PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
This Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of January 15, 2007(this “Agreement”), is made and entered into by and between Mirant Americas Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Seller”), and LS Power Acquisition Co I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company(“Buyer”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, Seller desires to sell and to cause the Parent Companies (as defined below) to sell to Buyer, and Buyer desires to purchase from Seller and the Parent Companies, 100% of the equity interests in the Project Companies (as defined below) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual representations, warranties, covenants and agreements in this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION
1.1 Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms have the meanings set forth below:
“1933 Act” has the meaning given to it in Section 5.7.
“Additional Equipment” has the meaning given to it in Section 2.1(d).
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, direct or indirect, to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person whether through ownership of voting securities or ownership interests, by Contract or otherwise, and specifically with respect to a corporation, partnership or limited liability company, means direct or indirect ownership of more than 50% of the voting securities in such corporation or of the voting interest in a partnership or limited liability company.
“Agreement” has the meaning given to it in the introduction to this Agreement.
“Ancillary Agreements”means the Company Assignment Agreements, the Fund Guaranty, the Closing Certificates and the other documents and agreements to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement.
“Apex Project” means the electric generating facility at 15555 Apex Power Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89165.
“Assets” of any Person means all assets and properties of every kind, nature, character and description (whether real, personal or mixed, whether tangible or intangible and wherever
situated), including the related goodwill, which assets and properties are operated, owned or leased by such Person.
“Assignment Notice” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.19(b).
“Balance Sheets”has the meaning given to it in Section 4.9.
“Bankruptcy Order” means that certain Order Confirming the Amended and Restated Second Amended Joint Chapter 11 Plan of Reorganization for Mirant Corporation and its Affiliated Debtors.
“Base Purchase Price” has the meaning given to it in Section 2.2(a).
“Benefit Plan” means (a) each material “employee benefit plan,” as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, of Seller or any of its Affiliates that covers the Employees, (b) each stock bonus, stock ownership, stock option, stock purchase, stock appreciation right, phantom stock, or other stock plan (whether qualified or nonqualified) that covers the Employees, and (c) each bonus or incentive compensation plan that covers the Employees. Benefit Plans do not include any Multiemployer Plans.
“Bosque Project” means the electric generating facility at 557 Bosque County Rd. 3610, Clifton, TX 76634.
“Business,” as to any Project Company, means the ownership and operation of the respective Project as currently conducted (and not including any future build out or development rights), including the generation and sale of electricity and capacity and electric-related products by such Project Company at or from the Project as currently conducted, the receipt by such Project Company of fuel and the conduct of other activities by such Project Company related or incidental to the foregoing all as currently conducted.
“Business Day” means a day other than Saturday, Sunday or any day on which banks located in the State of New York are authorized or obligated to close.
“Buyer” has the meaning given to it in the introduction to this Agreement.
“Buyer Approvals” has the meaning given to it in Section 5.3(c).
“Buyer Indemnified Parties” has the meaning given to it in Section 10.1(a).
“Casualty Loss” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.13.
“CBA” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.5(b).
“CBA Employees” has the meaning given to it in Section 4.19(d).
“Claim” means any demand, claim, action, investigation, legal proceeding (whether at law or in equity) or arbitration.
“Claiming Party” has the meaning given to it in Section 10.6(a).
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“Closing” means the closing of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, as provided for in Section 2.3.
“Closing Certificates” means the officer’s certificates referenced in Section 7.3 and Section 8.3.
“Closing Date” means the date on which Closing occurs.
“Closing Date Net Working Capital”means the aggregate Net Working Capital of the Project Companies as of the Closing Date.
“COBRA Continuation Coverage” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.5(h).
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
“Commercial Agreement” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.19(a).
“Company Assignment Agreement” has the meaning given to it in Section 2.4(a).
“Company Consents” has the meaning given to it in Section 4.2(b).
“Company Interests” means 100% of the membership interests in each of Mirant Las Vegas, Mirant Sugar Creek, Mirant Zeeland, Shady Hills Power Company and West Georgia Generating Company and 100% of the partnership interests in Mirant Texas.
“Condemnation Value” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.14.
“Confidentiality Agreement” means that certain Confidentiality Agreement between Buyer and Mirant Corporation dated September 21, 2006.
“Contract” means any legally binding contract, lease, license, evidence of Indebtedness, mortgage, indenture, purchase order, binding bid, letter of credit, security agreement or other legally binding arrangement but shall exclude Permits.
“Controlled Group Liability” means any and all liabilities under (i) Title IV of ERISA, (ii) Section 302 of ERISA, (iii) Sections 412 and 4971 of the Code, or (iv) the continuation coverage requirements of Section 601 et seq. of ERISA and Section 4980B of the Code.
“Credit Rating” means, with respect to any Person, the rating given to such Person’s long-term unsecured debt obligations by S&P or Moody’s, as applicable, and any successors thereto.
“Deductible Amount” has the meaning given to it in Section 10.2(c).
“Effective Time of Transfer” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.19(b).
“Employees” has the meaning given to it in Section 4.19(b).
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“Environmental Claim” means any Claim or Loss arising out of or related to any violation of Environmental Law.
“Environmental Law” means the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.; the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 through 2629; the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq.; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f through 300j; and all similar Laws (including implementing regulations) of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the assets in question addressing pollution control or protection of the environment.
“Equipment A” means the equipment designated on Schedule 2.1(d) as “Equipment A”.
“Equipment B” means the equipment designated on Schedule 2.1(d) as “Equipment B”.
“Equity Interests” means capital stock, partnership or membership interests or units (whether general or limited), and any other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distribution of assets of, the issuing entity.
“Equity Securities” means (i) Equity Interests, (ii) subscriptions, calls, warrants, options or commitments of any kind or character relating to, or entitling any Person to acquire, any Equity Interests and (iii) securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Equity Interests.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
“ERISA Affiliate” means any entity, trade or business that is a member of a group described in Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or Section 400l(b)(l) of ERISA that includes Seller, or that is a member of the same “controlled group” as Seller pursuant to Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA; provided, however, that the Project Companies shall not be considered to be ERISA Affiliates from and after the Closing Date.
“Evaluation Materials” has the meaning given to it in the Confidentiality Agreement.
“Excluded Liabilities” means all Claims and Losses of or relating to each Project Company, Seller or its Affiliates arising out of: (i) the Southern Company and Other Claims, (ii) any Benefit Plan liabilities relating to periods prior to the Closing Date, and (iii) fees payable to any broker, finder, financial advisor or agent with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
“FERC” means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or its successor Governmental Authority.
“Financing Documents”has the meaning given to it in Section 5.8.
“FPA” means the Federal Power Act.
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“Fund Guaranty” means a guaranty in the form of Exhibit 1.1-G from LS Power Equity Partners II, L.P. in an amount equal to 10% of the Base Purchase Price.
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.
“Governmental Authority” means any court, tribunal, arbitrator, authority, agency, commission, official or other instrumentality of the United States or any state, county, city or other political subdivision or similar governing entity, and including any governmental, quasi-governmental or non-governmental body administering, regulating or having general oversight over natural gas, electricity, power or other markets.
“Hazardous Material” means each substance designated as a hazardous waste, hazardous substance, hazardous material, pollutant, contaminant or toxic substance under any Environmental Law and any petroleum or petroleum products that have been released into the environment in concentrations or locations for which remedial action is required under any applicable Environmental Law.
“HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976.
“Indebtedness” means any of the following: (a) any indebtedness for borrowed money; (b) any obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments; (c) any obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable and other current liabilities arising in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (d) any obligations as lessee under capitalized leases; (e) any obligations, contingent or otherwise, under acceptance, letters of credit or similar facilities; and (f) any guaranty of any of the foregoing.
“Indemnified Parties” has the meaning given to it in Section 10.1(b).
“Indemnifying Party” means a Person required to indemnify a Seller Indemnified Party or a Buyer Indemnified Party, as the case may be, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
“Indiana Code” means the Indiana Code in effect as of the date hereof.
“Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission” means the regulatory commission charged with the regulation of electric, natural gas, telecommunications, steam, water and sewer utilities in the State of Indiana or its successor Governmental Authority.
“Initial Base Purchase Price Allocation Schedule” has the meaning given to it in Section 2.7(a).
“Intellectual Property” means the following intellectual property rights, both statutory and common law rights, if applicable: (a) copyrights, registrations and applications for registration thereof, (b) trademarks, service marks, trade names, slogans, domain names, logos, trade dress, and registrations and applications for registrations thereof, (c) patents, as well as any reissued and reexamined patents and extensions corresponding to the patents, and any patent applications, as well as any related continuation, continuation in part and divisional applications
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and patents issuing therefrom and (d) trade secrets and confidential information, including ideas, designs, concepts, compilations of information, methods, techniques, procedures, processes and other know-how, whether or not patentable.
“Interim Balance Sheets”has the meaning given to it in Section 4.9.
“Interim Period” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.1.
“Knowledge,” when used in a particular representation in this Agreement with respect to Seller, means the actual knowledge of the individuals listed on Schedule 1.1-K.
“Laws” means all laws, statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, orders, decrees, court decisions, and other pronouncements having the effect of law of any Governmental Authority.
“Letter of Credit” means an irrevocable, standby letter of credit in the form of Exhibit 1.1-LC with a face amount equal to 10% of the Base Purchase Price from a commercial bank with ratings of at least “A-” by S&P and at least “A3” by Moody’s, with such changes as shall otherwise be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Seller. The Letter of Credit shall secure the obligations of Buyer pursuant to Section 9.2.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, deed of trust, assessment, security interest, charge, lien, option, warranty, purchase right or other encumbrance.
“Loss” means any and all judgments, losses, liabilities, amounts paid in settlement, damages, fines, penalties, deficiencies, costs, charges, Taxes, obligations, demands, fees, interest, losses and expenses (including court costs and reasonable fees of attorneys, accountants and other experts in connection with any Claim made by a third party). For all purposes in this Agreement the term “Losses” does not include any Non-reimbursable Damages.
“Master Back-to-Back Agreement”means that certain Master Back-to-Back Agreement by and among Mirant Energy Trading and Buyer, substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit 6.19.
“Material Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on the business, financial condition or results of operations of the Project Companies, taken as a whole; provided, however, that the following shall not be considered when determining whether a Material Adverse Effect has occurred: any change, event, effect or occurrence (or changes, events, effects or occurrences taken together) resulting from (a) any change generally affecting the international, national or regional electric generating, transmission or distribution industry; (b) any change generally affecting the international, national or regional wholesale or retail markets for electric power; (c) any change generally affecting the international, national or regional wholesale or retail markets for the natural gas industry; (d) any change in markets for commodities or supplies, including electric power, natural gas or fuel and water, as applicable, used in connection with any Project Company; (e) any change in market design and pricing; (f) any change in general regulatory or political conditions, including any engagements of hostilities, acts of war or terrorist activities or changes imposed by a Governmental Authority associated with additional security; (g) any change in the international, national or regional electric transmission or distribution systems or operations thereof; (h) any continuation of an
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adverse trend or condition; (i) any change in any Laws (including Environmental Laws) or industry standards; (j) the failure of Seller or any Non-Company Affiliate to effect the assignment of any Contract or Permit to Buyer, any Project Company, or any Affiliate of Buyer; (k) any change in the financial condition or results of operation of any Project Company caused by the pending sale of such Project Company to Buyer, including changes due to the Credit Rating of Buyer; (l) any change in the financial, banking, or securities markets (including any suspension of trading in, or limitation on prices for, securities on the New York Stock Exchange, American Stock Exchange, or Nasdaq Stock Market) or any change in the general national or regional economic or financial conditions; (m) any actions to be taken pursuant to or in accordance with this Agreement; or (n) the announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, that any breach or inaccuracy by Seller of any representation, warranty, covenant, or other obligation in this Agreement shall not be considered a Material Adverse Effect if Buyer had actual knowledge of such breach or inaccuracy or the existence or occurrence of any fact or event which caused any such breach or inaccuracy (and for purposes of this clause, the documents and materials disclosed to Buyer or its Representatives in the course of its due diligence, and their contents, are deemed to be known to Buyer) as of the date of this Agreement; provided, further, that any Loss, claim, occurrence, change or effect that is cured prior to the Closing Date shall not be considered a Material Adverse Effect.
“Material Contracts” has the meaning given to it in Section 4.13(a).
“Minimum Net Worth” means, with respect to any Person, the difference between (a) the total assets of such Person and its subsidiaries, and (b) the total liabilities of such Person and its subsidiaries in each case on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Mirant Americas Generation” means Mirant Americas Generation, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Mirant Energy Trading” means Mirant Energy Trading, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Mirant Las Vegas” means Mirant Las Vegas, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Mirant North America” means Mirant North America, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Mirant Sugar Creek” means Mirant Sugar Creek, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Mirant Texas” means Mirant Texas, LP, a Delaware limited partnership.
“Mirant Texas Management” means Mirant Texas Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Mirant Zeeland” means Mirant Zeeland, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Services, Inc.
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“Multiemployer Plan” means any “multiemployer plan” within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA covering the CBA Employees.
“Net Working Capital” means (without duplication), with respect to each Project Company, the amount (expressed as a positive or negative number) calculated in accordance with the formula and methodology described on, and used in the preparation of, Schedule 1.1-A, and otherwise in accordance with GAAP.
“Non-CBA Employees” means all Employees other than CBA Employees.
“Non-Company Affiliate” means any Affiliate of Seller, except for the Project Companies.
“Non-reimbursable Damages” has the meaning given to it in Section 10.5(b).
“Organizational Documents” means, with respect to any Person, the articles or certificate of incorporation or organization and by-laws, the limited partnership agreement, the partnership agreement or the limited liability company agreement, or such other organizational documents of such Person, including those that are required to be registered or kept in the place of incorporation, organization or formation of such Person and which establish the legal personality of such Person.
“Parent Companies” means, collectively, Mirant Americas Generation, Mirant North America and Mirant Texas Management.
“Parties” means collectively, Buyer and Seller.
“Permits” means all licenses, permits, certificates of authority, authorizations, approvals, registrations, franchises and similar consents and orders issued or granted by a Governmental Authority.
“Permitted Lien” means (a) any Lien for Taxes not yet due or delinquent or being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings; (b) any Lien arising in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices by operation of Law with respect to a liability that is not yet due or delinquent or that is being contested in good faith by Seller or a Project Company; (c) any Lien reflected in the Interim Balance Sheets; (d) purchase money Liens arising in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices; (e) all matters that are disclosed (whether or not subsequently deleted or endorsed over) on any survey, in the title policies insuring a Property or any commitments therefor, or in any title reports, to the extent such surveys, title policies, commitments or title reports are listed on Schedule 1.1-PL; (f) imperfections or irregularities of title and other Liens that would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially detract from the value of the affected property; (g) zoning, planning, and other similar limitations and restrictions, and all rights of any Governmental Authority to regulate a Property; (h) all matters of record, that would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to materially detract from the value of the affected property; (i) the terms and conditions of the Material Contracts, the Permits listed on Schedule 4.15(a) or the Contracts listed on Schedule 4.13; (j) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security
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Laws; (k) any Lien that is released on or prior to Closing; and (l) the matters identified on Schedule 1.1-PL.
“Person” means any natural person, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, proprietorship, other business organization, trust, union, association or Governmental Authority.
“Pre-Closing Taxable Period” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.11(a).
“Project” or “Projects”means one or more of the Apex Project, the Bosque Project, the Shady Hills Project, the Sugar Creek Project, the West Georgia Project, and the Zeeland Project.
“Project Company” means each of Mirant Las Vegas, Mirant Sugar Creek, Mirant Texas, Mirant Zeeland, Shady Hills Power Company and West Georgia Generating Company.
“Property” means the real property on which a Project is located, including easements and rights-of-way appertaining thereto.
“Property Taxes” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.11(b).
“PUCT” means the Public Utility Commission of Texas or its successor Governmental Authority.
“PUHCA of 2005” means the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005.
“Purchase Price” has the meaning given to it in Section 2.2(a).
“Purchase Price Allocation Schedule” has the meaning given to it in Section 2.7(b).
“Ratings Confirmation” has the meaning given to it in Section 8.6.
“Release” means any release, spill, emission, migration, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal or discharge of any Hazardous Materials into the environment, to the extent that such release, spill, emission, migration, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal or discharge of the Hazardous Materials gives rise to an Environmental Claim or is prohibited under applicable Environmental Laws.
“Representatives” means, as to any Person, its officers, directors, partners, members, employees, counsel, accountants, financial advisers and consultants.
“Required Equipment Approvals”has the meaning given to it in Section 6.26.
“Responding Party” has the meaning given to it in Section 10.6(a).
“Restoration Cost” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.13.
“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group.
“Schedule Update” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.12.
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“Schedules” means the disclosure schedules prepared by Seller and attached to this Agreement.
“Seller” has the meaning given to it in the introduction to this Agreement.
“Seller Approvals” has the meaning given to it in Section 3.3(c).
“Seller Indemnified Parties” has the meaning given to it in Section 10.1(b).
“Seller Marks” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.4(a).
“Seller’s Determination” has the meaning given to it in Section 2.6(a).
“Shady Hills Power Company”meansShady Hills Power Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company.
“Shady Hills Project”means the electric generating facility at 14240 Merchant Energy Way, Shady Hills, FL 34610.
“Southern Company and Other Claims” means (i) any liability of Mirant Las Vegas, Mirant Sugar Creek, Mirant Texas, Mirant Zeeland, Shady Hills Power Company, and/or West Georgia Generating Company associated with the following proofs of claim filed by The Southern Company in Jointly Administered Chapter 11 Case No. 03-46590-DML, United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division, of MC 2005 LLC (f/k/a Mirant Corporation prior to January 3, 2006 and MC 2005 Corporation prior to February 23, 2006) (the “Bankruptcy Case”), as such claims may be amended: claims numbered 6405, 6430, 8168, and 8320 against Mirant Las Vegas; claims numbered 6317, 6368, 8144, and 8255 against Mirant Sugar Creek; claims numbered 6332, 6376, 8148, and 8266 against Mirant Texas; claims numbered 6315, 6377, 8205, and 8257 against Mirant Texas Management; claims numbered 6327, 6379, 8139, and 8271 against Mirant Zeeland; claims numbered 6326, 6383, 8140, and 8272 against Shady Hills Power Company; and claims numbered 6304, 6305, 6325, 6382, 8141, and 8273 against West Georgia Generating Company; and (ii) any liability of Mirant Las Vegas, Mirant Sugar Creek, Mirant Texas, Mirant Zeeland, Shady Hills Power Company, and/or West Georgia Generating Company associated with the following proofs of claim filed by Lehman Commercial Paper, Inc. and/or Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., in the Bankruptcy Case: claims numbered 6115 and 6983 against West Georgia Generating Company; claims numbered 6139 and 7010 against Mirant Las Vegas; claims numbered 6116 and 6984 against Shady Hills Power Company; claims numbered 6106, 6965 and 6966 against Mirant Texas; claims numbered 6101 and 6967 against Mirant Zeeland; and claims numbered 6145 and 6971 against Mirant Sugar Creek.
“Straddle Taxable Period” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.11(a).
“Subscription Facilities” has the meaning given to it in Section 5.12.
“Sugar Creek Project”means the electric generating facility at 5900 Darwin Rd, West Terre Haute, IN 47885.
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“Support Obligations” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.17.
“Tax” or “Taxes” means (a) any federal, state, local or foreign income, gross receipts, ad valorem, sales and use, employment, social security, disability, occupation, property, severance, value added, transfer, capital stock, excise, withholding, premium, occupation or other taxes, levies or other like assessments, customs, duties, imposts, charges surcharges or fees imposed by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority, including any interest, penalty or addition thereto and (b) any liability for amounts described in clause (a) as a result of transferee liability, by Contract or otherwise.
“Taxing Authority” means, with respect to any Tax, the governmental entity or political subdivision thereof that imposes such Tax, and the agency (if any) charged with the collection of such Tax for such entity or subdivision.
“Terminated Contracts” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.6.
“Title and Authority Representations” has the meaning given to it in Section 10.2(a).
“Transfer Taxes” means all transfer, sales, use, goods and services, value added, documentary, stamp duty, gross receipts, excise, transfer and conveyance Taxes and other similar Taxes, duties, fees or charges.
“Transferred Employees” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.5(c).
“Transition Services” has the meaning given to it in Section 6.29(a).
“West Georgia Audited Balance Sheets” has the meaning given to it in Section 4.9.
“West Georgia Bond Financing” means that certain bond financing with respect to the West Georgia Project and involving the Thomaston-Upson County Industrial Development Authority.
“West Georgia Bond Indebtedness” means the Indebtedness of West Georgia Generating Company with respect to the West Georgia Bond Financing.
“West Georgia Generating Company”meansWest Georgia Generating Company, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company.
“West Georgia Project”means the electric generating facility at 95 Yamaha Parkway, Thomaston, GA 30286.
“Withdrawal Liability” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan as those terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.
“Working Capital Estimate”has the meaning given to it in Section 2.5(a).
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“Zeeland Gas Transportation Services Contract” means the Transportation Services Contact between SEI Michigan, LLC and SEMCO Energy Gas Company, dated December 17, 1999.
“Zeeland Project”means the electric generating facility at 425 N. Fairview Rd, Zeeland, MI 49464.
1.2 Rules of Construction.
(a) All article, section, subsection, schedule and exhibit references used in this Agreement are to articles, sections, subsections, schedules and exhibits to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. The exhibits and schedules attached to this Agreement constitute a part of this Agreement and are incorporated in this Agreement for all purposes.
(b) If a term is defined as one part of speech (such as a noun), it shall have a corresponding meaning when used as another part of speech (such as a verb). Unless the context of this Agreement clearly requires otherwise words importing the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neutral genders and vice versa. The words “includes” or “including” shall mean “including without limitation,” the words “hereof,” “hereby,” “herein,” “hereunder” and similar terms in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not any particular section or article in which such words appear. Any reference to a Law shall include any amendment thereof or any successor thereto and any rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Currency amounts referenced in this Agreement are in U.S. Dollars.
(c) Whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, such number shall refer to calendar days unless Business Days are specified. Whenever any action must be taken hereunder on or by a day that is not a Business Day, then such action may be validly taken on or by the next day that is a Business Day.
(d) Each Party acknowledges that it and its attorneys have been given an equal opportunity to negotiate the terms and conditions of this Agreement and that any rule of construction to the effect that ambiguities are to be resolved against the drafting Party or any similar rule operating against the drafter of an agreement shall not be applicable to the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
(e) All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined herein shall have the respective meanings given such terms under GAAP.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE AND CLOSING
2.1 Purchase and Sale. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing:
(a) Buyer agrees to purchase from Seller, and Seller agrees to sell to Buyer, 100% of the membership interests in each of (i) Mirant Las Vegas, (ii) Mirant Sugar Creek, (iii) Shady Hills Power Company and (iv) West Georgia Generating Company.
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(b) Buyer agrees to purchase from Mirant North America, and Seller agrees to cause Mirant North America to sell to Buyer, 100% of the membership interests in Mirant Zeeland.
(c) Buyer agrees to purchase from Mirant North America and Mirant Texas Management, and Seller agrees to cause Mirant North America and Mirant Texas Management to sell to Buyer, 100% of the limited partnership interests and the general partnership interests in Mirant Texas.
(d) Subject to Section 6.26, Buyer agrees to purchase from the Affiliates of Seller and Seller agrees to cause its Affiliates to sell, the equipment designated on Schedule 2.1(d) as “Equipment A” and the equipment designated on Schedule 2.1(d) as “Equipment B” (collectively, the “Additional Equipment”).
2.2 Purchase Price; Fund Guaranty.
(a) The purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) for the purchase and sale described in Section 2.1 is equal to the sum of $1,355,000,000 (the “Base Purchase Price”), plus the Closing Date Net Working Capital.
(b) Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, Buyer will provide the Fund Guaranty to Seller.
2.3 Closing. The Closing shall take place at the offices of King & Spalding LLP, 1180 Peachtree Street, Atlanta, Georgia 30309 at 10:00 A.M. local time, on (a) the later of (i) the third Business Day after the conditions to Closing set forth in Articles VII and VIII (other than actions to be taken or items to be delivered at Closing) have been satisfied or waived or (ii) if mutually agreed, on the last Business Day of the month in which the conditions to Closing set forth in Articles VII and VIII (other than actions to be taken or items to be delivered at Closing) have been satisfied or waived or (b) such other date and at such other time and place as Buyer and Seller mutually agree in writing. All actions listed in Section 2.4 or 2.5 that occur on the Closing Date shall be deemed to occur simultaneously at the Closing.
2.4 Closing Deliveries by Seller to Buyer. At the Closing, Seller shall deliver, or shall cause to be delivered, to Buyer (a) an executed counterpart by Seller and each of the Parent Companies of an assignment of Company Interests (each a “Company Assignment Agreement”) in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit 2.4-A, Exhibit 2.4-B and Exhibit 2.4-C evidencing the assignment and transfer to Buyer of the Company Interests owned by Seller or such Parent Company, (b) a certification of non-foreign status in the form prescribed by Treasury Regulation Section 1.1445-2(c) with respect to each of Seller, Mirant North America and Mirant Texas Management and the owner of each such entity that is treated as a disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes, (c) a Bill of Sale in the form of Exhibit 2.4-D with respect to Equipment A, (d) subject to Section 6.26, a Bill of Sale in the form of Exhibit 2.4-E with respect to Equipment B, and (e) an executed counterpart by Seller and each of the Parent Companies, as applicable, of each other Ancillary Agreement to which Seller or a Parent Company is a party.
2.5 Closing Deliveries by Buyer to Seller. At the Closing, Buyer shall deliver to Seller the following:
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(a) a wire transfer of immediately available funds (to such account as Seller shall have notified Buyer of at least 2 Business Days prior to the Closing Date) in an amount equal to (i) the Base Purchase Price plus (ii) Seller’s good faith estimate (the “Working Capital Estimate”) of the Closing Date Net Working Capital which Seller shall deliver in writing to Buyer at least 3 Business Days prior to the Closing Date, including the calculation thereof in reasonable detail; and
(b) an executed counterpart by Buyer of (i) each Company Assignment Agreement, and (ii) each other Ancillary Agreement to which Buyer is a party.
2.6 Post-Closing Adjustment.
(a) After the Closing Date, Seller and Buyer shall cooperate and provide each other access to their respective books, records and employees (and those of the Project Companies) as are reasonably requested in connection with the matters addressed in this Section 2.6. Within 60 days after the Closing Date, Seller shall determine the Closing Date Net Working Capital and shall provide Buyer with written notice of such determination, along with reasonable supporting information and calculations (the “Seller’s Determination”).
(b) If Buyer objects to Seller’s Determination, then it shall provide Seller written notice thereof within 30 days after receiving Seller’s Determination. If the Parties are unable to agree on the Closing Date Net Working Capital, within 120 days after the Closing Date, the Parties shall refer such dispute to the Atlanta, Georgia office of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP or, if that firm declines to act as provided in this Section 2.6(b), another firm of independent public accountants, mutually acceptable to Buyer and Seller, which firm shall make a final and binding determination as to all matters in dispute with respect to this Section 2.6 (and only such matters) on a timely basis and promptly shall notify the Parties in writing of its resolution. Such firm shall not have the power to modify or amend any term or provision of this Agreement. Each Party shall bear and pay one-half of the fees and other costs charged by such accounting firm. If Buyer does not object to Seller’s Determination within the time period and in the manner set forth in the first sentence of this Section 2.6(b) or if Buyer accepts Seller’s Determination, the Closing Date Net Working Capital as set forth in Seller’s Determination shall become final and binding upon the Parties for all purposes hereunder.
(c) If the Closing Date Net Working Capital (as agreed between the Parties or as determined by the above-referenced accounting firm or otherwise) is greater than the Working Capital Estimate, then Buyer shall pay Seller, within 5 Business Days after such amounts are agreed or determined pursuant to Section 2.6(b), by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by Seller, the difference between the Closing Date Net Working Capital and the Working Capital Estimate and if the Closing Date Net Working Capital as of the Closing (as agreed between the Parties or as determined by the above-referenced accounting firm or otherwise) is less than the Working Capital Estimate, then Seller shall pay Buyer, within 5 Business Days after such amounts are agreed or determined pursuant to Section 2.6(b), by wire transfer of immediately available funds to an account designated by Buyer, the difference between the Closing Date Net Working Capital and the Working Capital Estimate.
2.7 Allocation of Purchase Price.
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(a) Seller and Buyer agree that the Base Purchase Price shall be allocated among the Project Companies and the Additional Equipment for Tax purposes in accordance with the allocation set forth on Schedule 2.7 (the “Initial Base Purchase Price Allocation Schedule”).
(b) Within 90 days after the determination of the Closing Date Net Working Capital, Seller shall provide to Buyer a schedule setting forth (i) a proposal for an allocation (incorporating the allocations set forth in, and consistent with the methodology used in preparing, the Initial Base Purchase Price Allocation Schedule) of the Purchase Price among each of the Project Companies and the Additional Equipment (the “Project Company Allocation Schedule”) and (ii) a proposal for an allocation (incorporating the allocations set forth in, and consistent with the methodology used in preparing, the Initial Base Purchase Price Allocation Schedule) of the Purchase Price among the Assets of the Project Companies and Additional Equipment, grouped by the seven asset classes referred to in Treasury Regulation section 1.1060-1(c) and described in Treasury Regulation section 1.338-6(b) (the “Purchase Price Allocation Schedule”). Within 30 Business Days after its receipt of Seller’s proposed Purchase Price Allocation Schedule, Buyer shall propose to Seller any changes thereto or otherwise shall be deemed to have agreed thereto. If Buyer proposes changes to Seller’s proposed Purchase Price Allocation Schedule within the 30 Business Day period described above, Buyer and Seller shall cooperate in good faith to mutually agree upon a Purchase Price Allocation Schedule as soon as practicable. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Seller and Buyer agree and acknowledge that neither Seller nor Buyer shall, absent mutual written agreement, challenge or dispute the allocations set forth in the Initial Base Purchase Price Allocation Schedule.
(c) Seller and Buyer each shall prepare an IRS Form 8594, “Asset Acquisition Statement Under Section 1060,” incorporating the allocations set forth in the Base Purchase Price Allocation Schedule and any Purchase Price Allocation Schedule mutually agreed upon pursuant to Section 2.7(b), which the Parties shall use to report the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to the applicable Taxing Authorities. Each of Seller and Buyer agrees to provide the other promptly with any other information required to complete Form 8594. The Initial Base Purchase Price Allocation Schedule and any Purchase Price Allocation Schedule shall be revised to take into account subsequent adjustments to the Purchase Price, including any indemnification payments (which shall be treated for Tax purposes as adjustments to the Purchase Price), as mutually agreed upon by the Parties and in accordance with the provisions of section 1060 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder.
(d) If the Parties are unable to agree on the Purchase Price Allocation Schedule pursuant to Section 2.7(b) or any subsequent adjustment to the Purchase Price Allocation Schedule pursuant to Section 2.7(c), the Parties shall refer such dispute to the Atlanta, Georgia office of Deloitte & Touche USA LLP or, if that firm declines to act as provided in this Section 2.7(d), another firm of independent public accountants, mutually agreed upon by Buyer and Seller, which firm shall make a final and binding determination as to all matters in dispute with respect to this Section 2.7 (and only such matters) on a timely basis and promptly shall notify the Parties in writing of its resolution. Such firm shall not have the power to modify or amend any term or provision of this Agreement, to modify the Initial Base Purchase Price Allocation Schedule or to determine the Purchase Price Allocation Schedule in a manner that is inconsistent with the Initial Base Purchase Price Allocation Schedule. Each Party shall bear and pay one-half of the fees and other costs charged by such accounting firm.
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