Project Financing B.1. The Foundation hereby agrees to fund, by Conditional Grant, the implementation of the Proposal in the maximum sum of $ or 50% of the actual expenditures on the Project, as contemplated in the Approved Project Budget, whichever is less, and at the times and as may otherwise be set forth in Annex B hereto.
Bridge Financing The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and do or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things necessary, proper or advisable to obtain no later than October 30, 2004 a commitment letter (the “Bridge Financing Commitment Letter”) expiring no earlier than January 30, 2005, from a reputable financial institution in substantially the same form and substance as Exhibit F attached hereto, to provide financing on terms and conditions no less favorable than those described on Exhibit F attached hereto.
Financings There are no other financings currently pending or contemplated by the Company.
Pre-financing Pre-financing is intended to provide the beneficiary with a float. Where required by the provisions of Article I.4 on pre-financing, the beneficiary shall furnish a financial guarantee from a bank or an approved financial institution established in one of the Member States of the European Union. The guarantor shall stand as first call guarantor and shall not require the Commission to have recourse against the principal debtor (the beneficiary). The financial guarantee shall remain in force until final payments by the Commission match the proportion of the total grant accounted for by pre-financing. The Commission undertakes to release the guarantee within 30 days following that date.
Additional Financing The Borrower hereby covenants and agrees that, except for Permitted Encumbrances and except as otherwise contemplated in the Mortgage, without the prior written consent of the Significant Bondholder, if any, it shall not create, incur, assume or guaranty any financing secured by the Project or other financings except (i) the transactions contemplated in the Subordinate Loan Documents, (ii) the Permitted Encumbrances and as otherwise contemplated in the Mortgage, and (iii) unsecured loans or advances by the Borrower’s partners as contemplated or permitted by the Partnership Agreement.
Debt Financing (a) The Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain, or cause to be obtained, $5,000,000,000 of Debt Financing on the terms and conditions set forth in the Debt Financing Commitment as promptly as reasonably practicable and shall not, without the Special Committee’s prior written consent, permit any amendment or modification to be made to, or any waiver of any provision under, the Debt Financing Commitment, if such amendment, modification or waiver (i) reduces (or could have the effect of reducing) the aggregate amount of the Debt Financing (including by increasing the amount of fees to be paid or original issue discount in respect of the Debt Financing) or (ii) imposes new or additional conditions or otherwise expands, amends or modifies any of the conditions to the Debt Financing, or otherwise expands, amends or modifies any other provision of the Debt Financing Commitment, in a manner that would reasonably be expected to (x) materially delay or prevent or make less likely the funding of the Debt Financing (or satisfaction of the conditions to the Debt Financing) on the Closing Date or (y) adversely impact the ability of the Company and/or the Borrowers to enforce their respective rights against other parties to the Debt Financing Commitment or the definitive agreements with respect thereto, in each case, relating to the funding thereunder. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that the Company, without the consent of the Special Committee, may amend the Debt Financing in any manner the Company Board determines is in the best interests of the Company (including to add lenders, arrangers, bookrunners, agents, managers or similar entities that have not executed the Debt Financing Commitment and amend the economic and other arrangements with respect to the existing and additional lenders, arrangers, bookrunners, agents, managers or similar entities) so long as such amendment would not reasonably be expected to (x) materially delay or prevent or make less likely the funding of the Debt Financing (or satisfaction of the conditions to the Debt Financing) on or prior to the Closing Date, (y) adversely impact the ability of the Company and/or the Borrowers to enforce their respective rights against other parties to the Debt Financing Commitment or the definitive agreements with respect thereto, in each case, relating to the funding thereunder or (z) result in the net proceeds of the Debt Financing being made available to the Borrowers or any of their Affiliates, as applicable, in an amount which is not sufficient to satisfy the condition set forth in Section 5.01(e)(iii).
Refinancing Facilities (a) Upon written notice to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders), the Borrower may from time to time elect to refinance any Class of Term Loans or Revolving Credit Commitments, in whole or in part, with one or more new term loan facilities (each, a “Refinancing Term Facility”) or new revolving credit facilities (each, a “Refinancing Revolving Credit Facility”; the Refinancing Term Facilities and the Refinancing Revolving Credit Facilities are collectively referred to as “Refinancing Facilities”), respectively, under this Agreement with the consent of the Borrower, the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) and the institutions providing such Refinancing Term Facility or Refinancing Revolving Credit Facility or, in the case of any series of Term Loans, with one or more series of senior unsecured notes or term loans or senior secured first lien notes or term loans or senior secured junior lien (as compared to the Liens securing the Secured Obligations) term loans, in each case, if secured, that will be secured by Liens on the Collateral on a pari passu basis or junior priority basis (as applicable) with the Liens on Collateral securing the Secured Obligations and will be subject to customary intercreditor arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent (any such notes or loans, “Refinancing Equivalent Debt”); provided that (i) except with respect to customary bridge loans, any Refinancing Term Facility or Refinancing Equivalent Debt does not mature, or have a weighted average life to maturity, earlier than the final maturity, or the weighted average life, of the Class of Term Loans or Incremental Term Loans being refinanced, (ii) any Refinancing Revolving Credit Facility does not mature prior to the maturity date of the Revolving Credit Commitments being refinanced, (iii) the other terms and conditions of such Refinancing Term Facility, Refinancing Revolving Credit Facility or Refinancing Equivalent Debt (excluding pricing and optional prepayment or redemption terms) are (taken as a whole) no more favorable to the lenders or investors, as applicable, providing such Refinancing Term Facility, Refinancing Revolving Credit Facility or Refinancing Equivalent Debt, as applicable, than those applicable to the Term Loans, Incremental Term Loans or the Revolving Credit Commitments being refinanced, (iv) there shall be no borrower, issuer and/or guarantor under any Refinancing Equivalent Debt other than the Borrower and/or the Subsidiary Guarantors, as applicable, (v) the proceeds of any Refinancing Facility or Refinancing Equivalent Debt shall be applied, substantially simultaneously with the incurrence thereof, to the prepayment of outstanding Loans (and, in the case of any Refinancing Facility or Refinancing Equivalent Debt the proceeds of which are used to refinance the Revolving Credit Commitments, to the pro rata commitment reduction) under the facility being refinanced, and (vi) to the extent secured, any such Refinancing Facility or Refinancing Equivalent Debt shall not be secured by any lien on any asset that does not also secure the Facilities. Each such notice shall specify the date on which the Borrower proposes that the Refinancing Facility shall be made or the Refinancing Equivalent Debt shall be issued, which shall be a date not less than three (3) Business Days after the date on which such notice is delivered to the Administrative Agent.
Cooperation with Financing Prior to the Closing, Sellers shall use reasonable best efforts and shall cause the Companies to use their reasonable best efforts to cooperate with Acquiror, in connection with the arrangement of the Debt Financing or any part thereof as may be reasonably requested by Acquiror (provided that such requested cooperation does not unreasonably interfere in any material respect with the ongoing operations of any of Sellers or the Companies), including using reasonable best efforts to (i) participate at reasonable times in a reasonable number of meetings with Acquiror’s financing sources (including due diligence sessions and customary “roadshow”, ratings agency and lender presentations), (ii) furnish Acquiror and its financing sources with additional financial and other pertinent information (including pro forma information for historical periods) regarding the Companies as shall exist and be reasonably requested by Acquiror, (iii) reasonably assist Acquiror and its financing sources in the preparation of materials for rating agency presentations, (iv) reasonably cooperate with the marketing efforts of Acquiror and its financing sources for any portion of the Debt Financing (including with respect to Acquiror’s preparation of any bank information memorandum (including public-side versions thereof), offering memorandum, private placement memorandum, prospectuses or similar documents, including delivery of customary representation letters), (v) assist Acquiror in obtaining surveys and title insurance, (vi) reasonably cooperate with and provide reasonable access to prospective lenders, arrangers, and their respective advisors, in each case that are subject to customary confidentiality obligations, in performing their due diligence, (vii) enter into customary purchase agreements with underwriters or arrangers that will be effective at or after the Closing, (viii) provide, no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the anticipated Closing Date, documentation and other information about the Companies as is required by both the Debt Commitment Letter and applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations (including the USA PATRIOT Act) to the extent reasonably requested at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the anticipated Closing Date and (ix) executing or delivering, as applicable, on the Closing Date and effective at or after the Closing only, any credit agreement, guarantee, pledge and security documents, landlord waivers, control agreements, lock box arrangements, other definitive financing documents or other requested certificates, existing appraisals, existing surveys, or existing title insurance policies, in each case to the extent reasonably requested, in connection with the Debt Financing, including documents relating to the release of Liens or Indebtedness and otherwise facilitating the pledging of any collateral; provided, in each case in clauses (i) through (ix), that (A) none of Sellers or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than the Companies) shall be required to incur any liability in connection with the Debt Financing and none of the Companies shall be required to incur any liability in connection with the Debt Financing prior to the Closing, (B) neither (i) the boards of directors, boards of managers or similar governing bodies of Sellers, (ii) the directors, officers or managers of their respective Subsidiaries (other than the Companies) nor (iii) the pre-Closing directors, officers or managers of the Companies shall be required to adopt resolutions approving the agreements, documents and instruments pursuant to which the Debt Financing is obtained, other than with respect to such actions that are both conditioned on the Closing and reasonably necessary to permit the completion of the Debt Financing, (C) none of Sellers nor any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than the Companies) shall be required to execute any definitive financing documents, including any credit or other agreements, pledge or security documents, or other certificates, legal opinions or documents in connection with the Debt Financing and none of the Companies shall be required to execute any definitive financing documents prior to the Closing, including any credit or other agreements, pledge or security documents, or other certificates, legal opinions or documents in connection with the Debt Financing and (D) nothing in this Section 5.6 shall require cooperation to the extent that it would (i) cause any condition to Closing set forth in Article VIII to not be satisfied or otherwise cause any breach of this Agreement or (ii) require Sellers or any of their respective Subsidiaries to take any action that would reasonably be expected to conflict with or violate such Person’s organizational documents or any Law, or result in the contravention of, or result in a violation or breach of, or default under, any Contract. From and after the commencement of the Marketing Period through and including the Closing Date, Sellers shall use reasonable best efforts to periodically update any Required Information provided to Acquiror if failure to do so would result in the Marketing Period to cease to be deemed to have commenced. Acquiror shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless Sellers and their respective Subsidiaries, and their respective directors, officers, employees and Representatives, from and against any liability or obligation to providers of the Debt Financing in connection with the Debt Financing and any information provided in connection therewith other than historical financial information provided by the Sellers, and the Acquiror Guaranty shall guaranty the obligations of Acquiror pursuant to this Section 5.6, in each case, other than to the extent any of the foregoing arises from the willful misconduct of, or material breach of this Agreement by, (x) any Seller or (y) any of their respective Affiliates or any of their respective directors, officers, employees and Representatives (in each case, only to the extent the party seeking indemnity under this sentence has committed such willful misconduct or material breach). Further, Sellers, on behalf of themselves and their Affiliates, hereby consent to the reasonable and customary use of their and their Affiliates’ trademarks, service marks or logos in connection with the Debt Financing; provided that such trademarks, service marks or logos are used solely in a manner that is not intended to or reasonably likely to harm or disparage Sellers or any of their Affiliates or the reputation or goodwill of Sellers or any of their Affiliates or any of their respective Intellectual Property rights and provided that in each instance the use of their and their Affiliates’ trademarks, service marks or logos is first submitted to and approved in writing by Sellers (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) and any Action or Losses related to such use shall be the responsibility of Acquiror. Acquiror shall promptly upon Sellers’ request reimburse Sellers and their respective Subsidiaries for all reasonable and documented or invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) incurred by Sellers or their respective Subsidiaries in connection with such cooperation pursuant to this Section 5.6 and, to the extent Acquiror does not reimburse Sellers or the applicable Subsidiary for any such cost or expense on or prior to the date of the Closing Date Statement, the Companies shall be deemed to have a current asset on the Closing Date Statement in the amount of such unreimbursed costs and expenses. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the condition set forth in Section 8.2(b), as it applies to Sellers’ obligations under this Section 5.6, shall be deemed satisfied unless Sellers have knowingly and willfully materially breached their obligations under this Section 5.6. If Sellers at any point believe that they have delivered the Required Information in accordance with this Section 5.6, they may deliver to Acquiror a written notice to such effect, in which case Sellers shall be deemed to have delivered the Required Information unless Acquiror shall provide to Sellers within two (2) Business Days a written notice describing in reasonable detail what information that constitutes Required Information Sellers have not delivered. In furtherance of the foregoing, Acquiror shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Lenders to identify in writing and in reasonable detail all financial data expected to constitute Required Information (other than the financial statements described herein) on or before October 3, 2012 and shall provide Sellers such information as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt thereof.
Mergers and Acquisitions The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, become a party to any merger or consolidation, or agree to or effect any asset acquisition or stock acquisition (other than the acquisition of assets in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices) except the merger or consolidation of one or more of the Subsidiaries of the Borrower with and into the Borrower, or the merger or consolidation of two or more Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
Information Acquisition Connecting Transmission Owner and Developer shall each submit specific information regarding the electrical characteristics of their respective facilities to the other, and to NYISO, as described below and in accordance with Applicable Reliability Standards.
