THIRD AMENDMENT AND CONSENT TO LETTER OF CREDIT AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
[EXECUTION
VERSION]
Exhibit
10(b)69
THIRD
AMENDMENT AND CONSENT TO LETTER OF CREDIT AND REIMBURSEMENT
AGREEMENT
This
THIRD AMENDMENT AND CONSENT, dated as of May 14, 2009 (this “Amendment”),
is made by and among SYSTEM ENERGY RESOURCES, INC., an Arkansas corporation (the
“Company”),
UNION BANK, N.A. (formerly known as Union Bank of California, N.A.), as
Administrating Bank and as Funding Bank under the Existing Agreement (as defined
below), and the banks listed on the signature pages of this Amendment as
“Participating Banks” (such banks, together with their respective permitted
assignees from time to time, being referred to herein, collectively, as the
“Participating
Banks”).
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS:
1. The
Company, Union Bank, N.A. (formerly known as Union Bank of California, N.A.), as
Administrating Bank and as Funding Bank, KeyBank National Association, as
Syndication Agent, BNP Paribas and Wachovia Bank, National Association, as
Co-Documentation Agents, and the Participating Banks previously entered into
that certain Letter of Credit and Reimbursement Agreement, dated as of December
22, 2003, as amended by the Amendment to Letter of Credit and Reimbursement
Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2003, the First Amendment and Consent, dated
as of May 3, 2004, and the Second Amendment and Consent, dated as of December
17, 2004 (as so amended, the “Existing
Agreement”, and as amended by this Amendment, the “Amended
Agreement”, and as the Amended Agreement may hereafter be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Reimbursement
Agreement”).
2. The
Company and the Participating Banks now wish to amend the Existing Agreement in
certain particulars. The Company and the Participating Banks have
agreed to such amendments, on the terms and conditions set forth
herein. The parties hereto therefore agree as follows (capitalized
terms used but not defined herein having the meanings assigned to such terms in
the Existing Agreement):
SECTION
1. Amendments to Existing Agreement. The Existing
Agreement is, effective as of the date hereof and subject to the satisfaction of
the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 hereof, hereby amended as
follows:
(a) Preamble. The
preamble to the Existing Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
LETTER OF CREDIT AND REIMBURSEMENT
AGREEMENT, dated as of December 22, 2003, among SYSTEM ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.,
an Arkansas corporation (the “Company”), UNION BANK, N.A. (formerly
known as Union Bank of California, N.A.), as administrating bank (in such
capacity, the “Administrating
Bank”), UNION BANK, N.A.
(formerly known as Union Bank of California, N.A.), as issuer of the Letters
of Credit (as defined below) (in such capacity, the “Funding
Bank”), CALYON NEW YORK
BRANCH, as syndication agent (in such capacity, the “Syndication
Agent”), U.S. BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as documentation agent (in such capacity, the
“Documentation
Agent” and, together with the Syndication Agent and the Administrating
Bank, collectively referred to as the “Agents”),
and the banks listed on the signature pages hereof under the heading “Participating
Banks” and the other banks from time to time party to this Agreement
(each, a “Participating
Bank” and,
collectively, the “Participating
Banks”).
(b) Aggregate Maximum
Credit Amount. The definition of “Aggregate Maximum Credit
Amount” contained in Section 1(a) of the Existing Agreement is hereby
amended in its entirety to read as follows:
“Aggregate Maximum
Credit Amount” means $179,175,464.79.
(c) Alternate Base
Rate. The definition of “Alternate Base Rate”
contained in Section 1(a) of the Existing Agreement is hereby amended in its
entirety to read as follows:
“Alternate Base
Rate” means, for any day, a
rate per annum (rounded
upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%)
equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the
Federal Funds Effective Rate in effect on such day plus ½ of 1% and (c) the
Adjusted LIBO Rate for an Interest Period of one month beginning on such day
(or, if such day is not a Business Day, the immediately preceding Business Day)
plus 1.0%. For purposes hereof, “Prime
Rate” shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced
from time to time by the Administrating Bank in San Francisco, California as the
Union Bank Reference Rate; each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective on
the date such change is announced. The Prime Rate is a reference rate
and does not necessarily represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to
any customer. The Administrating Bank may make commercial loans or
other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime
Rate. If the Administrating Bank shall have determined (which
determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) that it is unable to
ascertain the Federal Funds Effective Rate for any reason, including the
inability or failure of the Administrating Bank to obtain sufficient quotations
in accordance with the terms thereof, the Alternate Base Rate shall be
determined without regard to clause (b) of the first sentence of this definition
until the circumstances giving rise to such inability no longer
exist. Any change in the Alternate Base Rate due to a change in the
Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate shall be
effective on the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal
Funds Effective Rate or the Adjusted LIBO Rate, respectively.
(d) Applicable
Rate. The definition of “Applicable Rate” contained in
Section 1(a) of the Existing Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read
as follows:
“Applicable
Rate” means,
for any day:
(a) with
respect to any drawing under a Letter of Credit that bears interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Adjusted LIBO Rate or any Eurodollar Rate Advance
subsequently made by the Participating Banks in order to reimburse such drawing
(including any Advances resulting from the subsequent Conversion of such
Eurodollar Rate Advance), (i) for the period commencing on the date of such
drawing (the “Draw
Date”) to
and including the 60th day following the Draw Date, a rate per annum equal to the sum of
(x) the Adjusted LIBO Rate for the Interest Period in effect plus (y) the Eurodollar
Spread set forth below under the caption “Eurodollar Spread”, based
upon the ratings by Xxxxx’x and S&P, respectively, applicable on such date
to the Index Debt, (ii) for the period following the 60th day following the
Draw Date to and including the 180th day following the Draw Date, a rate per annum equal to the sum of
(x) the Adjusted LIBO Rate in effect for such Interest Period plus (y) the Eurodollar
Spread set forth below under the caption “Eurodollar Spread”, based
upon the ratings by Xxxxx’x and S&P, respectively, applicable on such date
to the Index Debt plus
(z) 0.25% per
annum and (iii) for the period following the 180th day
following the Draw Date until the date that such Advance is due and payable, a
rate per annum equal to
the sum of (x) the Adjusted LIBO Rate in effect for such Interest Period plus (y) the Eurodollar
Spread set forth below under the caption “Eurodollar Spread”, based
upon the ratings by Xxxxx’x and S&P, respectively, applicable on such date
to the Index Debt plus
(z) 1.0% per
annum;
(b) with
respect to any drawing under a Letter of Credit that bears interest at a rate
determined by reference to the Alternate Base Rate or any ABR Advance
subsequently made by the Participating Banks in order to reimburse such drawing
(including any ABR Advances resulting from the subsequent Conversion of any
Eurodollar Rate Advance to an ABR Advance), (i) for the period commencing on the
date of such drawing (the “Initial Draw
Date”) to
and including the 60th day following the Initial Draw Date, a rate per annum equal to the sum of
(x) the Alternate Base Rate in effect from time to time during such period plus (y) the ABR Spread
set forth below under the caption “ABR Spread”, based upon the
ratings by Xxxxx’x and S&P, respectively, applicable on such date to the
Index Debt (the “ABR
Spread”), (ii) for the period following the 60th day following the
Initial Draw Date to and including the 180th day following the Initial Draw
Date, a rate per annum
equal to the sum of (x) the Alternate Base Rate in effect from time to
time during such period plus (y) the ABR Spread
plus (z) 0.25%
per annum and (iii) for
the period following the 180th day
following the Initial Draw Date until the date that such Advance is due and
payable, a rate per
annum equal to the sum of (x) the Alternate Base Rate in effect from time
to time during such period plus (y) the ABR Spread
plus (z) 1.0%
per annum;
(c) with
respect to the Participation Fees payable hereunder, the rate per annum set forth below
under the caption “Participation Fee Rate”,
based upon the ratings by Xxxxx’x and S&P, respectively, applicable on such
date to the Index Debt; and
(d) with
respect to the Commitment Fees payable hereunder, the rate per annum set forth below
under the caption “Commitment
Fee Rate”, based upon the ratings by Xxxxx’x and S&P, respectively,
applicable on such date to the Index Debt:
Index
Debt Ratings
|
Eurodollar
Spread
|
ABR
Spread
|
Participation
Fee Rate
|
Commitment
Fee Rate
|
|
Category
1
|
A3
or higher/A- or higher
|
2.250%
|
1.250%
|
2.250%
|
0.350%
|
Category
2
|
Baa1/BBB+
|
2.500%
|
1.500%
|
2.500%
|
0.400%
|
Category
3
|
Baa2/BBB
|
2.750%
|
1.750%
|
2.750%
|
0.450%
|
Category
4
|
Baa3/BBB-
|
3.000%
|
2.000%
|
3.000%
|
0.500%
|
Category
5
|
Ba1
or lower/BB+ or lower
|
4.000%
|
3.000%
|
4.000%
|
0.750%
|
For
purposes of the foregoing, (i) if either Xxxxx’x or S&P shall not have in
effect a rating for the Index Debt (other than by reason of the circumstances
referred to in the last sentence of this definition), then such rating agency
shall be deemed to have established a rating in Category 5; (ii) if the ratings
established or deemed to have been established by Xxxxx’x and S&P for the
Index Debt shall fall within different Categories, the Applicable Rate shall be
based on the lower of the two ratings; and (iii) if the ratings established or
deemed to have been established by Xxxxx’x and S&P for the Index Debt shall
be changed (other than as a result of a change in the rating system of Xxxxx’x
or S&P), such change shall be effective as of the date on which it is first
announced by the applicable rating agency. Each change in the
Applicable Rate shall apply during the period commencing on the effective date
of such change and ending on the date immediately preceding the effective date
of the next such change. If the rating system of Xxxxx’x or S&P
shall change, or if either such rating agency shall cease to be in the business
of rating corporate debt obligations, the Company and the Banks shall negotiate
in good faith to amend this definition to reflect such changed rating system or
the unavailability of ratings from such rating agency and, pending the
effectiveness of any such amendment, the Applicable Rate shall be determined by
reference to the rating most recently in effect prior to such change or
cessation.
(e) Disclosure
Documents. The definition of “Disclosure Documents”
contained in Section 1(a) of the Existing Agreement is hereby amended in its
entirety to read as follows:
“Disclosure
Documents” means the Annual Reports
on Form 10-K with respect to Entergy, the Company and the Operating Companies
for the year ended December 31, 2008, copies of which have been furnished to the
Banks.
(f) XXX. The
definition of “XXX”
contained in Section 1(a) of the Existing Agreement is hereby amended in its
entirety to read as follows:
“XXX” means
Entergy Louisiana, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (as successor to
Entergy Louisiana, Inc., a Louisiana corporation).
(g) Fee
Letter. The definition of “Fee Letter” contained in
Section 1(a) of the Existing Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read
as follows:
“Fee
Letter” means the letter agreement, dated May 14, 2009, between the
Company and the Administrating Bank, as the same may be amended, amended and
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
(h) LIBO
Rate. The definition of “LIBO Rate” contained in
Section 1(a) of the Existing Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read
as follows:
“LIBO Rate”
means, with respect to any Eurodollar Rate Advance for any Interest Period, the
rate per annum
determined by the Administrating Bank at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time,
on the date that is two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement of such
Interest Period by reference to the British Bankers’ Association Interest
Settlement Rates for deposits in Dollars (as set forth by the Bloomberg
Information Service or any successor thereto or any other service selected by
the Administrating Bank which has been nominated by the British Bankers’
Association as an authorized information vendor for the purpose of displaying
such rates) for a period equal to such Interest Period; provided that, to the extent
that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing provisions
of this definition, the “LIBO Rate” with respect to such Eurodollar Rate Advance
for such Interest Period shall be the average rate per annum at which the
Administrating Bank is offered Dollar deposits in an amount substantially equal
to Union Bank, N.A.’s Participation Percentage of such Eurodollar Rate Advance
and for a maturity comparable to such Interest Period by prime banks in the
London interbank market at approximately 12:00 noon, London time, on the date
that is two (2) Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest
Period.
(i) Stated Expiration
Date. The definition of “Stated Expiration Date”
contained in Section 1(a) of the Existing Agreement is hereby amended in its
entirety to read as follows:
“Stated Expiration
Date” means
May 12, 2010, as such date may be extended from time to time pursuant to Section
19 hereof.
(j) Tax. The
definition of “Tax” and
“Taxes” contained in
Section 1(a) of the Existing Agreement is hereby amended in its entirety to read
as follows:
“Tax” and
“Taxes”
have the meanings set forth in Section 4(d) hereof.
(k) New
Definitions. The following new definitions are hereby added to
Section 1(a) of the Existing Agreement in the appropriate alphabetical
order:
“ABR
Spread” has the meaning assigned to that term in subsection (b) of the
definition of “Applicable
Rate” contained in this Section 1(a).
“Applicable ABR
Rate” means a rate per
annum equal at all times to the sum of the Alternate Base Rate in effect
from time to time plus
the ABR Spread in effect from time to time.
(l) Reimbursement on
Demand. Section 2(a) of the Existing Agreement is hereby
amended by deleting the phrase “the Alternate Base Rate in effect from time to
time” in its entirety and substituting therefor the new phrase “the Applicable
Rate in effect from time to time for any drawing under a Letter of Credit that
bears interest at a rate determined by reference to the Alternate Base
Rate”.
(m) Reimbursement
Defaults. Section 2(b)(i) of the Existing Agreement is hereby
amended by deleting the phrase “the Alternate Base Rate in effect from time to
time” in its entirety and substituting therefor the new phrase “the Applicable
ABR Rate in effect from time to time”.
(n) EOL Initial
Advances. Section 2(c)(i) of the Existing Agreement is hereby
amended by deleting the phrase “shall bear interest at the Alternate Base Rate
and shall be entitled” in its entirety and substituting therefor the new phrase
“shall bear interest at the Applicable Rate in effect from time to time for an
ABR Advance, and shall be entitled”.
(o) DLE Initial
Advances. Section 2(c)(iii) of the Existing Agreement is
hereby amended by deleting the phrase “shall bear interest at the Alternate Base
Rate and shall be entitled” in its entirety and substituting therefor the new
phrase “shall bear interest at the Applicable Rate in effect from time to time
for an ABR Advance, and shall be entitled”.
(p) Interest on ABR
Advances. Section 2(e)(i) of the Existing Agreement is hereby
amended by deleting the phrase “the Alternate Base Rate in effect from time to
time” in its entirety and substituting therefor the new phrase “the Applicable
Rate in effect from time to time for an ABR Advance”.
(q) Default
Interest. Section 2(j) of the Existing Agreement is hereby
amended by deleting the phrase “at the Alternate Base Rate plus 2% per annum” in its entirety
and substituting therefor the new phrase “at the Applicable ABR Rate in effect
from time to time plus 2% per
annum”.
(r) Participations. Section
5(b) of the Existing Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new
sentences at the end thereof:
In no
event shall the sum (without duplication) of (A) the aggregate outstanding
principal amount of the Advances made by any Participating Bank, (B) the
aggregate amount of such Participating Bank’s participation interest in any
outstanding drawings under the Letters of Credit for which the Funding Bank has
not been reimbursed by the Company or the Participating Banks and (C) the
aggregate amount of such Participating Bank’s participation interest in the
undrawn amount of the Letters of Credit, exceed such Participating Bank’s
Participation Percentage of the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount. The
respective obligations of the Participating Banks under this Agreement are
several and not joint, and no Participating Bank shall be responsible for the
failure of any other Participating Bank to satisfy its obligations
hereunder.
(s) Calculation of
Interest. Section 6(c) of the Existing Agreement is hereby
amended by deleting the phrase “interest payable hereunder that is based on the
Federal Funds Effective Rate” in its entirety and substituting therefor the new
phrase “interest payable hereunder that is based on the Adjusted LIBO Rate,
interest payable hereunder that is based on the Federal Funds Effective
Rate”.
(t) Material Adverse
Change. Section 10(g) of the Existing Agreement is hereby
amended by (i) deleting the date “December 31, 2002” in its entirety in each
place in which it appears and substituting therefor in each instance the new
date “December 31, 2008” and (ii) deleting the phrase “except as disclosed in
the Disclosure Documents to the parties hereto prior to the execution of this
Agreement” in its entirety and substituting therefor the new phrase “except as
disclosed in the Disclosure Documents”.
(u) Amendments and
Waivers. Section 14 of the Existing Agreement is hereby
amended by (i) adding the phrase “increase the Aggregate Maximum Credit Amount
or” before the phrase “change the Maximum Credit Amount with respect to any
Letter of Credit” and (ii) deleting the phrase “the proviso in Section 18 or the
definition of “Required Banks” or (vi) release any Collateral” in its entirety
and substituting therefor the new phrase “the proviso in Section 18 or the
definition of “Required Banks”, (vi) amend, waive or modify any provision
contained in any Transaction Document that specifies the level of the aggregate
Participation Percentages, or the number of Participating Banks, that shall be
required for the Participating Banks or any of them to take any action under any
Transaction Document, (vii) amend, waive or modify any provision contained in
any Transaction Document in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments
by, or the pro rata
payment obligations of, the Participating Banks (except for any such departure
from such pro rata
treatment that is expressly contemplated or otherwise permitted thereunder), or
(viii) release any Collateral”.
(v) Extension of
Letters of Credit. Section 19 of the Existing Agreement is
hereby amended by deleting the phrase “Banks’ consent shall be conditional upon
the preparation” in its entirety and substituting therefor the new phrase
“Banks’ consent shall be conditional upon, among other things, the
preparation”.
(w) Sales of
Participations; Assignments. Section 23 of the Existing
Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new subsection (d) at the
end thereof:
(d) Any
Participating Bank may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all
or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such
Participating Bank, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to
a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge
or assignment shall release such Participating Bank from any of its obligations
hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Participating Bank
as a party hereto.
(x) Agents. The
last sentence of Section 24(b) of the Existing Agreement is hereby amended in
its entirety to read as follows:
Neither
the Syndication Agent nor the Documentation Agent shall have any duties or
obligations in such capacity under any of the Transaction
Documents.
(y) Termination by
the Company. Section 25 of the Existing Agreement is hereby
amended by deleting the phrase “the Company has paid all fees, expenses and
interest accrued hereunder” in its entirety and substituting therefor the new
phrase “the Company has paid the outstanding principal amount of all Advances,
all fees, expenses and interest accrued hereunder, and all other amounts payable
by the Company hereunder”.
(z) Patriot Act
Notice. The Existing Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
following new Section 31 at the end thereof:
SECTION
31. Patriot Act Notice. Each Bank and the
Administrating Bank (for itself and not on behalf of any other party) hereby
notifies the Company that, pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act,
Title III of Pub. L. 107-56, signed into law October 26, 2001 (the “Patriot
Act”), it is required to obtain, verify and record information that
identifies the Company, which information includes the name and address of the
Company and other information that will allow such Bank or the Administrating
Bank, as applicable, to identify the Company in accordance with the Patriot
Act.
(aa) Schedule of
Participating Banks’ Risk Percentages. Schedule 1 to the
Existing Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and the new Schedule 1
attached hereto is hereby substituted therefor.
SECTION
2. Consent to Amendment to Letters of
Credit. Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
precedent set forth in Section 3 hereof, the Company and the Participating Banks
hereby consent to, and authorize the Funding Bank to execute and deliver to the
applicable Owner Participant, an amendment to each Letter of Credit in
substantially the form of Exhibit B attached hereto.
SECTION
3. Conditions of Effectiveness. This Amendment
shall become effective as of the date hereof when, and only when, the
Administrating Bank shall have received: (a) counterparts of this
Amendment executed by the Company, the Administrating Bank, the Funding Bank and
each of the Participating Banks (in sufficient quantity for each party to have a
fully executed original), (b) for the account of each Participating Bank, an
upfront fee in the amount agreed upon by the Company and such Participating
Bank, as notified in writing by the Company to the Administrating Bank on or
before the date hereof, (c) for the account of the Administrating Bank, the fees
set forth in that certain Amended and Restated Fee Letter, dated the date
hereof, between the Company and the Administrating Bank, to the extent that such
fees are due and payable on the effective date of this Amendment, and (d) all of
the following documents, each document being dated the date of receipt thereof
by the Administrating Bank (which date shall be the same for all such
documents), in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrating
Bank:
(i) An
opinion of Xxxxxx, Xxxxx & Xxxxxxx, LLP, as New York counsel to the
Company.
(ii) An
opinion of Friday, Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx, LLP, as Arkansas counsel to the
Company.
(iii) Copies of
the resolutions of the Board of Directors of the Company authorizing the
execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Amendment, certified
by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company (which certificate
shall state that such resolutions are in full force and effect as of such date
and have not been modified, rescinded or amended since the date of adoption
thereof).
(iv) Certified
copies of all approvals, authorizations, orders or consents of, or notices to or
registrations with, any governmental body or agency required for the Company to
execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Amendment.
(v) Certificates
as to the good standing of the Company, as of a recent date, from the Secretary
of State of the State of Arkansas and the Secretary of State of the State of
Mississippi.
(vi) A
certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Company certifying
(A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the by-laws of the
Company as in effect on such date and at all times since a date prior to the
date of the resolutions described in clause (iii) above, (B) that (x) attached
thereto is a true and complete copy of the certificate or articles of
incorporation, including all amendments thereto, of the Company and (y) such
certificate or articles of incorporation have not been amended since the date of
the last amendment thereto, and (C) as to the incumbency and specimen signature
of each officer executing this Amendment or any other document or certificate
delivered in connection herewith on behalf of the Company; together with a
certificate of another officer of the Company as to the incumbency and specimen
signature of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary executing the foregoing
certificate.
(vii) The
consent of Entergy Corporation, Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Louisiana, LLC,
Entergy Mississippi, Inc. and Entergy New Orleans, Inc., in substantially the
form of Exhibit A hereto, duly executed by an authorized officer
thereof.
(viii) A
certificate of a duly authorized officer of the Company (the statements in which
shall be true) stating that (A) the representations and warranties contained in
Section 10 of the Amended Agreement are true and correct on and as of such date
as though made on and as of such date, and (B) no Reimbursement Default,
Prepayment Event, Event of Default, Indenture Event of Default, Event of Loss or
Deemed Loss Event has occurred and is continuing and no Reimbursement Default,
Prepayment Event, Event of Default, Indenture Event of Default, Event of Loss or
Deemed Loss Event will result from the execution, delivery and performance of
this Amendment or the consummation of the transactions contemplated
thereby.
SECTION
4. Representations
and Warranties of the Company. The Company represents and
warrants as follows:
(a) The
execution and delivery of this Amendment, and the performance by the Company of
this Amendment and the Amended Agreement, have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action on its part and do not, and will not, require the
consent or approval of its shareholder, or any trustee or holder of any
Indebtedness or other obligation of it.
(b) The
execution and delivery of this Amendment, and the performance by the Company of
this Amendment and the Amended Agreement, do not conflict with, or result in a
breach or contravention of any of the provisions of, its charter or by-laws (or,
in the case of Entergy Louisiana, LLC, its articles of organization or
regulations) or any Applicable Law, or any indenture, mortgage, lease or any
other agreement or instrument to which it or any of its Affiliates is a party or
by which its property or the property of any of its Affiliates is bound, or
result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than Liens permitted
under Section 12(e) of the Reimbursement Agreement) upon any of its property or
the property of any of its Affiliates. This Amendment has been duly
executed and delivered by the Company.
(c) No
Governmental Action is or will be required in connection with the execution,
delivery or performance by the Company of this Amendment, except such
Governmental Actions as have been duly obtained, given or
accomplished.
(d) Each
of this Amendment and the Amended Agreement is the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with
its terms, subject, however, to the application by a court of general principles
of equity and to the effect of any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ or lessors’
rights generally.
(e) The
representations and warranties contained in Section 10 of the Amended Agreement
are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof as
though made on and as of such date.
(f) No
event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from the execution and
delivery of this Amendment, that constitutes an Event of Default, Reimbursement
Default, Prepayment Event, Indenture Event of Default, Event of Loss or Deemed
Loss Event.
SECTION
5. Reference to and Effect on the Reimbursement
Agreement. (a) Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment,
each reference in the Existing Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”,
“hereof”, “herein” or words of like import referring to the Existing Agreement
shall mean and be a reference to the Amended Agreement.
(b) Except
as specifically amended above, the Existing Agreement shall continue to be in
full force and effect and is hereby in all respects ratified and
confirmed.
(c) The
execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as
expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of
the Administrating Bank, the Funding Bank or the Participating Banks under the
Existing Agreement or any other Transaction Document, nor constitute a waiver of
any provision of the Existing Agreement or any other Transaction
Document.
(d) This
Amendment is subject to the provisions of Section 14 of the Existing
Agreement.
SECTION
6. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be
executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in
separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be
deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but
one and the same instrument. In furtherance of the foregoing, it is
understood and agreed that signatures hereto submitted by facsimile or other
electronic transmission shall be deemed to be, and shall constitute, original
signatures.
SECTION
7. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed
by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of the New
York.
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WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above
written.
SYSTEM
ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
By:_________________________________
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title:
Assistant Treasurer
UNION BANK, N.A. (formerly
known as
Union Bank of California, N.A.), as
Administrating Bank and Funding Bank
Union Bank of California, N.A.), as
Administrating Bank and Funding Bank
By:_________________________________
Name:
Xxxx Guilds
Title:
Vice President
Participating
Banks
UNION BANK, N.A. (formerly
known as
Union Bank of California, N.A.), as a
Participating Bank
Union Bank of California, N.A.), as a
Participating Bank
By:_________________________________
Name: Xxxx
Guilds
Title: Vice
President
CALYON NEW YORK BRANCH, as a
Participating Bank and Syndication Agent
Participating Bank and Syndication Agent
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as a Participating Bank and Documentation
Agent
as a Participating Bank and Documentation
Agent
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
BNP PARIBAS, as a
Participating Bank
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.,
as a Participating Bank
as a Participating Bank
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as a Participating Bank
as a Participating Bank
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ,
LTD.
(as successor to UFJ Bank Limited, New York Branch),
as a Participating Bank
(as successor to UFJ Bank Limited, New York Branch),
as a Participating Bank
By:_________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT
A
CONSENT
Each of
(a) Entergy Corporation (“Entergy”),
as a party to that certain Thirty-Fifth Supplementary Capital Funds Agreement
and Assignment, dated as of December 22, 2003, among Entergy, System Energy
Resources, Inc. (the “Company”)
and Union Bank, N.A. (formerly known as Union Bank of California, N.A.), as
Administrating Bank, and (b) Entergy Arkansas, Inc., Entergy Louisiana, LLC,
Entergy Mississippi, Inc. and Entergy New Orleans, Inc., each as a “System
Operating Company” under that certain Thirty-Fifth Assignment of Availability
Agreement, Consent and Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2003, as amended by
the First Amendment thereto, dated as of December 17, 2004, among such System
Operating Companies, the Company and the Administrating Bank, (i) hereby
consents to the Third Amendment and Consent, dated as of May 14, 2009 (the
“Third
Amendment”), to the Letter of Credit and Reimbursement Agreement, dated
as of December 22, 2003, among the Company, Union Bank, N.A. (formerly known as
Union Bank of California, N.A.), as Administrating Bank and Funding Bank,
KeyBank National Association, as Syndication Agent, BNP Paribas and Wachovia
Bank, National Association, as Co-Documentation Agents, and the Participating
Banks named therein, as amended by the Amendment to Letter of Credit and
Reimbursement Agreement, dated as of December 22, 2003, the First Amendment and
Consent thereto, dated as of May 3, 2004, and the Second Amendment and Consent
thereto, dated as of December 17, 2004 (as so amended, the “Reimbursement
Agreement”, the terms defined therein being used herein as therein
defined), and (ii) hereby confirms and agrees that each Collateral Agreement (as
amended through the date hereof) to which it is a party is, and shall continue
to be, in full force and effect and is hereby confirmed and ratified in all
respects except that, on and after the effective date of the Third Amendment,
each reference in such Collateral Agreement to “the Reimbursement Agreement”,
“thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Reimbursement
Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Reimbursement Agreement, as
amended by the Third Amendment.
May 14,
2009
ENTERGY CORPORATION
By
_________________________________
Name:
Title:
ENTERGY
ARKANSAS, INC.
ENTERGY
LOUISIANA, LLC
ENTERGY
MISSISSIPPI, INC.
ENTERGY
NEW ORLEANS, INC.
By
__________________________________
Name:
Title:
EXHIBIT
B
FORM
OF AMENDMENT TO LETTERS OF CREDIT
AMENDMENT
NO. 3 TO IRREVOCABLE TRANSFERABLE
LETTER
OF CREDIT NO. [306S235347] [306S235348]
May 14,
2009
[RCMC I,
Inc.
0000
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xx.
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx, President]
[Textron
Financial Corporation
00
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx,
Xxxxx Xxxxxx 00000
Attn: General
Counsel]
Ladies
and Gentlemen:
At the request and on the
instructions of our customer, System Energy Resources, Inc., an Arkansas
corporation, we hereby amend our Irrevocable Transferable Letter of Credit No.
[306S235347] [306S235348], dated December 22, 2003, as amended by Amendment No.
1 thereto, dated May 4, 2004, and Amendment No. 2 thereto, dated December 17,
2004, established in your favor (the “Letter of
Credit”), as follows:
1.
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Paragraph
1 of the Letter of Credit is hereby amended by deleting the phrase “in an
amount not to exceed [$161,546,191.84] [$36,515,236.09]” in its entirety
and substituting therefor the new phrase “in an amount not to exceed
[$141,329,587.77]
[$37,845,877.02]”.
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2.
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Clause
(x) in paragraph 7(a) of the Letter of Credit is hereby amended by
deleting the date “May 29, 2009” in its entirety and substituting therefor
the new date “May 12, 2010”.
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3.
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The
defined term “Stated
Expiration Date” contained in Schedule I to the Letter of Credit is
hereby amended in its entirety to read as
follows:
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“Stated
Expiration Date” means May 12,
2010.
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4.
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Schedule
II to the Letter of Credit is hereby deleted in its entirety and the new
Schedule II attached hereto is hereby substituted
therefor.
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5.
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Paragraph
7 is hereby amended by deleting the phrase “at your account no.
[6728001731/Credit the account of RCMC I, Inc., DDA# 5000000016439/DTCM
67, at Wachovia Bank, ABA #000000000”] [1042209/Textron Financial
Corporation, at Bank One, N.A., ABA #000000000]” in its entirety and
substituting therefor the new phrase “at your account no. [173103781832,
account name: ITC South & East Depository Account, FFC account name:
RCMC I, Inc., at U.S. Bank N.A., 00 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx Xxxxx Xxxx XX
00000-0000, ABA #000000000] [30573459/Textron Financial Corporation, at
Citibank N.A., 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX, ABA #000-000-000, Reference:
SFD]”.
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This Amendment shall become effective
upon your delivery to us of your written acceptance of this
Amendment.
Upon the effectiveness of this
Amendment, each reference in the Letter of Credit to “this Letter of Credit”,
“hereof”, “herein” or words of like import referring to the Letter of Credit
shall mean and be a reference to the Letter of Credit as amended by this
Amendment.
All other terms and conditions set
forth in the Letter of Credit remain unchanged. This letter forms an
integral part of the Letter of Credit and is to be attached to the original
Letter of Credit.
This
Amendment shall be governed by the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary
Credits (revision effective January 1, 1994), International Chamber of Commerce
Publication No. 500, and, as to matters not covered therein, be governed by the
laws of the State of New York, including without limitation the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in such State.
Very
truly yours,
UNION
BANK, N.A. (formerly known as
Union Bank of California, N.A.)
Union Bank of California, N.A.)
By_______________________________
Name:
Title:
The
undersigned hereby consents
to the
foregoing Amendment No. 3
as of the
date first above written:
[RCMC I,
INC.] [TEXTRON FINANCIAL CORPORATION]
By___________________________
Name:
Title:
SCHEDULE
II
RCMC I,
Inc.
Table of Maximum Drawing
Amounts
Applicable Period
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Maximum Drawing Amount
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From
May 14, 2009 to and including July 15, 2009
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$135,556,057.60
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From
July 16, 2009 to and including January 15, 2010
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$138,195,029.14
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From
January 16, 2010 to and including May 12, 2010
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$141,329,587.78
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SCHEDULE
II
Textron
Financial Corporation
Table of Maximum Drawing
Amounts
Applicable Period
|
Maximum Drawing Amount
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From
May 14, 2009 to and including July 15, 2009
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$35,714,298.68
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From
July 16, 2009 to and including January 15, 2010
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$36,697,386.79
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From
January 16, 2010 to and including May 12, 2010
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$37,845,877.02
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SCHEDULE
1
Participating Bank
|
Participation Percentage
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Union
Bank, N.A.
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16.185251722%
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Calyon
New York Branch
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16.185251722%
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U.S.
Bank National Association
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16.185251722%
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BNP
Paribas
|
13.952803208%
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Mizuho
Corporate Bank, Ltd.
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12.836578952%
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Wachovia
Bank, National Association
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13.952803208%
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The
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.
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10.702059466%
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