COMMON TERMS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 11, 2017, among BATH COUNTY ENERGY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as Administrative Agent for the Lender Parties (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as Intercreditor Agent for the Secured Parties (in such capacity, the “Intercreditor Agent”), each FRN Holder party hereto from time to time and each Lender Party party hereto from time to time.
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WHEREAS, the Borrower is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary, and Bath County Energy Holdings, LLC (“Holdings”) is a wholly-owned direct subsidiary, of Aspen Generating, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Acquisition Parent Company”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Amended and Restated Equity Interest and Asset Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 30, 2017 (the “Purchase Agreement”), among Allegheny Energy Supply Company, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“AE Supply”), Buchanan Energy Company of Virginia, LLC, a Virginia LLC, Allegheny Generating Company, a Virginia corporation (“Allegheny” and, together with AE Supply, each a “Seller” and, collectively, the “Sellers”) and the Acquisition Parent Company, the Acquisition Parent Company has agreed to, among other things, purchase the Purchased Bath Assets (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) (the “Acquisition”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Assignment Agreement to be dated as of the date of the closing of the Acquisition between the Acquisition Parent Company and the Borrower (the “Assignment Agreement”), the Acquisition Parent Company will assign to the Borrower its right to acquire the Project from Allegheny;
WHEREAS, the Borrower is entering into the Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, refinanced, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), with the Administrative Agent, each of the Lenders party thereto from time to time and each of the Revolving Facility Issuing Banks party thereto from time to time, which, among other things, establishes certain senior secured credit facilities, pursuant to which the Lender Parties will agree, inter alia, to provide Revolving Loans and Letters of Credit under a Revolving Facility to fund working capital expenditures and for other general corporate purposes, including to support the obligations of the Borrower under Permitted Commodity Hedge and Power Sales Agreements, the Bath Operating Agreement, and other collateral requirements of the Borrower, and to fund the Debt Service Reserve Account, and the Lenders and the Revolving Facility Issuing Banks are willing to provide such senior secured credit facilities;
WHEREAS, the Borrower intends to issue $300,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 4.58% senior secured notes, which will mature on the fifteenth (15th) anniversary of the Funding Date (the “Fixed Rate Notes”), pursuant to a Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented, refinanced, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Note Purchase Agreement”), among the Borrower and the FRN
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Aspen Bath – Common Terms Agreement