive, fail to enforce, forgive, compromise, settle, adjust or release any material right, interest or entitlement, howsoever arising, under, or in respect of any such Project Document or in any way vary, or consent or agree to the variation of, any material provision of such Project Document or of the performance of any material covenant or obligation by any other Person or consent to any assignment by any other Person under any such Project Document, (iv) petition, request or take any other legal or administrative action that seeks, or may be expected, to impair any Project Document to which it is a party or seeks to amend, modify or supplement any such Project Document, or (v) amend, supplement or modify any Project Document (in each case as in effect when originally delivered to and accepted by Administrative Agent, or the Majority Lenders, as applicable) to which it is a party; in each case of clauses (i) through (v) above without first obtaining the prior written approval of Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

(b)          Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 6.12(a) , Borrower shall (i) prior to the Term Conversion Date, not be required to obtain the consent or other approval of Administrative Agent or any Lender in respect of any change order under a Construction Contract which change order has been reviewed and approved in writing by the Independent Engineer; provided that the aggregate amount of change orders approved under this sub-clause (i) shall not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate across all Projects and any change orders required in excess of such amount shall be subject to the prior approval of Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders acting in consultation with the Independent Engineer (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and (ii) prior to and after the Term Conversion Date, not be required to obtain the consent or other approval of Administrative Agent or any Lender in respect of (A) the settlement of claims for liquidated damages under any Project Document which has been reviewed and approved in writing by the Independent Engineer provided that the amount of dispute shall not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate across all Projects and any settlement with respect to a disputed amount in excess of such amount shall be subject to the prior approval by the Administrative Agent and Majority Lenders (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (B) the modification or amendment of any Project Document (except for a Power Purchase Agreement, which any such modification or amendment of the Power Purchase Agreement shall be subject to the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders) as long as the aggregate obligations of an Obligor pursuant to such modification or amendment, when considered with all other amendments to such agreement effected under this item (B), would not exceed (1) $250,000 with respect to such modification or amendment in the aggregate over the term of such contract with respect to any Project Document entered into with an Affiliate of an Obligor other than the Operations Support Agreement or (2) $500,000 with respect to such modification or amendment in the aggregate over the term of such contract with respect to any other Project Document, (C) amendments or modifications of the Project Documents effected to correct a clear and manifest error in a Project Document, (D) any change order, amendment or modification to be funded, pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Majority Lenders, solely from an Equity Contribution or (E) purchase orders for spare parts not included in the spare parts program of any of the Projects not to exceed either (1) $1,000,000 in the aggregate across all Projects or (2) the amounts specified in the applicable Annual Operating Budget with respect thereto; provided that any purchase order for spare parts not covered in clause (1) or clause (2) shall not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate across all Projects on an annual basis. Borrower shall promptly provide to the Administrative Agent a true, correct and complete copy of any modification, amendment or waiver of any Project Document entered into in accordance with the foregoing.

 

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(c)          Without the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders, replace the Manager, unless such replacement manager (or the Managing Member performing the services of the Manager under the Borrower Operating Agreement), is an Experienced Person.

 

(d)          (i) Declare “Mechanical Completion” or “Turbine Completion” with respect to any Unit (in each case, under and as defined in the Turbine Supply Agreement) or (ii) declare “Project Site Mechanical Completion”, “Project Site Substantial Completion”, “Project Site Final Completion”, with respect to any Project or “High Voltage Electrical System Substantial Completion” or “High Voltage Electrical Site Final Completion” (in each case, under and as defined in the EPC Contract); in each case without the prior written approval of Administrative Agent in consultation with the Independent Engineer, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

 

6.13        Name and Location; Fiscal Year . Change its name, its jurisdiction of legal organization, its form of legal organization or the location of its chief executive office or principal place of business without written notice to Administrative Agent at least 30 days prior to such change or change its fiscal year without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent.

 

6.14        Use of Sites . Use or permit to be used, any Site for any purpose other than for the construction, operation and maintenance of a Project and as contemplated by the Operative Documents, without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Majority Lenders), or permanently locate any portion of a Project on a site other than as permitted by the Operative Documents.

 

6.15        Assignment . Assign its rights or obligations hereunder or under any of the Operative Documents to any Person.

 

6.16        Transfer of Interests .

 

(a)          Cause, make, suffer, permit or consent to any creation, sale, assignment or transfer of any ownership interest or other interest in a Borrower Subsidiary.

 

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(b)          Cause, make, suffer, permit or consent to (and not allow any Member to cause, make, suffer, permit or consent to) any creation, sale, assignment, transfer, hypothecation, or other disposition of any of direct or indirect ownership interest in Borrower except: (i) as provided under the Collateral Documents, or (ii) to a Permitted Transferee in accordance with the Permitted Transfer Conditions.

 

(c)          Cause, make, suffer, permit or consent to any creation, sale, assignment or transfer of any ownership interest or other interest in Borrower that would constitute a Change of Control, unless such Change of Control is caused by the removal of the Managing Member in accordance with Article IX of the Borrower Operating Agreement following the occurrence of a “Removal Event”.

 

6.17        Abandonment of Project . With respect to any Project, willfully and voluntarily abandon the development, construction or operation of such Project for a continuous period of more than 30 days; provided , however , that none of (i) scheduled maintenance of the Project, (ii) repairs to such Project whether scheduled or not scheduled, (iii) the occurrence of force majeure prior to Completion of such Project, (iv) an unscheduled outage (including as a result of force majeure, uncontrollable force or a similar event which would excuse performance) or scheduled outage of such Project, or (v) non-operation of such Project as the result of non-dispatch of such Project, shall constitute abandonment of such Project, and, in the case of suspension of operation of a Project as a result of a forced outage (including as a result of force majeure, uncontrollable force or a similar event which would excuse performance), or in the case of unscheduled repairs to a Project so long as Borrower or the relevant Borrower Subsidiary is diligently attempting to end such suspension of operation.

 

6.18        Additional Documents . On and after the Closing Date, enter into any Additional Project Documents, without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Independent Engineer). Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent documents necessary to cause the Obligor’s interests in, to and under such Additional Project Document to be pledged and/or mortgaged, if applicable, to Collateral Agent if requested by Administrative Agent.

 

6.19        Government Regulation . Take or cause to be taken any actions that could reasonably be expected to result in: (a) a Project losing its status as a QF, (b) a Borrower Subsidiary losing its MBR Authority, if applicable, once obtained, (c) an Obligor becoming an “investment company” or a company “controlled by” an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or (d) any of the Secured Parties or any affiliate (as that term is defined in Section 1262(1) of PUHCA) of any of them, solely as a result of any Obligor’s actions relating to the ownership, leasing or operation of any Project, the sale of electric energy, capacity or ancillary services from a Project, or the entering into any Operative Document or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, other than with respect to exercise of certain remedies allowed pursuant to the Credit Documents, becoming subject to, or not exempt from, regulation under PUHCA, the FPA or State laws and regulations respecting the rates or the financial or organizational regulation of electric utilities.

 

6.20        Accounts . Open or fund any accounts other than the Accounts and the Checking Accounts.

 

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6.21        Transfer to a Disqualified Person . During the Recapture Period, cause, make, suffer, permit or consent to any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition of any direct or indirect ownership interest or other interest in a Borrower Subsidiary that could reasonably be expected to cause such Borrower Subsidiary to be directly or indirectly owned by a Disqualified Person.

 

6.22        ERISA . Establish, maintain, contribute to or become obligated to contribute to or incur any liability in respect of any ERISA Plan or suffer or permit any member of the Controlled Group to do so.

 

6.23        Clauses Restricting Borrower Subsidiary Distributions . Enter into or suffer to exist or become effective any consensual encumbrance or restriction on the ability of any Borrower Subsidiary to (a) make Restricted Payments in respect of any ownership interest in such Borrower Subsidiary held by, or pay any Indebtedness owed to, Borrower or any other Borrower Subsidiary, (b) make loans or advances to, or other Investments in, Borrower or any other Borrower Subsidiary or (c) transfer any of its assets to Borrower or any other Borrower Subsidiary, except for such encumbrances or restrictions existing under or by reason of the Credit Documents.

 

ARTICLE VII
GUARANTEE

 

7.1          Guarantee The Borrower Subsidiaries (the “ Subsidiary Guarantors ”) hereby jointly and severally guarantee to each of the Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns the prompt payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of:

 

 

(a)          the principal of and interest on the Loans made by the Lenders to Borrower and all fees, indemnification payments, Obligations and other amounts whatsoever, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter from time to time owing to the Lenders or the Agents by Borrower under this Credit Agreement and by any Subsidiary Guarantor under any of the Credit Documents, and

 

(b)          all obligations of, as applicable, Borrower and each other Borrower Subsidiary to any Lender (or any Affiliate thereof) under any Interest Rate Hedging Agreement to which such Lender or affiliate is a party,

 

in each case strictly in accordance with the terms thereof and including all interest and expenses accrued or incurred subsequent to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding with respect to Borrower, whether or not such interest or expenses are allowed as a claim in such proceeding (such obligations being herein collectively called the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”). The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby further jointly and severally agree that if Borrower shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Subsidiary Guarantors will promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.

 

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7.2          Obligations Unconditional . The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under Section 7.1 are absolute and unconditional, joint and several, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of the obligations of Borrower under this Credit Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein, or any substitution, release or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrespective of any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 7.2 that the obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional, joint and several, under any and all circumstances. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of the Subsidiary Guarantors hereunder, which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:

 

(a)          at any time or from time to time, without notice to the Subsidiary Guarantors, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;

 

(b)          any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of this Credit Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein shall be done or omitted;

 

(c)          the maturity of any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under this Credit Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor shall be released or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with; or

 

(d)          any Lien or security interest granted to, or in favor of, any Secured Party as security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations shall fail to be perfected.

 

The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby expressly waive diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that any Secured Party exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against Borrower under this Credit Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to herein, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

7.3          Reinstatement . The obligations of the Subsidiary Guarantors under this Article 7 shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any Obligor in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and the Subsidiary Guarantors jointly and severally agree that they will indemnify the Secured Parties on demand for all reasonable costs and expenses (including fees of counsel) incurred by the Secured Parties in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law.

 

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7.4          Subrogation . The Subsidiary Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree that until the payment and satisfaction in full of all Guaranteed Obligations and the expiration or termination of all Commitments of the Lenders under this Credit Agreement they shall not exercise any right or remedy arising by reason of any performance by them of their guarantee in Section 7.1 , whether by subrogation or otherwise, against Borrower or any other Subsidiary Guarantor of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations.

 

7.5          Remedies . The Subsidiary Guarantors jointly and severally agree that, as between the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Lenders, the obligations of Borrower under this Credit Agreement may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Article IX of this Credit Agreement (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in said Article IX ) for purposes of Section 7.1 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against Borrower and that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), such obligations (whether or not due and payable by Borrower) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Subsidiary Guarantors for purposes of Section 7.1 .

 

7.6          Instrument for the Payment of Money . Each Subsidiary Guarantor hereby acknowledges that the guarantee in this Article 7 constitutes an instrument for the payment of money, and consents and agrees that any Secured Party, at its sole option, in the event of a dispute by such Subsidiary Guarantor in the payment of any moneys due hereunder, shall have the right to bring motion-action under New York CPLR Section 3213.

 

7.7          Continuing Guarantee . The guarantee in this Article 7 is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising.

 

7.8          General Limitation on Guaranteed Obligations . In any action or proceeding involving any state corporate law, or any state or federal bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Subsidiary Guarantor under Section 7.1 would otherwise be held or determined to be void, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on account of the amount of its liability under Section 7.1 , then, notwithstanding any other provision hereof to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by such Subsidiary Guarantor, any Secured Party or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.

 

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ARTICLE VIII
EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

The occurrence of any of the following events shall constitute an event of default (individually, an “ Event of Default ”, and, collectively, “ Events of Default ”) hereunder:

 

8.1          Failure to Make Payments . An Obligor shall fail to pay, in accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement, (i) any principal on any Loan or LC Loan when due; (ii) any interest or fee due and owing to Administrative Agent or the Lenders within three days after the date that such sum is due; or (iii) any other cost, charge or other sum due under this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document within ten Banking Days after the date that such sum is due; or

 

8.2          Judgments .

 

(a)          (i) A final non-appealable judgment or judgments shall be entered against an Obligor in the amount of $500,000 or more individually or $1,000,000 or more in the aggregate, which remains unstayed or unsatisfied, or for which no bond is posted, for more than 30 consecutive days after its entry; or (ii) any other final judgment or judgments shall be entered against an Obligor (for declaratory or injunctive relief), and, with respect to clause (a)(ii) above, such judgment could reasonably be expected to materially impair or inhibit the construction of any Project, or an Obligor’s use of a Project, for the purpose for which such Project was intended; or

 

(b)          Prior to the expiration of the Recapture Period (i) a final non-appealable judgment or judgments shall be entered against any Member in the amount of $500,000 or more individually or $1,000,000 or more in the aggregate, which remains unstayed or unsatisfied, or for which no bond is posted, for more than 30 consecutive days after its entry; or (ii) any other final judgment or judgments shall be entered against a Member (for declaratory or injunctive relief), and, with respect to both clauses (b)(i) and (ii) above, such judgment could reasonably be expected to materially impair or inhibit the construction of any Project, or an Obligor’s use of a Project, for the purpose for which such Project was intended;

 

(c)          After the expiration of the Recapture Period (i) a final non-appealable judgment or judgments shall be entered against a Member which remains unstayed or unsatisfied, or for which no bond is posted, for more than 30 consecutive days after its entry; or (ii) any other final judgment or judgments shall be entered against a Member (for declaratory or injunctive relief), and, with respect to both clauses (c)(i) and (ii) above, such judgment could reasonably be expected to materially impair or inhibit the construction of any Project, or an Obligor’s use of a Project, for the purpose for which such Project was intended and which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(d)          (i) A final non-appealable judgment or judgments shall be entered against a Principal Project Participant which remains unstayed or unsatisfied, or for which no bond is posted, for more than 30 consecutive days after its entry; or (ii) any other final judgment or judgments shall be entered against a Principal Project Participant (for declaratory or injunctive relief), and, with respect to both clauses (d)(i) and (ii) above, such judgment could reasonably be expected to materially impair or inhibit the construction of any Project, or an Obligor’s use of a Project, for the purpose for which such Project was intended and which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

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8.3          Representations and Warranties . Any representation, warranty or certificate made or prepared by, an Idaho Wind Entity or a Principal Project Participant, and furnished to Administrative Agent or any Secured Party pursuant to this Credit Agreement or any other Operative Document shall contain an untrue or misleading statement of a material fact as of the date made and, if such misrepresentation is susceptible of cure, the adverse effect of the misrepresentation is not remedied within 30 days of an Idaho Wind Entity receiving notice or knowledge thereof; provided that, after the expiration of the Recapture Period, any misrepresentation of a Member made under or pursuant to a Member Indemnity Agreement shall not constitute an Event of Default under this Section 8.3 ; or

 

8.4          Bankruptcy; Insolvency . Any of the following events shall have occurred (each, a “ Bankruptcy Event ”): (i) any Idaho Wind Entity or any Principal Project Participant (the “ Subject Persons ”) shall institute a voluntary case seeking liquidation or reorganization under any Bankruptcy Law (or any successor statute), or shall consent to the institution of an involuntary case thereunder against it; (ii) any of the Subject Persons shall file a petition or consent or shall otherwise institute any similar proceeding under any other applicable federal, State or other applicable law, or shall consent thereto; (iii) any of the Subject Persons shall apply for, or by consent or acquiescence there shall be an appointment of, a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee or other officer over such Subject Person or its assets with similar powers; (iv) any of the Subject Persons shall make an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any of the Subject Persons shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due; or (v) if an involuntary case shall be commenced seeking the liquidation or reorganization of any of the Subject Persons under the Bankruptcy Law (or any successor statute) or any similar proceeding shall be commenced against any of the Subject Persons under any other applicable federal, State or other applicable law, and (A) the petition commencing the involuntary case is not timely controverted; (B) the petition commencing the involuntary case is not dismissed within 60 days of its filing; (C) an interim trustee is appointed to take possession of all or a portion of the property, and/or to operate all or any part of the business of any of the Subject Persons and such appointment is not vacated within 60 days; (D) an order for relief shall have been issued or entered therein; (E) a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in the premises for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, sequestrator, trustee or other officer having similar powers of any of the Subject Persons or of all or a part of their property, shall have been entered and such decree or order is not vacated within 60 days; or (F) any other similar relief shall be granted against any of the Subject Persons under any applicable federal, State or other law; or

 

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8.5          ERISA . If an Obligor or any member of the Controlled Group should establish, maintain, contribute to or become obligated to contribute to any ERISA Plan and (a) a Reportable Event shall have occurred with respect to any ERISA Plan and, within 45 days after the reporting of such Reportable Event to Administrative Agent by Borrower (or Administrative Agent or any Lender otherwise obtaining knowledge of such event) and the furnishing of such information as any Lender may request with respect thereto, Administrative Agent shall have notified Borrower in writing that (i) the Majority Lenders have made a determination that, on the basis of such Reportable Event, there are reasonable grounds for the termination of such ERISA Plan by the PBGC or for the appointment by the appropriate United States District Court of a trustee to administer such ERISA Plan and (ii) as a result thereof, an Event of Default exists hereunder; or (b) a trustee shall be appointed by a United States District Court to administer any ERISA Plan; or (c) the PBGC shall institute proceedings to terminate any ERISA Plan; or (d) a complete or partial withdrawal by an Obligor or any member of the Controlled Group from any Multiemployer Plan shall have occurred, or any Multiemployer Plan shall enter reorganization status, become insolvent, or terminate (or notify an Obligor or any member of the Controlled Group of its intent to terminate) under Section 4041A of ERISA and, within 45 days after the reporting of any such occurrence to Administrative Agent by Borrower (or Administrative Agent or any Lender otherwise obtaining knowledge of such event) and the furnishing of such information as any Lender may request with respect thereto, Administrative Agent shall have notified Borrower in writing that the Majority Lenders have made a determination that, on the basis of such occurrence, an Event of Default exists hereunder; provided that any of the events described in this Section 8.5 shall involve (x) one or more ERISA Plans that are single-employer plans (as defined in Section 4001(a)(15) of ERISA) and under which the aggregate gross amount of unfunded benefit liabilities (as defined in Section 4001(a)(16) of ERISA), including vested unfunded liabilities which arise or might arise as the result of the termination of such ERISA Plan or Plans, and/or (y) one or more Multiemployer Plans to which the aggregate liabilities of an Obligor and all members of the Controlled Group shall, in each case, be in an amount that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the economic condition of an Obligor or on the Controlled Group as a whole; or

 

8.6          Cross Default; Cross Acceleration .

 

(a)          Any Obligor shall default for a period beyond any applicable grace period (i) in the payment of any principal, interest or other amount due under any agreement (other than the Credit Documents) or (ii) in the performance of any other obligation due under such agreement (other than the Credit Documents), (x) in each case, involving the borrowing of money or the advance of credit and the amounts payable under such agreement or agreements equals or exceeds $1,000,000 in the aggregate; and (y) solely with respect to clause (a)(ii), pursuant to such default the holder of the obligations concerned exercises its right to accelerate the maturity of the indebtedness evidenced thereby;

 

(b)          Prior to the expiration of the Recapture Period, any Member shall default for a period beyond any applicable grace period (i) in the payment of any principal, interest or other amount due under any agreement (other than the Credit Documents) or (ii) in the performance of any other obligation due under such agreement (other than the Credit Documents), (x) in each case, (1) involving the borrowing of money or the advance of credit and the amounts payable under such agreement or agreements equals or exceeds $500,000 in the aggregate and (2) such default could reasonably be expected to materially impair or inhibit the construction of any Project, or an Obligor’s use of a Project, for the purpose for which such Project was intended; and (y) solely with respect to clause (b)(ii), pursuant to such default the holder of the obligations concerned exercises its right to accelerate the maturity of the indebtedness evidenced thereby;

 

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(c)          After the expiration of the Recapture Period, any Member shall default for a period beyond any applicable grace period (i) in the payment of any principal, interest or other amount due under any agreement or (ii) in the performance of any other obligation due under such agreement, (x) in each case, (1) involving the borrowing of money or the advance of credit and the amounts payable under such agreement or agreements equals or exceeds $500,000 in the aggregate and (2) such default would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (y) solely with respect to clause (c)(ii), pursuant to such default the holder of the obligations concerned exercises its right to accelerate the maturity of the indebtedness evidenced thereby;

 

(d)          Any Principal Project Participant (other than Power Purchaser) shall default for a period beyond any applicable grace period (i) in the payment of any principal, interest or other amount due under any agreement or (ii) in the performance of any other obligation due under such agreement, (x) in each case, (1) involving the borrowing of money or the advance of credit and the amounts payable under such agreement or agreements equals or exceeds $1,000,000 in the aggregate, (2) so long as such Principal Project Participant has any material unperformed obligations under a Principal Project Document, and (3) such default would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (y) solely with respect to clause (d)(ii), pursuant to such default the holder of the obligations concerned exercises its right to accelerate the maturity of the indebtedness evidenced thereby; or

 

(e)          An Idaho Power Cross-Default Event has occurred that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.7          Breach of Project Documents .

 

(a)           Principal Project Documents (other than a Power Purchase Agreement or a Portfolio Agreement) . (i) Breach of a Principal Project Document (other than any Power Purchase Agreement or Portfolio Agreement) by an Idaho Wind Entity that is not remediable, or if remediable, shall continue unremedied for a period equal to the lesser of the cure period provided under such Principal Project Document or 30 days and such failure to comply could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, unless the counterparty to such Principal Project Document is not an Affiliate of GE Member and an Original Class A Member has proposed a plan of remediation to the Administrative Agent prior to the expiration of such cure period and either (A) such breach has been remedied within 15 days after the expiration of such cure period or (B) the applicable Idaho Wind Entity has commenced and is continuing diligently curing such breach within 15 days after the expiration of such period and such breach has been remedied within 30 days after the expiration of such period; (ii) breach of a Principal Project Document (other than any Power Purchase Agreement or Portfolio Agreement) by a party (other than an Idaho Wind Entity) that is not remediable, or if remediable, shall continue unremedied for 30 days after an Idaho Wind Entity receives notice of such breach unless either (A) such breach could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (B) such Principal Project Document has been replaced (if capable of being replaced) within 90 days by a replacement agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; (iii) an Idaho Wind Entity shall repudiate its obligations under any Principal Project Document (other than a Power Purchase Agreement or Portfolio Agreement); (iv) a party (other than an Idaho Wind Entity) shall repudiate its obligations under any Principal Project Document (other than a Power Purchase Agreement or Portfolio Agreement) unless either (A) such repudiation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (B) such Principal Project Document has been replaced (if capable of being replaced) within 90 days by a replacement agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; or (v) any Principal Project Document (other than a Power Purchase Agreement or Portfolio Agreement) shall terminate or otherwise cease to be valid and binding on the parties thereto (other than upon expiry) unless either (A) such termination or cessation of effectiveness could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (B) such Principal Project Document has been replaced (if capable of being replaced) within 90 days by a replacement agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, if Obligations in respect of Tranche C Loans that are REC Loans remain outstanding under this Credit Agreement, Section 8.7(d) shall apply in respect of breaches of such REC Agreement, as applicable;

 

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(b)           Portfolio Agreements . (i) Material breach of a Portfolio Agreement by an Idaho Wind Entity and such breach results in a default under the Portfolio Agreement that would immediately, or with the passage of the applicable grace period or the giving of notice or both, enable the counterparty to terminate such Portfolio Agreement, and such breach is not remediable, or if remediable, shall continue unremedied for a period equal to the lesser of the cure period provided under such Portfolio Agreement or 30 days unless the counterparty to such Principal Project Document is not an Affiliate of GE Member and an Original Class A Member has proposed a plan of remediation to the Administrative Agent prior to the expiration of such cure period and either (A) such breach has been remedied within 15 days after the expiration of such cure period or (B) the applicable Idaho Wind Entity has commenced and is continuing diligently curing such breach within 15 days after the expiration of such period and such breach has been remedied within 30 days after the expiration of such period; (ii) material breach of a Portfolio Agreement by a party (other than an Idaho Wind Entity) that is not remediable, or if remediable, shall continue unremedied for 30 days after an Idaho Wind Entity receives notice of such breach unless such Principal Project Document has been replaced (if capable of being replaced) within  90 days by a replacement agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; (iii) an Idaho Wind Entity shall repudiate its obligations under any Portfolio Agreement; (iv) a party (other than an Idaho Wind Entity) shall repudiate its obligations under any Portfolio Agreement unless such Portfolio Agreement has been replaced (if capable of being replaced) within 90 days by a replacement agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; or (v) any Portfolio Agreement shall terminate or otherwise cease to be valid and binding on the parties thereto (other than upon expiry) unless such Portfolio Agreement has been replaced (if capable of being replaced) within 90 days by a replacement agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

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(c)           Power Purchase Agreements . (i) Breach of a Power Purchase Agreement by an Idaho Wind Entity and such breach results in a default under the Power Purchase Agreement that would immediately, or with the passage of the applicable grace period or the giving of notice or both, enable the Power Purchaser to terminate such Power Purchase Agreement and such breach is not remediable, or if remediable, shall continue unremedied for a period equal to (x) in respect of a Material Breach (as defined in a Power Purchase Agreement) the lesser of the cure period provided under such Power Purchase Agreement or 10 days ( provided that where the Power Purchaser has issued a notice of material breach and specified a date by which such material breach must be cured (the “ Cure Date ”), the cure period under this Credit Agreement shall continue until the date which falls 15 days prior to the Cure Date) and (y) in respect of any other breach, the lesser of the cure period provided under such Power Purchase Agreement or 45 days, (ii) material breach of a Power Purchase Agreement by a party (other than an Idaho Wind Entity) that is not remediable, or if remediable, shall continue unremedied for 45 days after an Idaho Wind Entity receives notice of such breach unless such Power Purchase Agreement has been replaced (if capable of being replaced) within  90 days by a replacement agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; (iii) an Idaho Wind Entity shall repudiate its obligations under any Power Purchase Agreement; (iv) a party (other than an Idaho Wind Entity) shall repudiate its obligations under any Power Purchase Agreement unless such Power Purchase Agreement has been replaced (if capable of being replaced) within 90 days by a replacement agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; or (v) any Power Purchase Agreement shall terminate or otherwise cease to be valid and binding on the parties thereto (other than upon expiry) unless such Power Purchase Agreement has been replaced (if capable of being replaced) within 90 days by a replacement agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that it shall not be an event of default hereunder if Borrower demonstrates, after giving effect to such breach or termination of the applicable Power Purchase Agreement, that the Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio, calculated on a pro forma basis, is not below (i) 1.30:1.00 according to the P50 Production Scenario and (ii) 1.00:1.00 according to the P99 Production Scenario; in each case, based upon the applicable Base Case Projections delivered to Administrative Agent hereunder (which Base Case Projections shall take into account, among other things, the outstanding amount of any LC Loans advanced to Borrower under this Credit Agreement, any termination payments required to be made by an Obligor under such Power Purchase Agreement and any REC Document entered into since the date of the most recent Base Case Projections delivered to Administrative Agent under this Credit Agreement) and excluding any merchant cash flows derived from the applicable Project; or

 

(d)           REC Agreements . (i) Breach of a REC Agreement by an Idaho Wind Entity and such breach results in a default under the REC Agreement that would immediately, or with the passage of the applicable grace period or the giving of notice or both, enable the REC Purchaser to terminate such REC Agreement and such breach is not remediable, or if remediable, shall continue unremedied for a period equal to the lesser of the cure period provided under such REC Agreement or 30 days; (ii) material breach of a REC Agreement by a party (other than an Idaho Wind Entity) that is not remediable, or if remediable, shall continue unremedied for 45 days after an Idaho Wind Entity receives notice of such breach unless such REC Agreement has been replaced (if capable of being replaced) within  90 days by a replacement agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; (iii) an Idaho Wind Entity shall repudiate its obligations under any REC Agreement; (iv) a party (other than an Idaho Wind Entity) shall repudiate its obligations under any REC Agreement unless such REC Agreement has been replaced (if capable of being replaced) within 90 days by a replacement agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; or (v) any REC Agreement shall terminate or otherwise cease to be valid and binding on the parties thereto (other than upon expiry) unless such REC Agreement has been replaced (if capable of being replaced) within 90 days by a replacement agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that it shall not be an event of default hereunder if (1) there are no Obligations in respect of Tranche C Loans that are REC Loans outstanding under this Credit Agreement (and for the avoidance of doubt, in the event that an Obligor is a party to a REC Agreement but there are no Obligations in respect of Tranche C Loans that are REC Loans outstanding under this Credit Agreement, Section 8.7(a) shall apply in respect of breaches of such REC Agreement, as applicable) or (2) Borrower demonstrates, after giving effect to such breach or termination of the applicable REC Agreement, that the Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio, calculated on a pro forma basis, is not below (i) 1.30:1.00 according to the P50 Production Scenario and (ii) 1.00:1.00 according to the P99 Production Scenario; in each case, based upon the applicable Base Case Projections delivered to Administrative Agent hereunder (which Base Case Projections shall take into account, among other things, the outstanding amount of any LC Loans advanced to Borrower under this Credit Agreement, any termination payments required to be made by an Obligor under such REC Agreement and any REC Document entered into since the date of the most recent Base Case Projections delivered to Administrative Agent under this Credit Agreement); or

 

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(e)           Replacement of Managing Member . At any time, the Managing Member is removed in accordance with Article IX of the Borrower Operating Agreement following the occurrence of a “Removal Event” thereunder and either (i) the Managing Member is not replaced with a Permitted Transferee within 90 days of such removal or (ii) Borrower (or each Obligor, as applicable) has not entered into an agreement for the management of the Projects on terms and conditions substantially similar to the Management Services Agreements with a Person that is an Experienced Person within 90 days of such removal; or

 

(f)            Replacement of Manager . At any time, the Manager is removed under a Management Services Agreement and the Manager is not replaced with a Person that is an Experienced Person within 60 days of such removal; or

 

8.8          Breach of Terms of Credit Agreement; Credit Documents .

 

(a)          An Obligor (or its Affiliates, as the case may be) shall fail to perform or observe any of the covenants set forth in Sections 2.17(d) and (e) , 5.1 , 5.7(a) , 5.7(b) , 5.9 , 5.12 , 5.15 , 5.23(b) , 5.28 , 5.29 , 5.32 , Article VI or Article VII ; or

 

(b)          Borrower shall fail to perform or observe the covenant set forth in Section 5.3(c) and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after a Responsible Officer of Borrower obtains actual knowledge thereof; or

 

(c)          Any Idaho Wind Entity (or its Affiliates, as the case may be) shall fail to perform or observe any other covenant to be performed or observed by it hereunder or under any Credit Document and not otherwise specifically provided for elsewhere in this Article 8 , and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after Borrower receives written notice thereof from Administrative Agent; provided , however , that if such default is of a nature such that it cannot reasonably be cured within such 30 day period but is susceptible to cure within 60 days, an Event of Default shall not result therefrom so long as (a) Borrower has, promptly upon discovery thereof, given written notice to Administrative Agent of such default; (b) Borrower as promptly as practicable commences action reasonably designed to cure such default and continues diligently to pursue such action; and (c)  such default is cured within 30 days after the expiration of the initial 30 day grace period; or

 

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8.9          Loss of QF Status; Government Regulation .

 

(a)          Any Project shall cease to be a QF; or

 

(b)          Borrower becomes a “public utility” as such term is defined in Section 201(e) of the FPA or becomes subject to regulation under PUHCA except with respect to waiver of or exemption from PUHCA;

 

(c)          Any Borrower Subsidiary becomes ineligible for the exemptions from regulation under the FPA, PUHCA, or any state electric utility law as specified in 18 C.F.R. §§ 292.601(c), 292.602(b) and 292.602(c), subject to FERC authority to modify such exemptions pursuant to §§ 292.602(c)(3-4), or becomes subject to regulation under PUHCA;

 

(d)          Any Borrower Subsidiary loses any required MBR Authority, once obtained, except if MBR Authority is no longer a Legal Requirement; or

 

(e)          Any Obligor becomes an “investment company” or a company “controlled by” an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended; or

 

8.10        Security . Any of the Collateral Documents shall fail to be in full force and effect or enforceable or fail to provide Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties the Liens, security interest, rights, titles, interest, remedies, powers or privileges intended to be created thereby, or the validity or enforceability thereof or the applicability thereof to the Loans, the LC Loans, the Notes or any other obligations purported to be secured or guaranteed thereby or any part thereof shall be disaffirmed in writing by or on behalf of an Idaho Wind Entity or any other party thereto other than a Secured Party; or

 

8.11        Loss of Required Permits . Any Required Permit shall be revoked, cancelled or materially and adversely modified by the Governmental Authority having jurisdiction, and Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Majority Lenders) shall have reasonably determined that such revocation, cancellation or modification could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and such revocation, cancellation or modification shall continue unremedied for 30 days from such revocation, cancellation or modification; or

 

8.12        Change of Control .

 

(a)          At any time, Borrower shall cease to own 100% of the membership interests of the Borrower Subsidiaries;

 

(b)          General Electric Capital Corporation and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries shall cease to own, directly or indirectly (i) at any time prior to the Term Conversion Date, at least 52% of the Class A Membership Interests and Class A Units in the Borrower and (ii) after the Term Conversion Date, at least 35% of the Class A Membership Interests and Class A Units in the Borrower during the first year of the Recapture Period, with such percentage to decrease by 5% per year through the end of the Recapture Period;

 

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(c)          Qualified Owners shall cease to own (i) at any time prior to, but excluding, the end of the Recapture Period, at least 52% of the Class A Membership Interests and Class A Units in the Borrower or (ii) at any after the end of the Recapture Period through to, but excluding, the Term Loan Maturity Date, at least 35% of the Class A Membership Interests and Class A Units in the Borrower; or

 

(d)          At any time a Change of Control shall occur, unless such Change of Control is caused by the removal of the Managing Member in accordance with Article IX of the Borrower Operating Agreement following the occurrence of a “Removal Event” thereunder, in which case Section 8.7(e) shall apply; or

 

8.13        Destruction or Abandonment of a Project .

 

(a)          All or a material portion of the assets or operations of a Project is destroyed such that the insurers for such Project, as applicable, deem the Project to be a “total loss”, unless restoration or repair shall have been approved by or on behalf of the Majority Lenders; or

 

(b)          An Obligor shall, at any time, willfully and voluntarily cause a permanent suspension or cessation of the development, construction or operation of a Project for any reason; provided, however , that no such Event of Default shall be declared unless such Obligor fails to resume development, construction or operation of the Project within 15 days of receiving a notice from Administrative Agent or within a greater amount of days otherwise agreed by such Obligor and Administrative Agent (acting on the instructions of the Majority Lenders); or

 

8.14        Cash Grant Recapture Liabilities . Any Cash Grant Recapture Liability has been claimed against an Obligor pursuant to a written notice demanding payment issued by the U.S. Treasury Department or any other applicable Governmental Authority unless (i) such Cash Grant Recapture Liabilities are paid in full on or prior to the deadline for payment set forth in such notice or demand, (ii) an Obligor has commenced disputing in good faith the claim within the time periods required for payment in such notice (and is thereafter diligently and in good faith pursuing such dispute), or (iii) adequate security (which may include a guarantee from a Qualified Guarantor or a letter of credit that is non-recourse to the Idaho Wind Entities from a Qualified LC Issuer), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders, in the full amount of such Cash Grant Recapture Liability (as set forth in the demand notice) has been posted for the benefit of the Secured Parties; or

 

8.15        Member Indemnity . Any amount payable under a Member Indemnity Agreement has not been paid when due or, unless the Recapture Period shall have expired, a Member Indemnity Agreement shall cease to be in full force and effect; or

 

8.16        Completion .

 

(a)          Completion with respect to at least two of the Projects shall not have occurred on or prior to January 31, 2011; or

 

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(b)          Term Conversion shall not have occurred on or prior to the Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date; or

 

8.17        Change in Law . An Obligor shall become subject to any other law or regulation with respect to the generation or sale of electric energy or RECs under any applicable state or federal law or regulation, compliance with which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

8.18        Loss of Collateral . Any material portion of the Collateral is seized or appropriated without value being paid therefor such as to allow replacement of such property with comparable property and/or prepayment in full of the corresponding portion of the Obligations then outstanding and to allow the Idaho Wind Entities, as applicable, to continue satisfying their obligations hereunder and/or under the other Operative Documents.

 

ARTICLE IX
REMEDIES

 

Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default, Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and at the election of the Majority Lenders, without further notice of default, presentment or demand for payment, protest or notice of non-payment or dishonor, or other notices or demands of any kind, all such notices and demands being waived, exercise any or all of the following rights and remedies, in any combination or order that Administrative Agent or the Majority Lenders may elect, in addition to such other rights or remedies as Collateral Agent and the Lenders may have hereunder, under the Collateral Documents or at law or in equity:

 

9.1          No Further Loans or Letters of Credit . The Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuing Banks shall not be obligated to make any additional Loans or LC Loans or issue any Letters of Credit.

 

9.2          Cure by Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent . Without any obligation to do so, make disbursements or Loans to or on behalf of Borrower to cure any Event of Default hereunder and to cure any default and render any performance under the Project Documents as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Majority Lenders) in their sole discretion may consider necessary or appropriate, whether to preserve and protect the Collateral or the Lenders’ interests therein or for any other reason, and all sums so expended, together with interest on such total amount at the Default Rate (but, in no event shall the rate exceed the maximum lawful rate), shall be repaid by Borrower to Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent on demand and shall be secured by the Credit Documents, notwithstanding that such expenditures may, together with amounts advanced under this Credit Agreement, exceed the amount of the Total Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment and the Total Tranche B Construction Loan Commitment. In addition, file any Cash Grant Application in respect of a Project if Obligations with respect to the Tranche B Construction Loans have not been repaid in full with the proceeds of the applicable Cash Grant.

 

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9.3          Acceleration . Declare and make all sums of accrued and outstanding principal and accrued but unpaid interest remaining under this Credit Agreement together with all unpaid fees, costs (including Liquidation Costs), charges and other amounts owed hereunder or under any other Credit Document, immediately due and payable, provided that in the event of an Event of Default occurring under Section 8.4 with respect to an Obligor, all such amounts shall become immediately due and payable without further act of Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, the Lenders or any other Person.

 

9.4          Accounts; Cash Collateral . (a) Suspend any requirements in the Credit Documents relating to the application of payments from any Account, Checking Account or any Loss Proceeds and (b) apply or execute upon any amounts on deposit in any Account, Checking Account or any Loss Proceeds or any other moneys of Borrower on deposit with any Agent or any Lender in the manner provided in the Depositary Agreement and the other Credit Documents.

 

9.5          Possession of Project . Enter into possession of any Project and perform or cause to be performed any and all work and labor necessary to complete the Project substantially according to the Construction Contracts and the Plans and Specifications or to operate and maintain such Project and all sums expended by Collateral Agent in so doing, together with interest on such total amount at the Default Rate, shall be repaid by Borrower to Collateral Agent upon demand and shall be secured by the Credit Documents, notwithstanding that such expenditures may, together with amounts advanced under this Credit Agreement, exceed the amount of the Total Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment, the Total Tranche B Construction Loan Commitment and the Total LC Commitment.

 

9.6          Remedies Under Credit Documents . Without being limited by any of the foregoing, exercise any and all rights and remedies available to it under any of the Credit Documents, including judicial or non-judicial foreclosure or public or private sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents and the right to credit bid and purchase (either directly or through one or more acquisition vehicles) all or any portion of the Collateral at any sale thereof conducted by Collateral Agent under the provisions of the UCC, including pursuant to Sections 9-610 or 9-620 of the UCC, at any sale thereof conducted under the provisions of the Bankruptcy Code, including Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, or at any sale or foreclosure conducted by Collateral Agent (whether by judicial action or otherwise) in accordance with applicable law.

 

9.7          Order of Payments During Continuance of Events of Default . If at any time during the continuance of any Event of Default there shall be insufficient funds available to the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Credit Documents to pay all Obligations which are then due and payable, then all amounts from time to time thereafter held, received or recovered by or on behalf of the Secured Parties shall be applied in the order and manner set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

9.8          Interest Rate Hedge Agreements . Nothing in this Article IX shall be construed as limiting the rights of a Hedge Counterparty to terminate an Interest Rate Hedging Agreement in accordance with the terms and conditions of such Interest Rate Hedging Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE X
SCOPE OF LIABILITY

 

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Credit Documents (but subject to the last sentence of this Article X ), there shall be no recourse against any Member or their respective Affiliates (except an Obligor), or the stockholders, members, partners or other owners, officers, directors or employees of any of them (each, a “ Non-Recourse Party ”), for any liability to the Lenders arising under this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, and the Lenders shall look solely to the Obligors (but not to any Non-Recourse Party except to the extent of any distributions from Borrower made by Borrower in violation of this Credit Agreement) and the Collateral and the rents, issues, profits, proceeds and products of the Collateral in enforcing rights and obligations under and in connection with the Credit Documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is expressly understood and agreed that nothing contained in this Article X shall be deemed to (i) limit or restrict any right or remedy of the Lenders (or any assignee or beneficiary thereof or successor thereto), including the right to name an Obligor or any other Person as a defendant in any action or suit for a judicial foreclosure, with respect to, and each Obligor and all of the Non-Recourse Parties described above shall remain fully liable to the extent that such Person would otherwise be liable for its own actions with respect to, any fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence; (ii) limit in any respect the enforceability against the parties thereto (including the Non-Recourse Parties), the Collateral Documents, any Liens thereunder or any other Operative Document in accordance with their respective terms; (iii) constitute a waiver, release or discharge of any of the Indebtedness, or any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of this Credit Agreement, the Notes, any Collateral Documents or any other Credit Documents, and the same shall continue until the Commitments have been terminated and all Obligations have been fully paid, discharged, observed or performed, or (iv) release any legal consultant in its capacity as such from liability on account of any legal opinion rendered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

ARTICLE XI
AGENTS AND LETTER OF CREDIT ISSUING BANKS; SUBSTITUTION

 

11.1        Appointment, Powers and Immunities .

 

(a)          Each Lender hereby appoints and authorizes Administrative Agent and each other Agent to act as its agent hereunder and under the other Credit Documents with such powers as are expressly delegated to such Agent by the terms of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Lender also hereby authorizes Administrative Agent and each other Agent to execute, deliver and perform their respective obligations under each Credit Document to which it is a party in such capacity, and hereby approves the terms and conditions of each such Credit Document. None of the Agents shall have any duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Credit Agreement or in any other Credit Document, and shall not be a trustee for, or fiduciary of, any Lender or any other Agent. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, none of the Agents shall be required to take any action which is contrary to this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Documents or any Legal Requirement or exposes such Agent to any liability. None of the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, the Lenders and any of their respective Affiliates shall be responsible to any other Lender for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by any Obligor or its Affiliates contained in this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document or in any certificate or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by any Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or any Lender under this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document, for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Credit Agreement, the Notes, any other Credit Document or any other document referred to or provided for herein or for any failure by any Obligor or its Affiliates to perform their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder. Each Agent may employ agents and attorneys-in-fact and shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any such agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.

 

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(b)          None of the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Banks or their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees or agents shall be responsible for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it or them hereunder or under any other Credit Document or in connection herewith or therewith, except for its or their own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Agent (i) may treat the payee of any Note as the holder thereof until Administrative Agent receives written notice of the assignment or transfer thereof signed by such payee and in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent; (ii) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for Borrower), independent public accountants and other experts selected by it with reasonable care and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by them in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (iii) makes no warranty or representation to any Lender for any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with any Project Document or Credit Document; (iv) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of any Operative Document on the part of any party thereto or to inspect the property (including the books and records) of Borrower or any other Person; and (v) shall not be responsible to any Lender for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of any Operative Document or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto or thereto.

 

11.2        Reliance by Agents and Letter of Credit Issuing Bank . Each Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank shall be entitled to rely upon any certificate, notice or other document (including any electronic mail or facsimile) reasonably believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed or sent by or on behalf of the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel, independent accountants and other experts selected by the Agents with reasonable care. In addition to the required consents or approvals referred to in Sections 11.10(a) and 11.10(b) , each Agent may (but, shall not be obligated) at any time request instructions from the Majority Lenders with respect to any actions or approvals which, by the terms of this Credit Agreement or of any of the Credit Documents, each Agent is permitted or required to take or to grant without instructions from any Lenders, and if such instructions are promptly requested, each Agent shall be absolutely entitled to refrain from taking any action or to withhold any approval and shall not be under any liability whatsoever to any Lender for refraining from taking any action or withholding any approval under any of the Credit Documents until it shall have received such instructions from the Majority Lenders. Without limiting the foregoing, no Lender shall have any right of action whatsoever against any Agent as a result of such Agent acting or refraining from acting under this Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents in accordance with the instructions of, as applicable, the Majority Lenders or all Lenders. In no event shall any Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank be required to take any actions which exposes such Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank to personal liability or which is contrary to this Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document or any Legal Requirement.

 

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11.3        Non-Reliance . Each Lender represents that it has, independently and without reliance on any Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of the financial condition and affairs of Borrower or any of Borrower and decision to enter into this Credit Agreement and agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Credit Agreement. None of the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lenders shall be required to keep informed as to the performance or observance by Borrower, any Affiliate of Borrower or Members under this Credit Agreement or any other document referred to or provided for herein or to make inquiry of, or to inspect the properties or books of Borrower, any Affiliate of Borrower or Members.

 

11.4        Defaults . None of the Agents or the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank (acting in its capacity as an Agent or Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and not in any other capacity) shall be obliged to monitor or enquire as to whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred or to investigate any Default or Event Default, and shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default unless such Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank has received a written notice from another Agent, Lender or Borrower, referring to this Credit Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and indicating that such notice is a “notice of default.” If an Agent receives such a notice of the occurrence of a Default or Event of Default, such Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders. Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as is provided in Article IX or in the Collateral Documents, or, if not provided for in Article IX or in the Collateral Documents, as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall be directed by the Majority Lenders; provided , however , that, notwithstanding any provision in this Credit Agreement or the other Collateral Documents to the contrary, unless and until Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, shall have received such directions, Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interest of the Lenders.

 

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11.5        Indemnification . Without limiting the obligations of Borrower hereunder, each Lender agrees to indemnify each Agent and each Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, ratably in accordance with its aggregate Proportionate Share (Obligations) of the Obligations under this Credit Agreement for any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, or expenses of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank (in such capacity) in any way relating to or arising out of this Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents or any documents contemplated by or referred to herein or therein or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or the enforcement of any of the terms hereof or thereof or of any such other documents; provided , however , that no Lender shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent they arise solely from such Agent’s or the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Each Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank shall be fully justified in refusing to take or to continue to take any action hereunder unless it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender agrees to reimburse each Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank promptly upon demand for its ratable share of any out-of-pocket expenses (including counsel fees) incurred by each Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank (in such capacity) in connection with the preparation, execution, administration or enforcement of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, the Operative Documents, to the extent that such Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank is not reimbursed promptly for such expenses by Borrower.

 

11.6        Collateral Agent’s Duty of Care . Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment that is substantially equivalent to that which Collateral Agent accords its own property. Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any loss, reduction or diminution in the value of the Collateral except for any such loss, reduction or diminution in value caused solely by the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Collateral Agent.

 

11.7        Information .

 

(a)          Each Agent shall promptly forward a copy of each document received by it (in its capacity as an Agent hereunder) to each Person identified in the original or copy of any such document.

 

(b)          Each Agent shall promptly notify each other Secured Party of all notices or certificates received by such Agent (in its capacity as such) from Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary, Member or counterparty to a Project Document.

 

(c)          No Agent (in its capacity as such) shall be required to review or verify the accuracy or completeness of any document delivered by it to any other party to the Credit Documents.

 

(d)          Each Secured Party acknowledges and agrees that (i) at no time will any Agent be required to provide the Secured Parties with any credit or other information concerning the financial condition or affairs of Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary, Member or counterparty to a Project Document or in each case, their respective Affiliates and (ii) unless requested to do so by a Secured Party in accordance with the Credit Documents, no Agent shall be required to request any certificates or other documents from Borrower or any Borrower Subsidiary, Member or counterparty to a Project Document.

 

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11.8        Successor Agents and Letter of Credit Issuing Banks .

 

(a)          Each Agent acknowledges that its current intention is to remain an Agent hereunder. Nevertheless, any Agent may resign at any time by giving written notice thereof to the Lenders and Borrower, such resignation to be effective only upon the acceptance of the appointment of a successor Agent. Any Agent may be removed involuntarily upon a vote of the Majority Lenders (excluding such Agent from such vote and such Agent’s Proportionate Share (Obligations) of the Loans and LC Loans from the amounts used to determine the portion of the Loans and LC Loans necessary to constitute the required Proportionate Share (Obligations) of the remaining Lenders). Upon any such resignation or removal, the Majority Lenders (excluding such Agent from such vote and such Agent’s Proportionate Share (Obligations) of the applicable Loans and LC Loans from the amounts used to determine the portion of the Loans and LC Loans necessary to constitute the required Proportionate Share (Obligations) of the remaining Lenders) shall have the right to appoint a successor Agent with the consent of Borrower (unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing), which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Majority Lenders, and shall have accepted such appointment, within 30 days after the retiring Agent’s giving of notice of resignation or the Lenders’ removal of the retiring Agent, Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Agent, which shall be a Lender, if any Lender shall be willing to serve, and otherwise shall be a commercial bank having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Agent under the Credit Documents by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring Agent, and the retiring Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations as Agent only under the Credit Documents. After any retiring Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Article XI shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under the Credit Documents.

 

(b)          The Letter of Credit Issuing Bank may resign at any time (i) with the prior written consent of Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (ii) after the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default (which for the avoidance of doubt, the consent of Borrower shall not be required) or (iii) after the first anniversary of the Term Conversion Date by giving at least 90 days prior written notice thereof to Administrative Agent, the LC Lenders and Borrower; such resignation, in each case, to be effective only upon (x) the acceptance of the appointment of a successor Letter of Credit Issuing Bank (which such successor Letter of Credit Issuing Bank shall satisfy any rating requirements required under the applicable Power Purchase Agreement in respect of the letter of credit required to be provided thereunder), (y) the replacement of any outstanding Letter of Credit issued by such retiring Letter of Credit Issuing Bank by the successor Letter of Credit Issuing Bank substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 or Exhibit B-2 , as applicable and (z) the execution and delivery by the successor Letter of Credit Issuing Bank of a joinder agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Administrative Agent (and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower) evidencing such appointment and pursuant to which the successor Letter of Credit Issuing Bank agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents. Upon any resignation of a Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders shall have the right to appoint a successor Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, which shall be a Qualified LC Issuer. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Letter of Credit Issuing Bank under the Credit Documents by a successor Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and the execution and delivery of the joinder agreement described above, such successor Letter of Credit Issuing Bank shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges, and duties of the retiring Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, and the retiring Letter of Credit Issuing Bank shall be discharged from its duties and obligations as Letter of Credit Issuing Bank under the Credit Documents; provided that pending the effectiveness of such resignation, the retiring Letter of Credit Issuing Bank shall continue to act as Letter of Credit Issuing Bank in respect of such outstanding Letters of Credit and provided , further , that, upon the effectiveness of such resignation, such retiring Letter of Credit Issuing Bank shall have no obligation to issue any new Letter of Credit, extend the Expiration Date of any outstanding Letter of Credit or otherwise amend any outstanding Letter of Credit. If no successor Letter of Credit Issuing Bank shall have been so approved by Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Letter of Credit Issuing Bank’s giving of notice of resignation, the retiring Letter of Credit Issuing Bank may appoint the successor Letter of Credit Issuing Bank hereunder, which shall be a Lender that is a Qualified LC Issuer and agrees, in its sole discretion, to be a Letter of Credit Issuing Bank. After any retiring Letter of Credit Issuing Bank’s resignation hereunder as Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, the provisions of this Article XI shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Letter of Credit Issuing Bank under the Credit Documents (including while it was Letter of Credit Issuing Bank in respect of any Letter of Credit outstanding after the effectiveness of the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank’s resignation).

 

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11.9        Withholding Tax .

 

(a)          If the forms or other documentation required by Section 2.9(f) are not delivered to Administrative Agent, then Administrative Agent may withhold from any interest payment to any Lender not providing such forms or other documentation, an amount equivalent to the applicable withholding tax.

 

(b)          If the Internal Revenue Service or any authority of the United States or other jurisdiction asserts a claim that Administrative Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender (because the appropriate form was not delivered by such Lender, was not properly executed, or because such Lender failed to notify Administrative Agent or any other Person of a change in circumstances which rendered the exemption from, or reduction of, withholding tax ineffective, or for any other reason), such Lender shall promptly indemnify Administrative Agent and/or Borrower, as applicable, fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by such Person as tax or otherwise, including penalties and interest, together with all expenses incurred, including legal expenses, allocated staff costs, and any out of pocket expenses.

 

(c)          If any Lender sells, assigns or otherwise transfers its rights under this Credit Agreement pursuant to Section 11.11 or Section 11.13 , the purchaser, assignee or transferee shall comply and be bound by the terms of Sections 2.9(e) , 2.9(f) , 11.9(a) and 11.9(b) as though it were such Lender.

 

11.10      Consents and Approvals .

 

(a)          Each of the following shall require the approval or consent of the Majority Lenders:

 

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(i)          The exercise of any rights and remedies under the Credit Documents following an Event of Default; provided that, absent any direction from the Majority Lenders, Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may exercise any right or remedy under the Credit Documents as Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may determine in good faith to be necessary or appropriate to prevent diminution in the value of the Collateral and to protect and preserve the Collateral and the validity and enforceability of the Liens of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in the Collateral;

 

(ii)         Appointment of a successor Agent or successor Letter of Credit Issuing Bank;

 

(iii)        Except as referred to in Section 11.10(b) below, any amendment, supplement or modification of this Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents, or issuance of any waiver of any provision of this Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents; or

 

(iv)        Waiver of compliance with (or approval of the matters provided in) the terms of this Credit Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents except as otherwise provided in Section 11.10(b).

 

(b)          Each of the following shall require the approval or consent of each affected Lender:

 

(i)          extend the Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date, Tranche B Construction Loan Maturity Date (except as provided in the definition thereof), the Term Loan Maturity Date, the LC Facility Maturity Date or any of the Notes or reduce the principal amount thereof, or reduce the rate or change the time of payment of interest due on any Loan or any Notes;

 

(ii)         other than as provided in clause (i) above, reduce the amount or extend the payment date for any amount due under Article II ;

 

(iii)        increase the amount of the Commitment of any Lender hereunder;

 

(iv)        change the time or reduce the amount of payment of any fee or indemnification due or payable hereunder or under any Credit Document to a Lender;

 

(v)         change the percentage specified in the definition of Majority Lenders;

 

(vi)        extend the Tranche A Construction Loan Availability Period, the Tranche B Construction Loan Availability Period, the DSR Letter of Credit Availability Period, the PPA Letter of Credit Availability Period, the REC Loan Availability Termination Date, the Tranche C Loan Availability Period or the Salmon Falls Availability Termination Date;

 

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(vii)       amend Section 2.7(b) , Section 2.7(c) , Section 2.9(b), Section 2.9(e)(i) , Section 2.10 or Section 13.11 ;

 

(viii)      amend this Section 11.10 or any other provision of this Credit Agreement that requires the consent of each affected Lender;

 

(ix)         release all or substantially all of the Collateral from the Lien of any of the Collateral Documents; or

 

(x)          release any Subsidiary Guarantor from the guarantee in Article 7 , or amend the definition of Guaranteed Obligations or release any other guaranties under any of the Credit Documents,

 

provided that, notwithstanding anything in this Section 11.10(b) to the contrary, any release of Collateral, reduction or extinguishment of debt, direction to credit bid or other action that may be incidental to an exercise of remedies against the Collateral shall be authorized if approved, consented to or as directed by the Majority Lenders.

 

No amendment of any provision of this Credit Agreement affecting any Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank shall be effective without the written consent of such Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank.

 

11.11       Substitution of Lender . If any Lender (a “ Substitutable Lender ”) (a) fails to consent to an election, consent, amendment, waiver or other modification to this Credit Agreement that requires unanimous consent of Lenders (where consent of the Majority Lenders has been obtained), (b)  makes a demand upon Borrower for (or if Borrower is otherwise required to pay) amounts pursuant to Section 2.11(c) or Section 2.11(d) (and the payment of such amounts are, and are likely to continue to be, more onerous in the reasonable judgment of Borrower than with respect to the other Lenders), or gives notice pursuant to Section 2.11(a) or Section 2.11(b) requiring a conversion of such Substitutable Lender’s LIBO Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans or a repayment by Borrower of such Lender’s LIBO Rate Loans or suspending such Lender’s obligation to make Loans as, or to convert Loans into, LIBO Rate Loans, or (c) becomes a Defaulting Lender, Borrower may (in the case of clause (a) only, within 30 days of the date by which Lenders are required to respond to any request for an election, consent, amendment, waiver or other modification or at any time, in the case of clause (b) or clause (c)) give notice (a “ Replacement Notice ”) in writing to Administrative Agent and such Substitutable Lender of its intention to cause such Substitutable Lender to sell all or any portion of its Loans, LC Loans (if any), Commitments and/or Notes (if any) to another financial institution or other Person (a “ Replacement Lender ”) designated in such Replacement Notice; provided , however , that no Replacement Notice may be given by Borrower if (i) such replacement conflicts with any applicable law or regulation, (ii) any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such replacement (unless such Replacement Notice relates solely to the waiver of such Event of Default) or (iii) prior to any such replacement in connection with clause (b) above, such Lender shall have taken any necessary action under Section 2.11(c) or Section 2.11(d) (if applicable) so as to eliminate the continued need for payment of amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.11(c) or Section 2.11(d) or has waived its right to receive the same. If Administrative Agent shall, in the exercise of its reasonable discretion and within 10 days of its receipt of such Replacement Notice, notify Borrower and such Substitutable Lender in writing that the Replacement Lender is reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (such consent not being required where the Replacement Lender is already a Lender), then such Substitutable Lender shall, subject to the payment of any amounts due pursuant to Section 2.11 and Section 2.12 , assign, in accordance with Section 11.13 , the portion of its Commitments, Loans, LC Loans (if any), Notes (if any) and other rights and obligations under this Credit Agreement and all other Credit Documents (including Obligations, if applicable) designated in the Replacement Notice to such Replacement Lender; provided, however , that (A) such assignment shall be without recourse, representation or warranty (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 11.13 ) and shall be on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to such Substitutable Lender and such Replacement Lender (other than with respect to the purchase price which shall be no less than the amount set forth in clause (B)), (B) the purchase price paid by such Replacement Lender shall be in the amount of such Substitutable Lender’s Loans and LC Loans designated in the Replacement Notice and/or its Commitment of outstanding Obligations, as applicable, together with all accrued and unpaid interest and fees in respect thereof, plus all other amounts (including the amounts demanded and unreimbursed under Section 2.11(c) or Section 2.11(d) , owing to such Substitutable Lender hereunder, (C) in the case of an assignment and assumption from an event described in the clause (a) of the first sentence of this Section, the Replacement Lender shall consent, at the time of such assignment, to such event, and (D) Borrower shall pay to the Substitutable Lender and Administrative Agent all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Substitutable Lender and Administrative Agent in connection with such assignment and assumption (including the processing fees described in Section 11.11 ). Upon the effective date of an assignment described above, the Replacement Lender shall become a “Lender” for all purposes under the Credit Documents.

 

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11.12      Participations . Nothing herein provided shall prevent any Lender from selling a participation in its Commitment (and Loans and LC Loans made thereunder) and/or rights, claims and interests under the Credit Documents to any bank or any other Person (other than an Idaho Wind Entity or any Affiliate of an Idaho Wind Entity); provided that (a) no such sale of a participation shall alter such Lender’s obligations hereunder and (b) any agreement pursuant to which any Lender may grant a participation in its rights with respect to its Commitment (and Loans and LC Loans) shall provide that, with respect to such Commitment (and Loans and LC Loans), such Lender shall retain the sole right and responsibility to exercise the rights of such Lender, and enforce the obligations of Borrower relating to such Commitment (and Loans and LC Loans), including the right to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document and the right to take action to have the Obligations (and the Notes) declared due and payable pursuant to Article IX . No recipient of a participation in any Commitment or Loans or LC Loans of any Lender shall have any rights under this Credit Agreement or shall be entitled to any reimbursement for Taxes, Other Taxes, increased costs or Reserve Requirements under Section 2.11 or any other indemnity or payment rights against Borrower. In no event shall Borrower be responsible for any costs or expenses of any counsel engaged by a recipient of a participation in any Loans or LC Loans by a Lender hereunder.

 

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11.13       Transfer of Commitment .

 

(a)          Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, each Lender, after receiving the prior written consent of Administrative Agent (and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)) may from time to time, at its option, sell, assign, transfer, negotiate or otherwise dispose of all or a portion of its Commitment (other than any LC Commitment) and Loans made thereunder (including the Lender’s rights, claims or interests under this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents) to any Eligible Assignee which in such assigning Lender’s reasonable judgment is reasonably capable of performing the obligations of a Lender hereunder and reasonably experienced in project financings; provided, however, that no consent of Borrower or Administrative Agent shall be required for any assignment or transfer to another Lender or to an Affiliate of a Lender or as contemplated by Section 11.15 ; provided , further, however , that no Lender (including any assignee of any Lender) may assign any portion of its Commitment (other than its LC Commitment), including Loans, of less than $5,000,000 (unless to another Lender) or which leaves the assigning Lender with a Commitment (other than an LC Commitment), including Loans, of less than $5,000,000 after giving effect to such assignment and all previous assignments (except that a Lender may be left with no Commitment and Loans if it assigns its entire remaining Commitment and Loans). In the event of any such assignment: (i) the assigning Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Commitments and Proportionate Share (Loans) of the Loans shall be reduced by the amount of the Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Commitments and Proportionate Share (Loans) of the Loans assigned to the new lender; (ii) the parties to such assignment shall execute and deliver to Administrative Agent an assignment agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit M attached hereto or such other agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower) evidencing such sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition; (iii) at the assigning Lender’s option, Borrower shall execute and deliver to such new lender new Notes, in a principal amount equal to its Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Commitments and Proportionate Share (Loans) of the Loans being assigned upon surrender by the assigning Lender of its Notes, and Borrower shall execute and exchange with the assigning Lender a replacement note for any Note in an amount equal to the Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Commitments and Proportionate Share (Loans) of the Loans retained by the Lender, if any; and (iv) the new lender shall pay an assignment fee to Administrative Agent of $3,500. Such new lender shall be a Lender and shall have all of the rights and duties of a Lender (except as otherwise provided in this Article XI ), in accordance with its Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Commitments and Proportionate Share (Loans) of the Loans, under each of the Credit Documents.

 

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(b)          Notwithstanding anything else herein to the contrary, each LC Lender, after receiving the prior written consent of Administrative Agent (and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed)) may from time to time, at its option, sell, assign, transfer, negotiate or otherwise dispose of all or a portion of its LC Commitment and LC Loans made thereunder (including the LC Lender’s interest in this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents) to any bank, insurance company or other lending institution which in such assigning LC Lender’s reasonable judgment is reasonably capable of performing the obligations of an LC Lender hereunder and reasonably experienced in project financings; provided , however , that no LC Lender (including any assignee of any LC Lender) may assign any portion of its LC Commitment (including LC Loans) of less than $3,000,000 (unless to another Lender) or which leaves the assigning LC Lender with an LC Commitment (including LC Loans) of less than $3,000,000 after giving effect to such assignment and all previous assignments (except that an LC Lender may be left with no LC Commitment and LC Loans if it assigns its entire LC Commitment and LC Loans). In the event of any such assignment, (i) the assigning Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the LC Commitments and LC Loans shall be reduced by the amount of the Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the LC Commitments and LC Loans assigned to the new lender; (ii) the parties to such assignment shall execute and deliver to Administrative Agent an assignment agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit M attached hereto or such other agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent (and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, Borrower) evidencing such sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition; (iii) at the assigning LC Lender’s option, Borrower shall execute and deliver to such new lender new Notes, in a principal amount equal to its Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the LC Commitment and LC Loans being assigned, and Borrower shall execute and exchange with the assigning LC Lender a replacement note for any Note in an amount equal to the Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the LC Commitment and LC Loans retained by the LC Lender, if any and (iv) the new lender shall pay an assignment fee to Administrative Agent of $3,500. Thereafter, such new lender shall be deemed to be an LC Lender and shall have all of the rights and duties of an LC Lender (except as otherwise provided in this Article XI ), in accordance with its Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the LC Commitments and LC Loans, under each of the Credit Documents.

 

11.14      Laws . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article XI , no sale, assignment, transfer, negotiation or other disposition of the interests of any Lender hereunder or under the other Credit Documents shall be allowed if it would require registration under the Securities Act, any other federal securities laws or regulations or the securities laws or regulations of any applicable jurisdiction.

 

11.15      Assignability to Federal Reserve Bank or Central Bank . Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document to the contrary, any Lender may assign, transfer, pledge or grant a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans, LC Loans or Notes held by it to any Federal Reserve Bank or the United States Treasury as collateral security pursuant to Regulation A of the Federal Reserve Board and any Operating Circular issued by such Federal Reserve Bank or to any central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender as collateral security, provided that any payment in respect of such assigned Loans, LC Loans or Notes made by Borrower to or for the account of the assigning and/or pledging Lender in accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement shall satisfy Borrower’s obligations hereunder in respect to such assigned Loans, LC Loans or Notes to the extent of such payment. No such assignment, transfer, pledge or grant shall release the assigning Lender from its obligations hereunder (other than upon enforcement by the beneficiary of the relevant assignment, transfer, pledge or grant) or substitute the beneficiary of the relevant assignment, transfer, pledge or grant as a party to any Credit Document.

 

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ARTICLE XII
INDEPENDENT CONSULTANTS

 

12.1        Removal and Fees . Administrative Agent (at the direction of the Majority Lenders, in their reasonable discretion) may remove from time to time, any one or more of the Independent Consultants for cause and appoint replacements reasonably acceptable to Borrower. Notice of any replacement Independent Consultant shall be given by Administrative Agent to Borrower, the Lenders and to the Independent Consultant being replaced. All reasonable fees and expenses of the Independent Consultants (whether the original Independent Consultants or replacements) shall be paid by Borrower; provided , however , that unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Administrative Agent shall request that each such Independent Consultant provide Borrower with its proposed scope of work and proposed budget therefor, and shall consult with and obtain the consent of Borrower with regard to the matters contained therein.

 

12.2        Duties . Each Independent Consultant shall be contractually obligated to Administrative Agent and the Lenders to carry out the activities required of it in this Credit Agreement and as otherwise requested by Administrative Agent reasonably related to a Project or an Obligor and shall be responsible solely to Administrative Agent. Borrower acknowledges that it will not have any cause of action or claim against any Independent Consultant resulting from any decision made or not made, any action taken or not taken or any advice given by such Independent Consultant in the due performance in good faith of its duties to Administrative Agent.

 

12.3        Independent Consultants’ Certificates . Borrower shall provide such documents and information to the Independent Consultants as any of the Independent Consultants may consider reasonably necessary or advisable in order for the Independent Consultants to deliver to Administrative Agent the following certificates:

 

(a)          certificates of the Insurance Consultant, the Independent Engineer, the Cost Segregation Consultant and the Wind Consultant delivered on and dated as of the Closing Date as described in Article 3 and containing the matters set out therein; and

 

(b)          after the Closing Date, all certificates to be delivered pursuant to Section 3.3(b) or, if no Loan has taken place in any month, certificates delivered at the end of the month as to the matters required by Exhibit E-2 .

 

ARTICLE XIII
MISCELLANEOUS

 

13.1        Notices .

 

(a)           Notice Addresses . Any communications between the parties hereto or notices provided herein to be given may be given to the following addresses:

 

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If to Administrative Agent:  

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch

Investment Banking Division

1251 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Attention: Lawrence Blat,

Syndicated Loan Markets Group

Telephone: (212) 782-4310

Facsimile: (212) 782-4934

Email: lblat@us.mufg.jp

 

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch

Investment Banking Division

1251 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020-1104

Attention: Andrew G. Douglas

Vice President

Telephone: (212) 782-4339

Facsimile: (212) 782-4934

Email:adouglas@us.mufg.jp

     
If to Collateral Agent:  

Union Bank, N.A.

551 Madison Avenue, 11th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Attention: Corporate Trust Department

Telephone: (646) 452-2005

Facsimile: (646) 452-2000/1

     
If to Borrower:  

Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC

c/o RP Wind ID LLC

PO Box 2049

82 Elm Street

Manchester Center, Vermont 05255

Attention: Steven I. Eisenberg

Telephone: (802) 362-9147

Facsimile: (802) 362-9148

Email: steve.eisenberg@reunionpower.com

     
If to a Borrower Subsidiary:  

c/o Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC

c/o RP Wind ID LLC

PO Box 2049

82 Elm Street

Manchester Center, Vermont 05255

Attention: Steven I. Eisenberg

Telephone: (802) 362-9147

Facsimile: (802) 362-9148

Email: steve.eisenberg@reunionpower.com

     
If to a Lender:   At the address opposite such Lender’s name on Exhibit I .

 

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Any party shall have the right to change its address for notice hereunder to any other location within the United States by giving of 10 days’ written notice to the other parties in the manner set forth herein above.

 

Simultaneously with delivery of any notice to any Obligor with respect to any Default or Event of Default, Administrative Agent shall deliver an original or a copy of such notice to each of the Members at the following addresses; provided that the failure by Administrative Agent to deliver any notice to a Member shall not affect the occurrence or existence of any Default or Event of Default:

 

If to Atlantic Member:  

Atlantic Idaho Wind A, LLC

c/o Atlantic Power Corporation

200 Clarendon Street

25th Floor

Boston, MA 02116

Attention: President

Telephone: (617) 977 2400

     
If to Exergy Member:  

Exergy Idaho Holdings, LLC

802 W. Bannock St. Suite 1200

Boise, ID 83702

Attention: James Carkulis

Telephone: (208) 336-9793

     
If to GE Member:  

EFS Idaho Wind, LLC

c/o GE Energy Financial Services, Inc.

800 Long Ridge Road

Stamford, CT 06927

Attention: Portfolio Manager - EFS Idaho Wind, LLC

Telephone: (203) 316 7717

     
If to Reunion Member:  

c/o Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC

c/o RP Wind ID LLC

PO Box 2049

82 Elm Street

Manchester Center, Vermont 05255

Attention: Steven I. Eisenberg

Telephone: (802) 362-9147

Facsimile: (802) 362-9148

 

(b)           Means of Transmittal . All notices or other communications required or permitted to be given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be considered as properly given (i) if delivered in person, (ii) if sent by overnight delivery service (including Federal Express, United Parcel Service and other similar overnight delivery services), (iii) in the event overnight delivery services are not readily available, if mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, registered or certified with return receipt requested, (iv) if transmitted by facsimile confirmed by telephone or (v) if transmitted by electronic communication as provided in Section 13.1(d) .

 

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(c)           Effectiveness of Notices . Notices delivered in person or by overnight courier service, or mailed by registered or certified mail, shall be effective upon receipt by the addressee. Notices transmitted by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when transmitted, if confirmation of a successful transmission has been received (except that, in all instances, if not given during normal business hours on a Banking Day for recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Banking Day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in Section 13.1(d) , shall be effective as provided in such Section.

 

(d)           Electronic Communications .

 

(i)          Notices and other communications hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including email and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and Borrower; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II if the party to receive the notice has notified Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. Each Obligor and each Lender may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by them, respectively; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

 

(ii)         Unless Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (A) notices and other communications sent to an email address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return email or other written acknowledgement); provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Banking Day of the recipient and (B) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its email address as described in the foregoing clause (A) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor.

 

13.2        Additional Security; Right to Set-Off . Any deposits or other sums at any time credited to or due from Lenders and any Project Revenues, securities or other property of an Obligor in the possession of any Agent or any Lender may at all times be treated as collateral security for the payment of the Loans, LC Loans and the Notes and all other obligations of the Obligors to the Lenders under this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, and each Obligor hereby pledges to Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders and grants Administrative Agent a security interest and Lien in and to all such deposits, sums, securities or other property. Regardless of the adequacy of any other collateral, Administrative Agent and only Administrative Agent, may execute or realize on the Lenders’ security interest in any such deposits or other sums credited to or due from the Lenders to an Obligor, and may apply any such deposits or other sums to or set them off against such Obligor’s obligations to Lenders under the Notes and this Credit Agreement at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default following instruction from the Majority Lenders.

 

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13.3        No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative . No failure or delay on the part of the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Credit Document and no course of dealing between an Obligor and any Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or any Lender shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Credit Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder. The rights and remedies herein expressly provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies that the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or any Lender would otherwise have. No notice to or demand on an Obligor in any case shall entitle such Obligor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lenders to any other or further action in any circumstances without notice or demand.

 

13.4        Costs, Expenses and Attorneys’ Fees; Syndication . Borrower will pay to each Agent all of its reasonable costs and expenses in connection with the preparation, negotiation, closing and costs of administering the Credit Documents and the documents contemplated thereby, including the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of a single counsel and a local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction, in each case retained by the Agent and the Letter of Credit Issuing Banks in connection with the preparation of such documents and any amendments hereof or thereof, legal fees in respect of the issuance or amendment of any Letter of Credit or the negotiation, closing or administration of the Credit Documents or preserving its rights thereunder, and the reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of the Independent Consultants and any other engineering, insurance, environmental and construction consultants to Administrative Agent incurred in connection with this Credit Agreement or the Loans or the Commitments, and the reasonable and documented travel, out-of-pocket costs incurred by any Agent or the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank. Each Obligor will reimburse the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, the Lenders and the Hedge Counterparties for all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, expended or incurred by each Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and each Lender in enforcing this Credit Agreement or the other Credit Documents, in actions for declaratory relief in any way related to this Credit Agreement or the other Credit Documents, in collecting any sum which becomes due to any Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or any Lender on the Notes or under the Credit Documents, or exercising any rights and remedies under the Consents or in connection with the participation by any Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, any Lender or the Independent Engineer in any arbitration proceedings under the Construction Contracts or in connection with any waiver or amendment requested by an Obligor.

 

13.5        Indemnification .

 

(a)          Each Obligor shall, jointly and severally, indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Banks and each other Secured Party and in their capacities as such, their respective officers, directors, shareholders, controlling persons, employees and agents (collectively, the “ Indemnitees ”) from and against and reimburse the Indemnitees for:

 

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(i)          any and all claims, obligations, liabilities, losses, damages, injuries (to person, property, or natural resources), penalties, stamp or other similar taxes, actions, suits, judgments, costs and expenses (including reasonable attorney’s fees of a single counsel, plus a single local counsel if required, and additional counsel solely to the extent the Indemnitees have inconsistent or conflicting defenses or the circumstances giving rise to such indemnification would create an ethical conflict for such single counsel) of whatever kind or nature, whether or not well founded, meritorious or unmeritorious, demanded, asserted or claimed against any such Indemnitee in any way relating to, or arising out of or in connection with this Credit Agreement the Loans, the LC Loans, the other Operative Documents or the Projects (collectively, “ Claims ”);

 

(ii)         any Environmental Claims relating to, arising from, or with respect to the Projects or the Real Property, including all Claims in connection with (A) the Release, threatened Release or presence of any Hazardous Substances relating to a Project, or at, on, under or from any Site or Real Property, whether foreseeable or unforeseeable and (B) any violation of or non-compliance with any Environmental Law or any Required Permit by an Obligor or with respect to any Project, any Site, or any Real Property, including in each case, (x) all costs of removal and disposal of Hazardous Substances, (y) all reasonable costs for environmental testing to correct the existence of Hazardous Substances or compliance with any applicable Legal Requirements, and (z) all reasonable costs incurred for claims for damages to persons or property, including reasonable attorneys’ and consultants’ fees and court costs; and

 

(iii)        any and all Claims in any way relating to, or arising out of or in connection with any claims, suits, liabilities against any Idaho Wind Entity.

 

(b)          The foregoing indemnities shall not apply with respect to an Indemnitee, to the extent of a Claim arising as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, but shall continue to apply to other Indemnitees.

 

(c)          The provisions of this Section 13.5 shall survive foreclosure of the Collateral Documents and satisfaction or discharge of the Obligations (but only for the period of the applicable statute of limitations), and shall be in addition to any other rights and remedies of the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Banks and the other Secured Parties.

 

(d)          In case any action, suit or proceeding shall be brought against any Indemnitee, such Indemnitee shall notify Borrower of the commencement thereof, and Borrower or an Obligor shall be entitled, at its expense, acting through counsel acceptable to such Indemnitee, to participate in, and, to the extent that such Obligor desires, to assume and control the defense thereof. The failure to give or delay in giving such notice shall not relieve the Obligors of their obligation under this Section 13.5 . Such Indemnitee shall be entitled, at its expense, to participate in any action, suit or proceeding the defense of which has been assumed by an Obligor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, an Obligor shall not be entitled to assume and control the defenses of any such action, suit or proceedings if and to the extent that, in the reasonable opinion of such Indemnitee and its counsel, such action, suit or proceeding involves the potential imposition of criminal liability upon such Indemnitee or a potential or actual conflict of interest between such Indemnitee and such Obligor, and in such event (other than with respect to disputes between such Indemnitee and another Indemnitee) such Obligor shall pay the reasonable expenses of such Indemnitee in such defense; provided , that an Obligor shall not be required to pay any such expenses of more than one lead counsel for the Indemnitee.

 

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(e)          Borrower shall report to such Indemnitee on the status of such action, suit or proceeding as developments shall occur and at least within 90 days of the previous report. Borrower shall deliver to such Indemnitee a copy of each document filed or served on any party in such action, suit or proceeding, and each material document which an Obligor possesses relating to such action, suit or proceeding.

 

(f)           Upon payment of any Claim by an Obligor pursuant to this Section 13.5 , such Obligor, without any further action, shall be subrogated to any and all claims that such Indemnitee may have relating thereto, and such Indemnitee shall cooperate with such Obligor and give such further assurances as are necessary or advisable to enable such Obligor vigorously to pursue such claims.

 

(g)          Each Obligor shall pay any amount due pursuant to this Section 13.5 within 30 days after such Obligor receives an invoice therefor. Amounts not paid within such 30 day period shall bear interest at the Default Rate.

 

13.6        Entire Agreement . This Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents integrate all the terms and conditions mentioned herein or incidental hereto and completely set forth the agreements between the parties hereto and thereto, supersede all prior agreements (written and oral) and all oral negotiations and prior writings in respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. This Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents may only be amended or modified, and provisions may only be waived, by an instrument in writing signed by Borrower (to the extent party thereto), each Borrower Subsidiary (to the extent party thereto), Administrative Agent (acting with the consent of, or pursuant to the direction of, the Majority Lenders or each affected Lender, as applicable) and any other parties to be charged and in accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement or the applicable Credit Document. All covenants of an Obligor set forth in this Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents (including, without limitation, in Articles V and VI ) and all Defaults and Events of Default set forth in Article VIII shall be given independent effect so that, in the event that a particular action or condition is not permitted by the terms of any such covenant or would result in a Default, the fact that such event or condition could be permitted by an exception to, or be otherwise within the limitations of, another covenant or another Default or Event of Default shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default in the event that such action is taken or condition exists.

 

13.7        Governing Law . THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT AND EACH OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT (TO THE EXTENT NOT EXPRESSLY PROVIDED FOR THEREIN), SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

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13.8        Severability . In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Credit Agreement should be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and the parties hereto shall enter into good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision.

 

13.9        Headings . Paragraph headings and a table of contents have been inserted in this Credit Agreement as a matter of convenience for reference only and it is agreed that such paragraph headings are not a part of this Credit Agreement and shall not be used in the interpretation of any provision of this Credit Agreement.

 

13.10      Additional Financing . The parties hereto acknowledge that the Lenders have made no agreement or commitment to provide any financing except as set forth herein.

 

13.11      No Partnership, Etc. Each Agent, the Lenders and the Obligors intend that the relationship between them shall be solely that of creditor and debtor. Nothing contained in this Credit Agreement, the Notes or in any of the other Credit Documents shall be deemed or construed to create a partnership, tenancy-in-common, joint tenancy, joint venture or co-ownership by, between or among the Agents, the Lenders, the Obligors or any other Person. Neither the Agents nor the Lenders shall be in any way responsible or liable for the debts, losses, obligations or duties of an Obligor or any Affiliate of an Obligor, or any other Person with respect to the Project Documents, the Projects, or otherwise except as specifically provided in the Consents. All obligations to pay real property or other taxes, assessments, insurance premiums, and all other fees and charges arising from the ownership, operation or occupancy of the Projects and to perform all obligations under the Real Property Documents and any other agreements and contracts relating to the Projects shall be the sole responsibility of the Obligors.

 

13.12      Limitation on Liability . NO CLAIM SHALL BE MADE BY ANY PARTY HERETO OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, ATTORNEYS OR AGENTS AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO OR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, ATTORNEYS OR AGENTS FOR ANY SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES (WHETHER OR NOT THE CLAIM THEREFOR IS BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT, DUTY IMPOSED BY LAW OR OTHERWISE), IN CONNECTION WITH, ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY WAY RELATED TO THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR THE OTHER OPERATIVE DOCUMENTS OR ANY ACT OR OMISSION OR EVENT OCCURRING IN CONNECTION THEREWITH; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES, RELEASES AND AGREES NOT TO SUE UPON ANY SUCH CLAIM FOR ANY SUCH SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, WHETHER OR NOT ACCRUED AND WHETHER OR NOT KNOWN OR SUSPECTED TO EXIST IN ITS FAVOR.

 

13.13      Waiver of Jury Trial . TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH AGENT, THE LETTER OF CREDIT ISSUING BANK, THE LENDERS AND EACH OBLIGOR HEREBY KNOWINGLY, VOLUNTARILY, AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVE ANY RIGHTS THEY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER OPERATIVE DOCUMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, STATEMENTS (WHETHER ORAL OR WRITTEN), OR ACTIONS OF THE AGENTS, LETTER OF CREDIT ISSUING BANKS, THE LENDERS OR AN OBLIGOR. THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE AGENTS, THE LETTER OF CREDIT ISSUING BANK AND THE LENDERS TO ENTER INTO THIS CREDIT AGREEMENT.

 

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13.14      Consent to Jurisdiction . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, Lenders and the Obligors agree that any legal action or proceeding by or against an Obligor or with respect to or arising out of this Credit Agreement, the Notes, or any other Credit Document may be brought in or removed to the courts of the State of New York, in and for the County of New York, or of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York. By execution and delivery of this Credit Agreement, the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, the Lenders and the Obligors accept, for themselves and in respect of their property, generally and unconditionally, the jurisdiction of the aforesaid courts. The Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, the Lenders and the Obligors irrevocably consent to the service of process out of any of the aforementioned courts in any such action or proceeding by the mailing of copies thereof by registered or certified airmail, postage prepaid, to the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, the Lenders or the Obligors, as the case may be, at their respective addresses for notices as specified herein and that such service shall be effective 5 Banking Days after such mailing. Nothing herein shall affect the right to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or the right of any Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, any Lender or an Obligor to bring legal action or proceedings in any other competent jurisdiction, including judicial or non-judicial foreclosure of any Mortgage. The Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, the Lenders and the Obligors hereby waive any right to stay or dismiss any action or proceeding under or in connection with any or all of the Projects, this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document brought before the foregoing courts on the basis of forum non-conveniens.

 

13.15      Usury . Borrower and each Lender specifically intend and agree to limit contractually the amount of interest payable under this Credit Agreement, the Notes and or the other Credit Documents to the maximum amount of interest lawfully permitted to be charged under applicable law. Nothing contained in this Credit Agreement, the Notes or the other Credit Documents shall be construed or deemed to require the payment of interest or other charges by Borrower or any other Person in excess of the amount which the holders of the Notes may lawfully charge under any applicable usury laws and the provisions of this Section 13.15 shall control over all other provisions of this Credit Agreement, the Notes or all other Credit Documents. In the event that a Lender shall collect moneys which shall be in excess of said maximum amount of interest which, under applicable law, could lawfully have been collected by such Lender incident to such transactions, then such excess shall be deemed to have been the result of a mathematical error by all parties hereto and shall be refunded promptly by the Person receiving such amount to the party paying such amount. All amounts paid or agreed to be paid in connection with such transactions which would under applicable law be deemed “interest” shall, to the extent permitted by such applicable law, be amortized, prorated, allocated and spread throughout the stated term of this Credit Agreement and the Notes. “Applicable law” as used in this paragraph means that law in effect from time to time which permits the charging and collection of the highest permissible lawful, nonusurious rate of interest on the transactions herein contemplated including laws of any State and of the United States of America, and “maximum rate” as used in this paragraph means, with respect to each of the Notes, the maximum lawful, nonusurious rates of interest (if any) which under applicable law may be charged to Borrower from time to time with respect to such Notes. Nothing contained in this Section 13.15 shall be construed as waiving any usury exemption any Lender has under law, and, to the extent any such exemption applies, this Section 13.15 shall be inapplicable.

 

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13.16      Successors and Assigns . The provisions of this Credit Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns and no other Person shall have any right or benefit under or because of this Credit Agreement; provided that each Hedge Counterparty is an express third party beneficiary of the guarantee and other provisions under this Credit Agreement as a Secured Party. An Obligor may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights under this Credit Agreement without the prior written consent of the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and the Lenders.

 

13.17      Counterparts . This Credit Agreement and any amendment, waivers, consents or supplements hereto or in connection herewith may be executed in one or more counterparts (and by different parties in different counterparts), each of which when executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. The delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Credit Agreement by electronic means, including by facsimile or by “.pdf” attachment to email, shall be effective as valid delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Credit Agreement.

 

13.18      USA PATRIOT Act Compliance . Each Agent hereby notifies each Obligor that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it and the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and Lender shall be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Obligor, which information includes, without limitation, the names and addresses and other information that will allow it or the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or any Lender to identify each Obligor in accordance with the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act. Each Obligor shall promptly deliver information described in the immediately preceding sentence when requested by any Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or any Lender in writing pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act.

 

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13.19      Confidentiality . The Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and the Lenders agree to maintain the confidential nature of, and shall not use or disclose an Obligor’s financial information or confidential information identified in writing by an Obligor as such without first obtaining such Obligor’s prior written consent; provided , that nothing in this Section 13.19 shall require any Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or any Lender to obtain any consent of an Obligor in connection with (and each Obligor hereby authorizes each Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and each Lender to freely disclose any financial information or confidential information with respect to an Obligor, the Projects, any Project Document or any Credit Document or the parties thereto without any consent of an Obligor in connection with) (a) exercising any of their respective rights under the Credit Documents, including those exercisable upon the occurrence of an Event of Default; (b) providing information about an Idaho Wind Entity, the Projects, any Project Document or any Credit Document or the parties thereto to any prospective Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, Hedge Counterparty, any other Lender or prospective Lender or any Person acquiring (including by participation or pledge), or potentially acquiring (including by participation or pledge), any interest of the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and the Lenders under this Credit Agreement and any such Person’s directors, officers, employees, agents, auditors, advisors and consultants who need to know such information in connection with their evaluation of an Idaho Wind Entity, the Projects or any Project Document or otherwise (if, in the case of any such Person potentially acquiring such an interest from the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender, such Person agrees to be bound by the terms of a confidentiality agreement substantially similar to this Section 13.19 )); (c) any situation in which any Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or any Lender is required by statute, rule, regulation or law or is otherwise required by any court, Governmental Authority or any relevant stock exchange to disclose information; (d) providing information to counsel to any Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or any Lender who need to know such information in connection with the transactions contemplated by any of the Credit Documents; (e) providing information to independent auditors or other consultants or advisors, agents or accountants retained by any Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or any Lender who need to know such information; (f) any information that is in or becomes part of the public domain in any manner other than through a breach of this Section 13.19 by such Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or Lender or any employees or agents thereof; (g) any information that is in the possession of any Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or any Lender prior to receipt thereof from Borrower or any other Person known to the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or the Lenders to be acting on behalf of Borrower or obtained from another source thereafter (other than through a breach of this Section 13.19 ) or (h) to the beneficiary of any assignment, transfer, pledge or grant of any security interest under Section 11.15 .

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Section 13.19 , after notice to Borrower, any Agent, the Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or any Lender shall be free to disclose any information regarding the tax structure of the transaction contemplated in this Credit Agreement to any relevant Governmental Authority requiring such information.

 

13.20      Jointly Drafted . This Credit Agreement and each of the other Credit Documents shall be deemed to have been jointly drafted, and no provision of this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document shall be interpreted or construed for or against any party hereto because such party purportedly prepared or requested such provision, any other provision, or this Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document as a whole.

 

13.21      Union Bank, N.A. . The Lenders hereby direct Union Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent and Depositary Bank, to enter into all of the Collateral Documents and any other Credit Documents to which it is a party, in either or both such capacities.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have caused this Credit Agreement to be duly executed by an authorized representative or Authorized Officer thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

 

  IDAHO WIND PARTNERS 1, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company,
  as Borrower
  By: RP Wind ID LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name: Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

  tHE Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch ,
  as Administrative Agent
     
  By: /s/ ANDREW DOUGLAS
    Name: ANDREW DOUGLAS
    Title: Authorized Signatory
     
  tHE Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch ,
  as PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank
     
  By: /s/ Koichiro Oshima
    Name: Koichiro Oshima
    Title: Senior Vice President & Group Head
     
  tHE Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch ,
  as Lender
     
  By: /s/ Koichiro Oshima
    Name: Koichiro Oshima
    Title: Senior Vice President & Group Head

 

 

 

 

  UNION BANK, N.A.,
  as Collateral Agent
     
  By: /s/ EVA ARYEETEY
    Name: EVA ARYEETEY
    Title: VICE PRESIDENT

 

 

 

 

  ING CAPITAL LLC,
  as Lender
     
  By:  /s/ ERWIN THOMET
  Name: ERWIN THOMET
  Title: MANAGING DIRECTOR
     
  By: /s/ SCOTT HANCOCK
    Name: SCOTT HANCOCK
    Title: VICE PRESIDENT
     
  ING CAPITAL LLC,
  as DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank
     
  By:  /s/ ERWIN THOMET
    Name: ERWIN THOMET
    Title: MANAGING DIRECTOR
     
  By: /s/ SCOTT HANCOCK
    Name: SCOTT HANCOCK
    Title: VICE PRESIDENT

 

 

 

 

  NORDDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE, NEW YORK BRANCH,
  as Lender
     
  By: /s/
    Name:
    Title:
     
  By: /s/ Andrew Vernon
    Name: Andrew Vernon
    Title: Director

 

 

 

 

  BURLEY BUTTE WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
     
  By: Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: RP Wind ID LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name: Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

  CAMP REED WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
     
  By: Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: RP Wind ID LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name: Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

  GOLDEN VALLEY WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
     
  By: Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: RP Wind ID LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name: Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

  MILNER DAM WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
     
  By: Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: RP Wind ID LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name: Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

  OREGON TRAIL WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
     
  By: Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: RP Wind ID LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name: Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

  PAYNE’S FERRY WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
     
  By: Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: RP Wind ID LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name: Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

  PILGRIM STAGE STATION WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
     
  By: Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: RP Wind ID LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name: Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

  SALMON FALLS WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
     
  By: Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: RP Wind ID LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name: Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

  THOUSAND SPRINGS WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
     
  By: Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: RP Wind ID LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name: Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

  TUANA GULCH WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
     
  By: Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: RP Wind ID LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name: Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

  YAHOO CREEK WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
     
  By: Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: RP Wind ID LLC
    its Managing Member
     
  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name: Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

   

ANNEX A

 

DEFINITIONS

 

As used in the Credit Agreement and its Annexes, Schedules and Exhibits, the following terms shall have the respective meanings indicated:

 

Acceptable Guarantee ” means a guarantee in a form reasonably acceptable to Collateral Agent (with the consent of the Majority Lenders) provided by a Qualified Guarantor to Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders to satisfy, in whole or in part, the Debt Service Reserve Requirement, the Supplemental Reserve Amount, the O&M Reserve Requirement or the Minimum Major Maintenance Reserve Amount.

 

Acceptable Letter of Credit ” means a letter of credit in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 to the Credit Agreement or otherwise in a form reasonably acceptable to Collateral Agent (in consultation with the Majority Lenders) issued by a Qualified LC Issuer to Collateral Agent, as beneficiary, for the benefit of the Lenders, in respect of which no Obligor is an account party and the reimbursement obligations with respect to which are not recourse to an Obligor to satisfy, in whole or in part, the Debt Service Reserve Requirement, the Supplemental Reserve Amount, the O&M Reserve Requirement or the Minimum Major Maintenance Reserve Amount.

 

Acceptance Tests ” means the acceptance tests performed in respect of Start-up and Commissioning and any other acceptance tests performed in accordance with the Construction Contracts in order to determine that Completion in respect of a Project has occurred.

 

Account Control Agreement ” means an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent which provides for Collateral Agent to have “control” (as defined in Section 8-106 of the UCC, as such term relates to investment property (other than certificated securities or commodity contracts), or as used in Section 9-106 of the UCC, as such term relates to commodity contracts, or as used in Section 9-104(a) of the UCC, as such term relates to deposit accounts).

 

Accounts ” means the Borrower Accounts and the Borrower Subsidiary Accounts.

 

ACSM ” means American Congress on Surveying and Mapping.

 

Additional Funding Costs Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(a)(ii) of the Credit Agreement.

 

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Additional Project Documents ” means any contract or agreement relating to the development, construction, testing, operation, maintenance, repair, financing or use of a Project entered into by an Obligor with any other Person in the ordinary course of business subsequent to the date of the Credit Agreement (a) that replaces or substitutes for any Principal Project Document, (b) if the aggregate cost or value of goods and services to be acquired by an Obligor pursuant thereto could reasonably be expected to exceed $500,000 or the equivalent per annum, (c) if the aggregate revenue payable to an Idaho Wind Entity pursuant thereto could reasonably be expected to exceed $500,000 or the equivalent per annum, (d) if the aggregate amount of termination fees or liquidated damages which could be incurred by an Idaho Wind Entity in respect of such Additional Project Document per annum could reasonably be expected to exceed $500,000 or the equivalent or (e) the loss of such contract or agreement could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Adjusted LIBO Rate ” means, with respect to any LIBO Rate Loan for any Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 th of 1%) determined in accordance with the following formula: LIBO Rate/(1.00-Reserve Requirement).

 

Adjustment Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.21 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Administrative Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of the Credit Agreement.

 

Administrative Agent Fee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(b) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Administrative Agent Fee Letter ” means the fee letter, dated as of October 8, 2010, between Borrower and Administrative Agent.

 

Affected Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(a)(ii) of the Credit Agreement.

 

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, or who holds or beneficially owns 10% or more of the equity interest in the Person specified or 10% or more of any class of voting securities of the Person specified. As used herein, the term “control” means possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of partnership interests or voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

After Tax Basis ” means after taking into account all Taxes required to be paid by the recipient of the indemnity with respect to the receipt or accrual by it of amounts for which it is entitled to be indemnified.

 

Agency Fees ” means the Administrative Agent Fee, the Collateral Agent Fee and the Depositary Bank Fee.

 

Agents ” means, collectively or individually, depending on the context, Administrative Agent, Depositary Bank and Collateral Agent.

 

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ALTA ” means the American Land Title Association.

 

Annual Operating Budget ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.10(b) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Anti-Terrorism Laws ” means (a) the anti-money laundering provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, (b) any of the foreign asset control regulations of the U.S. Treasury Department (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) or any enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto and (c) Executive Order No. 13,224 Fed Reg 49,079 (2001) issued by the President of the United States (Executive Order Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism).

 

Applicable Margin ” means, with respect to any Loan or LC Loan at any time, the percentage set forth for such Loan or LC Loan at such time in the table below:

 

Time   Base Rate Loans     LIBO Rate Loans  
Prior to the Term Conversion Date     1.50 %     2.50 %
On the Term Conversion Date and until the second anniversary of the Term Conversion Date     1.50 %     2.50 %
On the second anniversary of the Term Conversion Date and until the fifth anniversary of the Term Conversion Date     1.75 %     2.75 %
On the fifth anniversary of the Term Conversion Date and until the eighth anniversary of the Term Conversion Date     2.00 %     3.00 %
On the eighth anniversary of the Term Conversion Date and until the eleventh anniversary of the Term Conversion Date     2.25 %     3.25 %
On the eleventh anniversary of the Term Conversion Date and until the fourteenth anniversary of the Term Conversion Date     2.50 %     3.50 %
On the fourteenth anniversary of the Term Conversion Date and until the Term Loan Maturity Date     2.75 %     3.75 %

 

Atlantic Member ” means Atlantic Idaho Wind A, LLC.

 

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Authorized Officer ” means: (a) with respect to any Person that is a corporation, the chief executive officer, the president, any vice president, secretary, the treasurer or the chief financial officer of such Person or any other authorized officer (to the extent Borrower provides reasonable evidence of the authority of such officer); (b) with respect to any Person that is a partnership, the general partner or an Authorized Officer of a general partner of such Person or such other authorized officer as appointed by the board of directors or other governing body of such general partner; or (c) with respect to any Person that is a limited liability company, any member or manager, or to the extent duly authorized so to act pursuant to such Person’s governing documents, the president, any vice president, secretary, the treasurer, chief financial officer of such Person, the Managing Member or any other authorized officer (to the extent Borrower provides reasonable evidence of the authority of such officer). No Person shall be deemed to be an “Authorized Officer” unless designated as an individual duly authorized to act on behalf of such Person in a certificate of incumbency of such Person delivered to Administrative Agent.

 

Available DSR LC Commitment ” means at any time, the Total DSR LC Commitment at such time minus the DSR LC Exposure at such time.

 

Available PPA LC Commitment ” means at any time, the Total PPA LC Commitment at such time minus the PPA LC Exposure at such time.

 

Available Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment ” means (a) at any time prior to the Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date, the Total Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment at such time minus the aggregate outstanding amount of the Tranche A Construction Loans at such time, and (b) on or after the Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date, zero.

 

Available Tranche B Construction Loan Commitment ” means (a) at any time prior to the Tranche B Construction Loan Maturity Date, the Total Tranche B Construction Loan Commitment at such time minus the aggregate outstanding amount of the Tranche B Construction Loans at such time, and (b) on or after the Tranche B Construction Loan Maturity Date, zero.

 

Available Tranche C Loan Commitment ” means (a) at any time prior to the expiration of the Tranche C Loan Availability Period, the Total Tranche C Loan Commitments at such time minus the aggregate outstanding amount of the Tranche C Loans at such time, and (b) on or after the expiration of the Tranche C Loan Availability Period, zero.

 

Banking Day ” means (a) any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks are authorized to be closed in New York, New York and (b) where such term is used in any respect relating to a LIBO Rate Loan, a day on which dealings in Dollar deposits are carried out in the London interbank market.

 

Bankruptcy Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.4 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Bankruptcy Law ” means Title 11, United States Code, and any other State or federal insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar law for the relief of debtors.

 

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Base Case Projections ” means, as applicable, (a) the Closing Date Base Case Projections, (b) the Term Conversion Date Base Case Projections, and (c) any Updated Base Case Projections.

 

Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greater of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day; (b) the Federal Funds Rate for such day plus 0.500%; (c) the Adjusted LIBO Rate (assuming an Interest Period of one month) on such day (or, if such day is not a Banking Day, on the immediately preceding Banking Day) plus 1.00%, (d) the Adjusted LIBO Rate (assuming an Interest Period of three months) on such day (or, if such day is not a Banking Day, on the immediately preceding Banking Day) plus 1.00% and (e) the Adjusted LIBO Rate (assuming an Interest Period of six months) on such day (or, if such day is not a Banking Day, on the immediately preceding Banking Day); provided that, for purposes of Section 2.11(a) and 2.11(b) of the Credit Agreement, clauses (c), (d) and (e) shall be disregarded from the foregoing definition. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate, as the case may be.

 

Base Rate Loans ” means Loans or LC Loans which bear interest at the Base Rate.

 

Bell Rapids Common Use Agreement ” means the Bell Rapids Substation and Transmission Easements Common Use Agreement dated as of September 22, 2010 by and among Camp Reed, Oregon Trail, Payne’s Ferry, Thousand Springs, Tuana Gulch, Yahoo Creek and Borrower.

 

Bell Rapids Subsidiaries ” means each of Oregon Trail, Payne’s Ferry, Thousand Springs, Tuana Gulch, Yahoo Creek and Camp Reed.

 

Bell Rapids Substation ” means the “High Voltage Substation” as such term is defined in the EPC Contract.

 

Bell Rapids Transmission and Access Agreements ” means (a) the Bell Rapids Transmission and Access Easement Agreement dated May 7, 2010, entered into by and between Randy G. Bean, a/k/a Randy Bean, an unmarried man, Randall G. Bean, as Personal Representative of the Estates of Charles Gary Bean, a/k/a Gary Bean and Norma Jean Bean, a/k/a Norma J. Bean, both deceased, and RGB Farms, a partnership, an assumed business name of Randy Bean and Charles Gary Bean, collectively as Grantor and Bell Rapids Electric, LLC, as Grantee, which was recorded on May 28, 2010 as Instrument No. 2010-010811, records of Twin Falls County, Idaho and on May 28, 2010 as Instrument No. 414580, records of Elmore County, Idaho, (b) the Bell Rapids Transmission and Access Easement Agreement dated May 5, 2010 entered into by and between Plateau Farms, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company, as Grantor and Bell Rapids Electric, LLC, as Grantee, which was recorded on May 28, 2010 as Instrument No. 2010-010813, records of Twin Falls County, Idaho and (c) the Bell Rapids Transmission and Access Easement Agreement dated May 19, 2010 entered into by and between Bell Rapids Mutual Irrigation Company, an Idaho corporation, as Grantor and Bell Rapids, as Grantee, which was recorded on May 28, 2010 as Instrument No. 2010-010814, records of Twin Falls County, Idaho.

 

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Benefited Bank ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.10 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Bionomics ” means Bionomics Environmental, Inc.

 

BLM Permit ” means the special use permit to be obtained by the Interconnection Provider from the United States Bureau of Land Management (“BLM”) to use BLM land to provide for provide electrical interconnection between the Site (Salmon Falls) and the Interconnection Provider’s facilities.

 

BOP O&M Agreement ” means the Balance of Plant, Operation and Maintenance Services Agreement dated as of September 28, 2010 among BOP Operator and Borrower.

 

BOP Operator ” means Caribou Inc.

 

Borrower ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of the Credit Agreement.

 

Borrower Account Control Agreement ” means the Special Deposit Account Control Agreement dated as of October 8, 2010 among Checking Account Bank, Collateral Agent, Borrower and each Borrower Subsidiary in respect of the Checking Accounts.

 

Borrower Accounts ” has the meaning set forth in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Borrower Operating Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Borrower dated as of May 11, 2010, as amended by the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement dated as of June 18, 2010, as further amended by the Second Amendment to the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Borrower dated as of October 8, 2010.

 

Borrower Subsidiary ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of the Credit Agreement.

 

Borrower Subsidiary Accounts ” has the meaning set forth in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Borrower’s Closing Certificate ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(g) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Borrowing means a borrowing of Construction Loans, Term Loans or Tranche C Loans.

 

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Borrowing Date ” means a Banking Day specified in a Notice of Construction Loan Borrowing, Notice of Term Conversion, Notice of Tranche C Loan Borrowing, or Notice of LC Activity on which the Lenders make Loans or an Letter of Credit Issuing Bank issues a Letter of Credit pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

 

Burley Butte ” means Burley Butte Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company.

 

Calculation Date ” means each Quarterly Date commencing on the first such date after the Term Conversion Date.

 

Camp Reed ” means Camp Reed Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company.

 

Camp Reed Delay Security LC ” means the letter of credit issued by the PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank in favor of Idaho Power, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 , to be delivered by or on behalf of Camp Reed to Idaho Power pursuant to Section 5.7 of the Power Purchase Agreement (Camp Reed).

 

Camp Reed PPA LC ” means the letter of credit issued by the PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank in favor of Idaho Power, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 , to be delivered by or on behalf of Camp Reed to Idaho Power prior to the Operation Date of the Project (Camp Reed), under and as defined in the Power Purchase Agreement (Camp Reed).

 

Capital Adequacy Requirement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(d) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Cash Grant ” means the cash grant provided for from the U.S. Treasury Department under Section 1603 of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 with respect to each Project.

 

Cash Grant Application ” means the application for a Cash Grant filed by each Borrower Subsidiary, as an applicant, for a Cash Grant in respect of its Project.

 

Cash Grant Application Date ” means the date on which each Borrower Subsidiary files its Cash Grant Application.

 

Cash Grant Proceeds ” means the Cash Grant proceeds received by a Borrower Subsidiary from the U.S. Treasury Department in respect of its Project.

 

Cash Grant Recapture Liabilities ” means any loss or liability to an Idaho Wind Entity resulting from all or any portion of any Cash Grant being required to be repaid to the U.S. Treasury Department as a result of (a) any direct or indirect ownership interest in the Borrower being disposed of to a Disqualified Person or (b) any portion of a Project for which the Cash Grant was claimed ceasing to be or otherwise being determined not to be “specified energy property”, including, in each case, any interest and penalties related thereto.

 

CEC ” means the California Energy Commission or its regulatory successor.

 

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CEC Certification ” means, in respect of a Project, certification of the Project as a renewable energy resource eligible for the RPS.

 

Change of Control ” means (i) on or prior to the Term Conversion Date, Reunion Power LLC and Atlantic Power Corporation shall collectively cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Class C Membership Interests and Class C Units in Borrower, or (ii) after the Term Conversion Date, Reunion Power LLC and Atlantic Power Corporation shall collectively cease to own, directly or indirectly, 51% of the Class C Membership Interests and Class C Units in Borrower.

 

Change of Law ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.11(b) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Checking Account ” has the meaning set forth in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Checking Account Bank ” means Union Bank N.A., or any other bank or other financial institution reasonably selected by Borrower with respect to the Checking Accounts or the Exergy Escrow Account.

 

Claims ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.5(a)(i) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Class ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Class A Membership Interests ” has the meaning set forth in the Borrower Operating Agreement.

 

Closing Date ” means the date upon which each of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.1 of the Credit Agreement has been satisfied (or waived by the Lenders by a written instrument signed by the Lenders).

 

Closing Date Base Case Projections ” means a projection of operating results for Borrower and the Projects over a period ending no sooner than the 20 th anniversary of the Closing Date, prepared by Borrower and showing at a minimum Borrower’s reasonable good faith estimates, as of the Closing Date of revenue, operating expenses and sources and uses of revenues over the forecast period and containing assumptions satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, which projection is attached as Exhibit H-7 to the Credit Agreement.

 

Closing Date Material Adverse Effect ” means any event, circumstance or occurrence of whatever nature that results in a material and adverse effect on (a)  the business, properties, performance, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of an Obligor or a Project; (b) the ability of an Idaho Wind Entity to perform its obligations under the Operative Documents to which it is a party; (c) the validity or priority of the Lenders’ security interests in and liens on the collateral, or the enforceability of the Credit Documents; or (d) the ability of the secured parties to enforce any of their rights and remedies or obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document.

 

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COD Development Fee ” has the meaning set forth in the Development Fee Agreement.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

 

Collateral ” means all real and personal property which is subject, or is intended or required to become subject, to the security interests or liens granted by any of the Collateral Documents.

 

Collateral Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble of the Credit Agreement.

 

Collateral Agent and Depositary Bank Fee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(b) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Collateral Agent and Depositary Bank Fee Letter ” means the fee letter, dated as of September 27, 2010, between Borrower, Collateral Agent and Depositary Bank.

 

Collateral Documents ” means each Mortgage, each Pledge and Security Agreement, the Depositary Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, Borrower Account Control Agreement, the Exergy Member Dispute Indemnity (when executed and delivered), the Exergy Account Control Agreement (when executed and delivered), each Account Control Agreement, the Consents, the Landowner Estoppels, each Power of Attorney, and any other mortgage, deed of trust, security document, financing statement and the like filed or recorded in connection with the foregoing.

 

Commitment Increase ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.17(a) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Commitment Increase Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.17(a) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Commitments ” means, with respect to the applicable Lender, (a) Tranche A Construction Loan Commitments, (b) Tranche B Construction Loan Commitments, (c) Term Loan Commitments, (d) Tranche C Loan Commitments and (e) LC Commitments.

 

Common Use Agreements ” means the Bell Rapids Common Use Agreement and the O&M Common Use Agreement.

 

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Completion ” means, (a) in respect of each Initial Project, that: (i) “Turbine Completion” has occurred under the Turbine Supply Agreement in respect of each WTG relating to such Project, (ii) the “Operation Date” (as defined in such Project’s Power Purchase Agreement) has occurred under such Project’s Power Purchase Agreement, (iii) “Project Site Substantial Completion” with respect to such Project has occurred under the EPC Contract, (iv) “High Voltage Electrical System Substantial Completion” has occurred under the EPC Contract and (v) all applicable Acceptance Tests have been completed, all as certified by the Independent Engineer to Administrative Agent, (b) in respect of Project (Burley Butte) and Project (Milner Dam) that: (i) “Turbine Completion” has occurred under the Turbine Supply Agreement in respect of each WTG relating to such Project, (ii) the “First Energy Date” (as defined in such Project’s Power Purchase Agreement) has occurred under such Project’s Power Purchase Agreement, (iii) the applicable Borrower Subsidiary has requested an “Operation Date” (as defined in such Project’s Power Purchase Agreement) in writing from Idaho Power pursuant to Section 5.2 of such Project’s Power Purchase Agreement and the applicable Borrower Subsidiary has received written confirmation from Idaho Power accepting such Operation Date, which Operation Date must occur no later than June 1, 2011, (iv) “Project Site Substantial Completion” with respect to such Project has occurred under the EPC Contract, (v) “High Voltage Electrical System Substantial Completion” has occurred under the EPC Contract and (vi) all applicable Acceptance Tests have been completed, all as certified by the Independent Engineer to Administrative Agent and (c) in respect of Project (Salmon Falls) that: (i) “Turbine Completion” has occurred under the Turbine Supply Agreement in respect of each WTG relating to such Project, (ii) the “First Energy Date” (as defined in such Project’s Power Purchase Agreement) has occurred under such Project’s Power Purchase Agreement, (iii) “Project Site Substantial Completion” with respect to such Project has occurred under the EPC Contract, (iv) “High Voltage Electrical System Substantial Completion” has occurred under the EPC Contract and (v) all applicable Acceptance Tests have been completed, all as certified by the Independent Engineer to Administrative Agent.

 

Completion Date ” in respect of a Project, means the date on which Completion in respect of such Project occurs.

 

Completion Reserve Account ” has the meaning set forth in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Completion (Salmon Falls) ” means that the Completion Date in respect of the Project (Salmon Falls) has occurred, the “Operation Date” (as defined in the Power Purchase Agreement (Salmon Falls)) has occurred under the Power Purchase Agreement (Salmon Falls) and Project (Salmon Falls) has completed all upgrades or modifications necessary to generate and transmit electric energy in all amounts up to and including its nameplate capacity, as certified by the Independent Engineer to Administrative Agent.

 

Confirmations ” means the rate swap confirmations to be entered into between Borrower and Hedge Counterparties pursuant to and in accordance with the Interest Rate Hedge Agreements.

 

Consents ” means the Consent and Agreements, identified on Exhibit H-6 to the Credit Agreement, in each case among an Obligor, Collateral Agent and the Persons identified therein, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent and any other consents executed in connection with any Additional Project Document entered into by an Obligor after the Closing Date and substantially in the form of Exhibit F-6 to the Credit Agreement.

 

Construction Account ” has the meaning set forth in the Depositary Agreement.

 

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Construction Contracts ” means, collectively, the Turbine Supply Agreement and the EPC Contract.

 

Construction Development Fee ” has the meaning set forth in the Development Fee Agreement.

 

Construction Loans ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Construction Oversight Agreement ” means the Construction Oversight Agreement dated as of July 12, 2010 between Borrower and Power Constructors, Inc.

 

Contingency ” means the aggregate amount specified in the “Contingency” line item in the Project Budget.

 

Contractors ” means, collectively, Turbine Supplier and EPC Contractor.

 

Controlled Group ” means, collectively, any Person, trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is under common control or treated as a single employer with the Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries within the meaning of Section 414(b) or 414(c) of the Code.

 

Conversion/Continuation Certificate ” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-6 to the Credit Agreement.

 

Cost Segregation Closing Report ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(k) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Cost Segregation Consultant ” means (a) for the purposes of preparing the Cost Segregation Closing Report and any updates to such report, Ernst & Young, (b) for the purposes of preparing the final report to be delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.23(a) of the Credit Agreement, Deloitte and (c) any other Person from time to time appointed by Borrower with the consent of the Majority Lenders to act as Cost Segregation Consultant.

 

CPUC ” means the California Public Utilities Commission or its regulatory successor.

 

Credit Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Credit Agreement.

 

Credit Documents ” means, collectively, the Credit Agreement, the Notes, the Collateral Documents, the Letters of Credit, the Interest Rate Hedging Agreements, the Member Indemnity Agreements and any other loan or security agreements, fee letter agreements or letter agreements or similar documents, agreements or instruments entered into in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

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Credit Party ” means Administrative Agent, each Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, or any other Lender.

 

Debt Service ” means, for any period, the sum of (a) all fees, expenses and other charges payable under the Credit Agreement (other than amounts payable for such period pursuant to Section 4.2(c) ( first ) of the Depositary Agreement), (b) interest payable on the Loans and LC Loans (net of ordinary course settlement payments received under Interest Rate Hedging Agreements), (c) principal (including any payments of principal with respect to any LC Loan, but excluding any payments of principal with respect to any Tranche B Construction Loans or payments with respect to any outstanding Drawing Payments that have not been converted into LC Loans) and (d) net ordinary course settlement payments payable pursuant to Interest Rate Hedging Agreements, in each case paid, or projected to be paid, by Borrower during such period.

 

Debt Service Payment Account ” has the meaning set forth in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Debt Service Reserve Account ” has the meaning set forth in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Debt Service Reserve Requirement ” means, on any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of the scheduled principal and interest (after taking into account the affect of the Interest Rate Hedging Agreements) on the Term Loans, Tranche C Loans and LC Loans payable by Borrower during the next succeeding six months, as calculated by the Administrative Agent.

 

Debt to Equity Ratio ” means, as of any date of determination, the ratio of (a) the aggregate principal amount of Loans and LC Loans outstanding under the Credit Agreement to (b) the aggregate Equity Contribution.

 

Default ” means any occurrence, circumstance or event, or any combination thereof, which, with the lapse of time, the giving of notice or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender that (a) has failed, within two Banking Days of the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans or LC Loans, (ii) fund any portion of its participations in Letters of Credit or (iii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it under the Credit Agreement, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under the Credit Agreement (unless such writing or public statement indicates that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) to funding a loan under the Credit Agreement cannot be satisfied) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) has failed, within three Banking Days after request by a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender that it will comply with its obligations (and is financially able to meet such obligations) to fund prospective Loans and LC Loans and participations in then outstanding Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s receipt of such certification in form and substance satisfactory to it and Administrative Agent, or (d) has become the subject of a Lender Bankruptcy Event.

 

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Default Rate means, (a) with respect to any Base Rate Loans outstanding from time to time or any other amounts not covered by clause (b) below, the interest rate per annum equal to the Base Rate then in effect plus the Applicable Margin plus 2%, or (b) with respect to any LIBO Rate Loans outstanding from time to time, the interest rate per annum equal to the LIBO Rate then in effect  plus the Applicable Margin plus 2%.

 

Delayed Projects ” means the Project (Burley Butte), the Project (Milner Dam) and the Project (Salmon Falls).

 

Delay Security LC ” means each letter of credit issued by General Electric Capital Corporation in favor of Idaho Power for the account of each of Camp Reed, Payne’s Ferry and Yahoo Creek.

 

Depositary Agreement ” means the Depositary Agreement among Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary, Collateral Agent, Administrative Agent and Depositary Bank, in substantially the form of Exhibit F-3 to the Credit Agreement.

 

Depositary Bank ” means Union Bank, N.A., in its capacity as Depositary Bank for the Lenders and any permitted successors or assigns.

 

Depositary Bank Fee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(b) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Development Fee Agreement ” means the Development Fee Agreement dated as of May 11, 2010 between the Borrower and Exergy Development Group of Idaho, L.L.C.

 

Development Fees ” means the Construction Development Fee and the COD Development Fee.

 

Disposition ” means any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition of any property (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) by an Obligor to any other Person excluding any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposition of any property sold or disposed of in the ordinary course of business and on ordinary business terms. “Dispose” has the correlative meaning.

 

Disputes ” means the disputes disclosed in Exhibit O of the Credit Agreement.

 

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Disqualified Person ” means (a) a federal state or local government (or political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof), (b) an organization described in Section 501(c) of the Code and exempt from tax under Section 501(a) of the Code, (c) an entity described in paragraph (4) of Section 54(j) of the Code, (d) a real estate investment trust, as defined in Section 856(a) of the Code, (e) a regulated investment company, as defined in Section 851(a) of the Code, or (f) a partnership or other “pass-thru entity” (within the meaning of paragraph (g)(4) of Section 1603 of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009) any direct or indirect partner (or other holder of an equity or profits interest) of which is an organization described in (a) through (e) above unless such person owns an indirect interest in such Borrower Subsidiary through a “taxable C corporation” (other than a regulated investment company), as that term is used in the Treasury Guidance; provided , further , that if and to the extent the definition of “ Disqualified Person ” under Section 1603(g) of division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is amended after the date of the Credit Agreement and such amendment is applicable to the Cash Grant, the definition of “ Disqualified Person ” under the Credit Agreement shall be interpreted to conform to such amendment and any Treasury Guidance with respect thereto.

 

Distribution Conditions ” has the meaning set forth in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Distribution Reserve Account ” has the meaning set forth in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Dollars ” and “ $ ” means United States dollars or such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment shall be legal tender for the payment of public and private debts in the United States of America.

 

Draft Cash Grant Application ” means, in respect of each Project, a substantially complete draft of the Cash Grant Application to be delivered to the Administrative Agent in respect of such Project in accordance with Section 5.23(a) of the Credit Agreement. 

 

Drawing ” means a drawing on a Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof.

 

Drawing Payment ” means a payment by a Letter of Credit Issuing Bank of all or any part of the Stated Amount in conjunction with a Drawing under any Letter of Credit.

 

DSR LC Commitment ” means the commitment of a DSR LC Lender to make LC Loans to Borrower, up to an aggregate amount, at any one time outstanding, not in excess of such DSR LC Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Total DSR LC Commitment at such time.

 

DSR LC Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate Stated Amount of all DSR Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time, plus (b) the amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount of all Drawing Payments made in respect of a DSR Letter of Credit prior to such time minus (ii) the aggregate amount of Eligible Reimbursed Drawing Payments made in respect of a Drawing Payment under a DSR Letter of Credit at such time, plus (c) the amount equal to (i) the aggregate principal amount of all DSR LC Loans prior to such time under the Credit Agreement minus (ii) the aggregate amount of Eligible Repaid LC Loans that were DSR LC Loans at such time. The DSR LC Exposure of any DSR LC Lender at any time shall be its Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Total DSR LC Exposure at such time.

 

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DSR LC Lender ” means the Lenders identified as “DSR LC Lenders” on Exhibit I to the Credit Agreement.

 

DSR LC Loans ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d)(iv) of the Credit Agreement.

 

DSR Letter of Credit ” means the letter of credit issued by the DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 to the Credit Agreement.

 

DSR Letter of Credit Availability Period ” means the period from the Term Conversion Date to the LC Facility Maturity Date.

 

DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Credit Agreement.

 

Easements ” means the “Easement Estates” as defined and described in each Mortgage.

 

ECCA ” means the Membership Interest Purchase and Equity Capital Contribution Agreement, dated as of May 11, 2010, among Borrower, Exergy Member, Reunion Member and GE Member.

 

Eligible Assignee ” means any Person (other than a natural Person, an Idaho Wind Entity or any Affiliate of an Idaho Wind Entity) that (a) is a bank, insurance company or other lending institution, (b) is or will be engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course or (c) is administered or managed by a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or a Person or an Affiliate or a Person that administers or manages a Lender.

 

Eligible Costs ” means expenditures entitled to be included in the basis (or cost) of property eligible for a Cash Grant as described in the Treasury Guidance, as supplemented by related rules in the Code, including Sections 263 and 263A of the Code, and Treasury Regulations, including Treasury Regulations sections 1.46-3, 1.263A-1, 1.263A-8 and 1.266-1.

 

Eligible Reimbursed Drawing Payment ” means an amount equal to the aggregate amount of any Drawing Payments repaid by Borrower in accordance with Section 2.4(b)(i) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Eligible Repaid LC Loan ” means an amount equal to the aggregate amount of any LC Loans repaid by Borrower in accordance with Section 2.4(b)(ii) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Eminent Domain Proceeds ” has the meaning set forth in the Depositary Agreement.

 

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Environmental Claim ” means any Claim arising under or relating in any way to any non-compliance with liability under any Environmental Law or any Permit issued under any such Environmental Law (hereafter as used in this definition, “Environmental Claims”), including any Environmental Claims by any Governmental Authority or any other Person for enforcement or for damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or other actions, or injunctive relief resulting from or relating to Hazardous Substances or arising from alleged injury or threat of injury to the environment.

 

Environmental Law ” means any Law, whenever enacted or in effect, including all common law, concerning pollution, protection of human health and safety (to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Substances), wildlife, the environment or natural resources or the manufacture, distribution in commerce, use of Release of, or exposure of humans or other living organisms to, Hazardous Substances.

 

EPC Contract ” means the Amended and Restated Balance of Plant Engineering, Procurement and Services Agreement, dated as of June 18, 2010, between Borrower and EPC Contractor, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Balance of Plant Engineering, Procurement and Services Agreement, dated as of October 6, 2010 between Borrower and EPC Contractor.

 

EPC Contractor ” means Fagen, Inc.

 

Equity Contribution ” means the aggregate amount of any non-borrowed funds contributed by or on behalf of Borrower or a Borrower Subsidiary toward Project Costs; excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any funds borrowed under the Credit Documents or under a Member Loan.

 

Equity Fees ” means the Development Fees, the Pre-Closing Amount and the Post-Closing Amount.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

ERISA Plan ” means any employee benefit plan (a) maintained by Borrower, any Borrower Subsidiary, or any member of the Controlled Group, or to which any of them contributes, is obligated to contribute, or has any liability for its employees and (b) covered by Title IV of ERISA or to which Section 412 of the Code applies.

 

Event of Default ” has the meaning set forth in Article VIII of the Credit Agreement.

 

Event of Eminent Domain ” means any compulsory transfer or taking by condemnation, eminent domain or exercise of a similar power, or transfer under threat of such compulsory transfer or taking, of any part of the Collateral or any of the Mortgaged Property, by any agency, department, authority, commission, board, instrumentality or political subdivision of any State in which a Project is located, the United States or another Governmental Authority having jurisdiction.

 

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Exergy Account Control Agreement ” means an Account Control Agreement among Exergy Member, Checking Account Bank and Collateral Agent in respect of the Exergy Escrow Account.

 

Exergy Escrow Account ” means an account established by Exergy Member with a Checking Account Bank.

 

Exergy Member ” means Exergy Idaho Holdings, LLC.

 

Exergy Member Dispute Indemnity ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.3(n) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Experienced Person ” means any Person that owns, operates or manages (or is majority owned or controlled by a Person that directly or indirectly owns, operates or manages) at least 250 MW of electric power generating capacity.

 

Expiration Date ” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the date of the expiration set forth therein.

 

Federal Funds Rate ” means, for any day, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the per annum rates on overnight federal funds transactions with member banks of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for such day (or, if such rate is not so published for any day, the average of the rates quoted by three federal funds brokers to Administrative Agent on such day on such transactions).

 

Federal Reserve Board ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

FERC ” means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and its successors.

 

Final Completion ” means (a) in respect of a Project, that (i) “Project Site Final Completion” under the EPC Contract has occurred in respect of such Project (including final acceptance of such work by Borrower, the applicable Borrower Subsidiary and Independent Engineer) and the completion or settlement of the “BOP Punch List” items (as such term is defined in the EPC Contract) in respect of such Project, (ii)  “Final Project Acceptance” under the Turbine Supply Agreement has occurred in respect of such Project (including final acceptance of such work by Borrower, the applicable Borrower Subsidiary and Independent Engineer) and completion or settlement of all “Punch List Items” (as such term is defined in the Turbine Supply Agreement) in respect of such Project and (iii) “High Voltage Electrical System Final Completion” under the EPC Contract has occurred (including final acceptance of such work by Borrower, the applicable Borrower Subsidiary and Independent Engineer) and the completion or settlement of the “HVES Punch List” items (as such term is defined in the EPC Contract) and (b) that completion of all such work referred to in clause (a) above shall have been in accordance with the Plans and Specifications for such Project and the requirements of all Required Permits applicable to such Project as certified by the Independent Engineer to Administrative Agent.

 

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Financial Condition Certificate ” means a financial condition certificate, substantially in the form of Exhibit G-5 of the Credit Agreement, duly authorized, executed and delivered by an Authorized Officer of the applicable Person.

 

Fixed and Variable O&M Costs ” means those costs which comprise the line items entitled “Planned O&M Expense” and “Unplanned O&M Expense” on the “Operations” worksheet in the Base Case Projections 1

 

FPA ” means the Federal Power Act, as amended.

 

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

 

GE Member ” means EFS Idaho Wind, LLC.

 

Gen-Tie Lines ” means the generator lead or transmission lines constructed by or on behalf of an Obligor or otherwise provided for by an Obligor to carry electrical power and other transmissions, including communications, from any collector or feeder lines associated with WTGs of any Project to the relevant substation therefor, including any and all poles, wires, cables, anchors, cross-arms and foundations.

 

Golden Valley ” means Golden Valley Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company.

 

Good Utility Practices ” means the practices, methods, and acts (including but not, limited to the practices, methods, and acts engaged in or approved by a significant portion of the wind energy electric generation industry) that, at a particular time, in the exercise of reasonable judgment in light of the facts known at the time a decision was made, could reasonably have been expected to accomplish the desired result in a manner consistent with law, regulation, permits, codes, standards, equipment manufacturer’s recommendations, reliability, safety, environmental protection, economy, and expedition. Good Utility Practices are not intended to be limited to a single set of practices, methods and acts, but rather a spectrum of acceptable practices, methods and acts.

 

Governmental Authority ” means any national, State or local government, any political subdivision thereof or any other governmental, quasi-governmental acting under delegated authority, judicial, public or statutory instrumentality, authority, body, agency, bureau or entity (including any zoning authority, FERC, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Comptroller of the Currency or the Federal Reserve Board, any central bank or any comparable authority), or any arbitrator with authority to bind a party at law.

 

Ground Leases ” means the “Ground Leases” as defined and described in each Mortgage.

  

 

1 Note: to conform to financial model.

 

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Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Guaranteed Performance Commitment Liquidated Damages ” means any performance liquidated damages payable by the Operator to an Obligor pursuant to Exhibit B of the Operations Support Agreement or otherwise.

 

Hazardous Substances ” means, collectively, (a) any petroleum or petroleum products, flammable materials, explosives, radioactive materials, asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, and transformers or other equipment that contain regulated levels of polychlorinated byphenyls (“ PCBs ”), (b) any chemicals or other materials or substances defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances”, “hazardous wastes”, “hazardous materials”, “extremely hazardous wastes”, “restricted hazardous wastes”, “toxic substances”, “toxic pollutants”, “contaminants”, or “pollutants” under any Environmental Law and (c) any other chemical or other material or substance (including products), exposure to which is prohibited, limited or regulated or could give rise to liability or standards of conduct under any Environmental Law.

 

Hedge Counterparty ” means any Tranche A Lender or its Affiliate that is a counterparty to an Interest Rate Hedging Agreement (or was an Affiliate of a Tranche A Lender at the time such Person entered into the Interest Rate Hedge Agreement).

 

Hedge Fix Fees ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.19 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Historical Debt Service Coverage Ratio ” means, as of any Calculation Date, the ratio of (a) Operating Cash Available for Debt Service to (b) Debt Service, for the 12 month period ending on such Calculation Date (or, in the case of the first, second and third Calculation Dates, such shorter period as applicable).

 

Idaho Power ” means Idaho Power Company.

 

Idaho Power Cross-Default Event ” means Power Purchaser shall default for a period beyond any applicable grace period (i) in the payment of any principal, interest or other amount due under any agreement or (ii) in the performance of any other obligation due under such agreement and pursuant to such default the holder of the obligations concerned exercises its right to accelerate the maturity of the indebtedness evidenced thereby, in each case, involving the borrowing of money or the advance of credit and the amounts payable under such agreement or agreements equals or exceeds $20,000,000 in the aggregate.

 

Idaho Wind Entity ” means Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and each Member.

 

Improvements has the meaning set forth in each Mortgage.

 

Incremental Amendment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.17(c) of the Credit Agreement.

 

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Incremental Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.17(b) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Incremental Loan ” means any Loan made by an Incremental Lender pursuant to an Incremental Commitment.

 

Incremental Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment Increase ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.17(a) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Incremental Tranche B Construction Loan Commitment Increase ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.17(a) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Incremental Tranche C Loan Commitment Increase ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.17(a) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Indebtedness ” means, with respect to an Obligor, (i) all indebtedness of such Obligor for borrowed money, (ii) the deferred purchase price of assets or services which in accordance with GAAP would be shown on the liability side of the balance sheet of Borrower or such Obligor, (iii) the face amount of all letters of credit issued for the account of such Obligor and, without duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder, (iv) all indebtedness for borrowed money of a second Person secured by any Lien on any property owned by an Obligor, whether or not such indebtedness has been assumed (except for Permitted Liens), (v) all obligations of an Obligor evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument, (vi) all obligations of an Obligor under leases which are or should be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases in respect of which an Obligor is liable, (vii) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by an Obligor (even though the rights and remedies of the seller or lender under such agreement are limited to repossession or sale of such property), (viii) all obligations of an Obligor, contingent or otherwise, in respect of acceptances, letters or credit or similar facilities issued or created for the account of an Obligor, (ix) all net ordinary course settlement obligations of Borrower under Interest Rate Hedging Agreements, and (x) all indebtedness of others guaranteed directly or indirectly by an Obligor; provided that Indebtedness shall not include trade payables arising in the ordinary course of business so long as such trade payables are payable within 30 days of the date the respective goods are delivered or the respective services are rendered and are not overdue.

 

Indemnitees ” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.5(a) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Independent Consultants ” means, collectively, the Cost Segregation Consultant, the Insurance Consultant, the Independent Engineer and the Wind Consultant.

 

Independent Engineer ” means R.W. Beck, Inc.

 

Initial LC Lenders ” means the Lenders identified on Exhibit I to the Credit Agreement as the “ Initial LC Lenders ”.

 

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Initial Projects ” means, collectively, all Projects other than the Delayed Projects.

 

Initial Repayment Date ” means the third Quarterly Date occurring after the Term Conversion Date.

 

Insurance Consultant ” means Moore-McNeil, LLC.

 

Insurance Proceeds ” has the meaning set forth in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Insurance Requirements ” means the provisions set forth on Schedule 5.15 to the Credit Agreement.

 

Interconnection Agreements ” means, collectively, the Interconnection Agreement (Burley Butte), the Interconnection Agreement (Golden Valley), the Interconnection Agreement (Milner Dam), the Interconnection Agreement (Pilgrim Stage), the Interconnection Agreement (Salmon Falls) and the Interconnection Agreement (Thousand Springs).

 

Interconnection Agreement (Burley Butte) ” means the Generator Interconnection Agreement dated as of September 23, 2010 among Idaho Power and Burley Butte.

 

Interconnection Agreement (Golden Valley) ” means the Generator Interconnection Agreement dated as of September 23, 2010 among Idaho Power and Golden Valley.

 

Interconnection Agreement (Milner Dam) ” means the Generator Interconnection Agreement dated as of September 23, 2010 among Idaho Power and Milner Dam.

 

Interconnection Agreement (Pilgrim Stage) ” means the Generator Interconnection Agreement dated as of September 23, 2010 among Idaho Power and Pilgrim Stage.

 

Interconnection Agreement (Salmon Falls) ” means the Generator Interconnection Agreement dated as of October 6, 2010 among Idaho Power and Salmon Falls.

 

Interconnection Agreement (Thousand Springs) ” means the Generator Interconnection Agreement dated as of September 23, 2010 among Idaho Power, Borrower, Camp Reed, Oregon Trail, Payne’s Ferry, Thousand Springs, Tuana Gulch and Yahoo Creek.

 

Interconnection LCs ” means collectively, (a) the letter of credit issued by General Electric Capital Corporation in favor of Idaho Power for the account of Golden Valley in the aggregate stated amount of $514,406.25, (b) the letter of credit issued by General Electric Capital Corporation in favor of Idaho Power for the account of Milner Dam in the aggregate stated amount of $881,839.50, (c) the letter of credit issued by General Electric Capital Corporation in favor of Idaho Power for the account of Salmon Falls in the aggregate stated amount of $881,839.50 and (d) the letter of credit issued by General Electric Capital Corporation in favor of Idaho Power for the account of Thousand Springs in the aggregate stated amount of $755,529.75.

 

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Interconnection Provider ” means Idaho Power or any permitted successor or permitted assign.

 

Intercreditor Agreement ” means the Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary, each Member, each Hedge Counterparty, Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.

 

Interest Payment Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(b) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Interest Period ” means, with respect to any Loan, the time periods selected by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.5(c) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Interest Rate Hedging Agreements ” means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement which is designed to protect against fluctuations in interest rates.

 

IPUC ” means the Idaho Public Utilities Commission.

 

Landowner Estoppels ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(ee) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Law ” means, with respect to any Person (i) any statute, law, regulation, ordinance, rule, judgment, order, decree, Permit, concession, grant, franchise, license, agreement or other governmental restriction or any interpretation or administration of any of the foregoing by any Governmental Authority and (ii) any directive, guideline, policy, requirement or any similar form of decision of or determination by any Governmental Authority, in each case, which is legally binding on such Person whether now or hereafter in effect.

 

LC Commitment ” means the DSR LC Commitment and/or PPA LC Commitment, as the context requires.

 

LC Facility Maturity Date ” means the earliest of (i) the Scheduled LC Facility Maturity Date, (ii) if the Term Conversion Date has not occurred by the Scheduled Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date, the Scheduled Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date and (iii) the date on which any Loan or LC Loan is accelerated in accordance with Article IX of the Credit Agreement.

 

LC Lenders ” means the DSR LC Lenders and/or the PPA LC Lenders, as the context requires.

 

LC Loan ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b)(iv) of the Credit Agreement.

 

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LC Loan Amortization Schedule ” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit L to the Credit Agreement.

 

LC Maintenance Fee ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.14(c)(i) of the Credit Agreement.

 

LC Note ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(e) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Legal Requirement ” means, as to any Person, any Law, any requirement under a Permit, and any determination of any Governmental Authority in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its properties or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

 

Lender Bankruptcy Event ” means, with respect to any Lender, such Lender becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, custodian, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Lender charged with the reorganization or liquidation of its business appointed for it, or, in the good faith determination of Administrative Agent, has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Lender Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of any ownership interest, or the acquisition of any ownership interest, in such Lender by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, provided, further , that such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Lender.

 

Lenders ” means (a) the Tranche A Lenders, (b) the Tranche B Lenders, (c) the Tranche C Lenders and (d) the LC Lenders.

 

Lending Office ” means, with respect to any Lender, the office designated as such next to the name of such Lender on Exhibit I to the Credit Agreement or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may specify in writing from time to time to Administrative Agent and Borrower.

 

Letter of Credit ” means, collectively or individually, the DSR Letter of Credit and the PPA Letters of Credit.

 

Letter of Credit Application ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Letter of Credit Issuing Bank ” means the DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and/or the PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank.

 

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LIBO Rate ” means for any LIBO Rate Loan for any Interest Period then applicable thereto, a rate per annum (rounded upwards if necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) determined by Administrative Agent equal to the rate appearing on Page BBAMI of the Bloomberg Professional Service (or any successor or substitute page of the Bloomberg Professional Service providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page, as determined by Administrative Agent) as the rate for deposits in Dollars having approximately the same maturity as the Interest Period then applicable to such Loan in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time), 2 Banking Days prior to the first day of the Interest Period then applicable to such Loan. In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then the “LIBO Rate” with respect to such Loan or LC Loan for such Interest Period shall be the average rate at which dollar deposits of $5,000,000 and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period are offered by the principal London office of three major banks (selected by Administrative Agent) in immediately available funds in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, 2 Banking Days prior to the first day of the Interest Period then applicable to such Loan.

 

LIBO Rate Loans ” means Loans or LC Loans made and/or being maintained at a rate of interest based upon the LIBO Rate.

 

Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, restrictive covenant or easement or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise perfected or effective under applicable law, or any interest of a vendor or lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or other title retention agreement relating to such asset.

 

Liquidation Costs ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.12 of the Credit Agreement.

 

LLC Agreement (Burley Butte) ” means the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Burley Butte Wind Park LLC, dated as of September 21, 2010, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

LLC Agreement (Camp Reed) ” means the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Camp Reed Wind Park LLC, dated as of September 21, 2010, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

LLC Agreement (Golden Valley) ” means the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Golden Valley Wind Park LLC, dated as of September 21, 2010, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

LLC Agreement (Milner Dam) ” means the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Milner Dam Wind Park LLC, dated as of September 21, 2010, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

LLC Agreement (Oregon Trail) ” means the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Oregon Trail Wind Park LLC, dated as of September 21, 2010, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

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LLC Agreement (Payne’s Ferry) ” means the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Payne’s Ferry Wind Park LLC, dated as of September 21, 2010, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

LLC Agreement (Pilgrim Stage) ” means the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Pilgrim Stage Wind Park LLC, dated as of September 21, 2010, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

LLC Agreement (Salmon Falls) ” means the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Salmon Falls Wind Park LLC, dated as of September 21, 2010, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

LLC Agreement (Thousand Springs) ” means the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Thousand Springs Wind Park LLC, dated as of September 21, 2010, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

LLC Agreement (Tuana Gulch) ” means the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Tuana Gulch Wind Park LLC, dated as of September 21, 2010, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

LLC Agreement (Yahoo Creek) ” means the Second Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Yahoo Creek Wind Park LLC, dated as of September 21, 2010, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Loan ” means (a) Tranche A Construction Loans, (b) Tranche B Construction Loans, (c) Term Loans and (d) Tranche C Loans.

 

Loan Amortization Schedule ” has the meaning set forth in Exhibit K to the Credit Agreement.

 

LORS Certification ” means a written acknowledgement by the CEC of an electric generation facility not located within the State of California that such facility meets California’s environmental quality laws, ordinances, regulations and standards as set forth in the CEC’s RPS Eligibility Guidebook.

 

Loss Proceeds ” has the meaning set forth in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Loss Proceeds Account ” has the meaning set forth in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Major Maintenance Reserve Account ” has the meaning set forth in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Majority Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders having in excess of 50.00% of the total outstanding Loans and LC Loans.

 

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Management Services Agreements ” means, collectively (a) that certain Amended and Restated Master Agreement of Common Terms for Management Services Agreements dated as of September 22, 2010, between Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and Manager, (b) the Management Services Agreement (Borrower), (c) the Management Services Agreement (Burley Butte), (d) the Management Services Agreement (Camp Reed), (e) the Management Services Agreement (Golden Valley), (f) the Management Services Agreement (Milner Dam), (g) the Management Services Agreement (Oregon Trail), (h) the Management Services Agreement (Payne’s Ferry), (i) the Management Services Agreement (Pilgrim Stage), (j) the Management Services Agreement (Salmon Falls), (k) the Management Services Agreement (Thousand Springs), (l) the Management Services Agreement (Tuana Gulch) and (m) the Management Services Agreement (Yahoo Creek).

 

Management Services Agreement (Borrower) ” means (a) that certain Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement dated as September 22, 2010, 2010 between Manager and Borrower, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time and (b) that certain Amended and Restated Master Agreement of Common Terms for Management Services Agreements dated as of September 22, 2010 between Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and Manager.

 

Management Services Agreement (Burley Butte) ” means (a) that certain Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement dated as of September 22, 2010 between Manager and Burley Butte, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time and (b) that certain Amended and Restated Master Agreement of Common Terms for Management Services Agreements dated as of September 22, 2010 between Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and Manager.

 

Management Services Agreement (Camp Reed) ” means (a) that certain Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement dated as of September 22, 2010 between Manager and Camp Reed, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time and (b) that certain Amended and Restated Master Agreement of Common Terms for Management Services Agreements dated as of September 22, 2010 between Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and Manager.

 

Management Services Agreement (Golden Valley) ” means (a) that certain Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement dated as of September 22, 2010 between Manager and Golden Valley, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time and (b) that certain Amended and Restated Master Agreement of Common Terms for Management Services Agreements dated as of September 22, 2010 between Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and Manager.

 

Management Services Agreement (Milner Dam) ” means (a) that certain Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement dated as of September 22, 2010 between Manager and Milner Dam, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time and (b) that certain Amended and Restated Master Agreement of Common Terms for Management Services Agreements dated as of September 22, 2010 between Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and Manager.

 

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Management Services Agreement (Oregon Trail) ” (a) that certain Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement dated as of September 22, 2010 between Manager and Oregon Trail, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time and (b) that certain Amended and Restated Master Agreement of Common Terms for Management Services Agreements dated as of September 22, 2010 between Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and Manager.

 

Management Services Agreement (Payne’s Ferry) ” means (a) that certain Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement dated as of September 22, 2010 between Manager and Payne’s Ferry, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time and (b) that certain Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2010 between Manager and Payne’s Ferry, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Management Services Agreement (Pilgrim Stage) ” means (a) that certain Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement dated as of September 22, 2010 between Manager and Pilgrim Stage, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time and (b) that certain Amended and Restated Master Agreement of Common Terms for Management Services Agreements dated as of September 22, 2010 between Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and Manager.

 

Management Services Agreement (Salmon Falls) ” means (a) that certain Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement dated as of September 22, 2010 between Manager and Salmon Falls, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time and (b) that certain Amended and Restated Master Agreement of Common Terms for Management Services Agreements dated as of September 22, 2010 between Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and Manager.

 

Management Services Agreement (Thousand Springs) ” means (a) that certain Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement dated as of September 22, 2010 between Manager and Thousand Springs, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time and (b) that certain Amended and Restated Master Agreement of Common Terms for Management Services Agreements dated as of September 22, 2010 between Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and Manager.

 

Management Services Agreement (Tuana Gulch) ” means (a) that certain Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement dated as of September 22, 2010 between Manager and Tuana Gulch, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time and (b) that certain Amended and Restated Master Agreement of Common Terms for Management Services Agreements dated as of September 22, 2010 between Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and Manager.

 

Management Services Agreement (Yahoo Creek) ” means (a) that certain Amended and Restated Management Services Agreement dated as of September 22, 2010 between Manager and Yahoo Creek, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time and (b) that certain Amended and Restated Master Agreement of Common Terms for Management Services Agreements dated as of September 22, 2010 between Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and Manager.

 

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Manager ” means RP Operations Company LLC, or such other Person appointed as a Manager under the Management Services Agreements (or any agreement replacing such Management Services Agreements entered into in accordance with the Credit Agreement), in each case in accordance with the provisions of the Management Services Agreements (or replacement management services agreements, as applicable), the Credit Agreement and the Borrower Operating Agreement.

 

Manager Guarantee ” means that certain Amended and Restated Manager Guaranty dated as of September 23, 2010 by Reunion Power LLC in favor of Borrower and each Borrower Subsidiary in respect of the Management Services Agreements.

 

Managing Member ” means RP Wind ID LLC, or any subsequent replacement or successor managing member of Borrower appointed in accordance with the Borrower Operating Agreement.

 

Mandatory Prepayment ” means a mandatory prepayment of Obligations required of Borrower pursuant to Section 2.4(e)(ii) or Section 2.8(c) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means any event, circumstance or occurrence of whatever nature that results in a material and adverse effect on (a)  the business, properties, performance, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of Borrower and the Borrower Subsidiaries (taken as a whole), or the Projects (taken as a whole); (b) the ability of an Idaho Wind Entity to perform its obligations under the Operative Documents to which it is a party; (c) the validity or priority of the Lenders’ security interests in and Liens on the Collateral, or the enforceability of the Credit Documents; or (d) the ability of the Secured Parties to enforce any of their rights and remedies or an Obligor’s obligations under the Credit Agreement or any other Credit Document. 

 

Maturity ” or “ maturity ” means, with respect to any Construction Loan, Term Loan, Tranche C Loan, LC Loan, Borrowing, interest, fee or other amount payable by Borrower under the Credit Agreement or the other Credit Documents, the date such Construction Loan, Term Loan, Tranche C Loan, LC Loan, Borrowing, interest, fee or other amount becomes due, whether upon the stated maturity or due date, upon acceleration or otherwise, in each case, in accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement.

 

MBR Authority ” means authority conferred by FERC under Section 205 of the FPA to effect sales of electric energy, capacity and certain ancillary services at wholesale at negotiated or market-based rates, acceptance by FERC of a tariff under Section 205 of the FPA providing for such sales, and granting such waivers of FERC regulations and accounting requirements and granting blanket authorizations under the FPA as are customarily held by holders of market-based rate authority, including blanket authorization under Section 204 of the FPA to issue securities and assume liabilities.

 

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Member Guarantees ” means (a) that certain Guaranty dated as of May 11, 2010 by General Electric Capital Corporation in favor of Borrower, the Exergy Member and the Reunion Member, (b) that certain Guaranty dated as of May 11, 2010 by EIH Parent LLC in favor of Borrower, the GE Member and the Reunion Member and (c) that certain Guaranty dated as of May 11, 2010 by RP Wind ID Holdings LLC in favor of Borrower, the GE Member and the Exergy Member.

 

Member Indemnity Agreements ” means, collectively, (a) the indemnity agreement dated as of October 8, 2010 from GE Member in favor of Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (b) the indemnity agreement dated as of October 8, 2010 from Exergy Member in favor of Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (c) the indemnity agreement dated as of October 8, 2010 from Reunion Member in favor of Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, (d) the indemnity agreement dated as of October 8, 2010 from Atlantic Member in favor of Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and (e) after the Closing Date, any indemnity agreement entered into by new or additional members of the Borrower, in each case substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1 to the Credit Agreement.

 

Member Loans ” means unsecured Indebtedness of Borrower (a) to GE Member as evidenced by those certain Member Loan Notes issued by Borrower on the following dates, each as in effect on the Closing Date: (i) in the principal amount of $85,409,006.33, dated July 1, 2010; (ii) in the principal amount of $2,204,845.83, dated August 10, 2010; and (iii) in the principal amount of $20,494,542.21, dated August 16, 2010, (b) to Reunion Member as evidenced by those certain Member Loan Notes issued by Borrower on the following dates, each as in effect on the Closing Date: (i) in the principal amount of $2,212,668.56, dated July 1, 2010; (ii) in the principal amount of $57,120.36, dated as of August 10, 2010 and (iii) in the principal amount of $530,946.69, dated August 17, 2010, (c) to Atlantic Member as evidenced by that certain Member Loan Note issued by Borrower in the principal amount of $10,000,000 dated September 24, 2010, as in effect on the Closing Date and (d) to a Member incurred by Borrower after the Closing Date, provided that such Indebtedness is (i) evidenced by promissory note(s) issued by Borrower to such Member, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-6 to the Credit Agreement and (ii) made pursuant to subordination and other terms which are reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (acting on behalf of the Majority Lenders).

 

Members ” means the GE Member, the Exergy Member, the Reunion Member, the Atlantic Member, and any other Person who becomes a member in Borrower.

 

Membership Interest ” has the meaning set forth in the Borrower Operating Agreement.

 

Milner Dam ” means Milner Dam Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company.

 

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Minimum Major Maintenance Reserve Amount ” means a reasonable amount determined by Administrative Agent in consultation with the Independent Engineer, which amount shall be determined at the following times (i) at any time if actual Fixed and Variable O&M Costs exceed Fixed and Variable O&M Costs for such calendar year by 15% or more, (ii) after submission of the report delivered by the Independent Engineer pursuant to Section 5.30(a) of the Credit Agreement and (iii) after submission of the report delivered by the Independent Engineer pursuant to Section 5.30(b) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Minimum Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio ” means a Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio equal to (a) 1.40:1.00 on a minimum quarterly and on an average quarterly basis according to the P50 Production Scenario and (b) 1.00:1.00 on a minimum quarterly and on an average quarterly basis according to the P99 Production Scenario.

 

Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System ” means the depreciation rules set forth in Section 168 of the Code for property placed in service after 1986.

 

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

 

Mortgage (Burley Butte) ” means the Fee, Leasehold and Easement Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of the date hereof, by Burley Butte, as mortgagor, in favor of Collateral Agent, as mortgagee, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-5 to the Credit Agreement.

 

Mortgage (Camp Reed) ” means the Fee, Leasehold and Easement Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of the date hereof, by Camp Reed, as mortgagor, in favor of Collateral Agent, as mortgagee, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-5 to the Credit Agreement.

 

Mortgage (Golden Valley) ” means the Fee, Leasehold and Easement Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of the date hereof, by Golden Valley, as mortgagor, in favor of Collateral Agent, as mortgagee, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-5 to the Credit Agreement.

 

Mortgage (Milner Dam) ” means the Fee, Leasehold and Easement Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of the date hereof, by Milner Dam, as mortgagor, in favor of Collateral Agent, as mortgagee, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-5 to the Credit Agreement.

 

Mortgage (Oregon Trail) ” means the Fee, Leasehold and Easement Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of the date hereof, by Oregon Trail, as mortgagor, in favor of Collateral Agent, as mortgagee, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-5 to the Credit Agreement.

 

Mortgage (Payne’s Ferry) ” means the Fee, Leasehold and Easement Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of the date hereof, by Payne’s Ferry, as mortgagor, in favor of Collateral Agent, as mortgagee, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-5 to the Credit Agreement.

 

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Mortgage (Pilgrim Stage) ” means the Fee, Leasehold and Easement Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of the date hereof, by Pilgrim Stage, as mortgagor, in favor of Collateral Agent, as mortgagee, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-5 to the Credit Agreement.

 

Mortgage (Salmon Falls) ” means the Fee, Leasehold and Easement Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of the date hereof, by Salmon Falls, as mortgagor, in favor of Collateral Agent, as mortgagee, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-5 to the Credit Agreement.

 

Mortgage (Thousand Springs) ” means the Fee, Leasehold and Easement Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of the date hereof, by Thousand Springs, as mortgagor, in favor of Collateral Agent, as mortgagee, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-5 to the Credit Agreement.

 

Mortgage (Tuana Gulch) ” means the Fee, Leasehold and Easement Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of the date hereof, by Tuana Gulch, as mortgagor, in favor of Collateral Agent, as mortgagee, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-5 to the Credit Agreement.

 

Mortgage (Yahoo Creek) ” means the Fee, Leasehold and Easement Mortgage, Assignment of Leases and Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of the date hereof, by Yahoo Creek, as mortgagor, in favor of Collateral Agent, as mortgagee, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-5 to the Credit Agreement.

 

Mortgaged Property ” means, collectively, the “Mortgaged Property” as defined in each Mortgage.

 

Mortgages ” means, collectively, (a) the Mortgage (Burley Butte), (b) the Mortgage (Camp Reed), (c) the Mortgage (Golden Valley), (d) the Mortgage (Milner Dam), (e) the Mortgage (Oregon Trail), (f) the Mortgage (Payne’s Ferry), (g) the Mortgage (Pilgrim Stage), (h) the Mortgage (Salmon Falls), (i) the Mortgage (Thousand Springs), (j) the Mortgage (Tuana Gulch) and (k) the Mortgage (Yahoo Creek).

 

Multiemployer Plan ” means any ERISA Plan that is a multiemployer plan (as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) to which Borrower, any Borrower Subsidiary, or any member of the Controlled Group is making, or has an obligation to make, contributions, or has made, or has been obligated to make, contributions since the date which is six years immediately preceding the Closing Date.

 

MW ” means megawatt.

 

Net Disposition Proceeds ” means, with respect to any Disposition, the gross cash proceeds received from such disposition (including any cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to a promissory note, receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received), net of the reasonable out-of-pocket costs of such disposition, including fees, expenses and commissions with respect to legal, accounting, financial advisory, brokerage and other professional services provided in connection with such disposition.

 

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Net Energy ” has the meaning set forth in each Power Purchase Agreement.

 

Net Energy Amount ” means “Net Energy Amount” as such term is used in each Power Purchase Agreement (other than Power Purchase Agreement (Camp Reed), Power Purchase Agreement (Payne’s Ferry) and Power Purchase Agreement (Yahoo Creek)).

 

Nomination Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.28 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Non-Recourse Party ” has the meaning set forth in Article X of the Credit Agreement.

 

Notes ” means (a) Tranche A Construction Notes, (b) Tranche B Construction Notes, (c) Term Notes, (d) REC Notes and (e) LC Notes.

 

Notice of Construction Loan Borrowing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Notice of LC Activity ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(c) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Notice of Self-Certification ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(q) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Notice of Term Conversion ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(b) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Notice of Tranche C Loan Borrowing ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(b) of the Credit Agreement.

 

O&M Building ” means that certain real property described as Lots 11 and 18 in Block 1 of Crossroads Point Business Center PUD Phase I, Jerome County, Idaho, as shown on the recorded plat thereof, recorded June 29, 2006 as Instrument No. 2063855, Jerome County records, including all structures or Improvements erected on the property, all alterations thereto or replacements thereof, all fixtures, attachments, appliances, equipment, machinery and other articles attached thereto or used in connection therewith and owned or leased by the Borrower Subsidiaries and all parts which may from time to time be incorporated or installed in or attached thereto owned or leased by the Borrower Subsidiaries, all real or personal property owned or leased by the Borrower Subsidiaries related thereto, and all other real and tangible and intangible personal property leased or owned by the Borrower Subsidiaries and placed upon or used in connection with the operation, maintenance, repair or replacement of the electricity generating facilities upon the Projects, the electrical interconnection with the facilities of the Interconnection Provider and the delivery and sale of electric energy, capacity and ancillary services.

 

O&M Building Lots ” means Lots 12 and 17 in Block 1 of Crossroads Point Business Center PUD Phase 1, Jerome County, Idaho, as shown on the recorded plat thereof, recorded June 29, 2006, as Instrument No. 2063855, Jerome County.

 

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O&M Common Use Agreement ” means the O&M Property Common Use Agreement dated as of September 22, 2010 by and among Burley Butte, Camp Reed, Golden Valley, Milner Dam, Oregon Trail, Payne’s Ferry, Pilgrim Stage, Salmon Falls, Thousand Springs, Tuana Gulch, Yahoo Creek and Borrower.

 

O&M Costs ” means all actual maintenance and operation costs incurred and paid or payable for or in relation to the Projects in any period to which said term is applicable, State and local taxes, including franchise taxes (but excluding income taxes or any other taxes paid by the Members), insurance, consumables, payments under any lease, payments pursuant to the agreements for the management, operation and maintenance of the Projects (including pursuant to the Operations Support Agreement, the BOP O&M Agreement and other working capital and capital expenditures), payments pursuant to the Power Procurement Agreements, reasonable legal fees, costs and expenses paid by an Obligor in connection with the management, maintenance or operation of the Projects, payments under any Ground Leases, fees paid in connection with obtaining, transferring, maintaining or amending any Required Permits, fees and expenses of the Secured Parties during such period not included in Debt Service, reasonable general and administrative expenses and ordinary course fees, and all other cash expenses paid or payable by an Obligor in the ordinary course of business in connection with the Projects but exclusive in all cases of non-cash charges, including depreciation or obsolescence charges or reserves therefor, amortization of intangibles or other bookkeeping entries of a similar nature, and also exclusive of all interest charges and charges for the payment or amortization of principal of Debt Service (other than any (a) O&M Costs for payments made out of the O&M Reserve Account ( provided , however , that for the avoidance of doubt, payments made from the O&M Reserve Account will not be considered deductions from Operating Cash Available for Debt Service for purposes of calculating the Historical Debt Service Coverage Ratio) or (b) any discretionary capital expenditures made with distributable funds that have otherwise met the Distribution Conditions.) Other than the variances permitted under Section 5.10(b) of the Credit Agreement, O&M Costs shall not include items not set forth in the Annual Operating Budget or, with respect to items set forth in an Annual Operating Budget, expenses, costs or other amounts in excess of the amounts set forth in the applicable Annual Operating Budget for any such items.

 

O&M Reserve Account ” has the meaning set forth in the Depositary Agreement.

 

O&M Reserve Requirement ” means an amount equal to 50% of the sum of the projected Fixed and Variable O&M Costs for the immediately succeeding twelve month period following the termination or expiry of the Operations Support Agreement, as set forth in the applicable Base Case Projections.

 

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Obligations ” means (a) all Indebtedness, loans, advances, liabilities (including any indemnification or other obligations that survive the termination of the Credit Agreement and other Credit Documents) and all other obligations, howsoever arising (including guarantee obligations), owed by an Obligor to the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Banks, the Hedge Counterparties or the Lenders of every kind and description (whether or not evidenced by any note or instrument and whether or not for the payment of money), direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising, pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Collateral Documents or any of the other Credit Documents including all interest, fees, charges, expenses, attorneys’ fees and accountants fees chargeable to such Person payable by such Person thereunder, (b) any and all sums advanced by Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent or any Lender in accordance with the terms of the Credit Documents in order to preserve the Collateral or preserve its security interest in the Collateral and (c) in the event of any proceeding for the collection or enforcement of the obligations described in clause (a) and (b) above, after an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the expenses of retaking, holding, preparing for sale or lease, selling or otherwise disposing of or realizing on the Collateral, or of any exercise by the Lenders of their rights under the Collateral Documents, together with any necessary attorneys’ fees and court costs.

 

Obligor ” means the Borrower and each Borrower Subsidiary.

 

Operating Account ” has the meaning set forth in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Operating Cash Available for Debt Service ” means for any period the sum of Project Revenues for such period, less amounts payable for such period pursuant to Section 4.2(c)( first ) of the Depositary Agreement; provided that , for the avoidance of doubt, the proceeds of any Loans and LC Loans and Loss Proceeds shall not be considered Operating Cash Available for Debt Service.

 

Operations Support Agreement ” means the Operations Support Agreement dated as of July 14, 2010 between Borrower and Operator, as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Operations Support Agreement dated as of September 15, 2010 among Borrower and Operator.

 

Operative Documents ” means the Credit Documents and the Principal Project Documents.

 

Operator ” means General Electric International Incorporated.

 

Oregon Trail ” means Oregon Trail Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company.

 

Organizational Documents ” means, as to any Person, the articles of incorporation, certificate of formation, bylaws, operating agreement, partnership agreement, or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, including, in the case of Borrower, the Borrower Operating Agreement and in the case of each Borrower Subsidiary, the Project Company Operating Agreements.

 

Original Class A Member ” means each Member that is a Class A Member as of the Closing Date.

 

Other Taxes ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9(e)(i) of the Credit Agreement.

 

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P50 Production Scenario ” means the annual energy production level of the Project that has a probability of exceedance of 50% over a ten-year period of time according to the Wind Consultant’s wind production forecasts delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant to the Wind Consultant’s Closing Report, as may be updated on the Term Conversion Date pursuant to Wind Consultant’s Conversion Report.

 

P99 Production Scenario ” means the annual energy production level of the Project that has a probability of exceedance of 99% in each year over a one-year period of time according to Wind Consultant’s wind production forecasts delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant to the Wind Consultant’s Closing Report, as may be updated on the Term Conversion Date pursuant to Wind Consultant’s Conversion Report.

 

Parent ” means, with respect to any Lender, any Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.

 

Payment Office ” means the office of Administrative Agent located in New York, New York or such other office as Administrative Agent may hereafter designate in writing as such to each of the other parties to the Credit Agreement.

 

Payne’s Ferry ” means Payne’s Ferry Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company.

 

Payne’s Ferry Delay Security LC ” means the letter of credit issued by the PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank in favor of Idaho Power, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 , to be delivered by or on behalf of Payne’s Ferry to Idaho Power pursuant to Section 5.7 of the Power Purchase Agreement (Payne’s Ferry).

 

Payne’s Ferry PPA LC ” means the letter of credit issued by the PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank in favor of Idaho Power, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 , to be delivered by or on behalf of Payne’s Ferry to Idaho Power prior to the Operation Date of the Project (Payne’s Ferry), under and as defined in the Power Purchase Agreement (Payne’s Ferry).

 

PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under Title IV of ERISA.

 

Permit ” means any action, approval, consent, waiver, exemption, variance, franchise, order, permit, authorization, registration, right or license of, with or from a Governmental Authority.

 

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Permitted Financed Payment ” means:

 

(a)          with respect to the initial Borrowing of the Tranche A Construction Loans, a repayment of Member Loans existing on the Closing Date, in an amount not to exceed the positive difference between (i) the sum of the Equity Contribution and the outstanding principal amount of Member Loans, calculated as of the date of the initial Borrowing of the Tranche A Construction Loans and (ii) the Required Contribution Amount calculated as of the Closing Date;

 

(b)          with respect to the final Borrowing of Construction Loans on the Term Conversion Date (after giving effect to (i) any funding of Project Costs or reserves necessary to cause the Term Conversion Date to occur (ii) funding of the Supplemental Reserve Account (or providing an Acceptable Letter of Credit or Acceptable Guarantee) in an amount equal to the Supplemental Reserve Amount and (iii) the making of any prepayment required pursuant to Section 2.8(c)(vii) of the Credit Agreement), a distribution by Borrower to one or more Members to reimburse Equity Contributions, in an amount, without duplication, not to exceed the positive difference between the Equity Contribution and the amount required to maintain the Debt to Equity Ratio of 70:30, calculated as of the Term Conversion Date;

 

(c)          with respect to a Borrowing of Tranche C Loans, either (i) a repayment of any and all outstanding Member Loans existing on the Closing Date or as otherwise permitted by the Majority Lenders in an amount, without duplication, not to exceed the amount of the proceeds of such Borrowing of Tranche C Loans provided that, in the case of this clause (i), (A) the proceeds of such Member Loans had been used to pay Project Costs in respect of the Projects, (B) sufficient monies have been reserved in an Account to pay all remaining Project Costs in order to achieve Total Completion and Completion (Salmon Falls) in accordance with the Project Schedules and Project Budgets and (C) all Reserve Account Requirements have been satisfied, or (ii) a distribution by Borrower to one or more Members to reimburse Equity Contributions, in an amount, without duplication, not to exceed the positive difference between the Equity Contribution and the amount required to maintain the Debt to Equity Ratio of 70:30, calculated as of the date of such Borrowing of Tranche C Loans; provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), (A) the Term Conversion Date has occurred and (B) all Reserve Requirements have been satisfied;

 

(d)          with respect to a Borrowing of Loans pursuant to an Incremental Tranche A Construction Loan Increase, a repayment of any and all outstanding Member Loans existing on the Closing Date or as otherwise permitted by the Majority Lenders and to reimburse Equity Contributions, in an amount equal to such Incremental Tranche A Construction Loan Increase, as permitted in Section 2.17(d) of the Credit Agreement; and

 

(e)           with respect to a Borrowing of Loans pursuant to an Incremental Tranche B Construction Loan Increase, a repayment of any and all outstanding Member Loans existing on the Closing Date or as otherwise permitted by the Majority Lenders and to reimburse Equity Contributions, in an amount equal to such Incremental Tranche B Construction Loan Increase, as permitted in Section 2.17(e) of the Credit Agreement.

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Permitted Indebtedness ” means (a) Indebtedness arising under the Credit Documents; (b) Indebtedness in respect of current accounts and other amounts payable under the Principal Project Documents incurred in the ordinary course of business and only to the extent such amounts are not overdue by more than 90 days or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and in respect of which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (c) with respect to Borrower only, Member Loans; (d) Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money) secured by a Permitted Lien; (e) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; (f) solely with respect to a Borrower Subsidiary, Indebtedness of one Borrower Subsidiary to another Borrower Subsidiary provided that such Indebtedness is evidenced by promissory note(s) issued by such Borrower Subsidiary to such other Borrower Subsidiary, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-7 to the Credit Agreement, which promissory note(s) are pledged to the Secured Parties pursuant to a Pledge and Security Agreement; (g) solely with respect to a Borrower Subsidiary, Indebtedness of a Borrower Subsidiary to Borrower as contemplated in the Credit Documents ; provided that such Indebtedness is evidenced by promissory note(s) issued by such Borrower Subsidiary to Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit A-7 to the Credit Agreement, which promissory note(s) are pledged to the Secured Parties pursuant to a Pledge and Security Agreement; and (h) solely with respect to Borrower, unsecured Indebtedness not otherwise covered in items (a) through (c) and (e) through (g) above in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $250,000.

 

Permitted Investments ” means, for (a) any Person: (i) direct obligations of the United States, or of any agency thereof, or obligations guaranteed as to principal and interest by the United States, or of any agency thereof, in either case maturing not more than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof by such Person; (ii) Dollar time deposits in the London interbank market with, or certificates of deposit issued by, any bank or trust company licensed under the laws of the United States or any State thereof which has (A) outstanding senior long-term unsecured and unsupported indebtedness which is rated (on the date of acquisition thereof) A+ or A1 or better by S&P or Moody’s, respectively, maturing not more than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof by such Person and (B) portfolio assets of at least $1,000,000,000; (iii) commercial paper rated A-1 or P-1 or better by S&P or Moody’s, respectively, maturing not more than 180 days from the date of acquisition thereof by such Person; and (iv) money market funds rated at least “AA” by S&P or “Aa2” or better by Moody’s which money market funds invest principally in those investments described in clauses (i) through (iii) above and (b) the Borrower, (i) investments in the equity of Borrower Subsidiaries and (ii) investments in Indebtedness issued by the Borrower Subsidiaries.

 

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Permitted Liens ” means (a) the Liens, rights and interests of the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Banks, the Lenders and the Hedge Counterparties as provided in the Operative Documents; (b) Liens imposed by any Governmental Authority for Taxes and Other Taxes not yet due or being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, so long as (i) a bond or other security reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent has been posted or (ii) appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; in each case, in such manner and amount as to assure Administrative Agent that any Taxes, assessments or other charges determined to be due will be promptly paid in full when such contest is determined; (c) solely in respect of the Borrower Subsidiaries, materialmen’s, mechanics’, workers’, repairmen’s, employees’ or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business or in the restoration, repair or replacement of a Project in accordance with the Credit Agreement, or, prior to Total Completion, in connection with the construction of a Project, either for amounts not yet due or for amounts being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and in each case so long as (i) appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP or (ii) a bond or other security has been posted or provided in such manner and amount as to assure that any amount determined to be due will be promptly paid in full when such contest is determined; (d) solely in respect of the Borrower Subsidiaries, easements, rights-of-way and other encumbrances on title to Real Property shown in the Title Policies; (e) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, social security and other Legal Requirements and that do not in the aggregate materially impair the use of the property or assets of an Obligor or the value of such property or assets for the purposes of such business; (f) Liens in an aggregate amount not in excess of $500,000 per Obligor arising out of judgments or awards so long as an appeal or proceeding for review is being prosecuted in good faith and for the payment of which adequate cash reserves in accordance with GAAP, bonds or other security reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent have been provided therefor; (g) Liens, deposits or pledges to secure statutory obligations or performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or leases, or for purposes of like general nature in the ordinary course of the business of an Obligor not in excess of $25,000 in the aggregate per Obligor and $250,000 in the aggregate among all Obligors; (h) with respect to a Borrower Subsidiary only, Liens on assets (real or personal) of a Borrower Subsidiary which assets collectively have a fair market value of less than $25,000 in the aggregate per Borrower Subsidiary and $250,000 in the aggregate among all Borrower Subsidiaries; (i) Liens securing Indebtedness of an Obligor (x) evidencing the deferred purchase price of newly acquired property or incurred to finance the acquisition of or improvement of equipment of an Obligor (pursuant to purchase money mortgages, whether owed to the seller or a third party) used in the ordinary course of business of an Obligor in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $25,000 in the aggregate per Obligor and $250,000 in the aggregate among all Obligors ( provided that such Indebtedness is incurred within 90 days following the acquisition of such equipment or property), and (y) in respect of capitalized lease liabilities of an Obligor; provided that the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this clause shall not at any time exceed $25,000 in the aggregate per Obligor and $250,000 in the aggregate among all Obligors; (j) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off relating to (x) the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (y) purchase orders and other agreements entered into with suppliers to and customers of an Obligor in the ordinary course of business or (z) licenses or sublicenses of intellectual property granted in the ordinary course of business; (k) statutory Liens of depository or collecting banks on items in collection and any accompanying documents or the proceeds thereof and (l) extensions, renewals and replacements of any of the foregoing Liens to the extent and for so long as (i) the Indebtedness secured thereby remains outstanding and does not increase and (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset than such property or assets covered by such Lien prior to such extension or renewal.

 

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Permitted Transfer Conditions ” means, with respect to any acquisition of Membership Interests or Units in Borrower, the following: (i) such acquisition would not violate any securities laws or any other applicable federal or state laws or the order of any court having jurisdiction over Borrower or any of its assets or any material contract, lease, security, indenture or agreement binding on Borrower or its assets; (ii) the selling Member, the acquirer and each Obligor shall have obtained all Permits (including, if applicable, approval from FERC under Section 203 of the FPA) that are required in connection with such acquisition, (iii) such acquisition is undertaken in compliance with the terms of the Borrower Operating Agreement as in effect on the date hereof (unless amended with the consent of the Majority Lenders), (iv) the acquirer delivers to the Administrative Agent (A) evidence reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent that such acquirer is a Permitted Transferee and (B) prior to the end of the Recapture Period, an opinion of legal counsel of recognized national standing that such acquirer is not a Disqualified Person, (v) no Obligor would cease to be either a disregarded entity or partnership for tax purposes as a result of such acquisition and (vi) the acquirer of such Membership Interests or Units executes and delivers a Pledge and Security Agreement and such other documents as may be necessary to perfect the lien of the Collateral Agent in such Membership Interests or Units.

 

Permitted Transferee ” means any Person that (i) can make the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.02 of the Borrower Operating Agreement as in effect on the date hereof (unless amended with the consent of the Majority Lenders); (ii) is not organized under the laws of, and does not have a place of business in, a country or territory that is (A) designated as a Non-Cooperative Jurisdiction by the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering or (B) subject to sanctions imposed by regulations issued by the United States Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (31 C.F.R., Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended), (iii) does not have its principal place of business located in Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria (each a “ Prohibited Country ”); (iv) is not, and does not have a director, officer or greater-than-10 percent shareholder that is, and does not engage in, or have a director, officer or greater-than-10 percent shareholder that is engaged in, any dealings or transactions with any Person that is, listed on the then-most current list of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons of the Office of Foreign Assets Control or on the then-most current list in the Annex to Executive Order 13224 of September 23, 2001 Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit or Support Terrorism, as those lists are updated from time to time, (v) whose ownership directly or indirectly of Membership Interests or Units in the Borrower would not cause any Lender to be in violation of any “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, any Anti-Terrorism Law, in each case, assuming compliance by the Lenders (other than any noncompliance resulting from any noncompliance or violation by such Person) with such rules and regulations and performance by such Lenders of customary procedures that would be undertaken in connection with opening a bank account on behalf of such Person, (vi) has not been convicted of any material violations of the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended, (v) prior to the end of the Recapture Period, is not a Disqualified Person, (vii) if such Person were to become an owner, directly or indirectly, of Membership Interests or Units in the Borrower, no Project or Obligor would, by reason of the ownership by such Person of such interests (A) be in violation of the FPA or any FERC regulation or order thereunder, (B) lose its MBR Authority (where applicable), (C) cease to be an EWG (where applicable) or (D) cease to be a QF; and (viii) if such Person were to become an owner, directly or indirectly of Membership Interests or Units in the Borrower, no Obligor would be required to register as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Further, the definition of “ Permitted Transferee ” shall also exclude any Person that has its principal place of business in (A) any country in Africa except South Africa, (B) any country in Latin America and the Caribbean except Mexico, Brazil and Chile, (C) Russia and CIS states, (D) any country in the Middle East except the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Qatar and Abu Dhabi (for the avoidance of doubt, Turkey is acceptable), (E) any country in Asia except India, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Hong Kong SAR and Malaysia and (F) Serbia, Ukraine, Belorussia, Georgia, Bosnia, Albania, Kosovo, Iceland, unless the consent of the Lenders is obtained.

 

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Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, partnership, firm, association, Governmental Authority or any other entity whether acting in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity.

 

Phase I Environmental Site Assessments ” means (a) the Bionomics Environmental, Inc., Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for the Bell Rapids Project Collection Line dated May 4, 2010, (b) the Bionomics Environmental, Inc., Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for the Bell Rapids Project Substation dated June 13, 2010, (c) the Bionomics Environmental, Inc., Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for the Burley Butte Project dated June 15, 2010, (d) the Bionomics Environmental, Inc., Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for the Camp Reed Project dated June 14, 2010, (e) the Bionomics Environmental, Inc., Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for the Golden Valley Project dated June 15, 2010, (f) the Bionomics Environmental, Inc., Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for the Milner Dam Project dated June 15, 2010, (g) the Bionomics Environmental, Inc., Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for the Oregon Trail Project dated June 13, 2010, (h) the Bionomics Environmental, Inc., Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for the Payne's Ferry Project dated June 14, 2010, (i) the Bionomics Environmental, Inc., Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for the Pilgrim Stage Station Project dated June 13, 2010, (j) the Bionomics Environmental, Inc., Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for the Salmon Falls Project dated June 14, 2010, (k) the Bionomics Environmental, Inc., Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for the Thousand Springs Project dated June 14, 2010, (l) the Bionomics Environmental, Inc., Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for the Tuana Gulch Project dated June 14, 2010, (m) the Bionomics Environmental, Inc., Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for the Yahoo Creek Project dated June 14, 2010 and (n) the Bionomics Environmental, Inc., Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for the Operations and Maintenance Building dated June 16, 2010.

 

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Pilgrim Stage ” means Pilgrim Stage Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company.

 

Placed in Service Date ” means the date on which a WTG is “placed in service” under and in accordance with the Treasury Guidance.

 

Plans and Specifications ” means the plans and specifications for the construction and design of the Projects, including any document describing the scope of work performed by Contractors under the Construction Contracts or any other Material Subcontract for the construction of the Projects and any feeder lines and interconnections, all work drawings, engineering and construction schedules, Project schedules, Project monitoring systems, specifications status lists, material and procurement ledgers, drawings and drawing lists, manpower allocation documents, management and Project procedures documents, Project design criteria, and any other document referred to in the Construction Contracts or any of the documents referred to in this definition.

 

Pledge and Security Agreements ” means (a) the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among GE Member, Borrower and Collateral Agent, (b) the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Exergy Member, Borrower and Collateral Agent, (c) the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Reunion Member, Borrower and Collateral Agent, (d) the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among Atlantic Member, Borrower and Collateral Agent, (e) the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof, among Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and the Collateral Agent and (f) after the Closing Date, any pledge and security agreement entered into by new or additional members of the Borrower, in each case, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2 to the Credit Agreement.

 

Post-Closing Amount ” has the meaning set forth in the Reimbursement Agreement.

 

Portfolio Agreement ” means the EPC Contract, the BOP O&M Agreement, the Interconnection Agreement (Thousand Springs), the Operations Support Agreement and any other Principal Project Document that is executed for the benefit of five (5) or more Projects.

 

Power of Attorney ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(mm) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Power Procurement Agreement ” means any agreement for the purchase of electric energy and/or capacity by an Obligor, for the purposes of on-selling such electric energy and/or capacity to REC Purchaser.

 

Power Purchase Agreements ” means, collectively (a) the Power Purchase Agreement (Burley Butte), (b) the Power Purchase Agreement (Camp Reed), (c) the Power Purchase Agreement (Golden Valley), (d) the Power Purchase Agreement (Milner Dam), (e) the Power Purchase Agreement (Oregon Trail), (f) the Power Purchase Agreement (Payne’s Ferry), (g) the Power Purchase Agreement (Pilgrim Stage), (h) the Power Purchase Agreement (Salmon Falls), (i) the Power Purchase Agreement (Thousand Springs), (j) the Power Purchase Agreement (Tuana Gulch) and (k) the Power Purchase Agreement (Yahoo Creek).

 

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Power Purchase Agreement (Burley Butte) ” means that certain Firm Energy Sales Agreement dated as of May 5, 2005 between Power Purchaser and Burley Butte, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Power Purchase Agreement (Camp Reed) ” means that certain Firm Energy Sales Agreement dated as of July 9, 2009 between Power Purchaser and Camp Reed, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Power Purchase Agreement (Golden Valley) ” means that certain Firm Energy Sales Agreement dated as of May 5, 2005 between Power Purchaser and Golden Valley, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Power Purchase Agreement (Milner Dam) ” means that certain Firm Energy Sales Agreement dated as of October 14, 2005 between Power Purchaser and Milner Dam, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Power Purchase Agreement (Oregon Trail) ” means that certain Firm Energy Sales Agreement dated as of February 18, 2005 between Power Purchaser and Oregon Trail, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Power Purchase Agreement (Payne’s Ferry) ” means that certain Firm Energy Sales Agreement dated as of July 9, 2009 between Power Purchaser and Payne’s Ferry, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Power Purchase Agreement (Pilgrim Stage) ” means that certain Firm Energy Sales Agreement dated as of February 18, 2005 between Power Purchaser and Pilgrim Stage, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Power Purchase Agreement (Salmon Falls) ” means that certain Firm Energy Sales Agreement dated as of October 14, 2005 between Power Purchaser and Salmon Falls, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Power Purchase Agreement (Thousand Springs) ” means that certain Firm Energy Sales Agreement dated as of February 18, 2005 between Power Purchaser and Thousand Springs, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Power Purchase Agreement (Tuana Gulch) ” means that certain Firm Energy Sales Agreement dated as of February 18, 2005 between Power Purchaser and Tuana Gulch, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

Power Purchase Agreement (Yahoo Creek) ” means that certain Firm Energy Sales Agreement dated as of July 9, 2009 between Power Purchaser and Yahoo Creek, as amended, amended and restated, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

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Power Purchaser ” means, in respect of a Power Purchase Agreement, Idaho Power or any permitted successor or permitted assign.

 

Post-Closing Amount ” has the meaning set forth in the Reimbursement Agreement.

 

PPA LC Commitment ” means the commitment of a PPA LC Lender to make LC Loans to Borrower, up to an aggregate amount, at any one time outstanding, not in excess of such PPA LC Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Total PPA LC Commitment at such time.

 

PPA LC Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate Stated Amount of all PPA Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time, plus (b) the amount equal to (i) the aggregate amount of all Drawing Payments made in respect of a PPA Letter of Credit prior to such time minus (ii) the aggregate amount of Eligible Reimbursed Drawing Payments made in respect of a Drawing Payment under a PPA Letter of Credit at such time, plus (c) the amount equal to (i) the aggregate principal amount of all PPA LC Loans made prior to such time under the Credit Agreement minus (ii) the aggregate amount of Eligible Repaid LC Loans that were PPA LC Loans at such time. The PPA LC Exposure of any PPA LC Lender at any time shall be its Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the total PPA LC Exposure at such time.

 

PPA LC Lender ” means the Lenders identified as “PPA LC Lenders” on Exhibit I to the Credit Agreement.

 

PPA LC Loans ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(d)(iv) of the Credit Agreement.

 

PPA Letter of Credit Availability Period ” means the period from the Closing Date to the LC Facility Maturity Date.

 

PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Credit Agreement.

 

PPA Letters of Credit ” means, collectively, (a) the Camp Reed Delay Security LC, (b) the Camp Reed PPA LC, (c) the Payne’s Ferry Delay Security LC, (d) the Payne’s Ferry PPA LC, (e) the Yahoo Creek Delay Security LC and (f) the Yahoo Creek PPA LC.

 

Pre-Closing Amount ” has the meaning set forth in the Reimbursement Agreement.

 

Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by Administrative Agent as such bank’s prime rate with respect to extensions of credit made by it in the United States; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective from and including the date such change is publicly announced as being effective.

 

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Principal Project Documents ” means (a) the Construction Contracts, (b) the Power Purchase Agreements, (c) the Interconnection Agreements, (d)  the BOP O&M Agreement, (e) the REC Documents (when executed and delivered), (f) the Operations Support Agreement, (g) the Management Services Agreements, (h) the Manager Guarantee, (i) the Construction Oversight Agreement, (j) the Borrower Operating Agreement, (k) the Project Company Operating Agreements, (l) the Real Property Documents, (m) the ECCA, (n) the Member Guarantees, (o) each Common Use Agreement, (p) the Additional Project Documents and (q) each guarantee, letter of credit, performance bond or credit support instrument provided by any party in connection with any of the foregoing; provided , however , that any agreement shall cease to be a Principal Project Document when all obligations under such Principal Project Document have been performed and/or paid in full.

 

Principal Project Participants means (a) the Power Purchaser, (b) the EPC Contractor, (c) the Interconnection Provider, (d) the Turbine Supplier, (e) the Operator, (f) the BOP Operator, (g) the Manager and (h) each REC Purchaser; provided , however , that such Person shall cease to be a Principal Project Participant when all obligations of such Person under all Operative Documents to which it is a party have been performed and/or paid in full.

 

Project (Burley Butte) ” means the up to 19.5 MW nameplate capacity wind powered electrical generating facility located in Cassia County, Idaho, including all structures or Improvements erected on the Site (Burley Butte), all alterations thereto or replacements thereof, all fixtures, attachments, appliances, equipment, machinery and other articles attached thereto or used in connection therewith and all parts which may from time to time be incorporated or installed in or attached thereto, all real or personal property owned or leased related thereto including undivided tenancy in common interests of the O&M Building, and all other real and tangible and intangible personal property leased or owned by Burley Butte and placed upon or used in connection with the generation of electricity upon the Site (Burley Butte), the electrical interconnection with the facilities of the Interconnection Provider and the delivery and sale of electric energy, capacity and ancillary services.

 

Project (Camp Reed) ” means the up to 22.5 MW nameplate capacity wind powered electrical generating facility located in Elmore County, Idaho, including all structures or Improvements erected on the Site (Camp Reed), all alterations thereto or replacements thereof, all fixtures, attachments, appliances, equipment, machinery and other articles attached thereto or used in connection therewith and all parts which may from time to time be incorporated or installed in or attached thereto, all real or personal property owned or leased related thereto including undivided tenancy in common interests of the O&M Building and Bell Rapids Substation, and all other real and tangible and intangible personal property leased or owned by Camp Reed and placed upon or used in connection with the generation of electricity upon the Site (Camp Reed), the electrical interconnection with the facilities of the Interconnection Provider and the delivery and sale of electric energy, capacity and ancillary services.

 

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Project (Golden Valley) ” means the up to 12.0 MW nameplate capacity wind powered electrical generating facility located in Cassia County, Idaho, including all structures or Improvements erected on the Site (Golden Valley), all alterations thereto or replacements thereof, all fixtures, attachments, appliances, equipment, machinery and other articles attached thereto or used in connection therewith and all parts which may from time to time be incorporated or installed in or attached thereto, all real or personal property owned or leased related thereto including undivided tenancy in common interests of the O&M Building, and all other real and tangible and intangible personal property leased or owned by Golden Valley and placed upon or used in connection with the generation of electricity upon the Site (Golden Valley), the electrical interconnection with the facilities of the Interconnection Provider and the delivery and sale of electric energy, capacity and ancillary services.

 

Project (Milner Dam) ” means the up to 19.5 MW nameplate capacity wind powered electrical generating facility located in Cassia County, Idaho, including all structures or Improvements erected on the Site (Milner Dam), all alterations thereto or replacements thereof, all fixtures, attachments, appliances, equipment, machinery and other articles attached thereto or used in connection therewith and all parts which may from time to time be incorporated or installed in or attached thereto, all real or personal property owned or leased related thereto including undivided tenancy in common interests of the O&M Building, and all other real and tangible and intangible personal property leased or owned by Milner Dam and placed upon or used in connection with the generation of electricity upon the Site (Milner Dam), the electrical interconnection with the facilities of the Interconnection Provider and the delivery and sale of electric energy, capacity and ancillary services.

 

Project (Oregon Trail) ” means the up to 13.5 MW nameplate capacity wind powered electrical generating facility located in Twin Falls County, Idaho, including all structures or Improvements erected on the Site (Oregon Trail), all alterations thereto or replacements thereof, all fixtures, attachments, appliances, equipment, machinery and other articles attached thereto or used in connection therewith and all parts which may from time to time be incorporated or installed in or attached thereto, all real or personal property owned or leased related thereto including undivided tenancy in common interests of the O&M Building and Bell Rapids Substation, and all other real and tangible and intangible personal property leased or owned by Oregon Trail and placed upon or used in connection with the generation of electricity upon the Site (Oregon Trail), the electrical interconnection with the facilities of the Interconnection Provider and the delivery and sale of electric energy, capacity and ancillary services.

 

Project (Payne’s Ferry) ” means the up to 21.0 MW nameplate capacity wind powered electrical generating facility located in Twin Falls County, Idaho, including all structures or Improvements erected on the Site (Payne’s Ferry), all alterations thereto or replacements thereof, all fixtures, attachments, appliances, equipment, machinery and other articles attached thereto or used in connection therewith and all parts which may from time to time be incorporated or installed in or attached thereto, all real or personal property owned or leased related thereto including undivided tenancy in common interests of the O&M Building and Bell Rapids Substation, and all other real and tangible and intangible personal property leased or owned by Payne’s Ferry and placed upon or used in connection with the generation of electricity upon the Site (Payne’s Ferry), the electrical interconnection with the facilities of the Interconnection Provider and the delivery and sale of electric energy, capacity and ancillary services.

 

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Project (Pilgrim Stage) ” means the up to 10.5 MW nameplate capacity wind powered electrical generating facility located in Twin Falls County, Idaho, including all structures or Improvements erected on the Site (Pilgrim Stage), all alterations thereto or replacements thereof, all fixtures, attachments, appliances, equipment, machinery and other articles attached thereto or used in connection therewith and all parts which may from time to time be incorporated or installed in or attached thereto, all real or personal property owned or leased related thereto including undivided tenancy in common interests of the O&M Building and Bell Rapids Substation, and all other real and tangible and intangible personal property leased or owned by Pilgrim Stage and placed upon or used in connection with the generation of electricity upon the Site (Pilgrim Stage), the electrical interconnection with the facilities of the Interconnection Provider and the delivery and sale of electric energy, capacity and ancillary services.

 

Project (Salmon Falls) ” means the up to 21.0 MW nameplate capacity wind powered electrical generating facility located in Twin Falls County, Idaho, including all structures or Improvements erected on the Site (Salmon Falls), all alterations thereto or replacements thereof, all fixtures, attachments, appliances, equipment, machinery and other articles attached thereto or used in connection therewith and all parts which may from time to time be incorporated or installed in or attached thereto, all real or personal property owned or leased related thereto including undivided tenancy in common interests of the O&M Building and Bell Rapids Substation, and all other real and tangible and intangible personal property leased or owned by Salmon Falls and placed upon or used in connection with the generation of electricity upon the Site (Salmon Falls), the electrical interconnection with the facilities of the Interconnection Provider and the delivery and sale of electric energy, capacity and ancillary services.

 

Project (Thousand Springs) ” means the up to 12.0 MW nameplate capacity wind powered electrical generating facility located in Twin Falls County, Idaho, including all structures or Improvements erected on the Site (Thousand Springs), all alterations thereto or replacements thereof, all fixtures, attachments, appliances, equipment, machinery and other articles attached thereto or used in connection therewith and all parts which may from time to time be incorporated or installed in or attached thereto, all real or personal property owned or leased related thereto including undivided tenancy in common interests of the O&M Building and Bell Rapids Substation, and all other real and tangible and intangible personal property leased or owned by Thousand Springs and placed upon or used in connection with the generation of electricity upon the Site (Thousand Springs), the electrical interconnection with the facilities of the Interconnection Provider and the delivery and sale of electric energy, capacity and ancillary services.

 

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Project (Tuana Gulch) ” means the up to 10.5 MW nameplate capacity wind powered electrical generating facility located in Twin Falls County, Idaho, including all structures or Improvements erected on the Site (Tuana Gulch), all alterations thereto or replacements thereof, all fixtures, attachments, appliances, equipment, machinery and other articles attached thereto or used in connection therewith and all parts which may from time to time be incorporated or installed in or attached thereto, all real or personal property owned or leased related thereto including undivided tenancy in common interests of the O&M Building and Bell Rapids Substation, and all other real and tangible and intangible personal property leased or owned by Tuana Gulch and placed upon or used in connection with the generation of electricity upon the Site (Tuana Gulch), the electrical interconnection with the facilities of the Interconnection Provider and the delivery and sale of electric energy, capacity and ancillary services.

 

Project (Yahoo Creek) ” means the up to 21.0 MW nameplate capacity wind powered electrical generating facility located in Twin Falls County, Idaho, including all structures or Improvements erected on the Site (Yahoo Creek), all alterations thereto or replacements thereof, all fixtures, attachments, appliances, equipment, machinery and other articles attached thereto or used in connection therewith and all parts which may from time to time be incorporated or installed in or attached thereto, all real or personal property owned or leased related thereto including undivided tenancy in common interests of the O&M Building and Bell Rapids Substation, and all other real and tangible and intangible personal property leased or owned by Yahoo Creek and placed upon or used in connection with the generation of electricity upon the Site (Yahoo Creek), the electrical interconnection with the facilities of the Interconnection Provider and the delivery and sale of electric energy, capacity and ancillary services.

 

Project Budget ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(y) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Project Company Operating Agreements ” means, collectively, (a) the LLC Agreement (Burley Butte), (b) the LLC Agreement (Camp Reed), (c) the LLC Agreement (Golden Valley), (d) the LLC Agreement (Milner Dam), (e) the LLC Agreement (Oregon Trail), (f) the LLC Agreement (Payne’s Ferry), (g) the LLC Agreement (Pilgrim Stage), (h) the LLC Agreement (Salmon Falls), (i) the LLC Agreement (Thousand Springs), (j) the LLC Agreement (Tuana Gulch) and (k) the LLC Agreement (Yahoo Creek).

 

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Project Costs ” means (a) the cost of developing, designing, engineering, equipping, procuring, constructing, starting up, commissioning and testing the Projects, including the cost of all labor, services, materials, supplies, equipment, tools, transportation, supervision, storage, training, demolition site preparation, civil works, and remediation in connection therewith (including a balance of plant contingency allowance) and all other third-party fees and costs related to the Projects and all hard and soft development costs (including Equity Fees) payable under, and pursuant to the Project Documents, (b) the cost to the Obligors of constructing the feeder lines and substation interconnecting the Projects to the applicable transmission system and interconnecting and synchronizing the Projects to such system, (c) the cost of acquiring and using any lease, easement and any other necessary interest in the Sites, (d) real and personal property taxes, ad valorem taxes, sales, use and excise taxes and insurance (including title insurance) premiums payable with respect to each Project and the Bell Rapids Substation during the period prior to the Term Conversion Date (the “ Construction Period ”), (e) interest payable on any Note and financing-related fees and costs during the Construction Period payable under the Credit Documents (including any and all fees, interest and other amounts payable by Borrower under the Credit Agreement), (f) initial working capital requirements of the Projects in accordance with the Project Budget, (g) costs associated with security requirements under the Power Purchase Agreements and the Interconnection Agreements, (h) the costs of acquiring Required Permits for the Projects during the Construction Period, (i) all general and administrative costs of the Obligors attributable to the Projects during the Construction Period in accordance with the Project Budget, (j) the cost of establishing a spare parts inventory for the Projects (if any), (k)(i) interest payable by Borrower on any Member Loan existing on the Closing Date and (ii) interest payable by Borrower on any Member Loan entered into after the Closing Date and approved by Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders (for the avoidance of doubt, the terms and conditions of such Member Loan including, without limitation, the payment of interest, are subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders) and (l) other fees and expenses relating to the development, construction and closing of financing of the Projects, including financial, legal and consulting fees, costs and expenses in accordance with the Project Budget; in each case set forth above, as expressly set forth in the Project Budget, including any contingency amounts set forth in the Project Budget; provided that the payment of interest by Borrower on any Member Loan existing on the Closing Date shall only be payable as a Project Cost to the extent that (A) the proceeds of such Members Loans had been used to pay Project Costs in respect of the Projects and (B) sufficient monies have been reserved in an Account to pay any and all remaining Project Costs in order to achieve Total Completion and Completion (Salmon Falls) in accordance with the Project Schedules and Project Budgets.

 

Project Documents ” means the Principal Project Documents and the Additional Project Documents.

 

Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio ” means the ratio, calculated as of each Repayment Date from the Initial Repayment Date to the date which is 18 years from the Term Conversion Date,  based on the financial model utilized to create the Base Case Projections and applying the P50 Production Scenario or the P99 Production Scenario, as the case may be, of (a) Operating Cash Available for Debt Service to (b) Debt Service, calculated as of each Repayment Date for the 12 month period from such Repayment Date.

 

Project Revenues ” means all income and receipts derived from the ownership or operation of the Projects, including, without limitation, income from the sales of energy and RECs, payments received under the Power Purchase Agreements and liquidated damages paid to any Obligor under the Construction Contracts, and any other contract or agreement of an Obligor, proceeds of any business interruption insurance, other income derived from the sale or use of electric energy transmitted or distributed by the Projects (including transmission credits and refunds under the Interconnection Agreements), and any receipts derived from the sale of any property pertaining to a Project or incidental to the operation of a Project, all as determined under the cash method of accounting, the investment income on amounts in the Accounts and proceeds from the sale of any Collateral; provided , that, Project Revenues shall not include (i) Equity Contributions; (ii) the proceeds of the Loans (iii) the proceeds of any Member Loans and (iv) Loss Proceeds (other than proceeds of any business interruption insurance and delay in start-up insurance as set forth above).

 

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Projects ” means, collectively, the Project (Burley Butte), the Project (Camp Reed), the Project (Golden Valley), the Project (Milner Dam), the Project (Oregon Trail), the Project (Payne’s Ferry), the Project (Pilgrim Stage), the Project (Salmon Falls), the Project (Thousand Springs), the Project (Tuana Gulch) and the Project (Yahoo Creek).

 

Project Schedules ” means, collectively, each schedule for the construction and completion of the Projects as a whole, each as set forth in the schedule attached as Exhibit H-5 to the Credit Agreement.

 

Proportionate Share (Commitment) ” means, as to any Lender and its Commitment of any Class, the percentage calculated as such Lender’s unutilized Commitment of such Class divided by all Lenders’ unutilized Commitments of such Class.

 

Proportionate Share (Loans) ” means, as to any Lender and its Loans or LC Loans, as applicable, of any Class, the percentage calculated as such Lender’s outstanding Loans or LC Loans, as applicable, of such Class divided by all Lenders’ outstanding Loans or LC Loans, as applicable, of such Class.

 

Proportionate Share (Obligations) ” means, as to any Lender and its Loans and LC Loans, the percentage calculated as such Lender’s outstanding Loans and LC Loans divided by all Lenders’ outstanding Loans and LC Loans.

 

PUC ” means a state public utility commission.

 

PUHCA ” means the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005.

 

Punch List Items ” means, collectively, (a) the “Punch List Items” (as defined in the Turbine Supply Agreement) agreed upon by the Turbine Supplier, the applicable Borrower Subsidiary and Borrower, (b) the “BOP Punch List” (as defined in the EPC Contract) items agreed upon by the EPC Contractor, the applicable Borrower Subsidiary and Borrower as of “Project Site Final Completion” (as defined in the EPC Contract) in respect of a Project and (c) the “HVES Punch List” (as defined in the EPC Contract) items agreed upon by the EPC Contractor, the applicable Borrower Subsidiary and Borrower as of “High Voltage Electrical System Final Completion” (as defined in the EPC Contract).

 

QF ” means a “qualifying facility” as defined in 18 C.F.R. § 292.101(b)(1) ) that is eligible for the regulatory exemptions set forth in 18 C.F.R. § 292.601 (c), including the exemption from regulation under Sections 205 and 206 of the FPA set forth in § 292.601(c)(1), and the regulatory exemptions from PUHCA and state regulation set forth in 18 C.F.R. § 292.602(b) and (c).

 

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Qualified Guarantor ” means a Person whose long-term unsecured unsubordinated indebtedness is rated at least Aa3 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s and AA- or the equivalent thereof by S&P.

 

Qualified LC Issuer ” means a commercial bank whose long-term unsecured unsubordinated indebtedness is rated at least A2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s and A or the equivalent thereof by S&P.

 

Qualified Owner ” means any Person that either (i) has a tangible net worth of at least $300 million (or is majority owned or controlled by an entity with such tangible net worth) and is an Experienced Person or (ii) is (or is majority owned or controlled by) a Person listed on Schedule 3.04(b)(i)(B)(1) of the Borrower Operating Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date (unless the Majority Lenders have consented to an amendment thereto after the Closing Date).

 

Qualified Reporting Entity ” or “ QRE ” means an entity that is qualified to report generation and other data to WREGIS pursuant to the WREGIS Operating Rules, as may be amended from time to time.

 

Quarterly Date ” means the last Banking Day for the month of March, June, September and December of each calendar year.

 

Real Property ” means all real property held by any Obligor, which such Obligor owns in fee or in which it holds a leasehold interest as a tenant an easement right as an easement holder or a license right as a licensee or otherwise uses or occupies, including, without limitation, the real property more particularly identified in the relevant Title Policy.

 

Real Property Documents ” means any documents, agreements or instruments pursuant to which any Obligor has rights in Real Property (including, without limitation Leases and Easements), other than the O&M Building Lots.

 

Recapture Period ” means, the period from the Placed in Service Date of the first WTG until the earliest to occur of (i) the fifth anniversary of the Placed in Service Date of the last WTG and (ii) the date on which a Cash Grant Recapture Liability that could arise in respect of any Idaho Wind Entity or any Project that has been incurred and has been paid or otherwise finally satisfied in full by or on behalf of an Idaho Wind Entity.

 

REC Agreement ” means any agreement for the sale of RECs arising from electric energy and/or capacity generated at any of the Projects between any Obligor and a REC Purchaser.

 

REC Documents ” means (a) each REC Agreement (when executed and delivered), (b) each Power Procurement Agreement (when executed and delivered) and (c) each guarantee, letter of credit, performance bond or credit support instrument provided by any party in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

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REC Loan ” means a Tranche C Loan which the Borrower has requested on the basis of the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with the terms thereof) of the conditions set forth in Section 3.5 of the Credit Agreement

 

REC Loan Availability Termination Date ” means the earlier of (a) the Initial Repayment Date and (b) the date on which any Loan or LC Loan is accelerated in accordance with Article IX of the Credit Agreement.

 

REC Purchaser ” means any counterparty to a REC Agreement with an Obligor.

 

RECs ” means all renewable energy credits, offsets, or other benefits (other than the Cash Grants) allocated, assigned or otherwise awarded or certified to an Obligor or Power Purchaser by any Governmental Authority, program administrator or other certification board or other Person generally recognized in the wind generation industry in connection with a Project, including all such credits, offsets, or other benefits allocated, assigned or otherwise awarded or certified to an Obligor.

 

Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(c) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Reimbursement Agreement ” means the Transaction and Development Costs and Expenses Reimbursement Agreement dated as of May 11, 2010 between the Borrower and Exergy Development Group of Idaho, L.L.C.

 

Release ” means releasing, disposing, discharging, injecting, spilling, leaking, leaching, migrating, dumping, pumping, pouring, emitting, escaping, emptying, seeping and placing into or upon any land or water or air, or otherwise entering into the environment.

 

Removal Event ” has the meaning set forth in the Borrower Operating Agreement.

 

Repayment Date ” means the Initial Repayment Date and each Quarterly Date from and after the Initial Repayment Date up to and including the Term Loan Maturity Date.

 

Replacement Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.11 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Replacement Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.11 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Reportable Event ” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty day notice period is waived by the PBGC.

 

Required Contribution Amount ” means $221,870,000.

 

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Required Equity Amount ” means equity commitments of the Members to the Borrower in an aggregate amount equal to the lesser of (a) $141,000,000 and (b) 30% of total budgeted Project Costs as set forth in the Closing Date Base Case Projections delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 3.1(z) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Required Net Energy Amounts ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.28 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Required Permit ” means any Permit, including any zoning, environmental protection, pollution, sanitation, FERC, safety, siting or building Permit (a) that is necessary at any given time in light of the stage of development, construction or operation of the applicable Project to construct, test, operate, maintain, repair, own or use the Project as contemplated by the Operative Documents, to sell electric energy, capacity, ancillary services and RECs therefrom, to enter into any Operative Document or to consummate any transaction contemplated thereby (other than any corporate authorizations or corporate filings), or (b) that is necessary so that none of Administrative Agent, any Lender, nor any Affiliate of any of them may be deemed by any Governmental Authority to be (i) subject to regulation under the FPA or under any State laws or regulations respecting the rates or the financial or organizational regulation of electric utilities or (ii) subject to, or not exempt from, regulation by FERC under PUHCA, in either case solely as a result of the construction or operation of the Projects or the purchase, sale of electric energy, capacity, ancillary services or RECs by or from a Project.

 

Reserve Account Requirements ” means, on and from the Term Conversion Date, the requirement that (a)(i) the aggregate amount then available to be drawn or demanded, as applicable, under any DSR Letter of Credit, any Acceptable Letter of Credit and any Acceptable Guarantee provided, in each case, to satisfy in whole or in part, the Debt Service Reserve Requirement plus (ii) the funds then on deposit in the Debt Service Reserve Account, shall equal or exceed the then current Debt Service Reserve Requirement; (b)(i) the aggregate amount then available to be drawn or demanded, as applicable, under any Acceptable Letter of Credit and any Acceptable Guarantee provided, in each case, to satisfy in whole or in part, the O&M Reserve Requirement plus (ii) the funds then on deposit in the O&M Reserve Account, shall equal or exceed the then current O&M Reserve Requirement; (c)(i) the aggregate amount then available to be drawn or demanded, as applicable, under any Acceptable Letter of Credit and any Acceptable Guarantee provided, in each case, to satisfy in whole or in part, the Minimum Major Maintenance Reserve Requirement plus (ii) the funds then on deposit in the Major Maintenance Reserve Account, shall equal or exceed the then current Minimum Major Maintenance Reserve Amount and (d)(i) the aggregate amount then available to be drawn or demanded, as applicable, under any Acceptable Letter of Credit and any Acceptable Guarantee provided, in each case, to satisfy in whole or in part, the Supplemental Reserve Amount plus (ii) the funds then on deposit in the Supplemental Reserve Account, shall equal or exceed the then current Supplemental Reserve Amount.

 

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Reserve Requirement ” means, at any time, with respect to any Lender, the maximum rate per annum at which reserves (including, without limitation, any marginal, special, supplemental, or emergency reserves) are required to be maintained under regulations issued from time to time by the Federal Board (or any successor) by member banks of the Federal Reserve System against “Eurocurrency liabilities” (as such term is used in Regulation D). Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, the Reserve Requirement shall reflect any other reserves required to be maintained by a Lender with respect to (i) any category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the LIBO Rate is to be determined, or (ii) any category of extensions of credit or other assets which include LIBO Rate Loans. The LIBO Rate shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Reserve Requirement.

 

Responsible Officer ” means, as to the Borrower, the President, any Senior Vice President or General Counsel of the Managing Member.

 

Restricted Payment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Reunion Member ” means RP Wind ID LLC.

 

Revenue Account ” has the meaning set forth in the Depositary Agreement.

 

RPS ” means the California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program as codified at California Public Utilities Code Section 399.11 et seq., and any decisions by the CPUC related thereto.

 

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Corporation.

 

Salmon Falls ” means Salmon Falls Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company.

 

Salmon Falls Availability Termination Date ” means the earlier of (a) April 8, 2013] and (b) the date on which any Loan or LC Loan is accelerated in accordance with Article IX of the Credit Agreement.

 

Salmon Falls Loan ” means a Tranche C Loan which the Borrower has requested on the basis of the satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with the terms thereof) of the conditions set forth in Section 3.6 of the Credit Agreement

 

Scheduled LC Facility Maturity Date ” means the seventh (7 th ) anniversary of the Term Conversion Date.

 

Scheduled Term Loan Maturity Date ” means the seventeenth (17 th ) anniversary of the Term Conversion Date.

 

Scheduled Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date ” means April 1, 2011.

 

Secured Parties ” means the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Banks, the Lenders, the Hedge Counterparties and each of their respective successors and assigns.

 

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Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

Site (Bell Rapids )” means the portion of the “Leased Property” as such term is defined and as described in each of the Mortgage (Camp Reed), Mortgage (Oregon Trail), Mortgage (Payne’s Ferry), Mortgage (Thousand Springs), Mortgage (Tuana Gulch) and Mortgage (Yahoo Creek) where the Bell Rapids Substation is located.

 

Site (Burley Butte) ” means the “Leased Property” as such term is defined and as described in the Mortgage (Burley Butte).

 

Site (Camp Reed) ” means the “Leased Property” as such term is defined and as described in the Mortgage (Camp Reed).

 

Site (Golden Valley) ” means the “Leased Property” as such term is defined and as described in the Mortgage (Golden Valley).

 

Site (Milner Dam) ” means the “Leased Property” as such term is defined and as described in the Mortgage (Milner Dam).

 

Site (O&M Building) ” means the “Fee Title Property” as such term is defined and as described each of the Mortgages where the O&M Building is located.

 

Site (Oregon Trail) ” means the “Leased Property” as such term is defined and as described in the Mortgage (Oregon Trail).

 

Site (Payne’s Ferry) ” means the “Leased Property” as such term is defined and as described in the Mortgage (Payne’s Ferry).

 

Site (Pilgrim Stage) ” means the “Leased Property” as such term is defined and as described in the Mortgage (Pilgrim Stage).

 

Site (Salmon Falls) ” means the “Leased Property” as such term is defined and as described in the Mortgage (Salmon Falls).

 

Site (Thousand Springs) ” means the “Leased Property” as such term is defined and as described in the Mortgage (Thousand Springs).

 

Site (Tuana Gulch) ” means the “Leased Property” as such term is defined and as described in the Mortgage (Tuana Gulch).

 

Site (Yahoo Creek) ” means the “Leased Property” as such term is defined and as described in the Mortgage (Yahoo Creek).

 

Sites means, collectively, (a) the Site (Bell Rapids), (b) the Site (Burley Butte), (c) the Site (Camp Reed), (d) the Site (Golden Valley), (e) the Site (Milner Dam), (f) the Site (Oregon Trail), (g) the Site (Payne’s Ferry), (h) the Site (Pilgrim Stage), (i) the Site (Salmon Falls), (j) the Site (Thousand Springs), (k) the Site (Tuana Gulch), (l) the Site (Yahoo Creek) and (m) the Site (O&M Building).

 

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Start-up and Commissioning ” has the meaning set forth in the Turbine Supply Agreement.

 

State ” means (a) any state of the United States of America or (b) the District of Columbia.

 

Stated Amount ” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit at any time, the total amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit at such time.

 

Subject Persons ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.4 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, (a) any corporation more than 50% of whose stock of any class or classes having by the terms of ordinary voting the power to elect a majority of the directors of such corporation which is at the time owned by such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person; and (b) any partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other entity in which such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person has an equity or income interest greater than 50% of all equity or income interests.

 

Subsidiary Guarantors ” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Substitutable Lender ” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.11 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Supplemental Reserve Account ” has the meaning set forth in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Supplemental Reserve Amount ” means, on any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of the scheduled principal and interest (after taking into account the affect of the Interest Rate Hedging Agreements) on the Term Loans, Tranche C Loans and LC Loans payable by Borrower during the next succeeding three months, as calculated by the Administrative Agent.

 

Surveys ” means, collectively, a survey of each Site in compliance with the 2005 ALTA/ACSM Minimum Standard Detail Requirements, including optional items 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7(a), 7(b)(1), 7(c), 8, 10, 11(a), 13, 16, 17 and 18 and clearly delineating the proposed location of all Improvements to be constructed by the relevant Borrower Subsidiary on such Site, including, without limitation, all turbines, communication, collection, distribution, and Gen-Tie Lines, substations, operation and maintenance buildings, and point of interconnection, which survey shall be dated no more than 30 days prior to the Closing Date, prepared by an independent surveyor licensed in the State of Idaho, and certified to the Title Insurer and Administrative Agent, and otherwise sufficient for the Title Insurer to eliminate all standard survey exceptions.

 

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Taxes ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.9(e)(i) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Term Conversion ” means the satisfaction or waiver by Administrative Agent (with the consent of the Tranche A Lenders) of each of the conditions set forth in Section 3.7 of the Credit Agreement.

 

Term Conversion Date ” means the date of Term Conversion.

 

Term Conversion Date Base Case Projections ” means the Closing Date Base Case Projections updated (in a manner acceptable to the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders) to take into account the following inputs: (a) the actual number of WTGs that have reached Completion on or prior to the Term Conversion Date; (b) the hedged interest rate with respect to the Term Loans determined by reference to the Interest Rate Hedging Agreements in effect as of the Term Conversion Date; (c) an updated LIBO Rate forward curve for the unhedged portion of the Term Loans, (d) any REC Documents executed and approved on or prior to the Term Conversion Date, (e) any Additional Project Documents and (f) to the extent a WTG Location Variance Event has occurred, any updates to the Closing Date Base Case Projections required pursuant to Section 5.22 of the Credit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, except as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the methodology, assumptions and inputs to be used with respect to the Term Conversion Date Base Case Projections shall follow the methodology, assumptions and inputs used for preparing the Closing Date Base Case Projections.

 

Term Loan ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Term Loan Commitment ” means the commitment of a Tranche A Lender to make Term Loans to Borrower, up to an aggregate amount, at any one time outstanding, not in excess of such Tranche A Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Total Term Loan Commitment at such time.

 

Term Loan Maturity Date ” means the earlier to occur of (i) the Scheduled Term Loan Maturity Date and (ii) such earlier date on which the entire outstanding principal balance of the Loans, together with all unpaid interest, fees, charges and costs, become due and payable pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement.

 

Term Note ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(e) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Thousand Springs ” means Thousand Springs Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company.

 

Title Insurer ” means First American Title Insurance Company.

 

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Title Policies ” means, collectively, (a) the Title Policy (Burley Butte), (b) the Title Policy (Camp Reed), (c) the Title Policy (Golden Valley), (d) the Title Policy (Milner Dam), (e) the Title Policy (Oregon Trail), (f) the Title Policy (Payne’s Ferry), (g) the Title Policy (Pilgrim Stage), (h) the Title Policy (Salmon Falls), (i) the Title Policy (Thousand Springs), (j) the Title Policy (Tuana Gulch), (k) the Title Policy (Yahoo Creek) and (l) the Title Policy (O&M Building). The Title Policies must be in an aggregate amount equal to $324,000,000 (representing the aggregate amount of the Total Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment, the Total Tranche B Construction Loan Commitment, the Total Tranche C Loan Commitment and the Total LC Loan Commitment).

 

Title Policy (Burley Butte) ” means that certain policy of title insurance issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, as provided in Section 3.1(dd) of the Credit Agreement, in respect of the Project (Burley Butte), issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, including all amendments thereto, endorsements thereof and substitutions or replacements therefor.

 

Title Policy (Camp Reed) ” means that certain policy of title insurance issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, as provided in Section 3.1(dd) of the Credit Agreement, in respect of the Project (Camp Reed), issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, including all amendments thereto, endorsements thereof and substitutions or replacements therefor.

 

Title Policy (Golden Valley) ” means that certain policy of title insurance issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, as provided in Section 3.1(dd) of the Credit Agreement, in respect of the Project (Golden Valley), issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, including all amendments thereto, endorsements thereof and substitutions or replacements therefor.

 

Title Policy (Milner Dam) ” means that certain policy of title insurance issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, as provided in Section 3.1(dd) of the Credit Agreement, in respect of the Project (Milner Dam), issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, including all amendments thereto, endorsements thereof and substitutions or replacements therefor.

 

Title Policy (O&M Building) ” means that certain policy of title insurance issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, as provided in Section 3.1(dd) of the Credit Agreement, in respect of the O&M Building, issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, including all amendments thereto, endorsements thereof and substitutions or replacements therefor.

 

Title Policy (Oregon Trail) ” means that certain policy of title insurance issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, as provided in Section 3.1(dd) of the Credit Agreement, in respect of the Project (Oregon Trail), issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, including all amendments thereto, endorsements thereof and substitutions or replacements therefor.

 

Title Policy (Payne’s Ferry) ” means that certain policy of title insurance issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, as provided in Section 3.1(dd) of the Credit Agreement, in respect of the Project (Payne’s Ferry), issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, including all amendments thereto, endorsements thereof and substitutions or replacements therefor.

 

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Title Policy (Pilgrim Stage) ” means that certain policy of title insurance issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, as provided in Section 3.1(dd) of the Credit Agreement, in respect of the Project (Pilgrim Stage), issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, including all amendments thereto, endorsements thereof and substitutions or replacements therefor.

 

Title Policy (Salmon Falls) ” means that certain policy of title insurance issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, as provided in Section 3.1(dd) of the Credit Agreement, in respect of the Project (Salmon Falls), issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, including all amendments thereto, endorsements thereof and substitutions or replacements therefor.

 

Title Policy (Thousand Springs) ” means that certain policy of title insurance issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, as provided in Section 3.1(dd) of the Credit Agreement, in respect of the Project (Thousand Springs), issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, including all amendments thereto, endorsements thereof and substitutions or replacements therefor.

 

Title Policy (Tuana Gulch) ” means that certain policy of title insurance issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, as provided in Section 3.1(dd) of the Credit Agreement, in respect of the Project (Tuana Gulch), issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, including all amendments thereto, endorsements thereof and substitutions or replacements therefor.

 

Title Policy (Yahoo Creek) ” means that certain policy of title insurance issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, as provided in Section 3.1(dd) of the Credit Agreement, in respect of the Project (Yahoo Creek), issued by the Title Insurer dated as of the Closing Date, including all amendments thereto, endorsements thereof and substitutions or replacements therefor.

 

Total Completion ” means the occurrence of Completion in respect of each Project and completion of all upgrades or modifications necessary for each Project (other than Project (Salmon Falls)) to generate and transmit electric energy in all amounts up to and including its nameplate capacity.

 

Total Completion Date ” means the date on which Total Completion occurs.

 

Total Construction Loan Commitment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Total DSR LC Commitment ” means $11,250,000, as such amount may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the Credit Agreement.

 

Total PPA LC Commitment ” means $9,250,000, as such amount may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the Credit Agreement.

 

Total Term Loan Commitment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(a) of the Credit Agreement.

 

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Total Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Total Tranche B Construction Loan Commitment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Total Tranche C Loan Commitment ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a) of the Credit Agreement

 

Tranche A Construction Loan ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Tranche A Construction Loan Availability Period ” means the period from the Closing Date to the Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date.

 

Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment ” means the commitment of a Tranche A Lender to make Tranche A Construction Loans to Borrower, up to an aggregate amount, at any one time outstanding, not in excess of such Tranche A Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Total Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment at such time.

 

Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date ” means the earlier to occur of the following: (a) the Term Conversion Date, (b) the Scheduled Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date and (c) the date on which any Loan or LC Loan is accelerated in accordance with Article IX of the Credit Agreement.

 

Tranche A Construction Note ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(e) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Tranche A Lenders ” means the lenders identified on Exhibit I to the Credit Agreement as “Tranche A Lenders”.

 

Tranche B Construction Loan ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Tranche B Construction Loan Availability Period ” means the period from the Closing Date to the Tranche B Construction Loan Maturity Date.

 

Tranche B Construction Loan Commitment ” means the commitment of a Tranche B Lender to make Tranche B Construction Loans to Borrower, up to an aggregate amount, at any one time outstanding, not in excess of such Tranche B Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Total Tranche B Construction Loan Commitment at such time.

 

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Tranche B Construction Loan Maturity Date ” means the earlier to occur of the following: (a) 5 days after the date the last Borrower Subsidiary receives the Cash Grant associated with its Project, (b) 90 days after the earlier of (i) the date of Completion of the last Project and (ii) April 1, 2011, provided that such 90 day period may be extended to 120 days if Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of the Majority Lenders) reasonably determines that Borrower has made all necessary applications and filings in a timely fashion and delay in receipt of one or more Cash Grants is solely due to delay in processing of the subject Cash Grant by the relevant Governmental Authority, (c) if the Term Conversion Date has not occurred by the Scheduled Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date, the Scheduled Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date and (d) the date on which any Loan or LC Loan is accelerated in accordance with Article IX of the Credit Agreement.

 

Tranche B Construction Note ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(e) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Tranche B Lenders ” means the lenders identified on Exhibit I to the Credit Agreement as the “Tranche B Lenders”.

 

Tranche C Lender ” means the lenders identified on Exhibit I to the Credit Agreement as “Tranche C Lenders”.

 

Tranche C Loan Availability Period ” means the period from the Closing Date to the Salmon Falls Availability Termination Date.

 

Tranche C Loan Commitments ” means the commitment of a Tranche C Lender to make Tranche C Loans to Borrower, up to an aggregate amount, at any one time outstanding, not in excess of such Tranche C Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Total Tranche C Loan Commitments at such time.

 

Tranche C Loan Note ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.6(e) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Tranche C Loans ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Treasury Guidance ” means the U.S. Treasury Department’s program guidance publication entitled “Payments for Specific Energy Property in Lieu of Tax Credits under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009,” dated July 2009 and as revised March 2010, the Frequently Asked Questions and Answers issued by the U.S. Treasury Department on January 8, 2010 and June 25, 2010 and any other guidance, instructions, regulations or terms and conditions published or issued by the U.S. Treasury Department in respect of the Cash Grant or any application therefor.

 

Treasury Regulation ” means any regulation promulgated under the Code.

 

Tuana Gulch ” means Tuana Gulch Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company.

 

Turbine Completion ” in respect of a WTG, has the meaning set forth in the Turbine Supply Agreement.

 

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Turbine Supplier ” means General Electric Company.

 

Turbine Supply Agreement means the Contract for the Sale of Power Generation Equipment and Related Services, dated as of July 1, 2010, as amended by that certain Amendment No. 1 dated as of August 9, 2010 between Borrower and the Turbine Supplier and that certain letter agreement dated September 22, 2010 among Borrower and Turbine Supplier, and as assigned to each Borrower Subsidiary pursuant to that certain Omnibus Assignment of Wind Turbines and Partial Assignment of Contract for the Sale of Power Generation Equipment dated as of October 6, 2010 among Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and Turbine Supplier

 

Type ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.15 of the Credit Agreement.

 

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York at the relevant time; provided , that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of applicable law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, Collateral Agent’s Lien (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or remedies and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.

 

United States ” or “ U.S. ” or “ USA ” means the United States of America.

 

Units ” has the meaning set forth in the Borrower Operating Agreement.

Updated Base Case Projections ” means any updates to the applicable Base Case Projections delivered to Administrative Agent pursuant to Sections 5.21, 5.22 or 8.7(c) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Upwind Array ” means a single Upwind Turbine or wind energy project and all Upwind Turbines located thereon.

 

Upwind Array Event ” means the erection of an Upwind Turbine that is not included in a Project, which related Upwind Array could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse impact on the power output of a Project, as determined by the Wind Consultant (but in no event will a loss of power output of 1.0% of the power output of a Project or less be considered a material adverse impact).

 

Upwind Turbine ” means a wind turbine generator that is located upwind of a Project and within seven kilometers of a WTG comprising a part of the Project.

 

USA PATRIOT Act ” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), Pub. L. 107-56 and all other United States laws and regulations relating to money-laundering and terrorist activities.

 

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Warranty Period ” means the applicable warranty period described in Section 8.3 of the Operations Support Agreement.

 

Wind Consultant ” means AWS True Wind, LLC and any other Person from time to time appointed by Borrower with the consent of the Majority Lenders to act as Wind Consultant.

 

Wind Consultant Closing Report ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(j) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Wind Consultant Conversion Report ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.22 of the Credit Agreement.

 

WREGIS ” means the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System or other process for the registration, transfer and ownership of RECs adopted by the parties pursuant to the applicable REC Agreement.

 

WREGIS Operating Rules ” means the operating rules and requirements adopted by WREGIS.

 

WTG ” means each of Turbine Supplier’s GE model 1.5xle wind turbine generators, together with the associated mechanical systems, electrical systems, control systems, communication systems and towers.

 

WTG Location Variance Event ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.22 of the Credit Agreement.

 

WTG Overleverage Amount ” means, if a WTG Location Variance Event has occurred, the amount (if any) of the Term Loans that, if borrowed by Borrower under the Credit Agreement, would cause the Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio to be less than (a) 1.40:1.00 on a minimum quarterly and on an average quarterly basis according to the P50 Production Scenario or (b) 1.00:1.00 on a minimum quarterly and on an average quarterly basis according to the P99 Production Scenario, as determined by the Administrative Agent (acting at the direction of, or with the consent of, the Majority Lenders) as of the Term Conversion Date, in accordance with the Term Conversion Date Base Case Projections.

 

WTG Overleverage Term Loan Amount ” means any remaining amount of the WTL Overleverage Amount after application of any prepayments made by Borrower pursuant to Section 2.8(c)(vii) of the Credit Agreement.

 

Yahoo Creek ” means Yahoo Creek Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company.

 

Yahoo Creek Delay Security LC ” means the letter of credit issued by the PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank in favor of Idaho Power, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 , to be delivered by or on behalf of Yahoo Creek to Idaho Power pursuant to Section 5.7 of the Power Purchase Agreement (Yahoo Creek).

 

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Yahoo Creek PPA LC ” means the letter of credit issued by the PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank in favor of Idaho Power, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 , to be delivered by or on behalf of Yahoo Creek to Idaho Power prior to the Operation Date of the Project (Yahoo Creek), under and as defined in the Power Purchase Agreement (Yahoo Creek).

 

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ANNEX B

 

RULES OF INTERPRETATION

 

1. The singular includes the plural and the plural includes the singular. The definitions of terms apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.

 

2. A reference to a Legal Requirement includes any amendment or modification to such Legal Requirement, and all regulations, rulings and other Legal Requirements promulgated under such Legal Requirement.

 

3. A reference to a Person includes its permitted successors, replacements and assigns.

 

4. Accounting terms have the meanings assigned to them by GAAP, as applied by the accounting entity to which they refer.

 

5. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” are not limiting.

 

6. A reference in a document to an Article, Section, Exhibit, Schedule, Annex or Appendix is to the Article, Section, Exhibit, Schedule, Annex or Appendix of such document unless otherwise indicated. Exhibits, Schedules, Annexes or Appendices to any document shall be deemed incorporated by reference in such document. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of the Credit Agreement (exclusive of the Exhibits, Schedules, Annexes and Appendices thereto) and any Exhibit, Schedule, Annex or Appendix thereto, the provisions of the Credit Agreement shall control.

 

7. References to any document, instrument or agreement (a) shall include all exhibits, schedules and other attachments thereto, (b) shall include all documents, instruments or agreements issued or executed in replacement thereof, and (c) means such document, instrument or agreement, or replacement or predecessor thereto, as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time (to the extent permitted under the Credit Documents) and in effect at any given time.

 

8. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any document shall refer to such document as a whole and not to any particular provision of such document.

 

9. References to “days” mean calendar days, unless the term “Banking Days” shall be used. References to a time of day mean such time in New York, New York, unless otherwise specified.

 

10. Unless otherwise specified in the Credit Agreement to which this Annex B is attached, whenever a payment is required to be made pursuant to such Credit Agreement on a day that is not a Banking Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Banking Day. Whenever performance of a required action, other than a payment, is due under the Credit Agreement to which this Annex B is attached on a day that is not a Banking Day, such performance shall be made on the next succeeding Banking Day.

 

 
 

 

11. The Credit Documents are the result of negotiations between, and have been reviewed by Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary, Administrative Agent, each Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, each Lender and their respective counsel. Accordingly, the Credit Documents shall be deemed to be the product of all parties thereto, and no ambiguity shall be construed in favor of or against Borrower, any Borrower Subsidiary, Administrative Agent, any Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or any Lender.

 

12. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “will” and “shall” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect.

 

13. In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including” and the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding.”

 

14. If, at any time after the Closing Date, Moody’s or S&P shall change its respective system of classifications, then any Moody’s or S&P “rating” referred to herein shall be considered to be at or above a specified level if it is at or above the new rating which most closely corresponds to the specified level under the old rating system.

 

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Execution Version

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND THE PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment No. 1 ”), dated as of January 20, 2011, is made by and among IDAHO WIND PARTNERS 1, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware (the “ Borrower ”), each wholly owned subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Exhibit A hereto (each individually, a “ Borrower Subsidiary ” and collectively, the “ Borrower Subsidiaries ”), C o BANK, ACB, as Incremental Lender (the “ Incremental Lender ”), THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”) and UNION BANK, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (the “ Collateral Agent ”, and together with the Administrative Agent, the “ Agents ”) acting on the instruction of the lenders party to the Credit Agreement (as defined below) (the “ Lenders ”).

 

WHEREAS, reference is made to (i) the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2010, among the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries, the Agents, the Lenders and the other financial institutions party thereto (as amended, modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) and (ii) the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of October 8, 2010, among the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries and the Collateral Agent (as amended, modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “ Pledge and Security Agreement ”).

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto have requested certain amendments be made to the Credit Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.    Definitions . All capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein, including in the introductory and recital paragraphs above, shall have the meanings assigned thereto in Annex A of the Credit Agreement. The rules of interpretation contained in Sections 1.2 and 1.3 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Amendment No. 1 as if set forth in this Amendment No. 1. References in the Credit Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement (including references in the Credit Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement as amended hereby) to “this Agreement” (and indirect references such as “hereunder”, “hereby”, “herein” and “hereof”) shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement, as applicable, each as amended hereby.

 

SECTION 2.    Incremental Lender Joinder . The Incremental Lender hereby agrees to become a party, as a Lender, to the Credit Agreement for all purposes thereof on the terms set forth therein as of the Effective Date, and to be bound by, and benefit from, the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, as applicable, as a Lender and a Secured Party thereunder.

 

     
 

 

SECTION 3.    Incremental Lender Amendments to the Credit Agreement . Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 7 below, the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders currently party to the Credit Agreement) and the Incremental Lender hereby agree that the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a) The second sentence of Section 2.1(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

 

“The aggregate amount of the Tranche A Construction Loan Commitments shall not exceed $157,500,000 (such amount, as may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, the “ Total Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment ”).”

 

(b) The first sentence of Section 2.2(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

 

“Subject to the terms and provisions set forth in this Credit Agreement, each Tranche A Lender agrees, severally but not jointly, to make to Borrower on the Term Conversion Date such loan as Borrower may request under Section 2.2(b) (individually, a “ Term Loan ”; and, collectively, the “ Term Loans ”), in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed such Tranche A Lender’s Proportionate Share (Commitment) of the Total Term Loan Commitment. The aggregate amount of the Term Loan Commitments available to Borrower on the Term Conversion Date shall be the lesser of (i) $157,500,000 and (ii) the aggregate principal amount of the Tranche A Construction Loans then outstanding as of the Term Conversion Date (after giving effect to any prepayments of the Tranche A Construction Loans to be made by Borrower on the Term Conversion Date pursuant to Section 2.8(c)(vii) , if applicable) together with all accrued and unpaid interest, fees and costs and other amounts payable under the Credit Documents with respect thereto (such amount, as may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, the “ Total Term Loan Commitment ”).”

 

(c) The following two sentences are hereby added to the end of Section 2.17(a) of the Credit Agreement in their entirety:

 

Amendment No. 1 is an Incremental Amendment and constitutes the full utilization of Borrower’s right to request an Incremental Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment Increase pursuant to this Section 2.17(a) , and Section 2.17(d) below applies to the Tranche A Construction Loan Commitments established thereunder. Accordingly, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, following the effectiveness of Amendment No. 1, Borrower shall have no right to issue a Commitment Increase Notice in respect of any Tranche A Construction Loan Commitments or otherwise request an Incremental Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment Increase.

 

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(d) Exhibit I to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit B hereto.

 

(e) Exhibit K to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit C hereto.

 

SECTION 4.    Additional Amendments to the Credit Agreement . Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 7 below, the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders currently party to the Credit Agreement) hereby agree that the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a) The following Section 5.33 is hereby added to Article V of the Credit Agreement in its entirety:

 

“5.33       CoBank Equity and Security .

 

(a)        So long as CoBank is a Lender hereunder, Borrower will acquire equity in CoBank in such amounts and at such times as CoBank may require in accordance with CoBank’s Bylaws and Capital Plan, except that the maximum amount of equity that Borrower may be required to purchase in CoBank in connection with the Loans made by CoBank may not exceed the maximum amount permitted by the Bylaws and the Capital Plan at the time this Agreement is entered into. Borrower (x) acknowledges receipt of that certain electronic transmission from CoBank and received by GE Member, dated as of January 3, 2011, attaching a copy of each of (i) CoBank’s annual report for the calendar year ended December 31, 2009, dated as of March 1, 2010, (ii) CoBank’s quarterly report for the calendar quarter ended September 30, 2010, dated as of November 9, 2010, (iii) CoBank’s Notice to Prospective Stockholders and (iv) CoBank’s Bylaws and Capital Plan, which in the case of clause (iv) collectively describe the nature of all of Borrower’s stock and other equities in CoBank acquired in connection with its patronage loan from CoBank (the “ CoBank Equities ”) as well as capitalization requirements, and (y) agrees to be bound by the terms thereof.

 

(b)        Each party hereto acknowledges that CoBank’s Bylaws and Capital Plan shall govern (x) the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to the CoBank Equities and any patronage refunds or other distributions made on account thereof or on account of Borrower’s patronage with CoBank, (y) Borrower’s eligibility for patronage distributions from CoBank (in the form of CoBank Equities and cash) and (z) patronage distributions, if any, in the event of a sale of a participation interest. CoBank reserves the right to assign or sell participations in all or any part of its Commitments or outstanding Loans hereunder on a non-patronage basis.

 

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(c)        Each party hereto acknowledges that CoBank has a statutory first Lien pursuant to the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (as amended from time to time) on all CoBank Equities that Borrower may now own or hereafter acquire, which statutory lien shall be for CoBank’s sole and exclusive benefit. The CoBank Equities shall not constitute security for the Obligations due to any other Lender. To the extent that any of the Credit Documents creates a Lien on the CoBank Equities or on patronage accrued by CoBank for the account of Borrower (including, in each case, proceeds thereof), each such Lien shall be for CoBank’s sole and exclusive benefit and shall not be subject to pro rata sharing hereunder. Neither the CoBank Equities nor any accrued patronage shall be offset against the Obligations except that, in the event of an Event of Default, CoBank may elect to apply the cash portion of any patronage distribution or retirement of equity to Obligations due to CoBank under this Agreement. Borrower acknowledges that any corresponding tax liability associated with such application is the sole responsibility of Borrower. CoBank shall have no obligation to retire the CoBank Equities upon any Event of Default or Default by Borrower, any Borrower Subsidiary, or any other Credit Party, or at any other time, either for application to the Obligations or otherwise.”

 

(b) Annex A to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following definitions in alphabetical order:

 

(i) ““ Amendment No. 1 ” means that certain Amendment No. 1 to the Credit Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement (as defined therein), dated as of January 20, 2011, among Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary, CoBank, Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent.”

 

(ii) ““ CoBank ” means CoBank, ACB.”

 

(iii) ““CoBank’s Bylaws and Capital Plan” means collectively, the Bylaws of CoBank, effective as of April 1, 2009 and the Capital Plan of CoBank, dated January 2010 (as each may be amended from time to time).”

 

(iv) ““ CoBank Equities ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.33(a) of the Credit Agreement.”

 

(c) The definition of “Credit Documents” is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

 

““ Credit Documents ” means, collectively, the Credit Agreement, the Notes, Amendment No. 1, the Collateral Documents, the Letters of Credit, the Interest Rate Hedging Agreements, the Member Indemnity Agreements and any other loan or security agreements, fee letter agreements or letter agreements or similar documents, agreements or instruments entered into in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

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(d) The definition of “Majority Lenders” is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

 

““ Majority Lenders ” means at any time, Lenders having in excess of 50.00% of the sum of the total outstanding Loans, DSR LC Exposure and PPA LC Exposure.”

 

(e) Clause (b) of the definition of “Permitted Investments” is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

 

“(b) the Borrower, (i) investments in the equity of Borrower Subsidiaries, (ii) investments in Indebtedness issued by the Borrower Subsidiaries and (iii) investments in the CoBank Equities and any other stock or securities of, or investments in, CoBank or its investment services or programs.”

 

(f) The definition of “Permitted Liens” is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

 

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““ Permitted Liens ” means (a) the Liens, rights and interests of the Agents, the Letter of Credit Issuing Banks, the Lenders and the Hedge Counterparties as provided in the Operative Documents; (b) Liens imposed by any Governmental Authority for Taxes and Other Taxes not yet due or being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, so long as (i) a bond or other security reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent has been posted or (ii) appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; in each case, in such manner and amount as to assure Administrative Agent that any Taxes, assessments or other charges determined to be due will be promptly paid in full when such contest is determined; (c) solely in respect of the Borrower Subsidiaries, materialmen’s, mechanics’, workers’, repairmen’s, employees’ or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business or in the restoration, repair or replacement of a Project in accordance with the Credit Agreement, or, prior to Total Completion, in connection with the construction of a Project, either for amounts not yet due or for amounts being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and in each case so long as (i) appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP or (ii) a bond or other security has been posted or provided in such manner and amount as to assure that any amount determined to be due will be promptly paid in full when such contest is determined; (d) solely in respect of the Borrower Subsidiaries, easements, rights-of-way and other encumbrances on title to Real Property shown in the Title Policies; (e) Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with worker’s compensation, unemployment insurance, social security and other Legal Requirements and that do not in the aggregate materially impair the use of the property or assets of an Obligor or the value of such property or assets for the purposes of such business; (f) Liens in an aggregate amount not in excess of $500,000 per Obligor arising out of judgments or awards so long as an appeal or proceeding for review is being prosecuted in good faith and for the payment of which adequate cash reserves in accordance with GAAP, bonds or other security reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent have been provided therefor; (g) Liens, deposits or pledges to secure statutory obligations or performance of bids, tenders, contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or leases, or for purposes of like general nature in the ordinary course of the business of an Obligor not in excess of $25,000 in the aggregate per Obligor and $250,000 in the aggregate among all Obligors; (h) with respect to a Borrower Subsidiary only, Liens on assets (real or personal) of a Borrower Subsidiary which assets collectively have a fair market value of less than $25,000 in the aggregate per Borrower Subsidiary and $250,000 in the aggregate among all Borrower Subsidiaries; (i) Liens securing Indebtedness of an Obligor (x) evidencing the deferred purchase price of newly acquired property or incurred to finance the acquisition of or improvement of equipment of an Obligor (pursuant to purchase money mortgages, whether owed to the seller or a third party) used in the ordinary course of business of an Obligor in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $25,000 in the aggregate per Obligor and $250,000 in the aggregate among all Obligors ( provided that such Indebtedness is incurred within 90 days following the acquisition of such equipment or property), and (y) in respect of capitalized lease liabilities of an Obligor; provided that the aggregate amount of all Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to this clause shall not at any time exceed $25,000 in the aggregate per Obligor and $250,000 in the aggregate among all Obligors; (j) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off relating to (x) the establishment of depository relations with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Indebtedness, (y) purchase orders and other agreements entered into with suppliers to and customers of an Obligor in the ordinary course of business or (z) licenses or sublicenses of intellectual property granted in the ordinary course of business; (k) statutory Liens of depository or collecting banks on items in collection and any accompanying documents or the proceeds thereof, (l) extensions, renewals and replacements of any of the foregoing Liens to the extent and for so long as (i) the Indebtedness secured thereby remains outstanding and does not increase and (ii) such Lien shall not apply to any other property or asset than such property or assets covered by such Lien prior to such extension or renewal and (m) solely in respect of the Borrower, CoBank’s statutory Lien pursuant to the Farm Credit Act of 1971 (as amended from time to time) on the CoBank Equities.”

 

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SECTION 5.    Amendments to the Pledge and Security Agreement . Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 7 below, the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries, the Collateral Agent (on behalf of the Secured Parties) and the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders currently party to the Credit Agreement) hereby agree that the Pledge and Security Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a) Section 1 of the Pledge and Security Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following definitions in alphabetical order:

 

(i) ““ CoBank ” has the meaning given in the Credit Agreement.”

 

(ii) ““ CoBank Equities ” has the meaning given in the Credit Agreement.”

 

(b) Section 3(d) of the Pledge and Security Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

 

“(d) As used herein, “Excluded Property” means (i) any motor vehicles, aircraft or rolling stock owned or leased by such Grantor and (ii) the CoBank Equities and any other stock or securities of, or investment by Borrower in, CoBank or its investment services or programs.”

 

SECTION 6.    Representations and Warranties .

 

(a) Borrower and each Borrower Subsidiary hereby represent and warrant to the other parties hereto that (i) this Amendment No. 1 has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such party and each of this Amendment No. 1 and the Credit Agreement and the Pledge and Security Agreement as amended hereby constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, (ii) as of the date hereof, each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Article IV of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the date of hereof (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date), (iii) as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to this Amendment No. 1, no Default, Event of Default or Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing, and (iv) except as expressly set forth herein, each of the Credit Documents is and shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and nothing in this Amendment No. 1 shall abrogate, prejudice, diminish or otherwise affect any powers, right, remedies or obligations of any Person arising before the date of this Amendment No. 1.

 

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(b) The Incremental Lender hereby (i) represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with copies of the financial statements referred to therein and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Amendment No. 1 and become party to the Credit Agreement; and (ii)(A) agrees that it will independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement, (B) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto and (C) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of this Amendment No. 1 and the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender having Commitments of the Class to be held by it.

 

SECTION 7.    Conditions Precedent . This Amendment No. 1 shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “ Effective Date ”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:

 

(a) Delivery to the Administrative Agent of executed counterparts of this Amendment No. 1 from each party hereto.

 

(b) Each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Section 6(a)(ii) of this Amendment No. 1 and the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the date hereof (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date).

 

(c) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or will result from the requested Commitment Increase.

 

(d) No event shall have occurred and no condition shall exist that has had a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(e) Delivery to the Administrative Agent of Updated Base Case Projections in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Administrative Agent, which Updated Base Case Projections shall demonstrate that the requested Commitment Increase will not reduce the Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio according to (i) the P50 Production Scenario to less than 1.40:1.00, on a minimum quarterly and on an average quarterly basis and (ii) the P99 Production Scenario to less than 1.00:1.00, on a minimum quarterly and on an average quarterly basis.

 

(f) Delivery to the Incremental Lender of reliance letters in respect of the legal opinions provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Sections 3.1(l) and 3.5(l) of the Credit Agreement.

 

(g) Delivery to the Incremental Lender of a Tranche A Construction Note evidencing the Tranche A Construction Loans of the Incremental Lender, with appropriate insertions as to date and the outstanding principal amount.

 

(h) The payment in full by the Borrower of all fees and expenses then due and payable by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, including all fees and costs of counsel as of the Effective Date and all fees and expenses incurred by the Agents (including the payment of a fee in the amount of 2.25% of the Incremental Tranche A Construction Loan Commitment Increase to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Incremental Lender due and payable in connection with the transaction contemplated hereunder and in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement), whether incurred before or after the date hereof, in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment No. 1, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel.

 

(i) Delivery to the relevant Agent of any documentation required to be delivered by the Incremental Lender pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Incremental Lender.

 

SECTION 8.    Miscellaneous .

 

8.01. The amendments provided in Sections 3 , 4 and 5 hereof shall be applicable solely with respect to those matters expressly provided therein and no other amendments, waivers or consents may be construed or implied.

 

8.02.    Except as expressly provided herein, each Credit Document is and shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and nothing contained in this Amendment No. 1 shall abrogate, prejudice, diminish or otherwise affect any powers, right, remedies or obligations of any Person arising before the date of this Amendment No. 1. Any reference in the Credit Agreement, the Pledge and Security Agreement or in any documents or instruments required thereunder or annexes or schedules thereto referring to the Credit Agreement or the Pledge and Security Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement or the Pledge and Security Agreement, as applicable, as amended by this Amendment No. 1.

 

8.03.    Credit Document . This Amendment No. 1 shall constitute a Credit Document.

 

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8.04.    GOVERNING LAW . THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

8.05.    Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness . This Amendment No. 1 may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any party to this Amendment No. 1 may execute this Amendment No. 1 by signing any such counterpart; signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signatures are physically attached to the same counterpart. The delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment No. 1 by electronic means, including by facsimile or by “.pdf” attachment to email, shall be effective as valid delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment No. 1. This Amendment No. 1 constitutes the entire agreement and understanding among the parties to this Amendment No. 1 with respect to the matters covered by this Amendment No. 1 and supersede any and all prior agreements and understandings, written or oral, with respect to such matters. This Amendment No. 1 shall become effective on the Effective Date.

 

8.06.    Successors and Assigns . This Amendment No. 1 shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to this Amendment No. 1 and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 1 to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

  IDAHO WIND PARTNERS 1, LLC ,
  as Borrower
     
  By: RP Wind ID LLC
  its Managing Member
     
  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Steven I. Eisenberg
    Managing Director

 

     
 

 

    BURLEY BUTTE WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    CAMP REED WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    GOLDEN VALLEY WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    MILNER DAM WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    OREGON TRAIL WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    PAYNE’S FERRY WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    PILGRIM STAGE STATION WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    SALMON FALLS WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    THOUSAND SPRINGS WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    TUANA GULCH WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    YAHOO CREEK WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary

 

  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Steven I. Eisenberg
    Managing Director

 

     
 

 

  COBANK, ACB,
  as Incremental Lender
     
  By: /s/ Lori Kepner
    Name:  Lori Kepner
    Title:    Vice President

 

     
 

 

  tHE Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch
,
  as Administrative Agent
     
  By: /s/ Billy Tracy
    Name:   Billy Tracy
    Title: Vice President & Manager

 

     
 

 

  UNION BANK, N.A.,
  as Collateral Agent
     
  By: /s/ Eva Aryeetey
    Name:  Eva Aryeetey
    Title:    Vice President

 

     
 

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT
AND
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE DEPOSITARY AGREEMENT

 

This AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE DEPOSITARY AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment ”), dated as of March 30, 2011, is made by and among IDAHO WIND PARTNERS 1, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware (the “ Borrower ”), each wholly owned subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Exhibit A hereto (each individually, a “ Borrower Subsidiary ” and collectively, the “ Borrower Subsidiaries ”), THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”) acting on the instruction of the lenders party to the Credit Agreement (as defined below) (the “ Lenders ”) and UNION BANK, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (the “ Collateral Agent ”, and together with the Administrative Agent, the “ Agents ”) and as bank and securities intermediary (the “ Depositary Bank ”).

 

WHEREAS, reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2010, among the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent, Union Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the other financial institutions party thereto (as amended, modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”).

 

WHEREAS, reference is made to the Depositary Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2010, among the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries, the Agents and the Depositary Bank (as amended, modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “ Depositary Agreement ”).

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto have requested that certain amendments be made to the Credit Agreement and the Depositary Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1.     Definitions . All capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein, including in the introductory and recital paragraphs above, shall have the meanings assigned thereto in Annex A of the Credit Agreement. The rules of interpretation contained in Sections 1.2 and 1.3 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Amendment as if set forth in this Amendment. References in the Credit Agreement and the Depositary Agreement (including references in the Credit Agreement and the Depositary Agreement as amended hereby) to “this Agreement” (and indirect references such as “hereunder”, “hereby”, “herein” and “hereof”) shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement and the Depositary Agreement, as applicable, each as amended hereby.

 

 
 

 

Section 2.     Amendments to the Credit Agreement . Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 5 below, the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries and the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders currently party to the Credit Agreement) hereby agree that the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a) The list of Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new Exhibit P in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B in alphabetical order to the Miscellaneous list of Exhibits to the Credit Agreement as follows:

 

“Exhibit P         Form of Annual Operating Budget”

 

(b) Section 3.7(q) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

 

“(q) Annual Operating Budget . Delivery to Administrative Agent of the Annual Operating Budget with respect to the Projects as provided in Section 5.10 .”

 

(c) Clauses (A) and (G) of Section 5.5(d)(i) of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended and replaced in their entirety as follows:

 

“(A) such Project’s compliance with each material category in the then current Annual Operating Budget,”

 

“(G) replacement of equipment not contemplated by the then current Annual Operating Budget of value in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate per Project,”

 

(d) Section 5.10(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

 

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“(b) On or before 45 days prior to Completion, Borrower shall adopt an operating plan and a budget for the Projects, detailed by calendar month of anticipated revenues, Debt Service, proposed member distributions, maintenance, repair and operation expenses (including reasonable allowance for contingencies and working capital), maintenance reserves and all other anticipated O&M Costs for the Projects for the period from Completion to the conclusion of the first full fiscal year thereafter, such operating plan and budget to be substantially in the form of Exhibit P (the “ Annual Operating Budget ”) and shall re-assess the scheduling and probable cost of each item of maintenance for the Projects and include a timetable and budget therefor in such Annual Operating Budget. Not less than 60 days in advance of the beginning of each fiscal year after the Term Conversion Date, Borrower shall adopt a draft Annual Operating Budget for the Projects for the ensuing fiscal year. Copies of the draft Annual Operating Budget for the initial year and each subsequent year of operation of the Projects shall be promptly furnished to Administrative Agent for the review and approval by Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Independent Engineer) 45 days in advance of Completion and 60 days in advance of the beginning of each fiscal year after the Term Conversion Date. Borrower shall incorporate reasonable suggestions of Administrative Agent and the Lenders into the final Annual Operating Budget, which shall be prepared no less than 30 days in advance of Completion and the beginning of each fiscal year thereafter. Borrower shall operate and maintain each Project, or cause each Project to be operated and maintained, in accordance with the Annual Operating Budget as approved by Administrative Agent in consultation with the Independent Engineer; provided that the Obligors collectively shall not exceed any individual line item in the Annual Operating Budget by more than 15% of the budgeted amount therefor for the applicable fiscal year, and shall not exceed in the aggregate for all line items in the Annual Operating Budget by more than 10% of the budgeted amount therefor for the applicable fiscal year; provided , further that the Annual Operating Budget may be amended with Administrative Agent’s prior written consent in consultation with the Independent Engineer and in such event Borrower shall operate and maintain the Projects, or cause the Projects to be operated and maintained, within such Annual Operating Budget, as so amended and subject to the proviso set forth above. If Administrative Agent does not approve the Annual Operating Budget, Administrative Agent shall notify Borrower of the items which are disapproved and the reason for such disapproval, and until such Annual Operating Budget is so approved, the Annual Operating Budget most recently in effect shall continue to apply, except that (i) any inflation indexes or escalators contained in any Project Documents shall be applied, and (ii) any items of the then-proposed Annual Operating Budget that have been approved shall be given effect in substitution of the corresponding items in the Annual Operating Budget most recently in effect.”

 

(e) Section 6.5(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

 

“(c) fees and expense reimbursements to the Manager provided for under the Management Services Agreements in accordance with the Annual Operating Budget;”

 

(f) Section 6.12(b)(ii)(E)(2) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

 

“(2) the amounts specified in the Annual Operating Budget with respect thereto;”

 

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(g) The last sentence in the definition of “O&M Costs” is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

 

“Other than the variances permitted under Section 5.10(b) of the Credit Agreement, O&M Costs shall not include items not set forth in the Annual Operating Budget or, with respect to items set forth in the Annual Operating Budget, expenses, costs or other amounts in excess of the amounts set forth in the Annual Operating Budget for any such items.”

 

(h) The definition of “Scheduled Term Loan Maturity Date” is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

 

““ Scheduled Term Loan Maturity Date ” means December 31, 2027.”

 

(i) The definition of “Scheduled LC Facility Maturity Date” is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

 

““ Scheduled LC Facility Maturity Date ” means the earlier of (i) April 1, 2018 and (ii) the seventh (7 th ) anniversary of the Term Conversion Date.”

 

(j) The definition of “Scheduled Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date” is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

 

““ Scheduled Tranche A Construction Loan Maturity Date ” means April 15, 2011.”

 

Section 3.     Amendments to the Depositary Agreement . Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 5 below, the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders currently party to the Credit Agreement), the Collateral Agent and the Depositary Bank hereby agree that the Depositary Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a) The proviso in Section 4.2(b), clause first of the Depositary Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

 

provided that, in each case, such amounts have not previously been the subject of a transfer and are in accordance with the Annual Operating Budget;”

 

(b) The proviso in Section 4.2(c) clause first of the Depositary Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

 

provided that, in each case, such amounts have not previously been the subject of a transfer and are in accordance with the Annual Operating Budget;”

 

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(c) The reference to “Annual Operating Budgets” in the first sentence of Section 4.7(b) of the Depositary Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety with “Annual Operating Budget”.

 

Section 4.     Representations and Warranties . Borrower and each Borrower Subsidiary hereby represent and warrant to the other parties hereto that (i) this Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such party and each of this Amendment and the Credit Agreement and the Depositary Agreement as amended hereby constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, (ii) as of the date hereof, each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Article IV of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the date of hereof (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date), (iii) as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default, Event of Default or Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing, and (iv) except as expressly set forth herein, each of the Credit Documents is and shall remain unchanged and is in full force and effect and nothing in this Amendment shall abrogate, prejudice, diminish or otherwise affect any powers, right, remedies or obligations of any Person arising before the date of this Amendment.

 

Section 5.     Conditions Precedent . This Amendment shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “ Effective Date ”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:

 

(a) Delivery to the Agents of executed counterparts of this Amendment from each party hereto.

 

(b) Each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Section 4 of this Amendment and the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the date hereof (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date).

 

(c) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or result from this Amendment.

 

(d) No event shall have occurred and no condition shall exist that has had a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e) The payment in full by the Borrower of all fees and expenses then due and payable by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the Depositary Agreement, including all fees and costs of counsel as of the Effective Date and all fees and expenses incurred by the Agents and the Depositary Bank, whether incurred before or after the date hereof, in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel.

 

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Section 6.     Miscellaneous .

 

6.01.    The amendments provided in Sections 2 and 3 hereof shall be applicable solely with respect to those matters expressly provided therein and no other amendments, waivers or consents may be construed or implied.

 

6.02.    Except as expressly provided herein, each Credit Document is and shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and nothing contained in this Amendment shall abrogate, prejudice, diminish or otherwise affect any powers, right, remedies or obligations of any Person arising before the date of this Amendment. Any reference in the Credit Agreement, the Depositary Agreement or in any documents or instruments required thereunder or annexes or schedules thereto referring to the Credit Agreement or the Depositary Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement or the Depositary Agreement, as applicable, each as amended by this Amendment.

 

6.03.     Credit Document . This Amendment shall constitute a Credit Document.

 

6.04. GOVERNING LAW . THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

6.05.     Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness . This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any party to this Amendment may execute this Amendment by signing any such counterpart; signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signatures are physically attached to the same counterpart. The delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by electronic means, including by facsimile or by “.pdf” attachment to email, shall be effective as valid delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. This Amendment constitutes the entire agreement and understanding among the parties to this Amendment with respect to the matters covered by this Amendment and supersedes any and all prior agreements and understandings, written or oral, with respect to such matters. This Amendment shall become effective on the Effective Date.

 

6.06.     Successors and Assigns . This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to this Amendment and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

  IDAHO WIND PARTNERS 1, LLC,
  as Borrower
     
  By:   RP Wind ID LLC
  its Managing Member
     
  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name:   Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title:     Managing Director

 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement and Amendment No. 1 to Depositary Agreement

 

 
 

 

    BURLEY BUTTE WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    CAMP REED WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    GOLDEN VALLEY WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    MILNER DAM WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    OREGON TRAIL WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    PAYNE’S FERRY WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    PILGRIM STAGE STATION WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    SALMON FALLS WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    THOUSAND SPRINGS WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    TUANA GULCH WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    YAHOO CREEK WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary

 

  By:   /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name:    Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title:      Managing Director

 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement and Amendment No. 1 to Depositary Agreement

 

 
 

 

  THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI
  UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH,
  as Administrative Agent
     
  By: /s/ Billy Tracy
    Name:   Billy Tracy
    Title:     Director

 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement and Amendment No. 1 to Depositary Agreement

 

 
 

 

  UNION BANK, N.A.,
  as Collateral Agent
     
  By: /s/ EVA ARYEETEY
    Name:   EVA ARYEETEY
    Title:     VICE PRESIDENT

 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement and Amendment No. 1 to Depositary Agreement

 

 

 
 

 

  UNION BANK, N.A.,
  as Depositary Bank
     
  By: /s/ EVA ARYEETEY
    Name:   EVA ARYEETEY
    Title:     VICE PRESIDENT

 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement and Amendment No. 1 to Depositary Agreement

 

 

 

 

Execution Version

 

AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

AND

AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE DEPOSITARY AGREEMENT

 

This AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT AND AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE DEPOSITARY AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment ”), dated as of May 9, 2011, is made by and among IDAHO WIND PARTNERS 1, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware (the “ Borrower ”), each wholly owned subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Appendix A hereto (each individually, a “ Borrower Subsidiary ” and collectively, the “ Borrower Subsidiaries ”), THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”) acting on the instruction of the lenders party to the Credit Agreement (as defined below) (the “ Lenders ”) and UNION BANK, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (the “ Collateral Agent ”, and together with the Administrative Agent, the “ Agents ”) and as bank and securities intermediary (the “ Depositary Bank ”).

 

WHEREAS, reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2010, among the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent, Union Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the other financial institutions party thereto (as amended, modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”).

 

WHEREAS, reference is made to the Depositary Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2010, among the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries, the Agents and the Depositary Bank (as amended, modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “ Depositary Agreement ”).

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto have requested that certain amendments be made to the Credit Agreement and the Depositary Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.    Definitions . All capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein, including in the introductory and recital paragraphs above, shall have the meanings assigned thereto in Annex A of the Credit Agreement. The rules of interpretation contained in Sections 1.2 and 1.3 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Amendment as if set forth in this Amendment. References in the Credit Agreement and the Depositary Agreement (including references in the Credit Agreement and the Depositary Agreement as amended hereby) to “this Agreement” (and indirect references such as “hereunder”, “hereby”, “herein” and “hereof”) shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement and the Depositary Agreement, as applicable, each as amended hereby.

 

SECTION 2.    Amendments to the Credit Agreement . Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 5 below, the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries and the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders currently party to the Credit Agreement) hereby agree that the reference to “, as calculated by the Administrative Agent” is hereby deleted in its entirety from the definitions of “Debt Service Reserve Requirement” and “Supplemental Reserve Amount” set forth in Annex A to the Credit Agreement.

 

     

 

 

SECTION 3.    Amendments to the Depositary Agreement . Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 5 below, the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders currently party to the Credit Agreement), the Collateral Agent and the Depositary Bank hereby agree that the Depositary Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a) The list of Exhibits to the Depositary Agreement is hereby amended by adding a new Exhibit P in the form attached hereto as Appendix B in alphabetical order as follows:

 

“EXHIBIT P Form of Supplemental Operating Account

Transfer Certificate”

 

(b) The following language is hereby added immediately following the reference to “Completion Reserve Account Withdrawal Certificate” in Section 3.2(b) of the Depositary Agreement:

 

“, Supplemental Operating Account Transfer Certificate”

 

(c) The following language is hereby added immediately following the reference to “Completion Reserve Account Withdrawal Certificate,” in Section 3.2(e) of the Depositary Agreement:

 

“Supplemental Operating Account Transfer Certificate,”

 

(d) Clause (f) is hereby added to Section 3.2 of the Depositary Agreement in its entirety:

 

“(f) In the event that, following the delivery of an Operating Account Transfer Certificate to Depositary Bank, Borrower shall determine that a payment in respect of O&M Costs is required to be made on a date other than a Monthly Transfer Date, Borrower may, no more than once per calendar month, provide a certificate in the form of Exhibit P (a “ Supplemental Operating Account Transfer Certificate ”) to Depositary Bank; provided that such O&M Costs (i) have not previously been withdrawn from the Operating Account pursuant to Schedule 1 of an Operating Account Transfer Certificate or Schedule 1 of a Supplemental Operating Account Transfer Certificate and (ii) have been incurred in accordance with the Annual Operating Budget.”

 

(e) The reference to “$500,000” in clause first of Section 4.2(c) of the Depositary Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety with “$1,000,000”.

 

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(f) The reference to “, as calculated by the Administrative Agent,” is hereby deleted in its entirety from Section 4.15(c)(i) of the Depositary Agreement.

 

(g) The reference to “as calculated by the Administrative Agent,” is hereby deleted in its entirety from Section 4.15(c)(ii)(B) of the Depositary Agreement.

 

SECTION 4.    Representations and Warranties . Borrower and each Borrower Subsidiary hereby represent and warrant to the other parties hereto that (i) this Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such party and each of this Amendment and the Credit Agreement and the Depositary Agreement as amended hereby constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, (ii) as of the date hereof, each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Article IV of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the date of hereof (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date), (iii) as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default, Event of Default or Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing, and (iv) except as expressly set forth herein, each of the Credit Documents is and shall remain unchanged and is in full force and effect and nothing in this Amendment shall abrogate, prejudice, diminish or otherwise affect any powers, right, remedies or obligations of any Person arising before the date of this Amendment.

 

SECTION 5.    Conditions Precedent . This Amendment shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “ Effective Date ”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:

 

(a) Delivery to the Agents of executed counterparts of this Amendment from each party hereto.

 

(b) Each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Section 4 of this Amendment and the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the date hereof (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date).

 

(c) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or will result from this Amendment.

 

(d) No event shall have occurred and no condition shall exist that has had a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(e) The payment in full by the Borrower of all fees and expenses then due and payable by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the Depositary Agreement, including all fees and costs of counsel as of the Effective Date and all fees and expenses incurred by the Agents and the Depositary Bank, whether incurred before or after the date hereof, in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel.

 

SECTION 6.    Miscellaneous .

 

6.01.   The amendments provided in Sections 2 and 3 hereof shall be applicable solely with respect to those matters expressly provided therein and no other amendments, waivers or consents may be construed or implied.

 

6.02.   Except as expressly provided herein, each Credit Document is and shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and nothing contained in this Amendment shall abrogate, prejudice, diminish or otherwise affect any powers, right, remedies or obligations of any Person arising before the date of this Amendment. Any reference in the Credit Agreement, the Depositary Agreement or in any documents or instruments required thereunder or annexes or schedules thereto referring to the Credit Agreement or the Depositary Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement or the Depositary Agreement, as applicable, each as amended by this Amendment.

 

6.03.   Credit Document . This Amendment shall constitute a Credit Document.

 

6.04.   GOVERNING LAW . THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

6.05.   Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness . This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any party to this Amendment may execute this Amendment by signing any such counterpart; signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signatures are physically attached to the same counterpart. The delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by electronic means, including by facsimile or by “.pdf” attachment to email, shall be effective as valid delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. This Amendment constitutes the entire agreement and understanding among the parties to this Amendment with respect to the matters covered by this Amendment and supersedes any and all prior agreements and understandings, written or oral, with respect to such matters. This Amendment shall become effective on the Effective Date.

 

6.06.   Successors and Assigns . This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to this Amendment and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

  IDAHO WIND PARTNERS 1, LLC ,
  as Borrower
     
  By: RP Wind ID LLC,
  its Managing Member
     
  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name:  Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title:    Managing Director

 

     

 

 

    BURLEY BUTTE WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    CAMP REED WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    GOLDEN VALLEY WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    MILNER DAM WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    OREGON TRAIL WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    PAYNE’S FERRY WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    PILGRIM STAGE STATION WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    SALMON FALLS WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    THOUSAND SPRINGS WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    TUANA GULCH WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    YAHOO CREEK WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary

 

  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name:  Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title:    Managing Director

 

     

 

 

  tHE Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi
UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch
,
  as Administrative Agent
     
: By /s/ Billy Tracy
    Name:   Billy Tracy
    Title:     Director

 

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  UNION BANK, N.A. ,
  as Collateral Agent
     
  By: /s/ EVA ARYEETEY
    Name:   EVA ARYEETEY
    Title:     VICE PRESIDENT

  

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  UNION BANK, N.A. ,
  as Depositary Bank
     
  By: /s/ EVA ARYEETEY
    Name:   EVA ARYEETEY
    Title:     VICE PRESIDENT

 

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execution version

 

AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This AMENDMENT NO. 4 TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment ”), dated as of October 4, 2011, is made by and among IDAHO WIND PARTNERS 1, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware (the “ Borrower ”), each wholly owned subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Appendix A hereto (each individually, a “ Borrower Subsidiary ” and collectively, the “ Borrower Subsidiaries ”), and THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”) acting on the instruction of the lenders party to the Credit Agreement (as defined below) (the “ Lenders ”).

 

WHEREAS, reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2010, among the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent, Union Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent, the Lenders and the other financial institutions party thereto (as amended, modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”).

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto have requested that certain amendments be made to the Credit Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.   Definitions . All capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein, including in the introductory and recital paragraphs above, shall have the meanings assigned thereto in Annex A of the Credit Agreement. The rules of interpretation contained in Sections 1.2 and 1.3 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Amendment as if set forth in this Amendment. References in the Credit Agreement (including references in the Credit Agreement as amended hereby) to “this Agreement” (and indirect references such as “hereunder”, “hereby”, “herein” and “hereof”) shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.

 

SECTION 2.   Amendments to the Credit Agreement . Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 4 below, the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries and the Administrative Agent (on behalf of each Lender currently party to the Credit Agreement) hereby agree that the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a) The reference to “$27,000,000” in clause (ii) of the last sentence of Section 2.3(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with “$31,500,000”.

 

(b) The reference to “$27,000,000” in Section 2.8(e)(i)(B)(1) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with “$31,500,000”.

 

(c) The definition of “REC Loan Availability Termination Date” in Annex A of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

““REC Loan Availability Termination Date” means the earlier of (a) October 4, 2011, (b) the Initial Repayment Date and (c) the date on which any Loan or LC Loan is accelerated in accordance with Article IX of the Credit Agreement.”

 

     

 

 

SECTION 3.   Representations and Warranties . Borrower and each Borrower Subsidiary hereby represent and warrant to the other parties hereto that (i) this Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such party and each of this Amendment and the Credit Agreement as amended hereby constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, (ii) as of the date hereof, each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Article IV of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the date of hereof (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date), (iii) as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default, Event of Default or Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing, and (iv) except as expressly set forth herein, each of the Credit Documents is and shall remain unchanged and is in full force and effect and nothing in this Amendment shall abrogate, prejudice, diminish or otherwise affect any powers, right, remedies or obligations of any Person arising before the date of this Amendment.

 

SECTION 4.   Conditions Precedent . This Amendment shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “ Effective Date ”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:

 

(a) Delivery to the Administrative Agent of executed counterparts of this Amendment from each party hereto.

 

(b) Each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Section 3 of this Amendment and the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the date hereof (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date).

 

(c) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or will result from this Amendment.

 

(d) No event shall have occurred and no condition shall exist that has had a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e) The payment in full by the Borrower of all fees and expenses then due and payable by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, including all fees and costs of counsel as of the Effective Date and all fees and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, whether incurred before or after the date hereof, in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel.

 

SECTION 5.   Miscellaneous .

 

5.01.  The amendment provided in Section 2 hereof shall be applicable solely with respect to those matters expressly provided therein and no other amendments, waivers or consents may be construed or implied.

 

5.02.  Except as expressly provided herein, each Credit Document is and shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and nothing contained in this Amendment shall abrogate, prejudice, diminish or otherwise affect any powers, right, remedies or obligations of any Person arising before the date of this Amendment. Any reference in the Credit Agreement or in any documents or instruments required thereunder or annexes or schedules thereto referring to the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

 

     

 

 

5.03.  Credit Document . This Amendment shall constitute a Credit Document.

 

5.04. GOVERNING LAW . THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

5.05.   Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness . This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any party to this Amendment may execute this Amendment by signing any such counterpart; signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signatures are physically attached to the same counterpart. The delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by electronic means, including by facsimile or by “.pdf” attachment to email, shall be effective as valid delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. This Amendment constitutes the entire agreement and understanding among the parties to this Amendment with respect to the matters covered by this Amendment and supersedes any and all prior agreements and understandings, written or oral, with respect to such matters. This Amendment shall become effective on the Effective Date.

 

5.06.  Successors and Assigns . This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to this Amendment and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

     

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

  IDAHO WIND PARTNERS 1, LLC ,
  as Borrower
     
  By: RP Wind ID LLC,
  its Managing Member
     
  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name:  Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title:  Managing Director

 

     

 

 

    BURLEY BUTTE WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    CAMP REED WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    GOLDEN VALLEY WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    MILNER DAM WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    OREGON TRAIL WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    PAYNE’S FERRY WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    PILGRIM STAGE STATION WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    SALMON FALLS WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    THOUSAND SPRINGS WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    TUANA GULCH WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    YAHOO CREEK WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary

 

  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name:  Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title:  Managing Director

 

     

 

 

  tHE Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ,
Ltd., New York Branch ,
  as Administrative Agent
     
  By: /s/ Billy Tracy
    Name:   Billy Tracy
    Title:     Director

 

     

 

 

Execution Version

 

AMENDMENT NO. 5

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment No. 5 ”), dated as of November 9, 2011, is made by and among IDAHO WIND PARTNERS 1, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware (the “ Borrower ”), each wholly owned subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Exhibit A hereto (each individually, a “ Borrower Subsidiary ” and collectively, the “ Borrower Subsidiaries ”), Co BANK, ACB, as Incremental Lender (the “ Incremental Lender ”) and THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”).

 

WHEREAS, reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2010, among the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent, Union Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (the “ Collateral Agent ”), the Lenders and the other financial institutions party thereto (as amended, modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement) .

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto have requested certain amendments be made to the Credit Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.    Definitions . All capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein, including in the introductory and recital paragraphs above, shall have the meanings assigned thereto in Annex A of the Credit Agreement. The rules of interpretation contained in Sections 1.2 and 1.3 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Amendment No. 5 as if set forth in this Amendment No. 5. References in the Credit Agreement (including references in the Credit Agreement as amended hereby) to “this Agreement” (and indirect references such as “hereunder”, “hereby”, “herein” and “hereof”) shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

 

SECTION 2.   Incremental Lender Amendments to the Credit Agreement . Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 5 below, the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders currently party to the Credit Agreement) and the Incremental Lender hereby agree that the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a) The second sentence of Section 2.3(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

 

“The aggregate amount of the Tranche C Loan Commitments shall not exceed $31,500,000 (such amount, as may be reduced from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, the “ Total Tranche C Loan Commitment ”).”

 

(b) The following two sentences are hereby added to the end of Section 2.17(a) of the Credit Agreement in their entirety:

 

Amendment No. 5 is an Incremental Amendment and constitutes the full utilization of Borrower’s right to request an Incremental Tranche C Commitment Increase pursuant to this Section 2.17(a) . Accordingly, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, following the effectiveness of Amendment No. 5, Borrower shall have no right to issue a Commitment Increase Notice in respect of any Tranche C Loan Commitments or otherwise request an Incremental Tranche C Commitment Increase.

 

     

 

 

(c) Exhibit I to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit B hereto.

 

(d) Exhibit K to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as set forth on Exhibit C hereto.

 

(e) The reference to $27,000,000 in Exhibit D-3B to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety with $31,500,000.

 

SECTION 3.    Additional Amendments to the Credit Agreement . Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 5 below, the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries and the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders currently party to the Credit Agreement) hereby agree that the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a) Annex A to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following definitions in alphabetical order:

 

(i) ““ Amendment No. 5 ” means that certain Amendment No. 5 to the Credit Agreement, dated as of November 9, 2011, among Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary, CoBank and Administrative Agent.”

 

(b) The definition of “Credit Documents” is hereby amended and replaced in its entirety as follows:

 

““ Credit Documents ” means, collectively, the Credit Agreement, the Notes, the Collateral Documents, the Letters of Credit, the Interest Rate Hedging Agreements, the Member Indemnity Agreements and any other loan or security agreements, fee letter agreements or letter agreements or similar documents, agreements or instruments entered into in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

SECTION 4.    Representations and Warranties .

 

(a) Borrower and each Borrower Subsidiary hereby represent and warrant to the other parties hereto that (i) this Amendment No. 5 has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such party and each of this Amendment No. 5 and the Credit Agreement as amended hereby constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, (ii) as of the date hereof, each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Article IV of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the date of hereof (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date), (iii) as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to this Amendment No. 5, no Default, Event of Default or Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing, and (iv) except as expressly set forth herein, each of the Credit Documents is and shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and nothing in this Amendment No. 5 shall abrogate, prejudice, diminish or otherwise affect any powers, right, remedies or obligations of any Person arising before the date of this Amendment No. 5.

 

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(b) The Incremental Lender hereby (i) represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents, together with copies of the financial statements referred to therein and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Amendment No. 5 and become party to the Credit Agreement; and (ii)(A) agrees that it will independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement, and (B) agrees that it will perform in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents all of the obligations which by the terms of this Amendment No. 5 and the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender having Commitments of the Class to be held by it.

 

SECTION 5.     Conditions Precedent . This Amendment No. 5 shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “ Effective Date ”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:

 

(a) Delivery to the Administrative Agent of executed counterparts of this Amendment No. 5 from each party hereto.

 

(b) Each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Section 4(a)(ii) of this Amendment No. 5 and the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the date hereof (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date).

 

(c) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or will result from the requested Commitment Increase.

 

(d) No event shall have occurred and no condition shall exist that has had a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e) Delivery to the Administrative Agent of Updated Base Case Projections in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which Updated Base Case Projections shall demonstrate that the requested Commitment Increase will not reduce the Projected Debt Service Coverage Ratio according to (i) the P50 Production Scenario to less than 1.40:1.00, on a minimum quarterly and on an average quarterly basis and (ii) the P99 Production Scenario to less than 1.00:1.00, on a minimum quarterly and on an average quarterly basis.

 

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(f) Delivery to the Incremental Lender of a Tranche C Loan Note evidencing the Tranche C Loans of the Incremental Lender, with appropriate insertions as to date and the outstanding principal amount.

 

(g) The payment in full by the Borrower of all fees and expenses then due and payable by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, including all fees and costs of counsel as of the Effective Date and all fees and expenses incurred by the Agents (including the payment of a fee in the amount of 2.00% of the Incremental Tranche C Construction Loan Commitment Increase to the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Incremental Lender due and payable in connection with the transaction contemplated hereunder and in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement), whether incurred before or after the date hereof, in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment No. 5, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel.

 

(h) Delivery to the Administrative Agent of any documentation required to be delivered by the Incremental Lender pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Incremental Lender.

 

SECTION 6.   Miscellaneous .

 

6.01.    The amendments provided in Sections 2 and 3 hereof shall be applicable solely with respect to those matters expressly provided therein and no other amendments, waivers or consents may be construed or implied.

 

6.02.    Except as expressly provided herein, each Credit Document is and shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and nothing contained in this Amendment No. 5 shall abrogate, prejudice, diminish or otherwise affect any powers, right, remedies or obligations of any Person arising before the date of this Amendment No. 5. Any reference in the Credit Agreement or in any documents or instruments required thereunder or annexes or schedules thereto referring to the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment No. 5.

 

6.03.  Credit Document . This Amendment No. 5 shall constitute a Credit Document.

 

6.04. GOVERNING LAW . THIS AMENDMENT NO. 5 SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

6.05.  Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness . This Amendment No. 5 may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any party to this Amendment No. 5 may execute this Amendment No. 5 by signing any such counterpart; signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signatures are physically attached to the same counterpart. The delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment No. 5 by electronic means, including by facsimile or by “.pdf” attachment to email, shall be effective as valid delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment No. 5. This Amendment No. 5 constitutes the entire agreement and understanding among the parties to this Amendment No. 5 with respect to the matters covered by this Amendment No. 5 and supersede any and all prior agreements and understandings, written or oral, with respect to such matters. This Amendment No. 5 shall become effective on the Effective Date.

 

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6.06.  Successors and Assigns . This Amendment No. 5 shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to this Amendment No. 5 and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 5 to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

  IDAHO WIND PARTNERS 1, LLC ,
  as Borrower
     
  By: RP Wind ID LLC
  its Managing Member
     
  By:  /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name:  Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title:  Managing Director

 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 5 to the Credit Agreement

 

     

 

 

    BURLEY BUTTE WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    CAMP REED WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    GOLDEN VALLEY WIND PARK, LLC ,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    MILNER DAM WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    OREGON TRAIL WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    PAYNE’S FERRY WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    PILGRIM STAGE STATION WIND PARK,
 LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    SALMON FALLS WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    THOUSAND SPRINGS WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    TUANA GULCH WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    YAHOO CREEK WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary

 

  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name:  Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title:  Managing Director

 

     

 

 

  COBANK, ACB,
  as Incremental Lender
     
  By: /s/ Lori Kepner
    Name:   Lori Kepner
    Title:    Vice President

 

     

 

 

  tHE Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ,
Ltd., New York Branch
,
  as Administrative Agent
     
  By: /s/ Billy Tracy
    Name:   Billy Tracy
    Title:      Director

 

     

 

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

WAIVER AND AMENDMENT NO. 6

TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This WAIVER AND AMENDMENT NO. 6 TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment No. 6 ”), dated as of August ____, 2012, is made by and among IDAHO WIND PARTNERS 1, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware (the “ Borrower ”), each wholly owned subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Exhibit A hereto (each individually, a “ Borrower Subsidiary ” and collectively, the “ Borrower Subsidiaries ”) and THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”).

 

WHEREAS, reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2010, among the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent, Union Bank, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (the “ Collateral Agent ”), the Lenders and the other financial institutions party thereto (as amended, modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”).

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto have requested an amendment be made to the Credit Agreement and a waiver be granted with respect to certain requirements of the Credit Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.      Definitions . All capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein, including in the introductory and recital paragraphs above, shall have the meanings assigned thereto in Annex A of the Credit Agreement. The rules of interpretation contained in Sections 1.2 and 1.3 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Amendment No. 6 as if set forth in this Amendment No. 6. References in the Credit Agreement (including references in the Credit Agreement as amended hereby) to “this Agreement” (and indirect references such as “hereunder”, “hereby”, “herein” and “hereof”) shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

 

SECTION 2.      Amendments to the Credit Agreement . Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 5 below, the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries and the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Majority Lenders) hereby agree to amend the Credit Agreement as follows:

 

 

 

 

(a)        Section 2.4(e) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following as a new Section 2.4(e)(iv):

 

    “(iv) Cash Collateralization . If a Remedy Event shall occur, the Borrower shall, on the Banking Day following the date on which the Borrower receives notice of such Remedy Event, deposit in an account with the Collateral Agent in the name of the Collateral Agent and for the sole benefit of the applicable LC Lenders, an amount in Dollars in cash equal to 102.5% of the total DSR LC Exposure and PPA LC Exposure as of such date plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that, upon the occurrence of any Remedy Event with respect to any Obligor described in Section 3.2(c)(i) of the Intercreditor Agreement, the obligation to deposit such cash collateral shall become effective immediately, and such deposit shall become immediately due and payable in Dollars, without demand or other notice of any kind. Each deposit of cash collateral pursuant to this paragraph shall be held by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and DSR LC Lenders and PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and PPA LC Lenders, as applicable, as collateral for the payment and performance of the obligations of the Obligors under this Agreement in respect of the DSR Letters of Credit and the PPA Letters of Credit. Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall have exclusive dominion and control, including the exclusive right of withdrawal, over such account. Such deposits shall not bear interest and such amounts be held in Dollars in cash. Moneys in such account shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to reimburse each DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank for Drawing Payments for which such DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank or PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank has not been reimbursed and, to the extent not so applied, shall be held for the satisfaction of the reimbursement obligations of the Borrower for the DSR LC Exposure and PPA LC Exposure at such time. In addition, at any time where amounts would otherwise be required to be applied to the mandatory prepayment of Loans or LC Loans in accordance with Section 2.8(c), but no Loans or LC Loans are then outstanding, such amounts shall instead be held as cash collateral for the DSR LC Exposure and the PPA LC Exposure (ratably based on the DSR LC Exposure and the PPA LC Exposure) in the manner specified in this Section 2.4(e)(iv).”

 

(b)        A new Section 2.4(h) is hereby added in its entirety as follows:

 

    “(h)      Request for Extension of the Scheduled LC Facility Maturity Date . Not less than six (6) months prior to the Scheduled LC Facility Maturity Date and not more than one (1) year prior to the Scheduled LC Facility Maturity Date, Borrower may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, request that the Scheduled LC Facility Maturity Date be extended to a date not later than the Scheduled Term Loan Maturity Date (the “ Extension Notice ”). The Extension Notice shall specify the identity of each Lender or other Person that is an Eligible Assignee to whom Borrower proposes any portion of the LC Commitment be allocated and the amounts of such allocations for the period of the requested extension. If the LC Lenders do not agree to so extend the Scheduled LC Facility Maturity Date, Borrower shall repay any outstanding LC Loans by no later than the Scheduled LC Facility Maturity Date. If the LC Lenders agree to so extend the Scheduled LC Facility Maturity Date, as a condition to such extension, the Credit Documents shall be amended prior to the Scheduled LC Facility Maturity Date in a manner acceptable to the LC Lenders to reflect the terms of such extension and the effectiveness of such amendment shall be subject to such further conditions as the LC Lenders shall so require.”

 

(c)         Section 5.6(b) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

       “(b)     With respect to any (i) Additional Project Document or (ii) REC Document, in each case entered into by an Obligor after the Closing Date, use reasonable commercial efforts to cause its counterparty thereto to execute and deliver to Administrative Agent a consent substantially in the form of Exhibit F-6 ; provided that with respect to any REC Document, this clause (b) shall apply solely to the extent that aggregate revenue payable to an Idaho Wind Entity pursuant thereto could reasonably be expected to exceed $500,000 or the equivalent per annum.”

 

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(d)        Section 6.18 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“6.18      Additional Documents . On and after the Closing Date, enter into any Additional Project Documents or REC Documents without the prior written consent of Administrative Agent (in consultation with the Independent Engineer); provided that with respect to any REC Document, this Section 6.18 shall apply solely to the extent that either (a) the aggregate revenue payable to an Idaho Wind Entity pursuant thereto could reasonably be expected to exceed $500,000 or the equivalent per annum or (b) such REC Document contains a requirement that an Idaho Wind Entity produce, sell or deliver a minimum volume of RECs at any time.”

 

SECTION 3.      Waiver under the Credit Agreement . Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 5 below, the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Majority Lenders) hereby waives, pursuant to Section 11.10 of the Credit Agreement, any Default or Event of Default arising solely from the failure of an Obligor to use reasonable commercial efforts to cause its counterparties to the REC Agreements set forth on Schedule 1 hereto to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a consent substantially in the form of Exhibit F-6 to the Credit Agreement in accordance with Section 5.6(b) of the Credit Agreement.

 

SECTION 4.      Representations and Warranties . The Borrower and each Borrower Subsidiary hereby represent and warrant to the other parties hereto that (a) this Amendment No. 6 has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such party and each of this Amendment No. 6 and the Credit Agreement as amended hereby constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, (b) as of the date hereof, each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Article IV of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the date of hereof (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date), (c) as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to this Amendment No. 6, no Default, Event of Default or Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing, and (d) except as expressly set forth herein, each of the Credit Documents is and shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and nothing in this Amendment No. 6 shall abrogate, prejudice, diminish or otherwise affect any powers, right, remedies or obligations of any Person arising before the date of this Amendment No. 6.

 

SECTION 5.      Conditions Precedent . This Amendment No. 6 shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “ Effective Date ”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:

 

(a) Delivery to the Administrative Agent of executed counterparts of this Amendment No. 6 from each party hereto.

 

(b) Each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Section 4(b) of this Amendment No. 6 and the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the date hereof (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date).

 

(c) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

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(d) No event shall have occurred and no condition shall exist that has had a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e) The payment in full by the Borrower of all fees and expenses then due and payable by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, including all fees and costs of counsel as of the Effective Date and all fees and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, whether incurred before or after the date hereof, in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment No. 6, including without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel.

 

SECTION 6.      Miscellaneous .

 

6.01.   The amendment provided in Section 2 hereof and the waiver provided in Section 3 hereof shall be applicable solely with respect to those matters expressly provided therein and no other amendments, waivers or consents may be construed or implied.

 

6.02.   Except as expressly provided herein, each Credit Document is and shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and nothing contained in this Amendment No. 6 shall abrogate, prejudice, diminish or otherwise affect any powers, right, remedies or obligations of any Person arising before the date of this Amendment No. 6. Any reference in the Credit Agreement or in any documents or instruments required thereunder or annexes or schedules thereto referring to the Credit Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment No. 6.

 

6.03.    Credit Document . This Amendment No. 6 shall constitute a Credit Document.

 

6.04.    GOVERNING LAW . THIS AMENDMENT NO. 6 SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. 

 

6.05.   Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness . This Amendment No. 6 may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any party to this Amendment No. 6 may execute this Amendment No. 6 by signing any such counterpart; signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signatures are physically attached to the same counterpart. The delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment No. 6 by electronic means, including by facsimile or by “.pdf” attachment to email, shall be effective as valid delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment No. 6. This Amendment No. 6 constitutes the entire agreement and understanding among the parties to this Amendment No. 6 with respect to the matters covered by this Amendment No. 6 and supersede any and all prior agreements and understandings, written or oral, with respect to such matters. This Amendment No. 6 shall become effective on the Effective Date.

 

6.06.    Successors and Assigns . This Amendment No. 6 shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to this Amendment No. 6 and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 6 to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

  IDAHO WIND PARTNERS 1, LLC ,
  as Borrower
     
  By: RP Wind ID LLC,
  its Managing Member
     
  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name:  Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title:  Managing Director

 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 6 to the Credit Agreement

 

     

 

 

    BURLEY BUTTE WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    CAMP REED WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    GOLDEN VALLEY WIND PARK, LLC ,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    MILNER DAM WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    OREGON TRAIL WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    PAYNE’S FERRY WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    PILGRIM STAGE STATION WIND PARK,
LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    SALMON FALLS WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    THOUSAND SPRINGS WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    TUANA GULCH WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary
     
    YAHOO CREEK WIND PARK, LLC,
    an Idaho limited liability company,
    as Borrower Subsidiary

 

  By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Name:  Steven I. Eisenberg
    Title:  Managing Director

 

     

 

 

 

tHE Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ,

Ltd., New York Branch ,

  as Administrative Agent
     
  By: /s/ Billy Tracy
    Name:   Billy Tracy
    Title:     Director

 

     

 

 

Execution Version

 

AMENDMENT NO. 7 AND WAIVER NO. 2 TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

This AMENDMENT NO. 7 AND WAIVER NO. 2 TO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “ Amendment and Waiver ”), dated as of December 22, 2014, made by and among IDAHO WIND PARTNERS 1, LLC , a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (“ Borrower ”), each wholly owned subsidiary of Borrower listed on Annex A hereto (each individually, a “ Borrower Subsidiary ” and collectively, the “ Borrower Subsidiaries ”), EFS Idaho Wind, LLC , a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “ GE Member ”), MREH IDAHO WIND A, LLC , a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (“ MREH Idaho ”) and THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD. , as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”).

 

WHEREAS, reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of October 8, 2010 (as amended, modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary, the financial institutions from time to time parties thereto (collectively, the “ Lenders ”), the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd., New York Branch, as PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank (in such capacity, the “ PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank ”) and ING Capital LLC, as DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank (in such capacity, the “ DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank ”, and together with the PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, the “ Letter of Credit Issuing Banks ”);

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, General Electric Capital Corporation (“ GECC ”) owns indirectly, through its wholly-owned Subsidiary, the GE Member, which owns directly, 74.1% of all issued and outstanding Class A Membership Interests and Class A Units in the Borrower (the “ GE Interests ”);

 

WHEREAS, 100% of the GE Interests will be acquired by MREH Idaho (the “ Transaction ”); and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto have agreed to waive certain provisions of the Credit Agreement in order to permit the consummation of the Transaction and the Administrative Agent (acting on the instruction of the Majority Lenders) is by its execution hereof consenting to the consummation of the Transaction and approving of certain matters in connection therewith.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1. Definitions . All capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein, including in the introductory and recital paragraphs above, shall have the meanings assigned thereto in Annex A of the Credit Agreement. The rules of interpretation contained in Annex B of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Waiver as if set forth herein. References in the Credit Agreement (including references in the Credit Agreement as amended hereby) to “this Agreement” (and indirect references such as “hereunder”, “hereby”, “herein” and “hereof”) shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby.

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE 2. Consent to the Transaction . Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Article 8 hereof, the Administrative Agent (acting on the instruction (and on behalf) of the Majority Lenders) hereby (a) consents in all respects to the Transaction and (b) agrees and consents to the amendment and waivers to the Credit Agreement set forth in Articles 3 and 4 hereof.

 

ARTICLE 3. Amendment to the Credit Agreement . Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Article 8 hereof, the Administrative Agent (acting on the instruction (and on behalf) of the Majority Lenders) hereby agrees to amend and restate Section 8.12(b) of the Credit Agreement in its entirety to read as follows:

 

“(b) (i) General Electric Capital Corporation and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries shall cease to own, directly or indirectly (A) at any time prior to the Term Conversion Date, at least 52% of the Class A Membership Interests and Class A Units in the Borrower and (B) after the Term Conversion Date, at least 35% of the Class A Membership Interests and Class A Units in the Borrower during the first year of the Recapture Period, with such percentage to decrease by 5% per year through the end of the Recapture Period and (ii) after the Term Conversion Date, Macquarie Infrastructure Company LLC and its wholly-owned Subsidiaries shall cease to own, directly or indirectly at least 20 % of the Class A Membership Interests and Class A Units in the Borrower, with such percentage to decrease by 5% per year through the end of the Recapture Period.”

 

ARTICLE 4. Waivers to the Credit Agreement . Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Article 8 hereof, the Administrative Agent (acting on the instruction (and on behalf) of the Majority Lenders) hereby agrees to waive any Event of Default that may be deemed to occur pursuant to Sections 8.12(b) or 8.12(c) of the Credit Agreement arising solely as a result of the Transaction.

 

ARTICLE 5. Limitation on Scope of Amendment and Waivers. Except to the extent expressly provided herein, nothing contained herein shall, or shall be construed to (i) modify any of the Credit Documents, (ii) modify, waive, impair or affect any of the covenants, agreements, terms and conditions thereof, (iii) waive the observance and/or performance thereof by any party thereto, its successors, or assigns or (iv) abrogate, prejudice, diminish or otherwise affect any powers, right, remedies or obligations of any Person arising before the date of this Amendment and Waiver. The amendment and waivers set out in Articles 3 and 4 hereof shall be of limited effect as specified therein, shall apply only as expressly set out therein and shall not constitute or be deemed to be a waiver of any other provision of any Financing Document. No actions contemplated herein are intended to, nor shall they be construed as, establishing or continuing a course of dealing among the parties with respect to any obligation of the Borrower, the Lenders, the Agents, and the Members under any of the Credit Documents to which they are a party and no such obligation shall be deemed directly or indirectly waived by virtue of this Amendment and Waiver other than as expressly set out herein. Except as expressly provided herein, the provisions of all Credit Documents are and shall remain in full force and effect and nothing contained in this Amendment and Waiver shall abrogate, prejudice, diminish or otherwise affect any powers, right, remedies or obligations of any Person arising before the date of this Amendment and Waiver.

 

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ARTICLE 6. MREH Idaho Representations and Warranties . MREH Idaho hereby represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that:

 

(a) (i) it is a limited liability company, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and (ii) it is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in all jurisdictions where necessary in light of the business it conducts and the property it owns and intends to conduct and own and in light of the Transaction;

 

(b) it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and each other Credit Document;

 

(c) it has the requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment and Waiver and the execution and delivery of this Amendment and Waiver have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action; and

 

(d) this Amendment and Waiver constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of MREH Idaho, enforceable against MREH Idaho in accordance with its terms except as may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditor’s rights generally and (ii) the application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

ARTICLE 7. Idaho Wind Entity Representations and Warranties .

 

(a) The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that this Amendment and Waiver has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by Borrower and the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable against Borrower in accordance with its terms;

 

(b) Each Borrower Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants that this Amendment and Waiver has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by each Borrower Subsidiary and the Credit Agreement, as amended hereby, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Borrower Subsidiary, enforceable against each Borrower Subsidiary in accordance with its terms;

 

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(c) The Borrower hereby represents and warrants (i) as of the date hereof, each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Article IV of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the date of hereof (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date), (ii) as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to this Amendment and Waiver, no Default, Event of Default or Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing, and (iii) except as expressly set forth herein, each of the Credit Documents is and shall remain unchanged and is in full force and effect and nothing in this Amendment and Waiver shall abrogate, prejudice, diminish or otherwise affect any powers, right, remedies or obligations of any Person arising before the date of this Amendment and Waiver.

 

ARTICLE 8. Effectiveness . This Amendment and Waiver shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “ Effective Date ”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied to the reasonable satisfaction of, or waived in writing by, the Administrative Agent:

 

(a) delivery to the Administrative Agent of an executed counterpart of this Amendment and Waiver from each other party hereto;

 

(b) each representation and warranty of MREH Idaho set forth in Article 6 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the Effective Date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date);

 

(c) each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Article 7 hereof shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the Effective Date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date);

 

(d) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, or result from the Transaction or this Amendment and Waiver (other than those events and circumstances subject to the amendment and waivers set forth in Articles 3 and 4 hereof);

 

(e) no event shall have occurred and no condition shall exist that has had a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(f) delivery to the Administrative Agent of satisfactory evidence that the Transaction complies with the Permitted Transfer Conditions as required pursuant to Section 6.16(b)(ii) of the Credit Agreement;

 

(g) [reserved];

 

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(h) delivery to the Administrative Agent of a fully executed copy of the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “ MREH Idaho Pledge and Security Agreement ”), among MREH Idaho, the Borrower and the Collateral Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2 to the Credit Agreement;

 

(i) delivery to the Administrative Agent of a fully executed copy of a Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement Joinder executed by MREH Idaho, substantially in the form of Exhibit B to the Intercreditor Agreement;

 

(j) delivery to the Administrative Agent of a fully executed copy of the Indemnity Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “ MREH Idaho Indemnity Agreement ”), by MREH Idaho in favor of the Borrower, each Borrower Subsidiary and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1 to the Credit Agreement;

 

(k) (i) a UCC-1 financing statement and an original certificate (or original certificates if applicable) issued in conformance with the Borrower Operating Agreement evidencing the Class A Membership Interests and Class A Units in the Borrower held by MREH as a result of the consummation of the Transaction in order to perfect the grant of the security interest by MREH Idaho under the MREH Idaho Pledge and Security Agreement to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a perfected Lien on the Collateral described therein, shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent, in the case of said UCC-1 financing statement in form for filing with the Delaware Secretary of State under the UCC. The Liens of the MREH Idaho Pledge and Security Agreement shall constitute valid and enforceable first-priority Liens on the Collateral thereunder (except, as to the priority of such Lien, for any Permitted Liens that, pursuant to applicable law, are entitled to a higher priority than the Lien of the Collateral Agent) and the security interests in the portion of the Collateral thereunder that consists of personal property shall have been perfected;

 

(l) delivery to (i) the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent of a UCC search report of a recent date before the Effective Date of the records of the Delaware Secretary of State in respect of the Collateral under the MREH Idaho Pledge and Security Agreement and (ii) to the Administrative Agent of litigation and/or docket search reports (as applicable) of a recent date before the Effective Date for each of the jurisdictions in which MREH Idaho has a main place of business;

 

(m) delivery to the Administrative Agent of a legal opinion of special New York counsel to MREH Idaho opining on (i) the authorization and enforceability of the MREH Idaho Pledge and Security Agreement and the MREH Idaho Indemnity Agreement, (ii) the creation and perfection of the security interest created in the Collateral under the MREH Idaho Pledge and Security Agreement and (iii) any other matters reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, in each case, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

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(n) at least five Banking Days prior to the Effective Date, delivery to the Administrative Agent by MREH Idaho of all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” laws and Anti-Terrorism Laws;

 

(o) the payment in full by Borrower of all fees and expenses then due and payable by Borrower under the Credit Agreement, including all fees and expenses incurred by the Agents in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment and Waiver, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel; and

 

(p) delivery to the Administrative Agent of a fully executed copy of a letter under which MREH Idaho has appointed an agent in the State of New York to receive service of process, substantially in the form of Exhibit G-6 to the Credit Agreement.

 

ARTICLE 9. Miscellaneous .

 

SECTION 9.01. Credit Document . This Amendment and Waiver shall constitute a Credit Document.

 

SECTION 9.02. GOVERNING LAW . THIS Amendment and WAIVER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 9.03. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial . Sections 13.13 and 13.14 of the Credit Agreement shall be incorporated by reference herein mutatis mutandis as if fully set forth herein.

 

SECTION 9.04. Counterparts; Integration . This Amendment and Waiver may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any party to this Amendment and Waiver may execute this Amendment and Waiver by signing any such counterpart; signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signatures are physically attached to the same counterpart. The delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment and Waiver by electronic means, including by facsimile or by “.pdf” attachment to email, shall be effective as valid delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment and Waiver. This Amendment and Waiver constitutes the entire agreement and understanding among the parties to this Amendment and Waiver with respect to the matters covered by this Amendment and Waiver and supersedes any and all prior agreements and understandings, written or oral, with respect to such matters. This Amendment and Waiver shall become effective on the date first written above.

 

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SECTION 9.05. Successors and Assigns . This Amendment and Waiver shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to this Amendment and Waiver and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

SECTION 9.06. Limitation on Liability . Section 13.12 of the Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated, mutatis mutandis , into this Amendment and Waiver.

 

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  IDAHO WIND PARTNERS 1, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company,
  as Borrower
   
  By:  RP Wind ID LLC
  its Managing Member
   
  By: /s/ STEVEN I. EISENBERG
    Name:  STEVEN I. EISENBERG
    Title:    MANAGING DIRECTOR

 

Amendment and Waiver to the Credit Agreement Signature Page

 

 

 

 

  BURLEY BUTTE WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  CAMP REED WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  GOLDEN VALLEY WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  MILNER DAM WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  OREGON TRAIL WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  PAYNE’S FERRY WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  PILGRIM STAGE STATION WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  SALMON FALLS WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  THOUSAND SPRINGS WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  TUANA GULCH WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  YAHOO CREEK WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  By: /s/ STEVEN I. EISENBERG
    Name:  STEVEN I. EISENBERG
    Title:    MANAGING DIRECTOR

 

 

 

 

  EFS IDAHO WIND, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company,
  as GE Member
   
  By:  EFS Equity Holdings, LLC
  its Managing Member
   
  By: /s/ Walter S. Smith
    Name: Walter S. Smith
    Title:   Vice President

 

 

 

 

  MREH IDAHO WIND A, LLC,
  a Delaware limited liability company,
  as MREH Idaho
   
  By: /s/ Bill Green
    Name: Bill Green
    Title: President
     
  By: /s/ Michael Kernan
    Name: Michael Kernan
    Title: Secretary

 

 

 

 

  THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ,
  LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH ,
  as Administrative Agent
   
  By: /s/ Lawrance Blat
    Name: Lawrance Blat
    Title:

 

 

 

  

Execution Version

 

OMNIBUS AMENDMENT

 

This OMNIBUS AMENDMENT (this “ Amendment ”), dated as of June 3, 2015, is made by and among IDAHO WIND PARTNERS 1, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware (the “ Borrower ”), each wholly owned subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Appendix A hereto (each individually, a “ Borrower Subsidiary ” and collectively, the “ Borrower Subsidiaries ”), THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., as Lender, Hedge Counterparty and Letter of Credit Issuing Bank (in such capacities, “ BTMU ”), ING CAPITAL LLC, as Lender, Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and Joint Lead Arranger (in such capacities, “ ING ”), ING CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, as Hedge Counterparty, COBANK, ACB, as Lender and Joint Lead Arranger (in such capacities, “ CoBank ”), THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agen t”), Coordinating Lead Arranger, Sole Bookrunner and Syndication Agent, and MUFG UNION BANK, N.A., as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (the “ Collateral Agent ”, and together with the Administrative Agent, the “ Agents ”) and as bank and securities intermediary (the “ Depositary Bank ”).

 

WHEREAS, reference is made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2010, among the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, and the other financial institutions party thereto (as amended, modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”).

 

WHEREAS, reference is made to the Depositary Agreement, dated as of October 8, 2010, among the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries, the Agents and the Depositary Bank (as amended, modified and supplemented and in effect from time to time, the “ Depositary Agreement ”).

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested certain amendments to the Credit Agreement and the Depositary Agreement, including an extension of the Scheduled LC Facility Maturity Date.

 

WHEREAS, the Lenders and Letter of Credit Issuing Banks have agreed to make such amendments to the Credit Agreement and the Depositary Agreement, in each case, upon the terms and conditions of this Amendment.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.    Definitions . All capitalized terms used, but not otherwise defined, herein, including in the introductory and recital paragraphs above, shall have the meanings assigned thereto in Annex A to the Credit Agreement. The rules of interpretation contained in Sections 1.2 and 1.3 of the Credit Agreement shall apply to this Amendment as if set forth herein. References in the Credit Agreement and the Depositary Agreement (including references in the Credit Agreement and the Depositary Agreement as amended hereby) to “this Agreement” (and indirect references such as “hereunder”, “hereby”, “herein” and “hereof”) shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement and the Depositary Agreement, as applicable, as amended hereby.

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2.   Amendments to the Credit Agreement . Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 5 , the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent (on behalf of itself and the Lenders party to the Credit Agreement), each Letter of Credit Issuing Bank, and the Collateral Agent hereby agree to amend the Credit Agreement as follows:

 

a) Section 2.4(a)(i) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the second sentence thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

 

“PPA Letters of Credit issued hereunder shall constitute a utilization of a portion of the Total PPA LC Commitment in an amount equal to the aggregate Stated Amount of such PPA Letters of Credit, and, at any time, the PPA LC Exposure at such time shall not exceed the Total PPA LC Commitment.”

 

b) Section 2.4(a)(ii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the second sentence thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

 

“DSR Letters of Credit issued hereunder shall constitute a utilization of a portion of the Total DSR LC Commitment in an amount equal to the aggregate Stated Amount of such DSR Letters of Credit, and, at any time, the DSR LC Exposure at such time shall not exceed the Total DSR LC Commitment.”

 

c) Section 2.4(b)(iii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

Cancellation or Expiration of Letter of Credit . Upon the expiration or cancellation of a Letter of Credit, the Stated Amount in respect of such Letter of Credit shall be permanently reduced to zero.”

 

d) Section 2.4(c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting, after the words “and the written confirmation of the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit” in clause (ii) of the first sentence thereof, the words “(in the case of a DSR Letter of Credit, if such confirmation is requested by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.4(e)(i)(A))”.

 

e) Section 2.4(e) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the words “of Stated Amount” from the heading thereof.

 

f) Section 2.4(e)(i) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

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“(i)           Other Reductions in Stated Amount and Total LC Commitments .

 

(A) Borrower may, from time to time (i) reduce the Stated Amount of any DSR Letter of Credit by the amount of $250,000, or an integral multiple thereof, (ii) cancel any DSR Letter of Credit in its entirety, or (iii) permanently reduce the Total DSR LC Commitment by the amount of $250,000, or an integral multiple thereof, in each case, upon five Banking Days’ notice (and, in the case of a reduction of the Stated Amount of any DSR Letter of Credit, the delivery of a Notice of LC Activity pursuant to clause (c) above) to Administrative Agent, the DSR Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and the DSR LC Lenders; provided , however , that (x) so long as any Obligations remain outstanding, Administrative Agent shall be satisfied (as confirmed in writing to the Collateral Agent) that no such reduction or cancellation would cause a violation of any provision of this Credit Agreement or a breach of any provision of any other Operative Document and (y) in respect of a reduction or cancellation of an issued DSR Letter of Credit, Administrative Agent, upon request, shall have received written notice from the applicable beneficiary of such DSR Letter of Credit confirming such reduction or cancellation. The Total DSR LC Commitment shall not be reduced if the effect thereof would be to cause (1) the DSR LC Exposure to exceed the Total DSR LC Commitment or (2) Borrower to fail to satisfy its obligations under Section 4.5 of the Depositary Agreement.

 

(B) Borrower may, from time to time (i) reduce the Stated Amount of any PPA Letter of Credit by the amount of $250,000, or an integral multiple thereof, (ii) cancel any PPA Letter of Credit in its entirety, or (iii) permanently reduce the Total PPA LC Commitment by the amount of $250,000, or an integral multiple thereof, in each case, upon five Banking Days’ notice (and, in the case of a reduction of the Stated Amount of any PPA Letter of Credit, the delivery of a Notice of LC Activity pursuant to clause (c) above) to Administrative Agent, the PPA Letter of Credit Issuing Bank and the PPA LC Lenders; provided , however , that (x) so long as any Obligations remain outstanding, Administrative Agent shall be satisfied that no such reduction or cancellation would cause a violation of any provision of this Credit Agreement or a breach of any provision of any other Operative Document and (y) in respect of a reduction or cancellation of an issued PPA Letter of Credit, Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from the applicable beneficiary of such PPA Letter of Credit, confirming such reduction or cancellation. The Total PPA LC Commitment shall not be reduced if the effect thereof would be to cause the PPA LC Exposure to exceed the Total PPA LC Commitment.

 

(C) Any reductions to the Stated Amount, Available DSR LC Commitment, Available PPA LC Commitment, Total DSR LC Commitment and/or Total PPA LC Commitment, as applicable, of any Letter of Credit shall be applied ratably to each applicable LC Lender’s applicable LC Commitment with respect to such Letter of Credit.”

 

g) Sections 2.5(a)(i), 2.5(c), 2.7(a) and 2.12 of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended by deleting each instance of the words “Conversion/Continuation Certificate” and “Continuation/Conversion Certificate” appearing therein and replacing them with the words “Conversion Certificate”.

 

h) Section 2.5(d) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the first paragraph thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

 

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“With respect to each Loan and LC Loan, (A) unless and until such Loan or LC Loan is repaid or Borrower delivers a Conversion Certificate in respect of such Loan or LC Loan in accordance with this Section 2.5(d) , the Type and, in the case of LIBO Rate Loans, the Interest Period, of each such Loan and LC Loan shall automatically be continued (provided that no LIBO Rate Loan may be continued as such if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, in which case such LIBO Rate Loan shall be converted to a Base Rate Loan at the end of the Interest Period therefor), and (B) Borrower shall have the right at any time upon the irrevocable delivery of a Conversion Certificate to Administrative Agent (1) not later than 11:00 a.m., three Banking Days prior to the expiration of the Interest Period for any LIBO Rate Loan, to convert such LIBO Rate Loan to a Base Rate Loan or to convert the Interest Period with respect to any LIBO Rate Loan to another permissible Interest Period or (2) not later than 11:00 a.m., three Banking Days prior to such conversion, to convert any Base Rate Loan into a LIBO Rate Loan, subject, in each case, to the following:”.

 

i) Section 2.5(d)(vii) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“(vii) each request for conversion to a LIBO Rate Loan which fails to state an applicable Interest Period shall be deemed to be a request for an Interest Period of three months.”

 

j) Section 2.5(d) of the Credit Agreement is hereby further amended by deleting the final paragraph thereof in its entirety.

 

k) Section 2.7(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the parenthetical “(or continued or converted)” therein and replacing it with “(or continued or converted, including any automatic continuation pursuant to Section 2.5(d) )”.

 

l) Section 2.12 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by inserting, immediately following the parenthetical in clause (b), the words “, and such LIBO Rate Loan is not automatically continued in accordance with Section 2.5(d) ”.

 

m) Section 6.12(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

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“(i) With respect to any Power Purchase Agreement, cause, consent to, or permit: (A) any termination or cancellation of any Power Purchase Agreement to which it is a party unless (1) it is replaced as contemplated by Section 8.7(c) , (2) it expires in accordance with its terms or (3) the Borrower shall have satisfied the condition set forth in the proviso of Section 8.7(c)(v) , (B) sell, assign (other than pursuant to the Collateral Documents) or otherwise dispose of (by operation of law or otherwise) any part of its interest in any Power Purchase Agreement to which it is a party, (C) waive any material default under, or material breach of, any Power Purchase Agreement to which it is a party or waive, fail to enforce, forgive, compromise, settle, adjust or release any material right, interest or entitlement, howsoever arising, under, or in respect of any such Power Purchase Agreement or in any way vary, or consent or agree to the variation of, any material provision of such Power Purchase Agreement or of the performance of any material covenant or obligation by any other Person or consent to any assignment by any other Person under any such Power Purchase Agreement, (D) petition, request or take any other legal or administrative action that seeks, or may be expected, to impair any Power Purchase Agreement to which it is a party or seeks to amend, modify or supplement any such Power Purchase Agreement, or (E) amend, supplement or modify any Power Purchase Agreement (in each case as in effect when originally delivered to and accepted by Administrative Agent, or the Majority Lenders, as applicable) to which it is a party; in each case of clauses (A) through (E) above without first obtaining the prior written approval of Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed);

 

(ii) With respect to any Project Document other than the Power Purchase Agreements, cause, consent to, or permit: (A) any termination or cancellation of any such Project Document to which it is a party unless (1) it is replaced as contemplated by Section 8.7(a) , (b) or (d) , as applicable, (2) it expires in accordance with its terms or (3) the Borrower shall have satisfied the relevant condition set forth in Section 8.7(a)(iv)(A) , Section 8.7(a)(v)(A) or the proviso set forth in Section 8.7(d)(v) , as applicable, (B) sell, assign (other than pursuant to the Collateral Documents) or otherwise dispose of (by operation of law or otherwise) any part of its interest in any such Project Document to which it is a party, (C) waive any default under, or breach of, any such Project Document to which it is a party or waive, fail to enforce, forgive, compromise, settle, adjust or release any right, interest or entitlement, howsoever arising, under, or in respect of any such Project Document or in any way vary, or consent or agree to the variation of, any provision of such Project Document or of the performance of any covenant or obligation by any other Person or consent to any assignment by any other Person under any such Project Document, (D) petition, request or take any other legal or administrative action that seeks, or may be expected, to impair any such Project Document to which it is a party or seeks to amend, modify or supplement any such Project Document, or (E) amend, supplement or modify any such Project Document (in each case as in effect when originally delivered to and accepted by Administrative Agent, or the Majority Lenders, as applicable) to which it is a party; in each case of clauses (A) through (E) above without first obtaining the prior written approval of Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided , that no approval of any Lender shall be required in each case of clauses (A) through (E) above if the Administrative Agent determines, in its reasonable discretion, that such acts, events or circumstances would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or materially adversely affect the rights and benefits of the Lenders under the Credit Documents.”

 

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n) Section 11.10(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by (i) deleting the period at the end of clause (iv) thereof and replacing it with a semicolon and (ii) appending the following new paragraph at the end of such Section 11.10(a):

 

“Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to Section 11.10(b) , the Administrative Agent may (but shall have no obligation to) and, if applicable, shall direct the Collateral Agent to, enter into any amendment, modification or supplement to any Credit Document without the consent of any Lender: (i) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect or inconsistency, (ii) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Lenders or (iii) to make, complete or confirm any grant of Collateral permitted or required by this Agreement or any of the Collateral Documents.”

 

o) Section 13.6 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the second sentence thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

 

“This Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents may only be amended or modified, and provisions may only be waived, by an instrument in writing signed by Borrower (to the extent party thereto), each Borrower Subsidiary (to the extent party thereto), Administrative Agent, the Lenders constituting the Majority Lenders or each affected Lender (as applicable, and, in each case, to the extent required pursuant to Section 11.10 ), and any other parties to be charged and in accordance with the terms of this Credit Agreement or the applicable Credit Document.”

 

p) Annex A to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(i)          The definition of “Applicable Margin” is hereby amended by deleting the table therein and replacing it with the following table:

 

Time   Base Rate Loans     LIBO Rate Loans  
Prior to the Term Conversion Date     1.50 %     2.50 %
On the Term Conversion Date and until but excluding the second anniversary of the Term Conversion Date     1.50 %     2.50 %
On the second anniversary of the Term Conversion Date and until but excluding June 3, 2015     1.75 %     2.75 %
On June 3, 2015 and until but excluding June 3, 2020     0.625 %     1.625 %
On June 3, 2020 and until but excluding June 3, 2025     0.875 %     1.875 %
On June 3, 2025 and until the Term Loan Maturity Date     1.125 %     2.125 %

 

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(ii)         The definition of “Conversion/Continuation Certificate” is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following new definition in alphabetical order:

 

““ Conversion Certificate ” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D-5 to the Credit Agreement.”

 

(iii)        The definition of “LIBO Rate” is hereby amended by appending the following sentence at the end thereof:

 

“At no time shall the LIBO Rate be less than 0%.”

 

(iv)        The definition of “Scheduled LC Facility Maturity Date” is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

““ Scheduled LC Facility Maturity Date ” means June 3, 2022.”

 

(v)         The definition of “Total PPA LC Commitment” is hereby amended by deleting the amount “$9,250,000” and replacing it with the amount “$8,089,000”.

 

q) Exhibit B-2 to the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Appendix B hereto.

 

r) Exhibit D-5 to the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Appendix C hereto.

 

s) Exhibit I to the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with Appendix D hereto.

 

SECTION 3.   Amendments to the Depositary Agreement . Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 5 hereof, the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Lenders party to the Credit Agreement), the Collateral Agent, and the Depositary Bank hereby agree to amend the Depositary Agreement as follows:

 

a) Section 4.1 of the Depositary Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new paragraph at the end thereof:

 

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“(e) After giving effect to the transfers specified in Section 4.1(d) , the Construction Account shall be closed upon the written instruction of the Borrower, given in accordance with Section 3.2 . Promptly, but in no event later than the fifth Banking Day after closing the Construction Account, Depositary Bank shall deliver to Borrower, with a copy to Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent, a written confirmation thereof, together with such related information as any of them may reasonably request. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (i) if, on the date the Construction Account is closed, any amounts remain on deposit therein, Depositary Bank shall immediately transfer such monies to the Revenue Account, and (ii) from and after such date, no further deposits, withdrawals, or transfers of any kind to or from the Construction Account shall be permitted, and in the event Depositary Bank thereafter receives any monies from any Person for deposit into the Construction Account, Depositary Bank shall deposit such monies in the Revenue Account to be held and applied in accordance with Section 3.8 .”

 

b) Section 4.2(a)(iii) of the Depositary Agreement is hereby amended by inserting, immediately prior to the semicolon at the end thereof, the words “or 4.1(e) ”.

 

c) Section 4.8(c) of the Depositary Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following immediately prior to the period at the end thereof:

 

“, and the Completion Reserve Account shall thereafter be closed upon the written instruction of the Borrower, given in accordance with Section 3.2 . Promptly, but in no event later than the fifth Banking Day after closing the Completion Reserve Account, Depositary Bank shall deliver to Borrower, with a copy to Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent, a written confirmation thereof, together with such related information as any of them may reasonably request. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that (i) if, on the date the Completion Reserve Account is closed, any amounts remain on deposit therein, Depositary Bank shall immediately transfer such monies to the Revenue Account, and (ii) from and after such date, no further deposits, withdrawals, or transfers of any kind to or from the Completion Reserve Account shall be permitted, and in the event Depositary Bank thereafter receives any monies from any Person for deposit into the Completion Reserve Account, Depositary Bank shall deposit such monies in the Revenue Account to be held and applied in accordance with Section 3.8 ”.

 

SECTION 4.     Representations and Warranties . Borrower and each Borrower Subsidiary hereby represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that (i) this Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such party and each of this Amendment, the Credit Agreement, and the Depositary Agreement as amended hereby constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, (ii) as of the date hereof, each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Article IV of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the date hereof (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date), (iii) as of the date hereof, and after giving effect to this Amendment, no Default, Event of Default or Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing, and (iv) except as expressly set forth herein, each of the Credit Documents is and shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and nothing in this Amendment shall abrogate, prejudice, diminish or otherwise affect any powers, right, remedies or obligations of any Person arising before the date of this Amendment.

 

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SECTION 5.   Conditions Precedent . This Amendment shall become effective on and as of the first date (the “ Effective Date ”) on which the following conditions precedent have been satisfied:

 

a) Delivery to the Agents of executed counterparts of (i) this Amendment from each party hereto, (ii) an amendment to the Administrative Agent Fee Letter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, from each party thereto, (iii) the fee letter among the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries and CoBank, in form and substance satisfactory to CoBank, from each party thereto, (iv) the fee letter among the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries and ING, in form and substance satisfactory to ING, from each party thereto and (v) the fee letter among the Borrower, the Borrower Subsidiaries and BTMU, in form and substance satisfactory to BTMU, from each party thereto;

 

b) Each representation and warranty of an Idaho Wind Entity set forth in Section 4 of this Amendment and in the other Credit Documents shall be true and correct in all material respects as if made on the date hereof (except to the extent expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of such date);

 

c) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

d) No event shall have occurred and no condition shall exist that has had a Material Adverse Effect;

 

e) The payment in full by the Borrower of all fees and expenses then due and payable by the Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the Depositary Agreement, including all fees and costs of counsel as of the Effective Date and all fees and expenses incurred by the Agents and the Depositary Bank, whether incurred before or after the date hereof, in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment, including without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel;

 

f) Delivery to the Administrative Agent of executed counterparts of (i) the Assignment and Assumption, dated as of June 3, 2015, between Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, New York Branch, as assignor and CoBank, as assignee, (ii) the Assignment and Assumption, dated as of June 3, 2015, between Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, New York Branch, as assignor and ING, as assignee and (iii) the Assignment and Assumption, dated as of June 3, 2015, between Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, New York Branch, as assignor and BTMU, together, in each case, with satisfactory evidence of the consent by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower of the relevant assignment;

 

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g) Delivery to the Administrative Agent of evidence of the novation by Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, New York Branch to BTMU of (i) the Interest Rate Hedging Agreement, dated as of October 14, 2010, between Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, New York Branch and the Borrower, (ii) the Interest Rate Hedging Agreement, dated as of January 26, 2011, between Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, New York Branch and the Borrower, and (iii) the Interest Rate Hedging Agreement, dated as of November 15, 2011, between Norddeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale, New York Branch and the Borrower; and

 

h) Delivery to CoBank of an executed Term Note, in the form of Exhibit A-3 to the Credit Agreement.

 

SECTION 6.   Miscellaneous .

 

6.01.    The amendments provided in Sections 2 and 3 hereof shall be applicable solely with respect to those matters expressly provided therein and no other amendments, waivers or consents may be construed or implied.

 

6.02.    Except as expressly provided herein, each Credit Document is and shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect and nothing contained in this Amendment shall abrogate, prejudice, diminish or otherwise affect any powers, right, remedies or obligations of any Person arising before the date of this Amendment. Any reference in the Credit Agreement or the Depositary Agreement or in any documents or instruments required thereunder or annexes or schedules thereto referring to the Credit Agreement or the Depositary Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the Credit Agreement or the Depositary Agreement, as applicable, each as amended by this Amendment.

 

6.03.    This Amendment shall constitute a Credit Document.

 

6.04.   GOVERNING LAW . THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

6.05.    Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness . This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any party to this Amendment may execute this Amendment by signing any such counterpart; signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single counterpart so that all signatures are physically attached to the same counterpart. The delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by electronic means, including by facsimile or by “.pdf” attachment to email, shall be effective as valid delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. This Amendment constitutes the entire agreement and understanding among the parties to this Amendment with respect to the matters covered by this Amendment and supersede any and all prior agreements and understandings, written or oral, with respect to such matters. This Amendment shall become effective on the Effective Date.

 

6.06.    Successors and Assigns . This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties to this Amendment and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

  IDAHO WIND PARTNERS 1, LLC ,
  as Borrower
   
  By: RP Wind ID LLC,
    its Managing Member
   
    By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Steven I. Eisenberg
    Managing Director

 

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  BURLEY BUTTE WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  CAMP REED WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  GOLDEN VALLEY WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  MILNER DAM WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  OREGON TRAIL WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  PAYNE’S FERRY WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  PILGRIM STAGE STATION WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  SALMON FALLS WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  THOUSAND SPRINGS WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  TUANA GULCH WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary
   
  YAHOO CREEK WIND PARK, LLC,
  an Idaho limited liability company,
  as Borrower Subsidiary

 

    By: /s/ Steven I. Eisenberg
    Steven I. Eisenberg
    Managing Director

 

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  tHE Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. ,
  as Administrative Agent
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

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  MUFG UNION BANK, N.A. ,
  as Collateral Agent
   
  By: /s/
    Name:
    Title:

 

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  MUFG UNION BANK, N.A. ,
  as Depositary Bank
   
  By: /s/
    Name:
    Title:

 

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  tHE Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. ,
  as Lender
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

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  tHE Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. ,
  as Hedge Counterparty
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  
    Title:

 

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  tHE Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. ,
  as Letter of Credit Issuing Bank
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  
    Title:

 

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  COBANK, ACB ,
  as Lender
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  
    Title:

 

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  ING CAPITAL LLC ,
  as Lender
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

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  ING CAPITAL MARKETS LLC ,
  as Hedge Counterparty
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  
    Title:

 

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  ING CAPITAL LLC ,
  as Letter of Credit Issuing Bank
   
  By: /s/
    Name:  
    Title:

 

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Appendix A

 

BORROWER SUBSIDIARIES

 

1.     Burley Butte Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company

 

2.     Camp Reed Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company

 

3.     Golden Valley Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company

 

4.     Milner Dam Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company

 

5.     Oregon Trail Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company

 

6.     Payne's Ferry Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company

 

7.     Pilgrim Stage Station Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company

 

8.     Salmon Falls Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company

 

9.     Thousand Springs Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company

 

10.    Tuana Gulch Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company

 

11.    Yahoo Creek Wind Park, LLC, an Idaho limited liability company

 

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Exhibit 10.26

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of August 10, 2015

 

among

 

BAYONNE ENERGY CENTER, LLC and

BAYONNE ENERGY CENTER URBAN RENEWAL, LLC

as Borrowers

 

BAYONNE ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC, ZONE J TOLLING CO., LLC, PER-D BAYONNE
HOLDINGS, LLC, PER-D BAYONNE I, INC., PER-D BAYONNE II, LLC and HUDSON
POWER HOLDINGS, LLC,

as Guarantors

 

THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,

 

THE ISSUING BANKS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,

 

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank ,

as Swingline Lender

 

and

 

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank ,

as Administrative Agent

 

 

 

Joint Lead Arrangers :

 

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank ,

ing capital llc,

national australia bank limited,

siemens financial services, inc.,

suntrust robinson humphrey, inc.

and

wells fargo bank, n.a.

 

 

 

$300,000,000 Senior Secured Credit Facilities

 

 

 

 
 

   

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Section   Page
     
  ARTICLE I  
     
DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS 1
     
Section 1.01. Certain Defined Terms 1
Section 1.02. Rules of Interpretation 56
Section 1.03. Accounting Terms 57
Section 1.04. Certifications, Etc 58
     
  ARTICLE II  
     
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES 58
     
Section 2.01. The Advances 58
Section 2.02. Making the Advances 59
Section 2.03. Repayment of Advances 61
Section 2.04. Prepayments 61
Section 2.05. Scheduled Interest 65
Section 2.06. Conversion/Continuation of Advances 67
Section 2.07. Promissory Notes 67
     
  ARTICLE III  
     
LETTERS OF CREDIT 68
     
Section 3.01. Letters of Credit 68
Section 3.02. Request for Issuance 69
Section 3.03. Letter of Credit Reports 70
Section 3.04. Drawings and Reimbursements 70
Section 3.05. Obligations Absolute 71
Section 3.06. L/C Facility Fees 73
Section 3.07. Replacement or Addition of an Issuing Bank 73
     
  ARTICLE IV  
     
COMMON PROVISIONS TO FACILITIES 74
     
Section 4.01. Termination or Reduction of the Commitments 74
Section 4.02. Default Interest 75
Section 4.03. Fees 75
Section 4.04. Change of Circumstances 76
Section 4.05. Payments and Computations 79
Section 4.06. Taxes 81

 

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Section 4.07. Sharing of Payments, Etc 85
Section 4.08. Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders 85
Section 4.09. Use of Proceeds 86
Section 4.10. Extensions of Commitments 87
Section 4.11. Defaulting Lenders 89
     
  ARTICLE V  
     
  CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS OF LENDING AND  
ISSUANCES OF LETTERS OF CREDIT 91
     
Section 5.01. Conditions Precedent 91
Section 5.02. Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing and Issuance 96
Section 5.03. Determinations Under Sections 5.01 and 5.02 97
Section 5.04. Notices 97
     
  ARTICLE VI  
     
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 97
     
Section 6.01. Representations and Warranties 97
     
  ARTICLE VII  
     
COVENANTS 104
     
Section 7.01. Affirmative Covenants 104
Section 7.02. Negative Covenants 108
Section 7.03. Reporting Requirements 117
     
  ARTICLE VIII  
     
EVENTS OF DEFAULT 121
     
Section 8.01. Events of Default 121
Section 8.02. Actions in Respect of the Letters of Credit upon Default 125
     
  ARTICLE IX  
     
THE AGENTS 126
     
Section 9.01. Appointment of Agents 126
Section 9.02. Rights of Lenders 126
Section 9.03. Exculpatory Provisions 126
Section 9.04. Reliance by Administrative Agent 127
Section 9.05. Delegation of Duties 128
Section 9.06. Resignation of Administrative Agent 128
Section 9.07. Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders 129

 

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Section 9.08. Withholding Taxes 129
Section 9.09. Administrative Agent May File Proof of Claim 130
Section 9.10. Collateral Matters 130
     
  ARTICLE X  
     
GUARANTY 131
     
Section 10.01. Guaranty; Limitation of Liability 131
Section 10.02. Guaranty Absolute 132
Section 10.03. Waivers and Acknowledgments 133
Section 10.04. Subrogation 134
Section 10.05. Subordination 134
Section 10.06. Continuing Guaranty; Assignments 135
Section 10.07. Keepwell 136
     
  ARTICLE XI  
     
MISCELLANEOUS 136
     
Section 11.01. Notices 136
Section 11.02. Expenses, Indemnity; Damage Waiver 138
Section 11.03. Cash Collateral 140
Section 11.04. Set-Off 141
Section 11.05. Amendments and Waivers 141
Section 11.06. Successors and Assigns; Participations 144
Section 11.07. Independence of Covenants 148
Section 11.08. Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements 148
Section 11.09. No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative 149
Section 11.10. Marshalling; Payments Set Aside 149
Section 11.11. Severability 149
Section 11.12. Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lender Parties’ Rights 149
Section 11.13. Headings 149
Section 11.14. Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc 150
Section 11.15. Waiver Of Jury Trial 150
Section 11.16. Confidentiality 151
Section 11.17. Usury Savings Clause 152
Section 11.18. Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution 152
Section 11.19. Patriot Act 152
Section 11.20. Intercreditor Agreement 153
Section 11.21. No Other Duties 153
Section 11.22. Non-Recourse 153
Section 11.23. Other Agreements 153

 

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SCHEDULES
     
Schedule I - Commitments; Applicable Lending Offices; Notices
Schedule II - Disclosed Liens
Schedule 6.01(a) - Loan Parties
Schedule 6.01(i) - Adverse Proceedings
Schedule 7.01(d) - Insurance Requirements
Schedule 7.02(a) - Closing Date Other Permitted Liens
Schedule 7.02(m) - Existing Affiliate Transactions
     
EXHIBITS
     
Exhibit A - Form of Assignment and Assumption
Exhibit B-1 - Form of Term Note
Exhibit B-2 - Form of Revolving Note
Exhibit B-3 - Form of Swingline Note
Exhibit C-1 - Form of Funding Notice
Exhibit C-2 - Form of Swingline Request
Exhibit D - Form of Pledge Agreement
Exhibit E - Form of Consent and Agreement
Exhibit F - Form of Security Agreement
Exhibit G - Form of Intercreditor Agreement
Exhibit H - Subordination Terms
Exhibit I - Form of Compliance Certificate
Exhibit J - Form of Conversion/Continuation Notice
Exhibit K - Form of Closing Date Certificate
Exhibit L-1 - Form of Joinder Agreement (Permitted Expansion Entity)
Exhibit L-2 - Form of Joinder Agreement (Swingline Lender)
Exhibit L-3 - Form of Joinder Agreement (Augmenting Extending Lender)
Exhibit M-1 - Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
Exhibit M-2 - Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
Exhibit M-3 - Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
Exhibit M-4 - Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate
Exhibit N - Form of Depositary Agreement
Exhibit O - Form of Prepayment Notice
Exhibit P-1 - Form of L/C Credit Extension Request
Exhibit P-2 - Form of DSRA Letter of Credit
Exhibit P-3 - Form of MMRA Letter of Credit
Exhibit P-4 - Form of Working Capital Letter of Credit
Exhibit Q-1 - Form of Chadbourne & Parke LLP Opinion
Exhibit Q-2 - Form of McCarter & English, LLP Opinion
Exhibit R-1 - Form of Acceptable Reserve Guarantee (DSRA/MMRA)
Exhibit R-2 - Form of Acceptable Reserve Guarantee (Permitted Expansion Facility)
Exhibit S - Form of Major Maintenance Funding Certificate

 

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CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

 

This CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT, dated as of August 10, 2015 (this “ Agreement ”), is entered into by and among BAYONNE ENERGY CENTER, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ BEC ”), and BAYONNE ENERGY CENTER URBAN RENEWAL, LLC, a New Jersey limited liability company (“ BECUR ,” and together with BEC, the “ Borrowers ”), THE GUARANTORS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO, THE LENDERS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank , as Swingline Lender, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank , as an issuing bank (in such capacity, an “ Issuing Bank ”), and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank , as administrative agent for the Lender Parties (in such capacity, together with any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Article IX in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”).

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:

 

WHEREAS, BEC owns and operates the approximately 512 MW electrical generating facility located in Bayonne, New Jersey and an undersea cable interconnecting such facility with ConEd’s Gowanus Substation located in Brooklyn, New York (collectively, together with any Permitted Expansion if undertaken by a Permitted Expansion Entity, the “ Project ”);

 

WHEREAS, BECUR is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BEC;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Term Lenders provide a term loan facility, the proceeds of which are to be used on the Closing Date (a) to make a distribution to the Sponsor, and (b) to pay fees, costs and expenses in connection with the Facilities and fees, costs and expenses in connection with the operation of the Project;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Revolving Lenders provide a revolving loan facility with a swingline sublimit that may be used (a) for general working capital purposes or (b) in connection with the issuance of certain letters of credit;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested the Issuing Bank to issue letters of credit in accordance with the terms hereof; and

 

WHEREAS, the Lenders are willing to provide such credit facilities and the Issuing Bank is willing to issue letters of credit upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Article I

 

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

 

Section 1.01.          Certain Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement (including the preamble hereto and the preliminary statements hereto), the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined):

 

 
 

  

Acceptable Bank ” means any commercial bank or financial institution having a long-term unsecured senior debt rating of at least A3 or better by Moody’s or A- or better by S&P.

 

Acceptable Letter of Credit ” means an irrevocable letter of credit issued by an Acceptable Bank that has a stated maturity date that is not earlier than the earlier of (a) 6 months after the date of issuance of such letter of credit and (b) the Term Facility Maturity Date, and which letter of credit and all related documentation are satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, acting reasonably. Any such letter of credit must be drawable if, (i) it is not renewed or replaced at least 15 days prior to its stated maturity date or (ii) the issuer thereof fails to satisfy the requirements of an “Acceptable Bank” and a replacement letter of credit has not been obtained from an Acceptable Bank within 30 days thereafter.

 

Acceptable Reserve Guarantee ” means a guaranty provided by Sponsor in respect of (a) the Borrowers’ obligations to fund the Debt Service Reserve Account or the Major Maintenance Reserve Account, as applicable, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit R-1 or (b)  clause (c) of the definition of Permitted Expansion Facility, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit R-2 ; provided that such guarantee shall cease to be an “Acceptable Reserve Guarantee” for any period that the Sponsor does not have a long-term unsecured senior debt rating of at least Baa3 or better by Moody’s or BBB- or better by S&P (or, if rated by both Moody’s and S&P, then at least Baa3 or better by Moody’s and BBB- or better by S&P).

 

Acceptable Third Party Tolling Credit Support ” means, (a) with respect to DEBM or any of its Affiliates, the Centrica Guarantee and (b) with respect to each other Third Party Power Offtaker that is required to deliver Acceptable Third Party Tolling Credit Support in accordance with the definition of “Replacement Power Purchase Agreement,” a guarantee from a Person with a Required Rating.

 

Additional Project Contract ” means each agreement relating to the Project entered into by, or assigned to, a Loan Party subsequent to the Closing Date, the breach of which by such Loan Party or the counterparty thereto could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, but excluding any Contractual Obligation (a) providing for, governing or evidencing any Permitted Debt and any related Permitted Lien for such Permitted Debt, (b) entered into to consummate any sale, lease, transfer or disposal allowed pursuant to the Loan Documents or (c) providing for, governing or evidencing any investments permitted pursuant to the Loan Documents.

 

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Adjusted Eurodollar Rate ” means, for any Interest Rate Determination Date with respect to an Interest Period for Eurodollar Rate Advances, the rate per annum obtained by dividing (and rounding upward to the next whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) (a) the fluctuating rate per annum equal to (i) the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate for deposits with a term equivalent to such Interest Period appearing on the page of the Reuters Screen which displays an average of the London interbank offered rate administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration, determined as of approximately 11:00 A.M. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date or (ii) if the rate in clause (i) above does not appear on such page or service or if such page or service is not available, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate for deposits with a term equivalent to such Interest Period on such other page or other service which displays an average of the London interbank offered rate administered by the ICE Benchmark Administration, determined as of approximately 11:00 A.M. (London, England time) on such Interest Rate Determination Date or (iii) if the rates in clauses (a)(i) and (a)(ii)  are not available, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the average offered quotation rate by major banks in the London interbank market for deposits of principal amounts comparable to the Eurodollar Rate Advance for which the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate is then being determined with maturities comparable to such Interest Period by (b) an amount equal to (i) one minus (ii) the Applicable Reserve Requirement.

 

Administrative Agent ” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

 

Administrative Agent’s Account ” means the account of the Administrative Agent specified by the Administrative Agent in writing to the Borrowers and the Lender Parties from time to time.

 

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

 

Advance ” means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, a Term Advance, a Working Capital Advance, a Swingline Advance or an L/C Advance.

 

Adverse Proceeding ” means any action, written claim, suit, litigation, proceeding, hearing (whether administrative, judicial or otherwise), governmental investigation or arbitration (whether or not purportedly on behalf of the Loan Parties) at law or in equity, or before or by any Governmental Authority or arbitrator, domestic or foreign (including any Environmental Actions), whether pending or, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, threatened in writing against the Loan Parties or any Property of the Loan Parties.

 

Affected Lenders ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.04(a) .

 

Affected Property ” means, with respect to any Casualty Event or Event of Eminent Domain, the Property that has been lost, destroyed, damaged, condemned, taken or otherwise adversely affected as a result of such Casualty Event or Event of Eminent Domain.

 

Affiliate ” means with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the Person specified. For the purposes of this definition, “control” (including, with correlative meanings, the terms “ controlling ,” “ controlled by ” and “ under common control with ”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of that Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or by contract or otherwise.

 

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Agent Parties ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.01(d)(ii) .

 

Agents ” means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Depositary.

 

Agreement ” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

 

Agreement on Security ” means the Security Agreement (if any) that is entered into by BEC and ConEd in connection with the LGIA, providing for, among other things, the basis and methodology for determining the manner in which BEC will satisfy the requirements under the LGIA to provide security.

 

Anti-Corruption Laws ” means the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 and the rules, regulations and legally enforceable requirements thereunder, the United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010 and all laws, rules, and regulations of any jurisdiction applicable to the Loan Parties at the relevant time concerning or relating to bribery or corruption.

 

Anti-Terrorism and Money Laundering Laws ” means any of the following (a) Section 1 of Executive Order 13224 of September 24, 2001, Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism (Title 12, Part 595 of the US Code of Federal Regulations), (b) the Terrorism Sanctions Regulations (Title 31 Part 595 of the US Code of Federal Regulations), (c) the Terrorism List Governments Sanctions Regulations (Title 31 Part 596 of the US Code of Federal Regulations), (d) the Foreign Terrorist Organizations Sanctions Regulations (Title 31 Part 597 of the US Code of Federal Regulations), (e) the USA Patriot Act of 2001 (Pub. L. No. 107-56), (f) the U.S. Money Laundering Control Act of 1986, as amended, (g) the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 U.S.C. sections 5301 et seq., (h) Laundering of Monetary Instruments, 18 U.S.C. section 1956, (i) Engaging in Monetary Transactions in Property Derived from Specified Unlawful Activity, 18 U.S.C. section 1957, (j) the Financial Recordkeeping and Reporting of Currency and Foreign Transactions Regulations (Title 31 Part 103 of the US Code of Federal Regulations), (k) any other similar federal Government Rule having the force of law and relating to money laundering, terrorist acts or acts of war, and (l) any regulations promulgated under any of the foregoing.

 

Applicable Lending Office ” means, with respect to each Lender Party, such Lender Party’s Domestic Lending Office in the case of a Base Rate Advance and such Lender Party’s Eurodollar Lending Office in the case of a Eurodollar Rate Advance.

 

Applicable Margin ” means, with respect to any Base Rate Advances and Eurodollar Rate Advances, the applicable rate per annum determined pursuant to the grid set forth below:

 

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Period   Eurodollar Rate
Advances
    Base Rate Advances  
Until (but excluding) the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date     2.125 %     1.125 %
On the date that is the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date until (and including) the Term Facility Maturity Date     2.375 %     1.375 %

  

Applicable Percentage ” means with respect to any Lender, the percentage of the Revolving Facility represented by such Lender’s Revolving Commitment. If the Revolving Commitments have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the Revolving Commitments most recently in effect, giving effect to any assignments.

 

Applicable Reserve Requirement ” means, at any time, for any Eurodollar Rate Advances, the maximum rate, expressed as a decimal, at which reserves (including any basic marginal, special, supplemental, emergency or other reserves) are required to be maintained with respect thereto against “ Eurocurrency liabilities ” (as such term is defined in Regulation D) under regulations issued from time to time by the Board of Governors or other applicable banking regulator. Without limiting the effect of the foregoing, the Applicable Reserve Requirement shall reflect any other reserves required to be maintained by such member banks with respect to (a) any category of liabilities which includes deposits by reference to which the applicable Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or any other interest rate of an Advance is to be determined, or (b) any category of extensions of credit or other assets which include Eurodollar Rate Advances. Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be deemed to constitute Eurocurrency liabilities and as such shall be deemed subject to reserve requirements without benefits of credit for proration, exceptions or offsets that may be available from time to time to the applicable Lender. The rate of interest on Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be adjusted automatically on and as of the effective date of any change in the Applicable Reserve Requirement.

 

Appropriate Lender ” means, at any time and without duplication, with respect to (a) the Term Facility or the Revolving Facility, a Lender that has a Commitment or outstanding Advances with respect to such Facility at such time, (b) the Revolving Facility, the applicable Issuing Banks and (c) the Swingline Sublimit, (i) the Swingline Lender and (ii) if the Swingline Lender has delivered a Swingline Reimbursement Request, the Revolving Lender.

 

Approved Fund ” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Lender, (b) an Affiliate of a Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.

 

Asset Sale ” means a sale, lease (as lessor), sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, exclusive license (as licensor), transfer or other disposition to, or any exchange of Property with, any Person, in one transaction or a series of transactions, of all or any part of any of the Loan Parties’ Properties, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, leased or licensed, other than any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition or exchange of Properties pursuant to sub-clause (i) , (ii) , (iii) , (iv) , (v) , (vi) , or (vii)  of Section 7.02(e) .

 

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Asset Sale Proceeds ” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, the Net Cash Proceeds received by any of the Loan Parties in connection with such Asset Sale.

 

Asset Sale Proceeds Account ” has the meaning specified in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender Party, on the one hand, and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any Person whose consent is required by Section 11.06 ), on the other hand, and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in accordance with Section 11.06 and in substantially the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

 

Augmenting Extending Lender ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.10(a) .

 

Available Amount ” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit or any other letter of credit, at any time, the maximum amount (whether or not such maximum amount is then in effect under such Letter of Credit or other letter of credit if such maximum amount increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter of Credit or other letter of credit) available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit or other letter of credit at such time (assuming compliance at such time with all conditions to drawing).

 

Available Revolving Commitment ” means with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time (a) such Lender’s Revolving Commitment at such time minus (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Working Capital Advances and L/C Advances made by such Lender and outstanding at such time and (ii) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the sum of (A) the L/C Exposure and (B) the Swingline Advances at such time.

 

Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled “Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

 

Base Case Projections ” means the projections delivered pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(vii)(C) , as such projections may be updated in accordance with clause (d) of the definition of Permitted Expansion Facility.

 

Base Rate ” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day; (b) the Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1%; and (c) 1% plus the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate (without giving effect to any rounding) for a one month Interest Period in effect on such day (or if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day). Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate shall be effective on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate, respectively.

 

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Base Rate Advance ” means an Advance that bears interest as provided in Section 2.05(a)(i) .

 

BEC ” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

 

BECUR ” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

 

Board of Governors ” means the Board of Governors of the United States Federal Reserve System, or any successor thereto.

 

Borrowers ” has the meaning specified in the preamble hereto.

 

Borrowing ” means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, a Term Borrowing or a Revolving Borrowing.

 

Budget ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.03(e) .

 

Business Day ” means (a) any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York or is a day on which banking institutions located in such state are authorized or required by law or other governmental action to close and (b) with respect to all notices, determinations, fundings and payments in connection with the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or any Eurodollar Rate Advances, the term “ Business Day ” shall mean any day which is a Business Day described in clause (a) and which is also a day for trading by and between banks in Dollar deposits in the London interbank market.

 

Business Interruption Insurance Proceeds ” means any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable from time to time to any of the Loan Parties with respect to the partial or complete interruption of the operation of the business of such Loan Party.

 

Capital Expenditures ” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures of the Borrowers during such period determined on a Consolidated basis and without duplication that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “ property, plant and equipment ” or similar items reflected in the Consolidated balance sheet of the Loan Parties or in “ purchase of property and equipment ” or similar items reflected in the Consolidated statement of cash flows of the Loan Parties, but excluding to the extent they would otherwise be included:

 

(a)          expenditures made in connection with the replacement, substitution, restoration or repair of Property to the extent financed with (i) Insurance Proceeds or other Cash paid to the Borrowers on account of the Casualty Event in respect of the Property being replaced, restored or repaired or (ii) Eminent Domain Proceeds or other Cash paid to the Loan Parties on account of an Event of Eminent Domain, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents;

 

(b)          the purchase price of equipment that is purchased simultaneously with the trade-in of existing equipment to the extent that the gross amount of such purchase price is less than any credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment being traded in at such time;

 

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(c)          the purchase of any Property to the extent financed with Asset Sale Proceeds in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents;

 

(d)          payments under Capitalized Leases to the extent such Capitalized Leases are permitted under the terms of the Loan Documents;

 

(e)          expenditures related to Major Maintenance Expenses;

 

(f)           expenditures to the extent any Borrower has received reimbursement in cash from a Person that is not an Affiliate of any of the Borrowers and for which no Borrower has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such Person or any other Person; and

 

(g)          the purchase of Property to the extent financed (directly or indirectly) with the proceeds of Cash equity contributions received by any Borrower from Holdings prior to the consummation of such purchase, which Cash equity contributions have been contributed by Holdings, directly or indirectly, specifically for such purpose.

 

Capital Stock ” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation), including partnership interests and membership interests, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase or other arrangements or rights to acquire any of the foregoing.

 

Capitalized Leases ” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any Property by that Person as lessee that, in conformity with GAAP, is or should be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.

 

Cash ” means money, currency or a credit balance in any demand account or Deposit Account.

 

Cash Collateralize ” means to deposit in a Controlled Account or to pledge and deposit with or deliver to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of one or more of the Issuing Banks or Lenders, as collateral for L/C Exposure or obligations of Lenders to fund participations in respect of L/C Exposure, cash or Deposit Account balances or, if the Administrative Agent and each applicable Issuing Bank shall agree in their sole discretion, other credit support, in each case pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each applicable Issuing Bank. “ Cash Collateral ” shall have a meaning correlative to the foregoing and shall include the proceeds of such cash collateral and other credit support.

 

Cash Equivalents ” means any of the following:

 

(a)          readily marketable direct obligations of the Government of the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof, or obligations unconditionally guaranteed by the full faith and credit of the Government of the United States, in each case maturing within one year from the date of acquisition thereof;

 

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(b)          securities issued by any state of the United States of America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition thereof and, at the time of acquisition, having a rating of AA- or higher from S&P or Aa3 or higher from Moody’s (or, at any time that neither S&P nor Moody’s rates such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service);

 

(c)          investments in commercial paper maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof and having, at such date of acquisition, a rating of at least A-1 or P-1 from either S&P or Moody’s (or, at any time that neither S&P nor Moody’s rates such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized rating service);

 

(d)          investments in certificates of deposit, banker’s acceptances and time deposits maturing within 270 days from the date of acquisition thereof issued or guaranteed by or placed with, and money market deposit accounts issued or offered by, the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates or any domestic office of any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof, any country that is a member of the OECD or any political subdivision thereof, that has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000;

 

(e)          fully collateralized repurchase agreements with a term of not more than 30 days for securities described in clause (a) above and entered into with a financial institution satisfying the criteria of clause (d) above;

 

(f)          investments in “ money market funds ” within the meaning of Rule 2a-7 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, substantially all of whose assets are (i) invested in investments of the type described in clauses (a) through (e)  above or (ii) rated the highest category by S&P or Moody’s; and

 

(g)          Cash.

 

Casualty Event ” means a casualty event that causes all or a portion of the Property of any of the Loan Parties to be damaged, destroyed or rendered unfit for normal use for any reason whatsoever, other than (a) ordinary use and wear and tear, (b) any Event of Eminent Domain or (c) any casualty event in respect of which any Loan Party reasonably expects to receive Insurance Proceeds of less than $7,500,000 or, with respect only to Section 7.03(l)(ii) , $2,000,000.

 

Centrica Guarantee ” means the guarantee, dated as of June 12, 2014, delivered by Centrica plc in favor of BEC in connection with the DEBM Power Purchase Agreements.

 

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Change in Law ” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

Change of Control ” means either (a) Sponsor and a Qualified Owner (if any) shall, collectively, fail to own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the Capital Stock in Holdings or (b) Holdings shall fail to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Capital Stock in each other Loan Party; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, no Change of Control shall be deemed to have occurred in clause (b) above as a result of a liquidation, dissolution, merger or consolidation of any Loan Party undertaken in accordance with Section 7.02(d) .

 

Class ”, when used in reference to any Advance or Borrowing, refers to whether such Advance, or the Advances constituting such Borrowing, are Term Advances, Working Capital Advances, Swingline Advances or L/C Advances; when used in reference to any Commitment, refers to whether such Commitment is a Term Commitment, Revolving Commitment or L/C Commitment; and when used in reference to any Letter of Credit, refers to whether such Letter of Credit is a Working Capital Letter of Credit, MMRA Letter of Credit or DSRA Letter of Credit.

 

Closing Date ” means the date on which the conditions precedent set forth in Section 5.01 have been satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 11.05 .

 

Closing Date Certificate ” means a Closing Date Certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit K .

 

Collateral ” means all Property (including Capital Stock) of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the Excluded Assets, which is intended to be subject to the security interests or Liens granted pursuant to any of the Collateral Documents.

 

Collateral Account ” has the meaning specified in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Collateral Agent ” means Wells Fargo Bank, NA, in its capacity as First Lien Collateral Agent, together with any successor “First Lien Collateral Agent” appointed pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Collateral Documents ” means the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Depositary Agreement (and any agreement entered into, or required to be delivered, by any Loan Party pursuant to the terms of the Security Agreement in order to perfect the Lien created on any Property pursuant thereto (including any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements), the Mortgages, each Consent and Agreement, and each other agreement that creates or purports to create a Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First Lien Secured Parties.

 

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Commitment ” means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, a Term Commitment, a Revolving Commitment or an L/C Commitment.

 

Commodity Exchange Act ” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.

 

Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreement ” means any agreement (including each confirmation entered into pursuant to any ISDA master agreement) providing for any swap, cap, collar, put, call, floor, future, option, spot, forward, power purchase and sale agreement (including, but not limited to, option and heat rate options), fuel purchase and sale agreement, tolling agreement, capacity purchase agreement, emissions credit purchase or sale agreement, power transmission agreement, fuel transportation agreement, fuel storage agreement, netting agreement or similar agreement, in each case entered into in respect of any commodity, including any energy management agreements having any such characteristics, other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any energy management agreement that solely establishes an agency function for the party or parties thereto, and any agreement providing for credit support for any of the foregoing, in all cases whether settled financially or physically.

 

Commodity Hedge Counterparty ” means any Person (or any Person whose obligations under the applicable Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreement are guaranteed by a Person) (a) that is, as of the date of the applicable Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreement, (i) a commercial bank, insurance company or other similar financial institution or any Affiliate thereof, (ii) a public utility or the NYISO or a reputable exchange (e.g., InterContinental Exchange), or (iii) in the business of selling, marketing, purchasing, transporting, storing or distributing electric energy, capacity, ancillary services, fuel, oil, gas, or emissions credits, and (b) that has (or whose obligations under the applicable Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreement are guaranteed by an entity that has), at the time the applicable Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreement is entered into, a Required Rating.

 

Compliance Certificate ” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit I .

 

ConEd ” means Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., a New York corporation.

 

ConEd Easement ” means the Easement Grant, dated August 6, 2010, between BEC and ConEd, as amended by that certain Amendment to Easement Grant, dated September 27, 2012.

 

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Connection Income Taxes ” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

 

Consents and Agreement ” means each Consent and Agreement executed by a Third Party Power Offtaker (and, if applicable, the counterparty to the corresponding Acceptable Third Party Tolling Credit Support) or delivered in accordance with clause (h) of the definition of Permitted Expansion Facility, in each case substantially in the form of Exhibit E .

 

Consolidated ” refers to the consolidation of accounts in accordance with GAAP.

 

Contractual Obligations ” means, as applied to any Person, any provision of any Capital Stock issued by such Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its Properties is bound.

 

Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

 

Controlled Account ” means each Deposit Account and each securities account that is subject to an account control agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each applicable Issuing Bank.

 

Conversion ,” “ Convert ” and “ Converted ” each refer to a conversion of Advances of one Type into Advances of the other Type pursuant to Section 2.06 or  4.04 .

 

Conversion/Continuation Notice ” means a Conversion/Continuation Notice substantially in the form of Exhibit J .

 

Core Contract ” means each of the Third Party Power Purchase Agreements, the LTSA and, for as long as any DEBM Power Purchase Agreement is in place, the Centrica Guarantee.

 

Credit Date ” means the date of a Credit Extension.

 

Credit Extension ” means the making of any Advance or the issuance of a Letter of Credit.

 

DB Account ” means the account maintained by BEC with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (account number: SB3747.1).

 

DEBM ” means Direct Energy Business Marketing, LLC.

 

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DEBM Power Purchase Agreements ” means, collectively, (a) that certain Contract for the Sale and Purchase of Capacity, Energy and Ancillary Services, dated as of September 30, 2010, between DEBM, as assignee of Hess, and BEC, as amended by that certain Amendment to Contract for the Sale and Purchase of Capacity, Energy and Ancillary Services, dated as of June 12, 2014 and (b) that certain Second Contract for the Sale and Purchase of Capacity, Energy and Ancillary Services, dated as of September 30, 2010, between DEBM, as assignee of Hess, and BEC, as amended by that certain Amendment to Second Contract for the Sale and Purchase of Capacity, Energy and Ancillary Services, dated as of June 12, 2014.

 

Debt ” means, as applied to any Person and without duplication:

 

(a)          all Debt for Borrowed Money;

 

(b)          that portion of obligations with respect to Capitalized Leases that is properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP;

 

(c)          all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures, drafts or other similar instruments representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money;

 

(d)          any obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding any such obligations incurred under ERISA), which purchase price is due more than six months from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof;

 

(e)          all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any Property owned or held by such Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by such Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person;

 

(f)           the face amount of any letter of credit issued for the account of such Person or as to which such Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings;

 

(g)          the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement (other than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another;

 

(h)          any obligation of such Person, the primary purpose or intent of which is to provide assurance to an obligee that the obligation of the obligor thereof will be paid or discharged, or any agreement relating thereto will be complied with, or the holders thereof will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof;

 

(i)           any liability of such Person for an obligation of another through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise) or (ii) to maintain the solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another if, in the case of any agreement described under sub-clause (i) or (ii)  of this clause (i) , the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in clause (h) above; and

 

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(j)          all obligations of such Person in respect of any exchange-traded or over- the-counter derivative transaction, including any Interest Rate Hedge or Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreement, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes;

 

provided that in no event shall (A) deferred compensation arrangements, (B) earn-out, non-compete or consulting obligations, (C) earn out obligations until such obligations are earned or mature in accordance with GAAP, (D) deemed Debt pursuant to GAAP or (E) working capital or other adjustments to purchase price or indemnification obligations under purchase agreements, in each case, constitute Debt of a Person for the purposes of Section 7.02(b) ; provided further that in no event shall (1) intercompany debt permitted under Section 7.02(b)(vii) or (2) Debt in respect of Interest Rate Hedges or Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreements, in each case, constitute Debt of a Person for the purposes of Section 8.01(f) .

 

Debt for Borrowed Money ” means of any Person, at any date of determination, the sum, without duplication, of (a) all items that, in accordance with GAAP, would be classified as indebtedness on a Consolidated balance sheet of such Person at such date, and (b) all obligations of such Person under acceptance, letter of credit or similar facilities at such date, but excluding Debt in respect of Capitalized Leases and purchase money debt.

 

Debt Obligation ” means any obligation for which the Borrower has issued debt instruments in the financial markets and for which such debt instruments are normally rolled over or refinanced in the financial markets upon maturity.

 

Debt Proceeds ” means, with respect to the incurrence or issuance of any Debt by any of the Loan Parties (other than Debt permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to Section 7.02(b) ), the Net Cash Proceeds received by any of the Loan Parties in connection with such incurrence or issuance.

 

Debt Service ” means, for any period, the sum of (a) Interest Expense, all fronting fees, commitment fees and letter of credit participation fees and similar fees payable by the Loan Parties (including under Section 3.06(a) and Section 4.03(a) of this Agreement) under the Loan Documents and under any Permitted Expansion Facility secured by a Permitted Lien on the Collateral under the Collateral Documents, and all Ordinary Course Settlement Payments under Interest Rate Hedges and (b) all scheduled principal amounts paid or payable pursuant to Section 2.03(a) or any Permitted Expansion Facility; provided , however , that (i) Debt Service for the Measurement Period ending on September 30, 2015 shall be deemed to be the product of four times the sum of (A) the Debt Service for the Fiscal Quarter then ending plus (B) $2,396,578.47; (ii) Debt Service for the Measurement Period ending on December 31, 2015 shall be deemed to be the product of two times the sum of (A) the Debt Service for the Fiscal Quarter then ending plus (B) the sum of the amounts set forth in clauses (i)(A) and (i)(B), (iii) Debt Service for the Measurement Period ending on March 31, 2016 shall be deemed to be the product of four thirds times the sum of (A) the Debt Service for the Fiscal Quarter then ending and (B) the sum of the amounts set forth in clauses (ii)(A) and (ii)(B), and (iv) Debt Service for the Measurement Period ending on June 30, 2016 shall be deemed to be the sum of (A) the Debt Service for the Fiscal Quarter then ending and (B) the sum of the amounts set forth in clauses (iii)(A) and (iii)(B).

 

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Debt Service Coverage Ratio ” means, for any Measurement Period, the ratio of (a) Operating Cash Available for Debt Service for such Measurement Period to (b) Debt Service for such Measurement Period.

 

Debt Service Reserve Account ” has the meaning specified in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Debt Service Reserve Requirement ” means on any date of determination, an amount equal to 100% of the sum of the reasonably anticipated aggregate (a) scheduled principal and interest on the Term Facility, (b) interest on the Revolving Facility and (c) fees pursuant to Section 3.06 and Section 4.03(a) , in each case, payable during the following six (6) month period occurring after such date of determination, net of (or plus) Ordinary Course Settlement Payments under Hedge Agreements that are reasonably expected to be made or received during such six-month period.

 

Debtor Relief Laws ” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States of America, and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

 

Default ” means any Event of Default or a condition or event that, after notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.

 

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Defaulting Lender ” means, subject to Section 4.11(b) , any Lender that (a) has failed to (i) fund all or any portion of its Advance within two (2) Business Days of the date such Advances were required to be funded hereunder unless such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s determination that one or more conditions precedent to funding (each of which conditions precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing) has not been satisfied, or (ii) pay to the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder (including in respect of its participation in Letters of Credit or Swingline Advances) within two (2) Business Days of the date when due, (b) has notified the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in writing that it does not intend to comply with its funding obligations hereunder, or has made a public statement to that effect (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Lender’s obligation to fund an Advance hereunder and states that such position is based on such Lender’s determination that a condition precedent to funding (which condition precedent, together with any applicable default, shall be specifically identified in such writing or public statement) cannot be satisfied), (c) has failed, within three (3) Business Days after written request by the Administrative Agent or the Borrowers, to confirm in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers that it will comply with its prospective funding obligations hereunder (provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrative Agent and BEC), or (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, other than via an Undisclosed Administration, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal or national regulatory authority acting in such a capacity; provided that a Lender shall not be a Defaulting Lender solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in that Lender or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender. Any determination by the Administrative Agent that a Lender is a Defaulting Lender under any one or more of clauses (a) through (d)  above shall be conclusive and binding absent manifest error, and such Lender shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender (subject to Section 4.11 ) upon delivery of written notice of such determination to the Borrowers, each Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender and each Lender.

 

Deposit Account ” means a demand, time, savings, checking, passbook or like account with a bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization, other than an account evidenced by a negotiable certificate of deposit.

 

Depositary ” Wells Fargo Bank, NA, in its capacity as depositary, together with any successor depositary appointed pursuant to the Depositary Agreement.

 

Depositary Accounts ” has the meaning specified in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Depositary Agreement ” means a depositary agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit N , dated as of the date hereof, among the Borrowers, each Guarantor party thereto, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the Depositary.

 

Disposition ” means any sale, assignment, transfer, conveyance or other disposition.

 

Distribution Account ” has the meaning specified in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Distribution Conditions ” means, as of any Distribution Date:

 

(a)          no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would occur as a consequence of such Restricted Payment;

 

(b)          the outstanding principal amount of all L/C Advances in respect of any MMRA Letter of Credit and any DSRA Letter of Credit shall have been repaid in full and there are no unreimbursed outstanding Drawing Payments in respect of any MMRA Letter of Credit or any DSRA Letter of Credit;

 

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(c)          as calculated on such Distribution Date, the Debt Service Coverage Ratio for the applicable Measurement Period ending on the Quarterly Date immediately preceding such Distribution Date is not less than 1.20 to 1.00;

 

(d)          the amount then on deposit in or credited to the Debt Service Reserve Account plus the aggregate Available Amount under all issued DSRA Letters of Credit held by the Collateral Agent plus the available amount under any Acceptable Reserve Guarantee issued in respect of the Debt Service Reserve Requirement as of such Quarterly Date equals the Debt Service Reserve Requirement at such time;

 

(e)          the amount then on deposit in or credited to the Major Maintenance Reserve Account plus the aggregate Available Amount under all issued MMRA Letters of Credit held by the Collateral Agent plus the available amount under any Acceptable Reserve Guarantee issued in respect of the Major Maintenance Reserve Requirement as of such Quarterly Date equals the Major Maintenance Reserve Requirement at such time;

 

(f)           Any debt service reserve account, major reserve account and any other reserve account established under any Permitted Expansion Facility Debt Document shall be funded in accordance with such Permitted Expansion Facility Debt Document; and

 

(g)          BEC shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent, at least two (2) Business Days prior to such Distribution Date, a certificate of a Responsible Officer stating that each of the foregoing conditions set forth in clauses (a) through (f) above shall be satisfied as of such Distribution Date and setting out in reasonable detail the calculation for computing the Debt Service Coverage Ratio for the relevant period.

 

Distribution Date ” has the meaning specified in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Distribution Reserve Account ” has the meaning specified in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Dollars ” and the sign “ $ ” mean the lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

Domestic Lending Office ” means, with respect to any Lender Party, the office of such Lender Party specified as its “ Domestic Lending Office ” opposite its name on Schedule I or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which it became a Lender Party, as the case may be, or such other office of such Lender Party as such Lender Party may from time to time specify to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.

 

Drawing Payment ” means a payment by an Issuing Bank of all or any part of the Available Amount in conjunction with a drawing on a Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof.

 

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DSRA Letter of Credit ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.01(a)(ii) .

 

Eligible Assignee ” means any Person that meets the requirements to be an assignee under Section 11.06(b)(iii) , (v) and (vi) (subject to such consents, if any, as may be required under Section 11.06(b)(iii) ).

 

Eminent Domain Proceeds ” means, with respect to any Event of Eminent Domain, the Net Cash Proceeds received by any of the Loan Parties in connection with such Event of Eminent Domain.

 

Employee Benefit Plan ” means any “ employee benefit plan ” as defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA (a) which is or was adopted, sponsored, maintained or contributed to by, or required to be contributed by any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates or (b) with respect to or in connection with any of the Loan Parties could have any actual or contingent liability by reason of any Person having been an ERISA Affiliate at any applicable time within the past six (6) years.

 

Energy Manager ” means DEBM, in its capacity as the manager under the Energy Services Agreement or any other energy manager providing services under any Replacement Power Purchase Agreement.

 

Energy Services Agreement ” means the Energy Services Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2010, between BEC and DEBM, as assignee of Hess, as amended by the Amendment to Energy Services Agreement, dated June 12, 2014.

 

Environmental Action ” means any claim, action, suit, proceeding, or demand by any Governmental Authority or any other Person, or any notice of investigation, violation, order or directive of any Governmental Authority, arising (a) pursuant to or in connection with any actual or alleged violation of Environmental Law; (b) in connection with any Hazardous Material or any actual or alleged Hazardous Materials Activity; or (c) in connection with any actual or alleged damage, injury, threat or harm from Hazardous Materials to human health, safety or the environment (including natural resources).

 

Environmental Law ” means any foreign, federal or state (or any subdivision of any of them) statutes, ordinances, orders, rules, regulations, judgments, Governmental Authorizations, common law, or any other legally enforceable requirements of Governmental Authorities relating to (a) protection of the environment or to any Hazardous Materials Activity, (b) occupational safety and health (to the extent related to exposure to Hazardous Materials) or (c) the protection of plant or animal health or welfare, in any manner applicable to any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Properties.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor thereto.

 

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ERISA Affiliate ” means, as applied to any Person, (a) any corporation which is a member of a controlled group of corporations within the meaning of Section 414(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; (b) any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which is a member of a group of trades or businesses under common control within the meaning of Section 414(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person is a member; and (c) solely for the purpose of the funding requirements of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA, any member of an affiliated service group within the meaning of Section 414(m) or (o) of the Internal Revenue Code of which that Person, any corporation described in clause (a) above or any trade or business described in clause (b) above is a member.

 

ERISA Event ” means (a) a “ reportable event ” within the meaning of Section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder with respect to any Pension Plan (excluding those for which the provision for 30-day notice to the PBGC has been waived by regulation as in effect on the date hereof); (b) the failure to meet the minimum funding standard of Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan (whether or not waived in accordance with Section 412(c) of the Internal Revenue Code) or the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Internal Revenue Code with respect to any Pension Plan or the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan; (c) the provision by the administrator of any Pension Plan pursuant to Section 4041(a)(2) of ERISA of a notice of intent to terminate such plan in a distress termination described in Section 4041(c) of ERISA; (d) the withdrawal by any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from any Pension Plan with two or more contributing sponsors or the termination of any such Pension Plan resulting in liability to any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates pursuant to Section 4063 or 4064 of ERISA; (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate any Pension Plan, or the occurrence of any event or condition which could reasonably be expected to constitute grounds under ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan; (f) the imposition of liability on any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates pursuant to Section 4062(e) or 4069 of ERISA or by reason of the application of Section 4212(c) of ERISA; (g) the withdrawal of any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in a complete or partial withdrawal (within the meaning of Sections 4203 or 4205 of ERISA) from any Multiemployer Plan if there is any potential liability therefor, or the receipt by any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in reorganization or insolvency pursuant to Section 4245 of ERISA, or that it intends to terminate or has terminated under Section 4041A or 4042 of ERISA; (h) the assertion of a material claim (other than routine claims for benefits) against any Employee Benefit Plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) or the assets thereof, or against any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates in connection with any Employee Benefit Plan; (i) the imposition of a Lien pursuant to Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or pursuant to ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan; (j) the occurrence of a non-exempt prohibited transaction (within the meaning of Section 4975 of the Code or Section 406 of ERISA) which could reasonably be expected to result in liability to any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates; (k) a Pension Plan is, or is expected to be, in “at risk” status within the meaning of Section 430(i)(4) of the Code or Section 303(i)(4) of ERISA; or (l) a Multiemployer Plan is in “endangered status” (under Section 432(b)(1) of the Code or Section 305(b)(1) of ERISA) or “critical status” (under Section 432(b)(2) of the Code or Section 305(b)(2) of ERISA).

 

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Eurodollar Lending Office ” means, with respect to any Lender Party, the office of such Lender Party specified as its “ Eurodollar Lending Office ” opposite its name on Schedule I or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which it became a Lender Party (or, if no such office is specified, its Domestic Lending Office), or such other office of such Lender Party as such Lender Party may from time to time specify to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent.

 

Eurodollar Rate Advance ” means an Advance that bears interest as provided in Section 2.05(a)(ii) .

 

Event of Abandonment ” means the operation of the Project shall have been abandoned for a period of at least 45 consecutive days (it being acknowledged that a Casualty Event, Event of Eminent Domain, a force majeure event, an outage, or any other event which is not caused by a Loan Party shall be deemed to not be an “ Event of Abandonment ”).

 

Event of Eminent Domain ” means any action, series of actions, omissions or series of omissions by any Governmental Authority (a) by which such Governmental Authority appropriates, confiscates, condemns, expropriates, nationalizes, seizes or otherwise takes all or a material portion of the Property of any of the Loan Parties (including any Capital Stock of any of the Loan Parties) or (b) by which such Governmental Authority assumes custody or control of the Property (other than immaterial portions of such Property) or business operations of any of the Loan Parties or any Capital Stock of any of the Loan Parties other than any such action, series of actions, omissions or series of omissions in respect of which any Borrower or any other Loan Party reasonably expects to receive Eminent Domain Proceeds of $7,500,000 (or, with respect only to Section 7.03(l)(ii) , $2,000,000) or less in the aggregate for all such actions, series of actions, omissions or series of omissions during the term of this Agreement.

 

Events of Default ” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01 .

 

EWG ” means an exempt wholesale generator within the meaning of Section 1262(6) of PUHCA, and FERC’s implementing regulations thereof at 18 C.F.R. Part 366.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

Excluded Assets ” has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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Excluded Swap Obligation ” means, with respect to any Guarantor at any time, any Swap Obligation, if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the guarantee of such Guarantor of, or the grant by such Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any guarantee thereof) is illegal at such time under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof) by virtue of such Guarantor’s failure for any reason to constitute an “eligible contract participant” as defined in the Commodity Exchange Act (or any regulations promulgated thereunder) at the time such guarantee or grant of a security interest becomes effective with respect to such related Swap Obligation. If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to swaps for which such guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

 

Excluded Taxes ” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient: (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office or, in the case of any Lender, its Applicable Lending Office located in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) in the case of a Lender, U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Lender with respect to an applicable interest in an Advance or Commitment pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Lender acquires such interest in the Advance or Commitment (other than pursuant to an assignment request by the Borrowers under Section 4.08(b) ) or (ii) such Lender changes its lending office, except in each case to the extent that, pursuant to Section 4.06 , amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Lender’s assignor immediately before such Lender became a party hereto or to such Lender immediately before it changed its lending office, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 4.06(g) and (d) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

 

Expansion EPC Agreement ” means the agreement described in clause (b) of the definition of “Permitted Expansion Facility”.

 

Expansion FNTP ” means a full notice to proceed delivered by a Loan Party to the counterparty to an Expansion EPC Agreement or an Expansion Turbine Supply Agreement, as the case may be, instructing such counterparty to perform all obligations under such Expansion EPC Agreement or Expansion Turbine Supply Agreement.

 

Expansion Turbine Supply Agreement ” means an agreement providing for the sale of the turbines to be used in the construction of the Permitted Expansion.

 

Extending Lender ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.10(a) .

 

Facility ” means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, the Term Facility and the Revolving Facility.

 

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FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means for any day, the rate per annum (expressed, as a decimal, rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100 of 1%) equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that, (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Effective Rate for such day shall be the average rate charged to the Administrative Agent (in the case of any Advances), in its capacity as a Lender, on such day on such transactions as determined by the Administrative Agent.

 

Fee Letters ” means (a) the fee letter, dated as of the date hereof, between the Borrowers and Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, (b) the fee letter, dated as of the date hereof, between the Borrowers and ING Capital LLC, (c) the fee letter, dated as of the date hereof, between the Borrowers and National Australia Bank Limited, (d) the fee letter, dated as of the date hereof, between the Borrowers and Siemens Financial Services, Inc., (e) the fee letter, dated as of the date hereof, between the Borrowers and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and SunTrust Bank, (f) the fee letter, dated as of the date hereof, between the Borrowers and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., (g) the fee letter, dated as of the date hereof, between the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, and (g) the fee letter, dated July 31, 2015, between BEC and the Collateral Agent.

 

FERC ” means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and any successor.

 

Financial Officer ” in respect of any Person, means the chief executive officer, president, general manager, chief financial officer, chief accounting officer, vice-president, controller, treasurer or assistant treasurer of such Person, or to the extent such Person is member managed, its parent company.

 

Financial Officer Certification ” means, with respect to the financial statements for which such certification is required, the certification of a Financial Officer of BEC that such financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition of the Loan Parties as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated, subject to changes resulting from audit and normal year-end adjustments and, in the case of unaudited financial statements, the absence of footnotes.

 

First Lien Secured Parties ” has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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Fiscal Quarter ” means a fiscal quarter of any Fiscal Year.

 

Fiscal Year ” means a fiscal year of the Loan Parties ending on December 31 of each calendar year; provided that for purposes of Section 7.03(c) , the initial Fiscal Year of the Loan Parties shall be the period commencing on April 1, 2015 and ending on December 31, 2015.

 

Fitch ” means Fitch Ratings Ltd., or any successor to the rating agency business thereof.

 

Flood Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(e)(ii) .

 

Foreign Lender ” means (a) if either Borrower is a U.S. Person, a Lender that is not a U.S. Person, and (b) if either Borrower is not a U.S. Person, a Lender that is resident or organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which either Borrower is resident for tax purposes.

 

FPA ” means the Federal Power Act, as amended to the date hereof and from time to time hereafter, and any successor statute, and all implementing regulations of FERC thereunder.

 

Fronting Exposure ” means, at any time there is a Defaulting Lender, (a) with respect to any Issuing Bank, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of the outstanding L/C Exposure with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank other than L/C Exposure as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof, and (b) with respect to the Swingline Lender from and after delivery of a Swingline Reimbursement Request, such Defaulting Lender’s Applicable Percentage of outstanding Swingline Advances included in any Swingline Reimbursement Request made by the Swingline Lender other than Swingline Advances as to which such Defaulting Lender’s participation obligation has been reallocated to other Lenders or Cash Collateralized in accordance with the terms hereof.

 

Fund ” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

 

Funding Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(a) .

 

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or such other principles as may be approved by a significant segment of the accounting profession in the United States, as in effect from time to time.

 

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Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States of America or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

 

Governmental Authorization ” means any authorization, approval, consent, franchise, license, covenant, order, ruling, permit, certification, exemption, registration, notice, declaration or similar right, undertaking or other action of, to or by, or any filing, qualification or registration with, any Governmental Authority.

 

Growth Capital Expenditures ” means all Capital Expenditures (other than Permitted Expansion Capital Expenditures) the Loan Parties reasonably believe are needed for, or will improve the value of, the Project funded with amounts available pursuant to Section 3.9(b) of the Depositary Agreement or amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account.

 

Guaranteed Documents ” means the Loan Documents and the Hedge Agreements.

 

Guaranteed Parties ” means the Lender Parties and the Hedge Banks.

 

Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01(a) .

 

Guarantors ” means (a) Bayonne Energy Holdings, LLC, PER-D Bayonne Holdings, LLC, Per-D Bayonne I, Inc., PER-D Bayonne II, LLC, Hudson Power Holdings, LLC, Zone J Tolling and any Permitted Expansion Entity, in each case, subject to the right of each Guarantor to liquidate, dissolve, merge and consolidate in accordance with Section 7.02(d) , and (b) with respect to the payment and performance by each Specified Loan Party of its obligations under its Guaranty with respect to all Swap Obligations, the Borrower.

 

Guaranty ” means the guaranty of the Guarantors set forth in Article X .

 

Hazardous Materials ” means (a) any petrochemical or petroleum products, oil, waste oil, asbestos in any form that is or could become friable, urea formaldehyde foam insulations, toxic mold, lead-based paint, greenhouse gases, and polychlorinated biphenyls; (b) any products, mixtures, compounds, materials, wastes or substances, air emissions, toxic substances, wastewater discharges and any chemical, material, waste or substance that may give rise to liability pursuant to, or is listed or regulated under, or the human exposure to which or the Release of which is controlled or limited by Environmental Laws; and (c) any materials, wastes or substances defined in Environmental Laws as “ hazardous ,” “ toxic ,” “ pollutant ,” or “ contaminant ,” or words of similar meaning or regulatory effect.

 

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Hazardous Materials Activity ” means any past, current, proposed or threatened activity, event or occurrence involving any Hazardous Materials, including the generation, use, manufacture, possession, storage, holding, presence, existence, location, Release, threatened Release, discharge, placement, generation, transportation, processing, construction, treatment, abatement, removal, remediation, disposal, disposition or handling of any Hazardous Materials, and any investigation, corrective action or response action with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

Hedge Agreement ” means any Interest Rate Hedge entered into by a Loan Party, to the extent permitted under Section 7.02(b)(vi) with a Person that, at the time such Interest Rate Hedge is entered into, is a Hedge Bank.

 

Hedge Bank ” means any Person that is either a Lender, Joint Lead Arranger or an Affiliate thereof.

 

Hedge Termination Proceeds ” means a termination payment received by a Loan Party in Cash in excess of $3,000,000 in respect an Interest Rate Hedge.

 

Hedge Termination Proceeds Account ” has the meaning specified in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Hess ” means Hess Corporation.

 

Highest Lawful Rate ” means the maximum lawful interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, charged, or received under the laws applicable to any Lender Party which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such applicable laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than applicable laws now allow.

 

Holdings ” means AL Bayonne Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Indemnified Taxes ” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.

 

Indemnitee ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.02(b) .

 

Independent Engineer ” means E3 Consulting or any successor consultant appointed by the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, reasonably acceptable to the Borrower.

 

Initial Operating Budget ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01(a)(vii)(B) .

 

Insurance Consultant ” means Moore McNeil, LLC or any successor consultant appointed by the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, reasonably acceptable to the Borrower.

 

Insurance Proceeds ” means, with respect to any Casualty Event, the Net Cash Proceeds received by any of the Loan Parties from time to time with respect to such Casualty Event.

 

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Insurance Proceeds Account ” has the meaning specified in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Intellectual Property ” means the following intellectual property rights, both statutory and common law rights, if applicable: (a) copyrights, registrations and applications for registration thereof, (b) trademarks, service marks, trade names, slogans, domain names, logos, trade dress and registrations and applications of registrations thereof, (c) patents, as well as any reissued and reexamined patents and extensions corresponding to the patents and any patent applications, as well as any related continuation, continuation in part and divisional applications and patents issuing therefrom and (d) trade secrets and confidential information, including ideas, designs, concepts, compilations of information, methods, techniques, procedures, processes and other know-how, whether or not patentable.

 

Intercreditor Agreement ” means a collateral agency and intercreditor agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit G , among Holdings, each Loan Party, the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, and each other Person party thereto.

 

Interest Expense ” means, for any period, total interest expense (including that portion attributable to Capitalized Leases in accordance with GAAP, taking into account any net costs or net payments made or received by any of the Loan Parties under any Interest Rate Hedges) of the Loan Parties, including all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to Letters of Credit, but excluding, however, any amount not payable in Cash, in each case for such period.

 

Interest Payment Date ” means, with respect to (a) any Base Rate Advance (including each Swingline Advance) or any fees, each March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each year, commencing on the first such date to occur after the Closing Date and the final maturity date of such Advance; and (b) any Eurodollar Rate Advance, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Advance; provided that in the case of each Interest Period of longer than three months “ Interest Payment Date ” shall also include each date that is three months, or an integral multiple thereof, after the commencement of such Interest Period.

 

Interest Period ” means, in connection with a Eurodollar Rate Advance, an interest period of one, two, three or six months, as selected by BEC in its Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, (a) initially, commencing on the Closing Date, the date of any Eurodollar Rate Advance or the date of the Conversion of any Base Rate Advance into such Eurodollar Rate Advance, as the case may be; and (b) thereafter, commencing on the day on which the immediately preceding Interest Period expires; provided that, (i) if an Interest Period would otherwise expire on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day unless no further Business Day occurs in such month, in which case such Interest Period shall expire on the immediately preceding Business Day, (ii) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall, subject to sub-clause (iii) and sub-clause (iv) of this definition, end on the last Business Day of a calendar month, (iii) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Term Facility shall extend beyond the Term Facility Maturity Date and (iv) no Interest Period with respect to any portion of the Working Capital Advances or the L/C Advances shall extend beyond the Revolving Facility Maturity Date.

 

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Interest Rate Determination Date ” means, with respect to any Interest Period, the date that is two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.

 

Interest Rate Hedge ” means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, each interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement, each of which is for the purpose of hedging the interest rate exposure under this Agreement or any Permitted Expansion Facility.

 

Internal Revenue Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and the regulations thereunder, in each case as amended, reformed or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Investment ” means (a) any direct or indirect purchase or other acquisition by any of the Loan Parties of, or of a beneficial interest in, any of the Securities of any other Person; (b) any direct or indirect redemption, retirement, purchase or other acquisition for value, by any Loan Party from any Person, of any Capital Stock of such Person; and (c) any direct or indirect loan, advance (other than advances to employees for moving, entertainment and travel expenses, drawing accounts and similar expenditures in the ordinary course of business) or capital contributions by any of the Loan Parties to any other Person, including all indebtedness and accounts receivable from that other Person that are not current assets or did not arise from sales to that other Person in the ordinary course of business. The amount of any Investment shall be the original cost of such Investment plus the cost of all additions thereto, without any adjustments for increases or decreases in value, or write ups, write downs or write offs with respect to such Investment.

 

IRS ” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

 

ISDA ” means International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc.

 

ISP ” means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the “International Standby Practices 1998” published by the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice, Inc. (or such later version thereof as may be in effect at the time of issuance of such Letter of Credit).

 

Issuing Bank ” means Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and each other Acceptable Bank appointed as an Issuing Bank pursuant to Section 3.07 or to which any L/C Commitment or portion thereof is assigned in accordance with Section 11.06 so long as such Person expressly agrees to perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that by the terms of this Agreement are required to be performed by it as an Issuing Bank and notifies the Administrative Agent of its Applicable Lending Office and the amount of its L/C Commitment (which information shall be recorded by the Administrative Agent in the Register), for so long as such Person shall have an L/C Commitment.

 

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Joinder Agreement ” means an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit L-1 , L-2 or L-3 , as applicable.

 

Joint Lead Arrangers ” means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, ING Capital LLC, National Australia Bank Limited, Siemens Financial Services, Inc., SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. and Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.

 

Joint Venture ” means a joint venture, partnership or other similar arrangement, whether in corporate, partnership or other legal form; provided that in no event shall any corporate Subsidiary of any Person be considered to be a Joint Venture to which such Person is a party.

 

L/C Advance ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.04(b) .

 

L/C Commitment ” means, with respect to any Issuing Bank at any time, the amount set forth opposite such Issuing Bank’s name on Schedule I hereto or, if such Issuing Bank has entered into one or more Assignment and Assumptions, set forth for such Issuing Bank in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent as such Issuing Bank’s “ L/C Commitment ,” as such amount may be reduced at or prior to such time pursuant to Section 4.01 ; provided , that the aggregate amount of all L/C Commitments shall not exceed the Total L/C Commitment.

 

L/C Credit Extension Request ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.02 .

 

L/C Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time, plus (b) the aggregate amount of all outstanding and unreimbursed Drawing Payments. For all purposes of this Agreement, if on any date of determination a Letter of Credit has expired by its terms but any amount may still be drawn thereunder by any reason of the operation of Rule 3.14 of the ISP, such Letter of Credit shall be deemed to be outstanding in the amount so remaining available to be drawn.

 

L/C Related Documents ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.05(a) .

 

Lender Party ” means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, any Lender or any Issuing Bank.

 

Lenders ” means the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders listed on the signature pages hereof as the Term Lenders and the Revolving Lenders and each Person that shall become a Lender hereunder pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption for so long as such Person shall be a party to this Agreement. Unless the context requires otherwise, the term “ Lenders ” includes the Swingline Lenders.

 

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Letter of Credit ” means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, a Working Capital Letter of Credit, a MMRA Letter of Credit or a DSRA Letter of Credit.

 

LGIA ” means that certain Amended and Restated Large Generator Interconnection Agreement, dated as of October 16, 2013, by and among NYISO, ConEd and BEC (including all appendices thereto) and, to the extent applicable, the Agreement on Security.

 

Lien ” means (a) any lien, mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, pledge, collateral assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease or license in the nature thereof) and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the foregoing and (b) in the case of Securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such Securities. For the avoidance of doubt, “ Lien ” shall not include any netting or set-off arrangements under any Contractual Obligation (other than any Contractual Obligation constituting Debt for Borrowed Money or having the effect of Debt for Borrowed Money) otherwise permitted under the terms of this Agreement.

 

Loan Documents ” means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, (a) this Agreement, (b) the Notes (if any), (c) the Intercreditor Agreement, (d) the Collateral Documents and (e) the Fee Letter, in each case, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Loan Parties ” means the Borrowers and the Guarantors.

 

LTSA ” means that certain Long Term Service Agreement, dated November 12, 2009, and entered into by and between BEC and Siemens Contractor (as assignee of RR Contractor pursuant to the Siemens Novation Agreement).

 

Major Maintenance Event ” means the occurrence of an overhaul of, or a major maintenance procedure for, the Project or any part thereof which requires significant disassembly or shutdown of the Project.

 

Major Maintenance Expenses ” means all costs (other than administrative costs and costs incurred in connection with the normal maintenance of the Project) incurred by any Loan Party in accordance with Prudent Industry Practice for any overhaul of, or major maintenance procedure for, the Project or any part thereof which requires significant disassembly or shutdown of the Project (excluding any such costs that are payable by other Persons under warranty or similar agreements or insurance policies) and all expenditures related to long term service agreements (including the LTSA), hot gas path agreements or parts or services agreements to the extent such agreements are in effect on the Closing Date or are otherwise entered into in accordance with the terms hereof; provided that (a) all Capital Expenditures and all expenditures referred to in clauses (a) through (d)  and clauses (f) through (g)  of the definition of “Capital Expenditures” and (b) all other maintenance work, in each case, shall be deemed to not be Major Maintenance Expenses for purposes of this Agreement.

 

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Major Maintenance Reserve Account ” has the meaning specified in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Major Maintenance Reserve Requirement ” means the aggregate of the following amounts calculated with respect to each Major Maintenance Event:

 

(a)          if the Projected Major Maintenance Event Expense in respect of a Major Maintenance Event is expected to be equal to or greater than $1,000,000 but less than $10,000,000 and the LTSA has not terminated, an amount equal to such Projected Major Maintenance Event Expense, multiplied by the difference of 1 minus a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is the number of Quarterly Dates to occur before such Major Maintenance Event (excluding the Quarterly Date on which such calculation is made) and (ii) the denominator of which is four; provided that if the numerator in clause (i) is four or more, the Major Maintenance Reserve Requirement for such Major Maintenance Event shall be zero;

 

(b)          if the Projected Major Maintenance Event Expense in respect of a Major Maintenance Event is expected to be equal to or greater than $10,000,000 and the LTSA has not terminated, an amount equal to such Projected Major Maintenance Event Expense, multiplied by the difference of 1 minus a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is the number of Quarterly Dates to occur before such Major Maintenance Event (excluding the Quarterly Date on which such calculation is made) and (ii) the denominator of which is eight; provided that if the numerator in clause (i) is eight or more, the Major Maintenance Reserve Requirement for such Major Maintenance Event shall be zero; and

 

(c)          if the Projected Major Maintenance Event Expense in respect of a Major Maintenance Event is expected to be equal to or greater than $1,000,000 and the LTSA has terminated, an amount equal to such Projected Major Maintenance Event Expense, multiplied by the difference of 1 minus a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is the number of Quarterly Dates to occur before such Major Maintenance Event (excluding the Quarterly Date on which such calculation is made) and (ii) the denominator of which is twenty; provided that if the numerator in clause (i) is twenty or more, the Major Maintenance Reserve Requirement for such Major Maintenance Event shall be zero.

 

Margin Stock ” has the meaning specified in Regulation U.

 

Market Consultant ” means Charles River Associates, or any other market consultant satisfactory to the Borrowers and the Required Lenders.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, properties, assets or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Loan Parties taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, to fully and timely perform their material Obligations under the Loan Documents, (c) the validity or enforceability of any Loan Document or (d) the rights, remedies or benefits available to any Agent or the Lender Parties, under any of the Loan Documents.

 

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Material Project Document ” means each Core Contract, the Energy Services Agreement, the Transco Service Agreement, the Transco Interconnection Agreement, the LGIA, the O&M Agreement, the Site Lease, the Sublease Agreement, the ConEd Easement and each Additional Project Contract.

 

MBR Authority ” means authorization by FERC pursuant to Section 205 of the FPA to sell electric energy, capacity and specified ancillary services at wholesale in interstate commerce at market-based rates, acceptance by FERC of a tariff describing such authorized sales and setting forth any conditions or limitations relating thereto, and granting such regulatory waivers and blanket authorizations as are customarily granted by FERC to entities with market-based rate authority, including blanket authorization pursuant to Section 204 of the FPA to issue securities and assume liabilities.

 

Measurement Period ” means each period of four consecutive Fiscal Quarters of the Borrowers.

 

Minimum Collateral Amount ” means, at any time, with respect to Cash Collateral consisting of cash or deposit account balances, an amount equal to 103% of the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time of all Issuing Banks with respect to Letters of Credit issued and outstanding at such time.

 

MMRA Letter of Credit ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.01(a)(iii) .

 

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.

 

Mortgaged Property ” has the meaning specified in the Mortgages.

 

Mortgages ” means, collectively, the New Jersey BECUR Mortgage, the New Jersey BEC Mortgage and the New York BEC Mortgage.

 

Multiemployer Plan ” means any Employee Benefit Plan which is a “multiemployer plan” as defined in Section 3(37) of ERISA.

 

MW ” means a megawatt (or 1,000 kilowatts) of electric generation capacity.

 

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Net Cash Proceeds ” means:

 

(a)          with respect to any Asset Sale, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of Cash and Cash Equivalents received by the Loan Parties in connection with such Asset Sale (including Business Interruption Insurance Proceeds, or payments in lieu thereof, any Cash or Cash Equivalents received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received and including any proceeds received as a result of unwinding any related Interest Rate Hedge in connection with such related transaction) minus (ii) the sum of (A) the reasonable out-of-pocket costs, fees, commissions, premiums and expenses (including legal fees and expenses) incurred by the Loan Parties in connection with such Asset Sale to the extent such amounts were not deducted in determining the amount referred to in sub-clause (i) , (B) federal, state, provincial, foreign and local Taxes reasonably estimated (on a Consolidated basis) to be actually payable by the Loan Parties (or their respective beneficial owner) within the current or the immediately succeeding tax year as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith to the extent such amounts were not deducted in determining the amount referred to in sub-clause (i) , (C) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, and interest, breakage costs or other amounts of any Debt (other than Debt under the Transaction Documents) that is secured by the Property subject to such Asset Sale and is required to be repaid in connection with such Asset Sale, to the extent such amounts were not deducted in determining the amount referred to in sub-clause (i) , (D) any costs associated with unwinding any related Interest Rate Hedge in connection with such transaction and (E) a reasonable reserve determined by a Financial Officer of BEC in its reasonable business judgment and to the extent required under the applicable purchase agreement for any purchase price adjustments (including working capital adjustments or adjustments attributable to seller’s indemnities and representations and warranties to purchaser in respect of such Asset Sale) expressly contemplated by the purchase agreement relating to such Asset Sale;

 

(b)          with respect to the incurrence or issuance of any Debt by the Loan Parties, the excess if any, of (i) the sum of the Cash and Cash Equivalents received by the Loan Parties in connection with such incurrence or issuance (including any proceeds received as a result of unwinding any related Interest Rate Hedge in connection with such related transaction) over (ii) the underwriting discounts and commissions or other similar payments, and other reasonable out of pocket costs, fees, commissions, premiums and expenses (including legal fees and expenses and any costs associated with unwinding any related Interest Rate Hedge in connection with such transaction) incurred by the Loan Parties in connection with such incurrence or issuance to the extent such amounts were not deducted in determining the amount referred to in sub-clause (i) ; and

 

(c)          with respect to any proceeds of or under any casualty or property insurance, indemnity, condemnation awards, warranty or guaranty (other than Business Interruption Insurance Proceeds) received by the Loan Parties in connection with the occurrence of any Casualty Event or Event of Eminent Domain, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of Cash and Cash Equivalents received by the Loan Parties in connection with such Casualty Event or Event of Eminent Domain (including any proceeds received as a result of unwinding any related Interest Rate Hedge in connection with such related transaction) over (ii) the sum of (A) the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including legal fees and expenses) incurred by the Loan Parties in connection with the collection, enforcement, negotiation, consummation, settlement, proceedings, administration or other activity related to the receipt or collection of the relevant proceeds to the extent such amounts were not deducted in determining the amount referred to in sub-clause (i) , (B) any costs associated with unwinding any related Interest Rate Hedge in connection with such transaction and (C) federal, state, provincial, foreign and local Taxes reasonably estimated (on a Consolidated basis) to be actually payable by the Loan Parties (or their respective beneficial owner) within the current or the immediately succeeding tax year as a result of any gain recognized in connection therewith.

 

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New Jersey BEC Mortgage ” means that certain Mortgage, Leasehold Mortgage, Assignment of Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by BEC in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties.

 

New Jersey BECUR Mortgage ” means that certain Mortgage, Leasehold Mortgage, Assignment of Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by BECUR in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties.

 

New York BEC Mortgage ” means that certain Mortgage, Assignment of Rents, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of the Closing Date, executed by BEC in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties.

 

NFIP ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(e)(ii) .

 

Non-Consenting Lender ” means any Lender that does not approve any consent, waiver or amendment that (a) requires the approval of all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 11.05(b) and (b) has been approved by the Required Lenders.

 

Non-Defaulting Lender ” means, at any time, a Lender that is not a Defaulting Lender.

 

Non-Extending Lender ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.10(a) .

 

Note ” means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, a Term Note, a Revolving Note or a Swingline Note.

 

Notice ” means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, a Funding Notice, an L/C Credit Extension Request or a Conversion/Continuation Notice.

 

Notice of Termination ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(b) .

 

NYISO ” means the New York Independent System Operator, or any successor.

 

NYISO Installed Capacity Market ” means the market administered by the NYISO in which “Unforced Capacity” under the NYISO Rules or variations of such capacity product are sold and purchased pursuant to the NYISO Rules.

 

NYISO Markets ” means those markets administered by the NYISO from time to time, which include, but are not limited to, the Day-Ahead Market, Hour Ahead Market, Real-Time Market, Ancillary Services Market, and NYISO Installed Capacity Market.

 

NYISO Rules ” means the NYISO Tariff and all NYISO manuals, rules, procedures, agreements or other documents relating to operations in NYISO electric markets and to sales of capacity, energy and ancillary services as such govern the participation of market participants with respect thereto in the NYISO Markets, as in effect from time to time.

 

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NYISO Tariff ” means, as applicable, the NYISO Open Access Transmission Tariff and/or the NYISO Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff or any other FERC-approved tariff applicable to the NYISO.

 

O&M Agreement ” means that certain Operating and Maintenance Agreement, dated as of June 15, 2010, between EthosEnergy Power Plant Services, LLC (as successor to Wood Group Power Operations, Inc.) and BEC, as amended by the Amendment to Operating and Maintenance Agreement, dated April 25, 2012.

 

Obligation ” means all obligations of every nature of each Loan Party (including obligations from time to time owed to any Agent (including former Agents) or any Lender Party, from time to time under any Loan Document), whether for principal, interest (including interest which, but for the filing of a petition in bankruptcy with respect to such Loan Party, would have accrued on any Obligation, whether or not a claim is allowed against such Loan Party for such interest in the related bankruptcy proceeding), reimbursement of amounts drawn under Letters of Credit, fees, expenses, indemnification or otherwise, provided that, as used herein with respect to an obligation of a Loan Party hereunder or under any other Loan Document, the term “Obligation” shall not include (or be construed to include) Commodity Hedge Provider First Lien Obligations, Commodity Hedge Provider Second Lien Obligations or First Lien Obligations in respect of First Lien Secured Interest Rate Hedges, First Lien Interest Rate Hedge Guaranties or any Permitted Expansion Facility Debt Document (as each such term is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement).

 

OECD ” means the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

 

OFAC ” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

 

OFAC Laws ” means any laws, regulations, and executive orders relating to the economic sanctions programs administered by OFAC, including without limitation, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. sections 1701 et seq.; the Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 App. U.S.C. sections 1 et seq.; and the Office of Foreign Assets Control, Department of the Treasury Regulations, 31 C.F.R. Parts 500 et seq. (implementing the economic sanctions programs administered by OFAC).

 

OFAC SDN List ” means the list of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” maintained by OFAC.

 

Operating Agreement ” means, with respect to (a) BEC, that certain Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Bayonne Energy Center, LLC, dated as of August 19, 2014, among the Members and (b) BECUR, that certain Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of Bayonne Energy Center Urban Renewal, LLC, dated as of November 19, 2009, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of August 19, 2014, entered into by BEC.

 

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Operating & Maintenance Expenses ” means all costs and expenses incurred in connection with the operation and maintenance of the Project (in each case incurred or projected to be incurred by the Loan Parties and not reimbursed by any other Person, except if the proceeds of such reimbursement are deposited into the Revenue Account), including, without limitation: (a) expenses of administering and operating the Project and of maintaining the Project in good repair and operating condition consistent with the Material Project Documents and Prudent Industry Practices (including fuel costs, transportation costs, fuel storage costs, any fees due and payable under the Material Project Documents, and deposits of cash collateral with third parties to the extent the same is a Permitted Lien) and reasonable general and administrative expenses, including expenditures incurred to keep the Collateral free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), (b) direct operating and maintenance costs of the Project, including payments under any parts agreement, payments for spare parts, equipment, materials, utilities, repair and routine maintenance services, Unreserved Major Maintenance Expenses and other Major Maintenance Expenses to the extent funds on deposit in the Major Maintenance Reserve Account, any major maintenance reserve account established under the terms of any Permitted Expansion Facility, or any MMRA Reserve LC or an Acceptable Reserve Guarantee in respect thereof, are not sufficient to pay the same, (c) insurance costs in respect of the Project, (d) taxes payable by any Loan Party excluding taxes based on net income (“ Income Taxes ”) of any Loan Party ( provided , that if such Loan Party becomes subject to Income Taxes as a result of a change in law, regulation or administrative practice after the date hereof, then such Income Taxes shall constitute Operating & Maintenance Expenses), (e) Ordinary Course Settlement Payments and any interest in respect thereof paid by any Loan Party under any Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreement, (f) costs, expenses and fees attendant to obtaining and maintaining in effect any Governmental Authorization, (g) payments in respect of Permitted Debt (other than as excluded pursuant to clause (iii) below), (h) legal, accounting and other professional fees and expenses attendant to any of the foregoing items, and (i) administrative fees (including fees, costs and expenses and indemnification payments permitted to be paid from the Revenue Account pursuant to Section 3.2(c)(ii) of the Depositary Agreement); provided that all of the foregoing costs and expenses shall be determined on a cash basis and shall not include depreciation, amortization and other non-cash items; provided , further , that “Operating & Maintenance Expenses” shall not include (i) payments of any kind to Holdings or any Affiliate thereof (other than amounts payable by a Loan Party to its Affiliates (including the Loan Parties and Holdings) pursuant to Material Project Documents or otherwise permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(m) and the other provisions of the Loan Documents (including this definition of Operating & Maintenance Expenses)), (ii) payments of Major Maintenance Expenses from the Major Maintenance Reserve Account, any major maintenance reserve established under the terms of any Permitted Expansion Facility, a MMRA Letter of Credit or an Acceptable Reserve Guarantee in respect thereof, (iii) amounts payable under the Loan Documents, any Permitted Expansion Facility, Interest Rate Hedges or any Debt for Borrowed Money, (iv) amounts payable to any First Lien Secured Party or any Second Lien Secured Party to the extent such payment obligation is secured by a Permitted Lien, (v) Growth Capital Expenditures and any Permitted Expansion Capital Expenditures or (vi) amounts paid with proceeds on deposit in the Asset Sale Proceeds Account or the Insurance Proceeds Account.

 

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Operating Cash Available for Debt Service ” means, for any Measurement Period, (a) all Revenues during such period minus (b) the sum computed, without duplication, of all Operating & Maintenance Expenses paid pursuant to Section 3.2(c)(i) of the Depositary Agreement during such period; provided that (i) Operating Cash Available for Debt Service for the Fiscal Quarter that ended on December 31, 2014 shall be deemed to be $16,238,352, (ii) Operating Cash Available for Debt Service for the Fiscal Quarter that ended on March 31, 2015 shall be deemed to be $9,568,734, and (iii) Operating Cash Available for Debt Service for the Fiscal Quarter that ended on June 30, 2015 shall be deemed to be $8,847,512.

 

Ordinary Course Settlement Payments ” has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Organizational Documents ” means (a) with respect to the Borrowers, their respective Operating Agreements, (b) with respect to any corporation, its certificate or articles of incorporation or organization, as amended, and its by-laws, as amended, (c) with respect to any limited partnership, its certificate of limited partnership, as amended, and its partnership agreement, as amended, (d) with respect to any general partnership, its partnership agreement, as amended, and (e) with respect to any limited liability company, its articles of organization, as amended, and its operating agreement, as amended. In the event any term or condition of this Agreement or any other Loan Document requires any Organizational Document to be certified by a secretary of state or similar governmental official, the reference to any such “ Organizational Document ” shall only be to a document of a type customarily certified by such governmental official.

 

Other Connection Taxes ” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Loan Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Advance or Loan Document).

 

Other Taxes ” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 4.08(b) ).

 

Participant ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d) .

 

Participant Register ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(d) .

 

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Patriot Act ” means United States Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) of 2001, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect.

 

PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.

 

Pension Plan ” means any Employee Benefit Plan, other than a Multiemployer Plan, which is or was subject to Title IV or ERISA, Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302 of ERISA.

 

Permitted Account Investments ” means Cash or Cash Equivalents.

 

Permitted Capital Expenditures ” means (a) Required Capital Expenditures, (b) Capital Expenditures funded solely by (i) Cash equity contributions received by any Borrower from Holdings, which Cash equity contributions have been contributed by Holdings, directly or indirectly, specifically for such purpose, (ii) proceeds of Subordinated Debt received by any Loan Party specifically for such purpose or (iii) amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account, (c) Growth Capital Expenditures and (d) Permitted Expansion Capital Expenditures.

 

Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreement ” means (a) any Power Purchase Agreement and (b) any other Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreement entered into from time to time by any of the Loan Parties with any Person for non-speculative purposes (it being acknowledged that any Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreement entered into in connection with any Permitted Trading Activity shall be deemed to be a Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreement).

 

Permitted Debt ” means any Debt permitted to be incurred by a Loan Party, in accordance with Section 7.02(b) .

 

Permitted Expansion ” means an up to approximately 150MW expansion of the Project through the development, construction, ownership, leasing, operation and maintenance of one or more additional generating units undertaken by a Permitted Expansion Entity or an Affiliate of the Loan Parties.

 

Permitted Expansion Capital Expenditures ” means all Capital Expenditures the Loan Parties reasonably believe are necessary for the development, construction, ownership, leasing, operation and maintenance of the Permitted Expansion.

 

Permitted Expansion Conditions ” means each condition set forth in the proviso of the definition of “Permitted Expansion Facility”.

 

Permitted Expansion Entity ” means (a) a Guarantor existing as of the Closing Date or (b) a Person that (i) is a special purpose vehicle that has no Debt other than Permitted Debt, (ii) all of the Capital Stock of such Person is acquired by Holdings or a Guarantor and becomes “Pledged Equity Interests” under the Security Agreement or “Collateral” under the Pledge Agreement and (iii) has acceded to this Agreement and each other applicable Loan Document though the execution and delivery by such Person of a Joinder Agreement.

 

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Permitted Expansion Facility ” means Debt incurred by a Permitted Expansion Entity to finance the development, construction, ownership, leasing, operation and maintenance of the Permitted Expansion; provided that:

 

(a)          all material Governmental Authorizations required on behalf of the Loan Parties or for the benefit of the Project (including the Permitted Expansion), given the current stage of the Permitted Expansion, shall have been duly obtained and validly issued and shall be in full force and effect;

 

(b)          the Permitted Expansion Entity shall have executed a fixed-price, date-certain engineering, procurement and construction agreement on commercially reasonable terms (including performance guarantees, liquidated damages and credit support, if applicable) with a contractor that has previously demonstrated the capability to construct facilities of similar size as the Permitted Expansion, in each case as confirmed by the Independent Engineer;

 

(c)          the Loan Parties have sufficient funds available from a combination of (i) actual Project Revenues then on deposit in the Revenue Account and available for application in accordance with Section 3.2(c)(xi) of the Depositary Agreement, (ii) amounts committed by the lenders under the Permitted Expansion Facility (which amounts shall not exceed the lesser of (x) 60% of the total construction costs with respect to the Permitted Expansion and (y) $75,000,000) and (iii) equity contributions that have been committed and supported by satisfactory credit support (which credit support may include an Acceptable Reserve Guarantee or an Acceptable Letter of Credit) to pay all projected project costs and contingencies for the construction of such Permitted Expansion as and when they become due and payable, as confirmed by the Independent Engineer;

 

(d)          the Administrative Agent shall have received updated Base Case Projections which, pro-forma for the Permitted Expansion and related Permitted Expansion Facility, result in minimum and average Debt Service Coverage Ratios of at least 2.50 to 1.00 through the Term Facility Maturity Date plus a 15-year notional amortization period after the Term Facility Maturity Date and which Base Case Projections shall have been reviewed and confirmed by the Independent Engineer and the Market Consultant;

 

(e)          the Administrative Agent shall have received a report from the Independent Engineer confirming that the design, construction and operation of the Permitted Expansion (including the Material Project Documents executed and/or amended in connection therewith) could not reasonably be expected to have any adverse technical impact to, or otherwise adversely affect in any material respect the capacity, operation or maintenance of the Project or otherwise result in the occurrence of a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(f)           no Default has occurred and is continuing and the implementation of the Permitted Expansion and the other Contractual Obligations entered into, or to be entered into, in connection therewith by any Loan Party could not reasonably be expected to cause a Default;

 

(g)          the implementation of the Permitted Expansion and the other Contractual Obligations entered into, or to be entered into, in connection therewith by any Loan Party are acceptable to the Independent Engineer;

 

(h)          the Loan Parties shall have used commercially reasonable efforts to deliver to the Collateral Agent a fully executed Consent and Agreement (to the extent available at the relevant time) with respect to each Material Project Document executed in connection with the Permitted Expansion;

 

(i)           the Collateral, and the security interests therein granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents, will not be impaired;

 

(j)           one or more of the Loan Parties shall have entered into Interest Rate Hedges for at least 75% of the Permitted Expansion Facility (based on the notional amount of the projected drawings of the construction and term loan portions of the Permitted Expansion Facility) through the date that is one year prior to the Term Facility Maturity Date;

 

(k)          the final maturity date of the Permitted Expansion Facility shall not be earlier than the Term Facility Maturity Date and the weighted average life to maturity of the Permitted Expansion Facility shall be not less than the weighted average life to maturity of the Term Loans;

 

(l)           the Borrowers’ insurance program shall have been amended (or separate policies obtained) to provide appropriate coverage for the construction and operation of the Permitted Expansion;

 

(m)         the parties to the agreement evidencing such Debt (or an agent or trustee on their behalf) shall become a party to the Intercreditor Agreement and shall be bound by the obligations of a First Lien Secured Party thereunder;

 

(n)          the Borrowers reasonably believe that, upon the projected commercial operation date of the Permitted Expansion, (i) the ratio of (A) the outstanding principal amount of the Term Facility plus the outstanding principal amount of the term loan component of the Permitted Expansion Facility to (B) the capacity of the Project in MW (including the Permitted Expansion), will be less than or equal to (ii) the ratio of (A) the outstanding principal amount of the Term Facility to (B) the capacity of the Project in MW (excluding the Permitted Expansion), in each case determined as of the projected commercial operation date of the Permitted Expansion;

 

(o)          the Borrowers reasonably believe that, on the Term Facility Maturity Date, (i) the ratio of (A) the outstanding principal amount of the Term Facility plus the outstanding principal amount of the term loan component of the Permitted Expansion Facility to (B) the capacity of the Project in MW (including the Permitted Expansion), will be less than or equal to (ii) the ratio of (A) the outstanding principal amount of the Term Facility to (B) the capacity of the Project in MW (excluding the Permitted Expansion), in each case projected for the Term Facility Maturity Date;

 

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(p)          the outstanding principal amount of all L/C Advances in respect of any MMRA Letter of Credit and any DSRA Letter of Credit shall have been repaid in full and there are no unreimbursed outstanding Drawing Payments in respect of any MMRA Letter of Credit or any DSRA Letter of Credit;

 

(q)          the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) if BEC has exercised its rights under the Site Lease Option Agreement, a copy of the recorded memorandum of any Lease (as defined in the Site Lease Option Agreement), and (ii) a mortgage that provides a perfected first priority (subject to Permitted Liens) security interest on real property interests on which the Permitted Expansion is or is to be constructed, in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First Lien Secured Parties and copies of any legal opinion, title policy, survey or other document (if any) delivered to the agents or lenders under any Permitted Expansion Facility in connection with such mortgage, each of such mortgage or other such document in form and substance satisfactory to such agents or lenders; and

 

(r)           the Administrative Agent shall have received (i) from the Borrowers, a certificate with respect to the matters in clauses (a) , (c) , (f) , (i) , (j) , (k) (l) , (n) , and (o) above, and attaching copies of the Contractual Obligation described in clause (b) above and updated Base Case Projections, (ii) from the Independent Engineer, a certificate with respect to the matters in clause (b) , (c) , (d) and (e) above, (iii) from the Market Consultant, a certificate with respect to the pricing and related matters in the updated Base Case Projections, and (iv) from the Insurance Consultant, a certificate with respect to the matters in clause (l) above.

 

Permitted Expansion Facility Debt Document ” has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Permitted Investment ” means, with respect to any Asset Sale, Casualty Event or Event of Eminent Domain, the application of any related Net Cash Proceeds to the purchase of any Property useful in the business of any Loan Party or the Project in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents.

 

Permitted Liens ” means:

 

(a)          Liens for Taxes, to the extent not required to be paid pursuant to Section 7.01(b) ;

 

(b)          statutory or common law Liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, repairmen, construction contractors or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than 90 days or if more than 90 days overdue, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such Lien or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate actions, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP to the extent required by GAAP;

 

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(c)          Liens incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other types of social security, or to secure the performance of tenders, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds (other than bonds related to judgment or litigation to the extent such judgment or litigation constitutes a Default), bids, leases, government contracts, trade contracts, performance and return of money bonds and other similar obligations (exclusive of obligations for the payment of Debt for Borrowed Money or other Debt), so long as no foreclosure, sale or similar proceedings have been commenced with respect to any material portion of Property of the Loan Parties;

 

(d)          easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, title imperfections, encroachments, other minor defects or irregularities in title and similar matters (including with respect to the real property where the Permitted Expansion is or is to be constructed) if the same do not materially detract from the operation or use of the Project in the ordinary conduct of the business of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole);

 

(e)          any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under any lease of real estate permitted hereunder;

 

(f)           Liens solely on any cash earnest money deposits made by any of the Loan Parties in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;

 

(g)          purported Liens evidenced by the filing of precautionary UCC financing statements relating solely to operating leases of personal property entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(h)          Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

 

(i)           encumbrances on real property in the nature of any zoning restrictions, building and land use laws, ordinances, orders, decrees, restrictions or any other conditions imposed by any Governmental Authority on any Real Estate Asset, if the same does not have a materially adverse effect on the operation or use of the Project in the ordinary conduct of the business of the Loan Parties;

 

(j)           non-exclusive outbound licenses of patents, copyrights, trademarks and other Intellectual Property rights granted by any of the Loan Parties in the ordinary course of business and not interfering in any respect with the ordinary conduct of or materially detracting from the value of the business of such Loan Party;

 

(k)          all exceptions disclosed in any Mortgage or in any survey made available to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date or, with respect to the real property where the Permitted Expansion is or is to be constructed, exceptions disclosed in any mortgage or survey delivered pursuant to clause (q)(ii) in the definition of “Permitted Expansion Facility”;

 

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(l)           Liens under the Collateral Documents; provided that (i) such Liens only secure (A) Debt permitted under sub-clause (i) of Section 7.02(b) , (B) subject to the limitations set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement, obligations under Permitted Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreements and/or (C) obligations under Hedge Agreements, (ii) subject to Section 5.6 of the Intercreditor Agreement, such Liens shall be subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, and (iii) subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, any lender or issuing bank (or any agent or trustee thereof) with respect to such Debt and any Commodity Hedge Counterparty party to any such Permitted Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreement or any Hedge Bank party to any such Hedge Agreement shall have become a party to the Intercreditor Agreement as, and shall have the obligations of, a First Lien Secured Party thereunder;

 

(m)         Liens under the Second Lien Collateral Documents (if any); provided that (i) such Liens only secure Debt permitted under sub-clause (ii) of Section 7.02(b) , (ii) such Liens shall be subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, and (iii) any Commodity Hedge Counterparty party to any such Permitted Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreement shall have become a party to the Intercreditor Agreement as, and shall have the obligations of, a Second Lien Secured Party thereunder;

 

(n)          any Lien with respect to the Properties of any Loan Party that arose under Prudent Industry Practices on or prior to the Closing Date not otherwise permitted pursuant to this definition of “Permitted Liens” and which are set forth on Schedule 7.02(a) ;

 

(o)          purchase money Liens upon or in real property or equipment acquired or held by any of the Loan Parties in the ordinary course of business securing the purchase price of such property or equipment or to secure Debt incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition, construction or improvement of any such property or equipment to be subject to such Liens, or Liens existing on any such property or equipment at the time of acquisition (other than any such Liens created in contemplation of such acquisition that do not secure the purchase price), or extensions, renewals or replacements of any of the foregoing for the same or a lesser amount; provided that no such Lien shall extend to or cover any property other than the property or equipment being acquired, constructed or improved, and no such extension, renewal or replacement shall extend to or cover any property not theretofore subject to the Lien being extended, renewed or replaced; provided further that the aggregate principal amount of the Debt secured by Liens permitted by this clause (o) shall not exceed the amount permitted under Section 7.02(b)(iii) at any time outstanding;

 

(p)          Liens arising under Capitalized Leases permitted under Section 7.02(b)(iv) ; provided that no such Lien shall extend to or cover any Collateral or Property other than the Property subject to such Capitalized Leases;

 

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(q)          Liens encumbering (i) to the extent pledged to an energy manager or fuel supplier on customary terms, accounts receivable (and accounts into which the proceeds of such accounts receivable are deposited) owed by NYISO or any other Person to any Loan Party for the purchase of electric energy and other related products or services, or (ii) margin, clearing or similar accounts with or on behalf of brokers, credit clearing organizations, independent system operators, regional transmission organizations, pipelines, state agencies, federal agencies, futures contract brokers, exchanges related to the trading of energy (including the Intercontinental Exchange), or issuers of surety bonds and any proceeds thereof in an aggregate amount not to exceed $20,000,000 at any time with respect to this clause (q) ;

 

(r)           Liens securing judgments (for the payment of money not constituting a Default under Section 8.01(h) ), or securing appeal or other surety bonds related to such judgments;

 

(s)          Liens arising by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to bankers’ liens, rights of set-off or similar rights;

 

(t)           Liens or pledges of deposits of Cash or Cash Equivalents securing deductibles, self-insurance, co-payment, co-insurance, retentions or similar obligations to providers or property, casualty or liability insurance in the ordinary course of business;

 

(u)          any Liens with respect to the Properties of any Loan Party that arise under Contractual Obligations of any Loan Party as in effect on the Closing Date and are disclosed on Schedule II ;

 

(v)          any easements or rights of way provided for in the Site Lease, as and to the extent contemplated thereunder on the Closing Date;

 

(w)          Liens over cash collateral created for the benefit of ConEd pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in the LGIA (including, if applicable, the Agreement on Security); and

 

(x)           Liens consisting of an agreement to Dispose of any property in a Disposition permitted hereunder solely to the extent that such investment or Disposition would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien.

 

Permitted Secured Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreement ” means any Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreement permitted to be entered under Section 7.02(k) that by its terms is required to be secured by a Lien under the Collateral Documents and/or the Second Lien Collateral Documents and is entered into with any Person that is a Commodity Hedge Counterparty as of the time entered into.

 

Permitted Trading Activity ” means:

 

(a)          the daily or forward purchase and/or sale, or other acquisition or disposition of wholesale or retail electric energy, capacity, ancillary services, transmission rights, emissions allowances, weather derivatives and/or related commodities, in each case, whether physical or financial;

 

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(b)          the daily or forward purchase and/or sale, or other acquisition or disposition of fuel, mineral rights and/or related commodities, including, swaps, options and swaptions, in each case, whether physical or financial;

 

(c)          electric energy-related tolling transactions, as seller or tolling services;

 

(d)          price risk management activities or services;

 

(e)          other similar electric industry activities or services; or

 

(f)           additional services as may be consistent with Prudent Industry Practice from time to time in support of the marketing and trading related to the Property of any of the Loan Parties,

 

in each case, to the extent such activity is conducted in the ordinary course of business of any of the Loan Parties (it being acknowledged and agreed that the transactions evidenced by the Power Purchase Agreements shall be deemed to be transactions which constitute “ Permitted Trading Activities ”).

 

Person ” means and includes natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships, general partnerships, limited liability companies, limited liability partnerships, joint stock companies, Joint Ventures, associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not legal entities, and Governmental Authorities.

 

Platform ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.01(d)(i) .

 

Pledge Agreement ” means a Pledge Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit D among Holdings and the Collateral Agent.

 

Pledged Debt ” has the meaning specified in the Security Agreement.

 

Post-Petition Interest ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05(b) .

 

Power Purchase Agreements ” means the Zone J Power Purchase Agreements and the DEBM Power Purchase Agreements; provided that if any Replacement Power Purchase Agreement is entered into upon the termination prior to its stated term of any Zone J Power Purchase Agreement or DEBM Power Purchase Agreement, such Replacement Power Purchase Agreement shall be deemed to replace such Zone J Power Purchase Agreement or DEBM Power Purchase Agreement, as the case may be, as a Power Purchase Agreement for all purposes of this Agreement.

 

Primary Site ” means the real property described in the Site Lease.

 

Prime Rate ” means the rate of interest per annum published in the Wall Street Journal Eastern Edition as the “prime rate” for such day and if the Wall Street Journal Eastern Edition does not publish such rate on such day, then such rate as most recently published prior to such day, or if for any reason such rate is no longer published or available, the rate publicly announced from time to time by Administrative Agent (or another Lender or another LC Issuing Bank (which agrees in writing to have its rates so used), selected by Administrative Agent) as its prime rate.

 

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Pro Rata Share ” means, with respect to any amount, (a) with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time and with respect to the Revolving Facility or any Swingline Advance, the product of such amount multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the amount of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment at such time and the denominator of which is the aggregate amount of the Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Commitments at such time, (b) with respect to any Term Lender at any time and with respect to the Term Facility, the product of such amount multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the amount of Advances owed to such Term Lender under the Term Facility at such time and the denominator of which is the aggregate amount of the Advances then outstanding and owed to all Term Lenders under the Term Facility at such time and (c) with respect to any Issuing Bank at any time and with respect to the Revolving Facility, the product of such amount multiplied by a fraction the numerator of which is the amount of such Issuing Bank’s L/C Commitment at such time and the denominator of which is the aggregate amount of L/C Commitments of all Issuing Banks at such time.

 

Project ” has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements hereto.

 

Project Revenues ” has the meaning specified in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Projected Major Maintenance Event Expense ” means, in respect of a Major Maintenance Event, the Major Maintenance Expenses the Loan Parties reasonably expect to incur with respect to such Major Maintenance Event.

 

Property ” means any right or interest in or to any asset or property of any kind whatsoever (including Capital Stock), whether real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible.

 

Prudent Industry Practice ” means those practices, methods, techniques, specifications and standards of safety and performance, as they may be modified from time to time, that (a) are generally accepted in the electric generating and transmission industry as good, safe and prudent engineering practices in connection with the design, construction, operation, maintenance, repair or use of electric generating and transmission facilities which are similar to the Project and (b) are otherwise in compliance in all material respects with applicable law and Governmental Authorizations. Prudent Industry Practice is not intended to be limited to the optimum practice, method or act to the exclusion of all others, but rather to be acceptable practices, methods or acts generally accepted in the region or as required by any Governmental Authority or standards setting agency including but not limited to FERC, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation and NYISO.

 

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PUHCA ” means the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, as amended from time to time hereafter, and any successor statute, and the implementing regulations of FERC.

 

Qualified ECP Guarantor ” shall mean, at any time, each Loan Party with total assets exceeding $10,000,000 or that qualifies at such time as an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” at such time under §1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

Qualified Owner ” means any Person that (a) either (i) is (or is the Subsidiary of) a Person that owns or manages (or has owned or has managed within the past three years) electric generating facilities totaling at least 500MW or (ii) has engaged an operator that is experienced in the business of generation of electricity by and from facilities totaling at least 500MW and (b) either (i) has a long-term unsecured senior debt rating of at least Baa3 or better by Moody’s or BBB- or better by S&P or BBB- or better by Fitch (or is an Affiliate of such a Person who provides a guarantee of such Person’s obligations) or (ii) is a Person that has a tangible net worth or assets under management of at least $300,000,000; provided that for any Person to be a Qualified Owner, such Person shall also be subject to satisfaction of applicable, and uniformly applied, “know your customer” requirements of the Lenders.

 

Quarterly Date ” means the last Business Day of March, June, September and December of each year.

 

Real Estate Assets ” means, at any time of determination, any fee or leasehold interest, easement, consent, permit or license, then owned or held by the Borrowers in any real property.

 

Recipient ” means (a) the Administrative Agent, (b) any Lender and (c) any Issuing Bank, as applicable.

 

Redeployment Notice ” means a written notice executed by a Responsible Officer of BEC in connection with the receipt of Hedge Termination Proceeds stating that (a) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Hedge Termination Proceeds, in respect of which such notice is being delivered have been deposited in the Hedge Termination Proceeds Account for further application in accordance with Section 3.10 of the Depositary Agreement and (b) that BEC intends and expects to reinvest all or a portion of such Hedge Termination Proceeds, to replace the terminated Interest Rate Hedge.

 

Reduction Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.04(b)(viii) .

 

Register ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.06(c) .

 

Regulation D ” means Regulation D of the Board of Governors, as in effect from time to time.

 

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Regulation U ” means Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as in effect from time to time.

 

Reinvestment Notice ” means a written notice executed by a Responsible Officer of BEC in connection with the occurrence of any Asset Sale, Casualty Event or Event of Eminent Domain stating that (a) no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Asset Sale Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or Eminent Domain Proceeds in respect of which such notice is being delivered have been deposited in the Asset Sale Proceeds Account (in respect of Asset Sale Proceeds) or Insurance Proceeds Account (in respect of Insurance Proceeds or Eminent Domain Proceeds) for further application in accordance with Section 2.04(b)(i) or (iv)  of the Depositary Agreement and (b) that BEC intends and expects to reinvest all or a portion of such Asset Sale Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or Eminent Domain Proceeds to make a Permitted Investment.

 

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, administrators, managers, advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

 

Release ” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, pouring, injection, escaping, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal, dumping, leaching or migration of any Hazardous Material into the indoor or outdoor environment (including the abandonment or disposal of any barrels, containers or other closed receptacles containing any Hazardous Material), including the movement of any Hazardous Material through the air, soil, surface water or groundwater.

 

Removal Effective Date ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.06(b) .

 

Repair Notice ” has the meaning given to it in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Repayment Event ” means the repayment in full of all of the outstanding principal amount of the Advances and all other Obligations (other than contingent obligations) due and payable under the Loan Documents, the termination of all Commitments and the termination and cancellation of all Letters of Credit (unless such Letters of Credit are Cash Collateralized).

 

Replacement Power Purchase Agreement ” means an agreement for the sale of capacity, energy and ancillary services entered into by BEC following the termination of a Third Party Power Purchase Agreement prior to its scheduled expiry date; provided that (a) such new agreement has a term ending no earlier than the scheduled expiry date of the terminated Third Party Power Purchase Agreement, (b) taken as a whole, such new agreement is no less favorable to the Loan Parties than the terminated agreement, including with respect to the terms and conditions relating to coordination with the Energy Manager and the other Power Purchase Agreements, collateral, termination, damages, pricing and payment provisions, as set forth in the terminated Third Party Power Purchase Agreement (it being understood and agreed, without limitation of the foregoing, that the economics under such new agreement shall be at least as favorable to BEC as contained in the terminated Third Party Power Purchase Agreement), and (c) either (i) the counterparty entering into such new agreement has a Required Rating or (ii) the counterparty to such new agreement delivers a guaranty from a Person that has a Required Rating in respect of all obligations of such counterparty thereunder.

 

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Required Capital Expenditures ” means all Capital Expenditures reasonably necessary to permit any Loan Party, to (a) operate or maintain the Project in accordance with Prudent Industry Practices (including the purchase of assets in the ordinary course of business as reasonably required in connection with the operation and maintenance of the Project in accordance with the Operation and Maintenance Agreement) or (b) to comply with applicable law (including any Environmental Laws).

 

Required Lenders ” means, at any time, Lenders owed or holding more than 50% of the sum of (without duplication) (a) the aggregate principal amount of the Advances (other than Swingline Advances) outstanding at such time plus (b) the aggregate amount of all Unused Revolving Commitments at such time; provided that, if any Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender at such time, there shall be excluded from the determination of Required Lenders at such time (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Advances owing to such Lender (in its capacity as a Lender) and outstanding at such time, and (ii) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate amount of all Unused Revolving Commitments outstanding at such time.

 

Required Rating ” means:

 

(a)          with respect to a Person described in clause (a)(i) of the definition of Commodity Hedge Counterparty, the unsecured senior debt obligations of such Person (or of the guarantor of such Person) are rated at least A3 by Moody’s and at least A- by S&P; provided that if, as of any date of determination, such Person (or of the guarantor of such Person) does not have any rating for its unsecured senior debt obligations, then such Person’s corporate issuer rating shall be at least A3 by Moody’s and at least A- by S&P;

 

(b)          with respect to a Person described in clause (a)(ii) or (a)(iii) of the definition of Commodity Hedge Counterparty, the unsecured senior debt obligations of such Person (or of the guarantor of such Person) are rated at least Baa3 by Moody’s and at least BBB- by S&P; provided that if, as of any date of determination, such Person (or of the guarantor of such Person) does not have any rating for its unsecured senior debt obligations, then such Person’s corporate issuer rating shall be at least Baa3 by Moody’s and at least BBB- by S&P; and

 

(c)          with respect to the counterparty to a Replacement Power Purchase Agreement, the unsecured senior debt obligations of such Person (or of the guarantor of such Person) are rated not lower than the lesser of (i) A3 by Moody’s, (ii) A- by S&P and (iii) the rating of the unsecured senior debt obligations of the counterparty (or its guarantor, whichever is higher) to the Third Party Power Purchase Agreement being replaced at the time of replacement; provided that in no event shall such Person have unsecured senior debt obligations rated less than Baa3 by Moody’s, BBB- by S&P or BBB- by Fitch at the time the Replacement Power Purchase Agreement is executed.

 

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Resignation Effective Date ” shall have the meaning specified in Section 9.06(a) .

 

Responsible Officer ” means, as to any Person, any individual holding the position of chairman of the board (if an officer), president, chief executive officer or one of its vice presidents and such Person’s treasurer or chief financial officer or any other Person duly authorized to act on behalf of such Person.

 

Restricted Payment ” means (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares of any class of stock of the Borrowers now or hereafter outstanding, except a dividend payable solely in shares of that class of stock to the holders of that class; (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares of any class of stock of the Borrowers now or hereafter outstanding; (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of stock of the Borrowers now or hereafter outstanding; (d) management or similar fees payable to any Guarantor, Holdings, Sponsor or any of their respective Affiliates; and (e) any payment or prepayment of principal of, premium, if any, or interest on, or redemption, purchase, retirement, defeasance (including in substance or legal defeasance), sinking fund or similar payment with respect to, any Debt owed by the Loan Parties to any of its Affiliates.

 

Revenue Account ” has the meaning specified in the Depositary Agreement.

 

Revenues ” means, for any Measurement Period, without duplication, all amounts received in the Revenue Account during such period (including interest earned or Permitted Account Investments held in the Collateral Accounts to the extent deposited into the Revenue Account) excluding (a) all Working Capital Advances or Swingline Advances deposited into the Revenue Account in accordance with Section 3.2(a)(i) of the Depositary Agreement, and (b) any transfers from the Debt Service Reserve Account or any other Collateral Account to the Revenue Account pursuant to Section 3.5 or Section 3.11 of the Depositary Agreement (other than interest earned or Permitted Account Investments held in the Collateral Accounts to the extent deposited into the Revenue Account).

 

Revolving Borrowing ” means a borrowing consisting of simultaneous Working Capital Advances or L/C Advances of the same Type made by the Revolving Lenders.

 

Revolving Commitment ” means, with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule I under the caption “Revolving Commitment” or, if such Lender has entered into one or more Assignment and Assumptions, set forth for such Lender in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent as such Lender’s “ Revolving Commitment ,” as such amount may be reduced at or prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.04(b) or  4.01 .

 

Revolving Facility ” means, at any time, (a) the Total Revolving Commitment; or (b) the Working Capital Advances, the L/C Advances and Swingline Advances at such time.

 

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Revolving Facility Maturity Date ” means the earlier of (a) the date that is seven years after the Closing Date and (b) the date of termination in whole of the Revolving Commitments pursuant to Section 4.01 or  8.01 .

 

Revolving Lender ” means any Lender that has a Revolving Commitment.

 

Revolving Note ” means a promissory note of the Borrowers payable to any Revolving Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit B-2 , evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Lender resulting from the Working Capital Advances and L/C Advances made by such Lender, as amended.

 

RR Contractor ” means Rolls-Royce Energy Systems, Inc.

 

S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

 

Sanctions ” means economic or financial sanctions, restrictive measures or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by any Governmental Authority (including, but not limited to, OFAC, the U.S. Department of State and the U.S. Department of Commerce), the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury.

 

Sanctioned Country shall mean any country or territory to the extent that such country or territory is the subject of comprehensive countrywide or territory-wide Sanctions Laws administered, enacted, or enforced by any Governmental Authority that broadly prohibits dealings with such country or territory, including without limitation (i) those administered or enforced by OFAC pursuant to the International Economic Powers Act, the United States’ Trading with the Enemy Act, and (ii) any of the foreign assets control regulations administered or enforced by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury. Without limiting the definition, the Sanctioned Countries as of the date hereof are Burma, Crimea, Cuba, the Islamic Republic of Iran, North Korea, Sudan, and Syria.

 

Sanctions Laws ” shall mean the economic sanctions laws, regulations, rules, embargoes or restrictive measures promulgated or administered by any Governmental Authority, including without limitation the sanctions and other restrictive measures applied by OFAC, the US Department of State, the European Union (and its member states) in pursuit of the Common Foreign and Security Policy objectives set out in the Treaty on European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury.

 

Sanctions Target ” means any Person: (a) that is the subject or target of any Sanctions; (b) listed in the annex to, or otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order No. 13224 of September 23, 2001, entitled Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions With Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit, or Support Terrorism; (c) named in any Sanctions-related list maintained by OFAC, the U.S. Department of State, the U.S. Department of Commerce or the U.S. Department of the Treasury, including the “Specially Designated National and Blocked Person” list; (c) located, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country that is, or whose government is, the subject or target of Sanctions; (d) which otherwise is, by public designation of the United Nations Security Council, the European Union or Her Majesty’s Treasury, the subject or target of any Sanction; (e) with which any party to the Loan Documents is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any transaction by any Sanctions Laws; or (f) 25% or more owned or otherwise Controlled by any such Person or Persons described in the foregoing clauses (a)-(f).

 

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Sanctions Violation ” has the meaning provided in Section 7.03(n) .

 

Second Lien Collateral Documents ” has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Second Lien Secured Parties ” has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Secured Parties ” has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Securities ” means any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates, certificates of interest or participation in any profit sharing agreement or arrangement, options, warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured, convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as “ securities ” or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire, any of the foregoing.

 

Security Agreement ” means a Security Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit F among the Borrowers, Guarantors and the Collateral Agent.

 

Shared Facilities Agreement ” means any Contractual Obligation pursuant to which a counterparty is granted the right to use, or otherwise share in the benefits of, an asset in connection with such counterparty’s development, construction, acquisition, ownership, leasing, operation and maintenance of the Permitted Expansion.

 

Siemens Contractor ” means Siemens Energy, Inc.

 

Siemens Novation Agreement ” means that certain Novation Agreement, dated as of January 12, 2015, among RR Contractor, Siemens Contractor and BEC

 

Site Lease ” means that certain Site Lease, dated as of June 4, 2010, entered into among BECUR and Hess, as amended by that certain Amendment to Site Lease, dated as of September 30, 2010.

 

Site Lease Option Agreement ” means that certain Site Lease Option Agreement, dated as of July 28, 2015, entered into between IMTT-BC, a general partnership organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and BEC.

 

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Solvent ” or “ Solvency ” means, with respect to the Loan Parties (taken as a whole), that, as of the date of determination, both (a) (i) the sum of the Loan Parties’ Debt (including contingent liabilities) does not exceed the present fair saleable value of the Loan Parties’ present assets; (ii) the Loan Parties’ capital is not unreasonably small in relation to their business as contemplated on the applicable date of determination; and (iii) the Loan Parties have not incurred and do not intend to incur, or believe (nor should they reasonably believe) that they will incur, Debt beyond their ability to pay such Debt as they become due (whether at maturity or otherwise); and (b) the Loan Parties are “ solvent ” within the meaning given that term and similar terms under the Bankruptcy Code and applicable laws relating to fraudulent transfers and conveyances. For purposes of this definition, the amount of any contingent liability at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in light of all of the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability (irrespective of whether such contingent liabilities meet the criteria for accrual under GAAP).

 

Specified Loan Party ” means any Loan Party that is not an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act (determined prior to giving effect to Section 10.07 ).

 

Sponsor ” means Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation.

 

Sponsor-Related Party ” means the Sponsor and any other Person (including a Qualified Owner) that directly or indirectly owns more than 10% of the Capital Stock in Holdings, and any Affiliate of the Sponsor or such other Person, but shall exclude any Loan Party.

 

Subordinated Debt ” means loans made to a Loan Party by any Person that is not a Loan Party, which loans are permitted under Section 7.02(b)(xii) .

 

Subordinated Obligations ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05 .

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, Joint Venture or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of the Person or Persons (whether directors, managers, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; provided that, in determining the percentage of ownership interests of any Person Controlled by another Person, no ownership interest in the nature of a “ qualifying share ” of the former Person shall be deemed to be outstanding.

 

Sublease Agreement ” means the Sublease Agreement, dated as of June 4, 2010, between BEC and BECUR, as amended on June 12, 2014.

 

Substitute Advances ” means with respect to a Class of Advances, as certified by any Lender to the Borrowers, a reasonable alternative basis for making available or, as the case may be, maintaining such Lender’s outstanding Pro Rata Share of Advances of such Class of Advances, including alternative interest periods, alternative types of Advances, alternative currencies or alternative rates of interest, provided that the margin above the cost of funds to such Lender is no greater than the margin otherwise payable to such Lender pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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Swap Obligation ” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any agreement, contract or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of Section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

Swingline Advance ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(c) .

 

Swingline Lender ” means Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, in its capacity as lender of Swingline Advances hereunder, or such other Lender as the Borrower may from time to time designate as the Swingline Lender (and which agrees in writing to be so designated) and that has executed (a) a Joinder Agreement and (b) an Accession Agreement with respect to the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Swingline Maturity Date ” means, with respect to any Swingline Advance, the earlier of (a) the fifth Business Days after such Swingline Advance is made and (b) the Revolving Facility Maturity Date.

 

Swingline Note ” means a promissory note of the Borrowers payable to the Swingline Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit B-3 , evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Lender resulting from the Swingline Advances, as amended.

 

Swingline Request ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(b) .

 

Swingline Reimbursement Request ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.02(b) .

 

Swingline Sublimit ” means an amount equal to the lesser of $5,000,000.

 

Taxes ” means any present and future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings, assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

 

Term Advance ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.01(a) .

 

Term Borrowing ” means an extension and borrowing consisting of Term Advances of the same Type made by the Term Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01(a) .

 

Term Commitment ” means, with respect to any Term Lender at any time, the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule I under the caption “Term Commitment” or, if such Lender has entered into one of more Assignment and Assumptions, set forth for such Lender in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent as such Lender’s “Term Commitment,” as such amount may be reduced at or prior to such time pursuant to Section 2.03 , Section 2.04 , or Section 4.01 .

 

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Term Facility ” means, at any time, the aggregate amount of the Term Lenders’ Term Commitments or Term Advances at such time.

 

Term Facility Maturity Date ” means the date that is seven years after the Closing Date.

 

Term Lender ” means any Lender that has a Term Commitment.

 

Term Note ” means a promissory note of the Borrowers payable to any Term Lender, in substantially the form of Exhibit B-1 , evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Lender resulting from the Term Advances made by such Lender, as amended.

 

Third Party Power Offtaker ” means each counterparty to a Third Party Power Purchase Agreement.

 

Third Party Power Purchase Agreement ” means each of the DEBM Power Purchase Agreements and any Replacement Power Purchase Agreements therefor.

 

Title Company ” means Fidelity National Title Insurance Company.

 

Title Policy ” means the American Land Title Association 2006 Form Lender’s Fee and Leasehold Policy of title insurance or such other form as is acceptable to the Lenders or a binding marked commitment to issue such policy dated as of the Closing Date and to be re-dated the date of recording of the Mortgages issued by each Title Company, each such policy in an amount acceptable to the Lenders insuring the Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties created by the Mortgages, subject only to those exceptions approved by the Lenders and containing such endorsements and affirmative assurances as the Lenders shall reasonably require and which are reasonably obtainable from title companies in the States of New York and New Jersey.

 

Total Credit Exposure ” means, as to any Lender at any time, the unused Commitments, L/C Exposure and outstanding Term Advances, Swingline Advances, L/C Advances or Working Capital Advances of such Lender at such time.

 

Total L/C Commitment ” means, at any time, $25,000,000 or, if less, the aggregate amount of the Revolving Commitments at such time.

 

Total Loss ” means (a) the complete destruction of Affected Property, (b) the destruction of Affected Property irretrievably beyond repair or (c) the destruction of Affected Property such that the insured may claim the whole amount of any insurance policy covering Affected Property upon abandoning such Affected Property to the insurance underwriters therefor, in each case described in clause (a) , (b)  or (c) , that involves Affected Property that constitutes all or substantially all of the Project.

 

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Total Revolving Commitment ” means at any time the aggregate amount of the Revolving Lenders’ Revolving Commitments at such time; provided that the aggregate amount of all Revolving Commitments shall not exceed $25,000,000.

 

Transaction Documents ” means, individually or collectively, as the context may require, the Loan Documents and the Material Project Documents.

 

Transco ” means Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Transco Interconnection Agreement ” means that certain Interconnect and Delivery Lateral Reimbursement and Operating Agreement, by and between BEC and Transco, dated as of April 15, 2009, as amended by Amendment to Interconnect and Delivery Lateral Reimbursement and Operating Agreement, dated June 8, 2009, and Second Amendment to Interconnect and Delivery Lateral Reimbursement and Operating Agreement, dated September 25, 2009.

 

Transco Service Agreement ” means that certain Service Agreement, dated March 11, 2010, by and between BEC and Transco as amended by Amendment to Service Agreement, dated ___, 2012, by and between Transco and BEC.

 

Type ” refers to the distinction between Advances bearing interest at the Base Rate and Advances bearing interest at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate.

 

U.S. Person ” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code.

 

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided that if, with respect to any filing statement or by reason of any provisions of law, the perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection of the security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the applicable Collateral Document is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction of the United States other than New York, UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions of each Loan Document and any filing statement relating to such perfection or effect of perfection or non-perfection.

 

Undisclosed Administration ” means, in relation to a Lender or its direct or indirect parent company, the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator under or based on the law in the country where such Lender or its direct or indirect parent company is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if applicable law requires that such appointment is not to be publicly disclosed.

 

Unreserved Major Maintenance Expenses ” means (a) if the Projected Major Maintenance Expense in respect of a Major Maintenance Event is not (and, at the time of delivery of the most recent Major Maintenance Funding Certificate, was not expected to be) equal to or greater than $1,000,000, all Major Maintenance Expenses in respect of such Major Maintenance Event and (b) any Major Maintenance Expenses to the extent funds on deposit in the Major Maintenance Reserve Account are insufficient to pay such Major Maintenance Expenses.

 

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Unused L/C Commitment ” means with respect to any Issuing Bank at any time (a) such Issuing Bank’s Pro Rata Share of the Total L/C Commitments at such time minus (b) such Issuing Bank’s Pro Rata Share of the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Working Capital Advances and L/C Advances made or deemed made and outstanding at such time, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Advances outstanding at such time and (iii) the L/C Exposure at such time.

 

Unused Revolving Commitment ” means with respect to any Revolving Lender at any time (a) such Lender’s Revolving Commitment at such time minus (b) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Working Capital Advances made or deemed made by such Lender.

 

Unused Swingline Capacity ” means, with respect to the Swingline Lender, at any time an amount equal to the lesser of (a) the Swingline Sublimit at such time minus the principal amount of all Swingline Advances at such time and (b) the Total Revolving Commitment minus the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Working Capital Advances made or deemed made at such time, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Swingline Advances at such time, (iii) the aggregate principal amount of all L/C Advances and (iv) the aggregate of each Lender’s L/C Exposure at such time.

 

Withholding Agent ” means any Loan Party and the Administrative Agent.

 

Working Capital Advance ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.01(b) .

 

Working Capital Letter of Credit ” shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.01(a)(i) .

 

Zone J Power Purchase Agreements ” means, collectively, (a) that certain Amended and Restated Contract for the Sale and Purchase of Capacity, Energy and Ancillary Services, dated as of August 19, 2014, between Zone J Tolling and BEC and (b) Second Amended and Restated Contract for the Sale and Purchase of Capacity, Energy and Ancillary Services, as of August 19, 2014, between Zone J Tolling and BEC.

 

Zone J Tolling ” means Zone J Tolling Co., LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Section 1.02.          Rules of Interpretation . Except as otherwise expressly provided, the following rules of interpretation shall apply to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents:

 

(a)          the definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined;

 

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(b)          whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms;

 

(c)          the words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”;

 

(d)          the word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”;

 

(e)          unless the context requires otherwise, any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein or therein) and shall include any appendices, schedules, exhibits, clarification letters, side letters and disclosure letters executed in connection therewith;

 

(f)           any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns to the extent permitted under the Loan Documents and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any Person succeeding to its functions and capacities;

 

(g)          the words “herein”, “hereof” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof;

 

(h)          all references herein to Articles, Sections, Appendices, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Appendices, Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement; and

 

(i)           the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

 

Section 1.03.          Accounting Terms .

 

(a)          All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, as in effect from time to time, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.

 

(b)          If at any time any change in GAAP or the application thereof would affect the computation of any requirement set forth in any Loan Document, and either BEC or the Required Lenders through the Administrative Agent shall so request, the Administrative Agent and BEC shall negotiate in good faith to amend such requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP or the application thereof (subject to the approval of the Administrative Agent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided that, until so amended, (i) such requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP or the application thereof prior to such change therein and (ii) BEC shall provide to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders a written reconciliation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, between calculations of such ratio or requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP or the application thereof.

 

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Section 1.04.          Certifications, Etc. . All certifications, notices, declarations, representations, warrants and statements made by any officer, director or employee or a Loan Party pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement shall be made in such person’s capacity as officer, director or employee on behalf of such Loan Party and not in such person’s individual capacity.

 

Article II

 

AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE ADVANCES

 

Section 2.01.          The Advances .

 

(a)           The Term Advances .

 

(i)          Each Term Lender severally agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make a single advance (a “ Term Advance ”) to the Borrowers in an amount not to exceed such Lender’s Term Commitment at such time and $275,000,000 in the aggregate for all Term Advances.

 

(ii)         The Term Borrowing shall consist of Term Advances made simultaneously by the Term Lenders ratably according to their Term Commitments. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01(a) and repaid or prepaid may not be re-borrowed.

 

(b)           The Working Capital Advances . Each Revolving Lender severally agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to make advances (each a “ Working Capital Advance ”) to the Borrowers from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Revolving Facility Maturity Date in an amount for each such Advance not to exceed such Lender’s Available Revolving Commitment at such time. Each such Revolving Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof (other than a Borrowing the proceeds of which shall be used solely to Cash Collateralize Letters of Credit or to repay L/C Advances) and shall consist of Working Capital Advances made simultaneously by the Revolving Lenders ratably according to their Revolving Commitments. Within the limits of each Revolving Lender’s Available Revolving Commitment in effect from time to time, the Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.01(b) , prepay pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and re-borrow under this Section 2.01(b) .

 

(c)           The Swingline Advances . The Swingline Lender may, in its sole discretion (and without any obligation to do so), on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, make advances (each a “ Swingline Advance ”) to the Borrowers from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until the Revolving Facility Maturity Date in an amount for each such Advance not to exceed the Unused Swingline Capacity at such time. Each such Swingline Advance shall be in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. All Swingline Advances shall be Base Rate Advances. Within the limit of the Unused Swingline Capacity in effect from time to time, the Borrowers may borrow under this Section 2.01(c) , repay pursuant to Section 2.03(c) , prepay pursuant to Section 2.04(a) and re-borrow under this Section 2.01(c) .

 

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Section 2.02.          Making the Advances .

 

(a)          Except as provided in clause (b) below, clause (c) below or Section 3.04 , each Borrowing shall be made on irrevocable notice, given not later than 12:00 (noon) (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing, in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Advances, or the first Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Borrowing (or, in the case of the initial Borrowing, on the date of such Borrowing), in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Base Rate Advances, by BEC to the Administrative Agent, which shall give to each Appropriate Lender prompt notice thereof by telecopier or electronic communication. Each such irrevocable notice of a Borrowing (a “ Funding Notice ”) shall be by telephone, confirmed promptly in writing, including by telecopier or electronic communication, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-1 , specifying therein the requested (i) date of such Borrowing, (ii) Facility under which such Borrowing is to be made, (iii) Type of Advances comprising such Borrowing, (iv) aggregate amount of such Borrowing and (v) in the case of a Borrowing consisting of Eurodollar Rate Advances, initial Interest Period for each such Advance. Each Appropriate Lender shall, before 12:00 (noon) (New York City time) on the date of such Borrowing, make available by wire transfer for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Account, in same day funds, such Lender’s ratable portion of such Borrowing, in accordance with the respective Commitments under the applicable Facility of such Lender and the other Appropriate Lenders. After the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment or waiver of the applicable conditions set forth in Article V , the Administrative Agent will make such funds available to the Borrowers by crediting the Revenue Account or as otherwise directed by BEC.

 

(b)          Borrowing under the Swingline Sublimit shall be made on irrevocable notice, given not later than 12:00 (noon) (New York City time) on the day of the proposed Swingline Advance. Each such irrevocable notice of a Swingline Advance under the Swingline Sublimit (a “ Swingline Request ”) shall be by telephone, confirmed promptly in writing, including by telecopier or electronic communication, in substantially the form of Exhibit C-2 , specifying therein the requested (i) date of such Swingline Advance and (ii) the aggregate amount of such Swingline Advance. The Swingline Lender shall, before 3:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the date of such Borrowing of Swingline Advances, make available by wire transfer for the account of its Applicable Lending Office to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Account, in same day funds, such Swingline Advance, in accordance with the Swingline Lender’s Commitment (the “ Swingline Advance ”). After the Administrative Agent’s receipt of such funds and upon fulfillment or waiver of the applicable conditions set forth in Article V , the Administrative Agent will make such funds available to the Borrowers by crediting the Revenue Account or as otherwise directed by BEC. The Swingline Lender may, by written notice (such notice, a “ Swingline Reimbursement Request ”) given to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 (noon) (New York City time) on any Business Day, require the Revolving Lenders to acquire participations on such Business Day in all or a portion of the Swingline Advances outstanding. The Swingline Reimbursement Request shall specify the aggregate amount of Swingline Advances in which Revolving Lenders will participate. Each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees, from and after delivery of a Swingline Reimbursement Request to make Working Capital Advances to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the Swingline Lender, such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of each such Swingline Advance within one (1) Business Day after receiving notice. Each such Working Capital Advance shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each such Working Capital Advance by a Revolving Lender under this Section 2.02(b) shall be made as provided in Section 4.05 (and Section 4.05 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the payment obligations of the Lenders hereunder (including the obligation to pay interest to the Swingline Lender in respect of late payments by such Lender)), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to the Swingline Lender the amounts so received by it from the applicable Lenders. In the event the Swingline Lender shall have been reimbursed by the applicable Lenders in accordance with this Section 2.02(b) for all or any portion of any unreimbursed Swingline Advance, the Swingline Lender shall distribute to each applicable Lender which has paid all amounts payable by it under this Section 2.02(b) such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all principal amounts subsequently received by the Swingline Lender from the Borrowers in reimbursement of such applicable Swingline Advance when such payments are received

 

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(c)          Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from an Appropriate Lender prior to the date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s ratable portion of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such portion available to the Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance with clause (a) or (b) above and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrowers on such date a corresponding amount. If and to the extent that such Lender shall not have so made such ratable portion available to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender together with interest thereon, for each day from such date of Borrowing until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent, at the customary rate set by the Administrative Agent for the correction of errors among banks for three Business Days and thereafter at the Base Rate. If such Lender does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrowers and the Borrowers shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent together with interest thereon, for each day from the date of such Borrowing until the date such amount is paid to the Administrative Agent, at the rate payable hereunder for Base Rate Advances under the relevant Facility.

 

(d)          The failure of any Lender to make the Advance to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its Advance on the date of such Borrowing, but no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to make the Advance to be made by such other Lender on the date of any Borrowing. Nothing in this Section 2.02 shall prejudice any rights that the Borrowers may have against a Defaulting Lender.

 

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Section 2.03.          Repayment of Advances .

 

(a)           Term Advances . The Borrowers shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Term Lenders the outstanding principal amount of Term Advances on each Quarterly Date prior to the Term Facility Maturity Date in an amount equal to (i) $1,500,000 for the Quarterly Date that is September 30, 2015) and (ii) $2,500,000 for each Quarterly Date thereafter; provided that, in each case, such amount shall be reduced as a result of the application of prepayments in accordance with Section 2.04 ); provided , further , that all outstanding Term Advances shall be repaid on the Term Facility Maturity Date.

 

(b)           Working Capital Advances and L/C Advances . The Borrowers shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Revolving Lenders on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date the aggregate principal amount of any Working Capital Advances and any L/C Advances then outstanding.

 

(c)           Swingline Advances . The Borrowers shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swingline Lender the principal amount of each Swingline Advance on its Swingline Maturity Date.

 

Section 2.04.          Prepayments .

 

(a)           Optional .

 

(i)          The Borrowers may, upon at least one Business Day’s irrevocable written notice in the case of Base Rate Advances and three Business Days’ irrevocable written notice in the case of Eurodollar Rate Advances, in each case substantially in the form of Exhibit O to the Administrative Agent stating the proposed date and aggregate principal amount of the prepayment, and if such notice is given the Borrowers shall, prepay the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Advances composing part of the same Borrowing, in whole or ratably in part, together with accrued and unpaid interest to the date of such prepayment on the aggregate principal amount prepaid; provided that (1) each partial prepayment (other than prepayments of L/C Advances) shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof, (2) if any prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Advance is made on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period for such Advance, the Borrowers shall also pay any amounts owing pursuant to Section 11.02(g) and (3) if such notice is given in connection with a refinancing in respect of all or a portion of the Facilities, then the Borrowers may revoke such notice at any time if such Refinancing cannot be consummated as and when originally expected by the Borrowers.

 

(ii)         Each voluntary or optional prepayment of the Term Advances shall be applied pro rata against subsequent scheduled payments of principal due on each Quarterly Date thereafter. Each voluntary or optional prepayment of the Working Capital Advances, the Swingline Advances or the L/C Advances shall be applied as directed by the Borrowers. Considering each Facility being prepaid separately, any prepayment thereof shall be applied first to Base Rate Advances to the fullest extent thereof before any application to Eurodollar Rate Advances, in each case in a manner which minimizes the amount of any payments to be made by the Borrowers pursuant to Section 11.02(g) .

 

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(iii)        Notice required to be given under this clause (a) (A) must be given by 12:00 (noon) (New York City time) on the date required, and (B) may be given in writing or by telephone; provided that, if notice is given by telephone, it must be promptly confirmed in writing to the Administrative Agent (and the Administrative Agent will promptly transmit such telephonic or original notice by telecopier or telephone to each Appropriate Lender).

 

(b)           Mandatory .

 

(i)          (A) If within three Business Days of the date of receipt of any Asset Sale Proceeds by any of the Loan Parties BEC shall not have delivered a Reinvestment Notice in respect thereof, then the Borrowers shall (in each case without duplication and as contemplated by the priorities set forth in Section 2.04(b)(viii) ) (1) prepay an aggregate principal amount of the Advances composing part of the same Borrowings, (2) Cash Collateralize any Letters of Credit then outstanding in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount and (3) in connection with such prepayment and deposit, pay all breakage costs payable pursuant to Section 11.02(g) and any termination payments in respect of any Hedge Agreement due and payable as a result of any such prepayment and deposit, in an aggregate amount equal to the amount of such Asset Sale Proceeds.

 

(B)         If BEC shall have delivered a Reinvestment Notice in respect of any Asset Sale Proceeds and such Reinvestment Notice does not apply to all of such Asset Sale Proceeds, then on the third Business Day following the delivery of such Reinvestment Notice, the Borrowers shall (in each case without duplication and as contemplated by the priorities set forth in Section 2.04(b)(viii) ) (1) prepay an aggregate principal amount of the Advances comprising part of the same Borrowings, (2) Cash Collateralize any Letters of Credit then outstanding in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount and (3) in connection with such prepayment and deposit, pay all breakage costs payable pursuant to Section 11.02(g) and any termination payments in respect of any Hedge Agreement due and payable as a result of any such prepayment and deposit, in an aggregate amount equal to the amount of such Asset Sale Proceeds which is not covered by such Reinvestment Notice.

 

(C)         If BEC shall have delivered a Reinvestment Notice in respect of any Asset Sale Proceeds described in sub-clause (A) above, then (1) the Loan Parties shall be permitted to use such Asset Sale Proceeds to make such Permitted Investment to the extent that such Asset Sale Proceeds are applied or committed to be applied by a Loan Party to such Permitted Investment within 12 months of such Asset Sale (and, if committed to be applied, shall be so applied within 180 days of such commitment), and (2) to the extent that the conditions set forth in sub-clause (1) above are not satisfied, the Borrowers shall (in each case without duplication and as contemplated by the priorities set forth in Section 2.04(b)(viii) ), within three Business Days of the failure by the Borrowers to satisfy such conditions (x) prepay an aggregate principal amount of the Advances comprising part of the same Borrowings, (y) Cash Collateralize any Letters of Credit then outstanding in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount and (z) in connection with such prepayment and deposit, pay all breakage costs payable pursuant to Section 11.02(g) and any termination payments in respect of any Hedge Agreement due and payable as a result of any such prepayment and deposit, in an aggregate amount equal to the remaining amount (if any) of such Asset Sale Proceeds not otherwise applied pursuant to sub-clause (1) .

 

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(ii)         The Borrowers shall, within five Business Days of the receipt of any Debt Proceeds by any of the Loan Parties (in each case without duplication and as contemplated by the priorities set forth in Section 2.04(b)(viii) ), (A) prepay an aggregate principal amount of the Advances comprising part of the same Borrowings, (B) Cash Collateralize any Letters of Credit then outstanding in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount and (C) in connection with such prepayment and deposit, pay all breakage costs payable pursuant to Section 11.02(g) and any termination payments in respect of any Hedge Agreement due and payable as a result of any such prepayment and deposit, in an aggregate amount equal to such Debt Proceeds.

 

(iii)        The Borrowers shall, within three Business Days of the receipt of any Insurance Proceeds or Eminent Domain Proceeds by any of the Loan Parties (in each case without duplication and as contemplated by the priorities set forth in Section 2.04(b)(viii) ), to the extent required under Section 5.2 of the Intercreditor Agreement, (A) prepay an aggregate principal amount of the Advances comprising part of the same Borrowings, (B) Cash Collateralize any Letters of Credit then outstanding in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount and (C) in connection with such prepayment and deposit, pay all breakage costs payable pursuant to Section 11.02(g) and any termination payments in respect of any Hedge Agreement due and payable as a result of any such prepayment and deposit, in an aggregate amount equal to such Insurance Proceeds or Eminent Domain Proceeds.

 

(iv)         (A) If within three Business Days of the date of receipt of Hedge Termination Proceeds in respect of an Interest Rate Hedge by any of the Loan Parties BEC shall not have delivered a Redeployment Notice in respect thereof, then the Borrowers shall (in each case without duplication and as contemplated by the priorities set forth in Section 2.04(b)(viii) ) (1) prepay an aggregate principal amount of the Advances composing part of the same Borrowings, (2) Cash Collateralize any Letters of Credit then outstanding in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount and (3) in connection with such prepayment and deposit, pay all breakage costs payable pursuant to Section 11.02(g) and any termination payments in respect of any Hedge Agreement due and payable as a result of any such prepayment and deposit, in an aggregate amount equal to the amount of such Hedge Termination Proceeds.

 

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(B)         If BEC shall have delivered a Redeployment Notice in respect of any Hedge Termination Proceeds and such Redeployment Notice does not apply to all of such Hedge Termination Proceeds, then on the third Business Day following the delivery of such Redeployment Notice, the Borrowers shall (in each case without duplication and as contemplated by the priorities set forth in Section 2.04(b)(viii) ) (1) prepay an aggregate principal amount of the Advances comprising part of the same Borrowings, (2) Cash Collateralize any Letters of Credit then outstanding in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount and (3) in connection with such prepayment and deposit, pay all breakage costs payable pursuant to Section 11.02(g) and any termination payments in respect of any Hedge Agreement due and payable as a result of any such prepayment and deposit, in an aggregate amount equal to the amount of such Hedge Termination Proceeds which is not covered by such Redeployment Notice.

 

(C)         If BEC shall have delivered a Redeployment Notice in respect of any Hedge Termination Proceeds described in sub-clause (A) above, then (1) the Loan Parties shall be permitted to use such Hedge Termination Proceeds to replace the terminated Interest Rate Hedge to the extent that such Hedge Termination Proceeds are applied by a Loan Party within 180 days after receipt of such Hedge Termination Proceeds, and (2) to the extent that the conditions set forth in sub-clause (1) above are not satisfied, the Borrowers shall (in each case without duplication and as contemplated by the priorities set forth in Section 2.04(b)(viii) ), within three Business Days of the failure by the Borrowers to satisfy such conditions (x) prepay an aggregate principal amount of the Advances comprising part of the same Borrowings, (y) Cash Collateralize any Letters of Credit then outstanding in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount and (z) in connection with such prepayment and deposit, pay all breakage costs payable pursuant to Section 11.02(g) and any termination payments in respect of any Hedge Agreement due and payable as a result of any such prepayment and deposit, in an aggregate amount equal to the remaining amount (if any) of such Hedge Termination Proceeds not otherwise applied pursuant to sub-clause (1) .

 

(v)          The Borrowers shall, from time to time on a Business Day, prepay an aggregate principal amount of the Working Capital Advances comprising part of the same Borrowings, Swingline Advances and the L/C Advances in an amount equal to the amount, if any, by which (A) the sum of the aggregate principal amount of (1) the Working Capital Advances then outstanding, (2) the L/C Advances then outstanding, (3) the Swingline Advances then outstanding and (4) the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit then outstanding exceeds (B) the amount of the Total Revolving Commitment on such Business Day.

 

(vi)         The Borrowers shall prepay the Term Advances outstanding as set forth in Section 3.8(b)(ii) of the Depositary Agreement.

 

(vii)        Concurrently with each prepayment made pursuant to clauses (b)(i) through (b)(v) , BEC shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of a Responsible Officer demonstrating the calculation of the relevant amount. In the event that BEC shall subsequently determine that the actual amount received exceeded the amount set forth in such certificate, the Borrowers shall promptly make an additional prepayment of the Advances and BEC shall concurrently therewith deliver to the Administrative Agent in the amount of such excess a certificate of a Responsible Officer demonstrating the derivation of such excess.

 

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(viii)      Each prepayment made pursuant to clauses (b)(i) through (b)(iv)  shall be applied ratably first , to prepay the Term Advances in inverse order of maturity to the remaining scheduled amortization payments; second , to the prepayment of the Swingline Advances and the Revolving Facility as set forth in clause (b)(ix) below; third , to Cash Collateralize any Letters of Credit then outstanding and undrawn in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount; and fourth , any amount remaining (the “ Reduction Amount ”) may be retained by the Borrowers and the Revolving Facility shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 4.01(b) ; provided that the Borrowers may use a portion of any proceeds required pursuant to clauses (b)(i) through (b)(iv) to prepay the Term Advances to prepay or repurchase any other Debt that is secured by all or any part of the Collateral on an equal and ratable basis with the Obligations to the extent such other Debt and the Liens securing the same are permitted hereunder and the documentation governing such other Debt requires such a prepayment or repurchase thereof with such proceeds, in each case in an amount not to exceed the product of (A) such proceeds and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the outstanding principal amount of such other Debt and the denominator of which is the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Term Advances and such other Debt. Upon the drawing of any Letters of Credit in respect of which funds are on deposit in any Controlled Account, such funds shall be applied to reimburse the Issuing Banks in an amount equal to such Drawing Payment.

 

(ix)         Prepayments of the Revolving Facility made pursuant to this clause (b) shall be applied, first , to prepay Swingline Advances until such amounts are paid in full, and second , ratable prepayments of any Working Capital Advances and L/C Advances then outstanding (and the Revolving Facility shall be permanently reduced as set forth in Section 4.01(b) ) until such amounts are paid in full.

 

(x)          All prepayments under this clause (b) shall be made together with (A) accrued and unpaid interest to the date of such prepayment on the principal amount prepaid and (B) any amounts owing pursuant to Section 11.02(g) .

 

Section 2.05.          Scheduled Interest .

 

(a)          Except as otherwise set forth herein, each Type of Advance shall bear interest on the unpaid principal amount thereof from the date made through repayment (whether by acceleration or otherwise) thereof as follows:

 

(i)          if a Base Rate Advance, at the Base Rate plus (except for any Swingline Advance) the Applicable Margin; or

 

(ii)         if a Eurodollar Rate Advance, at the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate plus the Applicable Margin.

 

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(b)          The basis for determining the rate of interest with respect to any Advance (other than Swingline Advances), and the Interest Period with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Advance, shall be selected by the Borrowers and notified to the Administrative Agent and the Appropriate Lenders pursuant to the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, as the case may be. If on any day an Advance (other than Swingline Advances) is outstanding with respect to which a Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice has not been delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with the terms hereof specifying the applicable basis for determining the rate of interest, then for that day such Advance shall be a Base Rate Advance.

 

(c)          In connection with Eurodollar Rate Advances, there shall be no more than eight Interest Periods outstanding at any time. In the event BEC fails to specify between a Base Rate Advance or a Eurodollar Rate Advance in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, such Advance (if outstanding as a Eurodollar Rate Advance) will be automatically Converted into a Base Rate Advance on the last day of the then-current Interest Period for such Advance (or if outstanding as a Base Rate Advance will remain as, or (if not then outstanding) will be made as, a Base Rate Advance). In the event BEC fails to specify an Interest Period for any Eurodollar Rate Advance in the applicable Funding Notice or Conversion/Continuation Notice, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have selected an Interest Period of one month. As soon as practicable after 10:00 A.M. (New York City time) on each Interest Rate Determination Date, the Administrative Agent shall determine (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties) the interest rate that shall apply to the Eurodollar Rate Advance for which an interest rate is then being determined for the applicable Interest Period and shall promptly give notice thereof (in writing or by telephone confirmed in writing) to the Borrowers and each Appropriate Lender.

 

(d)          Except as otherwise set forth herein, interest on each Advance (i) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date with respect to interest accrued on and to each such payment date; (ii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears upon any prepayment of that Advance, whether voluntary or mandatory, to the extent accrued on the amount being prepaid; and (iii) shall accrue on a daily basis and shall be payable in arrears at maturity of the Advances, including final maturity of the Advances.

 

(e)          Until each Revolving Credit Lender funds its Base Rate Advance pursuant to Section 2.02(b) to refinance such Revolving Credit Lender’s Pro Rata Share of any Swingline Advances, interest in respect of such Applicable Revolving Credit Percentage shall be solely for the account of the Swingline Lender.

 

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Section 2.06.          Conversion/Continuation of Advances .

 

(a)           Optional . The Borrowers may, on any Business Day, upon provision of an irrevocable Conversion/Continuation Notice by BEC (or irrevocable telephonic notice in lieu thereof, followed by the prompt delivery of a Conversion/Continuation Notice) to the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 (noon) (New York City time) on (x) in the case of a Conversion to a Base Rate Advance, the Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Conversion and (y) in the case of a Conversion to, or a continuation of, a Eurodollar Rate Advance, the third Business Day prior to the date of the proposed Conversion or continuation, and subject to the provisions of Section 4.04 , Convert all or any portion of the Advances (other than Swingline Advances) of one Type composing the same Borrowing into Advances of the other Type, or, upon the expiration of any Interest Period applicable to any Eurodollar Rate Advance, to continue all or a portion of that amount as a Eurodollar Rate Advance; provided that (i) any Conversion of Eurodollar Rate Advances into Base Rate Advances shall be made only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurodollar Rate Advances unless the Borrowers shall pay all amounts due under Section 11.02(g) in connection with any such Conversion, (ii) each Conversion or continuation of Advances comprising part of the same Borrowing under any Facility shall be made ratably among the Appropriate Lenders in accordance with their Commitments or Advances under such Facility and (iii) in the case of a Conversion of Base Rate Advances into Eurodollar Rate Advances or continuation of Eurodollar Rate Advances, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing. Each Conversion/Continuation Notice shall be irrevocable and binding on the Borrowers. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, a Swingline Advance may not be converted to a Eurodollar Rate Advance.

 

(b)           Mandatory . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Advance will automatically, on the last day of the then-existing Interest Period therefor, Convert into a Base Rate Advance and (ii) the obligation of the Lenders to make, or to Convert Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended.

 

Section 2.07.          Promissory Notes .

 

(a)          Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrowers to such Lender resulting from each Advance owing to such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder. The Borrowers agree that upon notice by any Lender to the Borrowers (with a copy of such notice to the Administrative Agent) to the effect that a promissory note or other evidence of indebtedness is required or appropriate in order for such Lender to evidence (whether for purposes of pledge, enforcement or otherwise) the Advances owing to, or to be made by, such Lender, the Borrowers shall promptly execute and deliver to such Lender, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, a Term Note, a Revolving Note and a Swingline Note, as applicable, payable to such Lender in a principal amount equal to the Term Advances, the Working Capital Advances, the Swingline Advances and the L/C Advances, respectively, of such Lender. All references to Notes in the Loan Documents shall mean Notes, if any, to the extent issued hereunder.

 

(b)          The Register maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 11.06(c) shall include a control account, and a subsidiary account for each Lender, in which accounts (taken together) shall be recorded (i) the date and amount of each Borrowing made hereunder, the Type of Advances comprising such Borrowing and, if appropriate, the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the terms of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to and accepted by it, (iii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrowers to each Lender hereunder and (iv) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent from the Borrowers hereunder and each Lender’s share thereof.

 

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(c)          Entries made in good faith by the Administrative Agent in the Register pursuant to clause (b) above shall be conclusive evidence of the amount of principal and interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrowers, under this Agreement, absent manifest error; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent to make an entry, or any finding that an entry is incorrect, which, in either case, shall be promptly corrected, in the Register shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement.

 

Article III

 

LETTERS OF CREDIT

 

Section 3.01.          Letters of Credit .

 

(a)           The Letters of Credit .

 

(i)          Each Issuing Bank agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to issue (or cause its Affiliate that is an Acceptable Bank to issue on its behalf) standby letters of credit, substantially in the form of Exhibit P-4 , (each, a “ Working Capital Letter of Credit ”) in Dollars for the account of the Borrowers from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until five Business Days before the Revolving Facility Maturity Date in an Available Amount for each such Working Capital Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank not to exceed such Issuing Bank’s Unused L/C Commitment at such time. Working Capital Letters of Credit issued hereunder shall constitute utilization of each of the aggregate Revolving Commitments and aggregate L/C Commitments, each in an amount equal to the Available Amount of such Working Capital Letter of Credit.

 

(ii)         Each Issuing Bank agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to issue (or cause its Affiliate that is an Acceptable Bank to issue on its behalf) standby letters of credit, substantially in the form of Exhibit P-2 , (each, a “ DSRA Letter of Credit ”) in Dollars for the account of the Borrowers from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until five Business Days before the Revolving Facility Maturity Date in an Available Amount for each such DSRA Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank not to exceed such Issuing Bank’s Unused L/C Commitment at such time. DSRA Letters of Credit issued hereunder shall constitute utilization of each of the aggregate Revolving Commitments and aggregate L/C Commitments, each in an amount equal to the Available Amount of such DSRA Letter of Credit.

 

(iii)        Each Issuing Bank agrees, on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth, to issue (or cause its Affiliate that is an Acceptable Bank to issue on its behalf) standby letters of credit, substantially in the form of Exhibit P-3 , (each, a “ MMRA Letter of Credit ”) in Dollars for the account of the Borrowers from time to time on any Business Day during the period from the Closing Date until five Business Days before the Revolving Facility Maturity Date in an Available Amount for each such MMRA Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank not to exceed such Issuing Bank’s Unused L/C Commitment at such time. MMRA Letters of Credit issued hereunder shall constitute utilization of each of the aggregate Revolving Commitments and aggregate L/C Commitments, each in an amount equal to the Available Amount of such MMRA Letter of Credit.

 

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(iv)         Immediately upon the issuance of a Letter of Credit (or an amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof) by the relevant Issuing Bank and without any further action on the part of such Issuing Bank or Revolving Lenders, each Revolving Lender shall be deemed to have purchased, and hereby agrees to irrevocably purchase, from such Issuing Bank a participation in such Letter of Credit and any drawings honored thereunder in an amount equal to such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Available Amount under such Letter of Credit.

 

(b)           Renewal and Termination of Letters of Credit . No Letter of Credit shall have an expiration date (including all rights of the Borrowers or the beneficiary to require renewal) later than the fifth Business Day prior to the Revolving Facility Maturity Date and may by its terms be renewable annually unless the relevant Issuing Bank has notified the Borrowers (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) on or prior to the date for notice of termination set forth in such Letter of Credit, but in any event at least 30 days prior to the date of automatic renewal of its election not to renew such Letter of Credit (a “ Notice of Termination ”); provided that the terms of each Letter of Credit that is automatically renewable annually (i) may, at the Borrowers’ option, (A) require the relevant Issuing Bank to give the beneficiary named in such Letter of Credit notice of any Notice of Termination and (B) permit such beneficiary, upon receipt of such notice, to draw under such Letter of Credit prior to the date such Letter of Credit otherwise would have been automatically renewed and (ii) shall not permit the expiration date (after giving effect to any renewal) of such Letter of Credit in any event to be extended to a date later than five Business Days before the Revolving Facility Maturity Date. If a Notice of Termination is given by any Issuing Bank pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, such Letter of Credit shall expire on the date on which it otherwise would have been automatically renewed. Within the limits of each Letter of Credit Facility and subject to the limits referred to above, the Borrowers may request the issuance of Letters of Credit under this Section 3.01 .

 

Section 3.02.          Request for Issuance . Each Letter of Credit shall be issued, extended, or have the Available Amount increased or decreased upon request, given not later than 12:00 (noon) (New York City time) on the fifth Business Day (or, in the case of a DSRA Letter of Credit to be issued on the Closing Date, the second Business Day) prior to the date of the proposed issuance, extension, increase or decrease, as applicable, of such Letter of Credit, by BEC to the Administrative Agent, which shall give to the relevant Issuing Bank prompt notice thereof by telecopier or electronic communication. Each such request for issuance, extension, increase or decrease of the Available Amount of a Letter of Credit shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit P-1 (an “ L/C Credit Extension Request ”), and if requested by the Issuing Bank, a Letter of Credit application in such Issuing Bank’s standard form (“ Letter of Credit Application ”). No Issuing Bank shall be required to issue a Letter of Credit prior to the satisfaction of all applicable Issuing Bank customary procedures until such time as such Issuing Bank and the Borrowers have agreed on the form and substance of such Working Capital Letter of Credit; provided that no Issuing Bank shall unreasonably delay the issuance of any such Working Capital Letter of Credit or unreasonably reject any provisions required by the Borrowers to be included in or omitted from such Working Capital Letter of Credit. Each Issuing Bank will, upon fulfillment or waiver of the applicable conditions set forth in Article V , make such Letter of Credit available to the Borrowers at its office referred to in Section 11.01 or as otherwise agreed with the Borrowers in connection with such issuance. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Issuing Bank shall be under any obligation to issue any Letter of Credit if any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall by its terms purport to enjoin or restrain such Issuing Bank from issuing such Letter of Credit, or any law applicable to such Issuing Bank or any directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Bank shall prohibit, or direct that such Issuing Bank refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank with respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction, reserve or capital requirement (for which such Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder), or shall impose upon such Issuing Bank any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense (for which such Issuing Bank is not otherwise compensated hereunder).

 

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Section 3.03.          Letter of Credit Reports . Each Issuing Bank shall furnish (a) to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrowers) on the first Business Day of each week a written report summarizing issuance and expiration dates of Working Capital Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank during the previous week and drawings during such week under all Working Capital Letters of Credit, (b) to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrowers) on the first Business Day of each month a written report summarizing issuance and expiration dates of Working Capital Letters of Credit issued by it, during the preceding month and drawings during such month under all such Working Capital Letters of Credit and (c) to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to the Borrowers) on the first Business Day of each calendar quarter a written report setting forth the average daily aggregate Available Amount during the preceding calendar quarter of all Working Capital Letters of Credit issued by it.

 

Section 3.04.          Drawings and Reimbursements .

 

(a)          Upon receipt from the beneficiary of any Letter of Credit of any notice of drawing under such Letter of Credit, the relevant Issuing Bank that issued such Letter of Credit shall notify promptly the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent thereof. Not later than 5:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the Business Day following the date of any payment by any Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit, the Borrowers shall reimburse such Issuing Bank in an amount equal to the amount of such drawing.

 

(b)          In the event that the Borrowers shall fail for any reason to reimburse the Issuing Bank as provided in clause (a) above (and BEC does not notify the Administrative Agent and the relevant Issuing Bank that it intends to reimburse such Issuing Bank for the amount of such drawing with funds other than the proceeds of L/C Advances), such Issuing Bank shall promptly notify each Revolving Lender of the unreimbursed amount of such Drawing Payment with respect to a Letter of Credit and of such Lender’s respective participation therein. Each Revolving Lender hereby absolutely and unconditionally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of such Issuing Bank, such Revolving Lender’s Pro Rata Share of each such Drawing Payment on a Letter of Credit within one (1) Business Day after receiving notice. Each such payment shall be made without any offset, abatement, withholding or reduction whatsoever. Each Drawing Payment shall be deemed to be financed on the date on which such Drawing Payment is made with a Revolving Borrowing (or a portion thereof) (any such Revolving Borrowing to reimburse Drawing Payment, an “ L/C Advance ”) comprising Base Rate Advances of the Revolving Lenders in their respective Pro Rata Share of such Drawing Payment, and bearing interest at the Base Rate plus the Applicable Margin then-applicable for Base Rate Advances, and the Borrowers’ obligation to reimburse such Drawing Payment shall be discharged and replaced by the resulting L/C Advance.

 

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(c)          Each such L/C Advance by a Revolving Lender under this Section 3.04 shall be made as provided in Section 4.05 (and Section 4.05 shall apply, mutatis mutandis , to the payment obligations of the Revolving Lenders hereunder (including the obligation to pay interest to the Issuing Bank in respect of late payments by any Revolving Lender)), and the Administrative Agent shall promptly pay to such Issuing Bank the amounts so received by it from the applicable Revolving Lenders.

 

(d)          In the event an Issuing Bank shall have been reimbursed by the applicable Lenders pursuant to this Section 3.04 for all or any portion of any unreimbursed Drawing Payment, such Issuing Bank shall distribute to each applicable Lender which has paid all amounts payable by it under this Section 3.04 such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of all payments subsequently received by the Issuing Bank from Borrowers in reimbursement of such applicable Drawing Payment when such payments are received.

 

Section 3.05.          Obligations Absolute . The Obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement and any other agreement or instrument relating to any Letter of Credit shall be unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and such other agreement or instrument under all circumstances, including the following:

 

(a)          any lack of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document, any Letter of Credit or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto (all of the foregoing being, collectively, the “ L/C Related Documents ”);

 

(b)          any change in time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations of the Borrowers in respect of any L/C Related Document or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from all or any of the L/C Related Documents;

 

(c)          the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right that the Borrowers may have at any time against any beneficiary or any transferee of a Letter of Credit (or any Persons for which any such beneficiary or any such transferee may be acting), any Issuing Bank or any other Person, whether in connection with the transactions contemplated by the L/C Related Documents or any unrelated transaction;

 

(d)          any draft, demand, certificate or other document presented under a Letter of Credit proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or any error, omission, interruption, loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under such Letter of Credit;

 

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(e)          payment by any Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit against presentation of a draft, certificate or other document that does not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit;

 

(f)           any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Collateral or other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from the Guaranty or any other guarantee, for all or any of the Obligations of the Borrowers in respect of the L/C Related Documents;

 

(g)          any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, including any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrowers or a guarantor; or

 

(h)          any payment made by the Issuing Bank for such Letter of Credit in respect of an otherwise complying item presented after the date specified as the expiration date of, or the date by which documents must be received under such Letter of Credit if presentation after such date is authorized by the UCC or the ISP, as applicable.

 

The Administrative Agent, each Lender and each Borrower agree that, in paying any drawing under a Letter of Credit, no Issuing Bank shall have any responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft, certificates and documents expressly required by the Letter of Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy of any such document or the authority of the Person executing or delivering any such document. None of the Agents, the Lenders, any Issuing Bank or any of their Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, trustees, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact shall be liable to any Lender for (i) any action taken or omitted in connection herewith at the request or with the approval of the Lenders or the Required Lenders, as applicable; (ii) any action taken or omitted in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct; or (iii) the due execution, effectiveness, validity or enforceability of any document or instrument related to any Letter of Credit. Each Borrower hereby assumes all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee with respect to its use of any Letter of Credit; provided that this assumption is not intended to, and shall not, preclude such Borrower pursuing such rights and remedies as it may have against the beneficiary or transferee at law or under any other agreement. None of the Agents, the Lenders, any Issuing Bank or any of their Affiliates and their respective officers, directors, trustees, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact, shall be liable or responsible for any of the matters described in clauses (a) through (g)  above; provided that anything in such clauses to the contrary notwithstanding, the Borrowers may have a claim against any Issuing Bank, and any Issuing Bank may be liable to the Borrowers, to the extent, but only to the extent, of any direct, as opposed to consequential or exemplary, damages suffered by the Loan Parties which were caused by such Issuing Bank’s willful misconduct or gross negligence or such Issuing Bank’s willful or grossly negligent failure to pay under any Letter of Credit after the presentation to it by the beneficiary of a sight draft and certificate(s) strictly complying with the terms and conditions of a Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, each Issuing Bank may accept documents that appear on their face to be in order, without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any notice or information to the contrary, and such Issuing Bank shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign a Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason.

 

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Section 3.06.          L/C Facility Fees .

 

(a)          Upon the issuance of any Letter of Credit, on each Interest Payment Date occurring on or after the date thereof, the Borrowers shall pay (i) to each Issuing Bank (solely to the extent (x) such Issuing Bank is fronting for other Lenders and (y) such Letter of Credit has not been Cash Collateralized in accordance with this Agreement) for its own account a fronting fee in arrears with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank which shall accrue on a daily basis at a rate per annum equal to the product of (A) 0.125% times (B) the daily average Available Amount of such Letter of Credit during such quarter (or portion thereof), including the first day, but excluding the last day of such quarter (or a portion thereof), times (C) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in such quarter (or a portion thereof), including the first day of such period, but excluding the last day of such period, and the denominator of which is 360; and (ii) to the Administrative Agent (for further credit to the ratable account of the Revolving Lenders) a participation fee in arrears which shall accrue on a daily basis at a rate per annum equal to the product of (A) the Applicable Margin with respect to Eurodollar Rate Advances times (B) the daily average outstanding amount of such Letter of Credit during such quarter (or portion thereof), including the first day, but excluding the last day of such quarter (or a portion thereof), times (C) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in such quarter (or a portion thereof), including the first day of such period, but excluding the last day of such period, and the denominator of which is 360.

 

(b)          The Borrowers shall pay each Issuing Bank’s expenses with respect to the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of, or the processing of drawings under, any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank within thirty (30) days after demand by the applicable Issuing Bank.

 

Section 3.07.          Replacement or Addition of an Issuing Bank .

 

(a)          Any Issuing Bank may be replaced or an additional Acceptable Bank appointed as an Issuing Bank at any time by written agreement among the Borrowers, a new Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent (with notice to such replaced Issuing Bank); provided that, if the replaced Issuing Bank so requests, any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank shall be replaced and cancelled prior to the removal of such Issuing Bank and all fees and other amounts owed to such removed Issuing Bank shall be paid to it.

 

(b)          If at any time any Issuing Bank is a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrowers may, upon ten (10) days’ prior written notice to such Issuing Bank and the Administrative Agent, elect to (i) replace such Issuing Bank with a Person selected by the Borrowers so long as such Person is an Eligible Assignee, is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and agrees to act as an Issuing Bank hereunder or (ii) cause such Issuing Bank to assign its L/C Commitment to an additional Issuing Bank selected by the Borrowers so long as such Person is an Eligible Assignee and is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided that, if the replaced Issuing Bank so requests, any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Bank shall be replaced and cancelled prior to the removal of such Issuing Bank and all fees and other amounts owed to such removed Issuing Bank shall be paid to it.

 

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(c)          From and after the effective date of any such replacement or addition, (i) the successor or additional Issuing Bank shall have all the rights and obligations of the Issuing Banks under this Agreement (and the Letter of Credit to be issued by it on such effective date or thereafter) and (ii) references herein to the term “ Issuing Bank ” shall be deemed to refer to such successor, additional Issuing Bank or to any previous Issuing Bank, or to such successor, additional Issuing Bank and all previous Issuing Banks, as the context may require.

 

Section 3.08.          Applicability of ISP . Unless otherwise expressly agreed by the relevant Issuing Bank and the Borrowers when a Letter of Credit is issued, the rules of the ISP shall apply to each Letter of Credit (provided that, as between the Loan Parties and the Lender Parties, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the rules of the ISP, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail). Notwithstanding the foregoing, such Issuing Bank shall not be responsible to the Borrowers for, and such Issuing Bank’s rights and remedies against the Borrowers shall not be impaired by, any action or inaction of such Issuing Bank required or permitted under any law, order, or practice that is required or permitted to be applied to any Letter of Credit or this Agreement, including the law or any order of a jurisdiction where such Issuing Bank or the beneficiary is located, the practice stated in the ISP, or in the decisions, opinions, practice statements, or official commentary of the ICC Banking Commission, the Bankers Association for Finance and Trade – International Financial Services Association (BAFT-IFSA), or the Institute of International Banking Law & Practice.

 

Article IV

 

COMMON PROVISIONS TO FACILITIES

 

Section 4.01.          Termination or Reduction of the Commitments .

 

(a)           Optional . The Borrowers may, upon at least three Business Days’ prior written or telephonic notice from BEC confirmed in writing to the Administrative Agent terminate in whole or reduce in part the unused portions of the Term Commitments and the Available Revolving Commitments; provided that any partial reduction of a Facility (i) shall be in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof, and (ii) shall be made ratably among the Appropriate Lenders in accordance with their Commitments with respect to such Facility. BEC’s notice to the Administrative Agent shall designate the date (which shall be a Business Day) of such termination or reduction and the amount of any partial reduction, and such termination or reduction of the relevant Commitments shall be effective on the date specified in BEC’s notice and shall reduce the relevant Commitments of the Appropriate Lenders proportionately in accordance with each such Appropriate Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof.

 

(b)           Mandatory Reductions . At such time as the Term Advances have been repaid in full, the Total Revolving Commitment shall be automatically and permanently reduced on each date on which prepayment thereof is required to be made pursuant to Section 2.04(b)(i) , through Section 2.04(b)(iv) in an amount equal to the applicable Reduction Amount; provided that each such reduction of the Total Revolving Commitment shall be made ratably among the Revolving Lenders in accordance with their respective Revolving Commitments. Prior to the repayment in full of the Term Advances, no reduction shall be required in respect of the Total Revolving Commitment as a result of any prepayment pursuant to Section 2.04(b) .  

 

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Section 4.02.          Default Interest . Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) , the Borrowers shall pay interest on (a) the unpaid principal amount of each Advance owing to each Lender Party, payable on demand at a rate that is 2% per annum in excess of the interest rate otherwise payable under this Agreement with respect to the applicable Advances; provided that in the case of any Eurodollar Rate Advances, upon the expiration of the Interest Period in effect at the time any such increase in interest rate is effective, such Eurodollar Rate Advances shall thereupon become Base Rate Advances and shall thereafter bear interest payable upon demand at a rate which is 2% per annum above the interest rate otherwise payable hereunder for Base Rate Advances and (b) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the amount of any interest, fee or other amount payable under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to any Agent or any Lender Party that is not paid when due, from the date such amount shall be due until such amount shall be paid in full, payable in arrears on the date such amount shall be paid in full and on demand, at a rate per annum equal at all times to 2% per annum above the rate per annum required to be paid on Base Rate Advances. Payment or acceptance of the increased rates of interest provided for in this Section 4.02 is not a permitted alternative to timely payment and shall not constitute a waiver of any Event of Default or otherwise prejudice or limit any rights or remedies of Administrative Agent or any Lender.

 

Section 4.03.          Fees .

 

(a)           Commitment Fee . The Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Revolving Lenders, a commitment fee until the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, payable quarterly in arrears on each Interest Payment Date occurring after the Closing Date, and on the Revolving Facility Maturity Date, at the rate of 0.50% per annum on the sum of the average daily Available Revolving Commitment during such quarter; provided that any commitment fee accrued with respect to any of the Commitments of a Defaulting Lender during the period prior to the time such Lender became a Defaulting Lender and unpaid at such time shall not be payable by the Borrowers so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender except to the extent that such commitment fee shall otherwise have been due and payable by the Borrowers prior to such time; provided further that no commitment fee shall accrue on any of the Commitments of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender. Promptly upon receipt of any commitment fee payable under this clause (a) , the Administrative Agent shall promptly distribute to each Revolving Lenders its Pro Rata Share thereof.

 

(b)           Agents’ Fees . The Borrowers shall pay to each Agent for its own account such fees as may from time to time be separately agreed between the Borrowers and such Agent.

 

(c)           Joint Lead Arrangers’ Fees . The Borrowers shall pay to each Joint Lead Arranger for its own account such fees as may be separately agreed between the Borrowers and such Joint Lead Arranger.

 

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(d)           Fee Associated with Swingline Advances . Upon the making of any Swingline Advance, on each Interest Payment Date occurring on or after the date thereof, the Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent (for further credit to the ratable account of the Revolving Lenders) a participation fee in arrears which shall accrue on a daily basis at a rate per annum equal to the product of (i) the Applicable Margin with respect to Eurodollar Rate Advances per annum , times (ii) the daily average outstanding principal amount of such Swingline Advance during such quarter (or portion thereof), including the first day, but excluding the last day of such quarter (or a portion thereof), times (iii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in such quarter (or a portion thereof), including the first day of such period, but excluding the last day of such period, and the denominator of which is 360.

 

Section 4.04.          Change of Circumstances .

 

(a)           Inability to Determine Rates . If, on or before the first day of any Interest Period for any Advances, (i) Administrative Agent determines that the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period cannot be adequately and reasonably determined due to the unavailability of funds in or other circumstances affecting the London interbank market, or (ii) Appropriate Lenders holding at least 33-1/3% of the then outstanding Advances shall advise Administrative Agent that (A) the rates of interest for such Advances do not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of making or maintaining such Advances or (B) deposits in Dollars in the London interbank market are not available to such Lenders (as conclusively certified by each such Lender in good faith in writing to Administrative Agent and to the Borrowers) in the ordinary course of business in sufficient amounts to make and/or maintain their Eurodollar Rate Advances, then Administrative Agent shall immediately give notice of such condition to the Borrowers. After the giving of any such notice and until Administrative Agent shall otherwise notify the Borrowers that the circumstances giving rise to such condition no longer exist (which notice shall be given promptly after such circumstances cease to exist), (x) with respect to notices given under clause (i) above, Borrowers’ right to request the making of, and the Lenders’ obligations to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Advances, shall be suspended and (y) with respect to notices given under clause (ii) above, Borrowers’ right to request the making of, and the obligation of the Lenders advising Administrative Agent under clause (ii) (the “ Affected Lenders ”), to make or continue Eurodollar Rate Advances, shall be suspended and all Advances made or continued after the giving of such notice shall be made or continued as Substitute Advances. With respect to notices given under clause (i) above, any Advances outstanding at the commencement of any such suspension and with respect to notices given under clause (ii) above, any Advances of Affected Lenders outstanding at the commencement of such suspension shall, in each case, be converted at the end of the then current Interest Period for such Advances into, at BEC’s option, either Base Rate Advances or Substitute Advances unless Administrative Agent has notified Borrower in writing that such suspension has then ended.

 

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(b)           Illegality . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if any Change in Law after the Closing Date shall make it unlawful, or any central bank or other Governmental Authority shall assert that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its Eurodollar Lending Office to perform its obligations hereunder to make Eurodollar Rate Advances or to continue to fund or maintain Eurodollar Rate Advances hereunder, then, on notice thereof and demand therefor by such Lender to the Borrowers through the Administrative Agent, (i) each Eurodollar Rate Advance under each Facility under which such Lender has a Commitment will automatically, upon such demand, Convert into a Base Rate Advance, and (ii) the obligation of the Lenders to make, or to Convert Advances into, Eurodollar Rate Advances shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent shall notify the Borrowers that such Lender has determined that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist; provided that, before making any such demand, such Lender agrees to use reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to designate a different Eurodollar Lending Office if the making of such a designation would allow such Lender or its Eurodollar Lending Office to continue to perform its obligations to make Eurodollar Rate Advances, to continue to fund or maintain Eurodollar Rate Advances, and would not, in the judgment of such Lender, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender.

 

(c)           Increased Costs Generally . If any Change in Law shall:

 

(i)          impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by, any Lender (except any reserve requirement reflected in the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate) or any Issuing Bank;

 

(ii)         subject any Recipient to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d)  of the definition of “Excluded Taxes” and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto; or

 

(iii)        impose on any Lender or any Issuing Bank or the London interbank market any other condition, cost or expense (other than Taxes) affecting this Agreement or Advances made by such Lender or any Letter of Credit or participation therein;

 

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender or such other Recipient of making, converting to, continuing or maintaining any Advance or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Advance, or to increase the cost to such Lender, such Issuing Bank or such other Recipient of participating in, issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit (or of maintaining its obligation to participate in or to issue any Letter of Credit), or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient hereunder (whether of principal, interest or any other amount) then, upon request of such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, the Borrowers will pay to such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered; provided that (A) the Borrowers shall not be responsible for costs under this clause (c) or clause (d) below incurred more than 150 days prior to receipt by the Borrowers of the demand from the affected Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, pursuant to this clause (c) or clause (d) below, unless the requirement resulting in such increased costs became effective during such 150-day period and retroactively applies to a date occurring prior to such 150-day period, in which case the Borrowers shall be responsible for all such additional amounts described in this clause (c) or clause (d) below from and after such date of effectiveness and (B) a Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, claiming additional amounts under this Section 4.04 agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts (consistent with its internal policy and legal and regulatory restrictions) to designate a different Applicable Lending Office if the making of such a designation would avoid the need for, or reduce the amount of, such increased cost that may thereafter accrue and would not, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, be otherwise disadvantageous to such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be. A certificate as to the amount of such increased cost, submitted to the Borrowers by such Lender, Issuing Bank or other Recipient, as the case may be, shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

 

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(d)           Capital Requirements . If any Lender or Issuing Bank determines that any Change in Law affecting such Lender or Issuing Bank or any lending office of such Lender or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, regarding capital or liquidity requirements, has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement, the Commitments of such Lender or the Advances made by, or participations in Letters of Credit or Swingline Advances held by, such Lender, or the Letter of Credit issued by any Issuing Bank, to a level below that which such Lender or Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity, as applicable), then, from time to time, the Borrowers will pay to such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s holding company for any such reduction suffered.

 

(e)           Certificates for Reimbursement . A certificate of a Lender or Issuing Bank setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or Issuing Bank or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b)  of this Section and delivered to the Borrowers, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Borrowers shall pay such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

 

(f)           Delay in Requests . Failure or delay on the part of any Lender or Issuing Bank to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 4.04 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrowers shall not be required to compensate a Lender or Issuing Bank pursuant to this Section 4.04 for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than nine months prior to the date that such Lender or Issuing Bank, as the case may be, notifies the Borrowers of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions, and of such Lender’s or Issuing Bank’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the nine-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

 

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Section 4.05.          Payments and Computations .

 

(a)          The Borrowers shall make each payment hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, irrespective of any right of counterclaim or set-off, not later than 12:00 (noon) (New York City time) on the day when due in Dollars to the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent’s Account in same-day funds, with payments being received by the Administrative Agent after such time being deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day unless the Administrative Agent otherwise elects in its sole discretion. The Administrative Agent will promptly thereafter cause like funds to be distributed (i) if such payment by the Borrowers is in respect of principal, interest, commitment fees or any other Obligation then payable hereunder and under the other Loan Documents to more than one Lender Party, to such Lender Parties for the account of their respective Applicable Lending Offices ratably in accordance with the amounts of such respective Obligations then-payable to such Lender Parties and (ii) if such payment by the Borrowers is in respect of any Obligation then payable hereunder to one Lender Party, to such Lender Party for the account of its Applicable Lending Office, in each case to be applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Upon its acceptance of an Assignment and Assumption and recording of the information contained therein in the Register pursuant to Section 11.06(c) , from and after the effective date of such Assignment and Assumption, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments hereunder and under the other Loan Documents in respect of the interest assigned thereby to the assignee thereunder, and the parties to such Assignment and Assumption shall make all appropriate adjustments in such payments for periods prior to such effective date directly between themselves.

 

(b)          The Borrowers hereby authorize each Lender Party and each of its Affiliates, if and to the extent payment owed to such Lender Party is not made when due hereunder or under the other Loan Documents to charge from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, against any or all of the Borrowers’ accounts with such Lender Party or such Affiliate any amount so due.

 

(c)          All payments in respect of the principal amount of any Advance (other than voluntary prepayments of Working Capital Advances) shall be accompanied by payment of accrued interest on the principal amount being repaid or prepaid, and all such payments (and, in any event, any payments in respect of any Advance on a date when interest is due and payable with respect to such Advance) shall be applied to the payment of interest then due and payable before application to principal.

 

(d)          All computations of interest for Base Rate Advances when the Base Rate is determined by the Prime Rate shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees, interest and commissions shall be made on the basis of a 360-day year and actual days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day; provided that, if an Advance is repaid on the same day on which it is made, one day’s interest shall be paid on such Advance). Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate, fee or commission hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

 

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(e)          Whenever any payment hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day, and such extension of time shall in such case be included in the computation of payment of interest, commitment or letter of credit fee or commission, as the case may be; provided that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurodollar Rate Advances to be made in the next following calendar month, such payment shall be made on the next preceding Business Day.

 

(f)           Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from BEC prior to the date on which any payment is due to any Lender Party hereunder that the Borrowers will not make such payment in full, the Administrative Agent may assume that the Borrowers have made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent on such date and the Administrative Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, cause to be distributed to each such Lender Party on such due date an amount equal to the amount then due such Lender Party. If and to the extent the Borrowers shall not have so made such payment in full to the Administrative Agent, each such Lender Party shall repay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such amount distributed to such Lender Party together with interest thereon, for each day from the date such amount is distributed to such Lender Party until the date such Lender Party repays such amount to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate.

 

(g)          If the Administrative Agent receives funds for application to the Obligations of the Loan Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents under circumstances for which the Loan Documents do not specify the Advances or the Facility to which, or the manner in which, such funds are to be applied, the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, elect to distribute such funds to each of the Lender Parties in accordance with such Lender Party’s Pro Rata Share of the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Advances outstanding at such time and (ii) the aggregate Available Amount of all Letters of Credit outstanding at such time, in repayment or prepayment of such of the outstanding Advances or other Obligations then owing to such Lender Party, and, in the case of the Term Facility, for application to such principal repayment installments thereof, as the Administrative Agent shall direct.

 

(h)          The Administrative Agent shall deem any payment by or on behalf of the Borrowers under this Agreement that is not made in same day funds prior to 12:00 (noon) (New York City time) to be a non-conforming payment. Any such payment shall not be deemed to have been received by the Administrative Agent until the later of (i) the time such funds become available funds and (ii) the applicable next Business Day. The Administrative Agent shall give prompt telephonic notice to the Borrowers and each Appropriate Lender (confirmed in writing) if any payment is non-conforming. Any non-conforming payment may constitute or become a Default or Event of Default in accordance with the terms of Section 8.01(a) . Interest shall continue to accrue on any principal as to which a non-conforming payment is made until such funds become available funds (but in no event less than the period from the date of such payment to the next succeeding applicable Business Day) at the rate determined pursuant to Section 4.02 from the date such amount was due and payable until the date such amount is paid in full.

 

(i)           If an Event of Default shall have occurred and not otherwise been waived and the maturity of the Advances shall have been accelerated pursuant to Section 8.01 , all payments or proceeds received by the Agents hereunder in respect of any of the Advances or other Obligations of the Borrowers, shall be applied in accordance with the application arrangements described in Section 4.1 of the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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Section 4.06.          Taxes .

 

(a)           Defined Terms . For purposes of this Section 4.06 , the term “Lender” includes any Issuing Bank and the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

 

(b)           Payments Free of Taxes . Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of any Loan Party under any Loan Document shall be made without deduction or withholding for any Taxes, except as required by applicable law. If any applicable law (as determined in the good faith discretion of an applicable Withholding Agent) requires the deduction or withholding of any Tax from any such payment by a Withholding Agent, then the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deduction or withholding and shall timely pay the full amount deducted or withheld to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law and, if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, then the sum payable by the applicable Loan Party shall be increased as necessary so that after such deduction or withholding has been made (including such deductions and withholdings applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 4.06) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deduction or withholding been made.

 

(c)           Payment of Other Taxes by the Borrowers . The Loan Parties shall timely pay to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law, or at the option of the Administrative Agent timely reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes.

 

(d)           Indemnification by the Borrowers . The Loan Parties shall jointly and severally indemnify each Recipient, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 4.06 ) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Borrowers by a Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(e)           Indemnification by the Lenders . Each Lender shall severally indemnify the Administrative Agent, within 10 days after demand therefor, for (i) any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Lender (but only to the extent that any Loan Party has not already indemnified the Administrative Agent for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Loan Parties to do so), (ii) any Taxes attributable to such Lender’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 11.06(d) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (iii) any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent in connection with any Loan Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Lender under any Loan Document or otherwise payable by the Administrative Agent to the Lender from any other source against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this paragraph (e) .

 

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(f)            Evidence of Payments . As soon as practicable after any payment of Taxes by any Loan Party to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section 4.06 , such Loan Party shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(g)           Status of Lenders . (i) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Loan Document shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, such properly completed and executed documentation reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Lender, if reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as will enable the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent to determine whether or not such Lender is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding two sentences, the completion, execution and submission of such documentation (other than such documentation set forth in Section 4.06(g)(ii)(A) , (B)  and (D)  below) shall not be required if in the Lender’s reasonable judgment such completion, execution or submission would subject such Lender to any material unreimbursed cost or expense or would materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

 

(ii)         Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, in the event that each of the Borrowers is a U.S. Borrower,

 

(A)         any Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

 

(B)         any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent), whichever of the following is applicable:

 

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(i)          in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Loan Document, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

 

(ii)         executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;

 

(iii)        in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Internal Revenue Code, (x) a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit M-1 to the effect that such Foreign Lender is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Borrowers within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Internal Revenue Code (a “U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E; or

 

(iv)        to the extent a Foreign Lender is not the beneficial owner, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY, accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN or IRS Form W-8BEN-E, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit M-2 or Exhibit M-3 , IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable; provided that if the Foreign Lender is a partnership and one or more direct or indirect partners of such Foreign Lender are claiming the portfolio interest exemption, such Foreign Lender may provide a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit M-4 on behalf of each such direct and indirect partner;

 

(C)         any Foreign Lender shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Foreign Lender becomes a Lender under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent), executed originals of any other form prescribed by applicable law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by applicable law to permit the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

 

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(D)         if a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Internal Revenue Code, as applicable), such Lender shall deliver to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent such documentation prescribed by applicable law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Internal Revenue Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

 

Each Lender agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent in writing of its legal inability to do so.

 

(h)           Treatment of Certain Refunds . If any party determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 4.06 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 4.06 ), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 4.06 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this paragraph (h) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this paragraph (h) , in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this paragraph (h) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This paragraph (h) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

 

(i)           Survival . Each party’s obligations under this Section 4.06 shall survive the resignation or replacement of the Administrative Agent or any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender, the termination of the Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all obligations under any Loan Document.

 

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Section 4.07.          Sharing of Payments, Etc. . If any Lender shall, by exercising any right of setoff or counterclaim or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Advances or other obligations hereunder resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of its Advances and accrued interest thereon or other such obligations greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Advances and such other obligations of the other Lenders, or make such other adjustments as shall be equitable, so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Advances and other amounts owing them; provided that:

 

(i)          if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest; and

 

(ii)         the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by the Borrowers pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement (including the application of funds arising from the existence of a Defaulting Lender), or (y) any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Advances or participations in L/C Advances to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrowers or any Subsidiary thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply).

 

Each Loan Party consents to the foregoing and agrees, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against each Loan Party rights of setoff and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of each Loan Party in the amount of such participation.

 

Section 4.08.          Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders .

 

(a)           Designation of a Different Lending Office . If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.04 , or requires the Borrowers to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.06 , then such Lender shall (at the request of the Borrowers) use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Advances hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 4.04 or  4.06 , as the case may be, in the future, and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Lender. The Borrowers hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 

(b)           Replacement of Lenders . If any Lender requests compensation under Section 4.04 , or if the Borrowers is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 4.06 and, in each case, such Lender has declined or is unable to designate a different lending office in accordance with Section 4.08(a) , or if any Lender is a Defaulting Lender, a Non-Consenting Lender or Non-Extending Lender, then the Borrowers may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent, require such Lender to assign and delegate (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 11.06 ), without recourse, all of its interests, rights (other than its existing rights to payments pursuant to Section 4.04 or Section 4.06 ) and obligations under this Agreement and the related Loan Documents to an Eligible Assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that:

 

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(i)          the Borrowers shall have paid to the Administrative Agent the assignment fee (if any) specified in Section 11.06 ;

 

(ii)         such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Advances, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (including any amounts under Section 11.02(g) ) from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Borrowers (in the case of all other amounts);

 

(iii)        in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 4.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 4.06 , such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments thereafter;

 

(iv)        such assignment does not conflict with applicable law;

 

(v)         in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the applicable amendment, waiver or consent; and

 

(vi)        in the case of any assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Extending Lender, the applicable assignee shall have consented to the Borrowers’ requested extension to the Revolving Facility maturity Date, applicable amendment, waiver or consent.

 

A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment or delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrowers to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply.

 

Section 4.09.          Use of Proceeds .

 

(a)          The proceeds of the Term Advances shall be available (and the Borrowers agree that they shall use such proceeds) solely to (i) to the extent not funded with a DSRA Letter of Credit or an Acceptable Reserve Guarantee, fund the Debt Service Reserve Account, (ii) to the extent not funded with a MMRA Letter of Credit or an Acceptable Reserve Guarantee, fund the MMRA Reserve Account, (iii) pay certain transaction expenses and (iv) make distributions to Holdings or any Affiliate of Holdings.

 

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(b)          The proceeds of the Working Capital Advances and the Swingline Advances shall be available (and the Borrowers agree that they shall use such proceeds) solely (i) to fund a portion of the working capital requirements of the Loan Parties, (ii) to provide security to support the working capital needs and obligations of the Loan Parties (including the security obligations in respect of a Permitted Expansion undertaken by a Loan Party), (iii) for other general corporate purposes of the Loan Parties and (iv) in the case of Working Capital Advances, to repay Swingline Advances; provided that (A) Working Capital Advances and Swingline Advances may not be used to refinance Debt Obligations in the financial markets and (B) Swingline Advances may not be used to refinance any other Advances. The proceeds of the L/C Advances shall be available solely to reimburse draws under Letters of Credit as contemplated by Section 3.04(b) .

 

(c)          Working Capital Letters of Credit shall be available to provide credit support in respect of the working capital needs of any Loan Party and for other general corporate purposes of the Loan Parties (including the security obligations in respect of a Permitted Expansion undertaken by a Loan Party).

 

(d)          DSRA Letters of Credit shall be available to provide credit support in respect of the Debt Service Reserve Requirement of the Borrowers under this Agreement.

 

(e)          MMRA Letters of Credit shall be available to provide credit support in respect of the Major Maintenance Reserve Requirement of the Borrowers under this Agreement.

 

Section 4.10.          Extensions of Commitments .

 

(a)          BEC may, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, request that Revolving Commitments and/or L/C Commitments and/or Advances under any Facility be extended to a date beyond the then-existing Revolving Facility Maturity Date, Swingline Maturity Date or Term Facility Maturity Date, as applicable. Upon the receipt of such request by the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent shall deliver a copy thereof to each Appropriate Lender. Such notice shall set forth the newly proposed Revolving Facility Maturity Date, Swingline Maturity Date and/or Term Facility Maturity Date and the date on which such extension is requested to become effective (which shall be not less than 15 Business Days nor more than 90 days after the date of such notice and which, in any event, must be on or prior to the then-existing Revolving Facility Maturity Date, Swingline Maturity Date and/or Term Facility Maturity Date, as applicable), and shall offer each such Appropriate Lender the opportunity to extend its Revolving Commitment and/or L/C Commitment and/or Advances under such Facility. Each such Appropriate Lender shall, by notice to the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent given not more than 15 days after the date of the Administrative Agent’s notice, either agree to extend its Revolving Commitment and/or L/C Commitment and/or Advances under such Facility (each such Lender so agreeing being an “ Extending Lender ”) or decline to extend its Revolving Commitment and/or L/C Commitment and/or Advances under such Facility (and any such Lender that does not deliver such a notice within such period of 15 days shall be deemed to have declined to extend its Revolving Commitment and/or L/C Commitment and/or Advances under such Facility) (each such Lender so declining or being deemed to have declined being a “ Non-Extending Lender ”). In the event that, on the 15th day after the Administrative Agent shall have delivered a notice pursuant to the second sentence of this clause (a) , the Extending Lenders shall have agreed pursuant to the preceding sentence to extend their Revolving Commitments and/or L/C Commitments and/or Advances under such Facility by an aggregate amount less than the amount requested by BEC to be extended, the Borrowers may arrange for one or more banks or other entities (any such bank or other entity being called an “ Augmenting Extending Lender ”), which may include any Lender, to provide Revolving Commitments and/or L/C Commitments in an aggregate amount equal to the unsubscribed amount; provided that each Augmenting Extending Lender shall be subject to the prior written approval of the Administrative Agent and any affected Issuing Bank to the extent that such Augmenting Extending Lender proposes to provide a revolving facility that includes letters of credit (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), and the Borrowers and each Augmenting Extending Lender shall execute all such documentation as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably specify to evidence its Revolving Commitment and/or L/C Commitment and/or its status as a Lender hereunder. Any such extension may be made in an amount that is less than the amount requested by the Borrowers to be extended if the Borrowers are unable to arrange for, or chooses not to arrange for, Augmenting Extending Lenders but in no event shall any such extension be made in an amount that exceeds the Revolving Commitments and/or L/C Commitments and/or Advances under the relevant Facility.

 

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(b)          Notwithstanding the foregoing and without prejudice to Section 11.05 , no extension or replacement of the Revolving Commitments and/or L/C Commitments shall become effective under this Section 4.10 unless (i) on the date of such extension, the condition set forth in Section 5.02(b) and (c) shall be satisfied, (ii) to the extent reasonably requested by the Extending Lender, the Administrative Agent shall have received legal opinions, resolutions and other closing certificates consistent with those delivered on the Closing Date under Section 5.01 , (iii) the Borrowers shall have paid in full any fees and expenses in respect of any such extension that are then due and payable, (iv) such extension, by the terms of the extension request, is not effective until (A) the then-existing Revolving Facility Maturity Date, Swingline Maturity Date or Term Facility Maturity Date, as applicable, and (B) all amounts owing by a Loan Party to each Non-Extending Lender on the then-existing Revolving Facility Maturity Date, Swingline Maturity Date or Term Facility Maturity Date, as applicable, have been paid and all Commitments of each Non-Extending Lender have been cancelled or expired.

 

(c)          Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 11.05 , this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended pursuant to an amendment executed by the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Extending Lenders, without the consent of any Non-Extending Lender, to the extent reasonably required to (i) reflect the existence and terms of the extended Revolving Commitments and/or L/C Commitments and/or Advances and (ii) effect such other amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and BEC, to effect the provisions of this Section 4.10 , and the Lenders hereby expressly and irrevocably, for the benefit of all parties hereto, authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into such amendment; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no such amendment, by the terms thereof, shall be effective until (A) the then-existing Revolving Facility Maturity Date, Swingline Maturity Date or Term Facility Maturity Date, as applicable, and (B) all amounts owing by a Loan Party to each Non-Extending Lender on the then-existing Revolving Facility Maturity Date, Swingline Maturity Date or Term Facility Maturity Date, as applicable, have been paid and all Commitments of each Non-Extending Lender have been cancelled or expired. In connection with any such amendment, the Borrowers shall deliver an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent (A) as to the enforceability of this Agreement (as amended), and such of the other Loan Documents (if any) as may be amended thereby and (B) as to any other customary matters reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent.

 

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Section 4.11.          Defaulting Lenders .

 

(a)           Defaulting Lender Adjustments . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then, until such time as such Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, to the extent permitted by applicable law:

 

(i)           Waivers and Amendments . Such Defaulting Lender’s right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to this Agreement shall be restricted as set forth in the definition of Required Lenders.

 

(ii)          Defaulting Lender Waterfall . Any payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts received by the Administrative Agent for the account of such Defaulting Lender (whether voluntary or mandatory, at maturity, pursuant to Article VIII or otherwise) or received by the Administrative Agent from a Defaulting Lender pursuant to Section 11.04 shall be applied at such time or times as may be determined by the Administrative Agent as follows: first , to the payment of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent hereunder; second , to the payment on a pro rata basis of any amounts owing by such Defaulting Lender to any Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender hereunder on a ratable basis; third , to Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender in accordance with Section 11.03 ; fourth , as the Borrowers may request (so long as no Default or Event of Default exists), to the funding of any Advance in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has failed to fund its portion thereof as required by this Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent; fifth , if so determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers, to be held in a Deposit Account and released pro rata in order to (x) satisfy such Defaulting Lender’s potential future funding obligations with respect to Advances under this Agreement and (y) Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ future Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender with respect to future Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement, in accordance with Section 11.03 ; sixth , to the payment of any amounts owing to the Lenders or the Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lender as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by any Lender or the Issuing Banks or the Swingline Lender against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; seventh , so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, to the payment of any amounts owing to the Borrowers as a result of any judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction obtained by the Borrowers against such Defaulting Lender as a result of such Defaulting Lender’s breach of its obligations under this Agreement; and eighth , to such Defaulting Lender or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that if (x) such payment is a payment of the principal amount of any Advances or L/C Advances in respect of which such Defaulting Lender has not fully funded its appropriate share, and (y) such Advances or L/C Advances were made or the related Letters of Credit were issued at a time when the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 were satisfied or waived, such payment shall be applied solely to pay the Advances and L/C Advances of all Non-Defaulting Lenders on a pro rata basis prior to being applied to the payment of any Advances of such Defaulting Lender until such time as all Advances and L/C Advances and funded and unfunded participations in L/C Commitments and Swingline Advances are held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the Commitments under the applicable Facility without giving effect to Section 4.11(a)(iv) . Any payments, prepayments or other amounts paid or payable to a Defaulting Lender that are applied (or held) to pay amounts owed by a Defaulting Lender or to post Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 4.11(a) shall be deemed paid to and redirected by such Defaulting Lender, and each Lender irrevocably consents hereto.

 

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(iii)         Certain Fees . (A) No Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive any fee pursuant to Section 4.03 for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender (and the Borrowers shall not be required to pay any such fee that otherwise would have been required to have been paid to that Defaulting Lender).

 

(B)         Each Defaulting Lender shall be entitled to receive fees pursuant to Section 3.06 for any period during which that Lender is a Defaulting Lender only to the extent allocable to its Applicable Percentage of the Available Amount of Letters of Credit for which it has provided Cash Collateral pursuant to Section 11.03 .

 

(C)         With respect to any fees pursuant to Section 3.06 not required to be paid to any Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (A) or (B) above, the Borrowers shall (x) pay to each Non-Defaulting Lender that portion of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender with respect to such Defaulting Lender’s participation in Revolving Commitments and L/C Advances or Swingline Advances that has been reallocated to such Non-Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (iv) below, (y) pay to each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender, as applicable, the amount of any such fee otherwise payable to such Defaulting Lender to the extent allocable to such Issuing Bank’s or the Swingline Lender’s Fronting Exposure to such Defaulting Lender, and (z) not be required to pay the remaining amount of any such fee.

 

(iv)          Reallocation of Participations to Reduce Fronting Exposure . All or any part of such Defaulting Lender’s participation in L/C Commitments and L/C Advances and Swingline Advances shall be reallocated among the Non-Defaulting Lenders in accordance with their respective Applicable Percentages (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) but only to the extent that (x) the conditions set forth in Section 5.02 are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Borrowers shall have otherwise notified the Administrative Agent at such time, the Borrowers shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate Working Capital Advances, L/C Advances, L/C Exposure and Applicable Percentage of the Swingline Advances of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed such Non-Defaulting Lender’s Revolving Commitment. No reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.

 

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(v)           Cash Collateral; Repayment of Swingline Advances . If the reallocation described in clause (iv) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, and the Borrower has received written notice by the Administrative Agent thereof, the Borrowers shall, without prejudice to any right or remedy available to it hereunder or under law, (x)  first , prepay the Swingline Advances in an amount equal to the Swingline Lenders’ Fronting Exposure and (y) second, Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ Fronting Exposure, in each case in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 11.03 ; provided that the Borrowers shall have no obligation to Cash Collateralize an Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure if the Defaulting Lender is such Issuing Bank or an Affiliate thereof.

 

(b)           Defaulting Lender Cure . If the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender and Issuing Banks agree in writing that a Lender is no longer a Defaulting Lender, the Administrative Agent will so notify the parties hereto, whereupon as of the effective date specified in such notice and subject to any conditions set forth therein (which may include arrangements with respect to any Cash Collateral), that Lender will, to the extent applicable, purchase at par that portion of outstanding Advances of the other Lenders or take such other actions as the Administrative Agent may determine to be necessary to cause the Advances and funded and unfunded participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Advances to be held pro rata by the Lenders in accordance with the Commitments under the applicable Facility (without giving effect to Section 4.11(a)(iv) , whereupon such Lender will cease to be a Defaulting Lender; provided that no adjustments will be made retroactively with respect to fees accrued or payments made by or on behalf of the Borrowers while that Lender was a Defaulting Lender; and provided , further , that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no change hereunder from Defaulting Lender to Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender.

 

Article V

 

CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS OF LENDING AND

ISSUANCES OF LETTERS OF CREDIT

 

Section 5.01.          Conditions Precedent . Each of the occurrence of the Closing Date and the obligation of each applicable Lender Party to make a Credit Extension on the Closing Date is subject to satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth below (as the context requires), each of which shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent and each Lender (unless waived in accordance with Section 11.05 ):

 

(a)          The Administrative Agent shall have received on or before the Closing Date the following, each dated as of the Closing Date (unless otherwise specified):

 

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(i)          one or more Notes payable to the applicable Lender to the extent requested by such Lender pursuant to the terms of Section 2.07 ;

 

(ii)         each other Loan Document (to the extent not delivered pursuant to sub-clause (i) above), duly executed by the Persons party hereto;

 

(iii)        certified copies of the resolutions or authorizations of the board of directors or members, as applicable, of each Loan Party and Holdings approving each Loan Document to which it is or is to be a party, and of all documents evidencing other necessary corporate or limited liability company action, as applicable, of each such Person, if any, with respect to each Loan Document to which it is or is to be a party;

 

(iv)        a copy of a certificate of the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of formation of each Loan Party and Holdings, dated reasonably near the Closing Date certifying (A) as to a true and correct copy of the Organizational Documents of such Person and each amendment thereto on file in such Secretary of State’s office and (B) that (1) such amendments are the only amendments to such Person’s Organizational Documents on file in such Secretary of State’s office, (2) such Person has paid all franchise Taxes to the date of such certificate and (3) such Person is duly incorporated or formed, as applicable, and in good standing or presently subsisting under the laws of the State of its jurisdiction of formation or incorporation;

 

(v)         copies of the Organizational Documents of each Loan Party and Holdings as in effect on the date on which the resolutions referred to in sub-clause (iii) were adopted and on the Closing Date;

 

(vi)        a certificate of a Responsible Officer of each Loan Party and Holdings certifying the names and true signatures of the officers or other authorized representatives of such Person authorized to sign each Loan Document to which it is or is to be a party and the other documents to be delivered hereunder and thereunder;

 

(vii)       a copy of the following:

 

(A)         (x) the audited annual income statement and balance sheet of BEC for the period ended December 31, 2014, (y) the unaudited annual income statement and balance sheet of Holdings for the period ended December 31, 2014 and (z) the unaudited quarterly income statement and balance sheet of each Loan Party for the period ended March 31, 2015;

 

(B)         the operating budget for the Loan Parties for the balance of Fiscal Year 2015 (the “ Initial Operating Budget ”); and

 

(C)         projections of the operations and operating budget of the Loan Parties (x) on an annual basis, through the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date and (y) on a quarterly basis, through the second anniversary of the Closing Date;

 

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(viii)      favorable written opinions of (A) Chadbourne & Parke LLP, special New York counsel to the Loan Parties and Holdings, substantially in the form of Exhibit Q-1 hereto and (B) McCarter & English, LLP, special New Jersey counsel to the Loan Parties and Holdings, substantially in the form of Exhibit Q-2 ;

 

(ix)        an executed Closing Date Certificate executed by each of the Borrowers;

 

(x)         a duly executed letter of direction from the Borrowers addressed to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of itself and the Lender Parties, directing the disbursement on the Closing Date of the proceeds of the Advances made on such date; and

 

(xi)        a Funding Notice delivered in accordance with Section 2.02(a) .

 

(b)          The Administrative Agent shall have received a true, correct and complete copy of (a) each the Material Project Documents and (b) each material Governmental Authorization that is required to be obtained as of the Closing Date for the Borrowers’ operation of the Project in accordance with the Transaction Documents.

 

(c)          The Collateral Agent shall have received on or before the Closing Date the following, each dated as of the Closing Date (unless otherwise specified):

 

(i)          Each of the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement, duly executed by the Persons party thereto, together with:

 

(A)         certificates (if any) representing the Capital Stock referred to therein accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank and instruments evidencing the Pledged Debt referred to therein, indorsed in blank;

 

(B)         appropriately completed UCC financing statements (Form UCC-1), naming the Loan Parties or Holdings (as the case may be) as debtor and the Collateral Agent as secured party, in form appropriate for filing under the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of Delaware, covering the Collateral described in the Collateral Documents;

 

(C)         completed requests for information or similar search report, dated on or before the Closing Date, listing all effective financing statements filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the state of incorporation or formation, as applicable, that name the Loan Parties or Holdings (as the case may be) as debtor, together with copies of such other financing statements; and

 

(D)         evidence that all other action that the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may deem necessary in order to perfect and protect the first priority liens and security interests created under the Security Agreement and the Pledge Agreement has been taken; and

 

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(ii)         The Mortgages duly executed by the relevant Loan Party, together with:

 

(A)         evidence that counterparts of each of the Mortgages have been either (x) duly recorded on or before the Closing Date or (y) duly executed, acknowledged and delivered in form suitable for filing or recording, in all filing or recording offices that the Administrative Agent may deem necessary or desirable in order to create a valid first and subsisting Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) on the Mortgaged Property in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First Lien Secured Parties (and adequate provision for such filing or recording has been made in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) and that all filing and recording Taxes and fees in connection with the Mortgages have been paid, will be paid on the Closing Date with the proceeds of the Advances or have been placed in escrow with the title company pending recording;

 

(B)         the fully paid Title Policy, and copies of all recorded documents listed as exceptions to title or otherwise referred to therein, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders, acting reasonably; and

 

(C)         surveys in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, acting reasonably, with respect to the Mortgaged Property, certified to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent by a form of certification acceptable to the Administrative Agent, acting reasonably; provided that each of the New Jersey survey dated September 28, 2012 and the New York survey dated July 22, 2010 shall be deemed to be acceptable to the Administrative Agent so long as the Title Company issues the Title Policy without any standard exception for survey matters.

 

(d)          Concurrently with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, all Debt other than Debt permitted by Section 7.02(b) has been prepaid, redeemed or defeased in full or otherwise satisfied and extinguished and all commitments and security interests relating thereto released or terminated.

 

(e)          With respect to the Mortgaged Property, the following:

 

(i)          a completed “life of loan” Federal Emergency Management Agency Standard Flood Hazard Determination;

 

(ii)         if any improvement to the Mortgaged Property is located in a special flood hazard area, a notification thereof to the Borrowers from the Administrative Agent (the “ Flood Notice ”), and (if applicable) the Flood Notice shall contain a notification to the Borrowers that flood insurance coverage under the National Flood Insurance Program (“ NFIP ”) is not available because the community does not participate in the NFIP;

 

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(iii)        documentation evidencing the Borrowers’ receipt of the Flood Notice (e.g., countersigned Flood Notice, return receipt of certified U.S. Mail, or overnight delivery); and

 

(iv)         if the Flood Notice is required to be given and flood insurance is available in the community in which the Mortgaged Property is located, a copy of one of the following: (A) the flood insurance policy naming the Collateral Agent as mortgagee, (B) the applicable Borrower’s application for a flood insurance policy plus proof of premium payment from the insurance agent, (C) a declaration page that includes the existing flood insurance policy number and the identity and contact information for the insurance company or agent confirming that flood insurance has been issued, or (D) such other evidence of flood insurance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. To the extent that any improvement to the Mortgaged Property is located in a special flood hazard area, such flood insurance arranged by the Borrowers shall be in an amount at least equivalent to the amount available under the NFIP and shall name the Collateral Agent as loss payee.

 

(f)           The Borrowers shall have established each of the Depositary Accounts under the Depositary Agreement.

 

(g)          Concurrently with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the Borrowers shall have paid all accrued and unpaid fees and all accrued and unpaid expenses under the Fee Letter and otherwise, in each case, of the Agents and Joint Lead Arrangers (including, the reasonable, documented and out-of-pocket accrued and unpaid fees and expenses of counsel thereto to the extent invoiced at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date).

 

(h)          The Debt Service Reserve Account shall have been concurrently fully funded in an aggregate amount equal to the Debt Service Reserve Requirement through the deposit of cash or a DSRA Letter of Credit into the Debt Service Reserve Account or the delivery of an Acceptable Reserve Guarantee.

 

(i)           The Lender Parties and the Agents shall have received, to the extent requested, on or before the date which is three Business Days prior to the Closing Date, all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under applicable “know your customer” and Anti-Money Laundering Laws.

 

(j)           The Administrative Agent shall have received each of (i) the final report of the Insurance Consultant, dated July 24, 2015, (ii) the final report of the Independent Engineer, dated July 1, 2015, (iii) the final report of the Market Consultant, dated June 4, 2015, in each case with respect to the Project and (iv) the final Phase I Environmental Site Assessment of the Environmental Consultant, dated June 19, 2015.

 

(k)          The Administrative Agent shall have received certificates signed by the Borrowers’ insurer or an agent authorized to bind the insurer, together with loss payee endorsements in favor of the Collateral Agent and naming the secured parties as additional insureds, evidencing such insurance required by Section 7.01(d) , identifying insurers, the type of insurance, the insurance limits and the policy terms, and stating that such insurance (i) is, in each case, in full force and effect and (ii) complies with Section 7.01(d) and that all premiums then due and payable on such insurance have been paid.

 

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(l)          The representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in each of the Loan Documents to which they are a party are true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality” or “material adverse effect” or similar effect, are true and correct on and after giving effect to the Closing Date), other than any such representations or warranties that, by their terms, refer to a specific date other than the Closing Date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such specific date.

 

Section 5.02.          Conditions Precedent to Each Borrowing and Issuance . The obligation of each Appropriate Lender to make a Credit Extension (including each initial Borrowing, but other than L/C Advances and Working Capital Advances pursuant to Section 2.02(b) ), and the obligation of any Issuing Bank to issue any Letter of Credit (including the initial issuance) or renew a Letter of Credit shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that (x) the Administrative Agent shall have received a Funding Notice, Swingline Request or L/C Credit Extension Request, as applicable, in accordance with the requirements hereof and (y) as of such Credit Date, the following statements shall be true (and each of the giving of the applicable Funding Notice or L/C Credit Extension Request and the acceptance by the Borrowers of the proceeds of such Borrowing or of such Letter of Credit shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrowers that on such Credit Date such statements are true):

 

(a)          the Term Borrowing has occurred or is occurring on the date of such Credit Extension;

 

(b)          the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in each Loan Document to which they are a party are true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality” or “material adverse effect” or similar effect, are true and correct on and as of such date), before and after giving effect to the Credit Extension to be made on such date and, with respect to any Borrowing, to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, other than any such representations or warranties that, by their terms, refer to a specific date other than the Credit Date, in which case as of such specific date;

 

(c)          no Default has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the Credit Extension to be made on such Credit Date or, with respect to any Borrowing, from the application of the proceeds therefrom; and

 

(d)          in the case of the issuance of a Letter of Credit only, the Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure with respect to any Defaulting Lender (if any) with respect to the requested Letter of Credit has been Cash Collateralized.

 

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Section 5.03.          Determinations Under Sections 5.01 and 5.02 . For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in (i) Section 5.01 , each Lender Party shall evidence its satisfaction or waiver of such conditions by authorizing release of its signature pages on a closing call to occur on the Closing Date immediately prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement, and (ii) Section 5.02 , each Lender Party shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to the Lender Parties unless an officer of the Administrative Agent responsible for the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents shall have received notice from such Lender Party prior to such applicable date specifying its objection thereto and, to the extent applicable, such Lender Party shall not have made available to the Administrative Agent such Lender Party’s Pro Rata Share of such Borrowing.

 

Section 5.04.          Notices . Any Notice shall be executed by a Responsible Officer of BEC in a writing delivered to the Administrative Agent. In lieu of delivering a Notice, the Borrowers may give the Administrative Agent telephonic notice by the required time of any proposed Borrowing, Conversion or issuance of a Letter of Credit, as the case may be; provided that such notice shall be promptly confirmed in writing by delivery of the applicable Notice to the Administrative Agent on or before the applicable date of Borrowing, continuation or issuance and such confirmation shall be consistent with the initial telephonic notice. Neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender Party shall incur any liability to the Borrowers in acting upon any telephonic notice referred to above that the Administrative Agent believes in good faith to have been given by a duly authorized officer or other Person authorized on behalf of the Borrowers or for otherwise acting in good faith.

 

Article VI

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 6.01.          Representations and Warranties . In order to induce each Agent and each Lender Party to enter into this Agreement and to make each Credit Extension to be made thereby, each Loan Party represents and warrants to such Agent and Lender Party, on the Closing Date and on each Credit Date, that the following statements are true and correct in all material respects (or, in the case of any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality” or “material adverse effect” or similar effect, are true and correct), before and after giving effect to the Credit Extension to be made on such date and, with respect to any Borrowing, to the application of the proceeds therefrom, as though made on and as of such date, other than any such representations or warranties that, by their terms, refer to a specific date other than the Credit Date, in which case as of such specific date:

 

(a)           Organization; Requisite Power and Authority; Qualification . Each Loan Party (i) is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing (to the extent such concept exists under applicable law) under the law of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation as identified in Schedule 6.01(a) , (ii) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its Properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Loan Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby and (iii) is qualified to do business and in good standing in every jurisdiction where its assets are located and wherever necessary to carry out its business and operations, except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing has not had, and could not be reasonably expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b)           Capital Stock and Ownership . The Capital Stock of each Loan Party has been duly authorized and validly issued and is fully paid and non-assessable and is owned by such Loan Party free and clear of all Liens, except those created under the Collateral Documents and other Permitted Liens. There is no existing option, warrant, call, right, commitment or other agreement to which any Loan Party is a party requiring, and there is no Capital Stock of any Loan Party outstanding which upon conversion or exchange would require, the issuance by any Loan Party of any Capital Stock of any Loan Party or other Securities convertible into, exchangeable for or evidencing the right to subscribe for or purchase, Capital Stock of any Loan Party.

 

(c)           Due Authorization . The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company or limited partnership (as applicable) action on the part of each Loan Party that is a party thereto.

 

(d)           No Conflict . The execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of the Loan Documents to which they are parties and the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents do not and will not (i) violate (A) any provision of any law or any governmental rule or regulation applicable to the Loan Parties, (B) any of the Organizational Documents of any of the Loan Parties or (C) any order, judgment or decree of any court or other agency of government binding on any of the Loan Parties except, in the case of sub-clauses (A) and (C)  of this clause (i) , where such violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (ii) conflict with, result in a breach of or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any Contractual Obligation of any of the Loan Parties except to the extent such conflict, breach or default could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (iii) result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the Properties of any of the Loan Parties (other than any Permitted Liens); or (iv) require any approval of stockholders, members or partners or any approval or consent of any Person under any Contractual Obligation of any of the Loan Parties, except for (x) such approvals or consents which have been obtained and are in full force and effect, and (y) any such approvals or consents the failure of which to obtain could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(e)           Governmental Consents . (i) The execution, delivery and performance by the Loan Parties of the Loan Documents to which they are parties and the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents do not require any registration with, consent or approval of, or notice to, or other action to, with or by, any Governmental Authority except for (A) the registrations, consents, approvals, notices or other actions which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and, are in full force and effect, (B) registrations, consents, approvals, notices or other actions required by securities, regulatory or applicable law in connection with an exercise of remedies and (C) such registrations, consents, approvals, notices or other actions that if not obtained and maintained in full force and effect could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(ii)         No Governmental Authorization, and no notice to, filing with, or consent or approval of any Governmental Authority is required in connection with the operation of the Project in accordance with any applicable law (including any Environmental Law) and as otherwise contemplated by this Agreement, except for (A) any such Governmental Authorizations, notices, filings, consents or approvals held by the Loan Parties, all of which (1) have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and (2) are in full force and effect or (B) any such Governmental Authorizations, notices, filings, consents or approvals, the failure of which to obtain and maintain could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(f)            Binding Obligation . Each Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is a party thereto and is the legally valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its respective terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability.

 

(g)           Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect .

 

(i)          The financial statements of the Loan Parties furnished to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(vii) and Section 7.03(c) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition and the results of operations and cash flows of the Loan Parties as of the date thereof, all in accordance with GAAP (subject to normal year-end adjustments).

 

(ii)         Since December 31, 2014, no event, circumstance or change has occurred and is continuing to occur that has caused or evidences, either in any case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(h)           Projections . On and as of the Closing Date, the Base Case Projections and the Initial Operating Budget delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.01(a)(vii)(B) are based on good faith estimates and assumptions made by the management of the Borrowers; provided that the Base Case Projections are not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period or periods covered by the Base Case Projections may differ from such Base Case Projections and that the differences may be material; provided further that, as of the Closing Date, management of the Borrowers believed the Base Case Projections were reasonable and attainable.

 

(i)            Adverse Proceedings, Etc . Except as disclosed in Schedule 6.01(i) , there are no Adverse Proceedings, individually or in the aggregate, that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No Loan Party is subject to or in default with respect to any final judgments, writs, injunctions, decrees, rules or regulations of any court or any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, domestic or foreign, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(j)            Taxes . Except as otherwise permitted under Section 7.01(b) , all material tax returns and reports of the Loan Parties required to be filed by any of them have been timely filed, and all material Taxes due and payable by the Loan Parties and upon their respective properties, assets, income, businesses and franchises have been paid when due and payable. There is no material audit, claim or assessment pending or proposed in writing against any of the Loan Parties regarding any taxes relating to any Loan Party, which is not being actively contested by such Loan Party in good faith and by appropriate proceedings; provided that reserves or other appropriate provisions, if any, as shall be required in conformity with GAAP shall have been made or provided therefor. None of the Borrowers nor any Subsidiary has elected to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or is treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

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(k)           Environmental Matters . (i) Except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) neither the Project nor any Loan Party or any of their respective Properties or operations is or has been in violation of any Environmental Laws, (B) neither the Project nor any Loan Party or any of their respective Properties or operations are subject to any outstanding written order, consent decree or settlement agreement with any Person relating to any Environmental Law, any Environmental Action, or any Hazardous Materials Activity, (C) no Loan Party has received any letter or request for information relating to the business under Section 104 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9604) or any comparable state law, (D) neither the Project nor any Loan Party is subject to any actual or, to the Borrowers’ knowledge, threatened Environmental Action, and (E) to the Borrowers’ knowledge, there are and have been, no conditions, occurrences, or Hazardous Materials Activities which could reasonably be expected to form the basis of an Environmental Action against any of the Loan Parties or with respect to the Project.

 

(ii)         No notice under any Environmental Law indicating past or present treatment, storage or disposal of Hazardous Materials at the Real Estate Assets has been filed that could be reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(iii)        Compliance of the Project with all current requirements pursuant to or under Environmental Laws would not require actions that could be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(iv)         To the Borrowers’ knowledge, no event or condition has occurred or is occurring with respect to the Project or Loan Parties or any of their respective Properties or operations relating to any Environmental Law, any Release of Hazardous Materials, or any Hazardous Materials Activity, which individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(l)            No Defaults . No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing hereunder.

 

(m)          Contracts . (i) As of the Closing Date, true, correct and complete copies of each Material Project Document have been delivered, or made available to, the Administrative Agent.

 

(ii)         As of the Closing Date, each of the Material Project Documents then in effect is in full force and effect in all material respects.

 

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(n)           Governmental Regulation .

 

(i)          No Loan Party is subject to regulation under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or, other than Section 204 of the FPA, under any other federal or state statute or regulation which may limit its ability to incur Debt or which may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents unenforceable.

 

(ii)         No Loan Party is a “ registered investment company ” or a company “ controlled ” by a “ registered investment company ” or a “ principal underwriter ” of a “ registered investment company ” as such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

(iii)        BEC has EWG status. For so long as BEC maintains its status as an EWG, each Borrower will not be subject to regulation under PUHCA, other than regulation related to BEC maintaining its EWG status and regulation pursuant to Section 1265 of PUHCA concerning state regulatory authorities’ access to books and records and, in case of any change in regulations under PUHCA after the date hereof, any immaterial requirements imposed on BEC under such changed regulations. BEC has MBR Authority, and such authority is in full force and effect. Neither Borrower is subject to any regulatory scheme of any Governmental Authority nor otherwise applicable to such Borrower or its properties which restricts its ability to incur debt except under Section 204 of the FPA with respect to the blanket authorization, which Borrower has obtained pursuant to its MBR Authority.

 

(o)           Use of Proceeds; Margin Stock . The proceeds of each Advance and other extensions of credit hereunder have been or will be used solely in accordance with, and solely for the purposes contemplated by, Section 4.09 . No Loan Party is engaged principally, or as one of its important activities, in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock.

 

(p)           Employees . No Loan Party has any employees.

 

(q)           Employee Benefit Plans . Except as could not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Loan Party and each of their respective ERISA Affiliates are in compliance with all applicable provisions and requirements of ERISA and the Internal Revenue Code and the regulations and published interpretations thereunder with respect to each Employee Benefit Plan, (ii) each Employee Benefit Plan which is intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a favorable determination letter from the IRS indicating that such Employee Benefit Plan is so qualified and, to the knowledge of the Borrowers, nothing has occurred subsequent to the issuance of such determination letter which could cause such Employee Benefit Plan to lose its qualified status, (iii) no liability to the PBGC (other than required premium payments), the Internal Revenue Service, any Employee Benefit Plan or any trust established under Title IV of ERISA has been or is reasonably expected to be incurred by, any of the Loan Parties or any of their ERISA Affiliates, (iv) no ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur, (v) except to the extent required under Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code or similar state laws, no Employee Benefit Plan provides health or welfare benefits (through the purchase of insurance or otherwise) for any retired or former employee of any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates, and (vi) the Loan Parties and each of their ERISA Affiliates have complied with the requirements of Section 515 of ERISA with respect to each Multiemployer Plan and are not in “default” (as defined in Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA) with respect to payments to a Multiemployer Plan.

 

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(r)           Certain Fees . No broker’s or finder’s fee or commission will be payable by any Loan Party with respect hereto or to any of the transactions contemplated by the Loan Documents, except as payable to the Agents and the Lender Parties pursuant to the Loan Documents.

 

(s)           Solvency . As of the Closing Date, the Borrowers are, and on each date on which this representation and warranty is made or deemed made thereafter will be, on a Consolidated basis, Solvent.

 

(t)           Compliance with Statutes, Etc . Each of the Loan Parties is in compliance with all applicable statutes, regulations and orders of, and all applicable restrictions imposed by, all Governmental Authorities, in respect of the operation of the Project, the conduct of its business and the ownership of its property (including compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws with respect to any Real Estate Asset or governing its business and the requirements of any Governmental Authorizations issued under such Environmental Laws with respect to any Real Estate Asset or the operations of the Loan Parties), except such non-compliance that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(u)           Disclosure . To the best knowledge of the Borrowers, all written information (other than projections, budgets, other forward-looking information, historical financial information, reports prepared by third party consultants or information of a general economic nature) provided directly or indirectly by or on behalf of the Borrowers to any Agent or Lender Party in connection with the transactions contemplated hereunder is, when taken as a whole and as of the Closing Date, correct in all material respects and does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, when taken as a whole, not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made (giving effect to supplements and updates thereto).

 

(v)           Sanctions, Anti-Money Laundering, Anti-Corruption Laws .

 

(i)          The use of the proceeds of the Advances does not violate any Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism and Money Laundering Laws, OFAC Laws or Sanctions Laws (to the extent applicable), and none of the Loan Parties, the Sponsor, nor, to the knowledge of the Loan Parties, any Subsidiary of the Sponsor, their respective directors, officers, agents or employees, with respect to the Project or the Transaction Documents, is a Sanctions Target.

 

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(ii)         None of the Loan Parties, nor, to the knowledge of any Loan Party, the Sponsor or any Subsidiary of the Sponsor, their respective directors, officers, agents, employees or other persons acting on behalf of them, is aware of or has taken any action, directly or indirectly, that would result in a violation by such Loan Party of the Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism and Money Laundering Laws, OFAC Laws or Sanctions Laws applicable to such Loan Party.

 

(iii)        To the knowledge of each Borrower, the operations of each Loan Party has been conducted at all times in compliance with all Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism and Money Laundering Laws, OFAC Laws or Sanctions Laws applicable to such Loan Party.

 

(iv)         Each Borrower has instituted and maintains policies and procedures designed to ensure continued compliance in all material respects with all Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism and Money Laundering Laws, OFAC Laws and Sanctions Laws applicable to any Loan Party.

 

(w)          Security Interests . Subject to Section 7.01(n) , the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Documents with respect to the Collateral (i) constitute valid and subsisting Liens of record on such rights, title or interest as such Loan Party shall from time to time have in all real property covered by the Mortgages, (ii) to the extent required by the Collateral Documents, constitute perfected security interests in such rights, title or interest as such Loan Party shall from time to time have in all personal property included in the Collateral, and (iii) are subject to no Liens, except Permitted Liens. Subject to Section 7.01(n) , except to the extent possession of portions of the Collateral is required for perfection, all such action as is necessary has been taken to establish and perfect the Collateral Agent’s rights in and to the Collateral, including any recording, filing, registration, giving of notice or other similar action (assuming proper recordation of any such documents). Subject to Section 7.01(n) , to the extent required by the Collateral Documents, the Loan Parties have properly delivered or caused to be delivered, or provided control of, to the Collateral Agent all Collateral that requires perfection of the Lien described above by possession or control.

 

(x)            Real Property . Each Loan Party has good and sufficient marketable title or a valid and subsisting estate or interest to or in the Real Estate Assets (except any such failure which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens, such estates or interests being sufficient for normal Project operations in accordance with the Transaction Documents except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(y)           Pari Passu . The Loan Parties’ obligations under this Agreement rank and will rank at least pari passu in priority of payment and in all other respects with all other present or future unsecured and secured Debt for Borrowed Money of the Loan Parties.

 

(z)            Intellectual Property . Each Loan Party owns or has the right to use all patents, trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, licenses and other rights which are necessary for the development, construction, ownership and operation of the Project in accordance with the Transaction Documents, in each case, as to which the failure of such Loan Party to so own or have the right to use would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No material product, process, method, substance, part or other material presently contemplated to be sold or employed by a Loan Party in connection with its business will infringe any patent, trademark, service mark, trade name, domain name, copyright, license or other right owned by any other Person in a manner that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(aa)         Insurance . All insurance policies required to be obtained by any Loan Party as of the Closing Date pursuant to Section 7.01(d) have been obtained and are in full force and effect and all premiums then due and payable thereon have been paid in full. No Loan Party has received any notice from any insurer that any insurance policy has ceased to be in full force and effect or claiming that the insurer’s liability under any such insurance policy can be reduced or avoided.

 

Article VII

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 7.01.          Affirmative Covenants . Until a Repayment Event, each Loan Party covenants and agrees as follows:

 

(a)           Compliance with Laws, Etc . Each Loan Party will comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority, such compliance to include, without limitation, compliance with all Environmental Laws, ERISA and any Anti-Corruption Laws, Anti-Terrorism and Money Laundering Laws, OFAC Laws or Sanctions Laws and all Governmental Authorizations, except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)           Taxes . Each Loan Party will (i) file all federal, state, local, foreign and other tax returns and reports required to be filed, and shall pay all federal, state, local, foreign and other taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those (A) which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (B) with respect to which the failure to make such filing or payment could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(c)           Hazardous Materials Activities, Etc . Except as otherwise could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each Loan Party will promptly take any and all actions necessary to (i) cure any violation of applicable Environmental Laws by such Loan Party or with respect to the Project, (ii) make an appropriate response to any Environmental Action against such Loan Party or with respect to the Project and discharge any obligations it may have to any Person thereunder and (iii) respond to any Release of Hazardous Materials whether by such Loan Party or any other Person, or with respect to the Project, to the extent required by applicable Environmental Laws.

 

(d)           Maintenance of Insurance . (i) The Loan Parties will comply with the insurance requirements set forth on Schedule 7.01(d) .

 

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(ii)         If any improvement on a Mortgaged Property is located in an area identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as an area having special flood hazards and in which flood insurance has been made available under the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968 (or any amendment or successor act thereto), then the applicable Loan Party shall maintain, or cause to be maintained, with a financially sound and reputable insurer, flood insurance in an amount sufficient to comply with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated pursuant to such Act.

 

(iii)        On the Closing Date, and at each policy renewal, but no less than annually, BEC shall furnish to the Collateral Agent approved certificates of insurance from each insurer or by an authorized representative of each insurer. Such certification shall identify the insurers, the type of insurance, the limits, deductibles and term thereof and include binders or certificates signed by the insurer or a broker to bind the insurer evidencing such insurance.

 

(e)           Preservation of Corporate Existence, Etc . Each Loan Party will preserve and keep in full force and effect, (i) its existence (except as otherwise permitted in Section 7.02(d) ) and (ii) all rights and franchises, licenses and permits material to its business, except with respect to sub-clause (ii) only, where the failure to so preserve and keep in full force and effect such rights, franchises, licenses and permits could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, provided that any Loan Party may, at the Borrowers’ expense, change its name upon 15 Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent (or such shorter period of time reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) and delivery to the Administrative Agent of all additional financing statements (executed if necessary for any particular filing jurisdiction) and other instruments and documents reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the security interests created under the Collateral Documents.

 

(f)            Visitation Rights . At any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice, each Loan Party will permit any of the Agents, or any agents or representatives designated by the Lender Parties, to examine and make copies of and abstracts from the records and books of account of, and visit the properties of, any of the Loan Parties and to discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of any of the Loan Parties with any of their officers or directors and with their independent certified public accountants; provided that, so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any such visit in excess of one such visit in any Fiscal Year shall be at the expense of the Administrative Agent or such agent or representative designated by the Lender Parties.

 

(g)           Keeping of Books . Each Loan Party will keep proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all material financial transactions and the material assets and business of such Loan Party in accordance with GAAP in effect from time to time and otherwise in compliance in all material respects with the regulations of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction thereof.

 

(h)           Obtain and Maintain Governmental Authorizations . Each Loan Party will obtain and maintain, in full force and effect, and meet all requirements in respect of any Governmental Authorizations necessary in the conduct of its business and operations and the transactions contemplated hereby, except in each case where failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(i)            Maintenance of Properties, Etc .

 

(i)          Each Loan Party shall maintain good and sufficient fee or leasehold title or other possessory rights (as applicable) in and to its material Property, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens.

 

(ii)         Each Loan Party will, except where failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (A) maintain and preserve in good repair, working order and condition its Properties in accordance with Prudent Industry Practice, its Contractual Obligations and applicable laws, (B) make periodic overhauls and all needed or appropriate repairs, renewals, replacements, additions, betterments, Capital Expenditures and improvements which are necessary for the Property that it owns and operates to satisfy the requirements of applicable law, Governmental Authorizations and its Contractual Obligations, and (C) otherwise ensure the continued operation of its Properties in a manner consistent with the Material Project Documents to which it is party and Prudent Industry Practices.

 

(j)            Further Assurances . Promptly upon request by any Agent, or any Lender Party through the Administrative Agent, each Loan Party will (i) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in any Loan Document or in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation thereof, (ii) execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, conveyances, pledge agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, trust deeds, assignments, financing statements and continuations thereof, termination statements, notices of assignment, transfers, certificates, assurances and other instruments as any Agent, or any Lender Party through the Administrative Agent, may reasonably require from time to time in order to (A) carry out more effectively the purposes of the Loan Documents, (B) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, subject any of its Property (other than the Excluded Assets), to the Liens now or hereafter intended to be covered by any of the Collateral Documents, (C) perfect and maintain the validity, effectiveness and priority of any of the Collateral Documents and any of the Liens intended to be created thereunder and (D) assure, convey, grant, assign, transfer, preserve, protect and confirm more effectively unto the Secured Parties the rights granted or now or hereafter intended to be granted to the Secured Parties under any Loan Document or under any other instrument executed in connection with any Loan Document to which such Loan Party is or is to be a party and (iii)  deliver a Consent to Assignment for any Replacement Power Purchase Agreements of a DEBM Power Purchase Agreement.

 

(k)           Accounts .

 

(i)          Each Loan Party shall cause all Project Revenues to be deposited into the Revenue Account (and agrees to notify the counterparties to each material Contractual Obligation to make all payments under such Contractual Obligations directly to the Revenue Account), and any Asset Sale Proceeds, Insurance Proceeds or Eminent Domain Proceeds to be applied in accordance with the Depositary Agreement.

 

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(ii)         Except for the DB Account, the Loan Parties shall open and maintain bank accounts only to the extent permitted and contemplated pursuant to the Depositary Agreement.

 

(iii)        BEC shall, on or within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, close the DB Account.

 

(l)            Separateness . Each Loan Party will comply with the following:

 

(i)          such Loan Party will maintain Deposit Accounts or accounts, separate from those of Holdings, the Guarantors or any other Affiliate of Holdings (other than any of the Loan Parties) with commercial banking institutions and will not commingle their funds with those of any other Affiliate of Holdings (other than any of the Loan Parties);

 

(ii)         such Loan Party will act solely in its name and through its duly authorized officers, managers, representatives or agents in the conduct of its businesses;

 

(iii)        such Loan Party will conduct in all material respects its business solely in its own name, in a manner not misleading to other Persons as to its identity (without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all oral and written communications (if any), including invoices, purchase orders, and contracts);

 

(iv)        such Loan Party will obtain proper authorization from member(s), shareholder(s), director(s) and manager(s), as required by its limited partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, general partnership agreement or bylaws for all of its limited liability company, limited partnership, general partnership or corporate actions; and

 

(v)         such Loan Party will comply in all material respects with the terms of its certificate of incorporation or formation and by-laws or limited partnership, general partnership or limited liability company agreement (or similar constitutive documents).

 

(m)          Interest Rate Hedging . On or before the date that is fifteen days following the Closing Date, the Borrowers shall have in effect and thereafter maintain at all times until the sixth anniversary of the Closing Date, Interest Rate Hedges with respect to a notional amount equal to at least 75% of the reasonably anticipated amount of Term Advances (which anticipated amounts shall be determined by reference to the Base Case Projections delivered on the Closing Date).

 

(n)           Covenant to Give Security . Upon the permitted acquisition of any Property (other than any Excluded Assets and other than any real property with an aggregate fair market value of less than $10,000,000) by any Loan Party and such Property, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent, shall not already be subject to a perfected first priority (subject to Permitted Liens) security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, then in each case at the Borrowers’ expense, within 30 Business Days after such acquisition of Property by any Loan Party, each Loan Party will, to the extent reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent, duly execute and deliver, and cause such Loan Party to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, mortgages, pledges, assignments, security agreement supplements, intellectual property security agreements, intellectual property security agreement supplements and other security agreements as reasonably required and specified by, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, securing payment of all of the obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents and constituting liens on all such Properties.

 

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(o)           Material Project Documents . Each Loan Party will perform and observe all material terms and provisions of each Material Project Document to be performed or observed by it, maintain each such Material Project Document to which it is a party in full force and effect, and enforce each such Material Project Document in accordance with its material terms except where the failure to do so, either individually or in the aggregate, could not be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect (after giving effect to any replacement or substitute agreements entered into in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents).

 

(p)           Maintenance of Regulatory Status . BEC shall maintain its status as an EWG and its MBR Authority, and shall comply with all material FERC requirements related to EWG status and MBR Authority.

 

(q)           NYISO .

 

(i)          The Loan Parties will maintain at all times the status of the Project as a “System Resource” and “Installed Capacity Supplier” in the NYISO Markets and comply at all times with any other material requirements for recognition of the capacity of the Project in the NYISO Installed Capacity Market.

 

(ii)         The Loan Parties will comply (or ensure that BEC complies) in all material respects with all reporting and other requirements under NYISO Rules applicable to the sale and delivery of capacity, energy and ancillary services in the NYISO Markets.

 

(iii)        The Loan Parties will at all times (A) declare the maximum achievable Availability (as defined in the Power Purchase Agreements) of each of the Project’s turbines in each of the NYISO Markets, in accordance with applicable law, the NYISO Rules and Prudent Industry Practice and (B) declare the maximum achievable unforced capacity of each of the Project’s turbines in accordance with Prudent Generator Practices and the Static NYISO Rules (each as defined in the Power Purchase Agreements), without regard to any mitigation or other limitations otherwise applicable to capacity payments under the NYISO Rules.

 

(r)            Working Capital Clean-Up . The Borrowers shall cause, in each calendar year, a period of not less than five consecutive days where there are no Working Capital Advances, Swingline Advances, L/C Advances or unreimbursed Drawing Payments outstanding (other than L/C Advances and unreimbursed Drawing Payments with respect to any MMRA Letter of Credit and any DSRA Letter of Credit).

 

Section 7.02.          Negative Covenants . Until a Repayment Event, each Loan Party covenants and agrees as follows:

 

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(a)           Liens, Etc . Such Loan Party will not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien on or with respect to any of its properties of any character (including accounts) whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or sign or file or suffer to exist under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, a financing statement that names such Loan Party as debtor, or sign or suffer to exist any security agreement authorizing any secured party thereunder to file such financing statement, or assign any accounts or other right to receive income, except Permitted Liens.

 

(b)           Debt . Such Loan Party will not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Debt, except (without duplication):

 

(i)          Debt of the Loan Parties (A) under the Loan Documents, and (B) pursuant to any Permitted Expansion Facility;

 

(ii)         to the extent constituting Debt, obligations of the Borrowers under the Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreements to the extent permitted to be entered into under this Agreement;

 

(iii)        Debt of the Borrowers secured by Liens permitted by clause (o) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” not to exceed in the aggregate, when taken together with any outstanding Debt permitted to be incurred pursuant to sub-clause (iv) or (v) , $20,000,000 at any time outstanding in the aggregate for the Borrowers; provided that any such Debt (A) shall be secured only by the Property acquired in connection with the incurrence of such Debt and (B) shall constitute not more than 90% of the aggregate consideration paid with respect to such Debt;

 

(iv)        Capitalized Leases of the Borrowers not to exceed in the aggregate, when taken together with any outstanding Debt permitted to be incurred pursuant to sub-clause (iii) or (v) , $20,000,000 at any time outstanding in the aggregate for the Borrowers;

 

(v)         Debt of any Borrower incurred for the purpose of funding any Required Capital Expenditures not to exceed in the aggregate, when taken together with outstanding Debt permitted to be incurred pursuant to sub-clauses (iii) and (iv) , $20,000,000 at any time outstanding in the aggregate for the Borrowers;

 

(vi)        to the extent constituting Debt, obligations of the Borrowers under Interest Rate Hedges designed to hedge against fluctuations in interest rates incurred in the ordinary course of business (it being acknowledged and agreed that any such Interest Rate Hedges entered into by the Borrowers for the purpose of complying with Section 7.01(m) above (or any similar obligation with respect to the Permitted Expansion Facility) shall be deemed to be permitted Debt under this sub-clause (vi) );

 

(vii)       unsecured subordinated Debt of any Loan Party to any other Loan Party (including intercompany loans amongst the Loan Parties); provided that (1) all such Debt shall constitute Pledged Debt subject to the Lien created under the Security Agreement and (2) all such Debt shall be on terms and conditions set forth on Exhibit H or such other terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent;

 

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(viii)      other unsecured Debt of the Borrowers in an aggregate amount not to exceed $10,000,000 at any one time outstanding;

 

(ix)         to the extent constituting Debt, contingent obligations under or in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds, financial assurances and completion guarantees, indemnification obligations, obligations to pay insurance premiums, take or pay obligations and similar obligations in each case of any Borrower incurred in the ordinary course of business and not in connection with Debt for Borrowed Money;

 

(x)          to the extent constituting Debt, Debt arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or other cash management services in the ordinary course of business; provided that such Debt is extinguished within 10 Business Days of its incurrence;

 

(xi)         guaranties by the Borrowers of Debt of another Loan Party or guaranties by a Loan Party of Debt of another Loan Party with respect, in each case, to Debt otherwise permitted to be incurred pursuant to this clause (b) ; provided that, if the Debt that is being guaranteed is unsecured and/or subordinated to the Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents, the guaranty shall also be unsecured and/or subordinated to the Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents;

 

(xii)        loans to a Loan Party; provided that such loans are subject to the terms of subordination attached hereto as Exhibit H or such other terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent; and

 

(xiii)       trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business (but not for borrowed money) and (A) not more than 90 days past due or (B) being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings.

 

(c)           Change in Nature of Business . (i) BEC and BECUR will not engage in any business other than the direct or indirect development, expansion, ownership, operation, management, maintenance, use or financing of the Project and the other transactions contemplated hereby and, in each case, activities incidental thereto, (ii) the Loan Parties (other than the Borrowers, the Permitted Expansion Entity and Zone J Tolling) will not engage in any business other than the ownership of the Capital Stock in their respective Subsidiaries and activities incidental thereto, (iii) Zone J Tolling will not engage in any business other than (x) its obligations under the Zone J Power Purchase Agreements and the Loan Documents and (y) sales of power, capacity or ancillary services acquired pursuant to the Zone J Power Purchase Agreements in the ordinary course of business and, in each case, activities incidental thereto and (iv) the Permitted Expansion Entity will not engage in any business other than activities in connection with the development, construction, acquisition, ownership, leasing, operation and maintenance of the Permitted Expansion and, in each case, activities incidental thereto.

 

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(d)           Fundamental Changes; Mergers, Etc . Such Loan Party will not change its legal form, liquidate or dissolve; provided that, in the event the Zone J Power Purchase Agreements are terminated or cancelled, Zone J Tolling will be permitted to liquidate or dissolve upon contribution of all of its assets to BEC and termination of the Zone J Power Purchase Agreements and so long as all activities undertaken by Zone J Tolling are conducted by BEC immediately after such liquidation or dissolution. Such Loan Party will not merge into or consolidate with any Person or permit any Person to merge into it; provided that any Guarantor will be permitted to merge into or consolidate with any other Guarantor so long as the surviving Guarantor’s obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents remain in full force and effect. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 7.02(d) shall restrict, limit or otherwise affect the Loan Parties’ rights under Section 7.01(e) .

 

(e)           Sales, Etc. of Property . Such Loan Party will not sell, lease, transfer or otherwise Dispose of any Property, or grant any option or other right to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any Property, except in the case of the Loan Parties:

 

(i)          sales of (and the granting of any option or other right to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire) power, fuel, energy, capacity or ancillary services or other inventory in the ordinary course of its business;

 

(ii)         sales, leases or subleases, transfers or other dispositions of real or personal Property that are obsolete, damaged, worn out, surplus or not used or useful in the business of the Loan Parties;

 

(iii)        the liquidation, sale or use of Cash and Cash Equivalents;

 

(iv)        sales or discounts without recourse of accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business in connection with the compromise or collection thereof;

 

(v)         sales of Property so long as (A) the purchase price paid to such Loan Party for such Property shall be no less than the fair market value (determined in good faith by the manager of BEC) of such Property at the time of such sale, (B) the purchase price for such Property shall be paid to such Loan Party solely in Cash, and (C) the aggregate purchase price paid to all Loan Parties for such Property and all other Property sold by the Loan Parties since the Closing Date pursuant to this sub-clause (v) shall not exceed $20,000,000;

 

(vi)        transfers of condemned property as a result of the exercise of “eminent domain” or other similar policies to the respective Governmental Authority or agency that has condemned the same (whether by deed in lieu of condemnation or otherwise), and transfers of property that have been subject to a casualty to the respective insurer of such real property as part of an insurance settlement;

 

(vii)       leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses of property in the ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of the Loan Parties; and

 

(viii)      amendments or modifications of any Contractual Obligation of such Loan Party and the related release of any credit support obligations thereunder pursuant to the terms of such amendment or modification that is not prohibited by Section 7.02(n) .

 

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(f)           Investments in Other Persons . Such Loan Party will not make or hold any Investment in any Person (including any Joint Venture), except in the case of the Loan Parties:

 

(i)          Investments in Cash and Cash Equivalents;

 

(ii)         equity Investments owned as of the Closing Date in any Loan Party and Investments made after the Closing Date in any Loan Party; provided that, from and after the Closing Date, the Borrower may acquire or form the Permitted Expansion Entity if the conditions to the Permitted Expansion Facilities have been satisfied or waived;

 

(iii)        Investments (A) in any Securities received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and (B) deposits, prepayments and other credits to suppliers made in the ordinary course of business consistent with the past practices of the Loan Party;

 

(iv)        intercompany loans to the extent permitted under Section 7.02(b)(vii) ;

 

(v)         Capital Expenditures with respect to the Borrowers permitted by Section 7.02(l) below;

 

(vi)        loans and advances to officers, directors and employees of the Loan Parties made in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $2,000,000;

 

(vii)       to the extent constituting Investments, Debt which is permitted under Section 7.02(b) ;

 

(viii)     demand or Deposit Accounts with banks or other financial institutions; and

 

(ix)        Permitted Investments.

 

(g)           Restricted Payments . The Loan Parties will not declare, order, pay, make or set apart or agree to declare, order, pay, make or set apart, through any manner or means or through any other Person, directly or indirectly, any sum for any Restricted Payment, except that:

 

(i)          nothing herein shall be deemed to prevent any Loan Party from declaring or making a Restricted Payment to any other Loan Party;

 

(ii)         BEC may declare or make a Restricted Payment to Holdings on the Closing Date; and

 

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(iii)        BEC may declare or make a Restricted Payment on each Quarterly Date from amounts on deposit in the Distribution Reserve Account in accordance with Section 3.8(b)(i) of the Depositary Agreement, subject to satisfaction of each of the Distribution Conditions on such Quarterly Date and after giving effect to such Restricted Payment.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, neither (x) payment of “Operating & Maintenance Expenses” nor (y) any payment from amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account shall constitute a Restricted Payment prohibited by this Section 7.02(g) .

 

(h)           Amendments of Organizational Documents . Such Loan Party will not amend its certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement or other Organizational Documents in any manner materially adverse to the Lender Parties or that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(i)            Accounting Changes . Such Loan Party will not make or permit any change in (i) accounting policies or reporting practices, except as required by GAAP and except for any changes which are not materially adverse to the Lender Parties, or (ii) Fiscal Year.

 

(j)            Partnerships, Formation of Subsidiaries, Etc . Such Loan Party will not (i) become a general partner in any general or limited partnership or Joint Venture or (ii) organize any new Subsidiary other than, with respect to this clause (ii), the formation by any Guarantor of the Permitted Expansion Entity.

 

(k)           Speculative Transactions .

 

(i)          Such Loan Party will not engage in any transaction involving commodity swaps, options or futures contracts or any similar commodity transactions (including take-or-pay contracts, long term fixed price off take contracts and contracts for the sale of power on either a financial or physical basis) unless such transaction (A) is entered into in the ordinary course of business, (B) is not for speculative purposes, (C) is solely with respect to Permitted Trading Activities, (D) is with a Commodity Hedge Counterparty, (E) is in the best interests of, and on terms fair and reasonable to, the Borrowers and could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (F) with respect to physical sales of energy or capacity, commits the Borrowers to no more than the actual uncommitted available output on a net basis (based on physical and seasonal input and output availability) of the Project (taking into account all Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreements then in effect and any commitments made to sell capacity under the Material Project Documents) and (G) does not create, permit or suffer to exist any Lien other than Permitted Liens.

 

(ii)         Such Loan Party will not enter into any Interest Rate Hedge, or any trade thereunder, unless (A) entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes, and (B) the aggregate notional amount under the Interest Rate Hedges with the Hedge Banks, at the time of such entry or trade (as applicable), does not exceed 105% of the aggregate principal amount outstanding (at such time and, taking into account scheduled amortization only, at any time thereafter) of (1) the Term Advances, plus (2) the aggregate, without duplication, construction and term loan commitments under the Permitted Expansion Facility.

 

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(l)            Capital Expenditures . No Loan Party shall purchase, acquire or lease any assets that, if acquired, would constitute Capital Expenditures other than: (i) any Major Maintenance Expenses funded through amounts on deposit in the Major Maintenance Reserve Account; (ii) Unreserved Major Maintenance Expenses funded through amounts on deposit in the O&M Account or an O&M Discretionary Account (each as defined in the Depositary Agreement) in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents; (iii) any Permitted Capital Expenditures (other than Permitted Expansion Capital Expenditures); (iv) Permitted Expansion Capital Expenditures either (A) if the Permitted Expansion Conditions have been satisfied or (B) funded with (1) amounts on deposit in the Distribution Account, (2) proceeds of Cash equity contributions received by any Borrower from Holdings (which Cash equity contributions have been contributed by Holdings, directly or indirectly, specifically for such purpose), or (3) proceeds of Subordinated Debt received by any Loan Party specifically for such purpose; and (v) Permitted Investments.

 

(m)          Transactions with Affiliates . Such Loan Party will not enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of the Borrowers, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than on fair and reasonable terms not substantially less favorable to the applicable Loan Party as would be obtainable by such Loan Party at the time in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate; provided that the foregoing restriction shall not apply to: (i) Restricted Payments made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (ii) transactions between the Loan Parties, (iii) Dispositions pursuant to Section 7.02(e)(v) , (iv) transactions described on Schedule 7.02(m) , (vi) Shared Facilities Agreements and (vii) any amendment or replacement of the Site Lease in accordance with Section 7.02(n)(v) .

 

(n)           Material Project Documents; Additional Project Contracts .

 

(i)          No Loan Party shall enter into a Material Project Document (including any Shared Facilities Agreements, but excluding any other Material Project Document satisfying the conditions set forth in the definition of Permitted Expansion Facility) without Administrative Agent approval if (A) such Loan Party’s entry, performance or failure to perform under such Material Project Document could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (B) in the case only of the Expansion EPC Agreement and Expansion Turbine Supply Agreement, if the aggregate amount payable under both such agreements prior to delivery of an Expansion FNTP is in excess of twenty million Dollars (US$20,000,000), which Expansion FNTP shall not be delivered prior to satisfaction of the Permitted Expansion Conditions.

 

(ii)         No Loan Party shall cause, consent to, or permit, any amendment to, modification of or waiver of timely compliance with, any terms or conditions of (A) Section 8.1 or 18.1 of each DEBM Power Purchase Agreement or (B) any other Material Project Document, in the case of this clause (B), in a manner that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(iii)        No Loan Party shall cause, consent to or permit any assignment of (A) any Core Contract or (B) of any Material Project Document (other than a Core Contract) if, in the case of this clause (B), such assignment could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(iv)        No Loan Party shall cause, consent to or permit any cancellation or termination (except for a termination that occurs automatically in accordance with the express terms of such agreement) of (A) any Core Contract (unless, in the case of the Centrica Guarantee, such agreement is replaced in accordance with the terms thereof) or (B) any Material Project Document (other than a Core Contract) if, in the case of this clauses (B), such cancellation or termination could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(v)         Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.02(n) , in the event the Primary Site is acquired by an Affiliate of the Loan Parties:

 

(A)        concurrent with such acquisition, Hess may assign to such Affiliate, and such Affiliate may assume, Hess’ right, title and interest as lessor under the Site Lease; provided that, with respect to Hess’ obligations and indemnities set forth in Section 8.4 of the Site Lease, either (1) Hess shall remain liable for such obligations and indemnities or (2) any such obligations or liabilities for which Hess does not remain liable shall be assigned to, or guaranteed by, an entity that has at the time of such assignment or guarantee a long-term unsecured senior debt rating of Baa3 or better by Moody’s, BBB- or better by S&P or BBB- or better by Fitch;

 

(B)         BECUR may subsequently terminate or amend the Site Lease so long as (1) in the case of a termination of the Site Lease, BECUR and such Affiliate shall concurrently execute a replacement agreement on terms and conditions no less favorable, taken as a whole, as the Site Lease, or (2) in the case of an amendment to the Site Lease, BECUR and such Affiliate shall execute an amendment to the Site Lease on terms and conditions no less favorable, taken as a whole, as the Site Lease;

 

(C)         BEC may subsequently terminate or amend the Sublease Agreement so long as (1) in the case of a termination of the Sublease Agreement, BEC and BECUR shall concurrently execute a replacement agreement on terms and conditions no less favorable, taken as a whole, as the Sublease Agreement, or (2) in the case of an amendment to the Sublease Agreement, BEC and BECUR shall execute an amendment to the Sublease Agreement on terms and conditions no less favorable, taken as a whole, as the Sublease Agreement; and

 

(D)         in connection with an assignment, termination or amendment described in clause (A), (B) or (C) above, the lien of the New Jersey BECUR Mortgage and/or the New Jersey BEC Mortgage, as either or both may be applicable, shall remain intact and shall be ratified by such Affiliate acquiring the Primary Site, or a replacement mortgage shall be granted providing substantially the same lien rights and privileges to the Collateral Agent as provided under the New Jersey BECUR Mortgage and/or the New Jersey BEC Mortgage, as either or both may be applicable.

 

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(o)           Tax Election . Such Loan Party shall not make any election or take any other action that would cause the Borrowers or any Loan Party (other than PER-D Bayonne I, Inc.) to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation or to be treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

(p)           Margin Stock; Regulations T, U and X . No Loan Party shall use any part of the proceeds of the Advances or drawings under any Letter of Credit to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any such Margin Stock or for any purpose that violates, or is inconsistent with, the provisions of Regulation T, U or X of the Board of Governors.

 

(q)           Accounts . No Loan Party shall establish or maintain any deposit accounts or securities accounts, other than (i) for no more than thirty (30) days after the Closing Date, the DB Account, and (ii) the accounts permitted to exist under the Depositary Agreement or as otherwise permitted under the Loan Documents (including accounts established in connection with the granting of the Liens described in clause (q) of the definition of “Permitted Liens”).

 

(r)            Lawful Use of Proceeds . The Borrowers will not, and will procure that each other Loan Party and each of its directors and officers will not, directly or, to either Borrower’s knowledge, indirectly, use any Letter of Credit or the proceeds of the Advances, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person:

 

(i)          in furtherance of an offer, payment, promise to pay or authorization of the payment or giving of money or anything else of value, to any Person in violation of any Anti-Terrorism and Money Laundering Laws, Anti-Corruption Laws, OFAC Laws or Sanctions Laws, to the extent applicable;

 

(ii)         to fund any activities or business of or with any Sanctions Target, or in any Sanctions Country; or

 

(iii)        in any other manner that would result in a violation of any Anti-Terrorism and Money Laundering Laws, Anti-Corruption Laws or Sanctions Laws, to the extent applicable, by any Person (including any Person participating in the Advances, whether as Lender, and Agent or otherwise).

 

(s)           OFAC . No Loan Party shall knowingly (i) violate (A) any Anti-Terrorism and Money Laundering Laws, (B) any Sanction, or (C) any Anti-Corruption Laws, civil or criminal; or (ii) engage in or conspire to engage in any dealings or transactions with, or for the benefit of, any Sanctions Target, or in any Sanctioned Country, or for the purposes of evading or avoiding (or attempting to evade or avoid) any Anti-Terrorism and Money Laundering Laws.

 

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Section 7.03.          Reporting Requirements . Until a Repayment Event, each Borrower covenants and agrees that it will furnish to the Agents and the Lender Parties:

 

(a)           Default Notice . As soon as possible and in any event within five Business Days after any Loan Party becomes aware of the occurrence of each Default or any event, development or occurrence which, in BEC’s reasonable judgment, has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect continuing on the date of such statement, a statement of the Financial Officer of BEC setting forth details of such Default, event, development or occurrence and the action that the Borrowers has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

(b)           Quarterly Financials . As soon as available, and in any event within 60 days in the case of each Fiscal Quarter (commencing with the Fiscal Quarter ending September 30, 2015) after the end of each of the first three Fiscal Quarters of each Fiscal Year, the Consolidated balance sheets of the Loan Parties as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and the related Consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Loan Parties for such Fiscal Quarter and for the period from the beginning of the then current Fiscal Year to the end of such Fiscal Quarter, setting forth in each case and (commencing with the financial statements relating to the Fiscal Quarter ending June  30, 2016), to the extent reasonably available to the Borrowers, in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the previous Fiscal Year and the corresponding figures from the Budget for the current Fiscal Year, all in reasonable detail, together with a certificate of a Financial Officer of BEC.

 

(c)           Annual Financial Statements . Commencing with the Fiscal Year ending on December 31, 2015, as soon as available, and in any event within 120 days after the end of each Fiscal Year, (i) the Consolidated balance sheets of the Loan Parties as at the end of such Fiscal Year and the related Consolidated statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Loan Parties for such Fiscal Year, setting forth in each case (commencing with the financial statements relating to the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2016) to the extent reasonably available to the Borrowers, in comparative form the corresponding figures for the previous Fiscal Year and the corresponding figures from the Budget for the Fiscal Year covered by such financial statements, in reasonable detail, together with a Financial Officer Certification with respect thereto; and (ii) with respect to such Consolidated financial statements a report thereon of KPMG or other independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing selected by BEC and reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which report shall be unqualified as to going concern and scope of audit (other than any such exception or explanatory paragraph that is expressly solely with respect to, or expressly resulting solely from, (A) an upcoming maturity date under the credit facilities provided for herein that is scheduled to occur within one year from the time such opinion is delivered or (B) any potential inability to satisfy any financial covenants set forth in any agreement, document or instrument governing or evidencing Debt on a future date or in a future period), and shall state that such Consolidated financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the Consolidated financial position of the Loan Parties as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent with prior years (except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements) and that the examination by such accountants in connection with such Consolidated financial statements has been made in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards).

 

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(d)           Compliance Certificate . Together with each delivery of financial statements of the Loan Parties pursuant to clauses (b) and (c) , a duly executed and completed Compliance Certificate.

 

(e)           Annual Budget . As soon as available and in any event no later than 30 days prior to the commencement of any Fiscal Year, an annual budget, prepared on a quarterly basis for such Fiscal Year and prepared in a manner consistent with the Initial Operating Budget (with respect to each such Fiscal Year, the “ Budget ”), which Budget shall be certified by a Financial Officer of BEC as having been prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by BEC to be reasonable at the time made.

 

(f)            Major Maintenance Funding Certificate . No later than 30 days prior to the commencement of any Fiscal year, a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of BEC in the form of Exhibit S .

 

(g)           Operating Statements and Reports . BEC shall furnish to the Independent Engineer and the Administrative Agent no later than 45 days after the end of each Fiscal Quarter of BEC, a quarterly operating report of the Project during such Fiscal Quarter reflecting (i) revenue, fuel, emissions and operating data for the Project, (ii) the actual level of dispatch, capacity factors or similar operating and performance data for the Project, (iii) a summary of the operating and maintenance costs and improvement costs incurred during such Fiscal Quarter with a comparison to budgeted amounts for such costs for the Project, (iv) management discussion of operating performance for the Project, which report shall be certified by a Responsible Officer of BEC as being true and correct in all material respects, (v) a summary of the progress made by the Permitted Expansion Entity with respect to the Permitted Expansion Facility and (vi) a description of all Growth Capital Expenditures made by any Loan Party.

 

(h)           Litigation . Promptly upon any officer of either Borrower becoming aware of (i) the institution of, or non-frivolous threat of, any Adverse Proceeding not previously disclosed in writing by the Borrowers to the Administrative Agent and the Lender Parties, or (ii) any material development in any Adverse Proceeding that, in the case of either sub-clause (i) or (ii) , could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or seeks to enjoin or otherwise prevent the consummation of, or to recover any damages or obtain relief as a result of, the transactions contemplated hereby, written notice thereof.

 

(i)            Agreement Notices, Etc . (i) Promptly upon receipt of written notice thereof, deliver notice of the occurrence of any material dispute under any Material Project Document or with respect to the Project.

 

(ii)         Promptly upon execution thereof, copies of any Replacement Power Purchase Agreement.

 

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(iii)        Promptly upon execution thereof, copies of any indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement, and any related security agreements, guarantees or other collateral documents entered into by any Loan Party in connection with the incurrence of any Debt permitted to be incurred under Section 7.02(b) and secured by a Lien on any Property of any of the Loan Parties, copies of any Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreements that are secured by a Lien on the Collateral (including any Second Lien Collateral Documents) entered into by any Loan Party, and copies of any subsequent material amendments, modifications or waivers of any of the foregoing.

 

(iv)        Promptly upon receipt or delivery thereof, copies of all notices of force majeure or casualty loss or event delivered to, or received by, any Loan Party under any Material Project Document.

 

(v)         Promptly upon receipt thereof, copies of any written notice or other communication delivered by any party to any Material Project Document pursuant thereto, or in respect thereof, relating to (A) any increase or decrease in revenues generated, or expenses incurred, thereunder of $3,000,000 or more in any fiscal year or (B) any other matter that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(vi)        Promptly upon any Loan Party sending or receiving notice of any default, termination or amendment under a Material Project Document or Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreement, copies of all such notices.

 

(j)            ERISA . (i) Promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence of any ERISA Event, a written notice specifying the nature thereof, what action the Loan Parties or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates have taken, are taking or propose to take with respect thereto and, when known, any action taken or threatened by the IRS, the Department of Labor or the PBGC with respect thereto; and (ii) to the extent requested in writing by the Administrative Agent, copies of (1) each Schedule B (Actuarial Information) to the annual report (Form 5500 Series) filed by the Borrowers, any of their Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates with the IRS with respect to each Pension Plan; (2) all notices received by the Loan Parties or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates from a Multiemployer Plan sponsor concerning a potential ERISA Event; and (3) copies of such other documents or governmental reports or filings relating to any Pension Plan as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.

 

(k)           Environmental Conditions . Promptly upon becoming aware of the occurrence thereof, written notice describing in reasonable detail (A) any Release required to be reported to any Governmental Authority under any Environmental Laws except as otherwise could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (B) any remedial action taken or required to be taken pursuant to any Environmental Law by the Borrowers or any other Person in response to (1) any Hazardous Materials Activities the occurrence of which has a reasonable possibility of resulting in one or more Environmental Actions except as otherwise could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (2) any Environmental Actions except as otherwise could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (C) the Borrowers’ discovery of any occurrence or condition at or on the Real Estate Assets or any real property adjoining or in the vicinity of the Real Estate Assets that could cause the Real Estate Assets or any part thereof to be subject to any material restrictions on the ownership, occupancy, transferability or use thereof under any Environmental Laws except as otherwise could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (D) any Environmental Action with respect to the Project except as otherwise could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (E) any request for information from any Governmental Authority that suggests such authority is investigating whether any of the Loan Parties may be potentially responsible for any Hazardous Materials Activity except as otherwise could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(l)            Insurance, Etc . (i) At the date of each policy renewal, but no less than annually, deliver certificates of insurance from each insurer or by an authorized representative of each insurer, which certification shall identify the insurers, the type of insurance, the limits, deductibles and term thereof and also include binders or certificates signed by the insurer or a broker authorized to bind the insurer evidencing such insurance.

 

(ii)         Promptly after becoming aware of the occurrence thereof, notice of any Casualty Event or Event of Eminent Domain affecting any Loan Party, whether or not insured, through fire, theft, other hazard, casualty or otherwise.

 

(iii)        Promptly after receipt thereof, copies of any cancellation or receipt of written notice of threatened cancellation of any property damage insurance required to be maintained under Section 7.01(d) .

 

(m)          Information Regarding Collateral . Prompt written notice of any change in a Loan Party’s (i) corporate name, (ii) identity or corporate structure, (iii) jurisdiction of organization or (iv) Federal Taxpayer Identification Number or state organizational identification number. The Borrowers agree not to effect or permit any change referred to in the preceding sentence unless all filings have been made under the Uniform Commercial Code or otherwise that are reasonably required in order for the Collateral Agent to continue at all times following such change to have a valid, legal and perfected security interest in all the Collateral to the extent contemplated in the Collateral Documents.

 

(n)           Sanctions Violations . (i) Each Borrower agrees that if it obtains knowledge or receives any written notice that either Borrower, any Affiliate or any Person holding any legal or beneficial interest whatsoever therein (whether directly or indirectly) is named on the OFAC SDN List or otherwise becomes a Sanctions Target (such occurrence, a “ Sanctions Violation ”), the Borrowers shall immediately (A) give written notice to the Administrative Agent of such Sanctions Violation, and (B) comply with all applicable laws with respect to such Sanction Violation (regardless of whether the Sanctions Target or party included on the OFAC SDN List is located within the jurisdiction of the United States of America), and the Borrowers hereby authorize and consents to the Administrative Agent taking any and all steps the Administrative Agent deems necessary, in its sole discretion, to comply with all applicable laws governing such sanctions with respect to any such Sanction Violation, including the “freezing” or “blocking” of assets and reporting such action to OFAC or other applicable Governmental Authority.

 

(ii)         BEC shall provide the Administrative Agent with any information regarding the Loan Parties reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent and necessary for the Lender Parties to comply with all Anti-Terrorism and Money Laundering Laws or to satisfy any Lender Party’s “know your customer” policies.

 

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(o)           Governmental Authorizations . Promptly upon receipt of written notice thereof, deliver notice of any dispute, investigation or other proceeding with, or by, any Governmental Authority involving the potential for the revocation, adverse modification, failure to renew or the like with respect to any Governmental Authorization necessary for the ownership and operation of the Project or that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(p)           Management Letters . Promptly after receipt thereof by any Loan Party, a copy of any “management letter” received by any such Loan Party from its certified public accountants and management’s response thereto.

 

(q)           Other Information . Such other information respecting the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance or properties (including information on insurance coverage) of any Loan Party as any Agent, or any Lender Party through the Administrative Agent, may from time to time reasonably request.

 

Article VIII

 

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

 

Section 8.01.          Events of Default . Each of the following events or occurrences shall constitute an “ Event of Default ”:

 

(a)          (i) the Borrowers shall fail to pay any principal of any Advance when the same shall become due and payable (unless such Default is caused by an administrative or technical error and such payment is made within three Business Days of the date on which such amounts became due), (ii) the Borrowers shall fail to pay any interest on any Advance or any fees under Section 3.06(a) and Section 4.03(a) within three Business Days after the same shall become due and payable, or (iii) any Loan Party shall fail to make any other payment under any Loan Document to which it is party within ten Business Days after the same shall become due and payable; or

 

(b)          any representation or warranty made by any Loan Party (or any of its officers) or Holdings under or in connection with any Loan Document to which it is a party (including any certificate delivered pursuant to Article V or Section 7.03 ) shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect when made; provided that, if (i) such Loan Party or Holdings, as the case may be, was not aware that such representation or warranty was false or incorrect at the time such representation or warranty was made, (ii) the fact, event or circumstance resulting in such false or incorrect representation or warranty is capable of being cured, corrected or otherwise remedied, and (iii) such fact, event or circumstance resulting in such false or incorrect representation or warranty shall have been cured, corrected or otherwise remedied within 30 days (or (A) if such incorrect representation or warranty is not susceptible to cure within 30 days, (B) the fact, event or circumstance resulting in such false or incorrect representation or warranty has not resulted in a Material Adverse Effect, and (C) such Loan Party or Holdings, as the case may be, is proceeding with diligence and in good faith to cure such default and such default is susceptible to cure, such 30 day cure period shall be extended as may be necessary to cure such incorrect representation or warranty, such extended period not to exceed 90 days in the aggregate (inclusive of the original 30-day period)) from the date a Responsible Officer of BEC or any Loan Party obtains knowledge thereof, such false or incorrect representation or warranty shall not constitute a Default or an Event of Default for purposes of the Loan Documents; or

 

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(c)          any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section 4.09 , clause (d) , (e) , (k) , or (m)  of Section 7.01 , Section 7.02 , clause (a) of Section 7.03 or Section 2.6 of the Intercreditor Agreement; or

 

(d)          any Loan Party shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in clause (b) , (c)  or (d)  of Section 7.03 and such failure shall remain unremedied for 15 days after the earlier of the date on which (i) any officer of a Loan Party becomes aware of such failure or (ii) written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrowers by any Agent or any Lender Party; or

 

(e)          any Loan Party or Holdings shall fail to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure shall remain unremedied for 30 days after the earlier of the date on which (i) any officer of such Person becomes aware of such failure or (ii) written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrowers by any Agent or any Lender Party; provided that, (i) if such failure and is not susceptible to cure within such 30 days, (ii) such Person is proceeding with diligence and good faith to cure such default and such default is susceptible to cure and (iii) the existence of such failure has not resulted in a Material Adverse Effect, such 30 day period shall be extended as may be necessary to cure such failure, such extended period not to exceed 90 days in the aggregate (inclusive of the original 30-day period); or

 

(f)           (i) any Loan Party shall fail to pay any principal of, premium or interest on or any other amount payable in respect of any Debt for Borrowed Money of such Loan Party that is outstanding in a principal amount of at least $15,000,000 either individually or in the aggregate for all such Persons (but excluding Debt outstanding hereunder) when the same becomes due and payable (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such Debt for Borrowed Money; (ii) any Loan Party is in default in the performance of or compliance with any term of, or other event shall occur or condition shall exist under, any agreement or instrument relating to any such Debt for Borrowed Money and such default, non-compliance or other event shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement or instrument, if the effect of such event or condition is to accelerate the maturity of such Debt for Borrowed Money or otherwise to cause such Debt for Borrowed Money to mature; or (iii) any such Debt for Borrowed Money shall be declared (or one or more Persons are entitled to declare such Debt for Borrowed Money to be) due and payable or required to be prepaid or redeemed (other than by a regularly scheduled required prepayment or redemption), purchased or defeased, or an offer to prepay, redeem, purchase or defease such Debt for Borrowed Money shall be required to be made, in each case prior to the stated maturity thereof; or

 

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(g)          any Loan Party or Holdings shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding shall be instituted by or against any Loan Party or Holdings seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such proceeding instituted against it (but not instituted by it) that is being diligently contested by it in good faith, either such proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 90 days or any of the actions sought in such proceeding (including the entry of an order for relief against, or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for, it or any substantial part of its property) shall occur; or any Person shall take any corporate action to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this clause (g) ; or

 

(h)          any judgments or orders, either individually or in the aggregate, for the payment of money in excess of $15,000,000 shall be rendered against any Loan Party and there shall be any period of 90 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or

 

(i)           any non-monetary judgment or order shall be rendered against any Loan Party that has resulted in a Material Adverse Effect, and there shall be any period of 90 consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment or order, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, shall not be in effect; or

 

(j)           any provision of any Loan Document after delivery thereof pursuant to Section 5.01 or Section 7.01(n) shall for any reason (except as the result of act or omission of the Agents or the other Secured Parties) cease to be valid and binding on or enforceable against any Loan Party party to it, or any such Loan Party shall so state in writing; or

 

(k)          any Collateral Document or financing statement after delivery thereof pursuant to Section 5.01 or Section 7.01(n) shall for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms thereof or as a result of action taken by any Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party) cease to create a valid and perfected first priority lien on and security interest in the Collateral to the extent contemplated hereby or thereby (other than in respect of Collateral with a fair market value of less than $5,000,000 in the aggregate); or

 

(l)           a Change of Control shall occur; or

 

(m)         (i) there shall occur one or more ERISA Events which individually or in the aggregate results in liability of any Loan Party or, if such liability, together with all other such liabilities, is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or (ii) a Lien or security interest under Section 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or under ERISA has been imposed on the Collateral, any Loan Party, or any Employee Benefit Plan, and such Lien, together with all other such Liens, would reasonably be likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(n)          an Event of Abandonment, a Total Loss or an Event of Eminent Domain with respect to all or substantially all of the Project shall occur; or

 

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(o)          any Governmental Authorization shall be revoked, cancelled or materially and adversely modified by the Governmental Authority having jurisdiction and the Required Lenders shall have reasonably determined that such revocation, cancellation or material and adverse modification could be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and such revocation, cancellation or adverse modification shall continue unremedied for thirty (30) days from such revocation, cancellation or material and adverse modification; or

 

(p)          either (i)(A) any Core Contract (other than the LTSA) is terminated or ceases to be valid and binding prior to the expiration pursuant to the terms thereof or (B) unless replaced within 90 days of such termination, any other Material Project Document is terminated prior to the expiration pursuant to the terms thereof and such termination could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) unless such Material Project Document is replaced (and, in the case of the LTSA, the Borrowers have (x) delivered to the Administrative Agent an updated Major Maintenance Funding Certificate for the next five operating years confirmed by the Independent Engineer to be acceptable and (y) fully funded the Major Maintenance Account and any other major maintenance then required under the terms of the Permitted Expansion Facility, as then required by such updated Major Maintenance Funding Certificate), the counterparty to a Material Project Document is in material default for 90 days (or, in the case of a Core Contract described in clause (i)(A) , the lesser of 90 days and the cure period under such agreement) and such material default could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) credit support provided to a Loan Party with respect to a Material Project Document is no longer valid and is not replaced within 90 days (or, in the case of an agreement described in clause (i)(A) , 30 days); provided that any replacement of a Third Party Power Purchase Agreement (or permitted replacement thereof) may only be replaced with a “Replacement Power Purchase Agreement; or

 

(q)          an “event of default”, “termination event” or similar event shall occur under (i) any Interest Rate Hedge or (ii) any Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreement if, with respect to this clause (ii) , the effect of such “event of default”, “termination event” or similar event is to cause termination costs in excess of $15,000,000 in the aggregate to become due and payable by a Loan Party thereunder; provided that the foregoing shall not constitute an Event of Default if within 30 days following such occurrence, a Loan Party shall have deposited, or caused to be deposited, into the Revenue Account proceeds of Additional Equity Contributions in an amount equal to not less than such termination costs; provided , however , that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no Event of Default under this Section 8.01(q) shall be deemed to have occurred during any period not to exceed 90 days following such occurrence in which a Loan Party is contesting, in good faith by dispute resolution or other appropriate proceedings a Loan Party’s obligation to pay all or any portion of such termination costs (including any such dispute as to the occurrence of the “event of default”, “termination event” or similar event giving rise to such termination costs);

 

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then, and in any such event, and for so long as such Event of Default shall exist, the Administrative Agent (i) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrowers, declare the Commitments of each Lender Party and the obligation of each Lender Party to make Advances and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit to be terminated, whereupon the same shall forthwith terminate, and (ii) shall at the request, or may with the consent, of the Required Lenders, by notice to the Borrowers, declare the Advances, all interest thereon and all other amounts payable under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to be forthwith due and payable, whereupon the Advances, all such interest and all such amounts shall become and be forthwith due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers; provided that, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default described in clause (g) and relating to the Borrowers, (x) the Commitments of each Lender Party and the obligation of each Lender Party to make Advances and of the Issuing Banks to issue Letters of Credit shall automatically be terminated and (y) the Advances, all such interest and all such amounts shall automatically become and be due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers.

 

The Required Lenders, by written notice to the Administrative Agent, may on behalf of all of the Lenders rescind an acceleration and its consequences if the rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree and if all existing Events of Default (except nonpayment of principal or interest that has become due solely because of the acceleration) have been cured or waived.

 

Section 8.02.          Actions in Respect of the Letters of Credit upon Default . If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrative Agent may, or shall at the request of the Required Lenders, irrespective of whether it is taking any of the actions described in Section 8.01 or otherwise, or if the Advances have been declared due and payable as provided in Section 8.01 , make demand upon the Borrowers to, and forthwith upon such demand the Borrowers will, Cash Collateralize the Available Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit as of such date in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon; provided that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(g) relating to the Borrowers, the Borrowers shall be obligated to Cash Collateralize the Available Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit as of such date in an amount equal to the Minimum Collateral Amount plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, without presentment, demand, protest or any notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrowers. If at any time any Issuing Bank determines that any funds held in any Controlled Account are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Issuing Bank or its agent or depositary or that the total amount of such funds is less than Minimum Collateral Amount, the Borrowers will, forthwith upon demand by such Issuing Bank, pay to such Issuing Bank, as additional funds to be deposited and held in such Controlled Account, an amount equal to the excess of (a) the Minimum Collateral Amount of all Letters of Credit issued by the applicable Issuing Bank then outstanding in respect of such Issuing Bank over (b) the total amount of funds, if any, then held in such Controlled Account that such Issuing Bank determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim. Any amounts received by the Administrative Agent in respect of the L/C Exposure pursuant to Section 8.01 may be held as Cash Collateral for the obligation of the Borrowers to reimburse the relevant Issuing Bank in event of any drawing under any Letter of Credit (and the Borrowers hereby grant to the Administrative Agent a security interest in such Cash Collateral). In the event any Letter of Credit in respect of which the Borrowers have deposited Cash Collateral with the Administrative Agent is canceled or expires, the Cash Collateral shall be applied (i)  first to the reimbursement of the relevant Issuing Bank (or all of the applicable Revolving Lenders, as the case may be) for any drawings thereunder, and (ii)  second to the payment of any outstanding Obligations of the Borrowers hereunder or under any other Loan Document.

 

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Article IX

 

THE AGENTS

 

Section 9.01.          Appointment of Agents . Each of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereby irrevocably appoints Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank to act on its behalf as the Administrative Agent hereunder and under the other Loan Documents and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, and neither of the Borrowers nor any other Loan Party shall have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions. It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Loan Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Administrative Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.

 

Section 9.02.          Rights of Lenders . The Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the term “Lender” or “Lenders” shall, unless otherwise expressly indicated or unless the context otherwise requires, include the Person serving as the Administrative Agent hereunder in its individual capacity. Such Person and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, own securities of, act as the financial advisor or in any other advisory capacity for, and generally engage in any kind of business with, the Borrowers or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate thereof as if such Person were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to the Lenders.

 

Section 9.03.          Exculpatory Provisions .

 

(a)          The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrative Agent:

 

(i)          shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing;

 

(ii)         shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Loan Documents); provided that the Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Administrative Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Loan Document or applicable law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law or that may affect a forfeiture, modification or termination of property of a Defaulting Lender in violation of any Debtor Relief Law; and

 

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(iii)        shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrowers or any of its Affiliates that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

 

(b)          The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be necessary, or as the Administrative Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided in Sections 11.05 and  8.01 ), or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment. The Administrative Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given to the Administrative Agent in writing by the Borrowers, a Lender or an Issuing Bank.

 

(c)          The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 9.04.          Reliance by Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the making of an Advance, or the issuance, extension, renewal or increase of a Letter of Credit, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Lender or an Issuing Bank, the Administrative Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Lender or Issuing Bank unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Lender or Issuing Bank prior to the making of such Advance or the issuance of such Letter of Credit. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrowers), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

 

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Section 9.05.          Delegation of Duties . The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Loan Document by or through any one or more sub agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the Facilities as well as activities as Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and nonappealable judgment that the Administrative Agent acted with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub agents.

 

Section 9.06.          Resignation of Administrative Agent .

 

(a)          The Administrative Agent may at any time give notice of its resignation to the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Borrowers. Upon receipt of any such notice of resignation, the Required Lenders shall have the right, in consultation with the Borrowers, to appoint a successor, which shall be a bank with an office in New York, New York, or an Affiliate of any such bank with an office in New York, New York. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after the retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “ Resignation Effective Date ”), then the retiring Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), on behalf of the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, appoint a successor Administrative Agent meeting the qualifications set forth above. Whether or not a successor has been appointed, such resignation shall become effective in accordance with such notice on the Resignation Effective Date. If the Person serving as Administrative Agent is a Defaulting Lender pursuant to clause (d) of the definition thereof, the Required Lenders may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, by notice in writing to the Borrowers and such Person remove such Person as Administrative Agent and, in consultation with the Borrowers, appoint a successor. If no such successor shall have been so appointed by the Required Lenders and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days (or such earlier day as shall be agreed by the Required Lenders) (the “ Removal Effective Date ”), then such removal shall nonetheless become effective in accordance with such notice on the Removal Effective Date.

 

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(b)          With effect from the Resignation Effective Date or the Removal Effective Date (as applicable), (1) the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents (except that in the case of any collateral security held by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders or the Issuing Banks under any of the Loan Documents, the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall continue to hold such collateral security until such time as a successor Administrative Agent is appointed) and (2) except for any indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent, all payments, communications and determinations provided to be made by, to or through the Administrative Agent shall instead be made by or to each Lender and Issuing Bank directly, until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of a successor’s appointment as Administrative Agent hereunder, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all of the rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Administrative Agent (other than any rights to indemnity payments owed to the retiring or removed Administrative Agent), and the retiring or removed Administrative Agent shall be discharged from all of its duties and obligations hereunder or under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrowers to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrowers and such successor. After the retiring or removed Administrative Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this Article and Section 11.02 shall continue in effect for the benefit of such retiring or removed Administrative Agent, its sub agents and their respective Related Parties in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by any of them while the retiring or removed Administrative Agent was acting as Administrative Agent.

 

Section 9.07.          Non-Reliance on Administrative Agent and Other Lenders . Each Lender and Issuing Bank acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender and Issuing Bank also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

 

Section 9.08.          Withholding Taxes . To the extent required by applicable law, the Administrative Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender Party an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding Tax. Without limiting or expanding the provisions of Section 4.06 , each Lender Party shall indemnify and hold harmless the Administrative Agent against, and shall make payable in respect thereof within 15 days after demand therefor, any and all Taxes and related losses, claims, liabilities and expenses (including fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for the Administrative Agent) incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent by the IRS or any other Governmental Authority as a result of the failure of the Administrative Agent to properly withhold Taxes from amounts paid to or for the account of such Lender Party for any reason (including, without limitation, because the appropriate form was not delivered or not properly executed, or because such Lender Party failed to notify the Administrative Agent of a change in circumstances that rendered the exemption from, or reduction of applicable withholding Taxes ineffective). A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Lender Party by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Lender Party hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to set off and apply any and all amounts owing to such Lender under the Loan Documents against any amount due to the Administrative Agent under this Section 9.08 . The agreements in this Section 9.08 shall survive the resignation and/or replacement of the Administrative Agent, any assignment of rights by, or the replacement of, a Lender Party, and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all other Obligations. This Section 9.08 shall not impose any additional responsibility on the Loan Parties.

 

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Section 9.09.          Administrative Agent May File Proof of Claim . In case of the pendency of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or any other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Advance or L/C Commitment shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrowers) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated) by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

 

(a)          to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Advances, L/C Commitments and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Administrative Agent under Sections 3.06 and  11.02 ) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

 

(b)          to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

 

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender and Issuing Bank to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Administrative Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Administrative Agent under Section 11.02 .

 

Section 9.10.          Collateral Matters .

 

(a)          The Lenders irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent, at its option and in its discretion, to instruct the Collateral Agent:

 

(i)          to release any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent under any Loan Document (x) upon termination of all Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations) and the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit (other than Letters of Credit as to which other arrangements satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the applicable Issuing Bank shall have been made), (y) that is sold or otherwise disposed of or to be sold or otherwise disposed of as part of or in connection with any sale or other disposition permitted under the Loan Documents, or (z) subject to Section 11.05 , if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders; or

 

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(ii)         to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted under the Loan Documents.

 

Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to instruct the Collateral Agent to release its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.10 .

 

(b)          The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, (ii) the existence, priority or perfection of the Administrative Agent’s Lien thereon, or (iii) any certificate prepared by any Loan Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Administrative Agent be responsible or liable to the Lenders for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

 

Article X

 

GUARANTY

 

Section 10.01.          Guaranty; Limitation of Liability .

 

(a)          Each Guarantor, jointly and severally, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees the punctual payment when due, whether at scheduled maturity or on any date of a required prepayment or by acceleration, demand or otherwise, of all Obligations of each other Loan Party now or hereafter existing under or in respect of the Loan Documents and the Hedge Agreements (including any extensions, modifications, substitutions, amendments or renewals of any or all of the foregoing Obligations), whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, and whether for principal, interest, premiums, fees, indemnities, contract causes of action, costs, expenses or otherwise except, with respect to any Guarantor, all Excluded Swap Obligations (such Obligations being the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”), and agrees to pay any and all expenses of such Guarantor (including fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed Party in enforcing any rights under this Guaranty or any other Guaranteed Document. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Guarantor’s liability shall extend to all amounts that constitute part of the Guaranteed Obligations and would be owed by any other Loan Party to any Guaranteed Party under or in respect of the Guaranteed Documents but for the fact that they are unenforceable or not allowable due to the existence of a bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding involving such other Loan Party.

 

(b)          Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of this Guaranty, the Administrative Agent and each other Guaranteed Party, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such Persons that this Guaranty and the Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of the Bankruptcy Code, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the extent applicable to this Guaranty and the Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Administrative Agent, the other Guaranteed Parties and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the Obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in the Obligations of such Guarantor under this Guaranty not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

 

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(c)          Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees that in the event any payment shall be required to be made to any Guaranteed Party under this Guaranty or any other guaranty, such Guarantor will contribute, to the maximum extent permitted by law, such amounts to each other Guarantor and each other Guarantor so as to maximize the aggregate amount paid to the Guaranteed Parties under or in respect of the Guaranteed Documents.

 

Section 10.02.          Guaranty Absolute . Each Guarantor guarantees that the Guaranteed Obligations will be paid strictly in accordance with the terms of the Guaranteed Documents, regardless of any law, regulation or order now or hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the rights of any Guaranteed Party with respect thereto. The Obligations of each Guarantor under or in respect of this Guaranty are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Obligations of any other Loan Party under or in respect of the Guaranteed Documents or Hedge Agreements, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against each Guarantor to enforce this Guaranty, irrespective of whether any action is brought against the Borrowers or any other Loan Party or whether the Borrowers or any other Loan Party is joined in any such action or actions. The liability of each Guarantor under this Guaranty shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional irrespective of, and each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any defenses it may now have or hereafter acquire in any way relating to, any or all of the following:

 

(a)          any lack of validity or enforceability of any Guaranteed Document or any agreement or instrument relating thereto;

 

(b)          any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Obligations of any other Loan Party under or in respect of the Guaranteed Documents, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to departure from any Guaranteed Document, including any increase in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from the extension of additional credit to any Loan Party or otherwise;

 

(c)          any taking, exchange, release or non-perfection of any Collateral or any other collateral, or any taking, release or amendment or waiver of, or consent to departure from, any other guaranty, for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(d)          any manner of application of Collateral or any other collateral, or proceeds thereof, to all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any manner of sale or other disposition of any Collateral or any other collateral for all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Obligations of any Loan Party under the Guaranteed Documents or any other Property of any Loan Party;

 

(e)          any change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of any Loan Party;

 

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(f)           any failure of any Guaranteed Party to disclose to any Loan Party any information relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any other Loan Party now or hereafter known to such Guaranteed Party (each Guarantor waiving any duty on the part of the Guaranteed Parties to disclose such information);

 

(g)          the failure of any other Person to execute or deliver this Agreement, or any other guaranty or agreement or the release or reduction of liability of any Guarantor or other guarantor or surety with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; or

 

(h)          any other circumstance (including any statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any representation by any Guaranteed Party that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party or any other guarantor or surety.

 

This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by any Guaranteed Party or any other Person upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Borrowers or any other Loan Party or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

 

Section 10.03.          Waivers and Acknowledgments .

 

(a)          Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives promptness, diligence, notice of acceptance, presentment, demand for performance, notice of nonperformance, default, acceleration, protest or dishonor and any other notice with respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Guaranty and any requirement that any Guaranteed Party protect, secure, perfect or insure any Lien or any property subject thereto or exhaust any right or take any action against any Loan Party or any other Person or any Collateral.

 

(b)          Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty and acknowledges that this Guaranty is continuing in nature and applies to all Guaranteed Obligations, whether existing now or in the future.

 

(c)          Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives (i) any defense arising by reason of any claim or defense based upon an election of remedies by any Guaranteed Party that in any manner impairs, reduces, releases or otherwise adversely affects the subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification rights of such Guarantor or other rights of such Guarantor to proceed against any of the other Loan Parties, any other guarantor or any other Person or any Collateral and (ii) any defense based on any right of set-off or counterclaim against or in respect of the Obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.

 

(d)          Each Guarantor acknowledges that the Collateral Agent may, without notice to or demand upon such Guarantor and without affecting the liability of such Guarantor under this Guaranty, foreclose under any mortgage by nonjudicial sale, and each Guarantor hereby waives any defense to the recovery by the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties against such Guarantor of any deficiency after such nonjudicial sale and any defense or benefits that may be afforded by applicable law.

 

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(e)          Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably waives any duty on the part of any Guaranteed Party to disclose to such Guarantor any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), operations, performance, properties or prospects of any other Loan Party now or hereafter known by such Guaranteed Party.

 

(f)           Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the financing and hedging arrangements contemplated by the Guaranteed Documents and that the waivers set forth in Section 10.02 and this Section 10.03 are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

 

Section 10.04.          Subrogation . Each Guarantor hereby unconditionally and irrevocably agrees not to exercise any rights that it may now have or hereafter acquire against the Borrowers, any other Loan Party or any other insider guarantor that arise from the existence, payment, performance or enforcement of such Guarantor’s Obligations under or in respect of this Guaranty or any other Guaranteed Document, including any right of subrogation, reimbursement, exoneration, contribution or indemnification and any right to participate in any claim or remedy of any Guaranteed Party against the Borrowers, any other Loan Party or any other insider guarantor or any Collateral, whether or not such claim, remedy or right arises in equity or under contract, statute or common law, including the right to take or receive from the Borrowers, any other Loan Party or any other insider guarantor, directly or indirectly, in cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner, payment or security on account of such claim, remedy or right, unless and until all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash, all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been terminated and the Commitments shall have expired or been terminated. If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor in violation of the immediately preceding sentence at any time prior to the latest of (a) the payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, (b) the Term Facility Maturity Date, and (c) the latest date of expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit, such amount shall be received and held in trust for the benefit of the Guaranteed Parties, shall be segregated from other property and funds of such Guarantor and shall forthwith be paid or delivered to the Administrative Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement or assignment) to be credited and applied to the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms of the Guaranteed Documents, or to be held as Collateral for any Guaranteed Obligations or other amounts payable under this Guaranty thereafter arising. If (i) any Guarantor shall make payment to any Guaranteed Party of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, (ii) all of the Guaranteed Obligations and all other amounts payable under this Guaranty shall have been paid in full in cash, (iii) the Term Facility Maturity Date shall have occurred, and (iv) all Letters of Credit shall have expired or been terminated, the Guaranteed Parties will, at such Guarantor’s request and expense, execute and deliver to such Guarantor appropriate documents, without recourse and without representation or warranty, necessary to evidence the transfer by subrogation to such Guarantor of an interest in the Guaranteed Obligations resulting from such payment made by such Guarantor pursuant to this Guaranty.

 

Section 10.05.          Subordination . Each Guarantor hereby subordinates any and all debts, liabilities and other Obligations (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, amounts or other Obligations due under the Zone J Power Purchase Agreements) owed to such Guarantor by each other Loan Party (the “ Subordinated Obligations ”) to the Guaranteed Obligations to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth in this Section 10.05 :

 

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(a)           Non-permitted Payments, Etc . Each Guarantor may receive regularly scheduled payments from any other Loan Party on account of the Subordinated Obligations; provided that, from and after the occurrence during the continuance of any Event of Default, upon the written request of the Collateral Agent acting in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement, no Guarantor shall demand, accept or take any action to collect any payment on account of the Subordinated Obligations.

 

(b)           Prior Payment of Guaranteed Obligations . In any proceeding under any Bankruptcy Code relating to any other Loan Party, each Guarantor agrees that the Guaranteed Parties shall be entitled to receive payment in full in cash of all Guaranteed Obligations (including all interest and expenses accruing after the commencement of a proceeding under any Bankruptcy Code, whether or not constituting an allowed claim in such proceeding (“ Post-Petition Interest ”)) before such Guarantor receives payment of any Subordinated Obligations.

 

(c)           Turn-Over . After the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default, each Guarantor shall, if the Collateral Agent so requests, collect, enforce and receive payments on account of the Subordinated Obligations as trustee for the Guaranteed Parties and deliver such payments to the Administrative Agent on account of the Guaranteed Obligations (including all Post-Petition Interest), together with any necessary endorsements or other instruments of transfer, but without reducing or affecting in any manner the liability of such Guarantor under the other provisions of this Guaranty.

 

(d)           Collateral Agent Authorization . After the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent is authorized and empowered (but without any obligation to so do), in its discretion, (i) in the name of each Guarantor, to collect and enforce, and to submit claims in respect of, the Subordinated Obligations and to apply any amounts received thereon to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any and all Post-Petition Interest), and (ii) to require each Guarantor (A) to collect and enforce, and to submit claims in respect of, the Subordinated Obligations and (B) to pay any amounts received on such obligations to the Administrative Agent for application to the Guaranteed Obligations (including any and all Post-Petition Interest).

 

Section 10.06.          Continuing Guaranty; Assignments . This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall (a) remain in full force and effect until a Repayment Event, (b) be binding upon each Guarantor, its successors and assigns and (c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Guaranteed Parties and their successors, transferees and assigns. Without limiting the generality of clause (c) of the immediately preceding sentence, any Lender Party may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or any portion of its Commitments, the Advances owing to it, and any Note or Notes held by it) to any other Person, and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof granted to such Lender Party herein or otherwise, in each case as and to the extent provided in Section 11.06 . No Guarantor shall have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Guaranteed Parties.

 

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Section 10.07.          Keepwell . Each Loan Party that is a Qualified ECP Guarantor at the time this Guaranty by any Specified Loan Party becomes effective with respect to any Swap Obligation hereby jointly and severally, absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support to each Specified Loan Party with respect to such Swap Obligation as may be needed by such Specified Loan Party from time to time to honor all of its obligations under this Guaranty and the other Loan Documents in respect of such Swap Obligation (but, in each case, only up to the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering such Qualified ECP Guarantor’s obligations and undertakings under this Article X voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations and undertakings of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section shall remain in full force and effect until the Guaranteed Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full. Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends this Section to constitute, and this Section shall be deemed to constitute, a guarantee of the obligations of, and a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of, each Specified Loan Party for all purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

Article XI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 11.01.          Notices .

 

(a)           Notices Generally . Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in paragraph (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile as set forth on Part III of Schedule I . Notices sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices delivered through electronic communications, to the extent provided in paragraph (b) below, shall be effective as provided in said paragraph (b) .

 

(b)           Electronic Communications . Notices and other communications to the Lenders and the Issuing Banks hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including e-mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent, provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or Issuing Bank pursuant to Article II if such Lender or Issuing Bank, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Article by electronic communication. The Administrative Agent or the Borrowers may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

 

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Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgment from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgment), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient, at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) , of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided that, for both clauses (i) and (ii)  above, if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient.

 

(c)           Change of Address, etc . Any party hereto may change its address or facsimile number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

 

(d)           Platform .

 

(i)          Each Loan Party agrees that the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, make the Communications (as defined below) available to the Issuing Banks and the other Lenders by posting the Communications on Debt Domain, Intralinks, Syndtrak or a substantially similar electronic transmission system (the “ Platform ”).

 

(ii)         The Platform is provided “as is” and “as available.” The Agent Parties (as defined below) do not warrant the adequacy of the Platform and expressly disclaim liability for errors or omissions in the Communications. No warranty of any kind, express, implied or statutory, including, without limitation, any warranty of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement of third-party rights or freedom from viruses or other code defects, is made by any Agent Party in connection with the Communications or the Platform. In no event shall the Administrative Agent or any of its Related Parties (collectively, the “ Agent Parties ”) have any liability to the Borrowers or the other Loan Parties, any Lender or any other Person or entity for damages of any kind, including, without limitation, direct or indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) arising out of the Borrowers’, any Loan Party’s or the Administrative Agent’s transmission of communications through the Platform. “ Communications ” means, collectively, any notice, demand, communication, information, document or other material provided by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to any Loan Document or the transactions contemplated therein which is distributed to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank by means of electronic communications pursuant to this Section 11.01 , including through the Platform.

 

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Section 11.02.          Expenses, Indemnity; Damage Waiver .

 

(a)           Costs and Expenses . The Borrowers shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates (including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent), in connection with the syndication of the Facilities, the preparation, negotiation, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof, (ii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Issuing Bank in connection with the issuance, amendment, renewal or extension of any Letter of Credit or any demand for payment thereunder, and (iii) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank (including the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket legal expenses of one firm of counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank, collectively, plus (if applicable) one local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction for all such persons and, in the case of a conflict of interest between such persons, one additional counsel in each relevant jurisdiction to each group of such affected persons similarly situated taken as a whole), in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section 11.02 .

 

(b)           Indemnification by the Borrowers . The Borrowers shall indemnify the Administrative Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Lender and each Issuing Bank, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “ Indemnitee ”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related reasonable and documented costs, expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of any one firm of counsel for the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank collectively, (if applicable) one local counsel in each appropriate jurisdiction for all such persons and, in the case of a conflict of interest between such persons, one additional counsel in each relevant jurisdiction to each group of such affected persons similarly situated taken as a whole), incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Borrowers or any other Loan Party), other than by such Indemnitee and its Related Parties arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of any indemnified liabilities, including any indemnified liabilities with respect to (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Advance or Letter of Credit or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom (including any refusal by any Issuing Bank to honor a demand for payment under a Letter of Credit if the documents presented in connection with such demand do not strictly comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit), (iii) any actual or alleged presence or Release of Hazardous Materials with respect to the Project or otherwise on or from any Real Estate Asset or any actual or alleged violation of Environmental Law or Environmental Action related in any way to the Project or the Borrowers or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or (y) result from a claim brought by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party against an Indemnitee for breach in bad faith of such Indemnitee’s obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, if the Borrowers or such Loan Party has obtained a final and non-appealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. This Section 11.02(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses, claims, damages, etc. arising from any non-Tax claim.

 

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(c)           Reimbursement by Lenders . To the extent that the Borrowers for any reason fails to indefeasibly pay any amount required under paragraph (a) or (b)  of this Section to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent (or any sub-agent thereof), without prejudice to the Loan Parties’ obligations hereunder in respect of the same, any Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or any Related Party of any of the foregoing, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), such Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Lender’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on each Lender’s share of the Total Credit Exposure at such time) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Lender); provided that with respect to such unpaid amounts owed to any Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender solely in its capacity as such, only the Lenders shall be required to pay such unpaid amounts, such payment to be made severally among them based on such Lenders’ Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) provided , further , that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in its capacity as such, or against any Related Party of any of the foregoing acting for the Administrative Agent (or any such sub-agent), such Issuing Bank or the Swingline Lender in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Lenders under this paragraph (c) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.02(c) .

 

(d)           Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc . To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Borrowers shall not assert, and hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Advance or Letter of Credit, or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnitee referred to in paragraph (b) above shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(e)           Payments . All amounts due under this Section 11.02 shall be payable promptly, but in any event, not later than ten days after demand therefor.

 

(f)            Survival . Each party’s obligations under this Section 11.02 shall survive the termination of the Loan Documents and payment of the obligations hereunder.

 

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(g)           Break-Funding . If for any reason (i) any prepayment or other principal payment of, or any Conversion of, any Eurodollar Rate Advance is made by the Borrowers to or for the account of a Lender on a date prior to the last day of the Interest Period applicable to such Eurodollar Rate Advance, (ii) the Borrowers fails to make any payment or prepayment of a Eurodollar Rate Advance for which a notice of prepayment has been given (even if subsequently revoked as permitted by Section 2.04(a) ) or that is otherwise required to be made or (iii) a Borrowing of a Eurodollar Rate Advance does not occur on the date specified therefor in the relevant Funding Notice or telephonic request for Borrowing, or a Conversion to or continuation of any Eurodollar Rate Advance does not occur on the date specified therefor in the relevant Conversion/Continuation Notice or telephonic request for Conversion or continuation, the Borrowers shall, in each case and upon demand by such Lender (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent), compensate such Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event (but excluding any anticipated profits). In the case of a Eurodollar Rate Advance, the loss to any Lender attributable to any such event shall be deemed to include an amount reasonably determined by such Lender to be equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that such Lender would pay for a deposit equal to the principal amount of such Advance for the period from the date of such payment, conversion or failure to the last day of the then current Interest Period for such Advance (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue a Eurodollar Rate Advance, the duration of the Interest Period that would have resulted from such borrowing, conversion or continuation) if the interest rate payable on such deposit were equal to the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for such Interest Period, over (ii) the amount of interest that such Lender would earn on such principal amount for such period if such Lender were to invest such principal amount for such period at the interest rate that would be bid by such Lender (or an affiliate of such Lender) for deposits in Dollars from other banks in the eurocurrency market at the commencement of such period.

 

Section 11.03.          Cash Collateral . At any time that there shall exist a Defaulting Lender, within one Business Day following the written request of the Administrative Agent or any Issuing Bank (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) the Borrowers shall, to the extent of available cash pursuant to Section 4.11(a)(ii) , Cash Collateralize the Issuing Banks’ Fronting Exposure with respect to such Defaulting Lender (determined after giving effect to Section 4.11(a)(iv) and any Cash Collateral provided by such Defaulting Lender) in an amount not less than the Minimum Collateral Amount.

 

(a)           Grant of Security Interest . The Borrowers, and to the extent provided by any Defaulting Lender, such Defaulting Lender, hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Issuing Banks, and agrees to maintain, a first priority security interest in all such Cash Collateral as security for the Defaulting Lenders’ obligation to fund participations in respect of L/C Commitments, to be applied pursuant to clause (b) below. If at any time the Administrative Agent determines that Cash Collateral is subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent and the Issuing Banks as herein provided, or that the total amount of such Cash Collateral is less than the Minimum Collateral Amount, the Borrowers will, promptly upon demand by the Administrative Agent, pay or provide to the Administrative Agent additional Cash Collateral in an amount sufficient to eliminate such deficiency (after giving effect to any Cash Collateral provided by the Defaulting Lender).  

 

(b)           Application . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Cash Collateral provided under this Section 11.03 or Section 4.10 in respect of Letters of Credit shall be applied to the satisfaction of the Defaulting Lender’s obligation to fund participations in respect of Revolving Commitments and L/C Advances (including, as to Cash Collateral provided by a Defaulting Lender, any interest accrued on such obligation) for which the Cash Collateral was so provided, prior to any other application of such property as may otherwise be provided for herein.

 

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(c)           Termination of Requirement . Cash Collateral (or the appropriate portion thereof) provided to reduce any Issuing Bank’s Fronting Exposure shall no longer be required to be held as Cash Collateral pursuant to this Section 11.03 following (i) the elimination of the applicable Fronting Exposure (including by the termination of Defaulting Lender status of the applicable Lender), or (ii) the determination by the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Bank that there exists excess Cash Collateral; provided that, subject to Section 4.10 the Person providing Cash Collateral and each Issuing Bank may agree that Cash Collateral shall be held to support future anticipated Fronting Exposure or other obligations and provided further that to the extent that such Cash Collateral was provided by the Borrowers, such Cash Collateral shall remain subject to the security interest granted pursuant to the Loan Documents.

 

Section 11.04.          Set-Off . If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender, each Issuing Bank, and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held, and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing, by such Lender, such Issuing Bank or any such Affiliate, to or for the credit or the account of the Borrowers or any other Loan Party against any and all of the obligations of the Borrowers or such Loan Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Loan Document to such Lender or such Issuing Bank or their respective Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Lender, Issuing Bank or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such obligations of the Borrowers or such Loan Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch, office or Affiliate of such Lender or such Issuing Bank different from the branch, office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness; provided that in the event that any Defaulting Lender shall exercise any such right of setoff, (x) all amounts so set off shall be paid over immediately to the Administrative Agent for further application in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.10 and, pending such payment, shall be segregated by such Defaulting Lender from its other funds and deemed held in trust for the benefit of the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, and the Lenders, and (y) the Defaulting Lender shall provide promptly to the Administrative Agent a statement describing in reasonable detail the Obligations owing to such Defaulting Lender as to which it exercised such right of setoff. The rights of each Lender, each Issuing Bank and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Lender, such Issuing Bank or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Lender and Issuing Bank agrees to notify the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent promptly after any such setoff and application; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

 

Section 11.05.          Amendments and Waivers .

 

(a)           Required Lenders’ Consent . Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, Section 4.10 and Section 11.05(d) and additional requirements of Section 4.10 , Sections 4.11(a)(i) , 11.05(b) and  11.05(c) , no amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents, or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall in any event be effective without the written concurrence of the Required Lenders.

 

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(b)           Affected Lender Parties’ Consent . Without the written consent of each Lender (other than, in the case of (x) below, a Defaulting Lender) that would be directly affected thereby, no amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent shall be effective if the effect thereof would:

 

(i)          extend the scheduled final maturity of any Advance or Note;

 

(ii)         waive, reduce or postpone any scheduled principal payment pursuant to Section 2.03 ;

 

(iii)        extend the stated expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the Revolving Facility Maturity Date;

 

(iv)        reduce the rate of interest on any Advance or any fee or any premium payable to such Lender hereunder (other than, in each case, any waiver of any increase in the interest rate applicable to any Advance pursuant to Section 4.02 or any other amount hereunder);

 

(v)         extend the time for payment of any such interest or fees to such Lender;

 

(vi)        reduce the principal amount of any Advance or any reimbursement obligation in respect of any Letter of Credit;

 

(vii)       amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of this Section 11.05(b) , 11.05(c) or any other provision of this Agreement that expressly provides that the consent of all Lender Parties is required;

 

(viii)      amend the definition of “ Required Lenders ” or “ Pro Rata Share ” or the definition of “ Outstanding Amount ” or “ Required First Lien Secured Parties ” (in each case as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement);

 

(ix)         release all or substantially all of the Collateral or all or substantially all of the Guarantors from the Guaranty except as expressly provided in the Loan Documents (including Section 7.02(e) );

 

(x)          consent to the assignment or transfer by any Loan Party of any of its rights and obligations under any Loan Document;

 

(xi)         waive any condition set forth in Section 5.01 or, in the case of a Credit Extension on the Closing Date only, Section 5.02; or

 

(xii)        impose any greater restriction on the ability of any Lender under any Facility to assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder, or to change any provision of Section 11.06(d) or (e) to impose any greater restrictions on any Lender with respect to the matters referred to therein.

 

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(c)           Other Consents . No amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any provision of the Loan Documents, or consent to any departure by any Loan Party therefrom, shall:

 

(i)          increase any Revolving Commitment of any Lender over the amount thereof then in effect without the consent of such Lender; provided that no amendment, modification or waiver of any condition precedent, covenant, Default or Event of Default shall constitute an increase in any Revolving Commitment of any Lender;

 

(ii)         without the consent of the Required Lenders and the consent of Lenders holding a majority of the Commitments or Advances outstanding under such Facility, (A) change the order of application of any reduction in the Commitments or any prepayment of Advances among the Facilities from the application thereof set forth in the applicable provisions of Section 2.04 of this Agreement or Section 4.1 or 5.2 of the Intercreditor Agreement, in any manner that disproportionately affects the Lender Parties differently from the other Lender Parties or other Secured Parties or (B) otherwise disproportionately affect the obligation of the Borrowers to make any payment of the Advances to the Lender Parties from other Lender Parties or other Secured Parties; provided that the Required Lenders may waive, in whole or in part, any prepayment so long as the application as between Facilities, of any portion of such prepayment which is still required to be made is not altered;

 

(iii)        amend, modify, terminate or waive the provisions governing the reimbursement of Letters of Credit as provided in Section 3.04 without the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the applicable Issuing Bank and each Revolving Lender;

 

(iv)        amend, modify, terminate or waive the provisions governing the reimbursement of Swingline Advances as provided in Section 2.02(b) without the written consent of the Administrative Agent and of the applicable Swingline Lender; or

 

(v)         amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of Article IX as the same applies to any Agent or the Depositary, or any other provision hereof of any Loan Document as the same applies to the rights, powers, privileges or obligations of any such Agent or the Depositary, in each case without the consent of such Agent or the Depositary, as applicable.

 

(d)           Amendments to Cure Ambiguities, Defects, etc . Notwithstanding the other provisions of this Section 11.05 , the Borrowers, Holdings, or any other Loan Party, the Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent may (but shall have no obligation to) amend or supplement the Loan Documents without the consent of any Lender Party: (i) to cure any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency, (ii) to make any change that would provide any additional rights or benefits to the Lender Parties, (iii) to make, complete or confirm any grant of Collateral permitted or required by this Agreement or any of the Collateral Documents or any release of any Collateral that is otherwise permitted under the terms of this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, (iv) by means of any Joinder Agreement to the extent expressly contemplated by the definition of Permitted Expansion Entity or (iv) to implement Section 4.10 , Section 4.11 or a Permitted Expansion Facility.

 

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(e)           Execution of Amendments, etc . The Administrative Agent may, but shall have no obligation to, with the concurrence of any Lender Party, execute amendments, modifications, waivers or consents on behalf of such Lender Party. Any waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No notice to or demand on any Loan Party in any case shall entitle any Loan Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. Any amendment, modification, termination, waiver or consent effected in accordance with this Section 11.05 shall be binding upon each Lender Party at the time outstanding, each future Lender Party and, if signed by a Loan Party, on such Loan Party.

 

(f)            Intercreditor Agreement . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, any amendment, modification, termination or consent to, of or under any Collateral Document permitted pursuant to this Section 11.05 shall be subject to the applicable terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Section 11.06.          Successors and Assigns; Participations .

 

(a)           Successors and Assigns Generally . The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that neither the Borrowers nor any other Loan Party may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent and each Lender, and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an assignee in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (b) of this Section, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (d) of this Section, or (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of paragraph (e) of this Section (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in paragraph (d) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

(b)           Assignments by Lenders . Any Lender may at any time assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Advances at the time owing to it); provided that (in each case with respect to any Facility) any such assignment shall be subject to the following conditions:

 

(i)           Minimum Amounts .

 

(A)         in the case of an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and/or the Advances at the time owing to it (in each case with respect to any Facility) or contemporaneous assignments to related Approved Funds that equal at least the amount specified in paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section in the aggregate or in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, no minimum amount need be assigned; and

 

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(B)         in any case not described in paragraph (b)(i)(A) of this Section, the aggregate amount of the Commitment (which for this purpose includes Advances outstanding thereunder) or, if the applicable Commitment is not then in effect, the principal outstanding balance of the Advances of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent or, if “Trade Date” is specified in the Assignment and Assumption, as of the Trade Date) shall not be less than $1,000,000, in the case of any assignment in respect of the Revolving Facility, or $1,000,000, in the case of any assignment in respect of the Term Facility, unless each of the Administrative Agent and, so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the Borrowers otherwise consents (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that any assignment by the Swingline Lender must be an assignment of all Swingline Advances.

 

(ii)          Proportionate Amounts . Each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Advance or the Commitment assigned, except that this clause (ii) shall not prohibit any Lender from assigning all or a portion of its rights and obligations among separate Facilities on a non-pro rata basis.

 

(iii)         Required Consents . No consent shall be required for any assignment except to the extent required by paragraph (b)(i)(B) of this Section and, in addition:

 

(A)         the consent of the Borrowers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required unless (w) an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing at the time of such assignment, (x) such assignment of Term Commitments or Term Advances is to a Term Lender, an Affiliate of a Term Lender, an Approved Fund or (y) such assignment of Revolving Commitments or L/C Advances is to a Revolving Lender, an Affiliate of a Revolving Lender or an Approved Fund; provided that the Borrowers shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within five (5) Business Days after having received notice thereof; provided , further , that notwithstanding the foregoing and for so long as the Sponsor owns any direct or indirect interest in any Loan Party, the Borrowers’ consent shall be required for any assignment to a Sponsor-Related Party, Macquarie Group Ltd. or an Affiliate of Macquarie Group Ltd., which consent may be granted or withheld in the Borrowers’ sole discretion;

 

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(B)         the consent of the Administrative Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) shall be required for assignments in respect of (x) any Facility or any unfunded Commitments with respect to such Facility if such assignment is to a Person that is not a Lender with a Commitment in respect of such Facility, an Affiliate of such Lender or an Approved Fund with respect to such Lender, or (y) any Advances to a Person who is not a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund; and

 

(C)         the consent of each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender shall be required for any assignment in respect of the Revolving Facility.

 

(iv)         Assignment and Assumption . The parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 paid by the assigning Lender (or the assignee); provided that the Administrative Agent may, in its sole discretion, elect to waive such processing and recordation fee in the case of any assignment. The assignee, if it is not a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire.

 

(v)          No Assignment to Certain Persons . No such assignment shall be made to (A) any natural Person, (B) any Defaulting Lender or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Person who, upon becoming a Lender hereunder, would constitute any of the foregoing Persons described in this clause (B) or (C) any Borrower or any Affiliate of any Borrower.

 

(vi)         Certain Additional Payments . In connection with any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder, no such assignment shall be effective unless and until, in addition to the other conditions thereto set forth herein, the parties to the assignment shall make such additional payments to the Administrative Agent in an aggregate amount sufficient, upon distribution thereof as appropriate (which may be outright payment, purchases by the assignee of participations or subparticipations, or other compensating actions, including funding, with the consent of the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent, the applicable Pro Rata Share of Advances previously requested but not funded by the Defaulting Lender, to each of which the applicable assignee and assignor hereby irrevocably consent), to (x) pay and satisfy in full all payment liabilities then owed by such Defaulting Lender to the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Bank, the Swingline Lender and each other Lender hereunder (and interest accrued thereon), and (y) acquire (and fund as appropriate) its full pro rata share of all Advances and participations in Letters of Credit and Swingline Advances in accordance with its Applicable Percentage. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any assignment of rights and obligations of any Defaulting Lender hereunder shall become effective under applicable law without compliance with the provisions of this paragraph, then the assignee of such interest shall be deemed to be a Defaulting Lender for all purposes of this Agreement until such compliance occurs.

 

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Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto) but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 4.04 and  11.02 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment; provided , that except to the extent otherwise expressly agreed by the affected parties, no assignment by a Defaulting Lender will constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder arising from that Lender’s having been a Defaulting Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this paragraph shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (d) of this Section.

 

(c)           Register . The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers, shall maintain at one of its offices in New York, New York, a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated interest) of the Advances owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

(d)           Participations . Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrowers or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural Person or the Borrowers or any of the Borrowers’ Affiliates or Subsidiaries) (each, a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Advances owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, and (iii) the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks and Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Lender shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 4.06(e) with respect to any payments made by such Lender to its Participant(s).

 

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Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver with respect to provisions relating to amendments requiring unanimous consent of the Lenders that affects such Participant. The Borrowers agree that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 4.04 , 11.02(g) and  4.06 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 4.06(g) (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 4.06(g) shall be delivered to the participating Lender)) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided that such Participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 4.08(b) as if it were an assignee under paragraph (b) of this Section; and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 4.04 or  4.06 , with respect to any participation, than its participating Lender would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant acquired the applicable participation. Each Lender that sells a participation agrees, at the Borrowers’ request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Borrowers to effectuate the provisions of Section 4.08(b) with respect to any Participant. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.04 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 4.07 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Advances or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under any Loan Document) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103 1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as Administrative Agent) shall have no responsibility for maintaining a Participant Register.

 

(e)           Certain Pledges . Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or any central bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

Section 11.07.          Independence of Covenants . All covenants hereunder shall be given independent effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such action is taken or condition exists.

 

Section 11.08.          Survival of Representations, Warranties and Agreements . All representations, warranties and agreements made herein shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and the making of any Credit Extension. Notwithstanding anything herein or implied by law to the contrary, the agreements of each Loan Party set forth in Sections 4.04 , 4.06 , 11.02 , 11.03 and  11.04 and the agreements of Lender Parties set forth in Sections 4.07 , 9.03 and  4.06(e) shall survive the payment of the Advances, the cancellation or expiration of the Letters of Credit and the reimbursement of any amounts drawn thereunder, and the termination hereof.

 

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Section 11.09.          No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative . No failure or delay on the part of any Agent or any Lender Party in the exercise of any power, right or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall impair such power, right or privilege or be construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any other power, right or privilege. The rights, powers and remedies given to each Agent and each Lender Party hereby are cumulative and shall be in addition to and independent of all rights, powers and remedies existing by virtue of any statute or rule of law or in any of the other Loan Documents or any of the Hedge Agreements or Commodity Hedge and Power Sale Agreements. Any forbearance or failure to exercise, and any delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall not impair any such right, power or remedy or be construed to be a waiver thereof, nor shall it preclude the further exercise of any such right, power or remedy.

 

Section 11.10.          Marshalling; Payments Set Aside . Neither any Agent nor any Lender Party shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Loan Party or any other Person or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent that any Loan Party makes a payment or payments to the Administrative Agent or the Lender Parties (or to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lender Parties), or any Agent or Lender Party enforces any security interests or exercise its rights of setoff, and such payment or payments or the proceeds of such enforcement or setoff or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside and/or required to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy law, any other state or federal law, common law or any equitable cause, then, to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor or related thereto, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment or payments had not been made or such enforcement or setoff had not occurred.

 

Section 11.11.          Severability . In case any provision in or obligation hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 11.12.          Obligations Several; Independent Nature of Lender Parties’ Rights . The obligations of the Lender Parties hereunder are several and no Lender Party shall be responsible for the obligations or Commitment of any other Lender Party hereunder. Nothing contained herein or in any other Loan Document, and no action taken by the Lender Parties pursuant hereto or thereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Lender Parties as a partnership, an association, a Joint Venture or any other kind of entity. The amounts payable at any time hereunder to each Lender Party shall be a separate and independent debt, and each Lender Party shall be entitled to protect and enforce its rights arising out hereof and it shall not be necessary for any other Lender Party to be joined as an additional party in any proceeding for such purpose.

 

Section 11.13.          Headings . Section headings herein are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part hereof for any other purpose or be given any substantive effect.

 

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Section 11.14.          Governing Law; Jurisdiction, Etc. .

 

(a)           Governing Law . This Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any claims, controversy, dispute or cause of action (whether in contract or tort or otherwise) based upon, arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except, as to any other Loan Document, as expressly set forth therein) and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

 

(b)           Jurisdiction . The Borrowers and each other Loan Party irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any action, litigation or proceeding of any kind or description, whether in law or equity, whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, against the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank, or any Related Party of the foregoing in any way relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions relating hereto or thereto, in any forum other than the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York County, and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, and each of the parties hereto irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the jurisdiction of such courts and agrees that all claims in respect of any such action, litigation or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court. Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action, litigation or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against the Borrowers or any other Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

 

(c)           Waiver of Venue . The Borrowers and each other Loan Party irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section 11.14 . Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

 

(d)           Service of Process . Each party hereto irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 11.01 . Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner permitted by applicable law.

 

Section 11.15.          Waiver Of Jury Trial . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

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Section 11.16.          Confidentiality . Each of the Administrative Agent, the Lenders and the Issuing Banks agree to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); (b) to the extent required or requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners); (c) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; (d) to any other party hereto; (e) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder; (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement, or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties or any broker for such party) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to the Borrowers and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder; (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Borrowers or its Subsidiaries or the Facilities or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers with respect to the Facilities; (h) with the consent of the Borrowers; or (i) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section, or (y) becomes available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender, any Issuing Bank or any of their respective Affiliates on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Borrowers.

 

For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from the Borrowers or any other Loan Party relating to Holdings, the Borrowers or any other Loan Party or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank on a non-confidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrowers or any other Loan Party; provided that, in the case of information received from the Borrowers or any other Loan Party after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

 

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Section 11.17.          Usury Savings Clause . Notwithstanding any other provision herein, the aggregate interest rate charged with respect to any of the Obligations, including all charges or fees in connection therewith deemed in the nature of interest under applicable law shall not exceed the Highest Lawful Rate. If the rate of interest (determined without regard to the preceding sentence) under this Agreement at any time exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate, the outstanding amount of the Advances made hereunder shall bear interest at the Highest Lawful Rate until the total amount of interest due hereunder equals the amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect. In addition, if when the Advances made hereunder are repaid in full the total interest due hereunder (taking into account the increase provided for above) is less than the total amount of interest which would have been due hereunder if the stated rates of interest set forth in this Agreement had at all times been in effect, then to the extent permitted by law, the Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the difference between the amount of interest paid and the amount of interest which would have been paid if the Highest Lawful Rate had at all times been in effect. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of the Lender Parties and the Borrowers to conform strictly to any applicable usury laws. Accordingly, if any Lender Party contracts for, charges, or receives any consideration which constitutes interest in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate, then any such excess shall be cancelled automatically and, if previously paid, shall at such Lender Party’s option be applied to the outstanding amount of the Advances made hereunder or be refunded to the Borrowers.

 

Section 11.18.          Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness; Electronic Execution .

 

(a)           Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Except as provided in Section 5.01 , this Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof that, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or in electronic (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”) format shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

(b)           Electronic Execution of Assignments . The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

Section 11.19.          Patriot Act . Each Lender Party and the Administrative Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Lender Party) hereby notifies Borrowers that pursuant to the requirements of the Patriot Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies Borrowers, which information includes the name and address of the Borrowers and other information that will allow such Lender Party or Administrative Agent, as applicable, to identify the Borrowers in accordance with the Patriot Act.

 

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Section 11.20.          Intercreditor Agreement . Each Lender Party hereby acknowledges and agrees on behalf of itself that the Lien priorities and other matters related to the Loan Documents and the Collateral are subject to and governed by the Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender Party, by delivering its signature page hereto, funding its Advances on the Closing Date and/or executing an Assignment and Assumption (as applicable) shall be deemed to have (a) acknowledged receipt of, consented to and approved of the Intercreditor Agreement and (b) authorized the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent to perform their respective obligations thereunder.

 

Section 11.21.          No Other Duties . Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Joint Lead Arrangers listed on the cover page hereof shall have any powers, duties or responsibilities under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, except in its capacity, as applicable, as the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an Issuing Bank hereunder.

 

Section 11.22.          Non-Recourse . The provisions of Section 9.19 of the Intercreditor Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference and shall apply to this Agreement, mutatis mutandis , as if fully set forth herein. The provisions set forth in this Section 11.22 (or incorporated herein by reference) shall survive a Repayment Event and the termination of all Commitments and the earlier termination of the Pledge Agreement, the Security Agreement and this Agreement.

 

Section 11.23.          Other Agreements . Each Loan Party acknowledges and agrees that: (a) (i) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by each Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Lender Parties are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Loan Parties, on the one hand, and each Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Lender Parties, on the other hand, (ii) each Loan Party has consulted its own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (iii) each Loan Party is capable of evaluating, and understands and accepts, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Loan Documents; (b) (i) each Agent, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Lender Parties each is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not, and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary for any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates or any other Person and (ii) no Agent, Joint Lead Arranger or Lender Party has any obligation to any Loan Party or any of its Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents; and (c) the Agents, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Lender Parties, and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates, and none of the Agents, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Lender Parties has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to any Loan Party or its Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Loan Party hereby waives and releases any claims that it may have against the Agents, the Joint Lead Arrangers and the Lender Parties with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

 

 

BAYONNE ENERGY CENTER, LLC

as Borrower

     
  By: /s/ James Hooke
    Name: James Hooke
    Title: Authorized Signatory
   
  By: /s/ Liam Stewart
    Name: Liam Stewart
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

BAYONNE ENERGY CENTER URBAN RENEWAL, LLC

as Borrower

   
  By: /s/ James Hooke
    Name: James Hooke
    Title: Authorized Signatory
     
  By: /s/ Liam Stewart
    Name: Liam Stewart
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

BAYONNE ENERGY HOLDINGS, LLC

as Guarantor

   
  By: /s/ James Hooke
    Name: James Hooke
    Title: Authorized Signatory
     
  By: /s/ Liam Stewart
    Name: Liam Stewart
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Credit and Guaranty Agreement]

  

 
 

  

 

ZONE J TOLLING CO., LLC

as Guarantor

   
  By: /s/ James Hooke
    Name: James Hooke
    Title: Authorized Signatory
     
  By: /s/ Liam Stewart
    Name: Liam Stewart
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

PER-D BAYONNE HOLDINGS, LLC

as Guarantor

   
  By: /s/ James Hooke
    Name: James Hooke
    Title: Authorized Signatory
     
  By: /s/ Liam Stewart
    Name: Liam Stewart
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

PER-D BAYONNE I, INC.

as Guarantor

   
  By: /s/ James Hooke
    Name: James Hooke
    Title: Authorized Signatory
     
  By: /s/ Liam Stewart
    Name: Liam Stewart
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Credit and Guaranty Agreement]

  

 
 

  

 

PER-D BAYONNE II, LLC

as Guarantor

   
  By: /s/ James Hooke
    Name: James Hooke
    Title: Authorized Signatory
     
  By: /s/ Liam Stewart
    Name: Liam Stewart
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

Hudson Power Holdings, LLC

as Guarantor

   
  By: /s/ James Hooke
    Name: James Hooke
    Title: Authorized Signatory
     
  By: /s/ Liam Stewart
    Name: Liam Stewart
    Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[Signature Page to Credit and Guaranty Agreement]

  

 
 

  

 

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank

as Administrative Agent

   
  By: /s/ Dominique Schillio
    Name: Dominique Schillio
    Title: Director

 

  By: /s/ THEODORE M. VANDERMEL
    Name: THEODORE M. VANDERMEL
    Title: Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Credit and Guaranty Agreement]

 

 
 

 

 

Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank

as Issuing Bank, Lender and Swingline Lender

   
  By: /s/ George Councill
    Name: George Councill
    Title: Director

 

  By: /s/ Ken Ricciardi
    Name: Ken Ricciardi
    Title: Director

 

[Signature Page to Credit and Guaranty Agreement]

  

 
 

  

 

ING Capital LLC

as Lender

   
  By: /s/ David Barrick
    Name: David Barrick
    Title: Managing Director
   
  By: /s/ Laurence Lapeyre
    Name: Laurence Lapeyre
    Title: Vice President

 

[Signature Page to Credit and Guaranty Agreement]

  

 
 

  

 

National Australia Bank limited

as Lender

   
  By: /s/ RICHARD JOHNSON
  Name: RICHARD JOHNSON
  Title: ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

 

[Signature Page to Credit and Guaranty Agreement]

  

 
 

  

 

Siemens Financial Services

as Lender

   
  By: /s/ Patrick N. Riley
    Name: Patrick N. Riley
    Title: Vice President
   
  By: /s/ Sonia Vargas
    Name: Sonia Vargas
    Title: Sr. Loan Closer

 

[Signature Page to Credit and Guaranty Agreement]

  

 
 

  

 

SunTrust Bank

as Lender

   
  By: /s/ Michael Canavan
    Name: Michael Canavan
    Title: Managing Director

 

[Signature Page to Credit and Guaranty Agreement]

  

 
 

  

 

Wells Fargo Bank, NA

as Lender

   
  By: /s/ Yann Blindert
    Name: Yann Blindert
    Title: Director

 

[Signature Page to Credit and Guaranty Agreement]

 

 
 

   

SCHEDULE I

TO CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

 

COMMITMENTS; APPLICABLE LENDING OFFICES; NOTICES

 

PART I - COMMITMENTS

 

 

Lender Party   Term Commitment     Revolving
Commitment
    L/C
Commitment
 
                   
Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank     45,000,000.00       5,000,000.00       25,000,000.00  
                         
ING Capital LLC     45,000,000.00       5,000,000.00       0.00  
                         
National Australia Bank Limited     45,000,000.00       5,000,000.00       0.00  
                         
Siemens Financial Services, Inc.     50,000,000.00       0.00       0.00  
                         
SunTrust Bank     45,000,000.00       5,000,000.00       0.00  
                         
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.     45,000,000.00       5,000,000.00       0.00  

 

[Signature Page to Credit and Guaranty Agreement]

 

 

Exhibit 21.1

Subsidiaries of the Registrant

AA Charter Brokerage LLC
AAC Subsidiary, LLC
ACM Property Services, LLC
Ascend Dvpt HWD, LLC
Ascend Dvpt II, LLC
Atlantic Aviation Albuquerque, Inc.
Atlantic Aviation Corporation
Atlantic Aviation FBO Holdings LLC (f/k/a Macquarie FBO Holdings LLC)
Atlantic Aviation FBO, Inc. (f/k/a North America Capital Holding Company)
Atlantic Aviation Flight Support, Inc.
Atlantic Aviation Holding Corporation
Atlantic Aviation Investors, Inc. (f/k/a Supermarine Investors, Inc.)
Atlantic Aviation of Santa Monica, L.P. (f/k/a Supermarine of Santa Monica, a California Limited Partnership)
Atlantic Aviation Oklahoma City Inc.
Atlantic Aviation Oregon FBO, Inc.
Atlantic Aviation Oregon General Aviation Services, Inc.
Atlantic Aviation Philadelphia, Inc.
Atlantic Aviation Stewart LLC (f/k/a Supermarine of Stewart LLC)
Atlantic Aviation-Boca Raton LLC
Atlantic Aviation-Florida Inc.
Atlantic Aviation-Kansas City LLC
Atlantic Aviation-Orlando Executive LLC
Atlantic Aviation-Orlando LLC
Atlantic Aviation-Salt Lake City LLC
Atlantic Aviation-St. Augustine LLC
Atlantic Aviation-Steamboat-Hayden LLC
Atlantic Aviation-Stuart LLC
Atlantic Aviation-West Palm Beach LLC
Atlantic SMO GP LLC
Atlantic SMO Holdings LLC
Aviation Contract Services, Inc.
BASI Holdings, LLC
Bayonne Energy Center, LLC
Bayonne Energy Center Urban Renewal, LLC
Bayonne Industries, Inc.
Brahms Wind, LLC
Brainard Airport Services, Inc.
Bridgeport Airport Services, Inc.
Broadview Energy Prime II Investments, LLC
Broadview Energy Prime II, LLC
Broadview Energy Prime Investments, LLC
Broadview Energy Prime, LLC
Bryan Solar Equity Holdings, LLC
Bryan Solar Project Holdings, LLC
Bryan Solar, LLC
Burley Butte Wind Park, LLC
Camp Reed Wind Park, LLC
Charter Oak Aviation, Inc.
COAI Holdings, LLC
Corporate Wings-CGF, LLC
Corporate Wings-Hopkins, LLC


 
 

Davis Monthan Project Holdings, LLC
DM Petroleum Operating Company
DMAFB Equity Holdings, LLC
Eagle Aviation Resources, Ltd.
East Jersey Railroad and Terminal Company
Executive Air Support, Inc.
Exergy Idaho Holdings, LLC
FLI Subsidiary, LLC
Flightways of Long Island, Inc. d/b/a Million Air (f/k/a Fliteways of Long Island, Inc)
General Aviation Holdings, LLC
General Aviation of New Orleans, L.L.C.
General Aviation, L.L.C.
Golden Valley Wind Park, LLC
Hawaii Gas & Renewable Energy LLC
HGC Holdings LLC
HGC Investment Corporation
High Horizons, Inc.
Idaho Wind Partners 1, LLC
ILG Avcenter, Inc.
IMTT Holdings LLC
IMTT Quebec Inc.
IMTT-Bayonne
IMTT-BC
IMTT-BX
IMTT-Finco, LLC
IMTT-Geismar
IMTT-Gretna
IMTT-Illinois
IMTT-NTL, LTD
IMTT-Petroleum Management
IMTT-Pipeline
IMTT-Richmond-CA
IMTT-Virginia
International Environmental Services, Inc.
International Tank Bayonne, Inc.
International Tank Terminals, LLC
International-Matex Tank Terminals
ITT-Bayonne Storage, Inc.
ITT-BC, Inc.
ITT-BX Storage, Inc.
ITT-BX, Inc.
ITT-Geismar Storage, Inc.
ITT-Geismar, LLC
ITT-Gretna Storage, Inc.
ITT-Gretna, LLC
ITT-IEP Partner, Inc.
ITT-Illinois Storage, Inc.
ITT-Illinois, Inc.
ITT-Interterminal Pipeline, Inc.
ITT-NTL, Inc.
ITT-Petroleum Management, Inc.
ITT-Pipeline Partner, Inc.
ITT-Pipeline, Inc.


 
 

ITT-Richmond-CA Inc.
ITT-Richmond-CA Storage, Inc.
ITT-SPR Partner, Inc.
ITT-Storage, Inc.
ITT-USA, Inc.
ITT-Virginia Storage, Inc.
ITT-Virginia, Inc.
Jet Center Property Services, LLC
JetSouth LLC
MAC Acquisitions LLC
Macquarie Airports North America Inc.
Macquarie Aviation North America 2 Inc.
Macquarie Aviation North America Inc.
Macquarie District Energy Holdings II LLC
Macquarie District Energy Holdings III LLC
Macquarie Gas Holdings LLC
Macquarie HGC Investment LLC
Macquarie Terminal Holdings LLC
MCT Holdings LLC
Mercury Air Center-Addison, Inc.
Mercury Air Center-Bakersfield, Inc.
Mercury Air Center-Birmingham, LLC
Mercury Air Center-Burbank, Inc.
Mercury Air Center-Charleston, LLC
Mercury Air Center-Corpus Christi, Inc.
Mercury Air Center-Fresno, Inc.
Mercury Air Center-Ft. Wayne, LLC
Mercury Air Center-Hartsfield, LLC
Mercury Air Center-Hopkins, LLC
Mercury Air Center-Jackson, LLC
Mercury Air Center-Johns Island, LLC
Mercury Air Center-Los Angeles, Inc.
Mercury Air Center-Nashville, LLC
Mercury Air Center-Newport News, LLC
Mercury Air Center-Ontario, Inc.
Mercury Air Center-Peachtree-DeKalb, LLC
Mercury Air Center-Reno, LLC
Mercury Air Centers, Inc.
Mercury Air Center-Santa Barbara, Inc.
Mercury Air Center-Tulsa, LLC
MIC Bayonne Holdings, LLC
MIC Ohana Corporation (f/k/a Macquarie Infrastructure Company Inc. (US))
MIC Renewable Energy Holdings, LLC
Milner Dam Wind Park, LLC
MKC Aviation Fuel, LLC
Nagfy Holdings LLC
Newfoundland Transshipment Limited
Newport FBO Two LLC
Oil Mop, L.L.C.
Oregon Trail Wind Park, LLC
Palm Springs FBO Two LLC
Palomar Airport Center LLC
Palomar Airport Fuel LLC


 
 

Payne’s Ferry Wind Park, LLC
Picture Rocks Project Holdings, LLC
Picture Rocks Solar, LLC
Pilgrim Stage Station Wind Park, LLC
ProAir Aviation Maintenance, LLC (merger of CPR Maintenance LLC and DVT Maintenance LLC)
Ragfy Holdings LLC
Ramona Equity Holdings, LLC
Rifle Air, LLC
Rifle Jet Center Maintenance, LLC
Rifle Jet Center, LLC
Salmon Falls Wind Park, LLC
SB Aviation Group, Inc.
SBN, Inc.
SEH Bryan Solar Holdings, LLC
SEH DMAFB Holdings, LLC
SEH Picture Rocks Holdings, LLC
SEH Ramona Holdings, LLC
SEH Valley Center Holdings, LLC
SEH Waihonu Holdings, LLC
Sierra Aviation, Inc.
SJ JC Airline Services, LLC
SJ JC Aviation Services, LLC
SJJC FBO Services, LLC
Sol Orchard San Diego 20 LLC
Sol Orchard San Diego 21 LLC
Sol Orchard San Diego 22 LLC
Sol Orchard San Diego 23 LLC
St. Rose Nursery, LLC
Sun Valley Aviation, Inc.
SunE DM, LLC
SW Cogen Project, LLC
The Gas Company, LLC
Thousand Springs Wind Park, LLC
Trajen FBO, LLC
Trajen Flight Support, LP
Trajen Funding, Inc.
Trajen Holdings, Inc.
Trajen Limited, LLC
Tuana Gulch Wind Park, LLC
Tucson Equity Holdings, LLC
Valley Center Equity Holdings, LLC
Waihonu Equity Holdings, LLC
Waihonu North, LLC
Waihonu South, LLC
Waukesha Flying Services, Inc.
WEH Brahms Holding LLC
WEH Magic Valley Holdings, LLC
Yahoo Creek Wind Park, LLC
Zone J Tolling Co., LLC


Exhibit 23.1

Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors
Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation:

We consent to the incorporation by reference in the registration statements on Form S-8 (Registration Nos. 333-181779, 333-144016, and 333-125226) and Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-187794) of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation of our reports dated February 22, 2016, with respect to the consolidated balance sheets of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and subsidiaries as of December 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive (loss) income, stockholders’ equity, and cash flows for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2015, and the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, which reports appear in the December 31, 2015 annual report on Form 10-K of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation.

Our report dated February 22, 2016, on the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, contains an explanatory paragraph that states Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation acquired Bayonne Energy Center during 2015, and management excluded from its assessment of the effectiveness of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015, Bayonne Energy Center’s internal control over financial reporting associated with approximately 10% of total assets and approximately 5% of total revenues included in the consolidated financial statements of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation as of and for the year ended December 31, 2015. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation also excluded an evaluation of the internal control over financial reporting of Bayonne Energy Center.

/s/ KPMG LLP
 
Dallas, Texas
February 22, 2016


Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
 
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)

I, James Hooke, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation (the “registrant”);
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Dated: February 22, 2016

By: /s/ James Hooke

James Hooke
Chief Executive Officer


Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
 
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a)

I, Liam Stewart, certify that:

1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation (the “registrant”);
2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
4. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
a. Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;
b. Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;
c. Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
d. Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
5. The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of registrant’s Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):
a. All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
b. Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

Dated: February 22, 2016

By: /s/ Liam Stewart

Liam Stewart
Chief Financial Officer


Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, James Hooke, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge and belief:

(1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
By: /s/ James Hooke

James Hooke
Chief Executive Officer
February 22, 2016

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.


Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Annual Report of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation (the “Company”) on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), I, Liam Stewart, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my knowledge and belief:

(1) the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and
(2) the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.
By: /s/ Liam Stewart

Liam Stewart
Chief Financial Officer
February 22, 2016

A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.