Exhibit 10.4
EXECUTION VERSION
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
COMMON SECURITY AND ACCOUNT AGREEMENT
among
CHENIERE CORPUS CHRISTI HOLDINGS, LLC,
as Company,
CORPUS CHRISTI LIQUEFACTION, LLC,
CHENIERE CORPUS CHRISTI PIPELINE, L.P.,
CORPUS CHRISTI PIPELINE GP, LLC, and
ANY OTHER SUBSIDIARY OF THE COMPANY THAT ACCEDES HERETO FROM TIME
TO TIME AS A GUARANTOR,
as Guarantors,
THE SENIOR CREDITOR GROUP REPRESENTATIVES PARTY HERETO AND THAT
ACCEDE HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME, FOR THE BENEFIT OF ALL SENIOR
CREDITORS,
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE,
as Intercreditor Agent for the Facility Lenders and any Hedging Banks,
SOCIÉTÉ GÉNÉRALE,
as Security Trustee,
and
MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,
as Account Bank,
Dated as of June 15, 2022
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. |
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION | 1 | ||||||
2. |
SENIOR DEBT | 2 | ||||||
2.1 | Senior Debt Secured Hereby | 2 | ||||||
2.2 | Incremental Senior Debt | 2 | ||||||
2.3 | Payments and Prepayments | 4 | ||||||
2.4 | Senior Creditor Group Representative; Replacement or Appointment of Senior Creditor Group Representative | 8 | ||||||
2.5 | Other Intercreditor Agents | 9 | ||||||
2.6 | Transfers and Holders of Senior Debt Obligations | 11 | ||||||
2.7 | Accession of Senior Creditor Group Representatives | 11 | ||||||
2.8 | Changes to Senior Debt Instruments and Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments | 13 | ||||||
2.9 | Discharge of Certain Senior Debt Obligations | 14 | ||||||
2.10 | Sponsor and its Affiliates | 15 | ||||||
2.11 | Secured Party Guarantees | 15 | ||||||
3. |
SECURITY INTERESTS | 15 | ||||||
3.1 | Pro Rata First-Ranking Security Interests | 15 | ||||||
3.2 | Security Interests to be Granted by the Securing Parties | 15 | ||||||
3.3 | Security Interests to be Granted by Holdco | 29 | ||||||
3.4 | Direct Agreements | 29 | ||||||
3.5 | Perfection and Maintenance of Security Interests | 32 | ||||||
3.6 | Rights in Collateral Prior to Security Enforcement Action | 38 | ||||||
3.7 | Liability of Securing Parties Under Contracts or Agreements Included in the Collateral | 39 | ||||||
3.8 | Release or Modification of Security Interests | 40 | ||||||
4. |
CASH FLOW AND ACCOUNTS | 42 | ||||||
4.1 | General Principles | 42 | ||||||
4.2 | Authorized Investments | 44 | ||||||
4.3 | Accounts | 45 | ||||||
4.4 | Procedures for Deposits and Withdrawals from Accounts | 48 | ||||||
4.5 | Deposits and Withdrawals | 49 | ||||||
4.6 | Control and Investment of Funds in Accounts | 57 | ||||||
4.7 | Cash Waterfall | 60 | ||||||
4.8 | Accounts During the Continuance of a Declared Event of Default | 62 | ||||||
4.9 | Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC | 63 | ||||||
4.10 | Adequate Instruction; Sufficiency of Funds | 67 | ||||||
4.11 | Account with Third Party Account Bank | 68 |
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INSURANCE AND CONDEMNATION PROCEEDS AND PERFORMANCE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES | 70 | ||||||
5.1 | Additional Insureds | 70 | ||||||
5.2 | Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds | 71 | ||||||
5.3 | Performance Liquidated Damages | 76 | ||||||
6. |
SECURITY TRUSTEE ACTION | 77 | ||||||
6.1 | Security Trustee Action Generally | 77 | ||||||
6.2 | Initiation of Security Enforcement Action | 79 | ||||||
6.3 | Conduct of Security Enforcement Action | 81 | ||||||
6.4 | Incidents of Sale | 84 | ||||||
6.5 | Security Trustee May File Proofs of Claim | 87 | ||||||
6.6 | Security Trustee May Enforce Claims | 88 | ||||||
6.7 | Enforcement Proceeds Account | 88 | ||||||
6.8 | Rights of Enforcement Under the Security Documents | 89 | ||||||
6.9 | Rights of Set-Off | 89 | ||||||
7. |
INTERCREDITOR ARRANGEMENTS | 90 | ||||||
7.1 | Other Intercreditor Arrangements | 90 | ||||||
7.2 | Modification Approval Levels | 91 | ||||||
7.3 | Hedging Banks | 95 | ||||||
7.4 | Sponsor Voting | 96 | ||||||
7.5 | Notice and Consultation | 96 | ||||||
7.6 | Intercreditor Agent Indemnity | 97 | ||||||
8. |
THE SECURITY TRUSTEE | 98 | ||||||
8.1 | Appointment and Duties | 98 | ||||||
8.2 | Delivery of Documentation | 100 | ||||||
8.3 | Attorney-in-Fact | 100 | ||||||
8.4 | Reliance | 104 | ||||||
8.5 | Liability | 105 | ||||||
8.6 | Consultation with Counsel, Etc. | 106 | ||||||
8.7 | Resignation, Removal and Replacement of Security Trustee | 106 | ||||||
8.8 | Indemnity | 109 | ||||||
8.9 | Compensation and Expenses | 111 | ||||||
8.10 | Certificates | 112 | ||||||
8.11 | Stamp and Other Similar Taxes | 112 | ||||||
8.12 | Information | 113 | ||||||
8.13 | Books and Records | 113 | ||||||
8.14 | Limitation on Security Trustees Duties in Respect of Collateral | 113 | ||||||
8.15 | Security Documents | 114 | ||||||
8.16 | Exculpatory Provisions | 114 | ||||||
8.17 | Own Responsibility | 114 | ||||||
8.18 | Merger of the Security Trustee | 115 | ||||||
8.19 | Treatment of Senior Creditors by the Security Trustee | 115 | ||||||
8.20 | Compliance | 115 | ||||||
8.21 | Miscellaneous | 116 |
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9. |
THE ACCOUNT BANK | 117 | ||||||
9.1 | Appointment and Role of the Account Bank | 117 | ||||||
9.2 | Undertakings of the Account Bank | 117 | ||||||
9.3 | No Fiduciary Duties | 118 | ||||||
9.4 | The Account Bank Individually | 118 | ||||||
9.5 | Rights and Discretions of the Account Bank | 119 | ||||||
9.6 | No Responsibility for Documentation | 121 | ||||||
9.7 | Exclusion of Liability | 121 | ||||||
9.8 | Indemnities | 122 | ||||||
9.9 | Resignation, Removal and Replacement of the Account Bank | 124 | ||||||
9.10 | Notice and Acknowledgment of Security | 126 | ||||||
9.11 | Compensation and Expenses | 126 | ||||||
10. |
OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECURITY DOCUMENTS | 127 | ||||||
10.1 | Nature of Obligations | 127 | ||||||
10.2 | Suspense Account | 130 | ||||||
10.3 | Limitation on Recourse | 131 | ||||||
10.4 | No Interference; Payment Over; Exculpatory Provisions | 132 | ||||||
10.5 | Certain Agreements with Respect to Bankruptcy | 133 | ||||||
11. |
GUARANTEES | 135 | ||||||
11.1 | Guarantor Obligations | 135 | ||||||
11.2 | Right of Contribution | 136 | ||||||
11.3 | Payment by Guarantors | 136 | ||||||
11.4 | No Subrogation | 137 | ||||||
11.5 | Amendments, etc. with Respect to the Senior Debt Obligations | 137 | ||||||
11.6 | Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional | 138 | ||||||
11.7 | Authority of Guarantors or Company | 140 | ||||||
11.8 | Bankruptcy | 141 | ||||||
11.9 | Release | 141 | ||||||
11.10 | Reinstatement | 142 | ||||||
11.11 | Information | 142 | ||||||
11.12 | Instrument for Payment of Money | 142 | ||||||
11.13 | Limitation on Guarantee Obligations | 143 | ||||||
11.14 | Swap Obligations | 143 | ||||||
11.15 | Additional Guarantors | 143 | ||||||
12. |
MISCELLANEOUS | 144 | ||||||
12.1 | Termination | 144 | ||||||
12.2 | Waiver of Immunity | 144 | ||||||
12.3 | Judgment Currency | 145 | ||||||
12.4 | Severability | 145 | ||||||
12.5 | Entire Agreement | 145 | ||||||
12.6 | Confidentiality | 146 |
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12.7 | Notices | 148 | ||||||
12.8 | Successors and Assigns; Benefits of Agreement | 151 | ||||||
12.9 | Remedies | 151 | ||||||
12.10 | Execution in Counterparts | 152 | ||||||
12.11 | GOVERNING LAW | 152 | ||||||
12.12 | WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL | 153 | ||||||
12.13 | Consent to Jurisdiction | 153 | ||||||
12.14 | Amendments | 154 | ||||||
12.15 | Conflicts | 155 | ||||||
12.16 | Further Assurances | 155 | ||||||
12.17 | Survival of Obligations | 155 | ||||||
12.18 | Other Indemnities | 156 | ||||||
12.19 | Amendment and Restatement | 157 |
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SCHEDULES
A | Common Definitions and Rules of Interpretation | |||||
B | Addresses for Notices of the Securing Parties and Holdco | |||||
C | List of Senior Creditors, Senior Creditor Group Representatives, Senior Debt Commitments / Obligations, Senior Debt Instruments / Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments, Addresses for Notice of Relevant Senior Creditor Group Representative | |||||
D | Forms of Accession Agreements | |||||
D-1 | Form of Senior Creditor Group Representative Accession Agreement | |||||
D-2 | Form of Security Trustee Accession Agreement | |||||
D-3 | Form of Account Bank Accession Agreement | |||||
D-4 | Form of Guarantor Accession Agreement | |||||
E | Commercial Tort Claims | |||||
F | [Reserved] | |||||
G | Forms of Direct Agreement | |||||
G-1 | Form of Direct Agreement for Material Project Agreements with Affiliates | |||||
G-2 | Form of Direct Agreement for Material Project Agreements with non-Affiliates | |||||
G-3 | Form of Direct Agreement for Guarantees | |||||
G-4 | [Reserved] | |||||
G-5-1 | [Reserved] | |||||
G-5-2 | Form of Direct Agreement for Affiliate Non-Qualifying SPAs | |||||
G-6 | Forms of Direct Agreement for Contractor, and any Guarantor of such Contractors Obligations, under an Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contract | |||||
G-7 | Form of Direct Agreement for ADCC Pipeline Precedent Agreement | |||||
H | Details of Accounts as of Stage 3 Closing Date | |||||
I | I-1 | Form of Deed of Trust (CCL) | ||||
I-2 | Form of Modification and Release Agreement (CCP) | |||||
J | Intellectual Property | |||||
K | Form of Withdrawal and Transfer Certificate | |||||
L | UCC Filing Offices |
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THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED COMMON SECURITY AND ACCOUNT AGREEMENT, dated as of June 15, 2022 (the Common Security and Account Agreement or this Agreement), is made among:
(a) | Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the Company); |
(b) | Corpus Christi Liquefaction, LLC, a limited liability company organized in the State of Delaware, Cheniere Corpus Christi Pipeline, L.P., a limited partnership organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, Corpus Christi Pipeline GP, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, and each other Subsidiary of the Company that accedes hereto from time to time as a guarantor pursuant to Article 11 (Guarantees) (each a Guarantor and together the Guarantors and, together with the Company, the Securing Parties); |
(c) | The Senior Creditor Group Representatives listed in Schedule C (List of Senior Creditors, Senior Creditor Group Representatives, Senior Debt Commitments / Obligations, Senior Debt Instruments / Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments, Addresses for Notice of Relevant Senior Creditor Group Representative) and each Senior Creditor Group Representative that accedes hereto from time to time, for its own benefit and the benefit of each such representatives respective Senior Creditor Group; |
(d) | Société Générale, as Intercreditor Agent for the Facility Lenders and any Hedging Banks; |
(e) | Société Générale, as Security Trustee; and |
(f) | Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as Account Bank. |
The Parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION |
(a) | In this Agreement and the Schedules hereto, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, capitalized terms used in this Agreement and its Schedules shall have the meanings assigned to them in Section 1.3 of Schedule A (Common Definitions and Rules of Interpretation Definitions). |
(b) | In this Agreement and the Schedules hereto, except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the interpretation provisions contained in Section 1.2 of Schedule A (Common Definitions and Rules of Interpretation Interpretation) shall apply. |
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(c) | In addition to the foregoing, in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the meaning given to them in the UCC (and, if defined in more than one Article of the UCC, shall have the meaning given in Article 9 thereof): As-extracted Collateral, Bank, Banks Jurisdiction, Certificated Security, Certificates of Title, Chattel Paper, Continuation Statement, Commercial Tort Claims, Commodity Account, Deposit Account, Document, Entitlement Holder, Entitlement Order, Equipment, Financing Statement, Financial Asset, Fixtures, General Intangibles, Goods, Instrument, Inventory, Investment Property, Letter-of-Credit Right, Money, Payment Intangibles, Proceeds, Record, Securities Account, Security, Securities Intermediary, Securities Intermediarys Jurisdiction, Security Entitlement, Software and Supporting Obligations. |
2. | SENIOR DEBT |
2.1 | Senior Debt Secured Hereby |
(a) | All Senior Debt Obligations shall be secured by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and to the Security Interests granted by or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Security Documents, in each case subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. |
(b) | The Senior Creditors, the Senior Creditor Group Representatives, the Senior Debt Commitments, the maximum principal amount of Senior Debt or the maximum notional amount, as applicable, the Senior Debt Instruments and the Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments benefitting from this Agreement on the date hereof are each identified in Schedule C (List of Senior Creditors, Senior Creditor Group Representatives, Senior Debt Commitments / Obligations, Senior Debt Instruments / Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments, Addresses for Notice of Relevant Senior Creditor Group Representative). |
2.2 | Incremental Senior Debt |
(a) | At any time, and from time to time, the Company may incur senior secured debt that is incremental to the then-outstanding Senior Debt under either sub-clause (i) or sub-clause (ii) below as follows: |
(i) | the Company may enter into commitments to incur such additional senior secured debt as it may be permitted to incur under all Senior Debt Instruments then in effect and subject to the terms and conditions in such Senior Debt Instruments to the incurrence of such debt (all such permitted additional senior secured debt, Additional Senior Debt) and the Companys obligations thereunder shall, subject to clause (b) below, become Senior Debt Obligations secured by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement and the other Security Documents and the Direct Agreements, upon satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent: |
(A) | delivery of a certification by the Company to the Security Trustee (with a copy to each Senior Creditor Group Representative) that such additional senior secured debt obligations have been incurred in compliance with, and satisfy the conditions required to be met in order for such debt to be Senior Debt pursuant to, the relevant provisions of all Senior Debt Instruments then in effect; and |
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(B) | satisfaction of all the requirements of Section 2.7 (Accession of Senior Creditor Group Representatives); and |
(ii) | the Company may enter into Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments and incur senior secured debt obligations thereunder and such obligations shall, subject to Section 7.3 (Hedging Banks), become Senior Debt Obligations secured by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, the other Security Documents and the Direct Agreements upon satisfaction of each of the following conditions precedent: |
(A) | delivery of a certification by the Company to the Security Trustee (with a copy to each Senior Creditor Group Representative) that such incremental senior secured debt obligations incurred under a Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument have been incurred in compliance with, and satisfy the conditions required to be met in order for such obligations to be incurred by the Company pursuant to, the relevant provisions of all Senior Debt Instruments then in effect; and |
(B) | satisfaction of all the requirements of Section 2.7 (Accession of Senior Creditor Group Representatives). |
(b) | Replacement Senior Debt Senior Noteholders Benefitting from Escrow Account |
(i) | In the event any Replacement Senior Debt is incurred pursuant to the issuance of Senior Notes under any Indenture, and the proceeds of such Indebtedness are held in escrow in a Senior Note Disbursement Account in accordance with Section 4.5(a)(iii) (Deposits and Withdrawals Disbursements of Senior Debt Escrow of Senior Notes Issued as Replacement Senior Debt), the Senior Debt Obligations acquired by the Senior Noteholders who purchase such Senior Notes shall become Senior Debt Obligations secured by and entitled to the benefits of this Agreement, the other Security Documents and the Direct Agreements, and such Senior Noteholders shall become Senior Creditors (A) solely for the limited purposes set forth in sub-clause (ii) below upon the satisfaction of the conditions precedent in sub-clause (a)(i) above and (B) for all other purposes under the Finance Documents, solely upon the later of (1) satisfaction of the conditions precedent in sub-clause (a)(i) above and (2) the expiration of the relevant escrow period, to the extent that such proceeds are not repaid to such Senior Noteholders at the end of the relevant escrow period. Accordingly, prior to the date identified in sub-clause (B) above, such Senior Noteholders shall not be secured by and shall not have recourse to the Security Interests, the Securing Parties, Holdco or any assets of the Securing Parties or Holdco (including prior to such date, the Project Property) or the right to instruct the Security Trustee except as set forth in sub-clause (ii) below. |
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(ii) | Prior to the expiration of the relevant escrow period, such Senior Noteholders shall (A) have recourse to the Security Interest granted to the Security Trustee pursuant to Section 3.2(b)(i) (Security Interests to be Granted by the Securing Parties Security Interests General) over any Senior Note Disbursement Account, and the cash, Financial Assets and other property credited thereto or held therein as security for the repayment of such Indebtedness, and (B) be entitled to instruct the Security Trustee to take action in respect thereof as a Senior Creditor in accordance with this Agreement. |
2.3 | Payments and Prepayments |
(a) | Pro Rata Payment of Senior Debt Obligations |
(i) | Subject to sub-clause (ii) and sub-clause (b)(ii) (Sharing of Non-Pro Rata Payments) below, each payment or prepayment of Senior Debt Obligations (other than with respect to Senior Debt Obligations incurred under a Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument, which is addressed in clause (f) (Payment of Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Liabilities) below, and Secured Party Fees) from the Securing Parties to Senior Creditors shall be made to the Senior Creditors as a Pro Rata Payment and a Senior Creditor shall not be entitled to receive any payment or prepayment of any such Senior Debt Obligations that is not made as a Pro Rata Payment; provided that: |
(A) | subject to the requirements of any Senior Debt Instrument, any Senior Creditor may by written notice to the Security Trustee and the other Senior Creditor Group Representatives waive its right to a Pro Rata Payment hereunder; and |
(B) | if a Senior Debt Instrument expressly states that no pro rata payment thereunder shall be required in respect of a specified mandatory or voluntary prepayment (or type of pro rata prepayment) made under other Senior Debt Instruments, then no such pro rata payment shall be required hereby (subject to compliance with any conditions established by the Senior Debt Instrument waiving the right to a pro rata prepayment in such circumstances). |
For the avoidance of doubt, if at any time at which any Senior Debt Obligations are due and payable to the Senior Creditors there are insufficient funds to discharge all the amounts then due and payable to the Senior Creditors in accordance with Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall) or Section 4.8 (Accounts During the Continuance of a Declared Event of Default), as applicable, each Senior Creditor shall receive a Pro Rata Payment, to be applied in accordance with clause (d) (Partial Payments) below.
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(ii) | Notwithstanding sub-clause (i) above: |
(A) | except as provided in any individual Senior Debt Instrument with respect to the Senior Creditors under that Senior Debt Instrument, only the following mandatory prepayments shall be applied pro rata across all Senior Debt, other than any Working Capital Debt (except in the case of sub-clause (3) below) and Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument: |
(1) | mandatory prepayments with Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds as described in, and subject to the requirements of, Section 5.2 (Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds); |
(2) | a mandatory prepayment triggered by an LNG SPA Prepayment Event pursuant to a Senior Debt Instrument then in effect; or |
(3) | a mandatory prepayment pursuant to a mandatory prepayment offer following the occurrence of a Change of Control; |
(B) | no pro rata prepayment of Senior Notes is required to be made in the event that any Loans are voluntarily paid in accordance with the terms of the applicable Senior Debt Instrument (including, to the extent applicable, Section 3.5 (Voluntary Prepayments) of the Common Terms Agreement and any comparable provision in any other Senior Debt Instrument then in effect with respect to Loans); |
(C) | no pro rata prepayment of any Senior Debt is required to be made in the event that any voluntary or optional prepayment of Senior Debt under an individual Senior Debt Instrument or Permitted Hedging Instrument is made to only certain affected Senior Creditors thereunder or only Senior Creditors under such affected Senior Debt Instruments or Permitted Hedging Instruments as a result of the applicability of yield protection provisions, increased cost provisions or additional amounts relating to Taxes, Defaulting Lender, Non-Consenting Lender or similar provisions, including, in each case, such provisions as described in Section 3.2 (Right of Repayment and Cancellation in Relation to a Single Facility Lender) or Section 19.5 (Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders) of the Common Terms Agreement and any comparable provision of any other Senior Debt Instrument or Permitted Senior |
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Debt Hedging Instrument then in effect; provided that such prepayment is made using (x) the proceeds of Replacement Senior Debt or (y) cash available at the ninth level of the cash waterfall in accordance with Section 4.7(a)(ix) (Cash Waterfall); |
(D) | each of the payments of Breakage Costs and other similar amounts required to be paid pursuant to an individual Senior Debt Instrument only (as referred to in Section 3.6 (Prepayment Fees and Breakage Costs) of the Common Terms Agreement and any comparable provision of any other Senior Debt Instrument then in effect) and including any cash collateralization of letters of credit required pursuant to the terms of any Working Capital Debt shall not be required to be made as a Pro Rata Payment; and |
(E) | any other payments or prepayments to a Senior Creditor in respect of which it waives its right to a Pro Rata Payment under its Senior Debt Instrument (including, in respect of Facility Lenders, the proviso to Section 3.7 (Pro Rata Payment) of the Common Terms Agreement (and any comparable provision in any other Senior Debt Instrument then in effect)) which waiver shall be deemed to be a waiver of its right to receive a Pro Rata Payment in accordance with this Section 2.3(a) (Payments and Prepayments Pro Rata Payment of Senior Debt Obligations) as a result of which such Senior Creditor shall not require a Pro Rata Payment or prepayment to such Senior Creditor. |
(b) | Sharing of Non-Pro Rata Payments |
(i) | Except to the extent no Pro Rata Payment is required under sub-clause (a)(ii) (Pro Rata Payment of Senior Debt Obligations) above and as set out in sub-clause (ii) below, if any Senior Creditor receives any payment, whether pursuant to enforcement of any Security Interest, as payment of Senior Debt Obligations following acceleration, through right of set-off or voluntary or involuntary prepayment or otherwise, other than a Pro Rata Payment made pursuant to the Finance Documents, such Senior Creditor shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Trustee and pay an amount equal to such amount to the Security Trustee for distribution in accordance with this Agreement. |
(ii) | The following amounts shall not be subject to sharing pursuant to sub-clause (i) above: |
(A) | any payment made to a Secured Party as indemnity or reimbursement for any additional funding cost, tax incurred or withheld or cost, liability or claim that is the subject of any indemnity, reimbursement or gross-up provision contained in any Finance Document; |
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(B) | any payment of any fee or premium required by the terms of a Finance Document and not required by the terms of any other Finance Document to be shared; |
(C) | any payment of a Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Liability to a Hedging Bank made in accordance with Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall) or Section 4.8 (Accounts During the Continuance of a Declared Event of Default), as applicable; and |
(D) | any payment representing capitalized interest in respect of any Finance Document. |
For the avoidance of doubt, any sub-participation arrangement, credit default swap arrangement, credit derivative transaction, synthetic securitization transaction, insurance arrangement (including any political risk insurance arrangement) or any other type of back-to-back arrangement entered into in connection with a Senior Creditors or Senior Creditor Groups Senior Debt (other than any such back-to-back arrangement entered into with the Company or any of its Affiliates (directly or indirectly) resulting in an obligation to make a payment that relates to a Senior Debt Obligation) shall not be subject to sharing pursuant to sub-clause (i) above.
(c) | Manner of Payment |
All payments to any Secured Party under any Finance Document shall be made in accordance with the terms of the relevant Finance Document or, in the absence of any express provisions in that Finance Document, in US Dollars, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim and for value on the due date.
(d) | Partial Payments |
Except as otherwise provided in the relevant Senior Debt Instrument or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument, if at any time at which any Senior Debt Obligations are payable to a Senior Creditor, such Senior Creditor (or the Security Trustee or Senior Creditor Group Representative on behalf of such Senior Creditor) receives insufficient funds to discharge all the amounts then due and payable to such Senior Creditor under the relevant Senior Debt Instrument or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument, that payment shall be applied towards the Senior Debt Obligations owed to that Senior Creditor in the following order:
(i) | first, in or toward payment of any unpaid costs, fees, expenses and all amounts (other than principal, interest, premia (if any) and Breakage Costs on the Senior Debt) payable to that Senior Creditor (including any such costs, fees or expenses of such Senior Creditor in its capacity as the Security Trustee, Intercreditor Agent, Account Bank, Indenture Trustee or Senior Creditor Group Representative); |
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(ii) | second, in or toward payment of any post-Event of Default interest on Senior Debt provided by that Senior Creditor and due but unpaid; |
(iii) | third, in or toward payment of any other interest on the Senior Debt provided by that Senior Creditor and due but unpaid; |
(iv) | fourth, in or toward payment of any principal due but unpaid in respect of Senior Debt provided by that Senior Creditor; and |
(v) | fifth, in or toward payment of any other Senior Debt Obligations owed to that Senior Creditor. |
(e) | Late Payments |
Except as otherwise provided in the relevant provisions of the Senior Debt Instruments (including, to the extent applicable, Section 3.9 (Late Payments) of the Common Terms Agreement and any comparable provision in any other Senior Debt Instrument then in effect) or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments, any payment to a Secured Party that is not paid when due under any Finance Document shall be subject to payment of interest at the Default Rate calculated from the date such payment was due to the date such payment is unconditionally and irrevocably paid in full.
(f) | Payment of Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Liabilities |
Each payment of Senior Debt Obligations under a Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument shall be made in accordance with Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall) or Section 4.8 (Accounts During the Continuance of a Declared Event of Default), as applicable.
2.4 | Senior Creditor Group Representative; Replacement or Appointment of Senior Creditor Group Representative |
(a) | Each of the Senior Creditor Group Representatives party hereto on the date hereof or pursuant to an accession hereto (other than any Hedging Banks and any other Senior Creditor which is its own Senior Creditor Group Representative) represents that it has been duly appointed pursuant to the relevant Senior Debt Instrument to represent the relevant Senior Creditor Group and is entitled to vote and give instructions to the Security Trustee on behalf of the Senior Creditor(s) comprising such Senior Creditor Group. |
(b) | Each Hedging Bank (if any), and each other Senior Creditor which is its own Senior Creditor Group Representative (if any), confirms that it is its own Senior Creditor Group Representative. |
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(c) | Any Senior Creditor Group Representative may be replaced or appointed by a Senior Creditor Group as provided in the relevant Senior Debt Instrument or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument, as applicable, and the Company, the Security Trustee, the Account Bank, the Intercreditor Agent and each other Senior Creditor Group Representative shall be notified promptly of any such replacement or appointment, which shall become effective only: |
(i) | in the case of a replacement Senior Creditor Group Representative, upon (A) the replacement Senior Creditor Group Representative evidencing its incumbency to the reasonable satisfaction of the Security Trustee and acceding to this Agreement as a Senior Creditor Group Representative (and, if the Senior Creditor Group Representative it is replacing was party to the Intercreditor Agreement, to the Intercreditor Agreement) in accordance with Section 2.7 (Accession of Senior Creditor Group Representatives) or, if such entity was party to any Accession Agreement, agreeing in writing to be bound by the Accession Agreement to which its predecessor Senior Creditor Group Representative was a party; and (B) the Senior Creditor Group Representative being replaced delivering its signature of acknowledgment to the Accession Agreement entered into by the replacement Senior Creditor Group Representative, which signature of acknowledgment shall be deemed to constitute the resignation of such Senior Creditor Group Representative being replaced; and |
(ii) | in the case of a newly appointed Senior Creditor Group Representative, upon the appointed Senior Creditor Group Representative acceding to this Agreement (and, if the Senior Creditor Group Representative represents any Facility Lender or represents itself as a Hedging Bank, the Intercreditor Agreement) in accordance with Section 2.7 (Accession of Senior Creditor Group Representatives). |
(d) | Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, each reference in this Agreement to a Senior Creditor Group Representative shall be understood to be a reference to that Senior Creditor Group Representative acting on behalf of and for the benefit of the Senior Creditor(s) that have appointed such Senior Creditor Group Representative. |
2.5 | Other Intercreditor Agents |
(a) | Subject to clauses (c) and (d) below, at any time, and from time to time, any group of Senior Creditor Group Representatives may notify the Company, the Security Trustee, the Account Bank, the Intercreditor Agent and each other Senior Creditor Group Representative in writing that such Senior Creditor Group Representatives have appointed an intercreditor agent to act on their behalf under this Agreement. Such notice shall specify the effective date upon which such appointment shall take effect. |
(b) | With respect to Senior Creditor Group Representatives who have appointed an intercreditor agent to act on their behalf (prior to any termination or replacement of such intercreditor agent in accordance with clause (e) below): |
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(i) | the Company, the Security Trustee, the Account Bank, the Intercreditor Agent and each other Senior Creditor Group Representative shall regard and be entitled to rely upon any statements, directions or notices from such intercreditor agent in its appointed capacity as if such statements or notices were delivered by the Senior Creditor Group Representatives that have appointed such intercreditor agent and shall be entitled to regard delivery of any statements or notices to such intercreditor agent as delivery of such statements or notices to the appointing Senior Creditor Group Representatives; and |
(ii) | any provisions herein that refer to the approval of, or notice, direction or statement from or to, any such appointing Senior Creditor Group Representative shall be deemed to be references to the approval of, or notice, direction or statement from or to, the intercreditor agent acting on behalf of such Senior Creditor Group Representative (for the benefit of the relevant Senior Creditors). |
(c) | Each Senior Creditor Group Representative party hereto on the date hereof or pursuant to an accession hereto (other than any Indenture Trustee) has appointed the Intercreditor Agent pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement to act as its representative for all matters under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Intercreditor Agent does not represent or act for any Indenture Trustee or any Senior Creditor Group Representative that may be appointed from time to time for any Senior Noteholders. |
(d) | For so long as the Intercreditor Agreement is effective, no Senior Creditor Group Representative representing any Facility Lender or representing itself as a Hedging Bank nor the Facility Lenders nor any Hedging Bank shall appoint any other intercreditor agent pursuant to this Section 2.5 (Other Intercreditor Agents). For the avoidance of doubt, the Intercreditor Agent represents and may act for all Senior Creditor Group Representatives representing Facility Lenders and/or Hedging Banks and all Facility Lenders and/or Hedging Banks represented by such Senior Creditor Group Representatives. |
(e) | At any time and from time to time, any Senior Creditor Group Representatives that have appointed an intercreditor agent pursuant to this Section 2.5 (Other Intercreditor Agents) may: |
(i) | terminate the appointment of such intercreditor agent; and/or |
(ii) | replace such intercreditor agent, |
in each case in accordance with the terms of its intercreditor agreement and by written notice from such Senior Creditor Group Representatives to the Company, the Security Trustee, the Account Bank, the Intercreditor Agent and each other Senior Creditor Group Representative.
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2.6 | Transfers and Holders of Senior Debt Obligations |
(a) | For the avoidance of doubt, no participant, beneficial owner or other Person who is not in each case a Holder pursuant to a Senior Debt Instrument or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument shall have or acquire rights greater than those of the Senior Creditor through which it owns its indirect interest in the Senior Debt Obligations, and, accordingly, all such participants, beneficial owners and other Persons having an indirect interest in Senior Debt Obligations shall be subject to the terms and conditions hereof, notwithstanding that they are not Senior Creditors. |
(b) | Each Senior Debt Obligation may be sold, exchanged, traded, assigned, novated or otherwise transferred (subject, to the extent applicable, to the Intercreditor Agreement) as provided in the related Senior Debt Instrument or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument, and any Person becoming a Holder thereof from time to time in accordance with such Senior Debt Instrument or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument shall be deemed to be a Senior Creditor, and each Person ceasing to be a Holder thereof from time to time in accordance with such Senior Debt Instrument or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument shall cease to be a Senior Creditor. |
2.7 | Accession of Senior Creditor Group Representatives |
(a) | Any Senior Creditor Group that provides Additional Senior Debt pursuant to Section 2.2 (Incremental Senior Debt) or any Senior Creditor that enters into a Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument pursuant to Section 2.2 (Incremental Senior Debt) shall appoint a Senior Creditor Group Representative (or may act as its own Senior Creditor Group Representative) that shall enter into an Accession Agreement (on behalf of such Senior Creditor Group or itself) in accordance with the provisions hereof. |
(b) | Each Accession Agreement entered into pursuant to this Section 2.7 (Accession of Senior Creditor Group Representatives) shall be substantially in the form of Schedule D-1 (Forms of Accession Agreements Form of Senior Creditor Group Representative Accession Agreement) in which, among the other provisions set forth in such form, the relevant Senior Creditor Group Representative agrees to become a party to this Agreement and to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Agreement (including the pari passu ranking of all Senior Debt Obligations set forth in Section 3.1 (Pro Rata First-Ranking Security Interests)) and, if the Senior Creditor Group Representative represents any Facility Lender or represents itself as a Hedging Bank, to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of the Intercreditor Agreement. Each and every agreement expressed to be made herein by a Senior Creditor is made hereunder (and with respect to a Senior Creditor Group Representative that represents any Facility Lender or represents itself as a Hedging Bank, each and every agreement expressed to be made in the Intercreditor Agreement shall be made thereunder) by the relevant Senior Creditor Group Representative on behalf of each such Senior Creditor it represents, and each Accession Agreement entered into by a Senior Creditor Group Representative representing any Senior Creditor other than itself shall contain a representation that the related Senior Debt Instrument authorizes such Senior Creditor Group Representative to make such agreements on behalf of the relevant Senior Creditor(s). |
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(c) | No replacement or newly appointed Senior Creditor Group Representative shall become a Senior Creditor Group Representative under this Agreement or the Intercreditor Agreement unless and until: |
(i) | an Accession Agreement meeting the requirements of this Section 2.7 (Accession of Senior Creditor Group Representatives) shall have been executed and delivered to the Security Trustee; |
(ii) | such Accession Agreement, when delivered to the Security Trustee, shall be accompanied by one or more certificates as to the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Accession Agreement and incumbency of the officers or attorneys-in-fact of the new Senior Creditor Group Representative who executed the Accession Agreement and shall include notice details for the new Senior Creditor Group Representative; |
(iii) | in the case of a Senior Creditor Group Representative appointed by a Senior Creditor Group that provides Senior Debt, the applicable Senior Debt Instrument(s) shall have been entered into with the Company; |
(iv) | in the case of a Hedging Bank representing itself as a Senior Creditor Group Representative, such Hedging Bank shall have entered into its Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument with the Company; and |
(v) | the Security Trustee has received any documentation reasonably requested by it in order for it to carry out all necessary know your customer or similar requirements with respect to the new Senior Creditor Group Representative, including those reasonably required to ensure compliance with anti-money laundering procedures in its relevant jurisdiction. |
(d) | Fully executed copies of the related Senior Debt Instruments or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments, as applicable, shall be attached to the Accession Agreement as exhibits and each Accession Agreement shall specify in an exhibit thereto: |
(i) | the identity of the related Senior Creditors (which need not include the Holders of notes or other securities or term loans issued pursuant to an Indenture); |
(ii) | the related Senior Debt Commitments (if applicable); and |
(iii) | the related Senior Debt Instruments or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments. |
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(e) | The Security Trustee shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, after receiving a duly completed Accession Agreement which appears on its face to comply with the terms of this Section 2.7 (Accession of Senior Creditor Group Representatives): |
(i) | countersign such Accession Agreement by way of acceptance thereof; |
(ii) | amend Schedule C (List of Senior Creditors, Senior Creditor Group Representatives, Senior Debt Commitments / Obligations, Senior Debt Instruments / Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments, Addresses for Notice of Relevant Senior Creditor Group Representative) hereto accordingly; and |
(iii) | deliver the revised Schedule C (List of Senior Creditors, Senior Creditor Group Representatives, Senior Debt Commitments / Obligations, Senior Debt Instruments / Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments, Addresses for Notice of Relevant Senior Creditor Group Representative) to the Intercreditor Agent, the Company, the Account Bank and each Senior Creditor Group Representative. |
(f) | Upon the later of: |
(i) | the date defined in the Accession Agreement as its effective date; and |
(ii) | the date on which the Security Trustee countersigns the Accession Agreement by way of acceptance thereof (as contemplated in sub-clause (e)(i) above), |
the Senior Creditor Group Representative shall become (if not already) a party to this Agreement (and, if the Senior Creditor Group Representative represents any Facility Lender or represents itself as a Hedging Bank, the Intercreditor Agreement) and, if applicable and subject to the terms of Section 2.2 (Incremental Senior Debt), the providers of Additional Senior Debt or the Hedging Bank, as applicable, represented by such Senior Creditor Group Representative shall become Senior Creditors and such debt obligations provided by them shall become Senior Debt Obligations.
2.8 | Changes to Senior Debt Instruments and Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments |
(a) | Each Senior Creditor Group Representative shall notify, as soon as reasonably practicable, the Security Trustee, the Account Bank and each other Senior Creditor Group Representative of any proposed amendment, modification or other change to or under its related Senior Debt Instrument(s) or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument(s). |
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(b) | No such amendment, modification or other change shall be permitted or recognized for any purpose under this Agreement, any other Security Document or any Direct Agreement, unless it has been adopted and implemented in compliance with this Agreement in addition to the requirements of any such Senior Debt Instrument, Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument and any Intercreditor Agreement applicable thereto, and no such amendment, modification or other change shall purport to change, or have the effect of changing, the rights and duties of the Security Trustee or the Account Bank hereunder or under any other Security Document or any Direct Agreement or otherwise modifying the terms and conditions of this Agreement or any other Security Document or Direct Agreement. |
2.9 | Discharge of Certain Senior Debt Obligations |
Subject to Section 10.1 (Nature of Obligations), upon the occurrence of the Discharge Date with respect to all of the Senior Debt Obligations or with respect to the Senior Debt Obligations under an individual Senior Debt Instrument or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument, as the case may be, in each case in accordance with the relevant Senior Debt Instrument or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument, without further action by the Security Trustee:
(a) | the discharged Senior Debt Obligations thereunder shall no longer constitute Senior Debt Obligations entitled to the benefits hereof and of the other Security Documents and the Direct Agreements; |
(b) | the former Senior Creditors thereof shall no longer be Secured Parties; |
(c) | the related Senior Debt Instruments or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments shall no longer be Senior Debt Instruments or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments; provided that there are no Senior Creditors who are parties thereto with outstanding Senior Debt Commitments or to whom Senior Debt Obligations are owed pursuant to such Senior Debt Instruments or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments; and |
(d) | such related Senior Creditor Group Representative(s) shall no longer be a party hereto in such capacity. |
The relevant Senior Creditor Group Representative shall deliver to the Security Trustee a certificate stating that the Discharge Date in respect of all such Senior Debt Obligations shall have occurred.
Any such former Senior Creditor Group Representative in its own capacity (and on behalf of the relevant former Senior Creditors) shall cooperate with the Security Trustee, at the expense of the Securing Parties, to make all modifications and amendments to the Security Documents or execute and deliver any notice, termination statement, financing statement, continuation statement, public deed, instrument, document or agreement as may be reasonably necessary or that may be reasonably requested by the Security Trustee (and the Company may reasonably request the Security Trustee to make such a request) to create, preserve, continue, perfect or validate the Security Interests for the benefit of any remaining Secured Parties.
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2.10 | Sponsor and its Affiliates |
None of the Sponsor nor any of its Affiliates other than the Securing Parties is a party hereto or to any Security Document as a grantor of any Security Interest contemplated hereby, except that Holdco will be party to and grantor under only such of the Security Documents necessary to create and perfect the Security Interests referred to in Section 3.3 (Security Interests to be Granted by Holdco). Anything herein that purports to bind or obligate Holdco shall be construed as an agreement by the Company to procure that Holdco shall take the required action.
2.11 | Secured Party Guarantees |
Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein or in any other Finance Document, a Securing Party may guarantee any obligations of any other Securing Party that such other Securing Party is permitted to incur under the Finance Documents.
3. | SECURITY INTERESTS |
3.1 | Pro Rata First-Ranking Security Interests |
(a) | Except as expressly provided in Section 3.2(c) (Security Interests to be Granted by the Securing Parties Security Interests Individual Senior Noteholder Secured Accounts), all Security Interests created hereunder, or under the Security Documents, are a common security package for the benefit of the Secured Parties, ranking in right of payment and upon enforcement pari passu with each other without priority or preference by reason of date of incurrence, currency of payment or otherwise. The Security Interests shall be first-ranking or first priority security interests, subject only to any Permitted Liens to the extent specified herein, and all references in the Finance Documents to first ranking or first priority shall be construed accordingly. The Security Interests shall be realized in accordance with the terms and priorities set forth herein, including Section 6.7 (Enforcement Proceeds Account). |
(b) | Each reference in this Article 3 (Security Interests) to the Security Trustee shall be understood to be a reference to the Security Trustee acting for the benefit of the Secured Parties, unless otherwise explicitly specified. |
3.2 | Security Interests to be Granted by the Securing Parties |
(a) | Pledge of Pledged Collateral |
As security for the payment in full in US Dollars or the performance in full, as the case may be, of the Senior Debt Obligations, each Securing Party hereby collaterally assigns, pledges and grants to the Security Trustee, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a first ranking (subject to Permitted Liens in clause (a) thereof) and continuing Lien on, all of such Securing Partys right, title and interest whether now owned or hereafter existing or acquired in, to and under any
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and all of the following, except to the extent falling under clause (g) (Excluded Assets) below (all of the property and assets described in this clause (a) other than Excluded Assets being hereinafter collectively referred to herein as the Pledged Collateral):
(i) | the Guarantor Interests and any Other Equity Interests, including all such Securing Partys capital or ownership interest (including capital accounts), in any Guarantor owned by such Securing Party on the date hereof (collectively referred to herein as the Pledged Equity Interests); |
(ii) | all rights to receive income, gain, profit, all shares, securities, membership or partnership interests, moneys or property representing a dividend, and other distributions or return of capital allocated or distributed to such Securing Party in respect of, or resulting from a split up, revision, reclassification or other like change of or otherwise in exchange for all or any portion of the Pledged Equity Interests; |
(iii) | all of such Securing Partys voting rights in, or rights to control or direct the affairs of, any Guarantor owned by such Securing Party; |
(iv) | all other rights, title and interest in or to any Guarantor derived from the Pledged Equity Interests (including all rights of such Securing Party as a member of such Guarantor under the Constitutional Documents of such Guarantor); |
(v) | without affecting the obligations of such Securing Party or any Guarantor owned by such Securing Party under any provision prohibiting that action under any Finance Document, in the event of any consolidation or merger of such Guarantor in which such Guarantor is not the surviving entity, (A) all shares, securities, membership, partnership or ownership interests, as applicable, of any successor entity formed by or resulting from that consolidation or merger, including all rights, title, claims or interests associated therewith, if such shares, securities, membership, partnership or ownership interests are owned by such Securing Party after such consolidation or merger and (B) all other consideration (including all personal property, tangible or intangible) received by the Securing Party for such Collateral; |
(vi) | all rights of such Securing Party to terminate, amend, supplement, modify, or cancel the Constitutional Documents of any Guarantor, to take all actions thereunder and to compel performance and otherwise exercise all remedies thereunder; |
(vii) | (A) the debt securities or Indebtedness (including intercompany Indebtedness) held by such Securing Party on the date hereof or Indebtedness represented by an instrument or other transferable document and (B) any debt securities or indebtedness (including intercompany Indebtedness) in the future issued to or held by such Securing Party (collectively, the Pledged Debt Securities); |
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(viii) | all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other Proceeds received in respect of the Pledged Equity Interests and the Pledged Debt Securities, as applicable; |
(ix) | all rights and privileges of such Securing Party with respect to the securities and other property referred to above, as applicable; |
(x) | all notes (including promissory notes), certificates and other instruments representing or evidencing any of the foregoing rights and interests, debt securities, indebtedness or the ownership thereof from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such rights and interests; and |
(xi) | all proceeds, products and accessions (including proceeds as defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the UCC) and all causes of action, claims and warranties now or hereafter held by such Securing Party, in respect of any of the items listed above, of and to the foregoing Collateral, whether cash or non-cash and, to the extent related to any property described in said clauses or such proceeds, all books, correspondence, credit files, records, invoices and other papers, including all tapes, cards, computer runs, programs, printouts, databases and other computer materials, and documents in the possession or under the control of such Securing Party. |
(b) | Security Interests General |
As security for the payment in full in US Dollars or the performance in full, as the case may be, of the Senior Debt Obligations, each Securing Party hereby assigns, transfers and grants to the Security Trustee, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a first-ranking (subject only to Permitted Liens) and continuing Lien on all of such Securing Partys right, title and interest in, to and under all personal property of such Securing Party (except to the extent falling within the assets described in clause (g) (Excluded Assets) below). Such security interests shall be included in the Common Collateral, including the following, other than Excluded Assets, in each case whether now or hereafter existing or in which the applicable Securing Party now has or hereafter acquires an interest and wherever the same may be located:
(i) | all contracts, agreements and documents, including the following contracts, agreements and documents, as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced, renewed or otherwise modified from time to time (individually, an Assigned Agreement and collectively, the Assigned Agreements) and all of each Securing Partys rights thereunder: |
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(A) | the Material Project Agreements; |
(B) | the Permitted Hedging Instruments; |
(C) | the insurance policies maintained or required to be maintained by or for the benefit of any Securing Party under any Finance Document or any Material Project Agreement, including any such policies insuring against loss of revenues by reason of interruption of the operation of the Project Facilities and all proceeds and other amounts payable to any Securing Party thereunder, and all proceeds from any taking or condemnation; |
(D) | all other agreements (including vendor warranties and guaranties and performance bonds, sureties and security), running to any Securing Party or assigned to any Securing Party, relating to the construction, maintenance, improvement, operation or acquisition of the Project Facilities or any part thereof, or transport of material, equipment and other parts of the Development or any part thereof; |
(E) | any and all other agreements to which any Securing Party may be a party relating to the construction or operation of the Project Facilities or any part thereof; and |
(F) | as regards the aforesaid agreements, (1) all rights of any Securing Party to receive moneys due and to become due thereunder or pursuant thereto, (2) all rights of any Securing Party to receive proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty with respect thereto, (3) all claims of any Securing Party for damages for breach thereof or default thereunder, (4) all rights of any Securing Party to perform thereunder and to compel performance or otherwise exercise all remedies thereunder, (5) all rights of any Securing Party to terminate, amend, supplement, or otherwise modify any such agreement or approval, and (6) all rights of any Securing Party under each such contract or agreement to make determinations, to exercise any election or option or to give or receive any notice, consent, waiver, or approval, together with full power and authority with respect to any contract or agreement to demand, receive, enforce, collect or provide receipt for any of the foregoing rights or any property the subject of any of the contracts or agreements, to enforce or execute any checks, or other instruments or orders, to file any claims and to take any action which may be necessary or advisable in connection with any of the foregoing; |
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(ii) | all Securities Accounts and Deposit Accounts (in each case that are not Individual Senior Noteholder Secured Accounts or Excluded Unsecured Accounts), and any sub-accounts established therein, in each case together with all funds, cash, monies, Financial Assets, investments, instruments, certificates of deposit, promissory notes, and any other property (including any Authorized Investments and other permitted investments deposited therein or credited thereto) at any time on deposit therein or credited to any of the foregoing, all rights to payment or withdrawal therefrom, and all income, profits, gains, and interest thereon; |
(iii) | all escrow accounts established under the EPC Contract (T1/T2), EPC Contract (T3) or EPC Contract (Stage 3); |
(iv) | all Instruments; |
(v) | all Documents; |
(vi) | all Chattel Paper (whether tangible or electronic); |
(vii) | all Inventory; |
(viii) | all Equipment; |
(ix) | all Fixtures, wherever located and whenever acquired, whether or not of a type which may be subject to a security interest under the UCC, including all machinery, tools, engines, appliances, mechanical and electrical systems, elevators, lighting, alarm systems, fire control systems, furnishings, furniture, service equipment, building or maintenance equipment, building or maintenance materials, supplies, goods and property covered by any warehouse receipts or bills of lading or other such documents, spare parts, maps, plans, specifications, architectural, engineering, construction or shop drawings, soil tests, appraisals, route surveys, engineering reports, manuals and similar documents relating to all or any portion of the Project Facilities and the Development, and any replacements, renewals or substitutions for any of the foregoing or additional tangible or intangible personal property hereafter acquired by any Securing Party; |
(x) | all Supplies and Raw Materials; |
(xi) | all Intellectual Property; |
(xii) | all Rolling Stock (if any); |
(xiii) | all Goods not covered by the preceding sub-clauses of this Section 3.2(b) (Security Interests General); |
(xiv) | all Letter-of-Credit Rights; |
(xv) | all Investment Property; |
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(xvi) | all Payment Intangibles, Software and all other General Intangibles whatsoever not covered elsewhere in this Section 3.2(b) (Security Interests General); |
(xvii) | all rights and claims of any Securing Party, now or hereafter existing, under any indemnity, warranty or guaranty in connection with any Equipment; |
(xviii) | all Receivables, As-extracted Collateral, Commodity Accounts, Money and Records; |
(xix) | all Commercial Tort Claims described in Schedule E (Commercial Tort Claims) hereto and on any supplement thereto received by the Security Trustee pursuant to Section 3.5(h) (Perfection and Maintenance of Security Interests); |
(xx) | all Collateral Records; |
(xxi) | to the extent not otherwise included above, all other tangible and intangible personal property of the Securing Parties and all accessions, rents and profits of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security, Supporting Obligations and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing; and |
(xxii) | to the extent not otherwise included in the foregoing, all Proceeds and products of any of the foregoing Collateral, whether cash or non-cash, including (A) all rights of any Securing Party to receive moneys due and to become due under or pursuant to such Securing Partys ownership and operation of the Project Facilities or any part thereof or otherwise related to the Collateral, (B) all rights of any Securing Party to receive return of any premiums for or proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty with respect to the Collateral described in this Section 3.2(b) (Security Interests General) or to receive condemnation proceeds, (C) all claims of any Securing Party for damages arising out of or for breach of or default under any of the Assigned Agreements or any other Collateral described in this Section 3.2(b) (Security Interests General), (D) all rights of any Securing Party to payment for goods or other property sold or leased or services performed by such Securing Party, (E) to the extent not included in the foregoing, all proceeds receivable or received when any and all of the foregoing Collateral is sold, collected, exchanged or otherwise disposed of, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, and (F) any and all additions and accessions to the Collateral, and all proceeds thereof, including proceeds of the conversion, voluntary or involuntary, of any of the foregoing into cash or liquidated claims, including all awards, all insurance proceeds, including any unearned premiums or refunds of premiums on any insurance policies covering all or any part of the Collateral and the right to receive and apply the proceeds of any insurance, or of any judgments or settlements made in lieu thereof for damage to or diminution of the Collateral. |
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(c) | Security Interests Individual Senior Noteholder Secured Accounts |
The Company hereby assigns and transfers to, and grants to the Security Trustee, for the benefit solely of the applicable Senior Noteholders:
(i) | as security for the Senior Debt Obligations (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) under Senior Notes of any series that is entitled to the proceeds of any mandatory prepayment that have been deposited into a Mandatory Prepayment Senior Notes Account, a first-ranking security interest in such Mandatory Prepayment Senior Notes Account, and all cash, Financial Assets or other property now or hereafter credited thereto or held therein, and investments (including Authorized Investments) made with or arising out of such funds and all Proceeds of the foregoing; and |
(ii) | who purchase Senior Notes pursuant to Section 4.5(a)(iii) (Deposits and Withdrawals Disbursements of Senior Debt Disbursements of Senior Debt Escrow of Senior Notes Issued as Replacement Senior Debt), a first-ranking security interest in the proceeds of such Senior Notes and investments (including Authorized Investments) made with or arising out of such funds that are held in escrow in a Senior Note Disbursement Account, |
(the Accounts in sub-clauses (i) and (ii) above, the Individual Senior Noteholder Secured Accounts).
(d) | Provisions Related to Secured Accounts |
(i) | All funds and other property delivered for credit to any Account shall be held by the Account Bank and promptly credited to an Account by an appropriate entry in its records in accordance with this Agreement. |
(ii) | To the knowledge of the Account Bank, on the date hereof, there is no Lien on any of the Accounts other than Permitted Liens and the claims and interest of the parties as provided herein. In the event that the Account Bank has or subsequently obtains by agreement, operation of Government Rule or otherwise a security interest in any Account or any security entitlement credited thereto other than Permitted Liens, the Account Bank hereby agrees that such security interest shall be fully subordinated in payment and with respect to any right to exercise remedies to the security interest of the Security Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties. |
(iii) | On the date hereof, the Account Bank has no notice of any adverse claim to the financial assets (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC and including cash) deposited in or credited to the various Accounts or to security entitlements with respect thereto other than Permitted Liens and the claims and interest of the parties as provided herein. If any Person asserts any Lien (including any writ, garnishment, judgment, warrant of |
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attachment, execution or similar process, but excluding any Permitted Liens and the claims and interest of the parties as provided herein) against any Account or in any Financial Assets deposited in, or credited to, the various Accounts or to security entitlements with respect thereto, the Account Bank, upon obtaining actual knowledge thereof, will promptly notify the Security Trustee and the Company thereof. |
(iv) | Each Account shall be created and treated by the Account Bank as a Securities Account unless such Account is not considered to be a Securities Account (within the meaning of Section 8-501(a) of the UCC) under any applicable Government Rule. If such Account is not a Securities Account, the Account shall be created and treated by the Account Bank as a Deposit Account (within the meaning of Section 9-102(a)(29) of the UCC), which shall be maintained with the Account Bank acting not as a securities intermediary but as a bank (within the meaning of Section 9-102(a)(8) of the UCC). The Account Bank shall not have title to the funds on deposit in the Accounts, and shall credit the Accounts with all receipts of interest, dividends and other income received on the property held in the Accounts. Until this Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms, each of the Company, the Account Bank and the Security Trustee agrees that the Security Trustee shall have sole control (within the meaning of Sections 9-104(a)(2) and (3) of the UCC) of the Accounts. All funds delivered to the Account Bank pursuant to this Agreement will be promptly credited to the Accounts. In furtherance of the intentions of the parties hereto, this Agreement constitutes written notice by the Security Trustee to the Account Bank of the Security Trustees Security Interest (for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties) in the Accounts. |
(v) | Accounts Deposit Accounts |
Solely with respect to any Account that is created and treated as a Deposit Account, the Company, the Security Trustee and the Account Bank agree that:
(A) | the Account Bank shall be a Bank in respect of such Account; |
(B) | the Company shall be the customer (as defined in the UCC) in respect of such Account; |
(C) | the Banks Jurisdiction for such Account shall be the State of New York; |
(D) | the Security Trustee shall have control (as defined in the UCC) over such Account; |
(E) | the Account Bank shall not have title to the funds on deposit in such Account, and shall credit such Account with all receipts of interest, dividends and other income received on the property held in such Account; |
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(F) | the Account Bank has not entered into, and agrees that, until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof, it will not enter into, any agreement with any Person in respect of any of the Accounts pursuant to which it would agree to comply with entitlement orders, other orders or instructions made by such Person (other than this Agreement and any customary agreement required by the Account Bank of the Company in order to open or manage the Accounts (including the e-banking agreement contemplated by Section 4.4(d) (Procedures for Deposits and Withdrawals from Accounts)), provided that a copy of any such agreement has been delivered to the Security Trustee (and the Security Trustee shall then deliver a copy to each Senior Creditor Group Representative) and in the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the terms of any such other agreements entered into at any time and notwithstanding any provision of any other agreement that would purport to resolve any conflict between that agreement and this Agreement in favor of that agreement (including but not limited to Section 6.9 of the Funds Transfer Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2015, between the Account Bank and the Company (the Funds Transfer Agreement)), this Agreement shall prevail); |
(G) | the Company hereby irrevocably directs, and the Account Bank hereby agrees that the Account Bank will comply with all instructions regarding such Account originated by the Security Trustee without the further consent of the Company or any other Person; and |
(H) | in the case of any conflict between any instruction or order originated by the Security Trustee and any instruction or order originated by the Company or any other Person, the instruction or order originated by the Security Trustee shall prevail. |
(vi) | Accounts Securities Accounts |
Solely with respect to any Account that is created and treated as a Securities Account, the Company, the Security Trustee and the Account Bank agree that:
(A) | the Company shall be the Entitlement Holder in respect of the Financial Assets credited to such Account; |
(B) | each item of property (including a Security, Security Entitlement, Investment Property, Instrument or obligation, share, participation, funds, cash, interest or other property whatsoever) credited to such Account shall to the fullest extent permitted by law be treated as a Financial Asset and the right to it shall constitute a Security Entitlement; |
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(C) | the Security Trustee shall have control (as defined in the UCC) of such Account and the Companys Security Entitlements with respect to the Financial Assets credited to such Account; |
(D) | the Account Bank has not entered into, and agrees that, until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with the terms hereof, it will not enter into, any agreement with any Person in respect of any of the Accounts pursuant to which it would agree to comply with entitlement orders, other orders or instructions made by such Person (other than this Agreement and any customary agreement required by the Account Bank of the Company in order to open the Accounts, provided that a copy of any such agreement has been delivered to the Security Trustee (and the Security Trustee shall then deliver a copy to each Senior Creditor Group Representative) and in the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the terms of any such other agreements entered into at any time and notwithstanding any provision of any other agreement that would purport to resolve any conflict between that agreement and this Agreement in favor of that agreement (including but not limited to Section 6.9 of the Funds Transfer Agreement), this Agreement shall prevail); |
(E) | the Company hereby irrevocably directs, and the Account Bank (in its capacity as Securities Intermediary) hereby agrees, that the Account Bank will comply with all instructions and orders (including Entitlement Orders) regarding such Account and any Financial Asset therein originated by the Security Trustee without the further consent of the Company or any other Person; |
(F) | in the case of a conflict between any instruction or order originated by the Security Trustee and any instruction or order originated by the Company or any other Person, the instruction or order originated by the Security Trustee shall prevail; |
(G) | all Financial Assets or other property in registered form or payable to or to the order of and credited to such Account shall be registered in the name of, payable to or to the order of, or endorsed to, the Security Trustee or in blank, or credited to another account maintained in the name of the Security Trustee, and in no case will any Financial Assets or other property credited to such Account be registered in the name of, payable to or to the order of, or endorsed to, the Company (except to the extent the foregoing have been subsequently endorsed by the Company to the Security Trustee or in blank); |
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(H) | the Account Bank shall be the Securities Intermediary in respect of such Account, and the Securities Intermediarys Jurisdiction for such Account shall be the State of New York, and the laws of the State of New York are applicable to all issues specified in Article 2(1) of the Hague Securities Convention; and |
(I) | all investments of funds in the Accounts shall be credited to the related Account. |
(vii) | The Account Bank, in its capacity as Securities Intermediary or Bank, as applicable: (1) subordinates in favor of each applicable Secured Party any security interest, Lien, or right of recoupment or set-off it may have or subsequently obtains by agreement, operation of Government Rule, or otherwise, now or in the future, against the Accounts and (2) agrees that it will not exercise any right in respect of such security interest or Lien or any such right of recoupment or set-off for so long as this Agreement remains in effect, except for the amount of any returned items and charge-backs either for uncollected checks or other items of payment and transfers previously credited to one or more of the Accounts and thereafter returned unpaid or otherwise reversed for any reason, and the Company and the Security Trustee hereby authorize and direct the Account Bank to debit the Accounts for such amounts. |
(viii) | The Security Trustee hereby covenants that, for the benefit of the Company, it will not originate any instruction or order (including Entitlement Orders) regarding any Account, any Financial Asset therein or any other amounts on deposit therein or credited thereto except as set forth in this Agreement. |
(ix) | The Account Bank shall not change the name or account number of any Account without the prior written consent of the Security Trustee and the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), except for changes due to internal system modifications (or other internal reorganization of account numbers by Account Bank), of which the Account Bank shall promptly notify the Company and the Security Trustee. |
(e) | [Reserved] |
(f) | Real Property |
(i) | As of the Stage 3 Closing, there is in effect (i) the Amended and Restated Deed of Trust, Assignment of Rents and Leases, Security Agreement and Fixture Filing, dated as of the Second Phase Closing Date, granted by CCL, for the benefit of the Security Trustee and (ii) the Amended and Restated Deed of Trust, Assignment of Rents and Leases, Security Agreement and |
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Fixture Filing, dated as of the Second Phase Closing Date, granted by CCP, for the benefit of the Security Trustee (the Existing CCP DOT). By the Stage 3 Closing, (i) CCL shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) an executed deed of trust substantially in the form attached as Schedule I-1 (Form of Deed of Trust (CCL)) (or in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Security Trustee) with respect to all Real Estate of CCL on which the Stage 3 Terminal Facilities will be sited and all appurtenances relating to such Real Estate, and (ii) CCP shall deliver (or cause to be delivered) a modification and release of the Existing CCP DOT substantially in the form attached as Schedule I-2 (Form of Modification and Release Agreement (CCP)) (or in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Security Trustee) with respect to all Real Estate of CCP and all appurtenances relating to such Real Estate, in each case together with all documents and instruments required under the law of the State of Texas to perfect the Security Interest of the Security Trustee in such Common Collateral free of any other pledges, security interests or deeds of trust, except Permitted Liens; provided that each deed of trust to be delivered pursuant to this Section 3.2(f)(i) (Security Interests to be Granted by the Securing Parties Real Property) shall satisfy each of the applicable requirements set out in Section 4.1(j) (Conditions to Stage 3 Closing Real Property) of the Common Terms Agreement. |
(ii) | The Company shall deliver an executed deed of trust or an amendment to or amendment and restatement of an existing deed of trust, substantially in the applicable form attached as Schedule I-1 (Form of Deed of Trust (CCL)) or Schedule I-2 (Form of Modification and Release Agreement (CCP)) (or in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Security Trustee), to include all Real Estate of the Securing Parties acquired or otherwise established after the Stage 3 Closing that has a purchase price in excess of $10,000,000 or is otherwise material to the operation of the Development (A) no later than 60 days following such acquisition or establishment in the case of Real Estate of any Securing Party other than relating to the Corpus Christi Pipeline Expansion and (B) in the case of Real Estate relating to the Corpus Christi Pipeline Expansion, no later than 60 days following the acquisition or establishment of the last Real Estate required for the commissioning of the Corpus Christi Pipeline Expansion or, if earlier, the date of the scheduled commissioning of the Corpus Christi Pipeline Expansion (or, in each case, such later period as reasonably agreed in writing by the Security Trustee), together with all documents and instruments required under the law of the State of Texas to perfect the Security Interest of the Security Trustee in such Common Collateral free of any other pledges, security interests or deeds of trust, except Permitted Liens. In connection with any such deed of trust entered into by CCL, CCL (x) shall also deliver a Title Policy meeting the requirements within the definition of such term based on the applicable Real Estate covered by such deed of trust, and (y) prior to the Term Loan Discharge Date, shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver a Flood Certificate consistent with the Flood Certificate described in Section 14(B) of Schedule L (Schedule of Minimum Insurance) of the Common Terms Agreement. |
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(g) | Excluded Assets |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in any of the following assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired (collectively, the Excluded Assets):
(i) | any assets or property rights of the Securing Parties of any nature to the extent that any applicable law or regulation prohibits the creation of a security interest thereon (other than to the extent that any such law would be rendered ineffective pursuant to any other applicable law); provided, however, that the Collateral shall include (and the Security Interests shall attach and the definition of Excluded Assets shall not then include) immediately at such time as the contractual or legal provisions referred to above shall no longer be applicable and to the extent severable, and the Security Interests shall attach immediately to any portion of such assets or property rights not subject to the provisions in this sub-clause (i); provided further that the exclusions referred to in this sub-clause (i) shall not include any Proceeds of such assets or property rights; |
(ii) | any Permit, lease, license, easement, contract or agreement (other than any Material Project Agreement) to which a Securing Party is a party or any of its rights or interests thereunder or any property or assets of a Securing Party, in each case if and only to the extent that: |
(A) | the grant of a Security Interest hereunder shall constitute or result in a breach of a term or provision of, the termination or forfeiture of (or ability of the other party to void or revoke) or a default, under the terms of, such Permit, lease, license, easement, contract or agreement; or |
(B) | a grant of security interests therein would require governmental consent, approval, license or authorization that has not been obtained; |
provided, however, that
(1) | the Collateral shall include (and such Security Interest shall attach and the definition of Excluded Assets shall not then include) immediately at such time as the contractual or legal terms or provisions or governmental consent, approval, license or authorization referred to above shall no longer be applicable and to the extent severable, and shall attach immediately to any portion of such Permit, lease, license, easement, contract, agreement, property or asset not subject to the provisions specified in this sub-clause (ii); and |
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(2) | such exclusion shall not apply (x) to the extent the prohibition is ineffective under applicable anti-assignment provisions of the UCC or other applicable law (including pursuant to Section 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC) or (y) to Proceeds and receivables of the assets referred to in this sub-clause (ii); |
(iii) | any intent-to-use application for registration of a Trademark filed pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051, prior to the filing of a Statement of Use pursuant to Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act or an Amendment to Allege Use pursuant to Section 1(c) of the Lanham Act with respect thereto, solely to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of, or any Securing Partys ownership or rights in or to, any registration that issues from such intent-to-use application under applicable federal law; |
(iv) | all (A) segregated Deposit Accounts constituting (and the balance of which consists solely of funds set aside in connection with) cash collateral accounts for deposits permitted under the definition of Permitted Liens, (B) payroll and other employee wage and benefit accounts, if any, (C) tax accounts, (D) escrow accounts (excluding any escrow account established under the EPC Contract (T1/T2), EPC Contract (T3) or EPC Contract (Stage 3), and the funds or other property held in or maintained in any such account, which shall be subject to Section 3.2(b)(iii) (Security Interests General)) and (E) margin accounts for Permitted Hedging Instruments in the ordinary course of business (collectively, Excluded Unsecured Accounts) and the funds or other property held in or maintained in any such account; |
(v) | without duplication of sub-clause (iv) above, property owned by a Securing Party that is subject to a Permitted Lien pursuant to sub-clauses (b), (c) (but excluding any escrow account established under the EPC Contract (T1/T2), EPC Contract (T3) or EPC Contract (Stage 3)), (f) (other than to the extent covered by sub-clause (vi) below) or (k) of the definition thereof; provided, however, that no property owned by a Securing Party shall be an Excluded Asset solely by reason of being subject to a Permitted Lien unless such Permitted Lien prohibits the granting pursuant to this Agreement of the respective security interest in such property; |
(vi) | property owned by a Securing Party that is subject to a purchase money Lien or capital lease permitted under each of the Senior Debt Instruments (including, to the extent applicable, Section 12.14(g) (Limitation on Indebtedness) of the Common Terms Agreement and any comparable |
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provision in any other Senior Debt Instrument then in effect) if the agreement pursuant to which such Lien is granted (or the document providing for such capital lease) prohibits, or requires the consent of any Person other than such Securing Party which has not been obtained as a condition to, the creation of any other Lien on such property; |
(vii) | the Securing Partys right, title and interest, as tenant, subtenant or assignee under any real property sub-lease or lease, including in respect of any Fixtures related to such real property, for offices so long as such offices are not located on the Site; |
(viii) | insurances covering workers compensation and employers liability and any proceeds thereof; |
(ix) | any Prepaid LNG Cargo; and |
(x) | those assets as to which the Security Trustee and the Company reasonably agree from time to time in writing that either (1) the cost of obtaining a security interest in or perfection thereof, (2) the adverse tax consequences to the Securing Parties, or (3) the adverse regulatory consequences to the Securing Parties, the Project Facilities (or, if not yet included therein, the Stage 3 Facilities) or the Development (or, if not yet included therein, the Stage 3 Development), in each case, is or are excessive in relation to the benefit to the Secured Parties of the security afforded thereby. |
3.3 | Security Interests to be Granted by Holdco |
Holdco has executed, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as security for the Senior Debt Obligations and for the Securing Parties other obligations under this Agreement and the other Finance Documents, the Holdco Pledge Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, such Security Interests granted by Holdco shall be included in the Common Collateral.
3.4 | Direct Agreements |
(a) | Prior to Stage 3 Closing, the applicable Securing Party that is the party to the relevant agreement referred to below shall enter into Direct Agreements with the Security Trustee solely with the following entities and such Direct Agreements shall be substantially in the forms noted below: |
(i) | the LNG Buyers under each of the Stage 3 LNG SPAs and any guarantors of such LNG Buyers (substantially in the agreed form attached to the applicable LNG SPA or otherwise in substantially the applicable form attached hereto in Schedule G (Forms of Direct Agreements)); |
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(ii) | CMI (UK) in connection with the PGNIG Shipping Services Agreement and each Linked LNG SPA that is a Stage 3 LNG SPA (substantially in the agreed form attached to each such agreement or otherwise substantially in the form attached hereto in Schedule G-1 (Form of Direct Agreement for Material Project Agreements with Affiliates)) and any guarantors of CMI (UK) thereunder (substantially in the agreed form attached to each such agreement or otherwise substantially in the form attached hereto in Schedule G-3 (Form of Direct Agreement for Guarantees)); |
(iii) | CCP in respect of the CCP Expansion Precedent Agreement (substantially in the form attached hereto in Schedule G-1 (Form of Direct Agreement for Material Project Agreements with Affiliates)); and |
(iv) | ADCC and Whistler Pipeline, LLC in respect of the ADCC Pipeline Precedent Agreement (substantially in the agreed form attached hereto in Schedule G-7 (Form of Direct Agreement for ADCC Pipeline Precedent Agreement)). |
(b) | [Reserved] |
(c) | With respect to any non-Qualifying LNG SPA executed with an Affiliate of the Loan Parties after the Stage 3 Closing Date, on or prior to the date of execution of such LNG SPA, the Securing Party that is party to the relevant agreement shall enter into a Direct Agreement with the Security Trustee and the LNG Buyer and any guarantors of such LNG Buyer (with respect to such LNG Buyer, substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule G-5-2 (Forms of Direct Agreement Form of Direct Agreement for Affiliate Non-Qualifying LNG SPAs) and with respect to any guarantor of such LNG Buyer, substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule G-3 (Forms of Direct Agreement Form of Direct Agreement for Guarantees)). |
(d) | With respect to any Qualifying LNG SPA (including any Linked GSA-SPAs that are Qualifying LNG SPAs) executed after the Stage 3 Closing Date, on or prior to the date of execution of such LNG SPA, the Securing Party that is party to the relevant agreement shall, if such LNG Buyer is an Affiliate of the Loan Parties, enter into, and if such LNG Buyer is not an Affiliate of the Loan Parties, use commercially reasonable efforts to enter into, a Direct Agreement with the Security Trustee and the LNG Buyer (including, in the case of a Linked GSA-SPA, the Person that is the Gas seller as well as the Person that is the LNG buyer under such contractual arrangement) and any guarantors thereof (substantially in the applicable form attached hereto as Schedule G (Forms of Direct Agreement)). |
(e) | The Securing Party that is party to the relevant agreement shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, on or prior to the date of execution: (i) Direct Agreements with respect to any precedent pipeline agreements that are Subsequent Material Project Agreements entered into by CCL with Qualified Transporters, substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule G-2 (Forms of Direct Agreement Form of Direct Agreement for Material Project Agreements with non-Affiliates), and (ii) the contractor and any guarantor thereof under any engineering, procurement and construction contract in respect of the Corpus Christi Pipeline Expansion if it is a Subsequent Material Project Agreement, substantially in the |
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applicable form attached hereto as Schedule G-6 (Forms of Direct Agreement Forms of Direct Agreement for Contractor, and any Guarantor of such Contractors Obligations, under an Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contract), or, in each case of clauses (i) and (ii), in a form reasonably acceptable to the Security Trustee. |
(f) | With respect to any Shipping Services Agreement executed after the Stage 3 Closing Date in connection with a Qualifying LNG SPA, on or prior to the date of execution of such Shipping Services Agreement, the Securing Party that is party to the relevant agreement shall, if the counterparty is an Affiliate of the Loan Parties, enter into, and if the counterparty is not an Affiliate of the Loan Parties, use commercially reasonable efforts to enter into, a Direct Agreement with the Security Trustee and the counterparty to such Shipping Services Agreement and any guarantors thereof (substantially in the form of previously executed Direct Agreements with respect to then-effective Shipping Services Agreements (or guarantees thereof) or otherwise substantially in a form reasonably acceptable to the Security Trustee). |
(g) | If and upon the Borrower acquiring ADCC Investco, the Securing Party that is party to the ADCC LLC Agreement shall use commercially reasonable efforts to enter into a Direct Agreement with the Security Trustee, ADCC and any limited liability company members of ADCC that are then party to the ADCC LLC Agreement, substantially in the agreed form to be attached to the ADCC LLC Agreement. |
(h) | For the avoidance of doubt, the Securing Parties shall not be required to obtain Direct Agreements, including from any transporters under any Gas transportation agreements (other than precedent agreements), Gas suppliers under any Gas supply agreements, LNG Buyers or guarantors of LNG SPAs, in each case other than those set forth above. |
(i) | The Security Trustee shall give irrevocable instructions to each LNG Buyer (including, in the case of a Linked GSA-SPA, the Person that is the Gas seller as well as the Person that is the LNG buyer under such contractual arrangement) to make all payments due to CCL under any LNG SPA (including any Linked GSA-SPA) to the Revenue Account, which shall be identified in writing by the Security Trustee to each such Person in its Direct Agreement, and each such Person shall confirm its agreement to do so in the terms of its Direct Agreement. |
(j) | The Company shall deliver to the Security Trustee executed counterparts of any Direct Agreements and consents entered into after the date of this Agreement in accordance with this Section 3.4 (Direct Agreements) by the date stated herein or, where not stated, as soon as reasonably practicable. |
(k) | The Security Trustee is hereby authorized and directed by the Secured Parties to execute each of the Direct Agreements contemplated above without further action by the Senior Creditors. |
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(l) | The Security Trustee is hereby authorized to countersign, to the extent such countersignature is required, any direction to PetroChina to pay the PetroChina Payments (as defined in the CMI Security Agreement) related to a Swapped Cargo (as defined in the CMI Security Agreement) into an account other than the Deposit Account (as defined in the CMI Security Agreement) upon notification to the Security Trustee by the Company that the applicable diversion conditions in the CMI Security Agreement have been satisfied. |
3.5 | Perfection and Maintenance of Security Interests |
(a) |
(i) | Subject to any exceptions set forth in this Section 3.5, from and after the Closing Date, the Securing Parties have caused and shall cause Holdco to maintain the Security Interests created by the Security Documents as a perfected security interest having at least the priority described in Sections 3.2 (Security Interests to be Granted by the Securing Parties) and 3.3 (Security Interests to be Granted by Holdco). |
(ii) | Subject to any exceptions set forth in this Section 3.5, at any time and from time to time, upon the reasonable written request of the Security Trustee, the Securing Parties shall, and shall cause Holdco to, at the Securing Parties expense, promptly take all such further actions as reasonably may be requested by the Security Trustee (including, where applicable, the giving, execution, filing, authentication and/or recording of any notice, Financing Statement, Continuation Statement, public deed, deed of trust, instrument, document or agreement) (A) in order to preserve, continue and perfect (including, where required, by control) the Security Interests (including, to the extent available under applicable law, the priority of any such Security Interest) and enable the Security Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties to exercise or enforce its rights hereunder, under any other Security Documents or under the Direct Agreements with respect to such Security Interest in the manner contemplated hereby and by the Senior Debt Instruments and any Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments and at, where applicable, the times indicated in the applicable Security Documents and Direct Agreements and (B) for the purpose of obtaining or preserving the full benefits of this Agreement and the other Security Documents and Direct Agreements and of the rights and powers granted herein and therein. |
(b) | Collateral in Possession of Bailee; Perfection. If any goods (excluding Gas) in which any Securing Party owns or has an interest are now or at any time in the possession of a bailee and the value of such goods in the possession of such bailee is above $10,000,000: |
(i) | such Securing Party shall use reasonable efforts to obtain an acknowledgment from each such bailee, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Security Trustee as it may request, that each such bailee |
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holds such Collateral for the benefit of the Security Trustee and, if notice of the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default has been provided, such bailee shall act upon instructions from the Security Trustee, without the further consent of such Securing Party; and |
(ii) | if for any reason the Security Trustee does not have a perfected security interest in such goods in possession of a bailee, then such Securing Party shall promptly transport such goods to the Project Facilities or to another location with respect to which the Security Trustee will have a perfected security interest. |
(c) | Electronic Chattel Paper and Transferable Records. With respect to all electronic chattel paper or any transferable record, as that term is defined in Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or in Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act as in effect in any relevant jurisdiction, now or hereafter acquired by or arising in favor of any Securing Party, such Securing Party shall promptly take such action as necessary to vest in the Security Trustee control (as defined in Section 9-105 of the UCC) of such electronic chattel paper or control under Section 201 of the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or, as the case may be, Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as so in effect in such jurisdiction, of such transferable record. A Securing Party may arrange, pursuant to procedures that will not result in the Security Trustees loss of control, for such Securing Party to make alterations to the electronic chattel paper or transferable record permitted under the UCC or, as the case may be, Section 201 of the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act or Section 16 of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act for a party in control to make without loss of control, unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would occur after taking into account any action by such Securing Party with respect to such electronic chattel paper or transferable record. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the requirements set forth in this clause (c) are subject to the limitations on perfection and method of perfection set forth in clause (d) below. |
(d) | The perfection of the security interest granted in Section 3.2(b)(vi) (Security Interests to be Granted by the Securing Parties Security Interests General) in Chattel Paper (whether tangible or electronic) will, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default (and after the occurrence of an Event of Default unless the Security Trustee has required that further actions in accordance with the other provisions hereof are taken with respect to the perfection thereof), be effected solely by filing an appropriate financing statement under the UCC. |
(e) | From and after the Closing Date, with respect to any Letter-of-Credit Rights, the Securing Parties have ensured and shall ensure that, as promptly as reasonably practicable after receipt of a Letter-of-Credit, the Security Trustee has control thereof by ensuring that the Security Trustee takes possession thereof and obtaining a written consent from each issuer of each related letter of credit to the assignment |
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of the proceeds of such letter of credit to the Security Trustee, except for (i) Letter-of-Credit Rights under any letters of credit which, at the time they are granted to a Securing Party, have a face value of less than $10,000,000 individually or $40,000,000 in the aggregate or (ii) from and after the Stage 3 Closing Date, Letter-of-Credit Rights delivered by CMI (UK) to CCL under the CMI Security Agreement or a Shipping Services Agreement which, at the time they are granted to a Securing Party, have a face value of less than $30,000,000 individually or $90,000,000 in the aggregate. |
(f) | The perfection of the security interest in motor vehicles and other assets subject to Certificates of Title shall only be required after the aggregate value of all motor vehicles and such other assets owned by the Securing Parties at any given time exceeds $5,000,000 and shall only be required for the motor vehicles and assets above that threshold. |
(g) | Intellectual Property Recording Requirements |
(i) | Schedule J (Intellectual Property) lists all of the following Intellectual Property, to the extent owned by a Securing Party, held as of the Stage 3 Closing Date and material to the business of a Securing Party: (A) issued Patents, pending Patent applications and Patent Licenses, (B) registered Trademarks, applications for the registration of Trademarks and Trademark Licenses, and (C) registered Copyrights, applications for the registration of Copyrights and Copyright Licenses (in each case, other than Intellectual Property licenses entered into in the ordinary course of business, including any Copyright Licenses with respect to off-the-shelf software). From and after the Stage 3 Closing Date, if the Securing Parties shall at any time hold or acquire any Intellectual Property of the type described in sub-clause (A), (B) or (C) above and that is owned by a Securing Party and material to the business of a Securing Party, the Securing Parties shall promptly provide the Security Trustee with a supplement to Schedule J (Intellectual Property), describing such Intellectual Property. For the avoidance of doubt, the Technology License Agreement (T1/T2) and the Technology License Agreement (T3) or any Intellectual Property arising thereunder shall not be required to be listed in Schedule J (Intellectual Property). |
(ii) | From and after the Stage 3 Closing: |
(A) | subject to Section 3.2(g)(iii) (Security Interests to be Granted by the Securing Parties Excluded Assets), in the case of any Collateral (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) consisting of registered US Trademarks and applications therefor, the Securing Parties shall execute and deliver to the Security Trustee a Trademark security agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Security Trustee covering all such US registered Trademarks and applications therefor in appropriate form for recordation with the USPTO with respect to the Security Interest of the Security Trustee; and |
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(B) | in the case of any Collateral (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) consisting of (1) US Patents and applications therefor or (2) US registered Copyrights and exclusive US Copyright Licenses, the Securing Parties shall execute and deliver to the Security Trustee a Patent security agreement or Copyright security agreement, as applicable, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Security Trustee covering all such US Patents or US Copyrights and applications for US Patents and US Copyright and exclusive US Copyright Licenses in appropriate form for recordation with the USPTO or United States Copyright Office, as applicable, with respect to the Security Interest of the Security Trustee. |
(iii) | For the purpose of enabling the Security Trustee to exercise rights and remedies under Article 6 (Security Trustee Action), following such time as a Declared Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and for no other purpose, the Securing Parties shall give the Security Trustee reasonable access to all media in which any of the Intellectual Property Collateral may be recorded or stored and to all computer programs used for the compilation or printout thereof. In the event of a disposition of any of the Intellectual Property Collateral by the Security Trustee hereunder in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, each Securing Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts to supply the Security Trustee or the assignee of such Intellectual Property with such know-how and expertise, and with documents and materials embodying the same, relating to the use of the disposed Intellectual Property in connection with the Project Facilities. |
(iv) | Subject to the provisions of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents that limit the rights of any Securing Party to dispose of its property and rights and remedies of the Security Trustee as set forth herein, the Securing Parties shall otherwise retain all right, title and interest in, to and under the Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Securing Party, including the full right to exploit, use, enjoy, protect, enforce or take other actions with respect to such Intellectual Property. To the extent required under applicable law for any Securing Party to exercise its rights with respect to such Intellectual Property, the Security Trustee shall, upon the reasonable request of any Securing Party, reasonably cooperate with such Securing Party and execute and deliver documents so requested by such Securing Party. The exercise of rights and remedies under Article 6 (Security Trustee Action) by the Security Trustee shall not terminate or limit the rights of the holders of any licenses or sublicenses theretofore granted by such Securing Party in accordance with the first sentence of this sub-clause (iv). |
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(v) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Finance Documents (including clause (a) above), any reference to perfection of Security Interests with respect to Intellectual Property in any of the Finance Documents shall be deemed to mean perfection of such Security Interests to the extent perfection can be obtained by the filing of Patent security agreements and Trademark security agreements at the USPTO and the filing of Copyright security agreements at the United States Copyright Office or by the filing of a UCC-1 financing statement in the relevant jurisdiction. |
(h) | If the Securing Parties shall at any time hold or acquire a Commercial Tort Claim with a value in excess of $5,000,000, the Securing Parties shall promptly provide the Security Trustee with a supplement to Schedule E (Commercial Tort Claims) hereto, which supplement shall include a summary description of such claim and grant to the Security Trustee, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, a Security Interest therein and in the proceeds thereof, all upon the terms of this Agreement. |
(i) | With respect to any Collateral hereafter owned or acquired, the Securing Parties shall comply with the applicable perfection requirements in clauses (a) through (h) above within 60 days of the Securing Parties acquiring rights therein. |
(j) | Subject to the limitations, and except as otherwise expressly provided for, in this Agreement and the other Security Documents, and to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Security Trustee is authorized to: |
(i) | file under the UCC of any state of the United States or other applicable law, Financing Statements, Continuation Statements or other documents relating to the Collateral; |
(ii) | file with the USPTO or United States Copyright Office (or any successor office), as applicable, such documents as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the Security Interests granted by the Company hereunder; |
(iii) | take any action to ensure that the Security Interests in the Collateral are enforceable, perfected (including, where possible, by control in addition to registration) and otherwise effective; |
(iv) | apply for registration, or give any notification, in connection with the Security Interests so that such Security Interests have the priority required by the Secured Parties; and |
(v) | otherwise exercise the rights of the Secured Parties in connection with the Security Interests, in each case without the signature of a Securing Party or Holdco (unless such signature is required by applicable law) and naming a Securing Party or Holdco as debtor and the Security Trustee as secured party. |
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(k) | Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement or any other Security Document, the Security Trustee shall not be responsible for the creation, perfection, validity, sufficiency or enforceability of any Security Interest created or intended to be created hereby or pursuant hereto or for the maintenance or perfection of any such Security Interests; provided that the Security Trustee shall promptly execute all public deeds or other documents as required by applicable law and regulation in the various jurisdictions as reasonably requested by any Senior Creditor Group Representative, to duly create and register the Security Interests as provided for in this Article 3 (Security Interests). In the event that the Security Trustee takes any action under this Section 3.5 (Perfection and Maintenance of Security Interests), the Security Trustee shall promptly notify the applicable Securing Party thereof following the taking of such action. |
(l) | With respect to Pledged Collateral: |
(i) | each applicable Securing Party agrees to promptly deliver or cause to be delivered to the Security Trustee any and all Pledged Collateral in which the applicable Securing Party now has or hereafter acquires an interest (to the extent represented or evidenced by a certificate, instrument or other transferable document); |
(ii) | upon delivery to the Security Trustee, any certificate, instrument or document representing or evidencing Pledged Collateral shall be accompanied by undated membership interest, stock or note powers, as applicable, duly executed in blank or other undated instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Security Trustee and duly executed in blank and by other instruments and documents as the Security Trustee may reasonably request; and |
(iii) | the Security Trustee, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Collateral in its own name as pledgee, or in the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent). |
(m) | The Security Interest granted to the Security Trustee hereunder consisting of personal property will be perfected (i) with respect to any Collateral that can be perfected by filing UCC financing statements, upon the filing of UCC financing statements in the filing offices identified in Schedule L (UCC Filing Offices), (ii) with respect to any Collateral constituting Securities Accounts or Deposit Accounts (excluding any escrow account established under the EPC Contract (T1/T2), EPC Contract (T3) or EPC Contract (Stage 3)) that can be perfected solely by control, upon execution of this Agreement, and (iii) with respect to any Collateral that can be perfected solely by possession, upon the Security Trustee receiving possession thereof in accordance with the requirements of this Agreement or another Security |
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Document. In each case such security interest will be, as to Collateral perfected as aforesaid, superior and prior to the rights of all third Persons now existing or hereafter arising as a result of any Lien, in each case subject only to Permitted Liens. All of such above-referenced action as is necessary will be taken on or prior to the Stage 3 Closing Date to the extent so required herein and in the applicable Senior Debt Instrument to establish and perfect the Security Trustees rights in and to the Collateral and first priority Lien, subject to Permitted Liens, on the Collateral, including any recordation, filing, registration, giving of notice or other similar action. No filing, recordation, re-filing or re-recording other than those listed in Schedule L (UCC Filing Offices) or otherwise required under the Security Documents is necessary to perfect (or maintain the perfection of, other than the filing of UCC-3 continuation statements) the Liens of the Security Documents (to the extent the Security Trustees Security Interest can be perfected by filing). For the avoidance of doubt, in no event shall any control agreements be required in respect of any escrow accounts established under the EPC Contract (T1/T2), EPC Contract (T3) or EPC Contract (Stage 3). |
(n) | The Securing Parties shall not take any action, and shall procure that Holdco take no action, that would or could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the perfection or first-ranking priority of the Security Interests, subject in each case to Permitted Liens to the extent specified herein; provided that the Securing Parties shall not be required to take any action to perfect security interests in Excluded Assets or otherwise listed as an exception to the perfection requirements of this Section 3.5 (Perfection and Maintenance of Security Interests). |
(o) | Fair Labor Standards Act. Each Securing Party represents and warrants to and in favor of the Security Trustee and each of the other Secured Parties that any goods now or hereafter produced by the Securing Party or any of its Subsidiaries included in the Collateral have been and will be produced in compliance with the requirements in the Fair Labor Standards Act. |
3.6 | Rights in Collateral Prior to Security Enforcement Action |
(a) | Subject to the provisions of Section 4.6(a) (Control and Investment of Funds in Accounts), notwithstanding the Security Interests created, and to be created, pursuant to the Security Documents, unless otherwise provided in this Agreement or another Finance Document, or unless the Security Trustee shall have delivered a Notice of Security Enforcement Action, in each case with respect to the relevant Collateral, the Securing Parties and Holdco shall retain and be entitled to exercise all of their respective rights relating to the Collateral including, and to the extent applicable to the relevant Person (but subject, in each case, to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and each other Finance Document), the following: |
(i) | possessing and using the Project Facilities and other Project Property, receiving the revenues and profits to be derived therefrom, and altering or disposing of any part thereof; |
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(ii) | exercising all rights arising from and relating to LNG SPAs, including amending LNG SPAs and instituting and settling proceedings to enforce their rights thereunder; |
(iii) | renewing, amending and cancelling insurance policies, making claims and instituting and settling proceedings against insurers thereunder; |
(iv) | transferring (in accordance with the Finance Documents) the interests of Holdco, receiving the profits to be derived from any interest in a Securing Party and exercising rights (including voting rights) as a member of the Company or CCL or CCP GP or a general or limited partner of CCP; |
(v) | receiving payments of principal and interest on Subordinated Debt where payable thereunder in compliance with the terms of the applicable subordination agreement; |
(vi) | subject to the obligation to deposit the relevant amounts in the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account under Section 5.2 (Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds), receiving payment of Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds in respect of the Project Facilities and making claims and instituting and settling proceedings for the recovery thereof; and |
(vii) | exercising all rights arising from and relating to the Material Project Agreements and amending each of the Material Project Agreements, making waivers and elections thereunder and instituting and settling proceedings for the enforcement of rights thereunder. |
(b) | Subject to the provisions of Section 4.6(a) (Control and Investment of Funds in Accounts), unless the Security Trustee shall have delivered a Notice of Security Enforcement Action, the Security Trustee and each Secured Party shall, at the request and sole cost of the Securing Parties, provide written confirmations or otherwise take such actions and do such things as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Securing Parties to exercise rights retained by them in the relevant Collateral that may be constrained, or perceived as constrained, by the existence of the Security Interests; provided, in each case, that no such confirmation, action or filing shall in the determination of the Secured Parties have any adverse effect on the legality, validity, priority and perfection of the Security Interests and shall not otherwise adversely affect the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties under the Finance Documents. The Secured Parties shall act in respect of the Collateral in accordance with this Agreement, including with respect to undertaking enforcement procedures in respect hereof. |
3.7 | Liability of Securing Parties Under Contracts or Agreements Included in the Collateral |
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any other Finance Document, and subject to applicable law:
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(a) | each Securing Party shall remain liable under all agreements and contracts to which it is a party that are included in the Collateral and nothing contained herein or in any other Finance Document is intended to or shall be a delegation of duties to the Security Trustee or any Secured Party; |
(b) | the exercise by any of the Secured Parties of any of their respective rights under this Agreement or any other Finance Document shall not release any Securing Party from any of its duties or obligations under any contracts or agreements that are included in the Collateral, except to the extent provided in the applicable Direct Agreement; and |
(c) | none of the Secured Parties shall have any obligation or liability under any contracts or agreements that are included in the Collateral solely by reason of this Agreement or any other Finance Document, nor shall any of them thereby be obligated to: |
(i) | perform any of the Securing Parties or Holdcos obligations or duties thereunder; |
(ii) | make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by it; or |
(iii) | take any action or collect or enforce any rights or claim for payment under any such contract or agreement. |
3.8 | Release or Modification of Security Interests |
(a) | The Security Interests granted to the Security Trustee by the Collateral Parties in any Collateral shall be released, and to the extent permitted under applicable law, shall be automatically released, in the following events: |
(i) | in full upon termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 12.1 (Termination); |
(ii) | in respect of any Project Property constituting Collateral that is sold, leased or otherwise disposed of as permitted under the terms of each Senior Debt Instrument then in effect (including, to the extent applicable, Section 12.17 (Sale of Project Property) of the Common Terms Agreement) and the other Finance Documents; provided that the proceeds of such sale, lease or disposition, as applicable, are applied in accordance with the Finance Documents; |
(iii) | upon any Project Property becoming Excluded Assets; |
(iv) | in respect of any Disbursement Account, at any time the Disbursement Account is closed as permitted in this Agreement; provided that no cash, Financial Assets or other property or investments (including Authorized Investments) remain on deposit or credited to such Disbursement Account at such time; |
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(v) | in respect of all cash, Financial Assets or other property credited to or held in any Senior Note Disbursement Account, investments (including any Authorized Investments) made with or arising out of such funds and all proceeds of the foregoing, if any conditions to the disbursement of such cash, Financial Assets or other property to the Company have not been either satisfied or waived and such cash, Financial Assets or other property are required, by the terms of the relevant Senior Debt Instrument, to be returned to the relevant Senior Noteholders, upon such return; |
(vi) | in respect of any proceeds of third party liability insurance permitted to be paid to third parties or proceeds of builders risk insurance or marine cargo permitted to be paid directly to the EPC Contractor pursuant to Section 5.2 (Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds); and |
(vii) | where directed by Requisite Secured Parties pursuant to Section 7.2(a) (Modification Approval Levels Modifications to this Agreement). |
(b) | In connection with any release pursuant to this Section 3.8 (Release or Modification of Security Interests): |
(i) | The Security Trustee shall promptly (and the Secured Parties hereby authorize and direct the Security Trustee to) take such action and execute any such documents as may be reasonably requested by a Securing Party, at such Securing Partys expense, in connection with the release of any Security Interests created by any Finance Document in respect of such property or asset. |
(ii) | To the extent a Security Trustee action or Decision is required or requested in connection with such release of Collateral, the Company shall deliver to the Security Trustee on or prior to the date of the proposed release a written request for release identifying the relevant Collateral to be released, together with a certification by the Company stating (and providing reasonable detail and other available supporting information) that such transaction is in compliance with the Finance Documents and that the Proceeds of such disposition shall be applied in accordance therewith. |
(iii) | The Secured Parties hereby authorize and instruct the Security Trustee (at the sole cost and expense of the Securing Parties) to amend the Security Documents and the Direct Agreements and execute and deliver any instruments, documents and agreements, and otherwise do all things necessary to accomplish, evidence and confirm the release of any Collateral pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.8 (Release or Modification of Security Interests), all without the further consent or joinder of any Secured Party. In the event of any release of Collateral relating to the Accounts, the Security Trustee shall notify the Account Bank in writing. |
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4. | CASH FLOW AND ACCOUNTS |
4.1 | General Principles |
(a) | The Company has established and shall maintain, in the name of the Company, the Accounts in accordance with Section 4.3 (Accounts). |
(b) | Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably grants authority to the Company to establish and maintain such Accounts on its behalf. As of the Stage 3 Closing Date, the Accounts details are set forth in Schedule H (Details of Accounts as of Stage 3 Closing Date). For the avoidance of doubt, (i) the Excluded Unsecured Accounts, if established, shall not constitute Accounts for purposes of this Agreement or any other Finance Document and none of the Securing Parties, Holdco, the Sponsor or any of their respective Affiliates shall be obliged to grant, create or maintain any Security Interest in relation to such accounts; (ii) the Individual Senior Noteholder Secured Account need only be established by the Company at the time amounts are required to be paid into such account in accordance with Section 4.5(j) (Deposits and Withdrawals Mandatory Prepayment Senior Notes Account) or Section 3.2(b)(iii) (Security Interests to be Granted by the Securing Parties Security Interests Individual Senior Noteholder Secured Accounts), as applicable; (iii) the Disbursement Accounts may be closed following the expiry of the availability period of any Senior Debt Commitments that are to be disbursed therein; provided that any cash, Financial Assets or other property or investments (including Authorized Investments) credited to or on deposit in any Disbursement Account have been transferred to the Construction Account (prior to the Stage 3 Completion Date) or to the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account or the Revenue Account (after the Stage 3 Completion Date) and (iv) any escrow accounts established under the EPC Contract (T1/T2), EPC Contract (T3) or EPC Contract (Stage 3), shall not constitute Accounts for purposes of this Agreement or any other Finance Document but shall be subject to the Lien established pursuant to Section 3.2(b)(iii) (Security Interests to be Granted by the Securing Parties Security Interests General), subject to Section 3.5(n) (Perfection and Maintenance of Security Interests). |
(c) | Neither the existence of the Accounts, nor the insufficiency of funds in any of them, nor any inability to apply any funds in them towards the relevant payment shall affect the obligation of the Securing Parties to make all payments required to be made to the Secured Parties or any of them on the due date for such payments in accordance with this Agreement or any other Finance Document. |
(d) | No sum may be credited to, or withdrawn from, any Account except as expressly permitted or required by this Agreement. |
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(e) | The Company may from time to time grant the Manager a power of attorney or signature authority over the Accounts to administer such accounts on behalf of, and in the name of, the Company. The Company shall notify the Security Trustee and the Account Bank in writing of any such grant of authority to administer the Accounts promptly following such authorization. Without prejudice to any and all obligations and liabilities of the Company under this Agreement and any other Finance Document, it is acknowledged by each party hereto that, upon such written notification to the Security Trustee and the Account Bank, any reference in the Finance Documents to actions by the Company in respect of the Accounts shall be deemed to include, and permit, actions in respect of such Accounts by the Manager if authorized by the Company to administer the Accounts. If the Manager is authorized by the Company to administer the Accounts, the Company shall be liable for any such actions taken by the Manager as if the Company took each such action. Together with any such notice to the Account Bank, the Company shall provide an updated duly executed incumbency certificate or other written instructions showing the names, titles and specimen signatures of the Persons authorized on behalf of the Manager to take actions and provide certifications as required hereunder, including the execution and delivery of any Withdrawal and Transfer Certificate. |
(f) | From and after the Closing Date, all of the Companys funds have been and shall be held in (i) the Accounts; or (ii) to the extent such funds are to be used solely for the purposes described in the definition thereof, any Excluded Accounts. |
(g) | From and after the Closing Date, the Company has not and shall not open or maintain accounts in its name, or cause accounts to be opened or maintained in its name, other than the Accounts and the Excluded Accounts. For the avoidance of doubt, the Excluded Accounts are not required to be maintained with the Account Bank. |
(h) | Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any payments and receipts of funds made between or among the Securing Parties shall be documented as payments and receipts within the books and records of the Securing Parties but shall not require a transfer of funds within the Accounts. |
(i) | The Account Bank shall maintain records of all deposits into and transfers to and from the Accounts and all investment transactions effected by the Account Bank pursuant to the terms hereof, and any such recordation shall constitute prima facie evidence of the information recorded. The Account Bank shall promptly respond (during normal business hours) to requests by the Security Trustee and the Company for information regarding deposits, withdrawals, investments and transfers into, in respect of and among Accounts and balances in the Accounts. The Account Bank shall provide the Security Trustee and the Company with online access to review all account activities of the Accounts. |
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4.2 | Authorized Investments |
(a) | Authorized Investments. All funds in the Accounts shall only be invested in Authorized Investments and all funds in Excluded Accounts shall only be invested in Authorized Investments, unless otherwise required by applicable law, in which case such funds shall be invested in accordance with such applicable law. All references in this Agreement to Accounts and to cash, monies or funds therein or balances thereof shall include the Authorized Investments in which such monies are then invested and (without duplication) the proceeds of those investments. |
(b) | Directing the Making of Investments. Pending the application of funds in accordance with Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall) or as otherwise permitted, required or contemplated by this Agreement, any cash held in Accounts maintained hereunder shall be invested in Authorized Investments from time to time by the Account Bank at the expense and risk of the Company as directed in writing by the Company or the Security Trustee, in accordance with Section 4.6 (Control and Investment of Funds in Accounts); provided, however, that the Account Banks obligation to invest such amounts is conditioned upon receipt by the Account Bank of a valid Form W-9 of the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America in accordance with clause (c) below. The right of the Company or the Security Trustee, as applicable, to direct the manner of investment includes the right (i) to direct the Account Bank to sell any Authorized Investment or hold it until maturity, (ii) upon any sale of any Authorized Investment, to direct the Account Bank to reinvest the proceeds thereof, plus any interest received by the Account Bank thereon, in Authorized Investments or to hold such proceeds and interest for application pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and (iii) to exercise any voting rights with respect to any Authorized Investment. No Secured Party shall have any liability for any loss resulting from any such investment other than any such loss caused solely by such Secured Partys willful misconduct, fraud or gross negligence as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment. The Account Bank shall have no obligation to invest funds in Authorized Investments in the absence of an instruction from the Company or the Security Trustee. Instructions received after 12:00 pm New York City time will be deemed received the next Business Day. |
(c) | Earnings. All earnings on funds in any Account maintained hereunder shall be credited to the Company for tax reporting purposes. The Company shall provide the Account Bank with its taxpayer identification number, documented, to the extent necessary, by an appropriate executed Form W-9, upon execution of this Agreement. The Form W-9 shall, to the extent necessary, be renewed by the Company as required by the Internal Revenue Service of the United States of America and provided to the Account Bank. |
(d) | Value of Authorized Investments. Authorized Investments credited to any Account shall be valued at their then-current market value. |
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(e) | Security Interest in Authorized Investments. Whenever the Company directs the Account Bank to purchase an Authorized Investment not represented or evidenced by certificates or instruments capable of possession, the Company shall notify the Security Trustee in writing of such directed purchase and, upon the request of the Security Trustee, the Account Bank will deliver such information to the Security Trustee as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Security Trustee to take all necessary action, including giving confirmations and notices to record the Security Trustees interest therein, as required by the UCC to perfect a first priority security interest therein (subject to Permitted Liens) for the benefit of the Security Trustee (on behalf of the Secured Parties). Without limiting the foregoing, whenever the Account Bank purchases an Authorized Investment which is a certificate of deposit, the Account Bank shall simultaneously or promptly thereafter notify the issuer of the certificate of deposit in writing as follows: Société Générale, as the Security Trustee for the Secured Parties, has a security interest in and pledge of the certificate(s) of deposit being purchased this day by Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as Account Bank and bailee on behalf of the Security Trustee and the other Secured Parties. |
4.3 | Accounts |
(a) | The Company has established and maintains, and shall from time to time, including as required under this Agreement, establish and maintain (or cause the Account Bank to establish and maintain), in the name of the Company, the following segregated, secured, and non-interest-bearing accounts and any related sub-accounts (the Accounts): |
(i) | one or more Loan Facility Disbursement Accounts into which disbursements of Loans shall be paid in accordance with Section 4.5(a) (Deposits and Withdrawals Disbursements of Senior Debt); |
(ii) | if Senior Notes are issued, one or more Senior Note Disbursement Accounts (including any Senior Notes proceeds escrow account used for the purposes described in Section 4.5(a)(iii) (Deposits and Withdrawals Disbursements of Senior Debt Disbursements of Senior Debt Escrow of Senior Notes Issued as Replacement Senior Debt)) (the Senior Note Disbursement Accounts) into which the proceeds of the sale of Senior Notes shall be paid in accordance with Section 4.5(a) (Deposits and Withdrawals Disbursements of Senior Debt); |
(iii) | an Equity Proceeds Account, into which Equity Funding shall be deposited in accordance with Section 4.5(b) (Deposits and Withdrawals Equity Proceeds Account); |
(iv) | a Construction Account, into which Equity Funding or Senior Debt received by the Securing Parties shall be deposited in accordance with Section 4.5(c) (Deposits and Withdrawals Construction Account); |
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(v) | a Revenue Account, into which Cash Flows and other income, revenues and proceeds received by or on behalf of the Securing Parties shall be deposited in accordance with Section 4.5(d) (Deposits and Withdrawals Revenue Account); |
(vi) | an Operating Account, established and operated as provided in Section 4.5(e) (Deposits and Withdrawals Operating Account); |
(vii) | a Senior Debt Service Reserve Account, established and operated as provided in Section 4.5(i) (Deposits and Withdrawals Senior Debt Service Reserve Account); |
(viii) | Expansion Accounts (if any), established and operated as provided in Section 4.5(k) (Deposits and Withdrawals Expansion Accounts); |
(ix) | an Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account, established and operated as provided in Section 4.5(f) (Deposits and Withdrawals Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account); |
(x) | a Mandatory Prepayment Senior Notes Account (if required), established and operated as provided in Section 4.5(j) (Deposits and Withdrawals Mandatory Prepayment Senior Notes Account); |
(xi) | an Additional Proceeds Prepayment Account, established and operated as provided in Section 4.5(g) (Deposits and Withdrawals Additional Proceeds Prepayment Account); |
(xii) | [reserved]; |
(xiii) | [reserved]; and |
(xiv) | a Senior Debt Service Accrual Account, established and operated as provided in Section 4.5(m) (Senior Debt Service Accrual Account). |
(b) | Each Account shall be maintained with the Account Bank in the United States and shall be denominated in US Dollars. |
(c) | In respect of such Accounts: |
(i) | Each Account may include one or more sub-accounts established and maintained by the Company, subject to the process in sub-clause (ii) below. References in this Agreement to an Account shall apply equally to any sub-account under such Account and the restrictions and the Companys obligations under this Agreement with respect to any sub-account shall be the same as its restrictions and obligations with respect to the associated Account. The Security Trustee shall have the same rights with respect to a sub-account as the associated Account. |
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(ii) | Without prejudice to the other requirements of this Section 4.3 (Accounts), it is acknowledged by each party that although this Agreement refers to sub-accounts required or permitted to be maintained with the Account Bank, each such sub-account shall be a separate account (with its own unique number) and any reference to any such sub-account shall be construed accordingly. The sub-accounts shall be established and managed as follows: |
(A) | the Company shall give the Security Trustee and the Account Bank at least 10 days prior written notice (commencing from the date when all information and forms required by sub-clause (B) below have been provided) of any sub-accounts that the Company intends to establish and maintain; |
(B) | as a condition to the establishment of any additional sub-account, the Company shall provide or complete any customary information or forms required by the Account Bank; |
(C) | each sub-account shall be identified with the particular Account to which it relates and shall be segregated from each other sub-account; and |
(D) | each sub-account shall be secured in the same manner as the Accounts and withdrawals and transfers to and from each sub-account and any investments of cash or other properties and assets therein shall be subject to the same provisions of this Agreement as the principal Account associated with such sub-account. |
(d) | As of the Stage 3 Closing Date, the Company has opened the Accounts as set forth on Schedule H (Details of Accounts as of Stage 3 Closing Date). The Company shall instruct the Account Bank to open any of the Accounts described in clause (a) above that have not been opened as of the Stage 3 Closing Date, as and when such Account is needed by the Company. The subsequent (i.e., after the date hereof) Accounts shall be established and managed as follows: |
(i) | the Company shall give the Security Trustee and the Account Bank at least 10 days prior written notice (commencing from the date when all information and forms required by sub-clause (ii) below have been provided) of any Account that the Company intends to establish and maintain; and |
(ii) | as a condition to the establishment of any additional Account, the Company shall provide or complete any customary information or forms required by the Account Bank. |
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4.4 | Procedures for Deposits and Withdrawals from Accounts |
(a) | The following procedures shall apply to withdrawals and transfers of monies from the Accounts: |
(i) | the Company shall be entitled to request withdrawals or transfers of monies from any Account at its discretion without providing a Withdrawal and Transfer Certificate as long as the Accounts are managed as set forth in clause (d) below; |
(ii) | the Company shall not be entitled to request withdrawals or transfers of monies from any Account without having provided a Withdrawal and Transfer Certificate authorizing such withdrawal and/or transfer during the continuation of an Event of Default; and |
(iii) | each withdrawal and transfer to and from Accounts shall in all cases be in accordance with Section 4.5 (Deposits and Withdrawals). |
(b) | Any request to the Account Bank for a withdrawal or transfer from an Account (including, if a Withdrawal and Transfer Certificate is required as set forth in Section 4.4(a)(ii) (Procedures for Deposits and Withdrawals from Accounts)) shall: |
(i) | be delivered to the Security Trustee and Account Bank, at least one Business Day prior to any withdrawal or transfer from any Account requested by the Company; provided that, if a transfer is to be made from the Revenue Account to the Operating Account for purposes of meeting cash collateral requirements under Permitted Hedging Instruments, the request for such transfer shall be delivered to the Security Trustee and Account Bank by no later than 12:00 p.m. New York time on the date of such transfer; |
(ii) | be duly executed or otherwise provided (including through an electronic portal if applicable) by an authorized signatory of the Company (including any Person so authorized by the Manager) who has been identified on a duly executed incumbency certificate or other written instructions showing the names, titles and specimen signatures of the Persons authorized to act on behalf of the Company (including any Person so authorized by the Manager) to take actions and provide certifications as required hereunder, including the execution and delivery of any requests to withdraw and transfer funds from the Accounts, including through a Withdrawal and Transfer Certificate; and |
(iii) | contain the following information: |
(A) | each Account from which a withdrawal or transfer is requested and, for transfers, the relevant Account(s) to which, and/or other Person(s) to whom, such transfer is to be made; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, any request may provide for multiple withdrawals from one or more Accounts and for a transfer or sequence of transfers; |
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(B) | the amount requested to be withdrawn or transferred from each Account; |
(C) | the relevant date on which such withdrawal or transfer is to be made; and |
(D) | the purpose for which the amount so withdrawn or transferred is to be applied (if not evident from the nature of the payment or identity of the intended payee). |
(c) | If, on or prior to the relevant date of withdrawal or transfer, the Security Trustee reasonably believes that a request for a withdrawal or transfer of funds from an Account contains an error, the Security Trustee may (but shall have no obligation to do so unless otherwise instructed in accordance with any Finance Documents) object to such withdrawal or transfer by notifying the Company and the Account Bank in writing, following which the Company may make any corrections. If no objections are made, or if the error to which an objection relates to has been corrected, the Account Bank shall pay or transfer the amount(s) specified in the previously received or corrected withdrawal or transfer request, as applicable, by making such payment or transfer no later than the close of business New York time on the date set out in such withdrawal or transfer request for such payment, transfer or requested authorization thereof as applicable; provided that if the Account Bank does not receive the corrected request by 2:00 p.m. New York time on the date of withdrawal or transfer or requested authorization thereof, the Account Bank shall pay or transfer the amount(s) specified by the close of business New York time on the next succeeding Business Day following delivery of such request to the Account Bank. |
(d) | The Company shall enter into an e-banking, or other similar agreement, with the Account Bank to enable the Company to directly manage withdrawals from each Account through online access (including by electronic wire transfer). The electronic banking system shall be established in a manner that permits the Account Bank to provide or otherwise make available to the Security Trustee, upon request, notifications and/or summaries of the activities regarding the Accounts. |
4.5 | Deposits and Withdrawals |
(a) | Disbursements of Senior Debt |
(i) | All disbursements of Senior Debt shall be paid directly (x) to a Loan Facility Disbursement Account in the case of the Loans (which may include separate Loan Facility Disbursement Accounts if required under the individual Facility Agreement) or (y) to a Senior Note Disbursement Account in the case of any Senior Notes; provided that: |
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(A) | (i) interest and commitment fees during the availability period under a Facility Agreement may be paid as set forth in such Facility Agreement, (ii) financing costs (including closing costs, upfront fees, original issue discount and other fees and expenses, commissions and discounts) payable to Senior Creditors in each case in connection with the incurrence of Senior Debt may be paid as set forth in the relevant Senior Debt Instrument, (iii) Mobilization Payments (as defined in the EPC Contract (Stage 3)) made on or about the Stage 3 Closing may be paid directly to the EPC Contractor, and (iv) disbursements used to fund the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account or reimburse Equity Funding as permitted in the applicable Senior Debt Instrument may be paid into the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account or to reimburse such Equity Funding as permitted in the applicable Senior Debt Instrument; |
(B) | any Senior Debt may be disbursed directly into the Construction Account or used directly to pay Permitted Development Expenditures or for other purposes as are permitted in the Senior Debt Instrument for such Senior Debt (including, for the avoidance of doubt, by transferring amounts of Senior Debt to another Account, such as the Operating Account, prior to application of the Senior Debt to the purpose for which it is permitted to be applied if such Account is generally used by the Securing Parties to pay such amounts); |
(C) | [reserved]; |
(D) | any disbursements of Replacement Senior Debt may be applied, in each case as permitted by each Senior Debt Instrument then in effect, directly to repay the Senior Debt that such Replacement Senior Debt is replacing and for other purposes for which such Replacement Senior Debt is permitted to be used under the Finance Documents; and |
(E) | Working Capital Debt may be applied directly for the purposes for which it was incurred (including, for the avoidance of doubt, by transferring amounts of Senior Debt to another Account, such as the Operating Account, prior to application of the Senior Debt to the purpose for which it is permitted to be applied if such Account is generally used by the Securing Parties to pay such amounts). |
(ii) | The Company shall apply the proceeds of any disbursement of Senior Debt as permitted in the relevant Senior Debt Instrument. |
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(iii) | Disbursements of Senior Debt Escrow of Senior Notes Issued as Replacement Senior Debt |
(A) | Notwithstanding any other provision in the Finance Documents, with respect to any Replacement Senior Debt incurred pursuant to the issuance of Senior Notes under any Indenture, the Company may at its option hold the proceeds of such Indebtedness in a Senior Note Disbursement Account in escrow for not more than a 30-day escrow period for the purpose of effecting the Senior Debt replacement. |
(B) | In connection with such escrow arrangements, the Company shall have the right, at any time prior to the end of the escrow period, to deposit cash and/or Authorized Investments into the Senior Note Disbursement Account using funds available at the fourth level of the cash waterfall pursuant to Section 4.7(a)(iv) (Cash Waterfall) to pay (1) the transaction fees and expenses related to the Senior Note issuance and escrow arrangement and (2) interest that is due in respect of the escrowed amount from the date of the deposit until the end of the escrow period or the date the escrowed amount is withdrawn from the Senior Note Disbursement Account, whichever is earlier. |
(iv) | Such Senior Note Disbursement Account shall be subject to a Lien pursuant to Section 3.2(c)(ii) (Security Interests to be Granted by the Securing Parties Security Interests Individual Senior Noteholder Secured Accounts) solely for the benefit of the Senior Noteholders who purchase such Senior Notes (and not any other Senior Creditors); provided that such proceeds shall be used only to either effect a disbursement of Replacement Senior Debt and repay existing Senior Debt or to repay the relevant Senior Noteholders at the end of the relevant escrow period. |
(A) | During the relevant escrow period such Senior Noteholders shall not have recourse to the Security Interests, the Securing Parties or any assets of the Company (including the Project Property) in respect of repayment of such Indebtedness, other than in respect of the security granted over the applicable Senior Notes Disbursement Account into which the proceeds of such issuance are paid. |
(B) | For the avoidance of doubt, during the relevant escrow period, the proceeds of any such Senior Notes held in such Senior Notes Disbursement Account shall not be counted as Indebtedness for the purposes of determining any ratio under the Common Terms Agreement (including any ratios required to be met as a condition to the incurrence of such Replacement Senior Debt) and the Company shall not be in breach of any undertakings set forth in Article 12 (Loan Party Covenants) of the Common Terms Agreement or trigger any Loan Facility Event of Default solely as a result of the arrangements contemplated in sub-clause (iii) (Disbursements of Senior Debt Escrow of Senior Notes Issued as Replacement Senior Debt) and this sub-clause (iv). |
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(b) | Equity Proceeds Account |
(i) | Equity Funding (including, subject to compliance with Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall) and Section 4.8 (Accounts During the Continuation of a Declared Event of Default), Cash Flow to be applied towards costs and expenditures of the Development) not otherwise committed to other expenditure for the Development may be deposited into the Equity Proceeds Account for transfer into the Construction Account, an Expansion Equity Proceeds Account or Expansion Construction Account for application towards Permitted Development Expenditures, an Expansion (including the Stage 3 Development) or otherwise in connection with the Development; provided that the Company may also deposit Equity Funding into an Expansion Equity Proceeds Account in accordance with clause (k) (Expansion Accounts) below. |
(c) | Construction Account |
(i) | The Company may, from time to time, deposit Equity Funding and Senior Debt proceeds directly into the Construction Account (which may be deposited directly or transferred from the Equity Proceeds Account or a Disbursement Account, as applicable). Any proceeds drawn from a letter of credit issued in respect of the EPC Contract (Stage 3) will be deposited in the Construction Account. |
(ii) | Funds in the Construction Account shall be used for Project Costs. |
(iii) | Funds in the Construction Account may also be used for Permitted Completion Costs. If the Company fails to withdraw or transfer funds to pay Permitted Completion Costs, the Security Trustee is hereby authorized, but shall not be obligated, to direct, in writing, the Account Bank to transfer or withdraw amounts from the Construction Account necessary to pay Permitted Completion Costs that are, from time to time, due and payable and are not in dispute. |
(iv) | Equity Funding allocated by the Company for Permitted Development Expenditures or an Expansion, proceeds of Expansion Senior Debt incurred to finance Permitted Development Expenditure or an Expansion, and other amounts permitted to be used for Permitted Development Expenditures or an Expansion and allocated by the Company for such expenditures shall be deposited into the Construction Account or any Expansion Construction Account for application towards Permitted Development Expenditures or an Expansion or may be used directly to pay for Permitted Development Expenditures or an Expansion. |
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(v) | The Construction Account may (but need not) be closed at the determination of the Company after all Permitted Completion Costs have been paid and all funds therein have been transferred first to the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account until fully funded up to the then-applicable Reserve Amount and second to the Revenue Account. If such Account is closed as set forth herein by providing written notice to the Account Bank, the Company may subsequently re-establish an account that is designated as the Construction Account if required for any of the expenditures described in sub-clause (vi) above upon satisfaction of the requirements in Sections 4.3(d)(i) and (ii) (Accounts) above. |
(d) | Revenue Account |
(i) | All Cash Flows and all other income, revenues and proceeds (including Delay Liquidated Damages, except for any such Delay Liquidated Damages deposited in the Construction Account pursuant to a draw on a contractor letter of credit as provided in clause (c)(i) above, and Business Interruption Insurance Proceeds) received by or on behalf of the Securing Parties, and not required to be deposited into another Account, shall be paid into the Revenue Account. |
(ii) | Funds shall be withdrawn from the Revenue Account as provided in Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall) and Section 4.8 (Accounts During the Continuance of a Declared Event of Default). |
(e) | Operating Account |
(i) | The Operating Account shall be funded as provided in Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall) and Section 4.8 (Accounts During the Continuation of a Declared Event of Default) and shall be used to pay Operation and Maintenance Expenses of the Securing Parties that are due and in a manner consistent with the obligations of the Securing Parties under the Finance Documents then in effect. In addition to the foregoing, Senior Debt proceeds that are permitted to be used to pay Operation and Maintenance Expenses under the terms of the applicable Senior Debt Instrument may be funded directly, or from a Disbursement Account or the Construction Account, into the Operating Account. |
(ii) | The Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to limit transfers made to the Operating Account to twice per month, if required and requested by the Account Bank, in order to accommodate the operations of the Account Bank. |
(f) | Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account |
(i) | Insurance Proceeds, Condemnation Proceeds and Performance Liquidated Damages, except for any such Delay Liquidated Damages deposited in the Construction Account pursuant to a draw on a contractor letter of credit as provided in clause (c)(i) above, received by any Securing Party shall be deposited in the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account. |
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(ii) | Net Cash Proceeds (other than proceeds from asset sales permitted under the Senior Debt Instruments, including Section 12.17 (Sale of Project Property) of the Common Terms Agreement) shall be deposited into the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account and may be transferred to the Additional Proceeds Prepayment Account if required as set forth in sub-clause (g)(ii) below. |
(iii) | Amounts in the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account shall, subject to Section 4.4 (Procedures for Deposits and Withdrawals from Accounts), be applied for the purposes set forth in and in accordance with Section 5.2 (Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds) and Section 5.3 (Performance Liquidated Damages), as applicable. |
(g) | Additional Proceeds Prepayment Account |
(i) | Net Cash Proceeds (other than proceeds from asset sales permitted under the Senior Debt Instruments, including Section 12.17 (Sale of Project Property) of the Common Terms Agreement) shall be deposited in or transferred to the Additional Proceeds Prepayment Account when required to be used to make mandatory prepayments pursuant to Section 3.4(a)(vii) (Mandatory Prepayments Net Cash Proceeds from the Sale of Project Property) of the Common Terms Agreement. |
(ii) | Any amount remaining on deposit in the Additional Proceeds Prepayment Account in excess of a required mandatory prepayment may be transferred to the Revenue Account. |
(h) | [Reserved] |
(i) | Senior Debt Service Reserve Account |
(i) | As of the date hereof, the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account has been funded by the issuance of Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LCs for the benefit of the Security Trustee under the Working Capital Facility Agreement in an amount equivalent to the Reserve Amount as of the Stage 3 Closing Date. Following the date hereof, in accordance with Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall) or Section 4.8 (Accounts During the Continuance of a Declared Event of Default), the Company shall continue to cause the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account to be funded up to the then-applicable Reserve Amount, from Cash Flows in accordance with Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall) or Section 4.8 (Accounts During the Continuance of a Declared Event of Default), Equity Funding and/or obtaining additional Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LCs. |
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(ii) | Prior to making any Restricted Payments and on any Payment Date, to the extent there is a Senior Debt Reserve Shortfall, the Securing Parties shall transfer to the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account from the Revenue Account in accordance with the fifth level of priority as set forth in Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall), an amount equal to such Senior Debt Reserve Shortfall. Other than in respect of the requirement set forth in sub-clause (i) above, the Securing Parties shall not be obligated to make any such Senior Debt Reserve Shortfall payment to the extent the balance of the Revenue Account is insufficient to make such payment and the failure to make the full amount of such Senior Debt Reserve Shortfall payment, to such extent and in the circumstances described in this sub-clause (ii), shall not itself constitute an Event of Default. The Company shall give the Security Trustee and the Intercreditor Agent prompt notice if less than 100% of the then-applicable Reserve Amount has been deposited in the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account on or prior to the applicable date. |
(iii) | Funds in the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account may be replaced by an Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC. |
(iv) | The Senior Debt Service Reserve Account shall be used to pay Senior Debt Obligations then due if there would otherwise be no funds available in the Senior Debt Service Accrual Account or the Revenue Account to meet such Senior Debt Obligations in accordance with the priority set forth in Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall). |
(v) | Funds in the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account in excess of the Reserve Amount may be transferred to the Revenue Account. |
(j) | Mandatory Prepayment Senior Notes Account |
(i) | The Company shall be entitled to establish a segregated account or accounts, if so required under any Indenture, that are secured solely for the benefit of Senior Noteholders and into which such Senior Noteholders pro rata share of a mandatory prepayment may be deposited rather than paid to such Senior Noteholders, any such account a Mandatory Prepayment Senior Notes Account. Such deposits shall be retained in such Mandatory Prepayment Senior Notes Account during the pendency of any related mandatory redemption offer in respect of any Senior Notes and as otherwise may be required during the tenor of such Senior Notes, in each case for prepayment of the applicable Senior Notes to the extent required by the terms of the relevant Indenture, as applicable. The establishment of any such Mandatory Prepayment Senior Notes Account shall be subject to satisfaction of the requirements in Sections 4.3(d)(i) and (ii) (Accounts) above. |
(ii) | Only the Senior Noteholders (or their Senior Creditor Group Representative) of the applicable Senior Debt Obligation secured by a Mandatory Prepayment Senior Notes Account may direct the Security Trustee with respect to such Mandatory Prepayment Senior Notes Account. |
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(k) | Expansion Accounts |
The Securing Parties may establish Expansion Disbursement Accounts, Expansion Equity Proceeds Accounts and Expansion Construction Accounts as follows, in each case subject to satisfaction of the requirements in Sections 4.3(d)(i) and (ii) (Accounts) above:
(i) | The Company may deposit Equity Funding (which shall be in addition to any Equity Funding contemplated in the Base Case Forecast for any Train then under construction), into an Expansion Equity Proceeds Account or an Expansion Construction Account to fund (directly or through a transfer from the Expansion Equity Proceeds Account to the Expansion Construction Account): |
(A) | front-end engineering, development and design work, early works or pre-construction activities; |
(B) | preparation and submission for Permits related to any such expansion; or |
(C) | Permitted Development Expenditures. |
(ii) | When permitted under the Senior Debt Instruments (including Section 7.2 (Expansion Contracts) of the Common Terms Agreement), the Company may deposit Equity Funding, which is in addition to the Equity Funding contemplated in the Base Case Forecast in connection with the development of the first three Trains, into an Expansion Equity Proceeds Account or an Expansion Construction Account (directly or through a transfer from the Expansion Equity Proceeds Account to the Expansion Construction Account) to fund an Expansion. |
(iii) | Upon the incurrence of any Expansion Senior Debt, the Company may deposit such Expansion Senior Debt into an Expansion Disbursement Account for transfer into an Expansion Construction Account to fund an Expansion. |
(iv) | After completion of an Expansion, the Company shall transfer funds from the Expansion Construction Account to the Revenue Account in a manner similar to the processes set forth in Section 4.5(c) (Construction Account). |
(v) | Deposits and withdrawals of funds from the Expansion Disbursement Accounts, Expansion Equity Proceeds Accounts and Expansion Construction Accounts with respect to the Expansion shall be made consistent with the terms set forth herein for deposits and withdrawals of funds for Disbursement Accounts, Equity Proceeds Accounts and Construction Accounts, respectively, with appropriate changes to reflect the terms of the Expansion. |
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(l) | [Reserved] |
(m) | Senior Debt Service Accrual Account |
(i) | The Company shall establish a segregated, secured Senior Debt Service Accrual Account and amounts may be deposited in, or transferred or credited to, the Senior Debt Service Accrual Account in accordance with Section 4.7(a)(ix) (Cash Waterfall). |
(ii) | Funds may be withdrawn from the Senior Debt Service Accrual Account at any time; provided that any such funds shall be applied to the payment of Senior Debt Obligations or paid into the Revenue Account for application in accordance with Section 4.7(a) (Cash Waterfall), as the case may be. |
4.6 | Control and Investment of Funds in Accounts |
(a) | Unless the Security Trustee has received notice as set out in Section 6.1(b) (Security Trustee Action Generally Control of Accounts) that a Loan Facility Declared Default, Indenture Declared Default or any other Declared Event of Default has occurred and is Continuing, and until a notice is delivered to the Account Bank pursuant to clause (b) below, the Company shall have the sole right to take the following actions (on the terms and subject to the conditions and requirements hereof), including, when required, pursuant to the instruction to the Account Bank: |
(i) | to withdraw and transfer any funds in the Accounts in accordance with Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall) and the other Sections of this Agreement, including in each case subject to the satisfaction of Section 4.4 (Procedures for Deposits and Withdrawals from Accounts); and |
(ii) | to invest any funds in the Accounts in Authorized Investments (and from time to time to direct the variation or redemption of any such investments), in each case subject to the requirements of Section 4.2 (Authorized Investments). |
(b) | If a Loan Facility Declared Default, Indenture Declared Default or any other Declared Event of Default has occurred and is Continuing and notification of such event has been provided in accordance with Section 6.1(b) (Security Trustee Action Generally Control of Accounts): |
(i) | the Security Trustee shall deliver a notice to the Account Bank (with a copy to the Company and each Senior Creditor Group Representative) directing it to cease accepting instructions from, and providing management access to, the Company (and, if relevant, from the Manager to whom the Company |
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has granted a power of attorney or signature authority over the Accounts as permitted under Section 4.1(e) (General Principles)) with respect to the Accounts (including with respect to the withdrawal, transfer and investment of funds (and any variation or redemption of such investments)) and to accept instructions solely from the Security Trustee; and |
(ii) | following delivery of such notice, the Security Trustee shall direct the Account Bank to: |
(A) | apply the funds in the Accounts in accordance with Section 4.8 (Accounts During the Continuance of a Declared Event of Default); and |
(B) | invest any funds in the Accounts only in Authorized Investments (at the risk and the expense of the Company); provided that the Security Trustee is hereby authorized to direct the Account Bank to liquidate any investment to the extent that after application of all other funds, liquidation of such investment is necessary to make such withdrawal or transfer and the Security Trustee shall use its reasonable efforts to direct the Account Bank in liquidating investments in a manner that minimizes interest costs and penalties, |
in each case until (1) such Declared Event of Default is no longer Continuing and the Security Trustee has received a Cessation Notice or (2) a Security Enforcement Action has been initiated in accordance with this Agreement, and the Security Trustee has been otherwise instructed by Security Enforcement Action Initiation Requests sufficient to take Security Enforcement Action or the Security Enforcement Action Representative in accordance with Section 6.3 (Conduct of Security Enforcement Action) and written notice thereof has been provided by the Security Trustee to the Account Bank.
Without affecting the generality of any other exculpatory provisions in this Agreement or other Finance Documents, neither the Security Trustee (as such hereunder) nor the Account Bank shall have any liability with respect to any withdrawal or investments of funds in the Accounts made pursuant to this Section 4.6 (Control and Investment of Funds in Accounts), unless arising from its own gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment.
(c) | The Company irrevocably authorizes the Account Bank to comply with any notice delivered by the Security Trustee pursuant to sub-clause (b)(i) above even if the Company objects to them in any way, and agrees that the Account Bank may apply any funds in the Accounts in accordance with such instructions. Company further agrees that after the Account Bank receives a notice from the Security Trustee pursuant to sub-clause (b)(i) above, the Company shall not have access to, and shall not be entitled to instruct the Security Trustee or the Account Bank with respect to, any Accounts or the funds and Authorized Investments credited thereto. |
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(d) | Upon the receipt of a Cessation Notice relating to all outstanding Declared Events of Default, the Security Trustee shall deliver a notice to the Account Bank with a copy to the Company directing it once again to take instructions from the Company in accordance with clause (a) above rather than exclusively from the Security Trustee. |
(e) | The Account Bank shall not, under any circumstances: |
(i) | be responsible for any loss, cost or expense suffered by any Person in respect of any actions in relation to the acquisition, disposal, deposit or delivery of the Authorized Investments other than for its own gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment; or |
(ii) | have any obligation to advise the Company on, or to select, manage, investigate or monitor, any Authorized Investments or the purchase or sale thereof. |
(f) | All documents of title or other documentary evidence of ownership with respect to the Authorized Investments shall be held in the custody of the Account Bank, or, if a Declared Event of Default has occurred and is Continuing, and the Security Trustee so directs, if any such document or other evidence is then in or thereafter comes into the possession or control of the Account Bank, the Account Bank shall deliver the same to the Security Trustee. If any documents of title or other documentary evidence of ownership with respect to the Authorized Investments comes into the possession and/or control of the Company, the Company shall immediately hand over such documents to the custody of the Account Bank or, if a Declared Event of Default has occurred and is Continuing, and the Security Trustee so directs, the Security Trustee. |
(g) | The Company and the Security Trustee agree that, as between the Company and the Security Trustee on the one hand and the Account Bank on the other hand, other than for its own gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment, the Account Bank shall have no responsibility whatsoever to ensure that the amounts deposited in and withdrawn from the Accounts are deposited or withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company and, solely to the extent that it has taken control of and continues to control the Accounts as permitted hereunder, the Security Trustee shall be responsible for ensuring that the amounts deposited in and withdrawn from the Accounts are deposited or withdrawn in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. As between the Account Bank and the other Parties, the Company shall be solely responsible for its own filing (or causing the filing) of tax returns and reports on any transaction in respect of any Authorized Investments or relating to any Authorized Investment as may be required by any Governmental Authority or by any authority of any other nation or government or a state or other political subdivision thereof. |
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(h) | Any reference in this Agreement to the Company or the Security Trustee, as the case may be or words of similar effect means the Company, when it is entitled to give instructions pursuant to clauses (a) and (c) above, and the Security Trustee, when, during the Continuance of a Declared Event of Default, the Account Bank has been instructed to cease accepting instructions from the Company. |
4.7 | Cash Waterfall |
(a) | Unless a Loan Facility Declared Default, Indenture Declared Default or any other Declared Event of Default occurred and is Continuing, pursuant to Section 4.6(a) (Control and Investment of Funds in Accounts), the Company may, at the following times, withdraw, or request or instruct the Account Bank to withdraw, as applicable, funds from the Revenue Account and, where contemplated below, the Senior Debt Service Accrual Account or the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account, and shall procure that such funds be applied in the following order of priority and solely for the following purposes: |
(i) | first, from time to time, to transfer to the Operating Account for the payment of Operation and Maintenance Expenses: |
(A) | the sum of (1) all Operation and Maintenance Expenses then due and unpaid, if any, and (2) Operation and Maintenance Expenses reasonably estimated at the time of such transfer by the Company to become due and payable in accordance with the Companys regular payment procedures within the next 60 days; less |
(B) | any funds in respect of such Operation and Maintenance Expenses that are on deposit in the Operating Account (including its sub-accounts) and available for the payment of Operation and Maintenance Expenses; |
(ii) | second, from time to time, for Secured Party Fees then due and payable to the Secured Parties pursuant to any Finance Document; |
(iii) | third, on a Payment Date, for payments of Senior Debt Obligations then due and payable (other than Senior Debt Obligations expressly payable at a higher or lower level of the cash waterfall pursuant to this Section 4.7(a) (Cash Waterfall)) on a pro rata basis to all Senior Creditors entitled thereto (to the extent not funded from funds available in a Disbursement Account or by book entry under a Facility Agreement); |
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(A) | the order of payments of Senior Debt Obligations shall be: |
(1) | first, for interest payments and costs due and payable on the Senior Debt Obligations and scheduled payments pursuant to Permitted Hedging Instruments that are secured by Security Interests and rank pari passu with the Senior Debt Obligations; |
(2) | second, for scheduled principal payments on the Senior Debt Obligations and Hedging Termination Amounts payable pursuant to Permitted Hedging Instruments that are secured by the Security Interests and rank pari passu with the Senior Debt Obligations; and |
(3) | third, for payment of any other Senior Debt Obligations due and payable; |
(B) | such payments shall be made: |
(1) | first, from the Senior Debt Service Accrual Account; |
(2) | second, from the Revenue Account; and |
(3) | third, from the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account (to the extent of any deficiency in funds available in the Senior Debt Service Accrual Account and Revenue Account); |
(iv) | fourth, from time to time, for Permitted Finance Costs then due and payable; |
(v) | fifth, on any Payment Date and on any date on which a Restricted Payment is made, to satisfy any Senior Debt Reserve Shortfall by making a transfer to the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account; |
(vi) | sixth, on a Payment Date, for any mandatory prepayments under any Senior Debt Instrument not payable out of a specific Account that are then due and payable and excluding any mandatory prepayments pursuant to Section 3.4(a)(viii) (Mandatory Prepayments Restricted Payments) of the Common Terms Agreement; |
(A) | the order of payments shall be: |
(1) | first, for any mandatory prepayments made on a pro rata basis to all the Senior Creditors; and |
(2) | second, for any individual mandatory prepayments payable on a non-pro rata basis; |
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including, in each case, any Permitted Hedging Liabilities associated with such prepayments;
(vii) | seventh, from time to time for any Permitted Payment; |
(viii) | eighth, from time to time, to make voluntary prepayments of Loans or voluntary redemptions of any Senior Notes, including Permitted Hedging Liabilities associated with such prepayments, in each case in accordance with the Senior Debt Instruments then in effect (including Section 3.5 (Voluntary Prepayment) of the Common Terms Agreement); and |
(ix) | ninth, to make other payments as and when permitted by the Finance Documents, including (A) for deposit into the Senior Debt Service Accrual Account and (B) for (x) deposit into the Equity Proceeds Account or into the Expansion Equity Proceeds Account or (y) Restricted Payments if, in each case under this clause (B)(y), the conditions for Restricted Payments under each Senior Debt Instrument are satisfied; provided that if the circumstances set forth in Section 3.4(a)(viii) (Mandatory Prepayments Restricted Payments) of the Common Terms Agreement apply on any Quarterly Payment Date, payments shall be made at this level of the waterfall as set forth in Section 3.4(a)(viii) (Mandatory Prepayments Restricted Payments) of the Common Terms Agreement. |
(b) | With respect to each level and sub-level of the cash waterfall set forth in clause (a) above, if the amount available for payment of Senior Debt Obligations required to be paid at such level or sub-level of the cash waterfall, is insufficient to pay all amounts then required to be paid, such payments shall be made on a pari passu, pro rata basis to the applicable Secured Parties entitled to a payment at such level or sub-level of the cash waterfall. Any Withdrawal and Transfer Certificate provided in respect of any such payment shall specify the pro rata allocation to be made by the Account Bank to the applicable Secured Parties. |
4.8 | Accounts During the Continuance of a Declared Event of Default |
(a) | If a Loan Facility Declared Default, Indenture Declared Default or any other Declared Event of Default has occurred and notification of such event has been provided to the Security Trustee and prior to any Enforcement Action, subject to and in accordance with Section 4.6(b) (Control and Investment of Funds in Accounts) and Section 4.6(c) (Control and Investment of Funds in Accounts), the Security Trustee shall cause the available funds in the Accounts (other than the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account) to be applied in accordance with the order of priority in the first to sixth levels of priority in the waterfall in Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall) above. |
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(b) | During the Continuation of a Declared Event of Default, the Company shall deliver to the Security Trustee and the Independent Engineer at least 10 Business Days prior to the beginning of each calendar month a certificate setting forth its good-faith estimate of the amount of Restricted Operation and Maintenance Expenses that are expected to become due and payable during such calendar month. The Security Trustee shall direct the application of funds in the Secured Accounts (other than the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account) by delivery of a written instruction to the Account Bank, as provided in such certificate unless, within eight Business Days after its delivery, the Independent Engineer, by written notice to the Security Trustee with a copy to the Company, objects to the proposed application set forth in such certificate in which case funds shall be applied to Restricted Operation and Maintenance Expenses as reasonably specified in writing by the Independent Engineer. |
(c) | With respect to each level and sub-level of the cash waterfall set forth in clause (a) above, if the amount available for payment of Senior Debt Obligations required to be paid at such level or sub-level of the cash waterfall is insufficient to pay all amounts then required to be paid, such payments shall be made on a pari passu, pro rata basis to the applicable Secured Parties entitled to a payment at such level or sub-level of the cash waterfall. |
4.9 | Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC |
(a) | An Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC has been delivered to the Security Trustee by the Company on or prior to the Stage 3 Closing in an amount sufficient to cover the Reserve Amount as of the Stage 3 Closing Date. The Company or a direct or indirect parent company of the Company (including the Sponsor) may from time to time cause to be delivered to the Security Trustee an Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC instead of, or to replace, any then-issued Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC or any cash or Authorized Investments deposited in or credited to the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account (including to cover any incremental portion of the Reserve Amount that is required to be maintained from time to time in the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account under the Finance Documents). When an Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC is delivered to the Security Trustee to replace cash or Authorized Investments already deposited in the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account, the replaced cash or Authorized Investments shall be transferred directly to the parent company providing such Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC or, if the Company has provided such Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC, to any Account designated by the Company, upon the satisfaction of the conditions in and pursuant to clause (c) below. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company may procure such Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC under any Working Capital Debt or other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred by the Loan Parties under the Finance Documents. |
(b) | The Person(s) providing the Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC shall provide the Security Trustee notice in writing at least three Business Days (if any new Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC is in the form of any existing Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC other than for changes in the face amount) and five Business Days (if the form of the Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC is otherwise different |
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from any existing Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC) before the date on which the Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC is to be provided, and such notice shall include a final draft of the proposed Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC and the stated (face) amount of such Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC. |
(c) | Following provision of the notice referred to in clause (b) above, if the following conditions are satisfied: |
(i) | the Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC satisfies the requirements of the definition thereof; |
(ii) | the Person(s) providing such Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC has provided the original Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC to the Security Trustee; and |
(iii) | no Event of Default has occurred and is Continuing; |
such Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC shall be deemed to be deposited in the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account in an amount equal to the face (stated) amount of such Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC and, if cash and/or Authorized Investments had already been deposited in the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account and such Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC is being provided to replace such cash and/or Authorized Investments, the Account Bank shall, subject to Section 4.4 (Procedures for Deposits and Withdrawals from Accounts), transfer to (or as directed by) the Person(s) providing such Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC from the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account an amount of cash and/or Authorized Investments equal to the amount of the Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC on the later of (x) the date on which such Person(s) has delivered originals of all documents meeting the requirements set forth herein (and substantially consistent with the draft provided under clause (b) above) and (y) the effective date of the Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC.
(d) | The Security Trustee shall be allowed to draw down an Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC, without consent from any other Person, and deposit the proceeds thereof into the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account (or, following the initiation of Security Enforcement Action in accordance with this Agreement, into such other account identified by the Security Trustee) if: |
(i) | it is not renewed or replaced with cash from the provider(s) thereof of equivalent value or other Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC or if the Security Trustee has not received notice from the issuing bank of such Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC that it shall extend the expiration date or renew it, in each case by at least 30 days prior to its expiration date; |
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(ii) | the entity issuing the Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC is downgraded and no longer qualifies as an Acceptable Bank and the provider(s) thereof does not, within 15 days following such downgrade, either replace such issuing entity with an Acceptable Bank or replace the Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC with Authorized Investments or cash (which may be cash provided by the provider(s) thereof or from Restricted Payments that the Company is entitled to make or the provider(s) of such Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC is entitled to receive); |
(iii) | the letter of credit otherwise fails to qualify as an Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC and is not replaced with another Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC, Authorized Investments or cash (which may be cash provided by the provider(s) thereof or from Restricted Payments that the Company is entitled to make or the provider(s) of such Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC is entitled to receive); |
(iv) | to pay any amount that may be paid from the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account pursuant to Section 4.5(i) (Deposits and Withdrawals Senior Debt Service Reserve Account); |
(v) | the entity issuing the Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC does not provide its consent to a transfer of such Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC to a replacement Security Trustee and such Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC is not replaced prior to the resignation or removal of the Security Trustee in accordance with Section 8.7 (Resignation, Removal and Replacement of Security Trustee) becoming effective; |
(vi) | without any limitation on the Security Trustees right and power to draw on the Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC in accordance with this clause (d), unless a Declared Event of Default is Continuing, the Company shall be entitled to request the Security Trustee to draw down such Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC at any time and deposit cash from such drawdown into the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account, whereupon the Security Trustee shall promptly comply with such request; provided that, in the event of any conflict between the requirements of the other sub-clauses of this clause (d) and any request pursuant to this sub-clause (vi), the requirements of the other sub-clauses shall prevail and control; and |
(vii) | without limiting any of the foregoing, at any time following delivery of a Notice of Security Enforcement Action by the Security Trustee pursuant to Section 6.2(f) (Initiation of Security Enforcement Action Notice of Security Enforcement Action). |
(e) | Subject to Sections 8.1(a) and (b) (Appointment and Duties), 8.20(b) (Compliance) and any other provision of this Agreement relating to the Security Trustees exercising its rights, powers and discretions hereunder, if any issuer of any Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC fails to make payment when due following a demand from the Security Trustee, the Security Trustee shall, unless prevented by applicable law, and without prejudice to the provisions of Article 8 (The Security Trustee), pursue its remedies against such defaulting issuer to the extent permitted |
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by the terms of the applicable Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC. For the avoidance of doubt, payments received by the Security Trustee under an Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC pursuant to the pursuit by the Security Trustee of remedies against a defaulting issuer under this clause shall be (A) first, applied to pay Senior Debt Obligations then due and unpaid to the extent there would otherwise be insufficient funds available from the Revenue Account to meet the Senior Debt Obligations then due and unpaid and (B) second, to the extent any excess remains, deposited into the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account. |
(f) | Once provided, the Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC shall be maintained for the benefit of the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account except to the extent that: |
(i) | the Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC is replaced with cash and/or Authorized Investments or with Restricted Payments that the Company is entitled to make or that the provider is entitled to receive; |
(ii) | the Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC is fully drawn by the Security Trustee in accordance with clause (d) above; or |
(iii) | the Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC (or any part thereof) is replaced with another Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC, cash and/or Authorized Investments in accordance with clause (g) below. |
(g) | A Person providing an Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC may, upon five Business Days prior written notice to the Security Trustee replace (in whole or in part) on a dollar-for-dollar basis any Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC procured by it with (A) another Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC or (B) cash for deposit and/or Authorized Investments for credit into the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account, which shall be cash and/or Authorized Investments provided by the provider(s) thereof or from Restricted Payments that the Company is entitled to make or the provider(s) of such Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC is entitled to receive. |
Upon delivery to the Security Trustee of the new Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC or delivery to the Account Bank of cash for deposit and/or Authorized Investments for credit into the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account as provided in this clause (g) in an amount equal to the face (stated) amount of the replaced Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC, the Security Trustee shall return to the relevant provider thereof the Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC and related documents so replaced in full.
(h) | Upon any changes to the amount, status or nature of any Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC, including: |
(i) | the transfer of cash and/or Authorized Investments from the Senior Debt Service Reserve Account to the provider of the Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC upon the provision of any Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC in accordance with clause (c) above; |
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(ii) | the cancellation, return or drawdown of any Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC, in each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement (including pursuant to any of the events described in clause (f) above); or |
(iii) | any replacement of any Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC with another Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC, cash and/or Authorized Investments or any change to the entity providing such Acceptable Debt Service Reserve LC; |
the Security Trustee shall notify the Senior Creditor Group Representatives.
4.10 | Adequate Instruction; Sufficiency of Funds |
(a) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in the event that the Account Bank receives any monies in respect of any Securing Party or the Development without adequate instruction as to the Account into which such monies are to be deposited, the Account Bank shall promptly deposit such monies into the Revenue Account, keeping such records as may be necessary to adequately distinguish such monies from other funds held in such Account, and shall immediately thereafter notify the Company and the Security Trustee of the receipt of such monies. Upon written instruction from the Company, unless the Security Trustee has received notice as set out in Section 6.1(b) (Security Trustee Action Generally Control of Accounts) that a Loan Facility Declared Default, Indenture Declared Default or any other Declared Event of Default has occurred and is Continuing, the Security Trustee or the Account Bank (if applicable) shall transfer any such monies to the corrected Account specified by the Company or the Security Trustee in a written notice delivered to the Account Bank. |
(b) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, to the extent that there are insufficient funds in the relevant Account to make a payment, transfer or withdrawal requested from such Account, the Account Bank shall promptly notify the Security Trustee and the Company of such deficiency. In such event, the Account Bank shall make such payment, transfer or withdrawal to the extent of the available funds in the specified Account unless it has received written instructions not to make such payment from the Security Trustee (or the Company, unless the Security Trustee has received notice as set out in Section 6.1(b) (Security Trustee Action Generally Control of Accounts) that a Loan Facility Declared Default, Indenture Declared Default or any other Declared Event of Default has occurred and is Continuing). |
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4.11 | Account with Third Party Account Bank |
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, including Sections 4.3(a) and (b) (Accounts), Section 4.4 (Procedures for Deposits and Withdrawals from Accounts) and Section 3.2(d)(vi) (Accounts Securities Accounts):
(a) | The Company may from time to time agree to establish and maintain a segregated, secured account, which shall be an Account, and any related sub-accounts (the Third Party Investment Account) with any financial institution that is reasonably acceptable to the Account Bank (any financial institution that is not the Account Bank with which such account is established as permitted by this Agreement, a Third Party Account Bank); provided that the Company shall procure that prior to the deposit or transfer of any funds into such Third Party Investment Account: |
(i) | such Third Party Account Bank shall enter into an account control agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Security Trustee, pursuant to which the Security Trustee shall have sole control (within the meaning of Sections 8-106(d) and (f) of the UCC or Sections 9-104(a)(2) and (3) of the UCC) of the Third Party Investment Account; |
(ii) | the Account Bank shall be designated as an authorized representative of the Company permitted to execute transactions and make withdrawals and transfers of funds in respect of such Third Party Investment Account; and |
(iii) | the Third Party Investment Account may be interest bearing. |
(b) | The Company (or the Security Trustee on behalf of the Company) may submit instructions (in written form, including in a Withdrawal and Transfer Certificate from the Company, and which may be given as a standing instruction) to the Account Bank directing the Account Bank to take the following actions in respect of the Third Party Investment Account: |
(i) | transfer funds from an Account to the Third Party Investment Account or instruct the Third Party Account Bank to transfer funds from the Third Party Investment Account to one or more Accounts; or |
(ii) | instruct the Third Party Account Bank to invest funds in the Third Party Investment Account in Authorized Investments selected as set forth in clause (e) below (or sell or otherwise liquidate such investments) as contemplated by Section 4.2(b) (Authorized Investments Directing the Making of Investments), in a manner agreed between the Company and the Third Party Account Bank in any customary account management agreement related to the Third Party Investment Account; |
and, in each such case, the Account Bank shall act in accordance with the instructions of the Company (or the Security Trustee on behalf of the Company) and in turn transmit any such instructions to the Third Party Account Bank. For the
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avoidance of doubt, the Company (or the Security Trustee on behalf of the Company) shall be permitted to transfer funds from any Account, including but not limited to the Construction Account, Revenue Account and/or the Operating Account, to be held in the Third Party Investment Account until such funds are required to be applied as contemplated by this Agreement, and shall be permitted to transfer such funds back to the applicable Account at any earlier time.
(c) | Unless the Security Trustee has received notice as set out in Section 6.1(b) (Security Trustee Action Generally Control of Accounts) that a Loan Facility Declared Default, Indenture Declared Default or any other Declared Event of Default has occurred and is Continuing, and until a notice is delivered to the Account Bank pursuant to Section 4.6(b)(i) (Control and Investment of Funds in Accounts), the Company also may submit instructions directly (or by instructions made through the Account Bank) to the Third Party Account Bank to invest the funds in, or that are expected to be transferred into, the Third Party Investment Account in Authorized Investments. Concurrently with delivery of a notice to the Account Bank pursuant to Section 4.6(b)(i) (Control and Investment of Funds in Accounts), the Security Trustee shall deliver a notice to the Third Party Account Bank (with a copy to the Company, the Account Bank and each Senior Creditor Group Representative) directing it to cease accepting instructions from, and providing management access to, the Company (and, if relevant, from the Manager to whom the Company has granted a power of attorney or signature authority over the Accounts as permitted under Section 4.1(e) (General Principles)) with respect to the Third Party Investment Account. Concurrently with delivery of a notice to the Account Bank pursuant to Section 4.6(d) (Control and Investment of Funds in Accounts), the Security Trustee shall deliver a notice to the Third Party Account Bank with a copy to the Company directing it once again to take instructions from the Company in accordance with the first sentence of this clause (c) rather than exclusively from the Security Trustee. |
(d) | If the Account Bank receives a notice from the Security Trustee under Section 4.6(b)(i) (Control and Investment of Funds in Accounts) of this Agreement, the Security Trustee may deliver instructions directly to the Third Party Account Bank or may direct the Account Bank to transmit to the Third Party Account Bank directions, notices or other documents received only from the Security Trustee until a notice is delivered by the Security Trustee to the Account Bank pursuant to and in accordance with Section 4.6(d) (Control and Investment of Funds in Accounts) of this Agreement with respect to the relevant Declared Event(s) of Default. |
(e) | All funds in the Third Party Investment Account shall only be invested in Authorized Investments as selected by the Company (or the Security Trustee on behalf of the Company). Cash, monies or funds in the Third Party Investment Account and the Authorized Investments in which such monies are then invested and the proceeds of those investments shall be subject to the provisions of this Agreement governing Authorized Investments, including but not limited to Section 4.2 (Authorized Investments), modified as necessary to reflect the arrangements between the Company, the Security Trustee, the Account Bank and the Third Party Account Bank as set forth in this Section 4.11. |
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(f) | For the avoidance of doubt, the security arrangements generally applicable to Accounts pursuant to this Agreement shall also apply to the Third Party Investment Account, with the Third Party Account Bank acting as Bank or Securities Intermediary, as applicable, in respect of the Third Party Investment Account. All undertakings and duties imposed on the Account Bank specifically in its capacity as Bank or Securities Intermediary in respect of an Account shall also apply in respect of any Third Party Investment Account, except that the Account Bank shall be subject to such duties and undertakings in its capacity as an authorized person in respect of such Third Party Investment Account. All duties or undertakings under the Finance Documents requiring the Account Bank to deposit, withdraw, invest or liquidate funds in the Accounts shall, in respect of the Third Party Investment Account, be construed as duties or undertakings to instruct the Third Party Account Bank to deposit, withdraw, invest or liquidate funds, as applicable. |
(g) | The Account Bank shall not be liable for any failure on the part of the Third Party Account Bank to timely honor any direction from the Account Bank. |
5. | INSURANCE AND CONDEMNATION PROCEEDS AND PERFORMANCE LIQUIDATED DAMAGES |
5.1 | Additional Insureds |
(a) | To the extent permitted under applicable laws and regulations, from and after the Stage 3 Closing Date, the Company shall procure that, under all insurance policies purchased by the Securing Parties (other than any title insurance policies or statutory insurances and except to the extent otherwise specified in Schedule L (Schedule of Minimum Insurance) of the Common Terms Agreement and any comparable provision in any Senior Debt Instrument then in effect): |
(i) | the Secured Parties and/or the Security Trustee on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties shall be named as additional insureds and the interest of the Secured Parties shall be duly noted and endorsed upon all cover notes and policies issued or to be issued in connection therewith; provided, however, that the Secured Parties and/or the Security Trustee on behalf of and for the benefit of the Secured Parties need not be named as additional insureds under any policy issued by OIL; |
(ii) | the Security Trustee shall be a loss payee (other than in respect of third-party liability insurance and automobile liability insurance) and such loss payable clause shall not be cancelled, varied or amended in any respect; and |
(iii) | all such policies shall require insurers (and brokers), subject to applicable laws and regulations and to the payment procedures under Attachment O of the EPC Contract (Stage 3), to pay the proceeds (other than payments due to third parties) to the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account. |
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5.2 | Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds |
Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds received by any Securing Party shall be applied as follows:
(a) | sums paid to settle any third-party liability shall be paid to the Person who incurred the liability (or to the insured party if such party previously paid the claim); |
(b) | Business Interruption Insurance Proceeds will be deposited in the Revenue Account and applied in accordance with Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall); |
(c) | all other Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds shall be deposited in the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account; provided that for the period prior to the Stage 3 Completion Date, the first $10,000,000 in Insurance Proceeds under the builders risk insurance policy or marine cargo policy shall be paid directly to the EPC Contractor; |
(d) | all Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds deposited in the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account shall be transferred to the Revenue Account and applied in accordance with Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall); provided that if the aggregate amount of the Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds for a single loss or related series of losses: |
(i) | is less than $100,000,000, such proceeds shall be transferred from the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account directly (x) for use to repair or replace the relevant Project Property (or, unless the Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds are required for the repair or replacement, to reimburse documented amounts contributed to or paid on behalf of the affected Securing Party by the Sponsor or a parent company of the Company for purposes of commencing any such repair or replacement) and (y) with respect to any portion not required for such repair or replacement or remaining after such repair or replacement, to the Revenue Account, as long as the Company certifies that such amount is not required in order to repair or replace such Project Property so as not to reduce the annual production capacity or the Project Facilities performance to a level below that which is necessary to meet its then-outstanding Senior Debt Obligations; |
(ii) | exceeds $100,000,000 but is less than $500,000,000, then such proceeds shall be applied in accordance with clause (e) below; provided that after the Term Loan Discharge Date, clause (d)(i) (and not clause (e)) shall apply to Insurance or Condemnation Proceeds that exceed $100,000,000 but are less than $500,000,000; and |
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(iii) | exceeds in the aggregate $500,000,000, then such proceeds shall be applied in accordance with clause (f) below; provided that: |
(A) | the provisions of clause (g) below (and not clause (f) below) shall apply in the event of a Catastrophic Casualty Event resulting in a mandatory prepayment offer of the Senior Notes, to the extent an Indenture providing for such a prepayment upon a Catastrophic Casualty Event is then-outstanding; and |
(B) | after the Term Loan Discharge Date, then clause (e) below (and not clause (f) below) shall apply in respect of Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds that exceed in the aggregate $500,000,000 in the case where the event giving rise to such proceeds is not a Catastrophic Casualty Event resulting in a mandatory prepayment offer of the Senior Notes; |
(e) | proceeds required to be applied in accordance with this clause (e) shall be: |
(i) | transferred from the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account directly to repair or replace the relevant Project Facilities (or, unless the Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds are required for the repair or replacement, to reimburse documented amounts contributed to or paid on behalf of the affected Securing Party by the Sponsor or a parent company of the Company for purposes of commencing any such repair or replacement) upon receipt by the Security Trustee of a certificate as set forth below: |
(A) | from the Company, certifying that: |
(1) | such transferred proceeds shall be used to repair or replace the relevant Project Facilities; |
(2) | such repair or replacement is expected to maintain the annual production capacity and the Project Facilities performance in all material respects; |
(3) | the affected Securing Party has sufficient funds available (including Cash Flow permitted to be applied under Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall) towards the repair and replacement of Project Facilities, Equity Funding commitments and amounts in the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account) to repair or replace the relevant Project Facilities according to a restoration plan in order to carry out its obligations under this sub-clause (A) as well as to pay all Operation and Maintenance Expenses, Senior Debt Obligations and any other expenditure that is, or is reasonably likely to be, due to be paid during the period of repair and replacement; |
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(4) | such repair or replacement shall be completed within 360 days if the Company is making such certification before the Term Loan Discharge Date, and within 540 days if the Company is making such certification after the Term Loan Discharge Date (in each case, with up to an additional 90 days if the affected Securing Party is exercising commercially reasonable efforts to complete the improvements, repairs and restorations); |
(5) | any Permits necessary for the repair or replacement have been obtained and are in full force and effect or are expected to be obtained in the ordinary course by the time they are necessary; and |
(B) | from the Independent Engineer confirming (such confirmation not to be unreasonably withheld) its concurrence with the certification made pursuant to sub-clause (A)(2) above; |
(ii) | if the Company or the Independent Engineer fails to make any of the certifications or concurrences required by sub-clause (i) above by 90 days after the deposit in the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account of the relevant Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds, or to the extent there are any excess Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds remaining in the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account after the completion of a restoration undertaken in compliance with sub-clause (i) above and such excess proceeds exceed $100,000,000, such proceeds shall be applied (A) in accordance with Section 3.4(a)(i) (Mandatory Prepayments Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds) of the Common Terms Agreement to prepay Loans pro rata based on the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof on the respective Payment Dates for payment of principal for such Senior Debt immediately succeeding such 90-day period, (B) to pay the portion of such amount equal to the pro rata share of the Senior Debt held by Senior Noteholders as specified in the applicable Indenture and (C) with respect to paying all remaining proceeds, to the Revenue Account. For the avoidance of doubt, the Senior Noteholders (if any) shall have no right to waive or alter the foregoing prepayment obligation other than in respect of amounts due to such Senior Noteholders under sub-clause (B) above; |
(f) |
(i) | Prior to the Term Loan Discharge Date, on or before 90 days following the receipt in the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account of proceeds required to be applied in accordance with this clause (f), the Company shall |
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deliver to the Security Trustee and Intercreditor Agent the certification described in sub-clause (e)(i)(A) above and a plan for the application of such proceeds and other funds available to the affected Securing Party for the repair or replacement of the relevant Project Facilities. The Company shall include in such plan: |
(A) | a schedule of works required to complete the repair or replacement; |
(B) | the estimated costs associated with such repair or replacement; |
(C) | a list of the material contracts entered into or to be entered into to effect the repair or replacement; |
(D) | a detailed account of the sources of funds; |
(E) | the scheduled completion date for the repair and/or replacement works; and |
(F) | a schedule showing each Senior Debt Obligation payable through such scheduled completion date for repair and/or replacement showing the source of funds (available Cash Flow, Equity Funding, insurance proceeds, committed financings and/or any other resource reasonably acceptable to the Intercreditor Agent) for each such payment. |
(ii) | As soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event within 60 days following receipt of such plan, if the Security Trustee (based on instruction from the Intercreditor Agent) notifies the Company (which notification shall be accompanied by a reasonably detailed explanation) that the Requisite Intercreditor Parties conclude in their reasonable judgment (taking into account the advice, if any, of the Independent Engineer) that, in light of the nature of the loss, the reasonableness of the plan and the amount of Senior Debt Obligations then-outstanding: |
(A) | it is reasonably unlikely that, after implementation of the Companys plan and any ramp up or similar period, the Company shall be able to meet its Senior Debt Obligations; or |
(B) | it is reasonably likely that, after implementation of the Companys plan and any ramp up or similar period, a Material Adverse Effect shall occur; |
then the Company shall apply such proceeds on a pro rata basis (I) in accordance with Section 3.7 (Pro Rata Payment) of the Common Terms Agreement to prepay the Senior Debt held by the Facility Lenders pro rata based on the respective outstanding principal amounts thereof on the respective Payment Dates for payments of principal for such Senior Debt
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immediately succeeding such 60-day period, (II) to pay the portion of such amount equal to the pro rata share of the Senior Debt held by Senior Noteholders as specified in the applicable Indenture and (III) with respect to all remaining proceeds, to the Revenue Account. For the avoidance of doubt, the Senior Noteholders (if any) shall have no right to waive or alter the foregoing prepayment obligation other than in respect of amounts due to such Senior Noteholders under sub-clause (II) above;
(g) | Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.2 (Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds), in the event of a Catastrophic Casualty Event resulting in a mandatory prepayment offer of the Senior Notes in accordance with the terms of the applicable Indenture, the Company shall make a pro rata mandatory prepayment of the Loans in an amount equal to the amount proportionate to the principal amount of Senior Notes outstanding that is being prepaid pursuant to such Catastrophic Casualty Event mandatory prepayment offer. |
(h) | Nothing in this Section 5.2 (Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds) shall preclude the Company from using equity to commence repairs or to replace property subject to such loss prior to receipt of Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds. In such circumstances, nothing shall prevent the Securing Parties from applying the Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds received and that are not required for the repair and replacement of property to reimburse documented amounts contributed to or paid on behalf of the affected Securing Party by the Sponsor or a parent company of the Company for purposes of commencing any such repair or replacement to the extent that such Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds could have been applied toward the repair and replacement directly according to this Section 5.2 (Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds) (provided that such reimbursed amounts are applied for such purpose and, provided, further, that reimbursement shall not be permitted to the extent that Insurance Proceeds and Condemnation Proceeds were insufficient for repair or replacement, and such equity was certified as necessary to undertake such repair or replacement). |
(i) | No later than 45 days following the end of each calendar quarter (beginning the first calendar quarter following the commencement of any repair or replacement carried out in connection with a loss for which the Insurance Proceeds or Condemnation Proceeds exceed $100,000,000, prior to the Term Loan Discharge Date, and $500,000,000, after the Term Loan Discharge Date, and ending on the calendar quarter during which such repair or replacement is completed), the Company shall deliver to the Security Trustee, the Intercreditor Agent and the Independent Engineer a summary of the construction activities required in connection with any repair or replacement of the affected Project Facilities carried out during such calendar quarter. Such summary shall include a description of: |
(i) | the physical progress and expenditures during such calendar quarter; |
(ii) | cumulative expenditures through to the end of such calendar quarter; |
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(iii) | material variations in physical progress and expenditures from the plan, together with a summary description of the causes of such variations, and any steps or actions intended to be taken to minimize such variances in the future; |
(iv) | the Companys then-current estimates of: |
(A) | expenditures for the next quarter; and |
(B) | the then-scheduled completion date for such works; and |
(v) | any material developments during such quarter relating to the relevant repair or replacement. |
(j) | Any insurance proceeds that are not required by this Section 5.2 (Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds) and by the relevant provisions of any Senior Debt Instruments to be used for the repair and replacement of the affected Project Property (or to reimburse documented amounts contributed to or paid on behalf of the affected Securing Party by the Sponsor or a parent company of the Company for purposes of commencing any such repair or replacement if such amounts are not required for the repair and replacement of property) or that are not required for the mandatory prepayment of any Senior Debt Obligations (including by transfer of the amount of the Pro Rata Payment to prepay Senior Debt held by Senior Creditors other than the Facility Lenders that would otherwise have been made as a prepayment to such Senior Creditors to a Mandatory Prepayment Senior Notes Account), in accordance with this Section 5.2 (Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds) or the relevant provisions of any Senior Debt Instruments, shall be transferred to the Revenue Account and applied in accordance with Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall). |
5.3 | Performance Liquidated Damages |
Performance Liquidated Damages received by any Securing Party shall be applied as follows:
(a) | Performance Liquidated Damages reasonably expected by the Loan Parties to be used to complete, repair, refurbish or improve the Project Facilities in respect of which the Performance Liquidated Damages were paid or other Project Facilities under construction related to the Corpus Christi Terminal Facility or the Corpus Christi Pipeline shall be deposited to the Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds Account and applied from such Account for the aforementioned purposes; and |
(b) | Performance Liquidated Damages in excess of the amounts used or reasonably expected to be used (or not contemplated to be used) to complete, repair, refurbish or improve the Project Facilities in respect of which the Performance Liquidated Damages were paid or other Project Facilities under construction related to the Corpus Christi Terminal Facility or the Corpus Christi Pipeline shall be paid into the Revenue Account and applied in accordance with Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall) and Section 4.8 (Accounts During the Continuance of a Declared Event of Default), as applicable. |
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6. | SECURITY TRUSTEE ACTION |
6.1 | Security Trustee Action Generally |
(a) | Action under Individual Senior Debt Instruments and Permitted Senior Debt Hedging InstrumentsGeneral |
(i) | Each Senior Creditor Group party to a Senior Debt Instrument shall have the right to declare an Event of Default under its respective Senior Debt Instrument, and at any time thereafter: |
(A) | give any draw-stop notice in accordance with its Senior Debt Instrument; |
(B) | suspend, cancel or reduce its undrawn Senior Debt Commitments; |
(C) | accelerate the outstanding Senior Debt Obligations under its Senior Debt Instrument; or |
(D) | take such other actions as are permitted under its Senior Debt Instrument; |
in each case as, when and on the terms and conditions provided in its Senior Debt Instrument and the Intercreditor Agreement (if applicable), as the case may be. If any of the foregoing actions is taken by any Senior Creditor Group, the related Senior Creditor Group Representative shall promptly notify the Security Trustee (who in turn shall promptly notify each other Senior Creditor Group Representative) of any such action.
(ii) | Each Senior Creditor Group party to a Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument shall have the right to declare an event of default or termination event under its respective Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument and at any time thereafter take such actions as are permitted under its Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument, in each case as, when and on the terms and conditions provided in its Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument and, if applicable, the Intercreditor Agreement (including Section 5.1 (Undertakings of Hedging Banks) of the Intercreditor Agreement), subject in each case to Section 7.3 (Hedging Banks). If any such actions are taken by any such Senior Creditor Group, the related Senior Creditor Group Representative shall promptly notify the Security Trustee (who in turn shall promptly notify each other Senior Creditor Group Representative) of any such action. |
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(b) | Control of Accounts |
If the Security Trustee receives notice:
(i) | from the Intercreditor Agent or any other party to the Intercreditor Agreement that a Loan Facility Declared Default has occurred and is Continuing; |
(ii) | from an Indenture Trustee that an Indenture Declared Default has occurred and is Continuing; or |
(iii) | from any future acceding intercreditor agent or Senior Creditor Group Representative (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any Senior Creditor Group Representative which has appointed the Intercreditor Agent as contemplated in Section 2.5(c) (Other Intercreditor Agents)) that an Event of Default identified in the relevant Senior Debt Instrument as a Declared Event of Default has occurred and is Continuing; |
then the Security Trustee shall take the actions with respect to control and investment of funds in the Accounts specified in Section 4.6(b) (Control and Investment of Funds in Accounts).
(c) | Security Enforcement Action |
Security Enforcement Action shall be taken only:
(i) | as provided in Sections 6.2 (Initiation of Security Enforcement Action) and 6.3 (Conduct of Security Enforcement Action); and |
(ii) | by the Security Trustee or by another party at the direction of the Security Trustee. |
Accordingly, | no Secured Party shall take or purport to take any action to enforce the Security Interests other than as provided by, and pursuant to, this Article 6 (Security Trustee Action). |
(d) | Draws on Letter of Credit under CMI Security Agreement and Shipping Services Agreements |
The Security Trustee is hereby authorized to draw on any letter of credit provided to CCL under the CMI Security Agreement or any Shipping Services Agreement in order to pay the amounts due and payable to CCL under the DES-Linked LNG SPA or pursuant to any LNG SPA on Delivered terms in respect of which such letter of credit was delivered to CCL as follows:
(i) | at any time following delivery of a Notice of Security Enforcement Action by the Security Trustee pursuant to Section 6.2(f) (Initiation of Security Enforcement Action Notice of Security Enforcement Action); |
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(ii) | if the letter of credit fails to qualify as an Acceptable Letter of Credit, as defined under the CMI Security Agreement, as applicable, and CCL has not drawn on such letter of credit, within three Business Days of such letter of credit failure to so qualify; and |
(iii) | if the obligor in respect of whose obligations such letter of credit is issued fails to make a payment by the due date of such payment to CCL under the terms of the DES-Linked LNG SPA, Shipping Services Agreement or LNG SPA on Delivered terms and CCL has not drawn on any letter of credit on deposit in the Deposit Account, within three Business Days of such failure to pay. |
6.2 | Initiation of Security Enforcement Action |
(a) | When permitted under the terms of the relevant Senior Debt Instrument (and, with respect to the Facility Agreements, the Intercreditor Agreement), and subject to Section 7.3 (Hedging Banks), any Senior Creditor Group Representative, or the Intercreditor Agent on behalf of any Senior Creditor Group Representative, who represents a Senior Creditor Group that previously has declared an Event of Default under its Senior Debt Instrument that is Continuing (or any future intercreditor agent duly appointed pursuant to Section 2.5 (Other Intercreditor Agents)) may deliver to the Security Trustee a written request to initiate a Security Enforcement Action (a Security Enforcement Action Initiation Request) and the Security Trustee shall deliver a copy thereof to the Intercreditor Agent, each other Senior Creditor Group Representative and the Company; provided, however, that failure to deliver a copy thereof to the Company shall not invalidate any Security Enforcement Action. |
(b) | Any such Security Enforcement Action Initiation Request shall: |
(i) | be labelled Security Enforcement Action Initiation Request and shall reference that it is being given pursuant to and for purposes of this Section 6.2 (Initiation of Security Enforcement Action); |
(ii) | state the Senior Creditor Group(s) on whose behalf it is being given, and the amount of outstanding Senior Debt Commitments and/or Senior Debt Obligations of such Senior Creditor Group(s); |
(iii) | state the Declared Event(s) of Default under and in accordance with the relevant Senior Debt Instrument(s), with specific reference to the relevant provision(s) of such instrument(s); |
(iv) | state whether such Declared Event(s) of Default include(s) a Bankruptcy Default; |
(v) | state the Security Enforcement Action permitted in the circumstances under the relevant Security Documents and/or the Direct Agreements that the |
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Security Trustee is thereby instructed to take (subject to Section 6.1(c) (Security Trustee Action Generally Security Enforcement Action)) and can, optionally, provide instructions regarding the conduct of the Security Enforcement Action as described in Section 6.3(b) (Conduct of Security Enforcement Action); and |
(vi) | certify that such instruction has been duly authorized by the taking of all necessary action by the relevant Senior Creditors on whose behalf such instruction is being delivered and is duly given, in each case in compliance with the relevant Senior Debt Instrument (and, as applicable, the Intercreditor Agreement). |
(c) | Bankruptcy Default |
If any one or more of the Security Enforcement Action Initiation Requests received by the Security Trustee pursuant to and in compliance with clause (b) above states that the Declared Event(s) of Default under the relevant Senior Debt Instrument(s) have included a Loan Facility Event of Default under Section 15.1(d) (Loan Facility Events of Default Bankruptcy) of the Common Terms Agreement (a Bankruptcy Default) or its equivalent under any other Senior Debt Instrument, then such Security Enforcement Action Initiation Request(s) shall be sufficient (regardless of whether or not the Senior Creditor Group Representatives giving such directions represent an Initiating Percentage of the Senior Debt Obligations) to require the Security Trustee to take the directed Security Enforcement Action.
(d) | Other Declared Event(s) of Default Initiating Percentage |
Except as set forth in clause (c) (Bankruptcy Default) above, the Security Trustee shall only be authorized to initiate the requested Security Enforcement Action if and when it shall have received Security Enforcement Action Initiation Requests pursuant to and in compliance with clause (b) above from Senior Creditor Group Representative(s) representing at such time an Initiating Percentage of the Senior Debt Obligations.
(e) | Votes Relating to Accounts Secured in Favor of any Individual Groups of Senior Noteholders |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, with regard to any group of Senior Noteholders who benefits from a Security Interest in an Individual Senior Noteholder Secured Account that secures solely the Senior Debt Obligations under the Senior Debt Instrument to which such Senior Noteholders are a party (as provided in Section 3.2(c) (Security Interests to be Granted by the Securing Parties Security Interests Individual Senior Noteholder Secured Accounts)), for the purposes of (i) calculating whether Security Enforcement Action Initiation Requests sufficient to take the directed Security Enforcement Action in respect of Collateral that is secured in favor of all Secured Parties under this Agreement or any other Finance Document have been received by the Security Trustee and
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(ii) calculating any votes relating to the conduct of such Security Enforcement Action, such Senior Noteholders shall not be entitled to vote their respective Senior Debt Obligations to the extent of any amounts standing to the account of such Senior Noteholder Secured Account at the time of such vote and such Senior Debt Obligations that are not entitled to be voted shall be disregarded for purposes of the applicable vote.
(f) | Notice of Security Enforcement Action |
Promptly following receipt of Security Enforcement Action Initiation Requests sufficient to take the directed Security Enforcement Action pursuant to clause (c) (Bankruptcy Default) or clause (d) (Other Declared Event(s) of Default Initiating Percentage) above, the Security Trustee shall deliver a notice (a Notice of Security Enforcement Action) to each Senior Creditor Group Representative and the Intercreditor Agent and shall take the directed Security Enforcement Action, subject to Section 6.3 (Conduct of Security Enforcement Action) and the other provisions of this Agreement. The Security Trustee shall, simultaneously with delivery of such notice to the Senior Creditor Group Representatives and Intercreditor Agent or promptly thereafter, deliver a copy of such Notice of Security Enforcement Action to the Company; provided, however, that failure to deliver a copy thereof to the Company shall not invalidate any Security Enforcement Action.
6.3 | Conduct of Security Enforcement Action |
(a) | Following the receipt by the Security Trustee of Security Enforcement Action Initiation Requests sufficient to take Security Enforcement Action in accordance with Section 6.2 (Initiation of Security Enforcement Action) until such time as the Security Trustee receives a Cessation Notice with respect to the relevant Declared Event(s) of Default that resulted in such Security Enforcement Action, any group of Senior Noteholders who benefits from a Security Interest in an Individual Senior Noteholder Secured Account that secures solely the Senior Debt Obligations under the Senior Debt Instrument to which such Senior Noteholders are a party (as provided in Section 3.2(c) (Security Interests to be Granted by the Securing Parties Security Interests Individual Senior Noteholder Secured Accounts)) may, subject to the terms of the applicable Senior Notes, at any time and at their sole discretion, direct the Security Trustee to take any action to enforce such Security Interests of such Senior Noteholders in the funds and investments in such Individual Senior Noteholder Secured Account. |
(b) | Subject to initiation of a Security Enforcement Action having been duly authorized pursuant to Section 6.2 (Initiation of Security Enforcement Action) and clause (h) below, the Security Enforcement Action Representative shall be entitled to provide subsequent instructions regarding the conduct of the specified Security Enforcement Action that has previously been initiated pursuant to Section 6.2 (Initiation of Security Enforcement Action). Such instructions may: |
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(i) | require the Security Trustee to enforce this Agreement and any other Finance Documents, either by judicial proceedings for the enforcement of the payment of Senior Debt Obligations and the enforcement of the Security Interests created under the Security Documents, the sale of the Collateral or any part thereof or otherwise or by the exercise of the power of entry and/or sale conferred pursuant to the Security Documents and the Direct Agreements; and |
(ii) | direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Security Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Security Trustee hereunder or under any Security Document or Direct Agreement; provided that: |
(A) | such direction shall not be in conflict with applicable law nor this Agreement; and |
(B) | the Security Trustee may take any other action reasonably incidental to carrying out any instruction to take any Security Enforcement Action. |
For the avoidance of doubt, upon delivery of a Notice of Security Enforcement Action, the Security Trustee shall conduct such Security Enforcement Action in accordance with the instructions received as contemplated in Section 6.2(b)(v) (Initiation of Security Enforcement Action) and shall not be required to wait for any subsequent instructions that may be provided in accordance with this Section 6.3 (Conduct of Security Enforcement Action), but in the event instructions under this Section 6.3 (Conduct of Security Enforcement Action) are received, then such instructions shall, to the extent so provided by such instructions, govern the implementation of the Security Enforcement Action to the extent not already addressed in the Security Enforcement Action Initiation Request.
(c) | Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Security Enforcement Action by the Security Trustee may include (but only if so instructed by the Initiating Percentage in a Security Enforcement Action Initiation Request pursuant to Section 6.2(b)(v) (Initiation of Security Enforcement Action) above or the Security Enforcement Action Representative following initiation of a Security Enforcement Action pursuant to Section 6.2 (Initiation of Security Enforcement Action)) the right, subject to applicable law, to take any other action as the holder of a security interest may be entitled to take under the laws in effect in any jurisdiction where any rights or remedies hereunder may be asserted, including: |
(i) | requiring any Collateral Party to assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by the Security Trustee and make it available to the Security Trustee at a place to be designated by the Security Trustee that is reasonably convenient to the Security Trustee and applicable Collateral Party; |
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(ii) | without notice except as specified in Section 6.4(a) (Incidents of Sale) or under the UCC, sell, assign, lease, license (on an exclusive or non-exclusive basis) or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any of the Security Trustees offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, at such time or times and at such price or prices and upon such other terms as the Security Trustee may deem commercially reasonable; and |
(iii) | exercising any other right or remedy of a secured creditor under applicable law, including, without limitation, the UCC, and all other rights under any Security Document or Direct Agreement. |
(d) | Other than pursuant to a Security Enforcement Action properly taken in accordance with this Agreement, no Secured Party shall have the right in respect of the Senior Debt Obligations owed to it or otherwise under this Agreement to commence any Bankruptcy, judicial or otherwise, against any Collateral Party or its Affiliates. |
(e) | Other than pursuant to a Security Enforcement Action properly taken in accordance with this Agreement or to the extent required to be permitted under non-waivable Government Rules, no Secured Party shall have the right to commence any proceeding, judicial or otherwise, to enforce any judgment obtained by it in respect of the Senior Debt Obligations or otherwise under the Finance Documents against any Collateral Party or its Affiliates or their assets or properties or to enforce any provision of this Agreement, any other Finance Document or the Security Interests created under or pursuant to any such document, it being understood and intended that no Secured Party shall have any rights in any manner whatsoever to affect, disturb or prejudice the Security Interests created under the Security Documents or the rights of any of the other Secured Parties, or to obtain or seek to obtain priority or preference over any other Secured Party or to enforce any rights under this Agreement or any other Finance Document except in the manner herein provided. |
(f) | Subject to Section 10.5 (Certain Agreements with Respect to Bankruptcy), following commencement of any Bankruptcy Proceeding by or against a Collateral Party, any Senior Creditor may: (i) file a claim or statement of interest with respect to (and to the extent of) the Senior Debt Obligations (if any) owed by such person to such Senior Creditor in accordance with the Finance Documents, (ii) vote on any plan of reorganization and (iii) make other filings, arguments, objections and motions in connection with such Bankruptcy Proceeding, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents (other than any requirement for an intercreditor vote to take such action). |
(g) | Nothing in this Section 6.3 (Conduct of Security Enforcement Action) shall prevent the Secured Parties through the Security Trustee from taking action with respect to the Collateral reasonably designed to preserve and protect their rights in, or to prevent any diminution in the value, utility or condition of, such Collateral so long as, prior to any Security Enforcement Action being taken, such action does not materially adversely affect any Collateral Party or its respective Affiliates quiet enjoyment or use of the Collateral. |
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(h) | Notwithstanding any provision of this Section 6.3 (Conduct of Security Enforcement Action) to the contrary (including any requirement to give notice or otherwise), at any time that the Security Trustee receives a notice from any counterparty under a Direct Agreement stating that a Securing Party is in default under a Material Project Agreement, the Security Trustee shall notify the Company of the receipt of such notice. The Security Trustee may take any action to cure such default if directed by the Security Enforcement Action Representative. |
(i) | The Security Trustee, on behalf of the Secured Parties, acknowledges and agrees that its right and remedies with respect to certain of the Collateral, including certain Permits and the Pledged Collateral, may be subject to the requirements of the statutory rules and regulations applicable to the Permits held by the Securing Parties. The Security Trustee and Secured Parties further recognize and acknowledge that (i) the disposition of any such Collateral, (ii) any direct or indirect change of control of a Securing Party and (iii) any direct or indirect exercise of management control or other control over a Securing Party may be subject to regulatory restrictions (including the need to obtain the consent or approval of the applicable regulatory authorities that have granted Permits to such Securing Party). |
6.4 | Incidents of Sale |
(a) | In addition to exercising the foregoing rights and subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, upon the initiation of a Security Enforcement Action, the Security Trustee may, to the extent permitted by applicable Government Rules and in a commercially reasonable manner, time and place, arrange for and sell, lease, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral for cash or for credit or for future delivery (without thereby assuming any credit risk), at a public or private sale (as the Security Trustee may elect), which sale may be conducted by an employee or representative of the Security Trustee. The Security Trustee or any other Secured Party may be the purchaser of any or all of the Collateral at any public or private sale in accordance with the UCC. Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim or right on the part of the Collateral Parties, and each Collateral Party hereby waives (to the extent permitted by applicable law) all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal which it now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. The Collateral Parties agree that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least 10 days notice to such Collateral Party of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Security Trustee shall not be obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The Security Trustee may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and |
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such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned. Each Collateral Party agrees that it would not be commercially unreasonable for the Security Trustee to dispose of the Collateral or any portion thereof by using internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets. |
(b) | Upon any sale of any of the Collateral by the Security Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, whether made under the power of sale hereby given or pursuant to judicial proceedings, to the extent permitted by applicable law, the Security Trustee may make and deliver, or cause to be made and delivered, to the purchaser or purchasers a good and sufficient deed, bill of sale and instrument of assignment and transfer of the property sold and may substitute one or more Persons with like power (and the Securing Parties hereby ratify and confirm, and shall procure that Holdco ratify and confirm, all that their said attorney or such substitute or substitutes shall lawfully do by virtue of this Agreement; but if so required by the Security Trustee or by any purchaser, the Securing Parties shall ratify and confirm, and procure that Holdco ratify and confirm, any such sale or transfer by executing and delivering to the Security Trustee or to such purchaser or purchasers all proper deeds, bills of sale, instruments of assignment and transfer and releases as may be designated in any such request). |
(c) | The Securing Parties hereby waive and release to the fullest extent permitted by law all rights, if any, of marshalling the Collateral and any other security for the Senior Debt Obligations or otherwise. |
(d) | For purposes of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or a portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale made in accordance with the UCC or other applicable laws, including the Bankruptcy Code, the Security Trustee, as agent for and representative of the Secured Parties (but not any Secured Party or Secured Parties in its or their respective individual capacities unless the Security Trustee shall otherwise agree in writing), shall be entitled to credit bid and use and apply the Senior Debt Obligations (or any portion thereof) as a credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Security Trustee at such sale, such amount to be apportioned ratably to the Senior Debt Obligations of the Secured Parties in accordance with their pro rata share of such Senior Debt Obligations; provided that any such arrangement shall not be undertaken in a manner that is inconsistent with this Agreement. |
(e) | The Security Trustee may release, temporarily or otherwise, to a Securing Party any item of Collateral of which the Security Trustee has taken possession pursuant to any right granted to the Security Trustee by this Agreement without waiving any rights granted to the Security Trustee under this Agreement, any other Finance Document or any other agreement related thereto. Each Securing Party, in dealing with or disposing of the Collateral or any part thereof, hereby waives all rights, legal and equitable, it may now or hereafter have to require marshalling of assets |
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or to require, upon foreclosure, sales of assets in a particular order. The Security Trustee may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties as to the Collateral. The Security Trustee may specifically disclaim or modify any warranties of title or the like. The foregoing shall not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral. Each Securing Party also waives its right to challenge the reasonableness of any disclaimer of warranties, title and the like made by the Security Trustee in connection with a sale of the Collateral. If the Security Trustee sells any of the Collateral upon credit, such Securing Party will be credited only with payments actually made by the purchaser, received by the Security Trustee and applied to the payment of the outstanding Senior Debt Obligations. In the event the purchaser fails to pay for the Collateral, the Security Trustee may resell the Collateral, and such Securing Party shall be credited with the proceeds of the sale. In the event the Security Trustee shall bid at any foreclosure or trustees sale or at any private sale permitted by applicable Government Rules, this Agreement or any other Finance Document, the Security Trustee may bid any amount, including more or less than the amount of the Senior Debt Obligations. To the extent permitted by applicable Government Rules, the amount of the successful bid at any such sale, whether the Security Trustee or any other party is the successful bidder, shall, absent fraud or gross negligence, be conclusively deemed to be the fair market value of the Collateral and the difference between such bid amount, if less than the amount of the Senior Debt Obligations, and the remaining balance of the Senior Debt Obligations shall be conclusively deemed to be the amount of the Senior Debt Obligations. |
(f) | Each Securing Party recognizes that, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, applicable state securities laws or other applicable Government Rules, the Security Trustee or an investment banker or other expert employed by the Security Trustee may be compelled, with respect to any sale of all or any part of the Collateral, to limit purchasers to those who will agree, among other things, to acquire the Collateral for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the distribution or resale thereof. Each Securing Party acknowledges that any such private sales may be at prices and on terms less favorable to the Security Trustee than those obtainable through a public sale without such restrictions, and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that the inclusion of such restriction shall not deem such private sale to have not been made in a commercially reasonable manner and that the Security Trustee or an investment banker or other expert employed by the Security Trustee shall have no obligation to engage in public sales and no obligation to delay the sale of any Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the respective issuer thereof to register it for public sale. Subject to compliance by the Security Trustee with this Agreement, the Securing Parties hereby waive any claims against the Security Trustee arising by reason of the fact that the price at which any Collateral may have been sold at a private sale was less than the price which might have been obtained at a public sale, even if the Security Trustee accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree. |
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(g) | In respect of any sale of any of the Collateral pursuant to the terms hereof, the Security Trustee is hereby authorized to comply with any limitation or restriction in connection with such sale as it may be advised by counsel is necessary in order to avoid any violation of applicable Government Rules, or in order to obtain any required approval of the sale or of the purchaser by any Governmental Authority or official, and such compliance shall not result in such sale being considered or deemed not to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner, nor shall the Security Trustee be liable or accountable to any Securing Party for any discount allowed by reason of the fact that such Collateral is sold in compliance with any such limitation or restriction. |
(h) | In exercising its right to take possession of the Collateral following the initiation of a Security Enforcement Action hereunder, the Security Trustee, personally or by its agents or attorneys, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Government Rules, may enter upon any land owned or leased by each of the Securing Parties without being guilty of trespass or any wrongdoing, and without liability to any Securing Party for damages thereby occasioned. |
(i) | If, in the exercise of any of its rights and remedies under this Agreement, the Security Trustee shall forfeit any of its rights or remedies, whether because of any applicable Government Rules pertaining to election of remedies or otherwise, each Securing Party hereby consents to such action by the Security Trustee and, to the extent permitted by applicable Government Rules, waives any claim based upon such action, even if such action by the Security Trustee shall result in a full or partial loss of any rights of subrogation, indemnification or reimbursement which any Securing Party might otherwise have had but for such action by the Security Trustee or the terms herein. Any election of remedies which results in the denial or impairment of the right of the Security Trustee to seek a deficiency judgment against any Securing Party shall not, to the extent permitted by applicable Government Rules, impair any Securing Partys obligation hereunder. |
6.5 | Security Trustee May File Proofs of Claim |
During the pendency of any Bankruptcy Proceeding in relation to a Collateral Party or the Collateral, the Security Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Senior Debt Obligations shall then be due and payable, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:
(a) | to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the Senior Debt Obligations owing to the Secured Parties and unpaid and to file such other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Security Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, disbursements and advances of the Security Trustee, as such hereunder, its agents and counsel) and of the Secured Parties 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, security trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Secured Party to make such payments to the Security Trustee. |
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6.6 | Security Trustee May Enforce Claims |
All rights of action and claims under this Agreement may be prosecuted and enforced by the Security Trustee in its own name as Security Trustee of an express trust; provided, however, that the Security Trustee is also hereby appointed as agent for the Secured Parties for this and the other purposes of this Agreement, and the Security Trustee may, if necessary under applicable law, pursue any such rights of action and/or claims solely as agent for the Secured Parties and/or delegate the performance of such action to a third Person. Any recovery of judgment by the Security Trustee shall be for the benefit of the Secured Parties and deposited in the Enforcement Proceeds Account for application as provided in Section 6.7 (Enforcement Proceeds Account).
6.7 | Enforcement Proceeds Account |
(a) | Upon the authorization to commence a Security Enforcement Action pursuant to Section 6.2 (Initiation of Security Enforcement Action), the Security Trustee shall establish and thereafter maintain in its name a segregated bank account in the United States (the Enforcement Proceeds Account) for the purpose of depositing therein the proceeds of any Security Enforcement Action (net of costs and expenses of such action) taken pursuant to this Article 6 (Security Trustee Action) and all proceeds otherwise received for satisfaction of the Senior Debt Obligations. The Securing Parties acknowledge and agree that the Enforcement Proceeds Account shall be the property of the Security Trustee (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) and the Securing Parties shall not have any legal or beneficial interest therein at any time. |
(b) | All monies held in the Enforcement Proceeds Account shall be trust funds held by the Security Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties for the purpose of making payments in the following order of priority: |
(i) | first, to payment of that portion of the Secured Party Fees then due and payable to the Security Trustee, the Account Bank or the Intercreditor Agent, in their respective capacities as such, or any of their respective agents, and to reimbursement of any such fees paid by way of indemnity by any Senior Creditor; |
(ii) | second, to the payment of that portion of the Secured Party Fees then due and payable to the Senior Creditor Group Representatives and to reimbursement of any such fees paid by way of indemnity by any Senior Creditor, in each case ratably in proportion to the respective Secured Party Fees due and payable to each Senior Creditor Group Representative; |
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(iii) | third, to the Pro Rata Payment among the holders thereof, of that portion of the Senior Debt Obligations constituting unpaid interest (including default interest and any net amounts under any Permitted Hedging Instrument in respect of interest rates); |
(iv) | fourth, to the Pro Rata Payment among the holders thereof, of that portion of the Senior Debt Obligations constituting unpaid principal and Hedging Termination Amounts; |
(v) | fifth, to cash collateralize any outstanding letters of credit comprising Senior Debt Obligations; |
(vi) | sixth, to the Pro Rata Payment among the holders thereof, of other Senior Debt Obligations; and |
(vii) | seventh, after the payment in full of the amounts in sub-clauses (i) through (vi) above, the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Securing Parties or the Securing Parties successors (or to Holdco or its applicable Affiliate, as the case may be), or as a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of New York may otherwise direct. |
(c) | In applying any monies towards satisfaction of the Senior Debt Obligations, the Securing Parties shall be credited only with funds available for that purpose that actually are received by the Security Trustee. The credit shall date from the time of receipt of such funds by the Security Trustee. Such funds shall be apportioned by the Security Trustee as between principal, interest and other amounts in accordance with the order set forth in Section 2.3(d) (Payments and Prepayments Partial Payments). Any such apportionment by the Security Trustee shall override any apportionment made by a Securing Party. |
6.8 | Rights of Enforcement Under the Security Documents |
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement, no Security Document or Direct Agreement shall include rights of enforcement that are inconsistent with those provided in this Article 6 (Security Trustee Action) or have the effect of deviating from or changing the rights and obligations of the Parties set forth in this Agreement and in the other Finance Documents.
6.9 | Rights of Set-Off |
If a Security Enforcement Action has been previously initiated, each of the Senior Creditors and (subject to Section 8.21(e) (Miscellaneous)) the Security Trustee is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law but subject to any other provision of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Senior Creditor or the Security Trustee, as applicable, to or for the credit or the account of the Securing Parties against the
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Senior Debt Obligations due and payable to such Senior Creditor or the Security Trustee, as applicable, at the time of such set-off. If the obligations are in different currencies, the Senior Creditor or the Security Trustee, as applicable, may convert either obligation at a market rate of exchange in its usual course of business for the purposes of the set-off. The rights of each Senior Creditor and (subject to Section 8.21(e) (Miscellaneous)) the Security Trustee under this Section 6.9 (Rights of Set-Off) are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of set-off) that such Senior Creditor or the Security Trustee, as applicable, may have. Upon the exercise or purported exercise of any right of set-off by a Senior Creditor, such Senior Creditor shall notify its respective Senior Creditor Group Representative and the Securing Parties forthwith, giving full details in relation thereto, and such Senior Creditor Group Representative shall promptly inform the Security Trustee who shall inform the other Senior Creditor Group Representatives of the same. Upon the exercise or purported exercise of any right of set-off by the Security Trustee, it shall notify each Senior Creditor Group Representative and the Securing Parties forthwith, giving full details in relation thereto. For the avoidance of doubt, any amounts obtained by set-off by any Senior Creditor in accordance with the foregoing shall be subject to sharing as provided in Section 2.3(b) (Payments and Prepayments Sharing of Non-Pro Rata Payments).
7. | INTERCREDITOR ARRANGEMENTS |
7.1 | Other Intercreditor Arrangements |
(a) | Each of the Security Trustee and the Senior Creditor Group Representatives acknowledges that: |
(i) | the Senior Creditor Group Representative(s) representing any Facility Lender or representing itself as a Hedging Bank, if any, and the Intercreditor Agent are entering into the Intercreditor Agreement, pursuant to which such Senior Creditor Group Representative(s) may consult, meet, vote, act and instruct the Intercreditor Agent as provided therein; |
(ii) | the Senior Noteholders (if any) subject to a specific Indenture are bound by the terms of such Indenture and subject to the terms of such Indenture, and all Senior Noteholders subject to such specific Indenture shall vote as one Senior Creditor Group under such Indenture and be represented by the Indenture Trustee under such Indenture acting as the Senior Creditor Group Representative; and |
(iii) | individual Senior Debt Instruments may also provide for the Senior Creditors thereunder (including parties thereto in the capacity of guarantors or obligors under credit insurance policies) to vote or act in respect of specified matters thereunder. |
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(b) | Each of the Security Trustee and the Senior Creditor Group Representatives agrees that: |
(i) | each intercreditor agreement or arrangement is for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Senior Creditors (or represented by any Senior Creditor Group Representative) party thereto, and no other Senior Creditors shall have rights thereunder or be entitled to rely thereon; |
(ii) | subject to the provisions of Section 2.4 (Senior Creditor Group Representative; Replacement or Appointment of Senior Creditor Group Representative) and Section 2.5 (Other Intercreditor Agents), the Security Trustee and each other Senior Creditor Group Representative shall be entitled to conclusively rely upon and have no duty to investigate whether any notice, instruction, direction or action given by a Senior Creditor Group Representative, the Intercreditor Agent, or any other intercreditor agent has been duly authorized or properly given in compliance with such intercreditor agreements or arrangements; and |
(iii) | if the need for a decision requiring a vote under the Intercreditor Agreement comes to their attention, they will promptly notify the Intercreditor Agent. |
7.2 | Modification Approval Levels |
(a) | Modifications to this Agreement |
(i) | Except as set forth in sub-clause (ii) below, Modifications to this Agreement may be made by the Security Trustee with the prior consent of (A) as long as the Common Terms Agreement is in effect, the Intercreditor Agent based on approval received pursuant to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and (B) otherwise, a Majority in Interest of the Senior Creditors. |
(ii) | The following Modifications to this Agreement may not be made without the consent of each Senior Creditor Group Representative (subject to Section 7.3 (Hedging Banks)) that is then party to this Agreement: |
(A) | Modifying the ranking of Senior Debt Obligations; |
(B) | Modifying any pro rata payment or repayment requirements (not including waiver of the right to receive a pro rata payment or repayment) in Section 2.3 (Payments and Prepayments); |
(C) | Modifying the order of payments in the cash waterfall in Section 4.7 (Cash Waterfall), Section 4.8 (Accounts During the Continuance of a Declared Event of Default) or the order of payments in Section 6.7(b) (Enforcement Proceeds Account); |
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(D) | Modifying the list of lender actions set out in this sub-clause (ii) in any way adverse to any Senior Creditor Group or Modifying any other term of this Agreement that expressly requires the consent or agreement of all Senior Creditor Group Representatives; |
(E) | Modifying the definition of Majority in Interest of the Senior Creditors, Initiating Percentage or Security Enforcement Action Representative as used in this Agreement; and |
(F) | Modifying any other thresholds for voting among Senior Creditor Groups in this Agreement in any way adverse to any Senior Creditor Group. |
(b) | Modifications to Other Finance Documents |
(i) | Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement with respect to Loans and Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments and to the terms in sub-clause (ii) below, each Senior Creditor Group may agree to a Modification under or to its own Senior Debt Instruments in accordance with the terms of such Senior Debt Instruments. |
(ii) | Each of the Security Trustee and each Senior Creditor Group Representative hereby agrees that it shall not (and no member of the Senior Creditor Group represented by such Senior Creditor Group Representative shall) agree to any Modification of any Finance Document to which such Person is a party, that has any of the following effects, without the prior consent of all Senior Creditor Group Representatives: |
(A) | any shortening of the stated maturity of the Senior Debt outstanding under any Senior Debt Instrument or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument; provided that acceptance of any prepayment required or permitted by any such Senior Debt Instrument or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument shall not be considered a Modification for this purpose; provided, further, that the agreement of any Indenture Trustee with respect to shortening the stated maturity of the Loans (including through any refinancing thereof) shall not be required where such change will not result in an Indenture Projected Fixed DSCR calculated pursuant to the Indenture on a pro forma basis taking into account such change of less than 1.55:1.00 or, if lower, an Indenture Projected Fixed DSCR of less than the Indenture Projected Fixed DSCR calculated pursuant to the Indenture on a pro forma basis made for such purpose within 30 days prior to such change; |
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(B) | any increase in the stated rate of interest payable on the Senior Debt Obligations outstanding under any Senior Debt Instrument or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument; provided that the agreement of any Indenture Trustee with respect to an immaterial increase in such rate of interest for the then-outstanding Loans shall not be required where such change will not result in an Indenture Projected Fixed DSCR calculated pursuant to the Indenture on a pro forma basis taking into account such change of less than 1.55:1.00 or, if lower, an Indenture Projected Fixed DSCR of less than the Indenture Projected Fixed DSCR calculated pursuant to the Indenture on a pro forma basis made for such purpose within 30 days prior to such change; |
(C) | any shortening of the time for payment of interest due on any Senior Debt; provided that acceptance of any prepayment required or permitted by any such Senior Debt Instrument or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument shall not be considered a Modification for this purpose; provided, further, that the agreement of any Indenture Trustee with respect to a change in the time for payment of interest shall not be required where such change will not result in an Indenture Projected Fixed DSCR calculated pursuant to the Indenture on a pro forma basis taking into account such change of less than 1.55:1.00 or, if lower, an Indenture Projected Fixed DSCR calculated pursuant to the Indenture of less than the Indenture Projected Fixed DSCR on a pro forma basis made for such purpose within 30 days prior to such change; |
(D) | Modifying the currency of any Senior Debt; and |
(E) | Modifying the list of lender actions set out in this sub-clause (ii) in any way adverse to any Senior Creditor Group. |
(c) | Release of Collateral, Security Interests or Guarantees |
(i) | Except as provided in Section 3.8 (Release or Modification of Security Interests), Article 11 (Guarantees) or pursuant to any other express provision hereof, the Security Trustee shall not release or surrender all or any material portion of the Collateral, Security Interests or the guarantees by the Guarantors, or agree to the termination of any Security Document or Direct Agreement or the modification of any Security Document or Direct Agreement that has the effect of releasing or surrendering all or any material portion of the Collateral, Security Interests or the guarantees by the Guarantors or modifying the priority of the Security Interests except upon receipt of a direction to that effect from each Senior Creditor Group Representative representing those Senior Creditors that benefit from such relevant Collateral, Security Interest or guarantee. |
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(d) | Other Security Trustee Actions |
(i) | The Security Trustee shall not agree to any Modification of any Finance Document to which it is a party or take any other action under any Finance Document except (A) as expressly permitted under this Agreement (including Section 12.14 (Amendments) and this Section 7.2 (Modification Approval Levels)) or in any other Finance Document, or (B) to the extent that there is no relevant express provision in this Agreement or in any other Finance Document, in accordance with the instructions of (x) for so long as the Common Terms Agreement is outstanding, the Intercreditor Agent and (y) at any other time, the Senior Creditor Group Representatives representing the Majority in Interest of the Senior Creditors, which in each case shall be deemed to constitute the necessary Requisite Secured Party instruction. |
(ii) | If a Declared Event of Default has occurred and is Continuing, and if so directed by (x) the Majority in Interest of the Senior Creditors and (y) for so long as the Common Terms Agreement is outstanding, the Intercreditor Agent, the Security Trustee shall direct a Hedging Bank to terminate its Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments, provided that the Hedging Bank is otherwise permitted to do so as between it and the relevant Securing Party in accordance with this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement, the Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument and each relevant Senior Debt Instrument. |
(e) | Senior Creditor Actions |
(i) | All action by the Senior Creditors (acting through their respective Senior Creditor Group Representatives) shall be taken on a block voting basis whereby each Senior Creditor Group Representative shall, with respect to the matters on which it has the right to vote, act as a unanimous block in respect of all of the outstanding principal amount of the Senior Debt held by the Senior Creditors it represents (and, except with respect to the exercise of remedies or where acceleration or deemed acceleration has occurred with respect to such Senior Debt, the aggregate principal amount of Senior Debt Commitments). |
(ii) | For the avoidance of doubt, subject to the terms of any Indenture, all Senior Noteholders shall act as one Senior Creditor Group and shall be represented by the Indenture Trustee acting as the Senior Creditor Group Representative; provided that Senior Noteholders who have the benefit of a Security Interest in an Individual Senior Noteholder Secured Account shall not be entitled to vote in relation to any Decision under this Agreement to the extent of any amounts standing to the credit of that Individual Senior Noteholder Secured Account (other than in respect of any Decision under this Agreement or Security Enforcement Action relating to such Individual Senior Noteholder Secured Account). |
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(f) | No Voting |
For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement requires Senior Creditors to meet or vote in order to give any instructions or directions or for any other purpose. The Security Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely on written instructions and directions received from all Senior Creditor Group Representatives or Senior Creditor Group Representative(s) (including the Intercreditor Agent) acting as Security Enforcement Action Representative or representing an Initiating Percentage of Senior Debt Obligations, a Majority in Interest of the Senior Creditors or any other required percentage of Senior Debt Obligations, or the Intercreditor Agent, as applicable.
7.3 | Hedging Banks |
(a) | Subject to clause (c) below, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Finance Document, any Senior Creditor Group Representative representing a Hedging Bank (in its capacity as Senior Creditor Group Representative of such Hedging Bank) shall not be entitled to vote on or consent to decisions on any matter under this Agreement or any other Finance Document or to instruct the Security Trustee except: |
(i) | with respect to Modifications of its respective Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments; |
(ii) | with respect to Modifications of this Section 7.3 (Hedging Banks) and Section 3.7 (Voting by Hedging Banks) and Section 5 (Agreement of Hedging Banks) of the Intercreditor Agreement; and |
(iii) | with respect to a Modification to any Finance Document (other than its Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument) in a manner that would impact the rights of such Hedging Bank in a manner materially and adversely different from the impact on any other Secured Party. |
(b) | Where permitted to vote, to consent or to instruct in accordance with clause (a) above or (c) below, the rights of any Senior Creditor Group Representative representing Hedging Banks shall be determined by reference to the net positive Hedging Termination Amount due and unpaid from the relevant Securing Party to such Hedging Banks at such time as calculated pursuant to the Permitted Hedging Instruments. |
(c) | Notwithstanding clause (a) above, following the date on which any Senior Debt Obligations are accelerated in accordance with the Finance Documents, no Modification shall be made to any Finance Document in a manner that would impact the rights of a Hedging Bank in a manner materially and adversely different from the impact on any other Secured Party without the written consent of such Hedging Bank. |
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7.4 | Sponsor Voting |
The Sponsor and its Affiliates shall have no right to consent (or not consent), otherwise act or direct or require the Intercreditor Agent or any Senior Creditor Group Representative to take (or refrain from taking) any such action, and all Senior Debt held by the Sponsor and its Affiliates shall be deemed to be not outstanding for all purposes of calculating whether a required voting threshold has been met, except that no Modification of any Senior Debt Instrument shall, without the consent of Sponsor or the applicable Affiliate (to the extent they hold any Senior Debt under such Senior Debt Instrument), (i) deprive Sponsor or the applicable Affiliate of its pro rata share of any payment to which all Senior Creditors of the applicable Senior Debt are entitled, (ii) affect Sponsor or the applicable Affiliate (solely in their capacity as holders of such Senior Debt) in a manner that is disproportionate to the effect on any Senior Creditor of the applicable Senior Debt or (iii) change this Section 7.4 (Sponsor Voting).
7.5 | Notice and Consultation |
(a) | Without prejudice to, or in any way limiting, the discretion, rights and prerogatives of the individual Senior Creditors and Senior Creditor Groups under their respective Senior Debt Instruments and Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments and hereunder (or, with respect to the Facility Lenders and any Hedging Banks, the requirements and operation of the Intercreditor Agreement), each Senior Creditor Group Representative shall notify the Security Trustee and each other Senior Creditor Group Representative of: |
(i) | any refusal or failure to fund a Senior Debt Commitment when requested by the Company; |
(ii) | receipt of notice from any Collateral Party (that is not also addressed to the Security Trustee) of an event which is, or with the giving of notice or passage of time would become, an event of default under its Senior Debt Instrument or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument; and |
(iii) | receipt of a request from any Collateral Party (that is not also addressed to the Security Trustee) of a request for an amendment, consent, approval or waiver under a Senior Debt Instrument or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument. |
(b) | The Intercreditor Agent on behalf of the Facility Lenders and any Hedging Banks, any Indenture Trustee on behalf of Senior Noteholders, and any future acceding Senior Creditor Group Representative agree, upon the reasonable request of any of them, to consult with respect to any of the foregoing; provided that none of them shall have any liability to the others or to the Loan Parties for any failure to so consult and none of them shall be obligated to delay or withhold any declaration, consent, approval, waiver or other action pending such consultation. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such consultation may take the form of an invitation by the Intercreditor Agent to an Indenture Trustee to participate in any meeting convened pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement. |
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7.6 | Intercreditor Agent Indemnity |
(a) | The Securing Parties agree to indemnify (without duplication in respect of any other indemnity required under Section 12.18 (Other Indemnities) or any other Finance Document) the Intercreditor Agent in its individual capacity and its directors, officers, agents and employees for, and to hold each of them harmless against, any loss, damage, liability, claim, judgment, settlement, compromise, obligation, damage, penalty, cost, expense or disbursement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) incurred by the Intercreditor Agent with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents, unless arising from the gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct of the Intercreditor Agent or the Persons that are seeking indemnification, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability in the premises. To the extent that the undertakings to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in this Section 7.6 (Intercreditor Agent Indemnity) may be unenforceable in whole or in part because they are violative of any law or public policy, each Securing Party shall contribute the maximum portion that it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law to the payment and satisfaction of all indemnified liabilities incurred by the Intercreditor Agent and its directors, officers, agents and employees or any of them. |
(b) | Without limiting the liability of the Securing Parties under the Finance Documents, if the Securing Parties fail to comply with their obligations under clause (a) above, each Senior Creditor shall (based on the proportion of indebtedness owed to it by the Company relative to the aggregate indebtedness owed by the Company to all Senior Creditors under the Senior Debt Instruments and the Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments) indemnify the Intercreditor Agent, within five Business Days of demand, against any loss, liability, claim, judgment, settlement, compromise, obligation, damage, penalty, cost, expense or disbursement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) incurred by the Intercreditor Agent with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents, unless arising from the Intercreditor Agents gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. |
(c) | The Securing Parties shall, within five Business Days of demand (but without duplication of indemnification otherwise received by the Intercreditor Agent from the Securing Parties), reimburse each Senior Creditor for any payment properly made by it under clause (b) above upon production of a certificate from each such Senior Creditor setting out details of such payment, and all such amounts shall comprise Senior Debt Obligations. |
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(d) | If any indemnity furnished to the Intercreditor Agent for any purpose shall, in the reasonable opinion of the Intercreditor Agent, be insufficient or become impaired, the Intercreditor Agent may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided that in no event shall this sentence require any Senior Creditor to indemnify the Intercreditor Agent against liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Senior Creditors pro rata share thereof; provided, further, that this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Senior Creditor to indemnify the Intercreditor Agent against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement arising from the Intercreditor Agents gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. |
(e) | The agreements in this Section 7.6 (Intercreditor Agent Indemnity) shall survive the resignation or removal of the Intercreditor Agent and the termination of the other provisions of this Agreement. |
8. | THE SECURITY TRUSTEE |
8.1 | Appointment and Duties |
(a) | Each of the Secured Parties hereby irrevocably appoints Société Générale as the Security Trustee hereunder, and the Security Trustee hereby accepts such appointment created in this Agreement upon the terms and conditions hereof and agrees to act as Security Trustee under the Finance Documents, and each Senior Creditor Group Representative hereby acknowledges and consents to such appointment. The Secured Parties hereby authorize and direct the Security Trustee to act as agent on their behalf and to execute, deliver and perform each Security Document and other Finance Document to which the Security Trustee is a party (including in which it is expressed to be a party on behalf of or for the benefit of the Secured Parties), as the same may be amended, supplemented, revised or renewed from time to time. No party hereto may inquire into the authority of the Security Trustee to act for any of the Secured Parties. Where the Security Trustee is required or permitted to act under this Agreement or under any other Finance Document, the Security Trustee shall, notwithstanding anything herein or therein to the contrary, (i) be entitled to request instruction or direction in respect of any such rights, powers and discretions or clarification of any written instruction received by it, as to whether, and in what manner, it should exercise or refrain from exercising its rights, powers and discretions and (ii) unless the terms of the agreement unambiguously mandate the action, may refrain from acting (and will incur no liability in refraining to act) until that direction, instruction or clarification is received by it from the relevant parties or from a court of competent jurisdiction. |
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(b) | The Security Trustee shall have no duties other than those specifically set forth or provided for in this Agreement, the Security Documents and other Finance Documents and no implied covenants or obligations of the Security Trustee shall be read into this Agreement, the Security Documents, other Finance Documents or any related agreement to which it is a party, except for an implied covenant of good faith. The Security Trustee may refrain from acting or exercising any of its rights, powers and discretions hereunder or under any of the other Finance Documents unless and until instructed to do so, and as to the manner of doing so, by the relevant Secured Parties. |
(c) | Except to the extent that a Security Trustee is acting on express instructions, the Security Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Agreement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent Person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his or her own affairs (taking into account the interests of all the Secured Parties benefiting from this Agreement) and the Security Trustee shall at all times take such care in dealing with the Collateral as the Security Trustee would in dealing with his or her own property. |
(d) | The Security Trustee may not begin any legal action or proceeding in the name of a Senior Creditor, a Senior Creditor Group or Senior Creditor Group Representative except as specifically permitted under the terms of the Finance Documents. |
(e) | The Security Trustee shall not be liable to the Securing Parties for any breach by any Secured Party of any Finance Document or be liable to any Secured Party for any breach by any Collateral Party of the Finance Documents. |
(f) | The Security Trustee shall not be bound to account to any Secured Party for any sum or profit element of any sum received by it for its own account. |
(g) | The Security Trustee is not obliged to, and the Security Trustee shall not, monitor the performance by any Collateral Party or any Secured Party of their respective obligations hereunder or under any Finance Document, nor is the Security Trustee obliged to investigate or inquire into the affairs (financial or otherwise) of any Collateral Party and/or any Secured Party, and no party should rely on the Security Trustee for any such investigations or inquiries. |
(h) | The provisions of this Article 8 (The Security Trustee) are solely for the benefit of the Security Trustee and the Secured Parties, and the Securing Parties shall have no rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of the provisions thereof. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, in performing its functions and duties hereunder, the Security Trustee shall act solely as an agent of the Secured Parties and does not assume and shall not be deemed to have assumed any obligation towards or relationship of agency or trust with or for the Securing Parties. |
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8.2 | Delivery of Documentation |
(a) | Executed counterparts of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents (other than any Fee Letter to which it is not a party) have been, or promptly following execution thereof will be, delivered to the Security Trustee and the Security Trustee acknowledges receipt thereof. |
(b) | The Securing Parties and each Secured Party agree to deliver (and the Securing Party shall procure that any Collateral Party delivers, to the extent applicable) to the Security Trustee: |
(i) | executed counterparts of any instrument amending or modifying any agreement to which it is a party that was previously delivered to the Security Trustee; and |
(ii) | executed counterparts of any Accession Agreements, Senior Debt Instruments and Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments entered into from time to time. |
8.3 | Attorney-in-Fact |
(a) | The Security Trustee or any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution and delegation, is hereby irrevocably appointed as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact of the Collateral Parties and each Secured Party for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and any of the other Finance Documents and taking any action and executing any instruments which the Security Trustee, at the direction of the Senior Creditor Group Representatives in accordance with the Finance Documents, and as otherwise permitted in accordance with the Finance Documents, may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof and thereof, which appointment as attorney-in-fact is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, which appointment hereby gives the Security Trustee the power and right on behalf of or for the benefit of the Securing Parties and each Secured Party without notice to or assent by any of the foregoing, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to do the following when and to the extent it is authorized or directed to do so pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any of the other Finance Documents: |
(i) | in the name of such Collateral Party or its own name to ask for, demand, sue for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any and all monies due or to become due with respect to the Collateral (including any insurance proceeds); |
(ii) | in the name of such Collateral Party or its own name to receive, take, endorse, assign and deliver any and all checks, notes, drafts, acceptances, any bills of exchange, invoices, freight or express bills, storage or warehouse receipts, bills of lading, money orders, assignments, verifications, notices, documents and other negotiable and non-negotiable Instruments and Chattel Paper or other instruments for the payment of money; |
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(iii) | to commence, file, prosecute, defend, settle, compromise, adjust, revoke, cancel, annul, move to dismiss or otherwise undo any claim, suit, action or proceeding with respect to the Security Interests granted for the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Collateral; |
(iv) | to pay or discharge taxes and Liens levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral, perform any obligation of such Collateral Party hereunder or under any other Finance Document or any Assigned Agreement, make payments, submit drawing certificates under any letter of credit, purchase, contest or compromise any encumbrance, charge or Lien and pay expenses of such Collateral Party, effect any repairs, process, replace, alter, add, improve, preserve and/or protect the Collateral or, subject to and in accordance with Schedule L (Schedule of Minimum Insurance) of the Common Terms Agreement, to effect any insurance called for by the terms of the Finance Documents and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and the costs thereof; |
(v) | to sell, transfer, assign or otherwise deal in or with the Collateral or any part thereof pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Security Documents and the other Finance Documents; |
(vi) | proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Agreement and under the UCC; |
(vii) | foreclose or enforce any agreement or instrument by or under or pursuant to which the Senior Debt Obligations are issued or secured; |
(viii) | incur reasonable and documented expenses, including attorneys fees, consultants fees and other reasonable costs appropriate to the exercise of any right or power under this Agreement or under any other Finance Document, which incurrence shall be in accordance with the terms of Section 23.4 (Expenses) of the Common Terms Agreement and any comparable provision in any other Senior Debt Instrument then in effect; |
(ix) | in connection with any acceleration and foreclosure, take possession of the Collateral and of any and all books of account and records of such Collateral Party relating to any of the Collateral and render it usable and repair and/or renovate the same without, however, any obligation to do so, and enter upon, or authorize its designated agent to enter upon, the Project Facilities or any other location where the same may be located for that purpose (including the right, to the extent permitted by Government Rules, of the Security Trustee to exclude such Collateral Party and all Persons claiming access through such Collateral Party from any access to the Collateral or to any part thereof) and the Security Trustee and its representatives are hereby |
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granted an irrevocable license to enter upon such premises for such purpose, and to hold, control, manage, operate, rent and lease the Collateral, collect all rents, issues, profits, fees, revenues and other income from the Collateral and apply the same as provided for in the Intercreditor Agreement; |
(x) | subject to Articles 6 (Security Trustee Action) and 7 (Intercreditor Arrangements), defend any suit, action or proceeding brought against such Collateral Party with respect to any Collateral; |
(xi) | subject to Articles 6 (Security Trustee Action) and 7 (Intercreditor Arrangements), make any reasonable compromise or settlement deemed desirable with respect to any of the Collateral or any suit, action or proceeding related thereto and, in connection therewith, extend the time of payment, arrange for payment installments, or otherwise modify the terms of, any Collateral; |
(xii) | subject to Articles 6 (Security Trustee Action) and 7 (Intercreditor Arrangements), secure the appointment of a receiver of the Collateral or any part thereof, whether incidental to a proposed sale of the Collateral or otherwise, and all disbursements made by such receiver and the expenses of such receivership shall be added to and be made a part of the Senior Debt Obligations, and, whether or not said principal sum, including such disbursements and expenses, exceeds the indebtedness originally intended to be secured hereby, the entire amount of said sum, including such disbursements and expenses, shall be secured by this Agreement and shall be due and payable upon demand therefor and thereafter shall bear interest in the same manner as Senior Debt Obligations under the Finance Documents or the maximum rate permitted by applicable Government Rules, whichever is less; |
(xiii) | subject to Articles 6 (Security Trustee Action) and 7 (Intercreditor Arrangements) enter into any extension, reorganization, deposit, merger, consolidation or other agreement pertaining to, or deposit, surrender, accept, hold or apply other property in exchange for, the Collateral or any part thereof; |
(xiv) | subject to Articles 6 (Security Trustee Action) and 7 (Intercreditor Arrangements) transfer the Collateral or any part thereof to the name of the Security Trustee or to the name of the Security Trustees nominee; |
(xv) | subject to Articles 6 (Security Trustee Action) and 7 (Intercreditor Arrangements) execute (in the name, place and stead of such Collateral Party) endorsements, assignments and other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to all or any of the Collateral; |
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(xvi) | to do, at its option and at the expense and for the account of the Securing Parties, at any time and from time to time, all acts and things which the Security Trustee deems necessary or advisable to protect or preserve the Collateral and to realize upon such Collateral (including to file financing statements, continuation statements and any such documents as may be necessary or that may be reasonably required by the Security Trustee to evidence the Security Interests); |
(xvii) | subject to Articles 6 (Security Trustee Action) and 7 (Intercreditor Arrangements) make formal application for the transfer of all or any of the Permits relating to the Collateral or to such Collateral Partys business to the Security Trustee or to any assignee of the Security Trustee or to any purchaser of any of the Collateral; |
(xviii) | subject to Articles 6 (Security Trustee Action) and 7 (Intercreditor Arrangements) appoint another Person (who may be an employee, officer or other representative of the Security Trustee) to do any of the foregoing, or take any other action permitted hereunder, as agent for or representative of, and on behalf of, the Security Trustee; or |
(xix) | subject to Articles 6 (Security Trustee Action) and 7 (Intercreditor Arrangements) exercise any other or additional rights or remedies granted to the Security Trustee under any other provision under this Agreement or any Finance Document, or exercisable by a secured party under the UCC (whether or not the UCC is in effect in the jurisdiction where the rights and remedies are asserted) and such additional rights and remedies to which a secured party is entitled under the laws in effect in any jurisdiction where any rights and remedies hereunder may be asserted, including the right, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to exercise all voting, consensual and other powers of ownership pertaining to the Collateral as if the Security Trustee were the sole and absolute owner thereof (and such Collateral Party agrees to take all such action as may be appropriate to give effect to such right). |
(b) | The power of attorney in clause (a) above shall be deemed to have been issued and delivered in The City of New York, in the State of New York. The Collateral Parties and each Secured Party agrees to (and the Securing Parties shall procure that any Securing Party shall), if required by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Security Trustee, execute and deliver to the Security Trustee a notarized public deed constituting such power of attorney. |
(c) | Each Secured Party and Senior Creditor Group Representative agrees, if required by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Security Trustee, to execute and deliver to the Security Trustee a notarized public deed appointing the Security Trustee and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, its attorney-in-fact for purposes of exercising the rights and remedies of such Secured Party under this Agreement and the other Finance Documents that the Security Trustee is authorized to take pursuant to this Agreement. |
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(d) | Other than in the case of fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment, any action or decision made by the Security Trustee in accordance with any Finance Document shall be binding as between the Security Trustee and the Secured Parties. |
8.4 | Reliance |
(a) | The Security Trustee shall be entitled to conclusively rely and to act upon any notice, certificate, instrument, demand, request, direction, instruction, waiver, receipt, consent, agreement or other document or communication furnished hereunder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any advice obtained pursuant to Section 8.6 (Consultation with Counsel, Etc.)) or under the other Finance Documents which it in good faith believes and on its face appears to be genuine, and it shall be entitled to rely upon the due execution, validity and effectiveness, and the truth and acceptability, of any provisions contained therein. |
(b) | The Security Trustee shall have no requirement or obligation to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Security Trustee, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby. The Security Trustee may assume that no Event of Default and/or default or termination event under any Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument has occurred and that no party is in breach of its obligations under any Finance Document unless the Security Trustee receives specific written notice to the contrary. |
(c) | The Security Trustee shall have no obligation to familiarize itself with and shall have no responsibility with respect to any agreement or document (other than this Agreement and any other Finance Document to which the Security Trustee, in its capacity as such, is party) relating to the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents (except such sections of such agreements or documents referred to herein or therein) nor any obligation to inquire whether any notice, certificate, instrument, demand, request, direction, instruction, waiver, receipt, consent, document, communication, statement or calculation is in conformity with the terms of any such agreement or document, except those irregularities or errors of which the Security Trustee has actual knowledge, and provided that nothing herein shall constitute a waiver by any Securing Party or the Secured Parties of any of their rights against the Security Trustee as a result of its gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. If any remittance or communication received by the Security Trustee appears manifestly erroneous or irregular to the Security Trustee, it shall be under a duty to make prompt inquiry to the Person originating such remittance or communication in order to determine whether a clerical error or inadvertent mistake has occurred. |
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(d) | Each Collateral Party, each Secured Party and each Senior Creditor Group Representative shall deliver to the Security Trustee a list of authorized signatories, together, in the case of the Collateral Parties, with a certificate of an officer of such party certifying the names and true signatures of such authorized signatories who are authorized to sign any notice, certificate, instrument, demand, request, direction, instruction, waiver, receipt, consent, agreement or other document or communication furnished to the Security Trustee hereunder or under the other Finance Documents and the Security Trustee shall be entitled to rely conclusively on such list until a new list is furnished by a Collateral Party, a Secured Party or a Senior Creditor Group Representative, as the case may be, to the Security Trustee. |
(e) | The Secured Parties shall communicate to the Security Trustee in respect of the Collateral only through the relevant Senior Creditor Group Representative. |
(f) | All communications by a Secured Party to the Collateral Parties in respect of the relevant Security Interest in connection with the Security Documents or the Direct Agreements shall be made through the Security Trustee. |
8.5 | Liability |
(a) | Neither the Security Trustee nor its directors, officers or employees nor any authorized representatives, agents, attorneys, Receivers or other Persons permitted or authorized to act in accordance with or pursuant to the Security Documents and/or the Direct Agreements shall be liable for any error of judgment or for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it in good faith or for any mistake of fact or law, or for any act which it may do or refrain from doing in good faith and reasonably believed by it to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Agreement (including actions taken or omitted by the Security Trustee in accordance with a direction or directions received by it from Senior Creditor Group Representatives representing the percentage of Senior Debt Obligations required hereby for the giving of any such direction(s)), except as a result of its own gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. |
(b) | Nothing in any Finance Document shall, in any case in which the Security Trustee has failed to show the degree of care and diligence required of it as trustee having regard to the provisions of the Finance Documents conferring on it any trusts, powers, authorities or discretions, exempt the Security Trustee from or indemnify it against any liability arising out of its own gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct in relation to its duties under the Finance Documents as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. |
(c) | Subject to Section 8.6(c) (Consultation with Counsel, Etc.), the Security Trustee shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any representative, agent, attorney, Receiver or any other Person permitted or authorized to act in accordance with or pursuant to the Security Documents and/or the Direct Agreements; provided that nothing herein shall constitute a waiver by any Securing Party or the Secured Parties of any of their rights against (i) the Security Trustee or (ii) such representative, agent, attorney, Receiver or other Person, in each case as a result of its gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. |
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(d) | Except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Finance Documents, the Security Trustee shall have no duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Securing Parties or any Affiliate of a Securing Party that is communicated to or obtained by the Security Trustee, or any of its Affiliates, in any capacity. |
8.6 | Consultation with Counsel, Etc. |
(a) | The Security Trustee may consult with, obtain and rely on advice or services from, legal counsel, accountants, investment bankers and other experts, subject, with respect to legal counsel, to the requirements of clause (b) below and with respect to the Consultants, to the requirements of Article 13 (Consultants) of the Common Terms Agreement (whether obtained by the Security Trustee or by any other Secured Party, and with the reasonably incurred cost thereof in each case at the expense of the Securing Parties), in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder or under the other Finance Documents and, notwithstanding any monetary or other limit on liability in respect thereof, it shall incur no liability and shall be fully protected in acting in good faith in accordance with the written opinion and advice of such counsel, accountants and other experts. |
(b) | The Security Trustee shall only be entitled to the reimbursement of legal fees and expenses for the use of only one law firm engaged for all of the Secured Parties in each relevant jurisdiction unless (i) one or more of the Secured Parties incurring such fees and expenses reasonably believes that there is a reasonable likelihood of a conflict of interest between any of them (the existence of which shall be notified to the Company) necessitating the use of more than one law firm in any such jurisdiction or (ii) one or more of the Secured Parties requests reimbursement for the use of more than one law firm in each relevant jurisdiction, for any reason explained in reasonable detail to the Company, and the Company has consented in advance (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). |
(c) | The Security Trustee shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any counsel, accountants and other experts selected by it in good faith, and shall not be required to make any investigation as to the accuracy or sufficiency of any such advice or services; provided that nothing herein shall constitute a waiver by the Collateral Parties or the Secured Parties of any of their rights against (A) the Security Trustee as a result of its gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final, non-appealable judgment or (B) such counsel, accountants or other experts. |
8.7 | Resignation, Removal and Replacement of Security Trustee |
(a) | Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Security Trustee as provided below, the Security Trustee may at any time resign as Security Trustee hereunder and under any other Finance Document to which it is a party upon giving notice in writing to the Company and each Senior Creditor Group Representative. |
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(b) | The Security Trustee may be removed as Security Trustee hereunder by an instrument in writing by (x) for so long as the Common Terms Agreement is outstanding, the Intercreditor Agent and (y) at any other time, the Senior Creditor Group Representatives representing the Majority in Interest of the Senior Creditors. |
(c) | Upon the resignation or removal of the Security Trustee, a successor Security Trustee shall be appointed by an instrument in writing executed by (x) for so long as the Common Terms Agreement is outstanding, the Intercreditor Agent and (y) at any other time, the Senior Creditor Group Representatives representing the Majority in Interest of the Senior Creditors, and (unless a Declared Event of Default is Continuing) such appointment shall be subject to the consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Any such successor Security Trustee shall be required to have an office in the State of New York. |
(d) | No resignation or removal of the Security Trustee and no appointment of a successor trustee shall be effective until: |
(i) | the successor trustee has accepted its appointment and has acknowledged and accepted its rights and responsibilities hereunder and under the Security Documents and other Finance Documents; |
(ii) | all then due and payable indemnities, compensation and expenses required by Sections 8.8 (Indemnity), 8.9 (Compensation and Expenses) and 8.11 (Stamp and Other Similar Taxes) to the existing Security Trustee shall have been paid or provided for; and |
(iii) | the Security Trustee shall have executed and delivered, at the Securing Parties expense, to the successor trustee such deeds, delegations of power or other instruments or documents as are required to transfer its rights and responsibilities hereunder and under the Security Documents and other Finance Documents, including the powers of attorney under Section 8.3 (Attorney-in-Fact). |
(e) | If no successor Security Trustee shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 60 days after (i) the retiring Security Trustee gives notice of its resignation or (ii) the date fixed for such removal, as applicable, the Security Trustee shall, at the expense of the Securing Parties, petition any court of competent jurisdiction in the United States for the appointment of a successor Security Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may prescribe, appoint a successor Security Trustee. If no successor Security Trustee shall have been so appointed in accordance with clauses (a) through (d) above or (A) this clause (e) and shall have accepted such appointment within 90 days or (B) in the case of this clause (e) if the Security Trustee, acting reasonably, cannot determine a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States that will consider |
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the petition contemplated in this clause (e) within 60 days, in each case after (x) the retiring Security Trustee gives notice of its resignation or (y) the date fixed for such removal, as applicable, the Security Trustee may, at the expense of the Securing Parties, appoint a successor Security Trustee; provided that if no successor Security Trustee shall have been so appointed by the Security Trustee within 30 days after the termination of such 90-day period, the Securing Parties may, at their own expense, appoint a successor Security Trustee with the consent of the Intercreditor Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld). Any successor Security Trustee appointed pursuant to this Section 8.7 (Resignation, Removal and Replacement of Security Trustee) shall be a financial institution of good standing that has (1) all of the corporate, trust, banking and other powers necessary to carry out the functions of the Security Trustee under this Agreement, the other Security Documents and the other Finance Documents and (2) a combined capital and surplus of at least $1 billion, or an affiliate of such financial institution. |
(f) | Any successor Security Trustee shall evidence its acceptance of the appointment hereunder by executing and delivering to the Company, each Senior Creditor Group Representative and the Security Trustee an Accession Agreement substantially in the form of Schedule D-2 (Forms of Accession Agreements Form of Security Trustee Accession Agreement) (together with one or more certificates as to the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Accession Agreement and incumbency of the officers or attorneys-in-fact who executed the Accession Agreement) accepting its appointment as Security Trustee hereunder and under the Security Documents and the other Finance Documents, and upon the date defined in the Accession Agreement as its effective date, such successor Security Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder and under the Security Documents and the other Finance Documents with like effect as if originally named as Security Trustee herein and therein, and such predecessor shall have no further obligation or liability thereunder except for liability with respect to its acts or omissions prior to such succession pursuant to Section 8.5 (Liability). Section 8.8 (Indemnity) shall continue in effect for the benefit of such predecessor in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Security Trustee. |
(g) | The Security Trustee ceasing to act shall, at the expense of the Securing Parties, execute and deliver instruments transferring to such successor trustee all rights and powers of the Security Trustee so ceasing to act, including any such instruments necessary to assign the rights under this Agreement, the Security Documents and the other Finance Documents and to transfer any Project Property held by it to such successor trustee, and shall deliver to such successor trustee all property held by it in trust hereunder. |
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8.8 | Indemnity |
(a) | The Securing Parties agree to indemnify (without duplication in respect of any other indemnity required under Section 12.18 (Other Indemnities) or any other Finance Document) the Security Trustee in its individual capacity and its directors, officers, agents and employees, and any Receiver properly appointed under a Security Document or Direct Agreement for, and to hold each of them harmless against, any loss, liability, claim, judgment, settlement, compromise, obligation, damage, penalty, cost, expense or disbursement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses): |
(i) | with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the Security Documents and the other Finance Documents; or |
(ii) | by reason of any defense, set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or reduction of liability whatsoever claimed in any suit, proceeding or action brought by the Security Trustee in its individual capacity by an obligee under any Finance Document that (A) arises out of a breach by any Collateral Party of any of its obligations hereunder or thereunder or (B) arises out of any other agreement, indebtedness or liability at any time owed to such obligee or its successors from any Collateral Party (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be and remain enforceable against and only against such Collateral Parties, and shall not be enforceable against the Security Trustee (in its individual or any other capacity)), |
unless arising from the gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct of the Security Trustee or the Persons that are seeking indemnification, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability in the premises. To the extent that the undertakings to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in this Section 8.8 (Indemnity) may be unenforceable in whole or in part because they are violative of any law or public policy, the Company shall contribute the maximum portion that it is permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law to the payment and satisfaction of all indemnified liabilities incurred by the Security Trustee and its directors, officers, agents and employees or any of them.
(b) | Without limiting the liability of the Securing Parties under the Finance Documents, if the Securing Parties fail to comply with their obligations under clause (a) above, each Senior Creditor shall (based on the proportion of indebtedness owed to it by the Securing Parties relative to the aggregate indebtedness owed by the Securing Parties to all Senior Creditors under the Senior Debt Instruments and Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments) indemnify the Security Trustee, within five Business Days of demand, against any loss, liability, claim, judgment, settlement, compromise, obligation, damage, penalty, cost, expense or disbursement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) incurred by the Security Trustee with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents, unless arising from the Security Trustees gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. |
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(c) | The Securing Parties shall, within five Business Days of demand (but without duplication of indemnification otherwise received by the Security Trustee from the Securing Parties), reimburse each Senior Creditor for any payment made by it under clause (b) above upon production of a certificate from each such Senior Creditor setting out the details of such payment and all such amounts shall comprise Senior Debt Obligations. |
(d) | If the Security Trustee requests the assistance of a Secured Party: |
(i) | during a time when an Event of Default or an Unmatured Event of Default has occurred and is Continuing; or |
(ii) | otherwise with the Companys consent, |
to consult on behalf of or for the benefit of the Secured Parties with the Security Trustee, the provisions of Section 8.1(c) (Appointment and Duties) and Section 8.5 (Liability) shall apply to such Secured Party as though it were the Security Trustee and such Secured Party shall be entitled to indemnification under this Section 8.8 (Indemnity). Such Secured Party shall have no responsibility or obligation to provide such assistance unless it elects to do so, and upon such election shall have no obligations unless it benefits from the indemnity and exoneration provisions as contemplated by this clause (d).
(e) | If any indemnity furnished to the Security Trustee for any purpose shall, in the reasonable opinion of the Security Trustee, be insufficient or become impaired, the Security Trustee may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided that in no event shall this sentence require any Senior Creditor to indemnify the Security Trustee against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Senior Creditors pro rata share thereof; provided, further, that this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Senior Creditor to indemnify the Security Trustee against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement arising from the Security Trustees gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. |
(f) | The agreements in Section 8.5 (Liability) and this Section 8.8 (Indemnity) shall survive resignation or removal of the Security Trustee, as the case may be, and the termination of the other provisions of this Agreement. |
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(g) | Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Section 8.8 (Indemnity), the Security Trustee and every Receiver, attorney, manager, agent or other Person appointed by the Security Trustee hereunder or under any other Security Document or Direct Agreement shall be entitled to be indemnified out of the Collateral in respect of all liabilities and expenses properly incurred by it or any one of them in the execution or purported execution of this Agreement or of any functions vested in it or any one of them pursuant to this Agreement, the Security Documents and any of the other Finance Documents and against all actions, proceedings, costs, claims and demands against it by third parties in respect of any acts or omissions relating to the Collateral, and the Security Trustee may retain any part of any monies held by it as a result of the operation or application of this Agreement, the Security Documents and any of the other Finance Documents constituting all sums necessary to effect such indemnity and also the remuneration of the Security Trustee. |
(h) | In no event shall the Security Trustee be liable for any loss of profits, goodwill, reputation, business, opportunity or anticipated saving, or for special, punitive or consequential damages, whether or not the Security Trustee has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages. |
8.9 | Compensation and Expenses |
(a) | The Security Trustee shall be entitled to such compensation (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to compensation of a trustee of an express trust) for all services rendered by the Security Trustee under this Agreement, the Security Documents and the other Finance Documents payable by the Securing Parties, as has been agreed from time to time between the Securing Parties and the Security Trustee in the SG Agency Fee Letter. Fees and expenses payable to the Security Trustee for its services under this Agreement and pursuant to the SG Agency Fee Letter shall be paid free and clear of, and without any deduction or withholding for or on account of, any current or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges or other deductions or withholdings levied in any jurisdiction from or through which payment is made, unless such deduction or withholding is required by applicable law, in which event the Securing Parties shall pay additional amounts (other than with respect to taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges or other deductions or withholdings imposed on or measured by net income and resulting from a present or former connection of the Security Trustee to such jurisdiction) so that the Security Trustee will receive the amount that it would otherwise have received but for such deduction or withholding after allowing for any deductions or withholding attributable to additional amounts payable under this Agreement. Any Senior Debt Obligations paid to the Security Trustee shall be subject to the tax gross-up and indemnity provisions of the applicable Senior Debt Instrument (including, if applicable, Article 21 (Tax Gross-Up and Indemnities) of the Common Terms Agreement). |
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(b) | The Security Trustee shall be entitled to reimbursement in its individual capacity, without duplication in respect of any other indemnity and/or expense reimbursement required under any other Finance Document, upon receipt by the Company of reasonable evidence (by invoice or other written evidence), for its reasonable advances, disbursements and expenses in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder (including the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents, any Receiver properly appointed under a Security Document or Direct Agreement and of counsel, accountants and other experts referred to in Section 8.6 (Consultation with Counsel, Etc.)) and under the Security Documents and any other Finance Documents (including (1) for the protection, preservation, repair or recovery of the Collateral (including payment of Taxes or purchasing insurance for the Collateral), (2) for the protection of the interest of the Security Trustee in the Collateral and (3) for the collection of indebtedness secured hereby and by the other Security Documents or enforcement of the Security Trustees remedies hereunder and under the other Security Documents following and during the Continuance of an Event of Default), and interest thereon, from time to time as services are rendered and advances, disbursements and expenses are incurred. |
(c) | The Secured Parties shall have no liability for any fees, expenses or disbursements of the Security Trustee, but without prejudice to the obligations of the Secured Parties under Section 8.8 (Indemnity). |
8.10 | Certificates |
Whenever in the performance of its respective duties under this Agreement, the Security Documents or the other Finance Documents, the Security Trustee in good faith shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established in connection with taking or omitting to take any action by the Security Trustee hereunder, under the Security Documents, or under any other Finance Document, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct on the part of the Security Trustee, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment, be deemed to be conclusively proved or established by a written certificate of the relevant Securing Party, Holdco or the relevant Senior Creditor Group Representative delivered to the Security Trustee, and the Security Trustee need not call for further evidence and shall not be responsible for any loss occasioned by acting on such a certificate.
8.11 | Stamp and Other Similar Taxes |
(a) | The Securing Parties agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Security Trustee (in its capacity as such hereunder) and each other Secured Party from, and shall reimburse the Security Trustee and each other Secured Party for, any present or future claim for liability for any stamp, duty, registration, excise, property and other similar Taxes, including any penalties, additions, fines, surcharges or interest relating thereto, which may be assessed, levied or collected by any jurisdiction in connection with this Agreement, the other Security Documents and the other Finance Documents, the trust created hereunder or the attachment or perfection of the Security Interests granted to the Security Trustee in any Collateral. |
(b) | The obligations of the Securing Parties under this Section 8.11 (Stamp and Other Similar Taxes) shall survive the termination of this Agreement. |
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(c) | Without in any way limiting the Securing Parties obligations pursuant to clause (a) above, each party hereto agrees that it shall undertake in good faith to avoid bringing, causing to be brought, or knowingly permitting to be brought any executed part or any copy of this Agreement into any jurisdiction, if as a result thereof any stamp duty, tax or other like charge would be incurred; provided that it is understood among the parties and the Securing Parties hereby expressly acknowledge and agree that the Secured Parties or a Senior Creditor Group Representative may take any such action (or direct the Security Trustee to take such action), irrespective of the stamp duty, tax or other charge which may be incurred as a result thereof if such action, in such Persons reasonable judgment, is necessary or advisable for the purposes of the enforcement of this Agreement, the other Security Documents and the other Finance Documents or compliance with any order or direction of any governmental authority or the preservation of the Collateral or the rights and remedies of the Secured Parties. |
8.12 | Information |
The Company agrees that, from time to time upon the reasonable request of the Security Trustee, it shall deliver to the Security Trustee a list setting forth, by each Senior Debt Instrument or Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument, as applicable:
(a) | the aggregate principal amount outstanding thereunder; and |
(b) | the interest rate then in effect thereunder. |
8.13 | Books and Records |
The Security Trustee shall maintain all such accounts, books and records as may be reasonably necessary to record properly all transactions carried out by it under this Agreement, the Security Documents, and the other Finance Documents. If permitted by applicable law and regulation, the Security Trustee shall provide the Securing Parties with any information or document relevant to such accounts, books and records as they may reasonably request from time to time.
8.14 | Limitation on Security Trustees Duties in Respect of Collateral |
(a) | Beyond its express duties set forth in this Agreement, the Security Documents or the other Finance Documents as to the custody thereof and the accounting to the Collateral Parties and the Secured Parties for monies received hereunder, the Security Trustee shall not have any duty to the Collateral Parties or the Secured Parties with respect to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of its agent or nominee, any income thereon, or the priority or preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. |
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(b) | To the extent that the Security Trustee or an agent or nominee of the Security Trustee maintains possession or control of any of the Collateral, the Security Documents or the Direct Agreements at any office of the Security Trustee, the Security Trustee shall, or shall instruct such agent or nominee to, grant the Collateral Parties or the Secured Parties and the Senior Creditor Group Representatives access to such Collateral, Security Documents or Direct Agreements which they require for the conduct of their businesses, except, in the case of the Collateral Parties, if and to the extent that the Security Trustee shall have commenced a Security Enforcement Action. |
8.15 | Security Documents |
Without prejudice to Section 8.5 (Liability), the Security Trustee shall not be liable for any failure, omission, or defect in perfecting the Security Interests, including any failure:
(a) | to register the same in accordance with the provisions of any of the documents of title of a Securing Party (or Holdco, as appropriate) to any of the property thereby charged; |
(b) | to make any recordings or filings or re-recordings or re-filings in connection therewith; |
(c) | to take, or to require a Securing Party (or Holdco, as appropriate) to take, any steps to perfect its title to any assets subject to any Security Documents or to render the Security Interests effective or to secure the creation of Security Interests under the laws of any jurisdiction; |
(d) | to give notice to any Person of the execution of any of the Security Documents or the Direct Agreements; or |
(e) | to obtain any license, consent or other authority for the creation of the Security Interests. |
8.16 | Exculpatory Provisions |
The Security Trustee makes no representations as to the value or condition of the Collateral or any part thereof, or as to the title of any Collateral Party thereto or as to the rights and interests granted or the security afforded in this Agreement or any other Finance Document or as to the validity, execution (except by itself), enforceability, legality or sufficiency of this Agreement, any Security Document, any other Finance Document or the Senior Debt Obligations, and the Security Trustee shall incur no liability or responsibility in respect of any such matters.
8.17 | Own Responsibility |
Each Secured Party understands and agrees that it has itself been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own independent appraisal of, and investigations into, the financial condition, creditworthiness, condition, affairs, status and nature of each party to each Finance Document and, accordingly, each such Secured Party warrants to the Security Trustee that it has not relied on, and will not rely on, the Security Trustee:
(a) | to check or inquire on its behalf into the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any information provided by any Person under or in connection with any Finance Document (whether or not such information has been, or is, circulated to such Person by the Security Trustee); |
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(b) | to assess or review on its behalf the financial condition, solvency, creditworthiness, condition, affairs, status or nature of any Person; or |
(c) | to assess or make any investigation as to the right or title of any person in or to, or the value or sufficiency of, any part of the Collateral, the priority of any of the Collateral or the existence of any Security Interest affecting the Collateral. |
8.18 | Merger of the Security Trustee |
(a) | Any corporation into which the Security Trustee in its individual capacity shall be merged, or with which it shall be consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Security Trustee (in its individual capacity) shall be a party, shall be the Security Trustee under this Agreement, the Security Documents, and any other Finance Document, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto; provided that such party shall meet the requirements of Section 8.7 (Resignation, Removal and Replacement of Security Trustee). |
(b) | The Security Trustee shall provide the Company and the Senior Creditor Group Representatives with prompt notice of a merger pursuant to clause (a) above. |
8.19 | Treatment of Senior Creditors by the Security Trustee |
(a) | The Security Trustee may treat the Holders of the Senior Debt Obligations as the absolute owners thereof for all purposes unless the Security Trustee shall receive notice to the contrary. |
(b) | Only the Intercreditor Agent and the Senior Creditor Group Representatives designated in accordance with this Agreement shall act as the duly authorized representatives of Senior Creditors with authority to act as such in connection with any matters pertaining to this Agreement, any Security Document, or any other Finance Document or the Collateral. |
8.20 | Compliance |
(a) | None of the provisions of this Agreement, the Security Documents or the other Finance Documents shall be construed to require the Security Trustee to do anything which may be illegal or contrary to law or regulation. The Security Trustee may do anything which, in its reasonable opinion, is necessary or desirable to comply with any law or regulation. The Security Trustee may refrain from doing anything that, in its reasonable opinion, is contrary to any Finance Document. |
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(b) | The Security Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it in this Agreement, the Security Documents or the other Finance Documents, at the request or direction of any Securing Party or any Senior Creditor or Senior Creditor Group Representative, unless the Security Trustee shall have been offered security or indemnity and/or pre-funding reasonably satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities which might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction (including interest thereon from the time incurred until reimbursed). |
(c) | The Security Trustee shall not be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the Security Documents or any other Finance Documents if it is prevented from so performing by an act of God or any other force majeure event. |
8.21 | Miscellaneous |
(a) | The rights, powers, entitlements and authorities of the Security Trustee arising under this Agreement, any Security Document or any other Finance Document shall be in addition to any such rights, powers, entitlements and authorities arising by applicable law. |
(b) | The Security Trustee shall have the right at any time to seek instructions concerning the administration of this Agreement from any court of competent jurisdiction in the United States. |
(c) | If the Security Trustee is also a Senior Creditor or Senior Creditor Group Representative, the Security Trustee shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement, any Security Document, and any other Finance Document as any other Senior Creditor or Senior Creditor Group Representative, as the case may be, and may exercise those rights as though it were not the Security Trustee. |
(d) | The Security Trustee may in its individual capacity (or for any parent, subsidiary or associated Person) accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any Collateral Party, any other Secured Party, the Account Bank, or any of their Affiliates, and retain any profits or remuneration in connection with its activities under the Finance Documents or in relation to any of the foregoing, without affecting the right to enforce any Senior Debt Obligations or other right to payment or Security Interest created hereunder or pursuant hereto as freely as if it were not the Security Trustee hereunder. The Security Trustee shall notify the Company and each Senior Creditor Group Representative at any time it believes it has any interest conflicting with its obligations hereunder. |
(e) | The Security Trustee in its individual capacity hereby waives any right of bankers lien, set-off or counterclaim in respect of any assets contained in the Accounts or otherwise that are held by the Security Trustee as Security Trustee hereunder. |
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(f) | Except to the extent that this Agreement, any Security Document and any other Finance Document expressly contemplates that the Security Trustee is allowed to act through agents or other third parties, the Security Trustee shall not delegate, assign or otherwise transfer any of its obligations, duties or responsibilities hereunder without the prior written consent of (x) for so long as the Common Terms Agreement is outstanding, the Intercreditor Agent and (y) at any other time, the Senior Creditor Group Representatives representing the Majority in Interest of the Senior Creditors; provided that no such consent shall be required in connection with the enforcement of remedies hereunder on behalf of or for the benefit of the Senior Creditors and no such consent shall be unreasonably withheld or delayed. The Security Trustee shall not be responsible for the acts or omissions of any such agents or third parties selected by it in good faith; provided that nothing herein shall constitute a waiver by the Collateral Parties or the Secured Parties of any of their rights against (A) the Security Trustee as a result of its gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment or (B) such agents or third parties appointed by the Security Trustee. |
(g) | The Security Trustee may, in the absence of any instructions to the contrary, take such action in the exercise of any of its powers and duties under the Finance Documents which it considers reasonably necessary or advisable for the protection and benefit of the Secured Parties. |
9. | THE ACCOUNT BANK |
9.1 | Appointment and Role of the Account Bank |
(a) | As of the date of this Agreement, the Company has appointed Mizuho Bank, Ltd. as the Account Bank and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to act as the Account Bank under the express terms of this Agreement. The Security Trustee and each Senior Creditor Group Representative hereby acknowledge and consent to such appointment. |
(b) | The parties hereby agree that the Account Bank shall only be responsible for performing the functions expressly set forth in this Agreement as being those of the Account Bank. |
9.2 | Undertakings of the Account Bank |
(a) | The Account Bank shall, in relation to each Account: |
(i) | comply with all instructions given to it and provide such information as may be required from it in relation to the Accounts pursuant to the provisions of Article 4 (Cash Flow and Accounts); |
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(ii) | not permit any Account to be closed without the prior consent of the Security Trustee (acting upon instructions from each Senior Creditor Group Representative); |
(iii) | act upon any instruction given by the Security Trustee in accordance with this Agreement; and |
(iv) | in the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and any mandate or any other agreements entered into with the Company at any time and notwithstanding any provisions of such mandates and agreements that would purport to resolve any conflict between that mandate or agreement and this Agreement in favor of that mandate or agreement (including but not limited to Section 6.9 of the Funds Transfer Agreement), treat this Agreement as taking precedence. |
(b) | Subject to the rights reserved to the Account Bank in Section 3.2(d)(vii) (Security Interests to be Granted by the Securing Parties Provisions Related to Secured Accounts), the Account Bank in its individual capacity hereby waives any right of bankers lien, set-off or counterclaim in respect of any assets contained in the Accounts or otherwise that are held by the Account Bank hereunder. |
9.3 | No Fiduciary Duties |
Nothing in this Agreement constitutes the Account Bank as a trustee or fiduciary of any other Person. The Account Bank shall not be bound to account to any other Secured Party for any sum or the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account.
9.4 | The Account Bank Individually |
(a) | If it is also a Senior Creditor, the Account Bank shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and each other Finance Document as any other Senior Creditor and may exercise those rights and powers as though it were not the Account Bank. |
(b) | The Account Bank may: |
(i) | accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally engage in any kind of banking or other business with any Collateral Party, any other Secured Party or any of their Affiliates; and |
(ii) | retain any profits or remuneration in connection with its activities under the Finance Documents or in relation to any of the foregoing. |
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9.5 | Rights and Discretions of the Account Bank |
(a) | The Account Bank may conclusively rely on: |
(i) | any representation, notice or other document which it in good faith believes to be genuine and correct and to have been signed by, or with the authority of, the proper Person; and |
(ii) | any statement made by a director, authorized signatory or employee of any Person regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within his or her knowledge or within his or her power to verify. |
(b) | The Account Bank may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its capacity as Account Bank) that any right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Person or any group thereof has been validly exercised. |
(c) | Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, the Account Bank is not obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would or might (in its reasonable opinion) constitute a breach of any law or duty, including the duty of confidentiality. |
(d) | Notwithstanding anything to the contrary expressed or implied in any Finance Document, the Account Bank shall not: |
(i) | be bound to monitor or inquire as to whether or not any representation made or deemed to be made by any Collateral Party thereof is true or as to the occurrence or otherwise of any Event of Default, the occurrence of the Stage 3 Completion Date, or any other event or occurrence; |
(ii) | be under any obligations other than those which are specifically provided for in this Agreement, and no implied duties or covenants shall be read against the Account Bank (other than any obligations that are not waivable under any applicable laws); or |
(iii) | be bound to exercise any right, power or discretion vested in it under any of the Finance Documents unless instructed or otherwise required to do so in accordance with this Agreement. |
(e) | Upon receiving instructions from the Company or the Security Trustee, as the case may be, to make payments out of an Account, the Account Bank may assume that all conditions specified in this Agreement and in any other Finance Documents to the making of any payment out of any Account have been satisfied unless it has actual knowledge or actual notice to the contrary in its capacity as the Account Bank. |
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(f) | The Account Bank may assume (unless it has received a notice from the Security Trustee pursuant to Section 4.6(b)(i) (Control and Investment of Funds in Accounts)) that no Event of Default has occurred and that any proposed withdrawal is permitted by this Agreement and the other Finance Documents, but shall not be obliged to give effect to any notice of withdrawal if to give such notice effect would or might (in its reasonable opinion) breach the terms of this Agreement. |
(g) | If the Account Bank receives a notice from the Security Trustee pursuant to Section 4.6(b)(i) (Control and Investment of Funds in Accounts), the Account Bank will disregard any conflicting directions, notices or other documents it receives from the Company until a notice is delivered by the Security Trustee to the Account Bank pursuant to and in accordance with Section 4.6(c) (Control and Investment of Funds in Accounts) with respect to the relevant Declared Event(s) of Default. |
(h) | The Account Bank shall have no obligation to familiarize itself with and shall have no responsibility with respect to any agreement or document (other than the terms of this Agreement relating to the rights and duties of the Account Bank) relating to the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents nor any obligation to inquire whether any notice, certificate, instrument, demand, request, direction, instruction, waiver, receipt, consent, document, communication, statement or calculation is in conformity with the terms of such agreement or document, except those errors manifestly apparent on the face of such document or of which the Account Bank has actual knowledge; provided that nothing herein shall constitute a waiver by the Company or the Secured Parties of any of their rights against the Account Bank as a result of its gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. If any remittance or communication received by the Account Bank appears manifestly erroneous to the Account Bank in the judgment of the Account Bank, the Account Bank may make an inquiry to the Person originating such remittance or communication in order to determine whether a clerical error or inadvertent mistake has occurred. |
(i) | The Account Bank may consult with, and obtain and rely on advice or services from, legal counsel, accountants and other experts, subject, with respect to legal counsel, to the same requirements as those set forth with respect to legal counsel of the Security Trustee in Section 8.6(b) (Consultation with Counsel, Etc.) and with respect to the Consultants, to the requirements of Article 13 (Consultants) of the Common Terms Agreement (whether obtained by the Account Bank or by any other Secured Party, and with the reasonably incurred cost thereof in each case at the expense of the Securing Parties), in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder or under the other Finance Documents and, notwithstanding any monetary or other limit on liability in respect thereof, it shall incur no liability and shall be fully protected in acting in good faith in accordance with the written opinion and advice of such counsel, accountants and other experts. |
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9.6 | No Responsibility for Documentation |
The Account Bank is not responsible for:
(a) | the execution (other than its own execution of this Agreement), genuineness, validity, adequacy, enforceability, admissibility in evidence or sufficiency of any Finance Document or any other document; |
(b) | the collectability of amounts payable under any Finance Document; or |
(c) | the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any statements (whether written or oral) made in, or in connection with, any Finance Document, with the exception of any statements made by the Account Bank in this Agreement with respect to itself. |
9.7 | Exclusion of Liability |
(a) | The Account Bank shall not be liable to any other party for any action taken or not taken by it under, or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Finance Document unless directly caused by its gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. The Account Bank shall not otherwise be liable or responsible for any liabilities or inconvenience which may result from anything done or omitted to be done by it in connection with this Agreement. Liabilities arising under this clause shall be limited to the amount of the Securing Parties actual loss (such loss shall be determined as at the date of default of the Account Bank or, if later, the date on which the loss arises as a result of such default) but without reference to any special conditions or circumstances not known to the Account Bank at the time of entering into the Agreement, or at the time of accepting any relevant instructions, which increases the amount of the loss. In no event shall the Account Bank be liable for any loss of profits, goodwill, reputation, business opportunity or anticipated saving, or for special, punitive or consequential damages, whether or not the Account Bank has been advised of the possibility of such loss or damages. |
(b) | None of the provisions of this Agreement, the Security Documents, or the other Finance Documents shall be construed to require the Account Bank to do anything which may (i) be illegal or contrary to law or regulation or (ii) cause it to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise to incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or thereunder if it shall have reasonable grounds for belief that repayment of such funds or indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. The Account Bank shall be excused from taking any action hereunder in the circumstances described in the preceding sentence. |
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9.8 | Indemnities |
(a) | The Securing Parties agree to indemnify (without duplication in respect of any other indemnity required under Section 12.18 (Other Indemnities) or any other Finance Document) the Account Bank in its individual capacity and its directors, officers, agents, employees and Affiliates for, and to hold each of them harmless against, any loss, liability, claim, judgment, settlement, compromise, damage, penalty, cost, expense or disbursement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the Security Documents and the other Finance Documents, unless arising from the gross negligence, fraud, or willful misconduct of the Account Bank or the Persons that are seeking indemnification as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment, including the costs and expenses of defending itself against any claim of liability in the premises. To the extent that the undertakings to defend, indemnify, pay and hold harmless set forth in this Section 9.8 (Indemnities) may be unenforceable in whole or in part because they are violative of any law or public policy, the Securing Parties shall contribute the maximum portion that such parties are permitted to pay and satisfy under applicable law to the payment and satisfaction of all indemnified liabilities incurred by the Account Bank and its directors, officers, agents and employees or any of them. |
(b) | Without limiting the liability of the Securing Parties under the Finance Documents, if the Securing Parties fail to comply with their obligations under clause (a) above, each Senior Creditor shall (based on the proportion of indebtedness owed to it by the Company relative to the aggregate indebtedness owed by the Company to all Senior Creditors under the Senior Debt Instruments and Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instruments) indemnify the Account Bank (and its directors, officers, agents, employees and Affiliates), within five Business Days of demand, against any loss, liability, claim, judgment, settlement, compromise, obligation, damage, penalty, cost, expense or disbursement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including reasonable attorneys fees and expenses) incurred by the Account Bank or such related Persons with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents, unless arising from the Account Banks or such Persons gross negligence, fraud, or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. |
(c) | The Securing Parties shall, within five Business Days of demand (but without duplication of indemnification otherwise received by the Account Bank or a Senior Creditor from the Company), reimburse each Senior Creditor for any payment properly made by it under clause (b) above upon production of a certificate from each such Senior Creditor setting out the details of such payment. |
(d) | The provisions of Section 9.7 (Exclusion of Liability) and this Section 9.8 (Indemnities) shall survive the resignation of the Account Bank pursuant to Section 9.9 (Resignation, Removal and Replacement of the Account Bank) and the termination of the other provisions of this Agreement. |
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(e) | The Company agrees that, subject to Article 4 (Cash Flow and Accounts) and the other terms of this Article 9 (The Account Bank), the Account Bank may act upon any instruction, including any telex, facsimile or email instructions, that are received by the Account Bank from Persons that are or which are reasonably believed by the Account Bank to be authorized by the Company, the Manager or the Security Trustee, as the case may be. The Securing Parties agree to indemnify and hold the Account Bank (and its directors, officers, agents, employees and Affiliates) harmless from any claims by virtue of the Account Banks acting upon any instruction, such as any telex, facsimile or email instructions, as such instructions were understood by the Account Bank, except for claims relating solely to the Account Banks or such Persons gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. The Account Bank shall not be liable for any errors in the transmission or the illegibility of any telexed, telecopied or emailed documents. In the event the Company sends the Account Bank a manually signed confirmation of the previously sent telex, facsimile or email instructions, the Account Bank shall have no duty to compare it against the previous instructions received by the Account Bank nor shall the Account Bank have any responsibility should the contents of the written confirmation differ from the telex, facsimile or email instructions acted upon by the Account Bank. |
(f) | In no event shall the Account Bank be liable for any claims, losses, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses and judgments (including legal fees and expenses) sustained by any party arising to it from receiving or transmitting any data from the Company or any Person authorized to act on behalf of the Company (including the Manager and any Person so authorized by the Manager) or the Security Trustee, as the case may be, via any non-secure method of transmission or communication, such as, but without limitation, by facsimile or email, except for any such claims relating solely to the Account Banks gross negligence, fraud, or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. The Company accepts that some methods of communication are not secure, and the Account Bank shall incur no liability for receiving instructions from Persons purporting to be, or which instructions appear to be authorized by, the Company or the Security Trustee, as the case may be, via any such non-secure method. The Account Bank is authorized to comply with and rely upon any such notice, instructions or other communications purported to have been sent by a Person authorized by the Company or the Security Trustee, as the case may be. The Company shall use all reasonable endeavors to ensure that instructions transmitted to the Account Bank pursuant to this Agreement are complete and correct. Any such instructions shall be conclusively deemed to be valid instructions from the Company or the Security Trustee, as the case may be, to the Account Bank for the purposes of this Agreement. The Account Bank has no duty or obligation to investigate the authenticity or correctness of the matters stated in any instruction, notice or other document from the Company or the Security Trustee, or to confirm that the signatories on the instruction, notice or document were properly appointed. |
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(g) | If any indemnity furnished to the Account Bank for any purpose shall, in the reasonable opinion of the Account Bank, be insufficient or become impaired, the Account Bank may call for additional indemnity and cease, or not commence, to do the acts indemnified against until such additional indemnity is furnished; provided that in no event shall this sentence require any Senior Creditor to indemnify the Account Bank against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement in excess of such Senior Creditors pro rata share thereof; provided, further, that this sentence shall not be deemed to require any Senior Creditor to indemnify the Account Bank against any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, action, judgment, suit, cost, expense or disbursement arising from the Account Banks gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct, as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final non-appealable judgment. |
(h) | The Account Bank shall not be liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the Security Documents or any other Finance Documents if it is prevented from so performing by an act of God or any other force majeure event. |
9.9 | Resignation, Removal and Replacement of the Account Bank |
(a) | (i) Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a successor Account Bank, the Account Bank may resign as Account Bank hereunder by giving written notice to the Company and each Senior Creditor Group Representative or (ii) so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is Continuing, the Company may remove the Account Bank as Account Bank hereunder by giving not less than 30 days written notice to the Account Bank and each Senior Creditor Group Representative. |
(b) | Any successor Account Bank shall be approved by (x) for so long as the Common Terms Agreement is outstanding, the Intercreditor Agent, and (y) at any other time, the Senior Creditor Group Representatives representing the Majority in Interest of the Senior Creditors. |
(c) | If no successor Account Bank shall have been so appointed in accordance with clauses (a) and (b) above and shall have accepted such appointment within 60 days after (i) the retiring Account Bank has given notice of its resignation or (ii) the date fixed for such removal, as applicable, the Account Bank may, at the expense of the Securing Parties, petition any court of competent jurisdiction in the United States for the appointment of a successor Account Bank. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may prescribe, appoint a successor Account Bank. If no successor Account Bank shall have been so appointed in accordance with clauses (a) and (b) above or (A) this clause (c) and shall have accepted such appointment within 90 days or (B) in the case of this clause (c) if the Account Bank, acting reasonably, cannot determine a court of competent jurisdiction in the United States that will consider the petition contemplated in this clause (c) within 60 days, in each case after (x) the retiring Account Bank gives notice of its resignation or (y) the date fixed for such removal, as applicable, the Account Bank may, at the |
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expense of the Securing Parties, appoint a successor Account Bank; provided that if no successor Account Bank shall have been so appointed by the Account Bank within 30 days after the termination of such 90-day period, the Company may, at the expense of the Securing Parties, appoint a successor Account Bank with the consent of the Intercreditor Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld, taking into account the requirements applicable to an Account Bank). Any successor Account Bank appointed pursuant to this clause (c) shall be a bank meeting the criteria in the definition of Account Bank. |
(d) | The retiring or removed Account Bank shall, at the Companys cost and expense, make available to the successor Account Bank such documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor Account Bank may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as Account Bank under the Finance Documents, and any amounts standing to the credit of the Accounts maintained by the retiring or removed Account Bank shall be transferred to the corresponding accounts opened on the books of the successor Account Bank. |
(e) | The resignation or removal of the Account Bank and the appointment of the successor Account Bank shall become effective only upon the execution and delivery, to the Company and the Security Trustee, by the successor Account Bank of: |
(i) | an Accession Agreement substantially in the form of Schedule D-3 (Forms of Accession Agreements Form of Account Bank Accession Agreement) acceding to this Agreement; |
(ii) | one or more certificates as to the due authorization, execution and delivery of the Accession Agreement and incumbency of the officers or attorneys-in-fact who executed the Accession Agreement; and |
(iii) | such acknowledgements and other documentation as may be necessary or that may be reasonably required by the Security Trustee to maintain the Security Interests. |
(f) | Upon the effective succession of a successor Account Bank, the retiring Account Bank shall have no further obligation or liability hereunder or under any Finance Document except for liability with respect to the acts or omissions of such retiring Account Bank prior to such succession. Section 9.7 (Exclusion of Liability) shall continue in effect for the benefit of the retiring Account Bank in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Account Bank. The successor Account Bank and each of the other parties shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor Account Bank had been an original party. |
(g) | The Account Bank agrees that it shall, if so requested in writing by any Senior Creditor Group Representative or the Company following the Account Banks ceasing to meet the requirements to be an Account Bank (as specified in the definition of Account Bank), tender its resignation in accordance with this Section 9.9 (Resignation, Removal and Replacement of the Account Bank). |
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(h) | Any corporation or financial institution into which the Account Bank in its individual capacity shall be merged, or with which it shall be consolidated, or any corporation or financial institution resulting from any merger or consolidation to which the Account Bank (in its individual capacity), or any corporation or financial institution succeeding to the corporate trust (or similar) business of the Account Bank shall be the Account Bank under this Agreement, the Security Documents, and any other Finance Document, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto; provided that such party shall meet the requirements of this Section 9.9 (Resignation, Removal and Replacement of the Account Bank). |
9.10 | Notice and Acknowledgment of Security |
(a) | Each Securing Party hereby gives notice to the Account Bank that it has charged to the Security Trustee all of its right, title and interest in the Accounts, and all cash, Financial Assets or other property now or hereafter credited thereto, or held therein, and investments (including any Authorized Investments) made with or arising out of such funds, and all proceeds of the foregoing, as provided in Section 3.2(a) (Security Interests to be Granted by the Securing Parties Pledge of Pledged Collateral), Section 3.2(b) (Security Interests to be Granted by the Securing Parties Security Interests General) and Section 3.2(c) (Security Interests to be Granted by the Securing Parties Security Interests Individual Senior Noteholder Secured Accounts). |
(b) | The Account Bank acknowledges the notice of grant of a Security Interest from the Securing Parties set forth herein in respect of each Account and acknowledges that it has not prior to the date hereof received notice of any previous assignments of Liens over or trusts in respect of such Accounts. |
9.11 | Compensation and Expenses |
(a) | The Account Bank shall be entitled to such compensation for all services rendered by the Account Bank under this Agreement, the Security Documents and the other Finance Documents, payable by the Company, as may be agreed from time to time between the Company and the Account Bank. |
(b) | The Account Bank shall be entitled to reimbursement in its individual capacity, without duplication in respect of any other indemnity and/or expense reimbursement required under any other Finance Document, upon receipt by the Company of reasonable evidence (by invoice or other written evidence), for its reasonable advances, disbursements and expenses in connection with the performance of its duties hereunder and under the Security Documents and any other Finance Documents, from time to time as services are rendered and advances, disbursements and expenses are incurred. |
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(c) | The Secured Parties shall have no liability for any fees, expenses or disbursements of the Account Bank, except to the extent provided for in Section 9.8 (Indemnities). |
10. | OBLIGATIONS UNDER SECURITY DOCUMENTS |
10.1 | Nature of Obligations |
(a) | This Agreement and the Senior Debt Obligations shall continue to be effective or be automatically reinstated, as the case may be, if (and to the extent that) any payment or performance of the Senior Debt Obligations by the Company or any discharge given by a Secured Party (whether in respect of the obligations of the Company or any security for those obligations or otherwise) is rescinded, avoided, voidable, liable to be set aside, reduced or otherwise not properly payable to, or must be returned or restored by the Security Trustee or any other Secured Party (i) as a result of Bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization with respect to the Company or any Collateral Party, (ii) upon the dissolution of, or appointment of any intervenor, conservator, trustee or similar official for the Company, any Collateral Party or for any substantial part of the Companys or any other such Persons assets, (iii) as a result of any settlement or compromise with any Person (including the Company) in respect of such payment or otherwise, or (iv) as a result of any similar event or otherwise and, in such case: |
(i) | the liability of the Company shall continue as if the payment or discharge in the amount so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned had not occurred; |
(ii) | such Senior Debt Obligations shall be reinstated on the same terms and conditions applicable thereto prior to the payment of the rescinded, reduced, restored or returned amount, and shall be deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned; and |
(iii) | each Secured Party shall be entitled to recover the value or amount of that security or payment from the Company as if the payment or discharge in the amount so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned had not occurred. |
(b) | Subject to Article 11 (Guarantees), the obligations of the Collateral Parties under this Agreement and the other Finance Documents shall not be affected by any act, omission, matter or thing which, but for this Section 10.1 (Nature of Obligations), would reduce, release or prejudice any of such obligations (whether or not known to it or to any Secured Party), including: |
(i) | any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of the Senior Debt Obligation (including any increase in the amount thereof); |
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(ii) | any rescission; waiver, amendment or modification of, or any consent to departure from, any of the terms or provisions (including provisions relating to events of default) hereof, any of the other Finance Documents or any agreement or instrument executed pursuant thereto, or of any other guaranty or security for the Senior Debt Obligations, in each case whether or not in accordance with the terms hereof or such Finance Document or any agreement relating to such other guaranty or security; |
(iii) | the release of any other Person under the terms of any agreements or arrangement with any creditor; |
(iv) | any exchange, surrender, release or non-perfection of any Collateral, or any exchange, surrender, release, non-perfection, amendment or waiver or addition of or consent to departure from any other security interest held by any Secured Party or of any Lien on other collateral for all or any of the Senior Debt Obligations or any avoidance of any Lien; |
(v) | any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership of the Collateral Parties, or any Bankruptcy of the Collateral Parties; |
(vi) | any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any Finance Document, Senior Debt Obligation, Security Interest or any other agreement or instrument relating thereto; |
(vii) | any other circumstance whatsoever which may in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Collateral Party as an obligor in respect of the Senior Debt Obligations or which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of any Collateral Party for the Senior Debt Obligations, or of such Collateral Party under this Agreement or any other Finance Document or of any other Security Interest granted by any Collateral Party, whether in a Bankruptcy Proceeding or in any other instance; |
(viii) | the exercise by any Secured Party of any remedy, power or privilege contained in any Finance Document or available at law, equity or otherwise; |
(ix) | any action by the Security Trustee to take and hold security or Collateral for the payment of the Senior Debt Obligations, or to sell, exchange, release, dispose of, or otherwise deal with, any property pledged, mortgaged or conveyed, or in which the Security Trustee has been granted a Lien, to secure any indebtedness to the Security Trustee of any Securing Party, any of its Affiliates or any other Person party to a Transaction Document; |
(x) | any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination of any of the Senior Debt Obligations for any reason other than payment or the written agreement of the Secured Parties to reduce, limit or terminate such Senior Debt Obligations and each Securing Party hereby waives any right to or claim of, any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality, nongenuineness, irregularity, compromise, unenforceability of, or any other event or occurrence (other than the occurrence of the Discharge Date) affecting, any Senior Debt Obligation of any Securing Party, any Affiliate of such Securing Party or otherwise; |
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(xi) | the application of payments received from any source (other than payments received pursuant to the Finance Documents or from the proceeds of any security for the Senior Debt Obligations to the payment of indebtedness other than the Senior Debt Obligations), even though any Secured Party might have elected to apply such payment to any part or all of the Senior Debt Obligations; |
(xii) | any Bankruptcy of any Securing Party or any other Person; |
(xiii) | any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Securing Party (other than the defense of payment); or |
(xiv) | any failure or omission to assert or enforce, or agreement or election not to assert or enforce, delay in enforcement, or stay or enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of any claim or demand or any right, power, remedy (whether arising under any Senior Debt Instrument, any Permitted Senior Debt Hedging Instrument, at law, in equity or otherwise) with respect to the Senior Debt Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other guaranty of or security for the payment of the Senior Debt Obligations. |
For the avoidance of doubt, this clause (b) is not intended to vitiate any express provision or written waiver granted by the Senior Creditors under and in accordance with the Finance Documents, in each case in accordance with the express terms (and subject to any conditions or limitations) of such provisions or waivers.
(c) | Each Securing Party waives, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable Government Rules: |
(i) | any right it may have of first requiring any Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) to proceed against or enforce any other rights or security or claim payment from any Person, any security which the Security Trustee may hold or any other remedy before making a claim on the Company or any other Securing Party; |
(ii) | all rights under any law limiting remedies under an obligation secured by a mortgage or deed of trust on real property if the real property is sold under a power of sale contained in such mortgage or deed of trust; |
(iii) | all rights to require the Security Trustee to give any notices of any kind, including notices of nonpayment, nonperformance, protest, dishonor, default, delinquency or acceleration, or to make any presentments, demands or protests, except as expressly set forth herein or as expressly provided in the Common Terms Agreement or other Finance Documents; and |
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(iv) | all defenses based on the disability or lack of authority of a Securing Party or any Person, the repudiation of the Finance Documents by Securing Party or any Person, the failure by the Security Trustee or the Secured Parties to enforce any claim against such Securing Party, or the unenforceability in whole or in part of any Finance Documents. |
(d) | Until all amounts which are due and payable by the Company to a Secured Party under or in connection with each Finance Document have been irrevocably paid in full, each such Secured Party (and any trustee or agent on its behalf) may: |
(i) | refrain from applying or enforcing any other monies, security or rights held or received by that Secured Party (or any trustee or agent on its behalf) in respect of those amounts, or apply and enforce the same in such manner and otherwise as it sees fit (whether against those amounts or otherwise), and the Company shall not be entitled to the benefit of the same; and |
(ii) | hold in an interest-bearing suspense account any monies received from the Company or on account of the Companys liability under the Finance Documents. |
(e) | Until all amounts which may be, or become, payable by the Company under or in connection with the Finance Documents have been irrevocably paid in full and unless each of the Senior Creditor Group Representatives otherwise directs, a Securing Party shall not exercise any rights which it may have by reason of performance by it of its obligations under the Finance Documents to take the benefit (in whole or in part and whether by way of subrogation or otherwise) of any rights of the Secured Parties under the Finance Documents or of any other guarantee or security taken pursuant to, or in connection with, the Finance Documents by any Secured Party. |
(f) | Each Securing Party acknowledges that, subject to the terms of this Agreement and the other Finance Documents, its liability and recourse to it and its assets hereunder and under such other Finance Documents shall include any of its assets, wheresoever located. |
10.2 | Suspense Account |
Unless instructed to the contrary in accordance with Section 6.3 (Conduct of Security Enforcement Action) and subject to Section 6.7 (Enforcement Proceeds Account), all monies received, recovered or realized by the Security Trustee under the Finance Documents (including prior to or following any conversion of currency) may, in the discretion of the Security Trustee, be credited to a suspense account and held therein for so long as the Security Trustee may reasonably determine pending their conversion into another currency and/or application from time to time in or towards satisfaction of the Senior Debt Obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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10.3 | Limitation on Recourse |
(a) | The Senior Debt Obligations are full recourse obligations of the Securing Parties, but are non-recourse to all Affiliates of the Securing Parties and their respective direct and indirect members (including the Sponsor and its respective Affiliates), controlling Persons, directors, officers, employees or agents (collectively, the Non-Recourse Persons) except as set forth in clause (b) below. |
(b) | Each Secured Party acknowledges and agrees that it shall have no claim against or recourse to any of the Non-Recourse Persons for the payment or performance of the Senior Debt Obligations or other obligations of the Securing Parties under the Finance Documents, except for (i) Holdco, but solely to the extent of its obligations under the Security Documents and Direct Agreement(s) to which it is party and (ii) any claim against a Non-Recourse Person for the recovery of any payment made to such Non-Recourse Person in breach of any of the Finance Documents. This clause (b) is not intended to impair any contractual obligations that any Non-Recourse Person has undertaken for the benefit of any Senior Creditors under any Finance Document. |
(c) | Nothing in this Section 10.3 (Limitation on Recourse) shall: |
(i) | affect or diminish or constitute a waiver, release or discharge of any of the Senior Debt Obligations, or of any of the terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of this Agreement or any other Finance Document, and the same shall continue until the Discharge Date or, if reinstated in accordance with Section 10.1(a) (Nature of Obligations), until fully paid in US Dollars, discharged, observed or performed; |
(ii) | limit or restrict the right of the Secured Parties to name a Securing Party or any other Person as a defendant in any action or suit for a judicial foreclosure or for the exercise of any remedy under or with respect to this Agreement or any other Finance Document, or for injunction or specific performance, so long as no judgment in the nature of a deficiency judgment shall be enforced against any Non-Recourse Person except as set forth in this Section 10.3 (Limitation on Recourse); |
(iii) | prevent the commencing of any action, suit or proceeding in respect of, or causing legal papers to be served upon any Person for the purpose of obtaining jurisdiction over, a Securing Party or any other Person; |
(iv) | in any way limit or restrict any right or remedy of the Secured Parties with respect to, and each of the Non-Recourse Persons shall remain fully liable to the extent that it would otherwise be liable for, its own acts in connection with any fraud, gross-negligence or willful misappropriation of any |
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earnings, revenues, rents, issues, profits or proceeds from the Collateral that should or would have been paid as provided in this Agreement or any other Finance Document or paid or delivered to a Secured Party towards any payment required under this Agreement or any other Finance Document; or |
(v) | affect or diminish or constitute a waiver, release or discharge of any specific written obligation, covenant or agreement in respect of any security interest granted by a Non-Recourse Person in a Finance Document to which any Non-Recourse Person is a party or as security for the obligations of the Securing Parties. |
10.4 | No Interference; Payment Over; Exculpatory Provisions |
(a) | Each Senior Creditor agrees that: |
(i) | it shall not challenge or question or support any other Person in challenging or questioning in any proceeding the validity or enforceability of any Senior Debt Obligations or any Finance Document or the validity, attachment, perfection or priority of any Lien under any Finance Document or the validity or enforceability of the priorities, rights or duties established by other provisions of this Agreement or the Security Documents; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any Senior Creditor from challenging or questioning the validity or enforceability of any Senior Debt Obligations constituting unmatured interest or the validity of any Lien relating thereto pursuant to Section 502(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code; |
(ii) | it shall not take or cause to be taken any action the purpose or intent of which is, or could be, to interfere, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, any sale, transfer or other disposition of the Collateral by the Security Trustee; |
(iii) | except as provided herein and in the other Security Documents, it shall have no right to and shall not otherwise (A) direct the Security Trustee or any other Senior Creditor to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to any Common Collateral or (B) consent to, or object to, the exercise by, or any forbearance from exercising by, the Security Trustee or any other Senior Creditor represented by it of any right, remedy or power with respect to any Collateral; |
(iv) | it shall not institute any suit or assert in any suit, Bankruptcy Proceeding or other proceeding any claim against the Security Trustee or any other Senior Creditor represented by it seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise with respect to any Collateral; and |
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(v) | it shall not attempt, directly or indirectly, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to challenge the enforceability of any provision of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any of the Security Trustee or any other Senior Creditor (A) to enforce this Agreement and the other Finance Documents or (B) to contest or support any other Person in contesting the enforceability of any Lien purporting to secure obligations not constituting Senior Debt Obligations. |
(b) | Each Senior Creditor hereby agrees that if it shall obtain possession of any Common Collateral or shall realize any proceeds or payment in respect of any Common Collateral pursuant to any Security Document or by the exercise of any rights available to it under applicable law or in any insolvency or liquidation proceeding or through any other exercise of remedies (including pursuant to any intercreditor agreement), at any time prior to the discharge of the Senior Debt Obligations in accordance with Section 12.1 (Termination), it shall hold such Common Collateral, proceeds or payment in trust for the other Senior Creditors having a Security Interest in such Common Collateral and promptly transfer any such Common Collateral, proceeds or payment, as the case may be, to the Security Trustee, to be distributed by the Security Trustee in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.7 (Enforcement Proceeds Account) hereof; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to any Common Collateral purchased by any Senior Creditor for cash pursuant to any exercise of remedies permitted hereunder. |
(c) | None of the Security Trustee, Intercreditor Agent, Account Bank, Senior Creditor Group Representatives or any Senior Creditor shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Security Trustee, Intercreditor Agent, Account Bank, Senior Creditor Group Representatives or any Senior Creditor with respect to any Collateral in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. |
10.5 | Certain Agreements with Respect to Bankruptcy |
(a) | This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the commencement of any Bankruptcy Proceeding or any other federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law by or against any Collateral Party. |
(b) | If any Collateral Party shall become subject to a Bankruptcy Proceeding and shall, as debtor(s)-in-possession, move for approval of financing (DIP Financing) to be provided by one or more lenders (the DIP Lenders) under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or the use of cash collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, each Senior Creditor (other than any Controlling Claimholder) agrees as follows: |
(i) | adequate notice to a Senior Creditor for such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral shall be deemed delivered to such Senior Creditor if such Senior Creditor receives notice five Business Days prior to the hearing to approve such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral on an interim basis and at least fifteen days in advance of the hearing to approve such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral on a final basis; and |
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(ii) | it will not raise any objection to any such financing or to the Liens on the Common Collateral securing the same (DIP Financing Liens) or to any use of cash collateral that constitutes Common Collateral, unless the Controlling Claimholders shall then oppose or object to such DIP Financing or such DIP Financing Liens or use of cash collateral (and (A) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens are senior to the Liens on any such Common Collateral for the benefit of the Controlling Claimholders, each Non-Controlling Claimholder will subordinate its Liens with respect to such Common Collateral on the same terms as the Liens of the Controlling Claimholders (other than any Liens of any Senior Creditors constituting DIP Financing Liens) are subordinated thereto, and (B) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens rank pari passu with the Liens on any such Common Collateral granted to secure the Senior Debt Obligations of the Controlling Claimholders, each Non-Controlling Claimholder will confirm the priorities with respect to such Common Collateral as set forth herein), in each case so long as (w) the Senior Creditors retain the benefit of their Liens on all such Common Collateral pledged to the DIP Lenders, including proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of such proceeding, with the same priority vis-à-vis all the other Senior Creditors (other than any Liens of the Senior Creditors constituting DIP Financing Liens) as existed prior to the commencement of the Bankruptcy Proceeding, (x) the Senior Creditors are granted Liens on any additional collateral pledged to any Senior Creditors as adequate protection or otherwise in connection with such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, with the same priority vis-à-vis the Senior Creditors as set forth in this Agreement (other than any Liens of any Senior Creditors constituting DIP Financing Liens), (y) if any amount of such DIP Financing or cash collateral is applied to repay any of the Senior Debt Obligations, such amount is applied pursuant to Section 6.7 (Enforcement Proceeds Account) of this Agreement, and (z) if any Senior Creditors are granted adequate protection with respect to the Senior Creditors subject hereto, including in the form of periodic payments, in connection with such use of cash collateral, the proceeds of such adequate protection are applied pursuant to Section 6.7 (Enforcement Proceeds Account) of this Agreement; provided that the Senior Creditors shall have a right to object to the grant of a Lien to secure the DIP Financing over any Collateral subject to Liens in favor of the Senior Creditors that shall not constitute Common Collateral; provided, further, that the Senior Creditors receiving adequate protection shall not object to any other Senior Creditor receiving adequate protection comparable to any adequate protection granted to such Senior Creditors in connection with a DIP Financing or use of cash collateral. |
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Nothing in this Section 10.5(b) limits or impairs the rights of the Senior Creditors to object to any motion regarding DIP Financing (including a DIP Financing proposed by one or more Senior Creditors) or cash collateral to the extent that (1) the objection could be asserted in a Bankruptcy Proceeding by unsecured creditors generally, is consistent with the other terms of this Section 10.5(b), and is not based on the status of a Senior Creditor as holder of a Lien, or (2) the DIP Financing does not meet the conditions of this Section 10.5(b).
(c) | If any Senior Creditor is granted adequate protection (A) in the form of Liens on any additional collateral, then each other Senior Creditor shall be entitled to seek, and each Senior Creditor will consent and not object to, adequate protection in the form of Liens on such additional collateral with the same priority vis-à-vis the Senior Creditors as set forth in this Agreement, (B) in the form of a superpriority or other administrative claim, then each other Senior Creditor shall be entitled to seek, and each Senior Creditor will consent and not object to, adequate protection in the form of a pari passu superpriority or administrative claim or (C) in the form of periodic or other cash payments, then the proceeds of such adequate protection must be applied to all Senior Debt Obligations pursuant to Section 6.7 (Enforcement Proceeds Account). |
11. | GUARANTEES |
11.1 | Guarantor Obligations |
Each of the Guarantors hereby, jointly and severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, unconditionally and irrevocably, guarantees to the Security Trustee, for the ratable benefit of each Secured Party and its respective successors and permitted endorsees, transferees and assigns, the prompt and complete payment and performance by the Company when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Senior Debt Obligations under the Facility Agreements and other Finance Documents (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or any equivalent provision in any applicable jurisdiction).
(a) | [Reserved]. |
(b) | Each Guarantor agrees that the Senior Debt Obligations may at any time and from time to time exceed the amount of the liability of such Guarantor hereunder without impairing the guarantee contained in this Article 11 (Guarantees) or affecting the rights and remedies of any Secured Party hereunder. |
(c) | Except for termination of a Guarantors obligations hereunder as expressly provided in Section 7.2(c) (Modification Approval Levels Release of Collateral, Security Interests or Guarantees), the guarantee contained in this Article 11 (Guarantees) shall remain in full force and effect, with respect to each Secured Party, until all Senior Debt Obligations and the obligations of each Guarantor under the guarantee contained in this Article 11 (Guarantees) shall have been satisfied by payment in full. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any right to revoke this guarantee in respect of obligations under future transactions that constitute Senior Debt Obligations. |
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(d) | No payment made by any of the Securing Parties, any other guarantor or any other Person or received or collected by any Secured Party from any of the Securing Parties, any other guarantor or any other Person by virtue of any action or proceeding or any set-off or appropriation or application at any time or from time to time in reduction of or in payment of the Senior Debt Obligations under the Finance Documents shall be deemed to modify, reduce, release or otherwise affect the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, which shall, notwithstanding any such payment (other than any payment made by such Guarantor in respect of such Senior Debt Obligations or any payment received or collected from such Guarantor in respect of such Senior Debt Obligations), remain liable for such Senior Debt Obligations up to the maximum liability of such Guarantor hereunder until such Senior Debt Obligations are paid in full. |
11.2 | Right of Contribution |
Each Guarantor hereby agrees that to the extent that a Guarantor shall have paid more than its proportionate share of any payment made hereunder, such Guarantor shall be entitled to seek and receive contribution from and against any other Guarantor hereunder which has not paid its proportionate share of such payment. Each Guarantors right of contribution shall be subject to the terms and conditions of Section 11.4 (No Subrogation) below. The provisions of this Article 11 (Guarantees) shall in no respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor to the Secured Party, and each Guarantor shall remain liable to such Secured Party for the full amount guaranteed by such Guarantor hereunder.
11.3 | Payment by Guarantors |
Subject to Section 11.2 (Right of Contribution), each Guarantor hereby jointly and severally agrees, in furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Secured Party may have at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, that upon the failure of the Company to pay any of the Senior Debt Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) or any equivalent provision in any applicable jurisdiction), each Guarantor will upon demand pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the Security Trustee for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, an amount equal to the sum of the unpaid principal amount of all Senior Debt then due as aforesaid, accrued and unpaid interest on Senior Debt Obligations (including interest which, but for the Company becoming the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code or other similar legislation in any jurisdiction, would have accrued on such Senior Debt Obligations, whether or not a claim is allowed against the Company for such interest in the related bankruptcy case) and all other Senior Debt Obligations then owed to the Secured Parties as aforesaid.
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11.4 | No Subrogation |
Notwithstanding any payment made by any Guarantor hereunder or any set-off or application of funds of any Guarantor by any Secured Party, no Guarantor shall be entitled to be subrogated to any of the rights of any Secured Party against the Company or any other Guarantor or any collateral security or guarantee or right of offset held by any Secured Party for the payment of the Senior Debt Obligations under any Senior Debt Instrument, nor shall any Guarantor seek or be entitled to seek any contribution or reimbursement from the Company or any other Guarantor in respect of payments made by such Guarantor hereunder, until all amounts owing to the Secured Parties by the Company on account of the Senior Debt Obligations are paid in full (as shown by payoff letter pursuant to Section 12.1 (Termination)). If any amount shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of the Senior Debt Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be held by such Guarantor in trust for the Security Trustee, on behalf of the Secured Parties, segregated from other funds of such Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by such Guarantor, be turned over to Security Trustee in the exact form received by such Guarantor (duly indorsed by such Guarantor to the Security Trustee, if required), to be applied against the Senior Debt Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Security Trustee may determine pursuant to Section 2.3 (Payments and Prepayments).
11.5 | Amendments, etc. with Respect to the Senior Debt Obligations |
Each Guarantor shall remain obligated hereunder notwithstanding that, without any reservation of rights against any Guarantor and without notice to or further assent by any Guarantor:
(a) | any demand for payment of any of the Senior Debt Obligations made by the Security Trustee may be rescinded by the Security Trustee in accordance with the Finance Documents and any such Senior Debt Obligations continued; |
(b) | the Senior Debt Obligations, or the liability of any other Person upon or for any part thereof, or any collateral security or guarantee therefor or right of offset with respect thereto, may, from time to time, in whole or in part, be renewed, extended, amended, modified, accelerated, compromised, waived, surrendered, substituted or released by the Security Trustee or any Secured Party; and |
(c) | this Agreement and the other Finance Documents and any other documents executed and delivered in connection therewith may be amended, modified, supplemented or terminated, in whole or in part pursuant to their terms, and any collateral security, guarantee or right of offset at any time held by any Facility Agent or Facility Lender for the payment of such Senior Debt Obligations may be sold, exchanged, waived, surrendered or released. |
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11.6 | Guarantee Absolute and Unconditional |
(a) | The Senior Debt Obligations shall conclusively be deemed to have been created, contracted or incurred, or renewed, extended, amended or waived, in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Article 11 (Guarantees); and all dealings between the Company and any of the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Secured Parties, on the other hand, likewise shall be conclusively presumed to have been had or consummated in reliance upon the guarantee contained in this Article 11 (Guarantees). Each Guarantor waives: |
(i) | any and all notice of the creation, renewal, extension or accrual of any of the Senior Debt Obligations and notice of or proof of reliance by any Secured Party upon the guarantee contained in this Article 11 (Guarantees) or acceptance of the guarantee contained in this Article 11 (Guarantees); |
(ii) | diligence, presentment, protest, demand for payment, protest for nonpayment and notice of default or nonpayment to or upon any of the Securing Parties with respect to such Senior Debt Obligations; |
(iii) | each and any right to require any Secured Party, as a condition of payment or performance by such Guarantor, to (A) proceed against the Company, any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Senior Debt Obligations or any other Person, (B) proceed against or exhaust any Security Interest, any such other guarantor or any other Person, (C) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any Account or credit on the books of any Secured Party in favor of any Securing Party or any other Person, or (D) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Secured Party whatsoever; |
(iv) | any defense arising by reason of the lack of authority or any disability or other defense of the Company or any other Guarantor including any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the Senior Debt Obligations or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of the Company or any other Guarantor from any cause other than payment in full of the Senior Debt Obligations; |
(v) | any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; |
(vi) | any defense based upon any Secured Partys errors or omissions in the administration of the Senior Debt Obligations, except behavior which amounts to fraud, gross negligence or bad faith; |
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