Exhibit 4.3
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INTERCREDITOR AND COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT
dated as of August 1, 1995
by and among
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA, as Trustee under the Trust Indenture dated
as of August 1, 1995
(on behalf of the Holders of the Indenture Securities),
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA,
as Trustee under the Amended and Restated Indenture of Trust dated as of August
1, 1995 (on behalf of the Holders of the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities),
BANQUE PARIBAS,
as the Working Capital Facility Provider,
THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD
OF THE CITY OF MOBILE, ALABAMA,
MOBILE ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY, L.L.C.,
MOBILE ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.
and
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
as Collateral Agent
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF INTERPRETATION...................... 2
ARTICLE II
APPOINTMENT OF COLLATERAL AGENT;
ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS
SECTION 2.1 Appointment of Collateral Agent............................. 2
SECTION 2.2 Establishment of Intercreditor Agreement Accounts........... 3
ARTICLE III
COLLECTION AND APPLICATION OF REVENUES
SECTION 3.1 Collection and Application of Revenues...................... 3
SECTION 3.2 Mill Owner Reimbursement Account............................ 3
SECTION 3.3 Working Capital Facility Account............................ 4
SECTION 3.4 Operating Account........................................... 4
SECTION 3.5 Maintenance Reserve Account................................. 5
SECTION 3.6 Subordinated Debt Account................................... 6
SECTION 3.7 Subordinated Fee Account.................................... 7
SECTION 3.8 Distribution Account........................................ 8
SECTION 3.9 Completion Account.......................................... 9
SECTION 3.10 Loss Proceeds Account...................................... 10
SECTION 3.11 Revenue Account............................................ 13
SECTION 3.12 Investment of Monies in the Intercreditor Agreement
Accounts................................................... 16
SECTION 3.13 Monies to Be Held in Trust................................. 17
SECTION 3.14 Dominion and Control....................................... 17
SECTION 3.15 Reserve Account Security................................... 17
SECTION 3.16 Payment of 1994 Bonds...................................... 18
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ARTICLE IV
PRIORITIES; SUBORDINATION
SECTION 4.1 Priority of Security Interests............................. 19
SECTION 4.2 Subordination............................................... 19
ARTICLE V
EXERCISE OF RIGHTS....................... 21
ARTICLE VI
DIVISION OF PROCEEDS
SECTION 6.1 Division of Proceeds........................................ 24
SECTION 6.2 Application of Loss Proceeds................................ 25
SECTION 6.3 Specific Collateral......................................... 27
ARTICLE VII
RIGHTS OF SENIOR SECURED PARTIES; RIGHTS
AND DUTIES OF COLLATERAL AGENT
SECTION 7.1 Rights of Senior Secured Parties............................ 27
SECTION 7.2 Duties of Collateral Agent. ............................... 28
SECTION 7.3 Rights of Collateral Agent.................................. 29
SECTION 7.4 Lack of Reliance on the Collateral Agent.................... 31
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION......................... 32
ARTICLE IX
ELIGIBILITY OF COLLATERAL AGENT;
REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF COLLATERAL AGENT
SECTION 9.1 Corporate Collateral Agent Required; Eligibility............ 33
SECTION 9.2 Resignation, Removal and Replacement........................ 33
ARTICLE X
REPRESENTATIONS........................ 34
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ARTICLE XI
INDEPENDENT ENGINEER
SECTION 11.1 Removal of Independent Engineer; Payment of Independent
Engineer.................................................. 38
SECTION 11.2 Third Party Engineer Dispute Resolution.................... 38
SECTION 11.3 Qualified Engineers........................................ 39
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 12.1 Agreement for Benefit of Parties Hereto.................... 40
SECTION 12.2 No Warranties.............................................. 40
SECTION 12.3 Severability............................................... 40
SECTION 12.4 Notices.................................................... 40
SECTION 12.5 Successors and Assigns..................................... 42
SECTION 12.6 Counterparts............................................... 42
SECTION 12.7 GOVERNING LAW.............................................. 42
SECTION 12.8 No Impairments of Other Rights............................. 42
SECTION 12.9 Amendment; Waiver.......................................... 43
SECTION 12.10 Headings.................................................. 43
SECTION 12.11 Termination............................................... 43
SECTION 12.12 Entire Agreement.......................................... 43
SECTION 12.13 Limited Recourse.......................................... 43
SECTION 12.14 Submission to Jurisdiction................................ 44
APPENDIX A - Defined Terms
SCHEDULE 1 - Third Party Engineers
EXHIBIT A - Form of Requisition or Disbursement from Loss
Proceeds Account
EXHIBIT B - Form of Monthly Transfer Date Certificate
EXHIBIT C-1 - Form of Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount Southern
Guaranty Agreement
EXHIBIT C-2 - Form of Distribution Account Southern Guaranty
Agreement
EXHIBIT D - Form of Consent to Assignment
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INTERCREDITOR AND COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT, dated as of August 1,
1995, by and among FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA, a national banking
association, as trustee under the Indenture referred to below (on behalf of the
holders of the Indenture Securities referred to below) (the "Indenture
Trustee"), FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA, a national banking association,
as trustee under the Tax-Exempt Indenture referred to below (on behalf of the
holders of the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities referred to below) (the
"Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee"), BANQUE PARIBAS, a French banking corporation,
as the Working Capital Facility Provider referred to below, THE INDUSTRIAL
DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF THE CITY OF MOBILE, ALABAMA, an Alabama public corporation
(the "IDB"), MOBILE ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY, L.L.C., an Alabama limited
liability company (the "Company"), MOBILE ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC., an
Alabama corporation ("Mobile Energy"), and BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE), a Delaware
banking corporation, as collateral agent hereunder for the Senior Secured
Parties referred to below (the "Collateral Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company owns and operates an energy and black
liquor recovery complex located at an integrated pulp, paper and tissue
manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama (such complex, as more
particularly defined in the Master Operating Agreement (as defined
herein) and including additions thereto and replacements thereof, the
"Energy Complex");
WHEREAS, 99% of the outstanding ownership interests of the
Company are owned by Mobile Energy;
WHEREAS, the Company intends to finance the acquisition,
construction and equipping of the Energy Complex through, among other
things, the issue and sale by the Company of the Indenture Securities,
the proceeds of which, net of underwriting commissions, shall be
received by the Company, and, in consideration for such proceeds, the
Indenture Securities shall be secured by substantially all of the
assets of the Company;
WHEREAS, the Company has duly authorized the creation and
issuance of the Indenture Securities pursuant to the Indenture;
WHEREAS, in connection with the financing of certain portions
of the Energy Complex, the IDB has duly authorized the creation and
issuance of the Tax-Exempt Bonds (as defined herein) pursuant to the
Tax-Exempt Indenture, the proceeds of which shall be used to refund
certain existing tax-exempt securities relating to the Energy Complex,
and the IDB may, from time to time, authorize the creation and issuance
of additional Tax- Exempt Indenture Securities (as defined herein);
WHEREAS, the Company intends to finance certain of its working
capital requirements arising in connection with the operation of the
Energy Complex pursuant to the Working Capital Facility (as defined
herein);
WHEREAS, the Company may, from time to time after the date of
this Agreement, finance certain improvements and other modifications to
the Energy Complex, and certain refundings, with the proceeds of
Subordinated Debt (as defined herein);
WHEREAS, all obligations of the Company and Mobile Energy
under this Agreement, the Working Capital Facility, the Indenture, the
Tax-Exempt Indenture and the other Financing Documents (as defined
herein) will be secured as set forth in the Security Documents (as
defined herein); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into this
Agreement to set forth their mutual understanding with respect to (a)
the exercise of
certain rights, remedies and options by the respective parties hereto
under the Financing Documents, (b) the priority of their respective
security interests created by the Security Documents and (c) the
appointment of the Collateral Agent.
NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and of the
covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto,
intending to be legally bound, covenant and agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND OTHER PROVISIONS
OF INTERPRETATION
For all purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly
provided in this Agreement or unless the context otherwise requires, all terms
used herein shall have the meanings set forth in Appendix A.
ARTICLE II
APPOINTMENT OF COLLATERAL AGENT;
ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS
SECTION 2.1 Appointment of Collateral Agent. The Senior Secured Parties
hereby designate and appoint Bankers Trust (Delaware) to act on behalf of the
Senior Secured Parties, as agent, fiduciary and trustee thereof in respect of
the Shared Collateral, in the capacity of Collateral Agent hereunder and under
the other Security Documents, and each of the Senior Secured Parties hereby
authorizes Bankers Trust (Delaware) as the Collateral Agent to enter into the
Mortgage, the Security Agreement and any other Security Documents to which the
Collateral Agent is or is to be a party on behalf of the Senior Secured Parties,
to purchase, maintain, execute, deliver and perform a surety bond (and any
application for a surety bond) relating to any mortgage privilege or recording
tax and enter into any and all agreements relating thereto, to take such actions
on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and such other Security
Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly
delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other
Security Documents to which it is a party, together with such other powers as
are reasonably incidental thereto. Bankers Trust (Delaware) hereby accepts such
appointment as Collateral Agent hereunder and agrees to administer the
Intercreditor Agreement Accounts and to receive, deposit and disburse all
Revenues and other amounts delivered to it pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement. The Mobile Energy Parties, the IDB and each Subordinated Debt
Provider hereby consent to such appointment. The Collateral Agent shall hold and
safeguard the Intercreditor Agreement Accounts (and the Revenues, cash,
payments, investments, insurance proceeds, securities and other amounts on
deposit therein from time to time) in accordance with the terms hereof.
SECTION 2.2 Establishment of Intercreditor Agreement Accounts. (a) The
following Accounts are hereby established and created with the Collateral Agent:
(i) "Mill Owner Reimbursement Account"; (ii) "Working Capital Facility Account";
(iii) "Revenue Account"; (iv) "Operating Account"; (v) "Maintenance Reserve
Account"; (vi) "Subordinated Debt Account"; (vii) "Subordinated Fee Account";
(viii) "Distribution Account"; (ix) "Completion Account"; and (x) "Loss Proceeds
Account."
(b) The following subaccounts of the Maintenance Reserve Account are
hereby established and created with the Collateral Agent: (i) "Maintenance Plan
Funding Subaccount"; and (ii) "Maintenance Excess Funding Subaccount."
(c) The following subaccounts of the Completion Account are hereby
established and created with the Collateral Agent: (i) "Capital Budget
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Subaccount"; (ii) "Optional Modifications Subaccount"; and (iii) "Required
Modifications Subaccount."
ARTICLE III
COLLECTION AND APPLICATION OF REVENUES
SECTION 3.1 Collection and Application of Revenues. The Company will
arrange for the direct payment to the Collateral Agent of all Revenues and, to
the extent any such Revenues are at any time received by either of the Mobile
Energy Parties, the Mobile Energy Parties will hold such Revenues in trust for
the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Senior Secured Parties and, unless
otherwise expressly provided for in any other Financing Document, will transfer
such Revenues to the Collateral Agent for deposit into the Revenue Account, in
each case as soon as reasonably practical but no later than three (3) Business
Days after receipt thereof (duly endorsed, if necessary, to the Collateral
Agent). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall
cause the Mill Owners to pay directly to the Collateral Agent for deposit into
the Revenue Account all amounts payable by the Mill Owners to the Company under
the Energy Services Agreements, the Master Operating Agreement or any other
Project Contract (other than amounts not constituting Revenues that are to be
paid to the Company by the Mill Owners in connection with the exercise by the
Company of the Company Step-In Rights).
SECTION 3.2 Mill Owner Reimbursement Account. The Mill Owner
Reimbursement Account shall be funded by monies transferred from the Revenue
Account as and when specified in Section 3.11(a). The Collateral Agent shall,
upon receipt of an Officer's Certificate of the Company specifying (a) the
amount due and payable to any Mill Owner in connection with the exercise of Mill
Owner Step-In Rights (except as otherwise provided in the Consents to Assignment
to which such Mill Owner is a party) and (b) the manner in and time at which,
and the account for or address to which, the payment thereof to such Mill Owner
shall be made, apply the monies on deposit in the Mill Owner Reimbursement
Account to the payment of such amount no later than such time specified in such
Officer's Certificate, provided the Collateral Agent receives such Officer's
Certificate on or prior to the second Business Day prior to such time.
SECTION 3.3 Working Capital Facility Account. The Working Capital
Facility Account shall be funded with (a) monies transferred from the Revenue
Account as and when specified in Section 3.11(b) and (b) monies on deposit in
the Mill Owner Maintenance Reserve Account used pursuant to Section 5.22 of the
Indenture or Section 4.29 of the IDB Lease Agreement, or any comparable
provision of the Working Capital Facility. The Collateral Agent shall, upon
receipt of an Officer's Certificate of the Company specifying (i) the aggregate
amount due and payable or scheduled to be due and payable on account of
principal of and interest on, and fees and other amounts with respect to, any
Working Capital Facility Loans and (ii) the manner in which and due date for,
and the account for or address to which, the payment thereof to the Working
Capital Facility Provider shall be made, apply the monies on deposit in the
Working Capital Facility Account to the payment of such aggregate amount no
later than such time specified in such Officer's Certificate, provided the
Collateral Agent receives such Officer's Certificate on or prior to the second
Business Day prior to such time.
SECTION 3.4 Operating Account. (a) The Operating Account shall be
funded by monies transferred from the Revenue Account as and when specified in
Section 3.11(c). Amounts in the Operating Account shall be applied to the
payment of Operation and Maintenance Costs other than Subordinated Fees and
Maintenance Expenditures; provided, however, that amounts in the Operating
Account may be applied to pay Maintenance Expenditures if, and solely to the
extent that, the amount of monies, together with the Available Amount under any
Reserve Account Security, then on deposit in the Distribution Account, the
Subordinated Fee Account, the Subordinated Debt Account and the Maintenance
Reserve Account are insufficient therefor.
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(b) The Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of an Officer's
Certificate of the Company specifying (i) the amount to be disbursed from the
Operating Account, (ii) that such amount has been, or within the immediately
succeeding thirty-one (31) days is expected to be, used for Operation and
Maintenance Costs incurred or to be incurred in accordance with Prudent Plant
Operating Standards and (iii) the manner in and time at which, and the account
for or address to which, the payment thereof to the Company shall be made, apply
the monies on deposit in the Operating Account to the payment of such amount no
later than such time specified in such Officer's Certificate, provided the
Collateral Agent receives such Officer's Certificate on or prior to the second
Business Day prior to such time.
(c) The Officer's Certificate of the Company delivered under Section
3.4(b) shall also specify (i) the aggregate monies withdrawn from (A) the
Operating Account (other than any such monies (1) rebated to the United States
government pursuant to Section 148 of the Code, (2) applied to Maintenance
Expenditures, (3) paid in respect of IDB Claims or (4) applied to (or deemed to
be applied to) the payment of the 1994 Bonds pursuant to Section 3.16) and (B)
the Mill Owner Maintenance Reserve Account (other than for any such monies
deposited into the Working Capital Facility Account, the Indenture Securities
Account, or the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Account), in each case for use
during the Fiscal Year in which such Officer's Certificate is delivered (without
giving effect to the amount then to be disbursed from the Operating Account as
specified in such Officer's Certificate pursuant to clause (i) of Section
3.4(b)) and (ii) the aggregate amount of Operation and Maintenance Costs (other
than Maintenance Expenditures) set forth in the Annual Budget for such Fiscal
Year (as such Annual Budget may have been amended at the time such Officer's
Certificate is delivered in accordance with the provisions of the other
Financing Documents). The amount of monies so previously withdrawn (as specified
in such Officer's Certificate pursuant to clause (i) above), together with the
amount of Working Capital Facility O&M Loans borrowed during such Fiscal Year
and the amount to be disbursed from the Operating Account (as specified in such
Officer's Certificate pursuant to clause (i) of Section 3.4(b)), shall not,
unless such Officer's Certificate is accompanied by an Independent Engineer
Confirmation, exceed one hundred ten percent (110%) of the aggregate amount of
such Operation and Maintenance Costs (as specified in such Officer's Certificate
pursuant to clause (ii) above).
SECTION 3.5 Maintenance Reserve Account. (a) The Maintenance Reserve
Account shall be funded by monies transferred from the Revenue Account as and
when specified in Section 3.11(f). The Collateral Agent shall deposit all such
monies into the Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount; provided, however, to the
extent such monies are in excess of the Maintenance Reserve Account Required
Deposit at the time of the deposit thereof, such excess shall be deposited into
the Maintenance Excess Funding Subaccount. The Company may, at its option and
from time to time, deliver to the Collateral Agent monies not then constituting
Revenues (solely to the extent such monies are not otherwise required to be
deposited into any Account pursuant to the terms of any Financing Document),
including monies drawn under any revolving credit facility or liquidity facility
providing liquidity for Southern's obligations in respect of any Southern
Guaranty, for deposit into the Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount.
(b) Subject to Section 3.5(c), the Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt
of an Officer's Certificate of the Company specifying (i) the amount to be
disbursed from the Maintenance Reserve Account, (ii) that such amount has been,
or within the immediately succeeding thirty-one (31) days is expected to be,
used for Maintenance Expenditures incurred or to be incurred in accordance with
Prudent Plant Operating Standards and (iii) the manner in and time at which, and
the account for or address to which, the payment thereof to the Company shall be
made, apply the monies on deposit in the Maintenance Reserve Account to the
payment of such amount no later than such time specified in such Officer's
Certificate, provided the Collateral Agent receives such Officer's Certificate
on or prior to the second Business Day prior to such time. Such payments shall
be made in the following order of priority: first, from the Maintenance Excess
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Funding Subaccount, to the extent available, and, second, from the Maintenance
Plan Funding Subaccount.
(c) Prior to a Trigger Event, monies on deposit in the Maintenance
Reserve Account (including then Available Amounts under any Reserve Account
Security on deposit in the Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount) shall first be
transferred by the Collateral Agent to the Indenture Trustee for deposit into
the Indenture Securities Account and to the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee for
deposit into the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Account, ratably based upon the
respective amounts owing to each such Account, on the Monthly Transfer Date
immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date or Principal Payment Date
therefor, whenever, and to the extent that, the monies on deposit (after giving
effect to any monies to be deposited from the Revenue Account into any Account
on such Monthly Transfer Date) in the Indenture Securities Account, the
Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Account, each applicable Debt Service Reserve
Account (if any), each applicable Tax-Exempt Debt Service Reserve Account (if
any), the Distribution Account, the Subordinated Fee Account and the
Subordinated Debt Account (including, in the case of any Debt Service Reserve
Account, any Tax- Exempt Debt Service Reserve Account and the Distribution
Account, then Available Amounts under any Reserve Account Security on deposit
therein) are insufficient to make payments when due on the Senior Securities.
Any such transfers shall be made by the Collateral Agent in the following order
of priority: first, transfer monies then on deposit in the Maintenance Excess
Funding Subaccount; second, transfer monies then on deposit in the Maintenance
Plan Funding Subaccount; third, draw upon any Reserve Account Letter of Credit
on deposit in the Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount pursuant to Section
3.15(d) in an amount up to the Available Amount thereunder and transfer the
monies in respect thereof; and fourth, call upon any Southern Guaranty on
deposit in the Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount pursuant to Section 3.15(d)
in an amount up to the Available Amount thereunder and transfer the monies in
respect thereof, in each case, directly to the Indenture Trustee or the
Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee (as the case may be) for payment (to the extent
necessary) of such amounts due and owing in respect of such Senior Securities.
SECTION 3.6 Subordinated Debt Account. (a) The Subordinated Debt
Account shall be funded by monies transferred from the Revenue Account as and
when specified in Section 3.11(i). Subject to Section 3.6(b), the Collateral
Agent shall, upon receipt of an Officer's Certificate of the Company specifying
(i) the aggregate amount due and payable or scheduled to be due and payable on
account of principal of and interest on, and fees and other amounts with respect
to, Non- Affiliate Subordinated Debt and (ii) the manner in which and due date
for, and the account for or address to which, the payment thereof to the
Subordinated Debt Provider of such Non-Affiliate Subordinated Debt shall be
made, apply the monies on deposit in the Subordinated Debt Account to the
payment of such aggregate amount no later than such time specified in such
Officer's Certificate, provided the Collateral Agent receives such Officer's
Certificate on or prior to the second Business Day prior to such time.
(b) Prior to a Trigger Event, monies on deposit in the Subordinated
Debt Account shall be first transferred by the Collateral Agent to the Indenture
Trustee for deposit into the Indenture Securities Account and to the Tax-Exempt
Indenture Trustee for deposit into the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Account,
ratably based upon the respective amounts owing to each such Account, on the
Monthly Transfer Date immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date or
Principal Payment Date therefor, whenever, and to the extent that, the monies on
deposit (after giving effect to any monies to be deposited from the Revenue
Account into any Account on such Monthly Transfer Date) in the Indenture
Securities Account, the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Account, each applicable
Debt Service Reserve Account (if any), each applicable Tax-Exempt Debt Service
Reserve Account (if any), the Distribution Account and the Subordinated Fee
Account (including, in the case of any Debt Service Reserve Account, any Tax-
Exempt Debt Service Reserve Account and the Distribution Account, then Available
Amounts under any Reserve Account Security on deposit therein) are insufficient
to make payments when due on the Senior Securities; provided, however, that,
prior to a Trigger Event, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and then be
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continuing, the Collateral Agent shall so transfer any amounts on deposit in the
Subordinated Debt Account (after application of monies on deposit in the
Subordinated Fee Account and the Distribution Account) to pay any deficiencies
in the Indenture Securities Account and the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities
Account before so transferring any monies (including any then Available Amounts
under any Reserve Account Security) on deposit in any Debt Service Reserve
Account or any Tax-Exempt Debt Service Reserve Account for such purpose.
SECTION 3.7 Subordinated Fee Account. (a) The Subordinated Fee Account
shall be funded by monies transferred from the Revenue Account as and when
specified in Section 3.11(j). Subject to Section 3.7(b), the Collateral Agent
shall, upon receipt of an Officer's Certificate of the Company (i) certifying
that the requirements of Section 5.19 of the Indenture and Section 4.19 of the
IDB Lease Agreement, and of any comparable provision of the Working Capital
Facility, are satisfied and (ii) specifying (A) the amount of Subordinated Fees
due and payable or scheduled to be due and payable to either of the Mobile
Energy Parties and (B) the manner in which and due date for, and the account for
or address to which, the payment thereof to such Mobile Energy Party shall be
made, apply the monies on deposit in the Subordinated Fee Account to the payment
of such amount no later than such time specified in such Officer's Certificate,
provided the Collateral Agent receives such Officer's Certificate on or prior to
the second Business Day prior to such time.
(b) Prior to a Trigger Event, monies on deposit in the Subordinated Fee
Account shall first be transferred by the Collateral Agent to the Indenture
Trustee for deposit into the Indenture Securities Account and to the Tax-Exempt
Indenture Trustee for deposit into the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Account,
ratably based upon the respective amounts owing to each such Account, on the
Monthly Transfer Date immediately preceding each Interest Payment Date and
Principal Payment Date therefor, whenever, and to the extent that, the monies on
deposit (after giving effect to any monies to be deposited from the Revenue
Account into any Account on such Monthly Transfer Date) in the Indenture
Securities Account, the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Account, each applicable
Debt Service Reserve Account (if any), each applicable Tax-Exempt Debt Service
Reserve Account (if any) and the Distribution Account (including, in the case of
any Debt Service Reserve Account, any Tax-Exempt Debt Service Reserve Account
and the Distribution Account, then Available Amounts under any Reserve Account
Security on deposit therein) are insufficient to make payments when due on the
Senior Securities; provided, however, that, prior to a Trigger Event, if an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent
shall so transfer any amounts on deposit in the Subordinated Fee Account (after
application of monies on deposit in the Distribution Account) to pay any
deficiencies in the Indenture Securities Account and the Tax-Exempt Indenture
Securities Account before so transferring any monies (including any then
Available Amounts under any Reserve Account Security) on deposit in any Debt
Service Reserve Account or any Tax-Exempt Debt Service Reserve Account for such
purposes.
SECTION 3.8 Distribution Account. (a) The Distribution Account shall be
funded from monies transferred from the Revenue Account as and when specified in
Section 3.11(k). Subject to Section 3.8(b), the Collateral Agent shall, upon
receipt on or prior to the second Business Day prior to any Distribution Date of
an Officer's Certificate of the Company (i) certifying that the requirements of
Section 5.19 of the Indenture and Section 4.19 of the IDB Lease Agreement, and
of any comparable provision of the Working Capital Facility, are satisfied as of
such Distribution Date, (ii) specifying (A) the aggregate amount due and payable
or scheduled to be due and payable on account of principal of and interest on,
and fees and other amounts with respect to, Affiliate Subordinated Debt and (B)
the manner in which and due date for, and the account for or address to which,
the payment thereof to the Subordinated Debt Provider of such Affiliate
Subordinated Debt shall be made and (iii) specifying (A) the aggregate of any
other amounts to be distributed to any Person (or the Person to whom the balance
of monies on deposit therein shall be distributed) and (B) the manner in and
time at which, and the account for or address to which, the payment thereof to
such Person shall be made, apply the monies on deposit in the Distribution
Account on
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such Distribution Date, first, to the payment specified in clause (ii) above
and, second, to the payment specified in clause (iii) above.
(b) Prior to a Trigger Event, monies on deposit in the Distribution
Account (including then Available Amounts under any Reserve Account Security on
deposit therein) shall first be transferred by the Collateral Agent to the
Indenture Trustee for deposit into the Indenture Securities Account and to the
Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee for deposit into the Tax-Exempt Indenture
Securities Account, ratably based upon the respective amounts owing to each such
Account, on the Monthly Transfer Date immediately preceding each Interest
Payment Date or Principal Payment Date therefor, whenever, and to the extent
that, the monies on deposit (after giving effect to any monies to be deposited
from the Revenue Account into any Account on such Monthly Transfer Date) in the
Indenture Securities Account, the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Account, each
applicable Debt Service Reserve Account (if any) and each applicable Tax-Exempt
Debt Service Reserve Account (if any) (including, in the case of any Debt
Service Reserve Account and any Tax-Exempt Debt Service Reserve Account, then
Available Amounts under any Reserve Account Security on deposit therein) are
insufficient to make payments when due on the Senior Securities; provided,
however, that, prior to a Trigger Event, if an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent shall so transfer any amounts
on deposit in the Distribution Account to pay any deficiencies in the Indenture
Securities Account and the Tax- Exempt Indenture Securities Account before so
transferring any monies (including any then Available Amounts under any Reserve
Account Security) on deposit in any Debt Service Reserve Account or any
Tax-Exempt Debt Service Reserve Account for such purposes. Any such transfers
shall be made by the Collateral Agent in the following order of priority: first,
transfer monies then on deposit in the Distribution Account; second, draw upon
any Reserve Account Letter of Credit on deposit in the Distribution Account
pursuant to Section 3.15(d) in an amount up to the Available Amount thereunder
and transfer the monies in respect thereof; and third, call upon any Southern
Guaranty on deposit in the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.15(d) in
an amount up to the Available Amount thereunder and transfer the monies in
respect thereof, in each case, directly to the Indenture Trustee or the
Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee (as the case may be) for payment (to the extent
necessary) of such amounts due and owing in respect of such Senior Securities.
(c) Notwithstanding Section 3.8(a), if (i) at any time, the amount of
monies on deposit in (without giving effect to amounts then available to be
drawn or called upon under any Reserve Account Security on deposit in) the
Distribution Account exceeds the lesser of (A) the amount of Senior Debt and (B)
$34,000,000 or (ii) on a Distribution Date, the Company shall have provided an
Officer's Certificate (together with an Independent Engineer Certification)
certifying to the Collateral Agent that (A) the Senior Debt Service Coverage
Ratio for the one-year period consisting of the two semi-annual payment periods
immediately preceding such Distribution Date was equal to at least 1.2 to 1.0,
(B) based upon projections prepared by the Company in accordance with Section
1.15 of the Indenture and Section 1.12 of the IDB Lease Agreement, and with any
comparable provision of the Working Capital Facility, the Senior Debt Service
Coverage Ratio for the one year period consisting of the current semi-annual
payment period and the immediately succeeding semi-annual payment period is
projected to be at least 1.2 to 1.0 and (C) the requirements of Section 5.19 of
the Indenture and Section 4.19 of the IDB Lease Agreement, and of any comparable
provision of the Working Capital Facility, have not been satisfied on such
Distribution Date and each of the five (5) Distribution Dates immediately
preceding such Distribution Date, then, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii)
above, in replacement of monies on deposit in the Distribution Account, the
Company may deliver to the Collateral Agent at such time Reserve Account
Security having an Available Amount thereunder equal to the amount of such
monies so replaced and otherwise in accordance with Section 3.15(a); provided,
however, that, in the case of clause (i) above, the amount of monies so replaced
shall not be greater than the amount of the excess described in such clause (i).
Any such Reserve Account Security shall terminate, and be returned to the
Company, on the first Distribution Date following the delivery to the Collateral
Agent of such Reserve Account Security on which the requirements of Section 5.19
of the Indenture and Section 4.19 of the IDB Lease
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Agreement, and of any comparable provision of the Working Capital Facility, have
been satisfied.
SECTION 3.9 Completion Account. (a) On the Closing Date, the Capital
Budget Subaccount shall be funded with monies transferred pursuant to Section
5.18(a)(iii) of the Indenture. Such monies shall be applied to the payment, or
reimbursement to the extent the same have been paid or satisfied by the Company,
of Project Costs in accordance with the Capital Budget.
(b) The Company shall deposit the proceeds of any Debt authorized by
Section 5.17 of the Indenture and Section 4.17 of the IDB Lease Agreement, and
by any comparable provision of the Working Capital Facility, for (i) Optional
Modifications into the Optional Modifications Subaccount and (ii) Required
Modifications into the Required Modifications Subaccount. Such monies shall be
applied to the payment, or reimbursement to the extent the same have been paid
or satisfied by the Company, of costs incurred in connection with Optional
Modifications or Required Modifications (as the case may be) in accordance with
a budget prepared by the Company and approved by the Independent Engineer and
delivered to the Collateral Agent. Such budget shall identify all costs
reasonably anticipated to be incurred in connection with the Optional
Modifications or the Required Modifications (as the case may be) and shall
include a progress payment schedule for the projected requisitions to be made
from the Optional Modifications Subaccount with respect to such Optional
Modifications or the Required Modifications Subaccount with respect to such
Required Modifications (as the case may be).
(c) The Collateral Agent shall transfer monies from the applicable
subaccount of the Completion Account upon receipt of an Officer's Certificate of
the Company (together with an Independent Engineer's Confirmation as to clauses
(i) through (iv) below) specifying (i) the amount to be disbursed from such
subaccount (including reasonable supporting documentation, if available), (ii)
that such amounts have been, or within the immediately succeeding forty-five
(45) days are expected to be, used for (A) in the case of Section 3.9(a),
Project Costs, which do not exceed the aggregate amount of the Capital Budget,
less any amounts that previously have been transferred pursuant to this clause
(ii) and (B) in the case of Section 3.9(b), costs incurred in connection with
Optional Modifications or Required Modifications (as the case may be), (iii) the
item for which payment is requested has not been the basis for a prior
requisition from any Account that has been paid or with respect to which a
request for payment is still pending, (iv) the Person or Persons to whom such
monies shall be transferred (including appropriate account information) and (v)
no Event of Default under the Indenture, the Tax-Exempt Indenture or the Working
Capital Facility has occurred and is continuing. The Company shall provide the
Collateral Agent with written notice when full payment of the Project Costs or
costs incurred in connection with Optional Modifications or Required
Modifications (as the case may be) for which monies were held in the applicable
subaccount of the Completion Account has occurred, whereupon the Collateral
Agent shall, within seven (7) days of receipt of such notice, transfer any
monies remaining in such subaccount to the Revenue Account.
SECTION 3.10 Loss Proceeds Account. (a) All Loss Proceeds shall be
deposited into the Loss Proceeds Account and, subject to the provisions of this
Section 3.10, applied to the payment, or reimbursement to the extent the same
have been paid or satisfied by the Company, of the costs of (i) rebuilding,
repairing and restoring the Energy Complex or any part thereof that has been
affected by an Event of Loss or Event of Eminent Domain or (ii) building a
Replacement Facility.
(b) The Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to disburse from the Loss
Proceeds Account the amount required to be paid for the rebuilding, repair or
restoration of the Energy Complex or any part thereof, or the building of a
Replacement Facility, as specified in Section 3.10(a). The Collateral Agent is
hereby authorized and directed to issue its checks or transfer funds
electronically for each disbursement from the Loss Proceeds Account, upon
receipt of a requisition in substantially the form of Exhibit A, submitted to
the
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Collateral Agent, signed by an Authorized Officer of the Company, together with
an Independent Engineer Confirmation; provided, however, that such Independent
Engineer Confirmation shall not be required if such requisition includes a
certification that the amount requested pursuant to such requisition, together
with the amounts requested or to be requested pursuant to all other such
requisitions made or reasonably expected to be made (i) during the same Fiscal
Year in which such requisition is so submitted to the Collateral Agent, does not
exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate or (ii) in respect of any Event of Loss or
Event of Eminent Domain, does not exceed $7,500,000 in the aggregate. The
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely on all certifications and statements
in such requisitions. The Collateral Agent shall keep and maintain adequate
records pertaining to the Loss Proceeds Account and all disbursements therefrom
and shall file an accounting thereof with the Company, the Independent Engineer
and the Mill Owners within three (3) months following the end of each Fiscal
Year.
(c) If an Event of Loss or an Event of Eminent Domain shall occur, as
soon as reasonably practicable but no later than the date of receipt of Loss
Proceeds with respect thereto, the Company shall make a reasonable good faith
determination as to (i) (A) whether or not (1) the Energy Complex or any portion
thereof can be rebuilt, repaired or restored to permit operation of the Energy
Complex at substantially the same level of performance as the Energy Complex was
capable of being operated immediately prior to such Event of Loss or Event of
Eminent Domain (such determination to take into account the impact of such Event
of Loss or Event of Eminent Domain on the Mills) and (2) such rebuilding, repair
or restoration would be required by Section 10.7(b)(ii) of the Master Operating
Agreement or (B) whether or not (1) a Replacement Facility can be built to
provide services to some or all of the Mills (such determination to take into
account the impact of such Event of Loss or Event of Eminent Domain on the
Mills) and (2) such Replacement Facility would be required by Section
10.7(b)(ii) of the Master Operating Agreement, for which (based upon projections
of the Company prepared in accordance with Section 1.15 of the Indenture and
Section 1.12 of the IDB Lease Agreement and with any comparable provision of the
Working Capital Facility) the minimum Senior Debt Service Coverage Ratio for
each Fiscal Year commencing with such Replacement Facility's anticipated
commercial operation date through the Fiscal Year in which the last maturity of
Senior Debt is scheduled to mature is projected to equal or exceed the minimum
Senior Debt Service Coverage Ratio projected for the Energy Complex for each
such Fiscal Year based upon the circumstances existing immediately prior to such
Event of Loss or Event of Eminent Domain and (ii) whether or not such Loss
Proceeds, together with any Additional Available Proceeds with respect to such
Event of Loss or Event of Eminent Domain, are sufficient to permit such
rebuilding, repair or restoration of the Energy Complex or a portion thereof, or
such building of a Replacement Facility (such determination of sufficiency in
each instance in this Section 3.10 to take into account, among other things,
funds required to pay principal of and interest on the Senior Debt becoming due
during such period in which commercial operation of the Energy Complex is
interrupted as a result of such Event of Loss or Event of Eminent Domain). The
determination of the Company pursuant to this Section 3.10(c) shall be evidenced
by an Officer's Certificate of the Company filed with the Collateral Agent,
which (in the event the Company determines that the Energy Complex or a portion
thereof can be rebuilt, repaired, restored or replaced subject to the conditions
hereof and that such Loss Proceeds, together with such Additional Available
Proceeds, are sufficient therefor) shall also set forth a reasonable good faith
estimate by the Company of the total cost of such rebuilding, repair,
restoration or replacement; provided, however, that if the Mill Owners are the
prevailing party in a dispute the subject matter of which is, or includes,
whether or not the Company is required under the terms of the Master Operating
Agreement to rebuild the Energy Complex, then the Company shall deliver such
Officer's Certificate to the Collateral Agent. The Company shall also deliver to
the Collateral Agent, at the time it delivers such Officer's Certificate, an
Independent Engineer Confirmation, dated the date of such Officer's Certificate,
stating that, based upon reasonable investigation and review of the
determinations made by the Company, the Independent Engineer believes that the
determinations and the estimate of the total cost set forth in such Officer's
Certificate are reasonable.
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(d) (i) If a determination relating to an Event of Loss or
Event of Eminent Domain is made pursuant to Section 3.10(c) that (A)
neither the Energy Complex nor any portion thereof can be rebuilt,
repaired, restored or replaced, subject to the conditions contained
therein, or (B) the Loss Proceeds with respect thereto, together with
any Additional Available Proceeds, are not sufficient to permit such
rebuilding, repair, restoration or replacement, then all of such Loss
Proceeds shall be distributed in accordance with Section 6.2(a). Any
such Loss Proceeds that are distributed to the Senior Secured Parties
shall, pursuant to Section 6.2(a), be applied to the redemption of all
Senior Debt in accordance with the terms of the Financing Documents.
Additional Available Proceeds shall be distributed by the Collateral
Agent (upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of an Officer's Certificate
of the Company to such effect) to the Company.
(ii) Subject to paragraph (iv) of this Section 3.10(d), if a
determination relating to an Event of Loss or Event of Eminent Domain
is made pursuant to Section 3.10(c)(i)(A) that (A) the Energy Complex
can be completely rebuilt, repaired or restored to permit operation on
a commercially feasible basis as described therein and (B) the Loss
Proceeds with respect thereto, together with any Additional Available
Proceeds, are sufficient to permit such rebuilding, repair or
restoration, then all of such Loss Proceeds and Additional Available
Proceeds shall remain on deposit in the Loss Proceeds Account and shall
be applied in accordance with Section 3.10(b). Upon completion of any
such complete rebuilding, repair or restoration of the Energy Complex,
any Excess Loss Proceeds with respect to such Event of Loss or Event of
Eminent Domain shall be distributed in accordance with Section 6.2(b).
Any monies remaining in the Loss Proceeds Account following such
distribution shall be deposited into the Revenue Account; provided,
however, that such monies shall, solely to the extent they constitute
Additional Available Proceeds, be distributed by the Collateral Agent
(upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of an Officer's Certificate of
the Company to such effect) to the Company.
(iii) Subject to paragraph (iv) of this Section 3.10(d), if a
determination relating to an Event of Loss or Event of Eminent Domain
is made pursuant to Section 3.10(c)(i)(A) or 3.10(c)(i)(B) that (A) a
portion of the Energy Complex can be rebuilt, repaired or restored to
permit operation on a commercially feasible basis as described in
Section 3.10(c)(i)(A) or 3.10(c)(i)(B) or a Replacement Facility can be
built, subject to the conditions contained therein, and (B) the Loss
Proceeds with respect thereto, together with any Additional Available
Proceeds, are sufficient to permit such rebuilding, repair, restoration
or replacement, then all of such Loss Proceeds and Additional Available
Proceeds shall remain on deposit in the Loss Proceeds Account and shall
be applied in accordance with Section 3.10(b). Upon completion of any
such rebuilding, repair, restoration or replacement of the Energy
Complex, any Excess Loss Proceeds with respect to such Event of Loss or
Event of Eminent Domain shall be distributed in accordance with Section
6.2(b). Any monies remaining in the Loss Proceeds Account following
such distribution shall be deposited into the Revenue Account;
provided, however, that such monies shall, solely to the extent they
constitute Additional Available Proceeds, be distributed by the
Collateral Agent (upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of an Officer's
Certificate of the Company to such effect) to the Company.
(iv) Notwithstanding paragraphs (ii) and (iii) of this Section
3.10(d), at the election of the Company, all of the Loss Proceeds,
together with any Additional Available Proceeds, with respect to an
Event of Loss or Event of Eminent Domain shall be distributed in
accordance with Section 6.2(a), provided that, at the time of such
election, (A) the Company is not otherwise required under the Master
Operating Agreement or the Lease, as applicable, to rebuild, repair,
restore or replace the Energy Complex or to apply Loss Proceeds to the
rebuilding, repair, restoration or replacement of the Energy Complex
and (B) the Company files
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with the Collateral Agent an Officer's Certificate certifying (together
with an Independent Engineer Confirmation) that (1) the monies on
deposit (including any Additional Available Proceeds) in the Loss
Proceeds Account are sufficient to redeem all Senior Debt, (2) all or
substantially all of the Energy Complex has suffered loss or been
destroyed or otherwise rendered unfit for normal use in connection with
such Event of Loss or all or substantially all of the Energy Complex
has been the subject of a compulsory transfer or taking, or transfer
under threat of compulsory transfer or taking, in connection with such
Event of Eminent Domain and (3) the Company is not otherwise required
under the Master Operating Agreement or the Lease, as applicable, to
rebuild, repair, restore or replace the Energy Complex, or to apply
Loss Proceeds to the rebuilding, repair, restoration or replacement of
the Energy Complex. Such Officer's Certificate shall be accompanied by
an Opinion of Counsel to the effect set forth in clause (3) above;
provided, however, that if any Dispute (as defined in the Master
Operating Agreement) has arisen between the Mill Owners and the Company
with respect to the compliance of such election with the applicable
provisions of the Master Operating Agreement and the Lease, as
applicable, the Company shall also deliver to the Collateral Agent
satisfactory evidence of the conclusive resolution of such Dispute
pursuant to the dispute resolution provisions of the Master Operating
Agreement. Any such Loss Proceeds that are distributed to the Senior
Secured Parties shall, pursuant to Section 6.2(a), be applied to the
redemption of all Senior Debt in accordance with the terms of the
Financing Documents.
(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 3.10, (i) if
the Loss Proceeds Account does not contain an amount at least equal to the
estimate of the total cost of rebuilding, repair, restoration or replacement set
forth in the Officer's Certificate filed with the Collateral Agent pursuant to
Section 3.10(c), and such amounts have not otherwise been committed by the
applicable insurers or condemning authority as certified in such Officer's
Certificate, by the tenth (10th) Business Day following the determination
contemplated by Section 3.10(d)(ii) or 3.10(d)(iii), then the Company shall be
deemed to have made the determination contemplated by Section 3.10(d)(i) and
(ii) if the Company receives Loss Proceeds from an Event of Loss or Event of
Eminent Domain and the cost to rebuild, repair, restore or replace the Energy
Complex does not, based upon a reasonable and good faith determination of the
Company, exceed in the aggregate $7,500,000, then the Company shall not be
required to comply with the provisions of Section 3.10(c) or 3.10(d) and such
Loss Proceeds shall be deposited into the Loss Proceeds Account and, together
with any Additional Available Proceeds, applied in accordance with Section
3.10(b) to rebuild, repair, restore or replace the Energy Complex to permit the
operation thereof at substantially the same level of performance at which the
Energy Complex was capable to being operated immediately prior to such Event of
Loss or Event of Eminent Domain (as the case may be).
SECTION 3.11 Revenue Account. Subject to Section 6.1, monies on deposit
in the Revenue Account, upon receipt by the Collateral Agent, no later than the
close of business on the Business Day prior to each Monthly Transfer Date, of an
Officer's Certificate of the Company (substantially in the form of Exhibit B)
certifying the amount of such monies to be withdrawn and the application thereof
(including appropriate payment instructions in respect thereof), will be
withdrawn on such Monthly Transfer Date to make the following transfers or
deposits to the following Persons or into the following Accounts and in the
following order of priority (but only to the extent such monies are then on
deposit in the Revenue Account):
(a) for deposit into the Mill Owner Reimbursement Account, an
amount equal to the amount that is or will be reimbursable to the Mill
Owners prior to the next succeeding Monthly Transfer Date in connection
with the exercise of Mill Owner Step-In Rights (except as otherwise
provided in the Consents to Assignment to which the Mill Owners are
parties);
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(b) for deposit into the Working Capital Facility Account, an
amount that is equal to amounts that were scheduled to be due and
payable, but remain unpaid, or are scheduled to become due and payable
for principal of and interest on, and fees and other amounts with
respect to, the Working Capital Facility prior to the next succeeding
Monthly Transfer Date and, upon the occurrence and during the
continuation of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of either of the Mobile
Energy Parties, all other amounts due and payable in respect thereof
(whether as a result of acceleration or otherwise);
(c) for deposit into the Operating Account, an amount
sufficient to cause the aggregate amount therein, after giving effect
to monies deposited therein prior to such Monthly Transfer Date that
have not yet been used for Operation and Maintenance Costs, to be equal
to the amount of Operation and Maintenance Costs (other than (i)
Subordinated Fees, (ii) Operation and Maintenance Costs that the
Company expects to pay with Working Capital Facility O&M Loans and
(iii) unless and to the extent that the monies on deposit in the
Maintenance Reserve Account, the Subordinated Debt Account, the
Subordinated Fee Account and the Distribution Account (including, in
the case of the Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount and the
Distribution Account, the then Available Amounts under any Reserve
Account Security on deposit therein) are insufficient therefor,
Maintenance Expenditures) that are estimated by the Company to be due
and payable prior to the next succeeding Monthly Transfer Date;
(d) to each of the Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee and
the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee, an amount that is equal to the amount
due and payable immediately prior to such Monthly Transfer Date to each
of such Persons in their capacities as the Collateral Agent under this
Agreement, the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture and the Tax-Exempt
Indenture Trustee under the Tax-Exempt Indenture, respectively;
provided, however, that if monies on deposit in the Revenue Account are
insufficient on such Monthly Transfer Date to make the transfers
specified in this Section 3.11(d), distribution of monies will be made
ratably to each specified Person based upon the respective amounts
owing to each such Person;
(e) (i) for deposit into the Working Capital Facility Account,
an amount that is equal to, after giving effect to any deposits into
the Working Capital Facility Account in accordance with Section
3.11(b), all amounts due and payable (whether as a result of
acceleration or otherwise) for principal of and interest on, and fees
and other amounts with respect to, the Working Capital Facility
immediately prior to such Monthly Transfer Date; (ii) to the Indenture
Trustee for deposit into (A) the Indenture Securities Interest
Subaccount, an amount equal to the Required Interest Deposit with
respect thereto, (B) the Indenture Securities Principal Subaccount, an
amount equal to the Required Principal Deposit with respect thereto and
(C) the Indenture Securities Redemption Subaccount, an amount equal to
the sum of the Required Interest Deposit and the Required Principal
Deposit, in each case with respect thereto; and (iii) to the Tax-Exempt
Indenture Trustee for deposit into (A) the Tax-Exempt Indenture
Securities Interest Subaccount, an amount equal to the Required
Interest Deposit with respect thereto, (B) the Tax-Exempt Indenture
Securities Principal Subaccount, an amount equal to the Required
Principal Deposit with respect thereto and (C) the Tax-Exempt Indenture
Securities Redemption Subaccount, an amount equal to the sum of the
Required Interest Deposit and the Required Principal Deposit, in each
case with respect thereto; provided, however, that if monies in the
Revenue Account are insufficient on such Monthly Transfer Date to make
the transfers specified in this Section 3.11(e), distribution of monies
shall be made ratably to each specified Account or Person based upon
the respective amounts owing to each such Account or Person;
(f) for deposit into the Maintenance Reserve Account, such amount
as the Company may elect, but in no event less than (and, in the event
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that the amount of monies that are then, or after giving effect to any
monies to be deposited into the Mill Owner Maintenance Reserve Account
on such Monthly Transfer Date will be, on deposit in or otherwise
credited to (in accordance with the Mill Owner Maintenance Reserve
Account Agreement) the Mill Owner Maintenance Reserve Account is less
than $2,000,000, in no event more than) the excess of (i) the
Maintenance Reserve Account Required Deposit with respect to the Fiscal
Quarter in which such Monthly Transfer Date occurs over (ii) the amount
of monies (including then Available Amounts under any Reserve Account
Security), if any, deposited into the Maintenance Reserve Account
(other than any such monies or Reserve Account Security used to replace
other Reserve Account Security or monies on deposit therein) during the
Fiscal Quarter in which such Monthly Transfer Date occurs;
(g) to: (i) the Indenture Trustee, for deposit into each Debt
Service Reserve Account (if any), an amount sufficient to cause the
aggregate amount of monies, together with the then Available Amount
under any Reserve Account Security, on deposit in such Debt Service
Reserve Account to equal the Debt Service Reserve Account Required
Balance immediately prior to such Monthly Transfer Date; and (ii) the
Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee, for deposit into each Tax-Exempt Debt
Service Reserve Account (if any), an amount sufficient to cause the
aggregate amount of monies, together with the then Available Amount
under any Reserve Account Letter of Credit, on deposit in such
Tax-Exempt Debt Service Reserve Account to equal the Tax-Exempt Debt
Service Reserve Account Required Balance immediately prior to such
Monthly Transfer Date; provided, however, that if monies in the Revenue
Account are insufficient on such Monthly Transfer Date to make the
transfers specified in this Section 3.11(g), distribution of monies
will be made ratably to each specified Person based upon the respective
amounts owing to each such Person;
(h) to the Company for deposit into the Mill Owner Maintenance
Reserve Account, an amount sufficient to cause the aggregate amount of
monies on deposit in or otherwise credited to (in accordance with the
Mill Owner Maintenance Reserve Account Agreement) the Mill Owner
Maintenance Reserve Account to equal $2,000,000;
(i) for deposit into the Subordinated Debt Account, an amount
determined by the Company or otherwise required pursuant to the terms
of any Subordinated Loan Agreement relating to Non-Affiliate
Subordinated Debt to be deposited into the Subordinated Debt Account on
such Monthly
Transfer Date;
(j) for deposit into the Subordinated Fee Account, an amount
that, after giving effect to amounts on deposit therein and a uniform
amount to be deposited therein in each succeeding month prior to the
next Distribution Date, will be equal to the amount of Operation and
Maintenance Costs constituting Subordinated Fees that will be due and
payable or are estimated to be due and payable as of such Distribution
Date; and
(k) to the Distribution Account.
SECTION 3.12 Investment of Monies in the Intercreditor Agreement
Accounts. (a) Amounts deposited into the Intercreditor Agreement Accounts, at
the written request and direction of the Company, shall be invested by the
Collateral Agent in Permitted Investments. Such Permitted Investments shall
mature in such amounts and not later than such times as may be necessary to
provide monies when needed to make payments with such monies as provided in this
Agreement. Net interest or gain received from such Permitted Investments shall
remain in each Intercreditor Agreement Account pending application as provided
in this Agreement. Absent written instructions from the Company, the Collateral
Agent shall invest the amounts held in the Intercreditor Agreement Accounts in
Permitted Investments described in clause (a) of the definition of Permitted
Investments. All such Permitted Investments shall be made in the name of the
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Collateral Agent (it being understood and agreed that the Collateral Agent shall
not be responsible for valuation losses in respect thereof) and shall be made in
such manner as to preserve the Lien of the Security Agreement thereon. The
Collateral Agent shall maintain records reflecting the interest of each
Intercreditor Agreement Account in such Permitted Investments.
(b) In computing the amount in any Intercreditor Agreement Account (or
any other separate account or fund created under the provisions of, and for any
purpose provided in, this Agreement), each Permitted Investment on deposit
therein shall be valued, as reasonably determined by the Collateral Agent (it
being understood and agreed that the Collateral Agent shall not be responsible
for valuation losses in respect thereof), at the fair value thereof, including
accrued interest thereon. On the Business Day immediately preceding each Monthly
Transfer Date and the date of any withdrawal of monies on deposit in any
Intercreditor Agreement Account, the Collateral Agent shall so value each
Permitted Investment on deposit in such Intercreditor Agreement Account and,
promptly thereafter, shall notify the Company, the Senior Secured Parties and
the Independent Engineer as to the amount of any deficiency or surplus in such
Intercreditor Agreement Account as of such date based upon such valuation.
(c) Amounts deposited in any Intercreditor Agreement Account may be
combined with amounts deposited in other Intercreditor Accounts for purposes of
making any Permitted Investment, provided that such Intercreditor Agreement
Account shall maintain an undivided interest in any such combined Permitted
Investment based upon its pro rata share of the amount contributed by such
Intercreditor Agreement Account at the time of the making of such combined
Permitted Investment.
SECTION 3.13 Monies to Be Held in Trust. All monies required to be
deposited with or paid to the Collateral Agent for the account of any
Intercreditor Agreement Account under any provision of this Agreement and all
investments made therewith, and all investments made therewith, and all monies
withdrawn from any Intercreditor Agreement Account and held by the Collateral
Agent, shall be held by the Collateral Agent in trust and, while so held, for
and on behalf of the Senior Secured Parties.
SECTION 3.14 Dominion and Control. Each of the Mobile Energy Parties
hereby transfers, assigns and sets over all of its right, title and interest in
and to all Intercreditor Agreement Accounts and all amounts or investments
deposited or held in any Intercreditor Agreement Account and grants to the
Collateral Agent sole dominion and control over such amounts. Neither of the
Mobile Energy Parties shall have the right to withdraw monies from any
Intercreditor Agreement Account hereunder, except to the extent such monies are
disbursed by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.
SECTION 3.15 Reserve Account Security. (a) In addition to and without
in any way limiting the provisions of Sections 3.5 and 3.8 but subject to
Section 3.15(c), the Company shall not be required at any time to deposit any
monies into the Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount, and the Company shall be
entitled from time to time to withdraw monies on deposit in the Maintenance Plan
Funding Subaccount or, subject to and in accordance with Section 3.8(c), the
Distribution Account, provided that and for so long as Reserve Account Security
having an Available Amount thereunder equal to the amount of such monies
otherwise required to be and not so deposited or the amount of such monies so
withdrawn (as the case may be) shall have been delivered to the Collateral
Agent, at or prior to such time, for deposit into the Maintenance Plan Funding
Subaccount or the Distribution Account (as the case may be). At the time of any
such deposit, the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to receive, and (subject to
Section 7.2) shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Opinion of Counsel to
the effect that such Reserve Account Security (i) is permitted by this Section
3.15 and has been delivered in accordance with the provisions hereof, (ii) has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the provider thereof and (iii)
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such provider, enforceable
against such provider in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability (A) may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, fraudulent
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conveyance, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights and remedies generally as such laws would apply
in the event of a bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of, or other similar
occurrence with respect to, such provider and (B) is subject to general
principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity
or at law) and other customary qualifications and limitations. The Company may
from time to time, at its discretion, replace or reduce the Available Amount (in
whole or in part) under any Reserve Account Security on deposit in the
Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount or the Distribution Account (as the case may
be) with other Reserve Account Security having an Available Amount thereunder,
or with monies in an amount, equal to the Available Amount so replaced or
reduced.
(b) Each Reserve Account Security on deposit in the Maintenance Plan
Funding Subaccount or the Distribution Account shall provide that not less than
forty-five (45) days prior to the occurrence of a Termination Event with respect
to such Reserve Account Security, the provider thereof shall deliver written
notice to the Collateral Agent and the Company of such occurrence. The Company
shall provide notice to the Collateral Agent of the occurrence of any Credit
Standard Event or Default Event within three (3) Business Days of its actual or
constructive knowledge of the event giving rise to such occurrence.
(c) If (i) (in lieu of any monies required to be deposited into, or in
replacement of monies or other Reserve Account Security on deposit in, the
Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount) any Reserve Account Security is on deposit
in the Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount pursuant to Section 3.15(a), then,
immediately upon the occurrence of a Required Deposit Event with respect to such
Reserve Account Security, the Company agrees to deposit into the Maintenance
Plan Funding Subaccount an amount of monies equal to the Required Deposit with
respect to such Required Deposit Event and (ii) (in lieu of any monies required
to be deposited into, or in replacement of monies or other Reserve Account
Security on deposit in, the Distribution Account) any Reserve Account Security
is on deposit in the Distribution Account pursuant to Section 3.15(a), then,
immediately upon the occurrence of a Required Deposit Event with respect to such
Reserve Account Security, the Company agrees to deposit into the Distribution
Account an amount of monies equal to the Required Deposit with respect to such
Required Deposit Event.
(d) If the Company fails to make any Required Deposit pursuant to
Section 3.15(c) as and when due, then the Collateral Agent shall, and is hereby
authorized and directed to, draw or call upon such Reserve Account Security in
an amount equal to the amount of such Required Deposit that the Company so
failed to deposit; provided, however, that, if a Required Deposit Event occurs
at a time when more than one Reserve Account Letter of Credit or Southern
Guaranty is on deposit in the Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount or the
Distribution Account, the Collateral Agent may elect, subject to, in the case of
the Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount, Section 3.5(c) and, in the case of the
Distribution Account, Section 3.8(b), the order in which the Collateral Agent
shall draw upon such Reserve Account Letters of Credit or call upon such
Southern Guaranties (as the case may be). Any amounts drawn or called upon by
the Collateral Agent under any such Reserve Account Security shall be deposited
into the Reserve Account Security Account in which such Reserve Account Security
was deposited. The Company's obligations under Section 3.15(c) shall be
satisfied to the extent of any such deposit.
SECTION 3.16 Payment of 1994 Bonds. On each 1994 Bond Payment Date, the
Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of an Officer's Certificate of the Company
specifying the aggregate amount due and payable on account of principal of and
premium, if any, and interest on the 1994 Bonds, make payment of such aggregate
amount by debiting the Revenue Account (or, if the monies on deposit in the
Revenue Account are insufficient therefor and so long as no Trigger Event has
occurred and is continuing, the Collateral Agent may debit, in the following
order of priority, the Operating Account, the Maintenance Reserve Account, the
Distribution Account, the Subordinated Fee Account and the Subordinated Debt
Account (including, in the case of the Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount and
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the Distribution Account, the then Available Amount under any Reserve Account
Security on deposit therein)) to the extent necessary to make, or to cause to be
deemed to be made, such payment, and by immediately paying over to, or deeming
to be immediately paid over to (as applicable), the 1994 Bond Trustee the amount
so debited. The Collateral Agent, in its capacity as the 1994 Bond Trustee and
as Collateral Agent hereunder, and the Company hereby agree that the 1994 Bond
Trustee shall (a) receive each such payment, or shall deem each such payment to
be received by it (as applicable), and (b) immediately pay the amount thereof
over to, or deem such amount to be paid over to (as applicable), the Collateral
Agent (as assignee of the payee under the 1994 Bonds), in respect of the
applicable payment in respect of the 1994 Bonds, for credit to the applicable
Account or Accounts in the amount by which such Account was or Accounts were so
debited in connection with such payment. The provisions of this Section 3.16
shall remain in effect only so long as the Company is the payee under, and the
Collateral Agent is the assignee of, the 1994 Bonds.
ARTICLE IV
PRIORITIES; SUBORDINATION
SECTION 4.1 Priority of Security Interests. (a) Each Senior Secured
Party agrees that, as among the Senior Secured Parties and subject to the
priorities set forth in and the other provisions of Article VI, the Security
Interest of each Senior Secured Party in any Shared Collateral ranks and will
rank equally in priority with the Security Interest of the other Senior Secured
Parties in the same Shared Collateral.
(b) The priorities specified in this Agreement are applicable
irrespective of any statement in any other Security Document or in any other
Contract to the contrary, the time or order or method of attachment or
perfection of Liens or the time or order of filing of Financing Statements or
the giving or failure to give notice of the acquisition or expected acquisition
of purchase money or other security interests and, to the extent not provided
for in this Agreement, the rights and priorities of the Senior Secured Parties
shall be determined in accordance with applicable Law.
(c) The Mobile Energy Parties hereby covenant and agree, as a condition
to entering into any Financing Document or Subordinated Loan Agreement with a
Senior Secured Party or Subordinated Debt Provider (as the case may be), to
cause each Person holding Senior Debt or Subordinated Debt to become a party to
this Agreement by executing an amendment to this Agreement and becoming a Senior
Secured Party or a Subordinated Debt Provider (as the case may be) hereunder,
and each of the Collateral Agent and the Intercreditor Parties hereby covenants
and agrees to cooperate in respect thereof.
SECTION 4.2 Subordination. (a) The Mobile Energy Parties and each
Subordinated Debt Provider hereby agree for the benefit of the Senior Secured
Parties that all Subordinated Debt shall be junior and subordinate, to the
extent and in the manner set forth hereinafter, in right of payment to the prior
indefeasible payment or satisfaction in full in cash of all Secured Obligations.
In furtherance thereof, each Subordinated Debt Provider shall be subject to the
following:
(i) Except for receiving of payments in accordance with
Section 3.11(i), a Subordinated Debt Provider shall not ask, demand,
sue for, take or receive from the Company, directly or indirectly, in
cash or other property or by set-off or in any other manner (including
from or by way of the Collateral or any guaranty of payment or
performance), payment of all or any Subordinated Debt unless and until
the Senior Debt Termination Date shall have occurred.
(ii) Until the Senior Debt Termination Date, a Subordinated
Debt Provider shall not (A) accelerate Subordinated Debt for any reason
(other than as a result of a Bankruptcy Event in respect of either of
the Mobile Energy Parties), (B) exercise any rights or enforce any
remedies or assert
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any claim with respect to the Collateral or any assets of either of the
Mobile Energy Parties or sell any of the Collateral, (C) seek to
foreclose Liens that may be granted to it pursuant to the terms of the
Contracts granting such Liens to such Subordinated Debt Provider or (D)
take any action, directly or indirectly, or institute any proceedings,
directly or indirectly, with respect to the foregoing; provided,
however, that if any principal, interest or other amount required to be
paid to such Subordinated Debt Provider by the Company is not paid when
due, such Subordinated Debt Provider may charge interest at the overdue
rate specified in the applicable Subordinated Loan Agreement.
(iii) Upon any distribution of all or any of the assets of
either of the Mobile Energy Parties to its creditors upon the
dissolution, winding up, liquidation, arrangement, reorganization or
composition of such Mobile Energy Party, whether in any bankruptcy,
insolvency, arrangement, reorganization, receivership or similar
proceedings or upon a general assignment for the benefit of creditors
or any other marshaling of the assets and liabilities of such Mobile
Energy Party or otherwise, any payment or distribution of any kind
(whether in cash, property or securities) that otherwise would be
payable or deliverable upon or with respect to Subordinated Debt shall
be paid or delivered directly to the Collateral Agent, if such payment
is of cash, for application to and, if such payment is of non-cash
property or securities, as Collateral for, in either case, the payment
or prepayment of the Secured Obligations until the Secured Obligations
have been paid or otherwise satisfied in full and the Collateral Agent
shall have received notice of such satisfaction, termination or
expiration.
(iv) Each of the Senior Secured Parties hereby authorizes and
directs the Collateral Agent on its behalf to demand specific
performance of the terms of subordination set forth in this Section
4.2(a), whether or not the Mobile Energy Parties shall have complied
with any of the provisions hereof applicable to them, at any time when
a Subordinated Debt Provider shall have failed to comply with any of
such provisions applicable to such Subordinated Debt Provider. Each
Subordinated Debt Provider hereby irrevocably waives any defense based
upon the adequacy of a remedy at law that might be asserted as a bar to
such remedy of specific performance.
(v) Until the Senior Debt Termination Date, a Subordinated
Debt Provider shall not commence or join with any creditor other than
the Collateral Agent in commencing any proceeding referred to in
paragraph (iii) of this Section 4.2(a) for the payment of any amounts
that otherwise would be payable or deliverable upon or with respect to
Subordinated Debt.
(vi) Subject to the termination of the Financing Commitments
and the indefeasible payment or satisfaction in full of all of the
Financing Liabilities, the Subordinated Debt Providers shall be
subrogated to the rights of the Senior Secured Parties to receive
payments or distributions of assets of the Mobile Energy Parties made
on the Financing Liabilities until the Subordinated Debt shall have
been satisfied in full.
The foregoing provisions of this Section 4.2(a) regarding subordination
are for the benefit of the Senior Secured Parties and shall be enforceable by
them directly against the Subordinated Debt Providers, and no Senior Secured
Party shall be prejudiced in its right to enforce subordination of any
Subordinated Debt by any act or failure to act by either of the Mobile Energy
Parties or anyone in custody of its assets or property. The Mobile Energy
Parties shall not make any payment to the Subordinated Debt Providers, and the
Subordinated Debt Providers shall not retain any payment from the Mobile Energy
Parties, in contravention of this Section 4.2(a).
(b) Each of the parties hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that all
amounts applied to the payment of rebate pursuant to Section 148 of the Code and
all IDB Claims shall be treated as Operation and Maintenance Costs incurred in
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accordance with Prudent Plant Operating Standards and shall in no way be
affected by or subject to the terms of Section 4.2 of this Agreement.
ARTICLE V
EXERCISE OF RIGHTS
So long as any Secured Obligations remain outstanding, the following
provisions shall apply:
(a) If a Trigger Event shall have occurred and be continuing,
upon the written request of the Required Senior Creditors contained in
Senior Creditor Certificates, the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the
Indenture Trustee, the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee and the Working
Capital Facility Provider, as applicable, shall be permitted and is
hereby authorized to take any and all actions and to exercise any and
all rights, remedies and options that it may have under this Agreement,
the other Financing Documents and applicable Law; provided, however,
that if the underlying event that caused such Trigger Event is a
Bankruptcy Event in respect of either of the Mobile Energy Parties, no
written request of the Required Senior Creditors shall be required in
order to permit and authorize the Collateral Agent following such
Trigger Event to take any and all actions and to exercise any and all
rights, remedies and options that it may have under this Agreement, the
other Financing Documents or applicable Law; provided further, however,
that the Collateral Agent shall not amend, modify or supplement (or
agree to consent to any such amendment, modification or supplement),
directly or indirectly or in the name of either of the Mobile Energy
Parties, any Project Contract if such amendment, modification or
supplement shall adversely affect any Senior Secured Party in any
material respect unless the Collateral Agent shall have obtained the
prior written consent of such Senior Secured Party to such amendment,
modification or supplement. The Collateral Agent shall provide each
Senior Secured Party with at least thirty (30) days prior written
notice of all such proposed amendments, modifications or supplements to
the Project Contracts. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as
restricting the right of any Senior Secured Party to cause the
acceleration, in accordance with the applicable Financing Document, of
the Senior Debt held by such Senior Secured Party.
(b) The Senior Secured Parties hereby agree to give each other
and the Collateral Agent written notice of the occurrence of any Event
of Default or Trigger Event as soon as practicable after the occurrence
thereof; provided, however, that the failure to provide such notice
shall not limit or impair the rights of the Senior Secured Parties
hereunder or under any other Financing Document or result in any
liability to the Senior Secured Party failing to do so.
(c) Each Intercreditor Party and the Collateral Agent hereby
acknowledge and agree that to the extent that Indenture Securities
Collateral is held by the Indenture Trustee in accordance with Article
IV of the Indenture, (i) such Indenture Securities Collateral is held
for the benefit of the Holders of the Indenture Securities, (ii) the
Indenture Trustee shall hold such Indenture Securities Collateral
solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Indenture Securities and
(iii) such Indenture Securities Collateral shall not be subject to the
Lien granted by the Security Agreement or the Mortgage. The Indenture
Trustee hereby acknowledges and agrees that it shall make all payments
to the Collateral Agent required to be made by it pursuant to the
Indenture in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Indenture.
(d) Each Intercreditor Party and the Collateral Agent hereby
acknowledge and agree that to the extent Tax-Exempt Indenture
Securities Collateral is held by the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee in
accordance with Article IV of the Tax-Exempt Indenture, (i) such
Tax-Exempt Indenture
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Securities Collateral is held for the benefit of the Holders of the
Tax- Exempt Indenture Securities, (ii) the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee
shall hold such Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Collateral solely for
the benefit of the Holders of the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities and
(iii) such Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Collateral shall not be
subject to the Lien granted by the Security Agreement or the Mortgage.
The Tax- Exempt Indenture Trustee hereby acknowledges and agrees that
it shall make all payments to the Collateral Agent required to be made
by it pursuant to the Tax-Exempt Indenture in accordance with the terms
and conditions of the Tax-Exempt Indenture.
(e) Each Intercreditor Party hereby acknowledges and agrees
that the Collateral Agent shall administer the Shared Collateral in the
manner contemplated by this Agreement and the other Security Documents
and the Collateral Agent shall exercise, as directed by the Required
Senior Creditors in Senior Creditor Certificates in accordance with
paragraph (a) of this Article V, such rights and remedies with respect
to the Shared Collateral (including the curing of defaults under the
Project Contracts) as are granted to it under the Security Documents,
this Agreement and applicable Law. No Intercreditor Party and no class
or classes of Intercreditor Parties shall have any right (i) to direct
the Collateral Agent to take any action in respect of the Shared
Collateral other than in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Article
V or (ii) to take any action with respect to the Shared Collateral (A)
independently of the Collateral Agent or (B) other than to direct the
Collateral Agent in writing to take action in accordance with paragraph
(a) of this Article V; provided, however, that nothing in paragraph (e)
of this Article V shall be deemed to limit the ability of any Senior
Secured Party to take any action in accordance with paragraph (i) of
this Article V.
(f) From time to time during the continuation of a Trigger
Event, the Collateral Agent shall, as instructed in Senior Creditor
Certificates of the Required Senior Creditors in accordance with
paragraph (a) of this Article V, render an accounting of the current
balance of each Intercreditor Agreement Account or other amounts or
monies administered by the Collateral Agent under this Agreement.
(g) Each of the Mobile Energy Parties covenants and agrees
that it shall not take any action that would prohibit or impair the
ability of the Collateral Agent from participating in any objection to
any foreclosure or similar proceeding instituted by a junior lienor
against either Mobile Energy Party; provided, however, that nothing in
this paragraph (g) shall, or shall be deemed to, affect the
relationship among the Senior Secured Parties or the relationship among
the Senior Secured Parties, the other Intercreditor Parties and the
Collateral Agent, nor shall anything in this paragraph (g) affect any
representation, warranty, covenant or agreement of any Senior Secured
Party under or in this Agreement.
(h) Each Senior Secured Party hereby agrees that, upon the
request of the Collateral Agent, it shall give notice to the Collateral
Agent and the Company of (i) all the outstanding Financing Liabilities
owed to such Senior Secured Party as of the date of such request, (ii)
the unutilized outstanding Financing Commitments of such Senior Secured
Party as of the date of such request and (iii) any other information
that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request. The Company agrees
that, as of the end of each Fiscal Quarter and from time to time upon
the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent, the Company shall send
to the Collateral Agent an Officer's Certificate of the Company
certifying as to the matters described in clauses (i) and (ii) of the
preceding sentence.
(i) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article
V, each Senior Secured Party individually shall be authorized to cure
any default of the Company under any Project Contract in accordance
with the Consent to Assignment executed in connection with such Project
Contract; provided, however, that monies advanced in connection with
such cure shall
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not constitute Senior Debt unless such monies would otherwise satisfy
the requirements for the issuance of Senior Debt.
(j) The Intercreditor Parties hereby agree that if, at any
time during the term of this Agreement, any Intercreditor Party
receives any payment or distribution of assets of the Mobile Energy
Parties of any kind or character, whether monies or cash proceeds
resulting from liquidation of the Shared Collateral (other than in
accordance with this Agreement), such Intercreditor Party shall hold
such payment in trust for the benefit of the Senior Secured Parties and
shall immediately remit such payment or distribution to the Collateral
Agent, and the Collateral Agent shall deposit such monies or proceeds
in the Revenue Account (or pursuant to Article VI) for application or
distribution, as the case may be, in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
ARTICLE VI
DIVISION OF PROCEEDS
SECTION 6.1 Division of Proceeds. (a) Upon and following a Wind-Up
Event, the proceeds of any sale, disposition or other realization or collection
by the Collateral Agent or by any Senior Secured Party upon the Shared
Collateral (or any portion thereof) pursuant to the Security Documents shall be
distributed in the following order of priorities:
First, to the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee from proceeds of
the Shared Collateral, any amount required to be rebated to the United
States government pursuant to Section 148 of the Code in connection
with any series of the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities (to the extent
not already provided for in the Tax-Exempt Indenture);
Second, to the Collateral Agent, to the Indenture Trustee and
the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee and to the IDB, ratably, from proceeds
of the Shared Collateral (other than Receivables and Fuel Inventory),
to the extent available, and then from Receivables and Fuel Inventory,
an amount equal to the amounts due in respect of the Collateral Agent
Claims, the Trustee Claims and the IDB Claims, respectively, due and
payable as of the date of such distribution, provided that, prior to
any such distribution to (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Tax-Exempt
Indenture Trustee, the Collateral Agent shall have received a
certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee
and the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee (as the case may be) setting forth
the amount so payable to the Indenture Trustee and the Tax-Exempt
Indenture Trustee (as the case may be) as of the date of such
distribution and (ii) the IDB, the Collateral Agent shall have received
a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the IDB setting forth
the amount so payable to the IDB as of the date of such distribution;
Third, to the Working Capital Facility Provider from the
proceeds of Receivables and Fuel Inventory, an amount equal to the
unpaid amount of all Financing Liabilities owed by the Company under
the Working Capital Facility, provided that prior to any such
distribution the Collateral Agent shall have received a certificate
executed by an Authorized Representative of the Working Capital
Facility Provider setting forth the amount so payable to the Working
Capital Facility Provider as of the date of such distribution;
Fourth, to the Senior Secured Parties (including the Working
Capital Facility Provider to the extent that all amounts owed to it
under the Working Capital Facility have not been repaid pursuant to
paragraph Third of this Section 6.1(a)), ratably, an amount equal to
the unpaid amount of all Financing Liabilities owed to the Senior
Secured Parties, provided that prior to any such distribution the
Collateral Agent shall have received a certificate executed by an
Authorized Representative of each
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such Senior Secured Party setting forth the amount so payable to such
Senior Secured Party as of the date of such distribution;
Fifth, to the Subordinated Debt Providers, ratably, an amount
equal to the unpaid obligations owed to such Subordinated Debt
Providers by the Mobile Energy Parties under any Subordinated Loan
Agreement, provided that prior to any such distribution the Collateral
Agent shall have received a certificate executed by an Authorized
Representative of each such Subordinated Debt Provider setting forth
the amount so payable to such Subordinated Debt Provider as of the date
of such distribution; and
Sixth, to the Mobile Energy Parties or their successors or
assigns or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or
as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct, any surplus then
remaining from such proceeds, it being understood that each of the
Mobile Energy Parties shall remain liable to the extent of any
deficiency between the amount of the proceeds of the Collateral and the
aggregate of the sums referred to in paragraphs First through Fifth of
this Section 6.1(a).
(b) As used in this Section 6.1, "proceeds" of Shared Collateral shall
mean cash, securities and other property realized in respect of, and
distributions in kind of, Shared Collateral, including any thereof received
under any reorganization, liquidation or adjustment of Debt of the Mobile Energy
Parties or any issuer of or obligor on any of the Shared Collateral.
(c) The Collateral Agent shall, upon receipt of indemnity satisfactory
to it and subject to Section 7.3, use reasonable efforts to join in any
foreclosure or similar proceeding instituted by a junior lienor with respect to
the Shared Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall hold all proceeds of the
Collateral received by it in connection with such proceeding instituted by a
junior lienor and not consolidated with any action by the Collateral Agent on
behalf of the Senior Secured Parties pending application of such proceeds by the
Collateral Agent in accordance with the written instructions of the Required
Senior Creditors.
SECTION 6.2 Application of Loss Proceeds. (a) Subject to Section 6.1,
all Loss Proceeds to be distributed by the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section
3.10(d)(i) or 3.10(d)(iv) shall be distributed within five (5) Business Days of
the receipt by the Collateral Agent of the appropriate notice set forth therein
in the following order of priorities:
First, to the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee from proceeds of
the Shared Collateral, any amount required to be rebated to the United
States government pursuant to Section 148 of the Code in connection
with any series of the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities (to the extent
not already provided for in the Tax-Exempt Indenture);
Second, to the Collateral Agent, to the Indenture Trustee and
the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee and to the IDB, ratably, an amount
equal to the amounts due in respect of the Collateral Agent Claims, the
Trustee Claims and the IDB Claims, respectively, due and payable as of
the date of such distribution, provided that, prior to any such
distribution to (i) the Indenture Trustee or the Tax-Exempt Indenture
Trustee, the Collateral Agent shall have received a certificate signed
by a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee or the Tax-Exempt
Indenture Trustee (as the case may be) setting forth the amount so
payable to the Indenture Trustee and the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee
(as the case may be) as of the date of such distribution and (ii) the
IDB, the Collateral Agent shall have received a certificate signed by
an Authorized Officer of the IDB setting forth the amount so payable to
the IDB as of the date of such distribution; and provided further that
such amounts shall be payable from proceeds of the Shared Collateral
other than Loss Proceeds relating solely to Receivables and Fuel
Inventory, to the extent available, prior to the application of Loss
Proceeds relating solely to Receivables or Fuel Inventory for such
purpose;
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Third, to the Working Capital Facility Provider, from Loss
Proceeds relating solely to Fuel Inventory, an amount equal to the
unpaid Financing Liabilities owed under the Working Capital Facility,
provided that prior to any such distribution the Collateral Agent shall
have received a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of the
Working Capital Facility Provider setting forth the amount so payable
to the Working Capital Facility Provider as of the date of such
distribution;
Fourth, to the Senior Secured Parties, ratably, an amount
equal to the unpaid amount of all Financing Liabilities owed to the
Senior Secured Parties, provided that prior to any such distribution
the Collateral Agent shall have received a certificate executed by a
Responsible Officer of each such Senior Secured Party setting forth the
amount so payable to such Senior Secured Party as of the date of such
distribution;
Fifth, to the Mill Owners, in an amount specified pursuant to
Section 10.7 of the Master Operating Agreement or Article XIV of the
Lease, as applicable, provided that prior to any such distributions the
Collateral Agent shall have received a certificate executed by a
Responsible Officer of each of the Mill Owners and the Company setting
forth the amount so payable to each such Mill Owner as of the date of
such distribution;
Sixth, to the Subordinated Debt Providers, ratably, an amount
equal to the unpaid amounts owed to such Subordinated Debt Providers by
the Mobile Energy Parties under any Subordinated Loan Agreement,
provided that prior to any such distribution the Collateral Agent shall
have received a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of each
such Subordinated Debt Provider setting forth the amount payable to
such Subordinated Debt Provider pursuant to this clause as of the date
of such distribution; and
Seventh, to the Mobile Energy Parties or their successors or
assigns or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or
as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct, any surplus then
remaining from such proceeds.
(b) Subject to Section 6.1 and the following sentence, within five (5)
Business Days after the completion of the rebuilding, repair, restoration or
replacement of the Energy Complex contemplated by Section 3.10(d)(ii) or
3.10(d)(iii) in connection with an Event of Loss or Event of Eminent Domain, the
Collateral Agent shall, from any Excess Loss Proceeds with respect thereto and
upon receipt of an Officer's Certificate of the Company specifying the amounts
set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) below, (i) deposit the Working Capital
Facility Distribution Amount in respect of such Excess Loss Proceeds into the
Working Capital Facility Account, (ii) transfer the Indenture Distribution
Amount in respect of such Excess Loss Proceeds to the Indenture Trustee for
deposit into the Indenture Securities Redemption Subaccount and (iii) transfer
the Tax-Exempt Indenture Distribution Amount to the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee
for deposit into the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Redemption Subaccount.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such Excess Loss Proceeds are less than
$3,000,000, then, upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of an Officer's
Certificate of the Company directing the Collateral Agent to so transfer such
Excess Loss Proceeds, the Collateral Agent shall (A) deposit such Excess Loss
Proceeds into the Revenue Account, provided that, if there are any Tax-Exempt
Indenture Securities then Outstanding, such Officer's Certificate shall be
accompanied by a written opinion of Bond Counsel (which shall also be delivered
to the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee) to the effect that such transfer and
deposit will not adversely effect the exclusion of interest on such Tax-Exempt
Indenture Securities from gross income for Federal income tax purposes or (B)
deposit into the Working Capital Facility Account and transfer to the Indenture
Trustee for deposit into the Indenture Securities Principal Subaccount and to
the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee for deposit into the Tax-Exempt Indenture
Securities Principal Subaccount an amount equal to such Excess Loss Proceeds,
ratably based upon the respective amounts set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) above, to be applied to the payment or redemption of Senior Debt at the
earliest dates permissible under the
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terms thereof. The Company hereby agrees that it will deliver the applicable
Officer's Certificate of the Company specified in this Section 6.2(b) no later
than three (3) Business Days after the completion of such rebuilding, repair,
restoration or replacement of the Energy Complex.
SECTION 6.3 Specific Collateral. Each Senior Secured Party agrees that
the proceeds of any sale, disposition or other realization with respect to
Collateral held by it for the benefit of holders of some but not all of the
Senior Debt shall be applied to the payment of obligations owed to such Senior
Secured Parties for as long as the specific Collateral is held.
ARTICLE VII
RIGHTS OF SENIOR SECURED PARTIES; RIGHTS
AND DUTIES OF COLLATERAL AGENT
SECTION 7.1 Rights of Senior Secured Parties. As between the Senior
Secured Parties and the Subordinated Debt Providers, the Senior Secured Parties
and the Collateral Agent (upon receipt of Senior Creditor Certificates from the
Required Senior Creditors) may, at any time and from time to time, without any
consent of or notice to any Subordinated Debt Providers and in each case in
accordance with the Financing Documents: (a) amend in any manner any Financing
Document in accordance with the terms thereof; (b) sell, exchange, release, not
perfect any Lien in respect of and otherwise deal with any property at any time
pledged, assigned or mortgaged to secure the Financing Liabilities in accordance
with the Financing Documents; (c) release anyone liable in any manner under or
in respect of the Financing Liabilities; (d) exercise or refrain from exercising
any rights against the Mobile Energy Parties and others; and (e) apply any sums
from time to time received to payment or satisfaction of the Financing
Liabilities, except as otherwise provided in Article VI.
SECTION 7.2 Duties of Collateral Agent. (a) The Collateral Agent will
give notice to the Senior Secured Parties of any action taken, or notices
received, by the Collateral Agent hereunder or under any other Financing
Document (other than ministerial actions in the ordinary course of the
administration of the Intercreditor Agreement Accounts, including transfers and
deposits of monies pursuant to Section 3.11). Notice of any action to be taken
hereunder shall be given prior to the taking of such action by the Collateral
Agent unless the Collateral Agent determines that to do so would be detrimental
to the interests of the Senior Secured Parties, in which event such notice shall
be given promptly after the taking of such action.
(b) The Senior Secured Parties agree that all liens on and security
interests in the Shared Collateral securing the Secured Obligations shall be
held in the name of the Collateral Agent and administered by and through the
Collateral Agent in accordance with this Agreement, the other Financing
Documents to which the Collateral Agent is a party and applicable Law. If, as of
the date hereof, or at any time in the future, any Senior Secured Party at any
time holds a lien on or security interest in any Shared Collateral in its own
name, it agrees to assign it, without warranty or recourse, to the Collateral
Agent (to be held by the Collateral Agent as the collateral agent for the Senior
Secured Parties). The Collateral Agent shall hold its liens on and security
interests in the Shared Collateral on behalf of the Senior Secured Parties, as
agent, fiduciary and trustee thereof, in the capacity of Collateral Agent
hereunder and under the other Security Documents, as provided herein and
therein.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any
other Financing Document, the Collateral Agent shall not be required to exercise
any rights or remedies under this Agreement, any of the other Financing
Documents or applicable Law or give any consent under this Agreement or any of
the other Financing Documents or enter into any Contract amending,
supplementing, waiving or otherwise modifying any provision of any this
Agreement or any other Financing Document unless it shall have been directed to
do so in Senior Creditor Certificates of the Required Senior Creditors.
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(d) Upon receipt of Senior Creditor Certificates from Senior Secured
Parties holding or otherwise representing a majority in principal amount of the
Combined Exposure directing the Collateral Agent to deliver the notice specified
in each of Section 5.17(c)(i)(B) of the Indenture and Section 4.17(c)(i)(B) of
the IDB Lease Agreement, and of any comparable provision of the Working Capital
Facility, the Collateral Agent will deliver such notice to each of the Indenture
Trustee, the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee and the Working Capital Facility
Provider.
(e) Subject to the provisions of this Article VII, upon the occurrence
of a Trigger Event, the Collateral Agent shall take whatever action may be
necessary or prudent (including qualifying itself or one of its subsidiaries or
Affiliates to do business in the State of Alabama, appointing a co-Collateral
Agent hereunder or taking such other action as the Collateral Agent may
determine to be appropriate under the circumstances, in each case in accordance
with applicable Law), and whether or not directed by the Required Senior
Creditors in Senior Creditor Certificates, in order to exercise such rights and
remedies with respect to the Shared Collateral (including entering and taking
possession of all or any portion thereof, exercising all remedies available to a
secured party under the UCC and curing of defaults under the Project Contracts)
as are granted to it under, and to protect and enforce it rights under, this
Agreement, the other Security Documents and applicable Law.
SECTION 7.3 Rights of Collateral Agent. (a) The Collateral Agent may
execute any of its duties under this Agreement, any other Financing Documents to
which it is a party or applicable Law by or through agents, custodians, nominees
or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to, and (in the absence of bad faith
on its part) may conclusively rely upon, advice of counsel concerning all
matters pertaining to such duties. If at any time or times it shall be necessary
or prudent in order to conform to any law of any jurisdiction in which the
Shared Collateral or any portion thereof is held, or the Collateral Agent shall
be advised by counsel satisfactory to it that it is so necessary or prudent in
the interest of the Senior Secured Parties, or if the Required Senior Creditors
shall so direct the Collateral Agent in Senior Creditor Certificates, the
Collateral Agent and the Intercreditor Parties shall execute and deliver all
instruments and agreements necessary or proper to appoint another Collateral
Agent hereunder or one (1) or more Persons approved by the Collateral Agent
either to act as co- Collateral Agent jointly with the Collateral Agent
originally named herein or any successor or successors or to act as separate
Collateral Agent. In the event any Intercreditor Party shall have not joined in
the execution of such instruments and agreements within ten (10) days after the
receipt of a written request from the Collateral Agent to do so, or during a
Trigger Event Period, the Collateral Agent may act under the foregoing
provisions of this Section 7.3(a) without the concurrence of such Intercreditor
Party; and each of the Intercreditor Parties hereby appoints the Collateral
Agent as its agent and attorney to act under such foregoing provisions in either
of such contingencies.
(b) Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors,
employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates shall be (i) liable for any
action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it under or in connection with
this Agreement or any other Financing Documents (except for its gross negligence
or willful misconduct) or (ii) responsible in any manner to any of the Senior
Secured Parties for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made
in this Agreement or any other Financing Documents or in any certificate,
report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received
by the Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other
Financing Documents or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness,
enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Financing Documents
or for any failure of the Mobile Energy Parties or any other Person to perform
their obligations hereunder or thereunder.
(c) The Collateral Agent (in the absence of bad faith on its part)
shall be entitled to conclusively rely, and shall be fully protected in relying,
upon any note, writing, resolution, request, direction, certificate, notice,
consent, affidavit, letter, cablegram, telegram, telecopy, telex or teletype
message,
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statement, order or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine
and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or
Persons or upon an Opinion of Counsel, independent accountants or other experts
selected by the Collateral Agent. In connection with any request or direction of
the Required Senior Creditors, the Collateral Agent shall act in accordance with
directions contained in, and (in the absence of bad faith on its part) shall be
entitled to conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in relying upon, any
Senior Creditor Certificate delivered by a Senior Secured Party in accordance
with this Agreement; provided, however, that in the event the Collateral Agent
receives conflicting directions contained in Senior Creditor Certificates from
more than one of the Senior Secured Parties, the Collateral Agent shall act in
accordance with directions contained in Senior Creditor Certificates
representing the greatest percentage in principal amount of the Combined
Exposure. Subject to this Article VII, the Collateral Agent shall be fully
justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any
other applicable Financing Document (i) if such action would, in the opinion of
the Collateral Agent (which may be based upon an Opinion of Counsel), be
contrary to law or the terms of this Agreement or such other applicable
Financing Document, (ii) if such action is not specifically provided for in this
Agreement or such other Financing Documents or it shall not have received any
such advice or concurrence of the Required Senior Creditors, (iii) if, in
connection with the taking of any such action hereunder or under such Financing
Documents that would constitute an exercise of remedies hereunder or under such
Financing Documents, it shall not first be indemnified to its satisfaction by
the Senior Secured Parties against any and all risk of nonpayment, liability and
expense that may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any
such action or (iv) if, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
Section 7.3(e), in connection with the taking of any such action that would
constitute a payment due under any Project Contract, it shall not first have
received from the Senior Secured Parties funds equal to the amount payable. In
no event shall the Collateral Agent be required to risk or expend its own funds.
The Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in
refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Financing Document in
accordance with a request contained in Senior Creditor Certificates of the
Required Senior Creditors delivered in accordance with this Agreement, and such
request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding
upon all the Intercreditor Parties.
(d) If, with respect to a proposed action to be taken by it, the
Collateral Agent shall determine in good faith that the provisions of this
Agreement or any other Financing Document relating to the functions or
responsibilities or discretionary powers of the Collateral Agent are or may be
ambiguous or inconsistent, the Collateral Agent shall notify the Senior Secured
Parties, identifying the proposed action, and may decline either to perform such
function or responsibility or to take the action requested unless it has
received the written confirmation of the Required Senior Creditors executed by
their Authorized Representatives that the Required Senior Creditors concur in
the circumstances that the action proposed to be taken by the Collateral Agent
is consistent with the terms of this Agreement or such other Financing Document
or is otherwise appropriate. The Collateral Agent shall be fully protected in
acting or refraining from acting upon the confirmation of the Required Senior
Creditors in this respect, and such confirmation shall be binding upon the
Collateral Agent and the other Intercreditor Parties.
(e) The Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have actual,
constructive, direct or indirect knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any
default or Event of Default unless and until a Responsible Officer of the
Collateral Agent has received a written notice or a certificate from an
Authorized Representative of an Intercreditor Party stating that a default or an
Event of Default has occurred. The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation
whatsoever either prior to or after receiving such notice or certificate to
inquire whether or not a default or an Event of Default has in fact occurred and
shall be entitled to rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in so
relying, on any notice or certificate so furnished to it. No provision of this
Agreement or any other Financing Document shall require the Collateral Agent to
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expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of any of its duties hereunder or under any other Financing Document
or the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if it shall have reasonable
grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against
such risk or liability, including an advance of monies necessary to take the
action requested, is not reasonably assured to it; in addition, in respect of
any potential environmental liability or the taking of title to any real
property, the Collateral Agent may decline to act unless it receives indemnity
satisfactory to it in its sole discretion, including an advance of monies
necessary to take the action requested. In the event that the Collateral Agent
receives such a notice of the occurrence of any Event of Default, the Collateral
Agent shall give notice thereof to the Senior Secured Parties. The Senior
Secured Parties shall provide indemnity satisfactory to the Collateral Agent for
any action directed by the Required Senior Creditors including an advance of
monies necessary to take the action requested. The Collateral Agent shall take
such action with respect to such Event of Default as so requested pursuant to
paragraph (a) of Article V, subject, however, to the third sentence of this
Section 7.3(e).
(f) The Mobile Energy Parties will pay upon demand to the Collateral
Agent the amount of any and all reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses,
including the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel (and any one local
counsel) and of any of its experts and agents, that the Collateral Agent may
incur in connection with (i) the administration of this Agreement and the other
Financing Documents (including out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection
with any mortgage privilege or recording tax, and any surety bonds (and
application for surety bonds) relating thereto), (ii) the custody or
preservation of, or the sale of, collection from, or other realization upon, any
of the Collateral, (iii) the exercise or enforcement (whether through
negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of any of the rights of the
Collateral Agent or the Senior Secured Parties hereunder or under the other
Financing Documents or (iv) the failure by the Mobile Energy Parties to perform
or observe any of the provisions hereof or of any of the other Security
Documents. The provision of this Section 7.3(f) shall survive the expiration or
earlier termination of this Agreement.
(g) Each of (i) the Mobile Energy Parties hereby agrees to deliver to
the Collateral Agent, concurrently with the delivery thereof to any Senior
Secured Party, and (ii) the Senior Secured Parties hereby agrees to deliver to
the Collateral Agent, concurrently with the delivery thereof to either of the
Mobile Energy Parties, all written notices, requested documents and other
instruments delivered by such Person to such Senior Secured Party or the Mobile
Energy Parties (as the case may be) under or pursuant to the Financing
Documents, except to the extent any other Person has agreed to deliver such
notices, requested documents and other instruments pursuant to any other
Financing Document.
(h) The Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to pay or cause to be
paid any mortgage privilege or recording tax, or expenses relating to surety
bonds relating thereto, as instructed by the Company in an Officer's
Certificate.
SECTION 7.4 Lack of Reliance on the Collateral Agent. Each of the
Senior Secured Parties expressly acknowledges that neither the Collateral Agent
nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact has
made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Collateral
Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the Energy Complex or of the
affairs of the Mobile Energy Parties, shall be deemed to constitute any
representation or warranty by the Collateral Agent to any Senior Secured Party.
Each Senior Secured Party (other than the Indenture Trustee and the Tax-Exempt
Indenture Trustee) represents to the Collateral Agent that it has, independently
and without reliance upon the Collateral Agent or any other Senior Secured
Party, and based upon such documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business,
operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the
Energy Complex and the Mobile Energy Parties. Each Senior Secured Party (other
than the Indenture Trustee and the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee) also represents
that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Collateral Agent or
any other Senior Secured Party, and based upon such documents and information as
it shall deem
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appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals
and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement, and to make
such investigation as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business,
operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the
Energy Complex and the Mobile Energy Parties. Except for notices, reports and
other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Senior Secured Parties
by the Collateral Agent hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duty
or responsibility to provide any Senior Secured Party with any credit or other
information concerning the business, operations, property, financial and other
condition or creditworthiness of the Energy Complex and the Mobile Energy
Parties that may come into the possession of the Collateral Agent or any of its
officers, directors, employees, agents or attorneys-in-fact.
ARTICLE VIII
INDEMNIFICATION
The Senior Secured Parties severally agree to indemnify the Collateral
Agent in its capacity as such and in its individual capacity (to the extent not
reimbursed by the Mobile Energy Parties and without limiting the obligation of
the Mobile Energy Parties to do so), ratably according to the aggregate amounts
of their respective Secured Obligations on the date the activities giving rise
to the Collateral Agent's demand for indemnification occurred, from and against
any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever that
may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Collateral
Agent in its capacity as such and in its individual capacity in any way relating
to or arising out of this Agreement or the other Financing Documents or any
surety bond (and any application for a surety bond) relating to any applicable
mortgage privilege or recording tax or the performance of its duties as
Collateral Agent hereunder or thereunder or any action taken or omitted by the
Collateral Agent in its capacity as such under or in connection with any of the
foregoing (including any claim that the Collateral Agent is the owner or
operator of the Energy Complex and liable as such pursuant to any Environmental
Requirement, and payments made in connection with any applicable mortgage
privilege or recording tax and any surety bonds (and applications for surety
bonds) relating thereto), provided that the Senior Secured Parties shall not be
liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses,
damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements
to the extent that any of the foregoing result from the Collateral Agent's gross
negligence or willful misconduct.
Each of the Mobile Energy Parties agrees, jointly and severally, to
indemnify the Collateral Agent and each Senior Secured Party from and against
any and all claims, losses and liabilities relating to or arising out of (i)
this Agreement or any other Financing Documents (including enforcement of such
Financing Documents, but excluding any such claims, losses or liabilities
resulting from the Collateral Agent's or such Senior Secured Party's gross
negligence or willful misconduct), (ii) any Environmental Requirement applicable
to the Shared Collateral or (iii) any refund or adjustment of any amount paid or
payable to the Collateral Agent or any Senior Secured Party under or in respect
of any Project Contract or any other Shared Collateral, or any interest thereon,
that may be ordered or otherwise required by any Person. The agreements in this
Article VIII shall survive the payment or satisfaction in full of the Secured
Obligations or any other termination of this Agreement.
ARTICLE IX
ELIGIBILITY OF COLLATERAL AGENT;
REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF COLLATERAL AGENT
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SECTION 9.1 Corporate Collateral Agent Required; Eligibility. There
shall at all times be a Collateral Agent hereunder that shall be a bank or trust
company organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of
America or of any State thereof, authorized under such laws and the laws of the
State of Alabama to exercise corporate trust powers, having (or whose
obligations are unconditionally guaranteed by a corporation having) a combined
capital and surplus of at least $250,000,000, which bank or trust company is
subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authority and does not
provide credit or credit enhancement to either of the Mobile Energy Parties. If
such bank or trust company publishes reports of condition at least annually,
pursuant to Law or to the requirements of the aforesaid supervising or examining
authority, then for the purposes of this Section 9.1, the combined capital and
surplus of such bank or trust company shall be deemed to be its combined capital
and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If
at any time the Collateral Agent shall cease to be eligible in accordance with
the provisions of this Article, it shall resign immediately in the manner and
with the effect hereinafter specified in this Section 9.1. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in any of the Financing Documents, (a) the
Person acting as Collateral Agent hereunder shall at all times be the 1994 Bond
Trustee, the Secured Party and the Mortgagee, (b) the Person acting as
Collateral Agent hereunder may not at any time resign, or be removed or
replaced, as the Collateral Agent unless it also resigns, or is removed or
replaced, as the 1994 Bond Trustee, the Secured Party and the Mortgagee at such
time and (c) upon the resignation, removal or replacement of the 1994 Bond
Trustee, the Secured Party or the Mortgagee, the Person acting as Collateral
Agent hereunder shall also resign or be removed or replaced.
SECTION 9.2 Resignation, Removal and Replacement. Subject to the last
sentence of Section 9.1, the Collateral Agent may resign as Collateral Agent
upon thirty (30) days' written notice to the Senior Secured Parties and may be
removed at any time with or without cause by the Required Senior Creditors, with
any such resignation or removal to become effective only upon the appointment of
a successor Collateral Agent under this Section 9.2. If the Collateral Agent
shall resign or be removed as Collateral Agent, then the Required Senior
Creditors shall (and if no such successor shall have been appointed within
thirty (30) days of the Collateral Agent's resignation or removal, the
Collateral Agent may) appoint a successor agent for the Senior Secured Parties,
whereupon (provided that the Collateral Agent resigning or being removed shall
be paid all amounts in respect of the Collateral Agent Claims due and owing to
it) such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the
"Collateral Agent," and the term "Collateral Agent" shall mean such successor
agent effective upon its appointment, and the former Collateral Agent's rights,
powers and duties as Collateral Agent shall be terminated, without any other or
further act or deed on the part of such former Collateral Agent (except that
such former Collateral Agent shall deliver all Collateral then in its possession
to the successor Collateral Agent) or any of the Intercreditor Parties. The
indemnity given any former Collateral Agent pursuant to Article VIII and any
further indemnity granted under Section 6.1(c), 7.3(c), 7.3(e) or 7.3(f) shall
survive any resignation or removal hereunder. After any former Collateral
Agent's resignation or removal hereunder as Collateral Agent, the provisions of
this Agreement shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to
be taken by it while it was Collateral Agent. In the event that a successor
Collateral Agent is not appointed within the time period specified in this
Section 9.2 following a resignation or removal of the Collateral Agent, the
Collateral Agent or any Senior Secured Party may petition a court of competent
jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Collateral Agent.
ARTICLE X
REPRESENTATIONS
(a) Representations of Mobile Energy Parties. Each of the Mobile
Energy Parties represents and warrants, as to itself and not to the other, to
the Collateral Agent as follows:
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(i) The Company is (A) a limited liability company duly
formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
State of Alabama and (B) duly authorized to do business and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction where the character of its properties or
the nature of its activities makes such qualification necessary. Mobile
Energy is (A) a corporation duly formed, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Alabama and (B) duly authorized
to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the
character of its properties or the nature of its activities makes such
qualification necessary. Each of the Mobile Energy Parties has all
requisite limited liability company or corporate (as the case may be)
power and authority to own and operate the property it purports to own
and to carry on its business as now being conducted and as proposed to
be conducted in respect of the Energy Complex.
(ii) Each of the Mobile Energy Parties has all necessary
limited liability company or corporate (as the case may be) power and
authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
(iii) All action on the part of the Mobile Energy Parties that
is required for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement has been duly and effectively taken. The execution,
delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Mobile Energy Parties
does not require the approval or consent of any member or shareholder,
or holder or trustee of any Debt or other obligations, of either of the
Mobile Energy Parties that has not been obtained.
(iv) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by
each of the Mobile Energy Parties and constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of such Mobile Energy Party, enforceable against it
in accordance with the terms thereof, except as such enforceability (i)
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
fraudulent conveyance, moratorium and similar laws relating to or
affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights and remedies generally
and (ii) is subject to general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law) and the discretion of the court before which any proceeding
therefor may be brought and to public policy or Federal or state laws
that might limit rights to indemnification.
(v) Neither the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement by the Mobile Energy Parties nor the consummation of any of
the transactions contemplated hereby by the Mobile Energy Parties nor
performance of or compliance with the terms and conditions hereof or
thereof by the Mobile Energy Parties (A) contravenes any Governmental
Approvals or any provision of Law applicable to either of the Mobile
Energy Parties or any of the Collateral, (B) conflicts with or
constitutes a default under or results in the violation of the
provisions of the Articles of Organization of the Company or the
Operating Agreement or certificate of incorporation or by-laws of
Mobile Energy or, unless such conflict, default or violation would not
reasonably be expect to have a Material Adverse Effect, of any other
Project Documents or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust,
sale/leaseback agreement, loan agreement or other similar financing
agreement or instrument or other agreement or instrument to which
either of the Mobile Energy Parties is a party or by which such Mobile
Energy Party or any of its property or assets is bound or to which
either may be subject or (C) results in the creation or imposition of
any Liens (other than Permitted Liens) on any of the property or assets
of either of the Mobile Energy Parties, or results in the acceleration
of any obligation of either of the Mobile Energy Parties, that would
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(vi) There are no claims, actions, suits, investigations or
proceedings at law or in equity by or before any arbitrator or any
Governmental Authority now pending or (to the knowledge of the Mobile
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Energy Parties) threatened against either of the Mobile Energy Parties
or any Affiliate thereof, or any property or other assets or rights of
either of the Mobile Energy Parties or any Affiliate thereof with
respect to this Agreement, any other Project Document or the Energy
Complex, that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Effect.
(b) Representations of Senior Secured Parties. Each of the Indenture
Trustee, the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee and the Working Capital Facility
Provider represents and warrants, as to itself and not the others, to the
Collateral Agent as follows:
(i) It is duly formed, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and is duly
qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
where the character of its properties or the nature of its activities
makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to effect
such qualification would not have a material adverse effect upon its
ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other
Financing Documents to which it is a party. It has all necessary power
and authority (corporate or otherwise) to execute, deliver and perform
under this Agreement and such other Financing Documents.
(ii) All action on its part that is required for the
authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the other Financing Documents to which it is a party has been duly
and effectively taken. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Financing Documents to which it is a party do
not require the approval or consent of any shareholder or the holder or
trustee of any Debt or other obligations that has not been obtained.
(iii) This Agreement and each of the other Financing Documents
to which it is a party have been duly executed and delivered by each
such Senior Secured Party and constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligation of each such Senior Secured Party, enforceable against it in
accordance with the terms thereof, except as such enforceability (A)
may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium and other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors' rights and remedies generally and (B) is subject to general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(iv) Neither the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Financing Documents to which it is a party nor
the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby or performance of or compliance with the terms and conditions
hereof or thereof (A) contravenes any Governmental Approvals or any
provision of Law applicable to such Senior Secured Party or (B)
constitutes a default under or results in the violation of the
provisions in the charter, certificate of incorporation or by-laws of
such Senior Secured Party or of any indenture, loan or credit agreement
or any other agreement, lease, instrument or document to which such
Senior Secured Party is a party or by which it or its properties may be
bound.
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in
equity or by or before any Governmental Authority now pending or, to
the best of such Senior Secured Party's knowledge, threatened that
could reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on
the performance by such Senior Secured Party of its obligations
hereunder or under the other Financing Documents to which it is a party
or that questions the validity, binding effect or enforceability hereof
or of such other Financing Documents, any action to be taken pursuant
hereto or thereto or any transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
(c) Representations of Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent
represents and warrants to the Senior Secured Parties as follows:
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(i) It is duly formed, validly existing and in good standing
under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and is duly
qualified to do business and is in good standing in each jurisdiction
where the character of its properties or the nature of its activities
makes such qualification necessary, except where the failure to effect
such qualification would not have a material adverse effect upon its
ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other
Financing Documents to which it is a party. It has no offices or
employees in, and has no other contacts with, the State of Alabama in
connection with the transactions provided for or otherwise contemplated
by the Financing Documents to which it is a party, in each case that
would require it to so qualify in the State of Alabama. It has all
necessary power and authority (corporate or otherwise) to execute,
deliver and perform under this Agreement and such other Financing
Documents to which it is a party.
(ii) All action on its part that is required for the
authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the other Financing Documents to which it is a party has been duly
and effectively taken. The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Financing Documents to which it is a party do
not require the approval or consent of any shareholder or the holder or
trustee of any Debt or other obligations that has not been obtained.
(iii) This Agreement and each of the other Financing Documents
to which it is a party have been duly executed and delivered by the
Collateral Agent and constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation
of the Collateral Agent, enforceable against it in accordance with the
terms thereof, except as such enforceability (A) may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other
similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors' rights and
remedies generally and (B) is subject to general principles of equity
(regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law).
(iv) Neither the execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement and the other Financing Documents to which it is a party nor
the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby or performance of or compliance with the terms and conditions
hereof or thereof (A) materially contravenes any Governmental Approvals
or any provision of Law applicable to the Collateral Agent or (B)
constitutes a default under or results in the violation of the
provisions in the charter, certificate of incorporation or by-laws of
the Collateral Agent or of any indenture, loan or credit agreement or
any other agreement, lease, instrument or document to which the
Collateral Agent is a party or by which it or its properties may be
bound unless such default or violation could not reasonably be expected
to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Collateral
Agent to perform its obligations hereunder and under the other
Financing Documents to which it is a party.
(v) There are no actions, suits or proceedings at law or in
equity or by or before any Governmental Authority now pending or, to
the best of the Collateral Agent's knowledge, threatened that could
reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on the
performance by the Collateral Agent of its obligations hereunder or
under the other Financing Documents to which it is a party or that
questions the validity, binding effect or enforceability hereof or of
such other Financing Documents, any action to be taken pursuant hereto
or thereto or any transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.
ARTICLE XI
INDEPENDENT ENGINEER
SECTION 11.1 Removal of Independent Engineer; Payment of Independent
Engineer. (a) Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation is hereby appointed the
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Independent Engineer. The Collateral Agent shall remove the Independent Engineer
(i) upon receipt of an Officer's Certificate of the Company to the effect that
the Independent Engineer has become incapable of acting or is, or is reasonably
likely to be, adjudged bankrupt or insolvent or a receiver has been appointed
for, or any public officer has taken charge or control of, the Independent
Engineer or its property or its affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation,
conservation or liquidation, (ii) upon receipt of Senior Creditor Certificates
of the Required Senior Creditors directing the Collateral Agent to take such
action or (iii) upon receipt of an Officer's Certificate of the Company to the
effect that (A) in the reasonable determination of the Company, the Independent
Engineer has failed to carry out its obligations under the Financing Documents
or (B) a Qualified Engineer has agreed to perform, for costs and fees in an
amount equal to or less than ninety-five percent (95%) of the amount of costs
and fees charged by the then Independent Engineer, the services specified in and
contemplated by the Financing Documents on substantially identical non-price
terms as those contained in the Independent Engineer Agreement relating to the
engagement of the then current Independent Engineer, provided that, in the case
of this clause (B), such Officer's Certificate is delivered to the Collateral
Agent during the last month of any Fiscal Year and the Independent Engineer
Agreement relating to the engagement of such Qualified Engineer is attached to
such Officer's Certificate. Any such removal of the Independent Engineer shall
become effective only upon the appointment of a successor Independent Engineer
under Section 11.1(b).
(b) If the Independent Engineer shall be removed or shall resign, then
the Company shall appoint a successor Independent Engineer from the list of
Qualified Engineers, such successor to be, (i) in the case of a removal of the
Independent Engineer pursuant to Section 11.1(a)(iii)(B), the Qualified Engineer
referred to in such Section 11.1(a)(iii)(B) and (ii) in any other case, one (1)
of two (2) Qualified Engineers designated by the Collateral Agent.
(c) The Company shall pay for all services performed by the Independent
Engineer and its reasonable costs and expenses related thereto.
SECTION 11.2 Third Party Engineer Dispute Resolution. If the Company
and the Independent Engineer are in dispute with respect to (or if the
Independent Engineer fails to timely act with respect to) a notice, plan,
report, certificate or budget, or any other matter for which the Company must
provide an Independent Engineer Confirmation, and they are unable to resolve the
dispute within seven (7) days of the Independent Engineer expressing its
disagreement with (or the Independent Engineer's failing to so timely act with
respect to) such notice, plan, report, certificate or budget, or such other
matter, a Qualified Engineer (the "Third Party Engineer") shall be designated to
consider and decide the issues raised by such dispute. The Company shall
designate the Third Party Engineer not later than the third (3rd) day following
the expiration of the seven (7) day period described above. Within three (3)
days of such designation of a Third Party Engineer, each of the Company and the
Independent Engineer shall submit to the Third Party Engineer a notice setting
forth in detail such Person's position in respect of the issues in dispute. Such
notice shall be accompanied by supporting documentation, if appropriate. The
Third Party Engineer shall complete all proceedings and issue its decision with
regard to the issues in dispute as promptly as reasonably possible, but in any
event within ten (10) days of the date on which it is designated as Third Party
Engineer hereunder unless the Third Party Engineer reasonably determines that
additional time is required in order to give adequate consideration to the
issues raised. In such case, the Third Party Engineer shall state in writing its
reasons for believing that additional time is needed and shall specify the
additional period required, which such period shall not exceed ten (10) days
without the Company's agreement. If the Third Party Engineer determines that the
concerns set forth in the Independent Engineer's notice are valid, the Third
Party Engineer shall so state and shall state the corrective actions to be taken
by the Company, if any. In such case, the Company shall promptly take such
actions. The Company shall thereafter bear all costs that may arise from actions
taken pursuant to the Third Party Engineer's decision. If the Third Party
Engineer determines that the concerns set forth in the Independent Engineer's
notice are not valid, the Third
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Party Engineer shall so state and shall state the appropriate actions to be
taken by the Company, if any. In such case, the Company shall take such actions
and for purposes of this Agreement and the other Financing Documents, the
Independent Engineer shall be deemed to have approved, confirmed, concurred in
or consented to the notice, plan, report, certificate, budget or other such
matter in dispute. The decision of the Third Party Engineer shall be final and
non-appealable. The Company shall bear all reasonable costs incurred by the
Third Party Engineer in connection with this dispute resolution mechanism.
SECTION 11.3 Qualified Engineers. Each successor Independent Engineer
and each Third Party Engineer shall be selected from the list of Qualified
Engineers. At any time either the Company or the Collateral Agent may (and, upon
consultation with the Senior Secured Parties and the Independent Engineer, the
Collateral Agent shall) remove a Qualified Engineer from the list by obtaining
the other Person's consent to such removal (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed). However, neither the Company nor the
Collateral Agent may remove a name or names from the list if such removal would
leave the list without at least three (3) names, unless, concurrently therewith,
the Company and the Collateral Agent (upon consultation with the Senior Secured
Parties and the Independent Engineer) reasonably agree to the addition of one
(1) or more names to such list. During January of each year, each of the Company
and the Collateral Agent (upon consultation with the Senior Secured Parties and
the Independent Engineer) shall review the current list of Qualified Engineers
and give notice to the other of any proposed additions and deletions to the
list. Any such proposed addition or deletion shall become effective upon
obtaining the other party's consent (which may not be unreasonably withheld),
provided that in no event may a deletion be effective if such deletion would
leave the list without at least three (3) names, unless, concurrently therewith,
the Company and the Collateral Agent (upon consultation with the Senior Secured
Parties and the Independent Engineer) reasonably agree to the addition of one
(1) or more names to such list. By mutual agreement between the Company and the
Collateral Agent (upon consultation with the Senior Secured Parties and the
Independent Engineer) a new name or names may be added to the list of Qualified
Engineers at any time.
ARTICLE XII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 12.1 Agreement for Benefit of Parties Hereto. Nothing in this
Agreement, express or implied, is intended or shall be construed to confer upon,
or to give to, any Person other than the parties hereto and Persons for whom the
parties hereto are acting as agents or representatives and, in either case,
their respective successors and assigns, any right, remedy or claim under or by
reason of this Agreement or any covenant, condition or stipulation hereof, and
the covenants, stipulations and agreements contained in this Agreement are and
shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their
respective successors and assigns and Persons for whom the parties hereto are
acting as agents or representatives.
SECTION 12.2 No Warranties. Except as otherwise expressly provided
herein, the Senior Secured Parties have not made to each other nor do they
hereby or otherwise make to each other any warranties, express or implied, nor
do they assume any liability to each other with respect to the enforceability,
validity, value or collectability of the Collateral (or any portion thereof). No
Senior Secured Party shall be liable, except in the case of its gross negligence
or willful misconduct, to any other Intercreditor Party for any action or
failure to act, any error of judgment, any negligence or mistake or any
oversight whatsoever on the part of any Intercreditor Party or any Intercreditor
Party's agents, officers, employees or attorneys with respect to any transaction
relating to any of the Contracts evidencing or entered into with respect to any
of the Secured Obligations or any security therefor.
SECTION 12.3 Severability.In case any provision in this Agreement shall
be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability
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of the remaining provisions contained herein shall not in any way be affected or
impaired thereby.
SECTION 12.4 Notices. All notices, demands, certificates or other
communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed sufficiently
given or served for all purposes when delivered personally, when sent by
certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested or by
private courier service, or, if followed and confirmed by mail or courier
service notice, when telecopied, in each case, with the proper address as
indicated below. Each party hereto may, by written notice given to the other
parties hereto, designate any other address or addresses to which notices,
certificates or other communications to them shall be sent as contemplated by
this Agreement. Notices shall be deemed to have been given if and when received
by an officer, manager or supervisor in the department of the addressee
specified for attention (unless such addressee refuses to accept delivery, in
which case they shall be deemed to have been given when first presented to such
addressee for acceptance). Until otherwise so provided by the respective parties
hereto, all notices, certificates and communications to each of them shall be
addressed as follows:
Indenture Trustee: First Union National Bank of Georgia
Corporate Trust Department
M/C GA9094
999 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Attention: Douglas Milner, Assistant
Vice President
Telephone No.: 404-827-7349
Telefax No.: 404-827-7305
Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee: First Union National Bank of Georgia
Corporate Trust Department
M/C GA9094
999 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Atlanta, Georgia 30309
Attention: Douglas Milner, Assistant
Vice President
Telephone No.: 404-827-7349
Telefax No.: 404-827-7305
Working Capital Facility
Provider: Banque Paribas, as Agent
787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Attention: Project Finance Group
Telephone No.: 212-841-2000
Telefax No.: 212-841-2555
IDB: The Industrial Development Board of
The City of Mobile, Alabama
PO Box 2187
Mobile, Alabama 36652
Attention: Secretary
Telephone No.: 334-433-6951
Telefax No.: 334-431-8608
Company: Mobile Energy Services Company, L.L.C.
900 Ashwood Parkway, Suite 300
Atlanta, Georgia 30338
Attention: President
Telephone No.: 770-673-7781
Telefax No.: 770-392-7644
with a copy to:
Mobile Energy Services Company, L.L.C.
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P.O. Box 2747
200 Bay Bridge Road
Mobile, Alabama 36652
Attention: Vice President and General
Manager
Telephone No.: 334-330-3600
Telefax No.: 334-452-6337
Mobile Energy: Mobile Energy Services Holdings, Inc.
900 Ashwood Parkway, Suite 450
Atlanta, Georgia 30338
Attention: President
Telephone No.: 770-673-7730
Telefax No.: 770-673-7745
Collateral Agent: Bankers Trust (Delaware)
c/o Bankers Trust Company
Four Albany Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10006
Attention: Corporate Trust and
Agency Group
Telephone No.: 212-250-6826
Telefax No.: 212-250-6961
SECTION 12.5 Successors and Assigns. All covenants, agreements,
representations and warranties in this Agreement by the parties hereto shall
bind and, to the extent permitted hereby, shall inure to the benefit of and be
enforceable by their respective successors and assigns, whether so expressed or
not.
SECTION 12.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
SECTION 12.7 GOVERNING LAW. THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE COLLATERAL
AGENT AND THE INTERCREDITOR PARTIES SHALL, PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW
YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BE GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK,
WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF (OTHER THAN SUCH
SECTION 5- 1401), EXCEPT THAT SUCH LAW SHALL NOT APPLY WITH RESPECT TO ANY
COLLATERAL WHERE, AND TO THE EXTENT THAT, IT IS NECESSARY TO APPLY THE LAWS OF
ANOTHER JURISDICTION TO PERFECT LIENS IN SUCH COLLATERAL RELATING TO DEBT ISSUED
UNDER THE FINANCING DOCUMENTS.
SECTION 12.8 No Impairments of Other Rights. Nothing in this Agreement
is intended or shall be construed to impair, diminish or otherwise adversely
affect any other rights the Senior Secured Parties may have or may obtain
against the Mobile Energy Parties, including the rights referred to in Section
8.10 of the Indenture and Section 8.10 of the Tax-Exempt Indenture.
SECTION 12.9 Amendment; Waiver. No amendment, supplement, waiver or
other modification of this Agreement shall be effective unless such amendment,
supplement, waiver or other modification was effected in accordance with Section
7.2(c) of this Agreement and with the consent of (a) each Senior Secured Party,
(b) each of the Mobile Energy Parties, unless such amendment, supplement, waiver
or other modification relates to Sections 4.1(a) or 4.1(b) or Article V, VI or
VII and would not reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect such
Mobile Energy Party and (c) the IDB and each Subordinated Debt Provider, unless
such amendment, supplement, waiver or other modification relates to Section 4.1
or Article V, VI, VII or XI and would not reasonably be expected to materially
and adversely affect the IDB or such Subordinated Debt Provider (as the case may
be). Any approval of an amendment to or supplement or other modification of, or
any waiver of any provision of, this Agreement shall be effective only in the
specific instance and for the specific purpose for which such approval or waiver
is given. No delay on the part of any Senior Secured Party in the exercise of
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any right, power or remedy shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any
single or partial waiver by any such Senior Secured Party of any right, power or
remedy preclude any further exercise thereof, or the exercise of any other
right, power or remedy.
SECTION 12.10 Headings. The Article and Section headings herein and the
Table of Contents are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.
SECTION 12.11 Termination. This Agreement shall remain in full force
and effect until the Senior Debt Termination Date. Upon termination of this
Agreement pursuant to this Section 12.11, the Collateral Agent shall take such
actions as are reasonably requested by the Company to release and remove of
record any Liens on the Collateral then held by or in favor of the Collateral
Agent.
SECTION 12.12 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, including the documents
referred to herein, embodies the entire agreement and understanding of the
parties hereto and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings of the
parties hereto relating to the subject matter herein contained.
SECTION 12.13 Limited Recourse. Satisfaction of the obligations of the
Mobile Energy Parties under this Agreement shall be had solely from the assets
of the Mobile Energy Parties. No recourse shall be had to (a) any assets or
properties of the Members (other than Mobile Energy as provided in the Guaranty)
or of the stockholders of Mobile Energy, other than their respective interests
in the Collateral, (b) any Member (other than Mobile Energy as provided in the
Guaranty) or (c) any Affiliate, incorporator, stockholder, partner, member,
officer, director or employee of any Member or of the Company (other than the
Mobile Energy Parties and, in respect of any Southern Guaranty on deposit in the
Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount or the Distribution Account, Southern).
Notwithstanding anything in this Section 12.13 to the contrary, (i) nothing
contained in this Agreement shall limit or otherwise prejudice in any way the
right of the Collateral Agent and the Senior Secured Parties to proceed against
any Person whomsoever (A) with respect to the enforcement of such Person's
obligations under any Project Document (including the Guaranty and any Southern
Guaranty) to which such Person is a party or limit or otherwise prejudice in any
way the right of the Collateral Agent, the Senior Secured Parties, the Holders
of Indenture Securities or the Holders of Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities to
proceed against such Person with respect to the enforcement of such obligations
or (B) to the extent necessary to realize upon the Collateral granted under the
Security Documents and (ii) any limitations of liability herein shall not apply
to any Person if and to the extent that such Person commits fraud or wilful
misrepresentations, including those contained in Officer's Certificates issued
from time to time.
SECTION 12.14 Submission to Jurisdiction. The parties hereto hereby
submit to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the United States District Court for
the Southern District of New York and of any New York State Court sitting in New
York City for the purposes of all legal proceedings arising out of or relating
to this Agreement or the other Financing Documents of any of the transactions
contemplated herein or therein. The parties hereto hereby irrevocably waive, to
the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that they may now or
hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such proceeding brought in such
a court and any claim that any such proceeding brought in such a court has been
brought in an inconvenient forum.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
duly executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the
day and year first above written.
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF GEORGIA, as Trustee
(on behalf of the Holders of the
Indenture Securities)
By: /s/
Name: Doug Milner
Title: Assistant Vice President
FIRST UNION NATIONAL BANK OF
GEORGIA, as Tax- Exempt Indenture
Trustee (on behalf of the Holders of
the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities)
By: /s/
Name: Doug Milner
Title: Assistant Vice President
BANQUE PARIBAS, as Working Capital Facility
Provider
By: /s/
Name: Glenn R. Tobias
Title: Group Vice President
By: /s/
Name: Francis Ballard, Jr.
Title: Vice President
THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF THE CITY OF
MOBILE, ALABAMA
By: /s/
Name: Clarence Boll
Title: Vice Chairman
MOBILE ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY, L.L.C.
By: /s/
Name: Christopher J. Kysar
Title: Vice President
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MOBILE ENERGY SERVICES HOLDINGS, INC.
By: /s/
Name: Christopher J. Kysar
Title: Vice President
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE), as Collateral Agent
By: /s/
Name: James H. Stallkamp
Title: President
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Appendix A
DEFINED TERMS
For purposes of any Financing Document (as defined herein), terms used
in such Financing Document (including terms used herein) that are not otherwise
defined therein shall have the following meanings, subject to any provisions
contained in such Financing Document that affect the construction or
interpretation of such terms. Except as otherwise expressly provided in any such
Financing Document, if and to the extent that such Financing Document shall be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time pursuant
to the terms and provisions thereof, this Appendix A shall be, or be deemed to
have been, amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified concurrently
with the execution and delivery of such amendment, restatement, supplement or
other modification in order to conform the terms herein and therein, mutatis
mutandis, to the terms set forth in or required by such amendment, restatement,
supplement or other modification.
Except as otherwise expressly provided in any such Financing Document:
(a) the terms used in such Financing Document have the meanings
assigned to them in this Appendix A and include the plural as well as
the singular; provided, however, that, in the case of the Indenture,
all such terms that are defined in the Trust Indenture Act, either
directly or by reference therein, have the meanings assigned to them
therein;
(b) (i) all accounting terms not otherwise defined in such
Financing Document have the meanings assigned to them, (ii) all
financial statements and all certificates and reports as to financial
matters required to be delivered to the Collateral Agent or any Senior
Secured Party, or any other Person (as the case may be), under such
Financing Document shall be prepared and (iii) all calculations made
for the purpose of determining compliance with such Financing Document
shall (except as otherwise expressly provided herein) be made, in the
case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, in accordance with, or by
application of, GAAP applied on a basis consistent (except
inconsistencies that are disclosed in writing to the Collateral Agent
or any Senior Secured Party, or any other Person (as the case may be),
and are in accordance with GAAP as certified by a firm of independent
certified public accountants of recognized national standing) with that
used in the preparation of the then most recent corresponding financial
statements furnished under such Financing Document to the Collateral
Agent or any Senior Secured Party, or any other Person (as the case may
be);
(c) all references in such Financing Document to any designated
"Article," "Section," "Appendix," "Schedule," "Exhibit" and other
subdivision are to the designated Article, Section, Appendix, Schedule,
Exhibit and other subdivision, respectively, of such Financing
Document;
(d) all references in such Financing Document to (i) the words
"herein," "hereof" and "hereunder" and other words of similar import
refer to such Financing Document as a whole and not to any particular
Article, Section or other subdivision and (ii) the term "this
Agreement" or "this Indenture" means such Financing Document as a
whole, including Appendices, Schedules and Exhibits thereto;
(e) all references in such Financing Document to any Project
Document or other Contract defined or referred to therein shall include
such Contract (and, in the case of the Senior Securities or any other
instrument, any other instrument issued in substitution therefor) as
the terms thereof may have been or may be amended, supplemented, waived
or otherwise modified, or as such Contract may have been replaced
(including (i) in the case of an Energy Services Agreement or the
Master Operating
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Agreement, any replacement Contract therefor then satisfying the
Restricted Payment Alternative Agreement Requirements with respect
thereto and (ii) in the case of any Project Contract, any replacement
Contract therefor then satisfying the Event of Default Alternative
Agreement Requirements with respect thereto), from time to time;
(f) all references in such Financing Document to any Person
(including any of its capacities) shall include the permitted
successors and assigns of such Person (including in such capacity) in
accordance with the terms of such Financing Document and the other
Project Documents and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any
Person succeeding to its functions and capacities;
(g) all references in such Financing Document to any Law shall
include such Law or any successor Law as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, and any other Law
in substance substituted therefor;
(h) any item or list of items set forth following the word
"including," "include" or "includes" in such Financing Document is set
forth only for the purpose of indicating that, regardless of whatever
other items are in the category in which such item or items are
"included," such item or items are in such category, and shall not be
construed as indicating that the items in the category in which such
item or items are "included" are limited to such item or items similar
to such items;
(i) all references in such Financing Document to the Collateral
Agent, the Indenture Trustee, the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee, the IDB
or the Working Capital Facility Provider shall be deemed to refer to
each such Person however designated in the Financing Documents so that
(i) references to rights or duties of the Collateral Agent under such
Financing Document shall be deemed to include the rights or duties of
such Person as the "Secured Party" under the Security Agreement and as
the "Mortgagee" under the Mortgage, (ii) references to rights or duties
of the Indenture Trustee under such Financing Document shall be deemed
to include the rights or duties of such Person as a "Senior Secured
Party" under the Intercreditor Agreement, (iii) references to rights or
duties of the Tax- Exempt Indenture Trustee under such Financing
Document shall be deemed to include the rights or duties of such Person
as a "Senior Secured Party" under the Intercreditor Agreement and (iv)
references to rights or duties of the Working Capital Facility Provider
under such Financing Document shall be deemed to include the rights or
duties of such Person as a "Senior Secured Party" under the
Intercreditor Agreement; provided, however, that, if such Financing
Document is (A) the Security Agreement, references to rights or duties
of the "Secured Party" thereunder shall be deemed to include the rights
or duties of such Person as the Collateral Agent, (B) the Mortgage,
references to rights or duties of the "Mortgagee" thereunder shall be
deemed to include the rights or duties of such Person as the Collateral
Agent and (C) the Working Capital Facility, references to rights or
duties of the "Agent" thereunder or a Lender shall be deemed to include
the rights or duties of such Person as the Working Capital Facility
Provider;
(j) all terms defined in such Financing Document shall have the
meanings therein ascribed to them when used in any certificate, opinion
or other document delivered pursuant thereto and, in the case of the
Indenture and the Tax-Exempt Indenture, in the Senior Securities;
(k) all references in such Financing Document to the knowledge of
any Person that is a corporation, limited liability company or
partnership, or any other Person that is not an individual, with
respect to any subject or event (including the occurrence or
non-occurrence of any circumstance, the failure to perform or observe,
or the satisfaction of, any covenant or agreement or the pending or
threatened nature of any action) shall be
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deemed to mean that an Authorized Officer of such Person (or, if such
Person is the Company, the Plant Manager thereof) has actual knowledge
or awareness of such subject or event or when notice of such subject or
event shall have been given, or deemed to have been given, to such
Person in accordance with the provisions of such Financing Document;
and
(l) all references in such Financing Document to the Project
Contracts shall be deemed to exclude any Project Contract (and the
Consent to Assignment (if any) with respect thereto) (i) after the date
on which such Project Contract (A) may have been terminated in
accordance with Section 5.10 of the Indenture or Section 4.10 of the
IDB Lease Agreement (or any comparable provision of the Working Capital
Facility), (B) shall have reached its stated termination date (if any)
or (C) (other than in the case of the Energy Services Agreements and
the Master Operating Agreement in connection with a Mill Closure) shall
have been fully and finally performed by all parties thereto and (ii)
after the date of any disposition of the Company's rights and
obligations under such Project Contract in accordance with Section 5.8
of the Indenture or Section 4.8 of the IDB Lease Agreement (or any
comparable provision of the Working Capital Facility), except, in the
case of clauses (i) and (ii) above, if and to the extent that any
provisions of such Project Contract so excluded provide that the rights
and obligations of any Person that is a party to such Contract shall
survive the termination thereof.
"Accounts" means, collectively, the Intercreditor Agreement Accounts,
the Indenture Accounts and the Tax-Exempt Indenture Accounts.
"Act" has the meaning specified (a) in the case of any Holder of
Indenture Securities, in Section 1.4 of the Indenture and (b) in the case of any
Holder of Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities, in Section 1.4 of the Tax-Exempt
Indenture.
"Additional Available Proceeds" means, with respect to any Event of
Loss or Event of Eminent Domain, monies neither constituting Revenues nor
otherwise required (except pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.10 of the
Intercreditor Agreement) to be deposited into any Account that are deposited
into the Loss Proceeds Account as other amounts available to the Company and
necessary for the rebuilding, repair, restoration or replacement of the Energy
Complex or any part thereof that has been affected by such Event of Loss or
Event of Eminent Domain (as the case may be).
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect
common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, the term
"control" (including the correlative meanings of the terms "controlled by" and
"under common control with"), as used with respect to any Person, means the
possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of securities or partnership or other ownership interests or by
contract or otherwise. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Southern, Mobile Energy,
Southern Electric, the Operator and each Person owning, directly or indirectly,
five percent (5%) or more of the membership interests in the Company shall be
deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company.
"Affiliate Subordinated Debt" means any unsecured, subordinated loan or
loans to the Company from any of its Affiliates pursuant to a Subordinated Loan
Agreement, fully subordinated as to payment and exercise of remedies and payable
only from monies otherwise distributable by the Company from the Distribution
Account in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.
"Aggregate Demand" has the meaning specified in the Master Operating
Agreement.
"Alabama Act" means Ala. Code ss. 11-54-80 to ss. 11-54-101.
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"Annual Budget" means the operating plan and budget for the Energy
Complex developed by the Company for operation of the Energy Complex for any
Fiscal Year, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time and as more particularly described in Section 5.12 of
the Indenture or Section 4.12 of the IDB Lease Agreement (or any comparable
provision of the Working Capital Facility) (as the case may be).
"Approved Institutional Investor" has the meaning specified (a) in the
case of the Tax-Exempt Bonds, in the Limited Offering Memorandum dated August
17, 1995 relating to the initial offering thereof and (b) in the case of any
other Tax- Exempt Indenture Securities, in any other offering memorandum
relating to the initial offering of such Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities.
"Articles of Organization" means the Articles of Organization of the
Company dated July 13, 1995.
"Authenticating Agent" means any Person acting as Authenticating Agent
pursuant to, in the case of the Indenture, Section 9.14(b) thereof and, in the
case of the Tax-Exempt Indenture, Section 9.13(b) thereof.
"Authorized Agent" means any Paying Agent, Authenticating Agent or
Security Registrar or other agent appointed by the Indenture Trustee or the
Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee (as the case may be) or the Company or the IDB (as
the case may be) in accordance with the Indenture or the Tax-Exempt Indenture
(as the case may be) to perform any function that such indenture authorizes such
agent to perform.
"Authorized Officer" means (a) in the case of a corporation (including
Mobile Energy) or limited liability company (including the Company), the chief
executive officer, the president, the chief financial officer, a vice president,
the treasurer or an assistant treasurer of such corporation or limited liability
company and (b) in the case of any general or limited partnership, any Person
authorized by the managing general partner (or such other Person that is
responsible for the management of such partnership) to take the applicable
action on behalf of such partnership or any officer (with a title specified in
clause (a) above) of such partnership's managing general partner (or such other
Person that is responsible for the management of such managing general partner).
"Authorized Representative" means, in respect of any Person, the
individual or individuals authorized to act on behalf of such Person by the
board of directors, manager, management committee, board of control or any other
governing body of such Person as designated from time to time in a certificate
of such Person, which shall include or attach thereto specimen signatures,
delivered to the Collateral Agent upon which the Collateral Agent may
conclusively rely.
"Authorized Trust Officer" means any officer of the Indenture Trustee
or the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee (as the case may be) or any other individual
who shall be duly authorized by appropriate corporate action on the part of
either such trustee to authenticate Senior Securities.
"Automatic Acceleration Default" has the meaning specified (a) in the
case of the Indenture, in Section 8.2(a) thereof and (b) in the case of the
Tax-Exempt Indenture, in Section 8.2(a) thereof.
"Available Amount" means, at any time, (a) in the case of any Reserve
Account Letter of Credit, the undrawn stated amount of such Reserve Account
Letter of Credit at such time and (b) in the case of any Southern Guaranty, an
amount equal to the "Available Amount" set forth therein (as such amount may be
increased or decreased in accordance with such Southern Guaranty).
"Bankruptcy Code" means the Federal Bankruptcy Code of 1978.
"Bankruptcy Event" means, in respect of any Person, (a) such Person's
general inability, or its admission of its inability, to pay its debts as such
debts become due, (b) the application by such Person for or its consent to the
appointment of, or the taking of possession by, a receiver, custodian, trustee
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or liquidator of itself or of all or a substantial part of its property, (c) the
commencement by such Person of a voluntary case under the Bankruptcy Code, (d)
the making by such Person of a general assignment for the benefit of its
creditors, (e) the filing of a petition by such Person seeking to take advantage
as a debtor of any other law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
liquidation, dissolution, arrangement, winding-up or readjustment of debts, (f)
the failure by such Person to controvert in a timely and appropriate manner, or
its acquiescence in writing to, any petition filed against it in an involuntary
case under the Bankruptcy Code, (g) the taking of any corporate or other action
by such Person for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing, (h) the
commencement of a proceeding or case, without the application or consent of such
Person, in any court seeking (i) such Person's reorganization, liquidation,
dissolution, arrangement or winding-up, or the composition or readjustment of
its debts, (ii) the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator,
examiner or the like of such Person or all or any substantial part of its
property or (iii) similar relief in respect of such Person under any law
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up or composition or
adjustment of debt and such proceeding or case specified in this clause (h)
shall continue undismissed, or an order, judgment or decree approving or
ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered and continue unstayed and (except
in the case of Section 5.19(a)(ii) of the Indenture or Section 4.19(a)(ii) of
the IDB Lease Agreement (or any comparable provision of the Working Capital
Facility)) in effect, for a period of sixty (60) or more days or (i) an order
for relief against such Person shall be entered in any involuntary case under
the Bankruptcy Code.
"Board of Directors" means (a) when used with respect to the Company,
the Manager of the Company and (b) when used with respect to Mobile Energy,
either the board of directors of Mobile Energy or any committee of such board
duly authorized to act for it.
"Board Resolution" means (a) when used with respect to the Company, a
copy of a resolution certified by an Authorized Officer of the Company or the
secretary or assistant secretary of the Company as having been adopted by the
Manager of the Company and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification and (b) when used with respect to Mobile Energy, means a copy of a
resolution certified by an Authorized Officer or the secretary or assistant
secretary of Mobile Energy as having been adopted by the Board of Directors of
Mobile Energy and to be in full force and effect on the date of such
certification.
"Boiler Ash Agreement" means the Boiler Ash Disposal Agreement dated as
of December 12, 1994, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of July
13, 1995, between the Pulp Mill Owner and the Company (as assignee of Mobile
Energy).
"Bond Counsel" means Balch & Bingham or other nationally recognized
counsel experienced in matters of municipal law and the tax-exempt status of
obligations under the Code.
"Business Day" means any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or other
day on which banks in New York, New York or Atlanta, Georgia are authorized or
required to be closed.
"Capital Budget" means the capital plan and budget developed by the
Company with respect to the capital improvements to the Energy Complex specified
in the Master Operating Agreement and certain other planned capital expenditures
thereto.
"Capital Budget Subaccount" means the subaccount of the Completion
Account so designated established and created under Section 2.2(c) of the
Intercreditor Agreement.
"Casualty Proceeds" means all insurance proceeds (including title
insurance proceeds) and other amounts actually received on account of an Event
of Loss, including any net interest thereon or gain in respect thereof, other
than (a)
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proceeds of third-party liability insurance (to the extent paid directly from an
insurer or insurers to a third-party) and (b) proceeds of business interruption
insurance and other payments received for interruption of operations. "Casualty
Proceeds" do not include Additional Available Proceeds with respect to such
Event of Loss.
"Closing Date" means the date on which the First Mortgage Bonds and the
Tax-Exempt Bonds are originally issued.
"Coal Supplier" means E.J. Hodder & Associates, Inc., a Tennessee
corporation.
"Coal Supply Agreement" means the Coal Supply Agreement dated as of May
1, 1995 between the Coal Supplier and the Company.
"Code" means, as applicable, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or the Internal Revenue Code of
1954 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
"Collateral" means, collectively, all of the collateral mortgaged,
pledged or assigned, or purported to be mortgaged, pledged or assigned, to the
Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee (as
the case may be) by the Company or the IDB (as the case may be), in each case
pursuant to the granting and assigning clauses of the applicable Financing
Documents.
"Collateral Agent" means Bankers Trust (Delaware), a Delaware banking
corporation, or any other Person appointed as a substitute or replacement
Collateral Agent under the Intercreditor Agreement.
"Collateral Agent Claims" means all obligations of the Senior Secured
Parties and the Mobile Energy Parties, now or hereafter existing, to pay fees,
costs and expenses to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 7.3(f) and
Article VIII of the Intercreditor Agreement.
"Combined Exposure" means, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate
principal amount of all Senior Securities Outstanding and (b) the aggregate
principal amount of all outstanding Working Capital Facility Loans made, and the
unutilized Working Capital Facility Commitment, under the Working Capital
Facility.
"Common Services Agreement" means the Common Services Agreement dated
as of December 12, 1994, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of
July 13, 1995, among the Company (as assignee of Mobile Energy), the Pulp Mill
Owner, the Tissue Mill Owner and the Paper Mill Owner.
"Company" means Mobile Energy Services Company, L.L.C., an Alabama
limited liability company.
"Company Request" and "Company Order" mean, respectively, a written
request or order signed in the name of the Company by an Authorized Officer of
the Company and delivered to the Indenture Trustee or the Tax-Exempt Indenture
Trustee (as the case may be).
"Company Step-In Rights" has the meaning specified for "MESC Step-In
Rights" in the Master Operating Agreement.
"Completion Account" means the Account so designated established and
created under Section 2.2(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
"Consents to Assignment" means, collectively, (a) the Consents to
Assignment, the Lease Estoppel and the Supplementary Lease Estoppel of Scott
with respect to the Project Contracts to which it is a party, (b) the Consent to
Assignment of the Pulp Mill Owner with respect to the Project Contracts to which
it is a party, (c) the Consent to Assignment of the Tissue Mill Owner with
respect to the Project Contracts to which it is a party, (d) the Consent to
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Assignment of the Paper Mill Owner with respect to the Project Contracts to
which it is a party, (e) the Consent to Assignment of Southern Electric with
respect to the Project Contracts to which it is a party, (f) the Consent to
Assignment of SCS with respect to the SCS Agreement, (g) any Consent to
Assignment of the Coal Supplier with respect to the Coal Supply Agreement, (h)
the Consent to Assignment of TRT with respect to the Nondisturbance Agreement
(which may be effected pursuant to the Recognition Agreement to which TRT is a
party), (i) the Consent to Assignment of the IDB with respect to the Project
Contracts to which it is a party (which may be effected pursuant to the
Recognition Agreements) and (j) the Consent to Assignment of Ahlstrom Recovery,
Inc. with respect to Purchase Order Number MG-2601.
"Continuing Disclosure Agreement" means the Continuing Disclosure
Agreement dated as of August 1, 1995 among the Mobile Energy Parties and the
Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee.
"Contract" means (a) any agreement (whether executory or non-executory
and whether a Person entitled to rights thereunder is so entitled directly or as
a third-party beneficiary), including an indenture, lease or license, (b) any
deed or other instrument of conveyance, (c) any certificate of incorporation,
articles of organization or charter and (d) any by-law.
"Corporate Trust Office" means the principal office of the Collateral
Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee (as the case
may be) at which at any particular time the corporate trust business thereof
shall be administered, which as of the Closing Date is (a) in the case of the
Collateral Agent, Bankers Trust (Delaware), c/o Bankers Trust Company, Four
Albany Street, New York, New York 10006, Attention: Corporate Trust and Agency
Group, (b) in the case of the Indenture Trustee, First Union National Bank of
Georgia, Corporate Trust Department, M/C GA9094, 999 Peachtree Street, N.E.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30309 and (c) in the case of the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee,
First Union National Bank of Georgia, Corporate Trust Department, M/C GA9094,
999 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, Georgia 30309, or such other office as may
be designated by the Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Tax-Exempt
Indenture Trustee (as the case may be) to the Mobile Energy Parties and, in the
case of the Collateral Agent, to the other Intercreditor Parties.
"Credit Standard Event" means (a) with respect to any Reserve Account
Letter of Credit on deposit in any Reserve Account Security Account, the
unsecured long-term Debt of the provider of such Reserve Account Letter of
Credit shall not be rated "A" or higher by S&P, "A" or higher by Fitch and "A2"
or higher by Moody's and (b) with respect to any Southern Guaranty on deposit in
any Reserve Account Security Account, (i) the Collateral Agent or the Indenture
Trustee shall have been provided with an Officer's Certificate of Southern
certifying as to the determination that the Southern Credit Standard has not
been satisfied or (ii) Southern shall have failed, or the Company shall have
failed to cause Southern, to provide to the Collateral Agent or the Indenture
Trustee, on or prior to the date that is forty-five (45) days after the end of
each fiscal quarter of Southern, an Officer's Certificate of Southern certifying
as to the determination that the Southern Credit Standard has been satisfied.
"Current Fiscal Quarter" has the meaning specified in the definition of
Maintenance Reserve Account Required Deposit.
"Debt" means, in respect of any Person, (a) indebtedness for borrowed
money or the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding
obligations under agreements for the purchase price of goods and services in the
normal course of business which are not more than ninety (90) days past due),
(b) obligations as lessee under leases that shall have been or should be, in
accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases, (c) obligations (whether
matured or contingent) with respect to any letters of credit issued for the
account of such Person, (d) obligations under direct or indirect guaranties or
other similar contingent liabilities in respect of, and obligations (contingent
or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or otherwise assure a creditor
against loss in respect of, indebtedness or obligations of others of the kinds
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referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) above and (e) all Debt of another Person
secured by a lien on any property owned by the first Person (whether or not such
Debt has been assumed by such first Person).
"Debt Service Event" means (a) with respect to any Reserve Account
Letter of Credit on deposit in any Reserve Account Security Account, the
authorization of the Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Tax-Exempt
Indenture Trustee (as the case may be) to draw upon such Reserve Account Letter
of Credit pursuant to (i) if such Reserve Account Security Account is the
Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount, clause third of Section 3.5(c) of the
Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) if such Reserve Account Security Account is the
Distribution Account, clause second of Section 3.8(b) of the Intercreditor
Agreement, (iii) if such Reserve Account Security Account is a Debt Service
Reserve Account, clause second of Section 4.5 of the Indenture and (iv) if such
Reserve Account Security Account is a Tax-Exempt Debt Service Reserve Account,
clause second of Section 4.6 of the Tax-Exempt Indenture and (b) with respect to
any Southern Guaranty on deposit in any Reserve Account Security Account, the
authorization of the Collateral Agent or the Indenture Trustee (as the case may
be) to call upon such Southern Guaranty pursuant to (i) if such Reserve Account
Security Account is the Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount, clause fourth of
Section 3.5(c) of the Intercreditor Agreement, (ii) if such Reserve Account
Security Account is the Distribution Account, clause third of Section 3.8(b) of
the Intercreditor Agreement and (iii) if such Reserve Account Security Account
is a Debt Service Reserve Account, clause third of Section 4.5 of the Indenture.
"Debt Service Reserve Account" means any Account so designated (if any)
established and created under any Series Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture
for the benefit of Holders of Indenture Securities established thereunder.
"Debt Service Reserve Account Required Balance" means, in respect of
any Debt Service Reserve Account, the amount so designated in the Series
Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture establishing such Debt Service Reserve
Account.
"Default Event" means (a) with respect to any Reserve Account Letter of
Credit on deposit in any Reserve Account Security Account, (i) the provider of
such Reserve Account Letter of Credit shall default in its payment obligations
thereunder or (ii) the provider of such Reserve Account Letter of Credit shall
become insolvent and (b) with respect to any Southern Guaranty, (i) Southern
shall fail to perform any of the "Guaranteed Obligations" thereunder as and when
due or (ii) Southern shall become insolvent.
"Designated Southern Subsidiaries" means, for purposes of the
satisfaction of the Southern Credit Standard, all of the Eligible Southern
Subsidiaries other than, as designated by the Company to be excluded for such
purposes, any one or all (including any combination) of the Eligible Southern
Subsidiaries, provided that the aggregate net worth of such Eligible Southern
Subsidiaries so excluded is equal to or less than ten percent (10%) of the
aggregate net worth of all of the Eligible Southern Subsidiaries. For such
purposes, "net worth" means (a) par value of common stock plus (b) paid-in
capital plus (c) premium on preferred stock plus (d) retained earnings minus (e)
accrued and unpaid dividends on, or other amounts due and payable in respect of,
capital stock, in each case, of each of such Eligible Southern Subsidiaries.
"Determination of Taxability" means a final determination by the
Internal Revenue Service or a court of competent jurisdiction in a proceeding in
which the Company has been afforded an opportunity to participate, or, at the
election of the Company in its sole discretion, a determination by the Company
based on an opinion of Bond Counsel, that as a result of any event the interest
payable on any Tax-Exempt Indenture Security (in respect of which, at the time
of original issuance, the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee received an opinion of
Bond Counsel to the effect that interest payable on such Tax-Exempt Indenture
Security was not includable for Federal income tax purposes in the gross income
of any owner of such Tax-Exempt Indenture Security (other than an owner who is a
"substantial user" of the Energy Complex or a "related person" within the
meaning of Section 147(a) of the Code)) is includable for Federal income tax
purposes in the gross
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income of any owner of such Tax-Exempt Indenture Security (other than any owner
who is a "substantial user" of the Energy Complex or a "related person" within
the meaning of Section 147(a) of the Code). No such determination by the
Internal Revenue Service shall be considered final unless the Company has been
given written notice and, if it so desires, has been given the opportunity to
contest the same, either directly or in the name of any owner of a Tax-Exempt
Indenture Security and until the conclusion of any appellate review, if sought.
Interest on Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities shall not be deemed includable for
Federal income tax purposes merely by reason of such interest being treated as a
tax preference item for purposes of a Federal alternative minimum tax, loss of
or reduction in a related deduction or other indirect adverse tax consequences.
"Distribution Account" means the Account so designated established and
created under Section 2.2(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
"Distribution Date" means any Business Day following an Interest
Payment Date and preceding the Monthly Transfer Date immediately succeeding
such Interest Payment Date, as selected by the Company.
"Easement Deeds" means, collectively, (a) the Easement Deed, dated as
of December 12, 1994 between the Company (as assignee of Mobile Energy) and the
Pulp Mill Owner granting the Company certain easements, (b) the Easement Deed
dated as of December 12, 1994 between the Company (as assignee of Mobile Energy)
and the Pulp Mill Owner granting the Pulp Mill Owner certain easements, (c) the
Easement Deed dated as of December 12, 1994 between the Company (as assignee of
Mobile Energy) and the Tissue Mill Owner granting the Company certain easements,
(d) the Easement Deed dated as of December 12, 1994 between the Company (as
assignee of Mobile Energy) and the Tissue Mill Owner granting the Tissue Mill
Owner certain easements, (e) the Easement Deed dated as of December 12, 1994
between the Company (as assignee of Mobile Energy) and the Paper Mill Owner
granting the Company certain easements and (f) the Easement Deed dated as of
December 12, 1994 between the Company (as assignee of Mobile Energy) and the
Paper Mill Owner granting the Paper Mill Owner certain easements.
"Easements" means, collectively, all easements, licenses, franchises,
rights-of-way and spur track agreements to which the Company is now or hereafter
a party or beneficiary affecting construction on, or the use or operation of, or
constituting a part of, the Site (including the Easement Deeds).
"Eligible Southern Subsidiaries" means, at any time, each of Alabama
Power Company, an Alabama corporation, Georgia Power Company, a Georgia
corporation, Gulf Power Company, a Maine corporation, Mississippi Power Company,
a Mississippi corporation, and Savannah Electric and Power Company, a Georgia
corporation, provided that a majority of the voting securities of such Person is
owned, directly or indirectly, by Southern at such time.
"Eminent Domain Proceeds" means all amounts and proceeds actually
received in respect of any Event of Eminent Domain, including any net interest
thereon or gain in respect thereof. "Eminent Domain Proceeds" do not include
Additional Available Proceeds with respect to such Event of Eminent Domain.
"Energy Complex" has the meaning specified in the Master Operating
Agreement.
"Energy Services Agreements" means, collectively, the Pulp Mill Energy
Services Agreement, the Tissue Mill Energy Services Agreement and the Paper Mill
Energy Services Agreement.
"Environmental Bonds" means, collectively, (a) (i) the IDB's
Environmental Improvement Revenue Bonds (Scott Paper Company Project), Series A
of 1973, (ii) the IDB's Environmental Improvement Revenue Bonds (Scott Paper
Company Project), Series A of 1976 and (iii) the IDB's Environmental Improvement
Revenue Bonds (Scott Paper Company Project), Series A of 1980, in the case of
clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, issued under and secured by a Trust Indenture
dated as of April 1, 1973, as supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture
thereto dated as of
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September 1, 1976 and a Second Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of
October 1, 1980 between the IDB and AmSouth Bank of Alabama, as trustee, and (b)
the IDB's Industrial Revenue Bonds (Scott Paper Company Project), Series B of
1976 issued under and secured by a Trust Indenture dated as of September 1, 1976
between the IDB and AmSouth Bank of Alabama, as trustee .
"Environmental Indemnity Agreements" means, collectively, (a) the Pulp
Mill Environmental Indemnity Agreement dated as of December 12, 1994, as amended
by the First Amendment thereto dated as of July 13, 1995, between the Company
(as assignee of Mobile Energy) and the Pulp Mill Owner, (b) the Paper Mill
Environmental Indemnity Agreement dated as of December 12, 1994, as amended by
the First Amendment thereto dated as of July 13, 1995, between the Company (as
assignee of Mobile Energy) and the Paper Mill Owner, (c) the Tissue Mill
Environmental Indemnity Agreement dated as of December 12, 1994, as amended by
the First Amendment thereto dated as of July 13, 1995, between the Company (as
assignee of Mobile Energy) and the Tissue Mill Owner and (d) the Scott
Environmental Indemnity Agreement dated as of December 12, 1994, as amended by
the First Amendment thereto dated as of July 13, 1995, between Scott and the
Company (as assignee of Mobile Energy).
"Environmental Requirement" means any Governmental Approvals in effect
from time to time relating to the protection of the environment or otherwise
addressing environmental issues or environmental requirements of or by any
Governmental Authority, or otherwise relating to noise or to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, disposal, transport,
emission, discharge, release or handling of Hazardous Material, including the
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980
(42 U.S.C. ss. 9601 et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act
(49 U.S.C. ss. 1801 et seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(42 U.S.C. ss. 6901 et seq.), the Toxic Substance Control Act (15 U.S.C. ss.
2601 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. ss. 7401 et seq.), the Clean Water
Act (33 U.S.C. ss. 1251 et seq.), the Emergency Planning and Community Right to
Know Act (42 U.S.C. ss. 1101 et seq.), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and
Rodenticide Act (7 U.S.C. ss. 136 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (33
U.S.C. ss. 2761), the Occupational Health and Safety Act (29 U.S.C. ss. 641 et
seq.), the Pollution Prevention Act (42 U.S.C. ss. 1201 et seq.), the Safe
Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. ss. 300f et seq.), Preservation Development, Etc.
of Coastal Areas (Ala. Code ss. 9-7-1 et seq.), the Alabama Environmental
Management Act (Ala. Code ss. 22-22A-1 et seq.), the Alabama Water Pollution
Control Act (Ala. Code ss. 22-22A-1 et seq.), the Alabama Safe Drinking Water
Act (Ala. Code ss. 22-23-30 et seq.), Water Well Standards (Ala. Code ss. 22-
24-1 et seq.), Water Wastewater Systems and Treatment Plants (Ala. Code ss.
22-25-1 et seq.), Sewage Collection, Treatment, and Disposal Facilities (Ala.
Code ss. 22-26-1 et seq.), Solid Wastes Disposal Act (Ala. Code ss. 22-27-1 et
seq.), the Alabama Air Pollution Control Act of 1971 (Ala. Code ss. 22-28-1 et
seq.), the Hazardous Wastes Management and Minimization Act (Ala. Code ss.
22-30-1 et seq.), the Alabama Hazardous Substance Cleanup Fund (Ala. Code ss.
22-30A-1 et seq.), the Water Pollution Control Authority (Ala. Code ss. 22-34-1
et seq.), the Alabama Underground and Aboveground and Storage Tank Trust Fund
Act (Ala. Code ss. 22-35-1 et seq.), the Alabama Underground Storage Tank and
Wellhead Protection Act of 1988 (Ala. Code ss. 22-36-1 et seq.) and the Alabama
Lead Ban Act of 1988 (Ala. Code ss. 22-37-1 et seq.) and, in each case, any
regulations promulgated thereunder.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.
"ESA Blockage Event" means, with respect to any Mill Owner or its
respective Energy Services Agreement or its Mill, that:
(a) such Energy Services Agreement or the Master Operating
Agreement has been declared unenforceable by a Governmental Authority
having jurisdiction, unless the Company has delivered to the applicable
Senior Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent an Officer's
Certificate, together with an Independent Engineer Confirmation,
certifying that either (i) such Energy Services Agreement or the Master
Operating Agreement (as the case may be) has been reinstated on
identical and enforceable terms by
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the Company and such Mill Owner, (ii) such declaration of
enforceability has been overruled, reversed or rescinded by such
Governmental Authority or by another Governmental Authority having
final jurisdiction or greater jurisdiction than such first Governmental
Authority or (iii) the Company has satisfied the Restricted Payment
Alternative Agreement Requirements with respect to such Energy Services
Agreement or the Master Operating Agreement (as the case may be);
(b) such Mill Owner has either (i) terminated, or delivered
written notice pursuant to the Master Operating Agreement of its
intention to terminate (which notice has not been rescinded), its
rights and obligations under such Energy Services Agreement or the
Master Operating Agreement in connection with a Mill Closure with
respect to such Mill or (ii) denied that it has any obligations and
substantially ceased performance under such Energy Services Agreement
or the Master Operating Agreement, unless, in either case, the Company
has delivered to the applicable Senior Secured Parties and the
Collateral Agent an Officer's Certificate, together with an Independent
Engineer Confirmation, certifying that either (A) such Energy Services
Agreement or the Master Operating Agreement (as the case may be) has
been reinstated on identical and enforceable terms by the Company and
such Mill Owner or, provided that another Person is reasonably capable
of performing such Mill Owner's obligations under such Energy Services
Agreement or the Master Operating Agreement (as the case may be), by
the Company and such other Person or (B) the Company has satisfied the
Restricted Payment Alternative Agreement Requirements with respect to
such Energy Services Agreement or the Master Operating Agreement (as
the case may be);
(c) a default has occurred and is continuing in respect of such
Mill Owner's obligations under such Energy Services Agreement or the
Master Operating Agreement, unless, if such Energy Services Agreement
or the Master Operating Agreement with respect to such Mill Owner has
been terminated as a result of such default, the Company has delivered
to the applicable Senior Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent an
Officer's Certificate, together with an Independent Engineer
Confirmation, certifying that the Company has satisfied the Restricted
Payment Alternative Agreement Requirements with respect to such Energy
Services Agreement or the Master Operating Agreement (as the case may
be);
(d) based upon the knowledge of either of the Mobile Energy
Parties, it is reasonably likely that, on or prior to the next
Distribution Date, either (i) there will be a Mill Closure with respect
to such Mill or (ii) such Mill Owner will deliver written notice
pursuant to the Master Operating Agreement of such Mill Owner's
intention to terminate its rights and obligations under such Energy
Services Agreement or the Master Operating Agreement, unless, in either
case, if such Energy Services Agreement or the Master Operating
Agreement with respect to such Mill Owner has been terminated as a
result of such Mill Closure, the Company has delivered to the
applicable Senior Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent an Officer's
Certificate, together with an Independent Engineer Confirmation,
certifying that the Company has satisfied the Restricted Payment
Alternative Agreement Requirements with respect to such Energy Services
Agreement or the Master Operating Agreement (as the case may be); or
(e) a Bankruptcy Event has occurred and is continuing in respect
of such Mill Owner, unless (i) the obligations of such Mill Owner under
such Energy Services Agreement and the Master Operating Agreement have
been expressly assumed with the approval of a court of competent
jurisdiction or (ii) if such Energy Services Agreement or the Master
Operating Agreement with respect to such Mill Owner has been rejected
or otherwise terminated, the Company has delivered to the applicable
Senior Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent an Officer's
Certificate, together with an Independent Engineer Confirmation,
certifying that the Company has satisfied the Restricted Payment
Alternative Agreement Requirement with
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respect to such Energy Services Agreement or the Master Operating
Agreement (as the case may be).
"Event of Default" means, so long as there are any Financing
Commitments or any Financing Liabilities outstanding, an "Event of Default"
under the Indenture, an "Event of Default" under the Tax-Exempt Indenture or an
"Event of Default" under the Working Capital Facility.
"Event of Default Alternative Agreement Requirements" means, with
respect to any Project Contract, another Contract entered into by the Company
with one or more Persons in substitution for or replacement of any such Project
Contract, with respect to some or all of the Processing Services or other
services formerly provided by or to the Company thereunder, provided that such
alternative Contract (a) contains substantially equivalent terms and conditions
or, if such terms and conditions are no longer available on a commercially
reasonable basis, the terms and conditions then available on a commercially
reasonable basis, (b) would, after giving effect to such alternative Contract
and based on projections prepared by the Company on a reasonable basis, maintain
a minimum annual Senior Debt Service Coverage Ratio for each Fiscal Year through
the final maturity date of the Outstanding Indenture Securities or the
Outstanding Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities (as the case may be) projected to be
equal to or greater than the lesser of (i) the minimum annual Senior Debt
Service Coverage Ratio projected to have been in effect for such Fiscal Year had
performance under such Project Contract continued and (ii) 1.2 to 1.0 and (c) is
reasonably capable of being performed by the parties thereto. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, such alternative Contract need not satisfy the conditions
described in clauses (a) and (b) above, provided that (A) the Company delivers
to the applicable Senior Secured Parties an Officer's Certificate, together with
an Independent Engineer Confirmation, certifying that the Company has satisfied
the Restricted Payment Alternative Agreement Requirements (other than the
conditions set forth in subclauses (C) and (D) of clause (b)(ii) of the
definition of Restricted Payment Alternative Agreement Requirements with respect
to such alternative Contract) and (B) after giving effect to such alternative
Contract and based on projections prepared by the Company on a reasonable basis,
the average of the annual Senior Debt Service Coverage Ratios through the final
maturity date of the Outstanding Indenture Securities or the Tax-Exempt
Indenture Securities (as the case may be) is projected to be at least 1.2 to
1.0.
"Event of Eminent Domain" means any compulsory transfer or taking, or
transfer under threat of compulsory transfer or taking, of a material part of
the Energy Complex by any Governmental Authority or any Person acting with the
authority thereof for more than six (6) months, unless such transfer or taking
is the subject of a Good Faith Contest.
"Event of Loss" means any physical loss or destruction of, or
destruction to, the Energy Complex, or any other event that causes all or a
material part of the Energy Complex to be rendered unfit for normal use for any
reason whatsoever, including through failure of title.
"Excess Loss Proceeds" means, with respect to any Event of Loss or
Event of Eminent Domain, monies in an amount equal to the excess, if any, of all
of the Loss Proceeds with respect to such Event of Loss or Event of Eminent
Domain (as the case may be) over the total cost of the rebuilding, repair,
restoration or replacement of the Energy Complex or any part thereof that has
been affected by such Event of Loss or Event of Eminent Domain (as the case may
be).
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
"Financing Commitment" means any commitment pursuant to the Financing
Documents to provide credit to the Company.
"Financing Documents" means all Contracts evidencing or securing the
Financing Liabilities.
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"Financing Liabilities" means all indebtedness, liabilities and
obligations of the Mobile Energy Parties (including principal, interest, fees,
reimbursement obligations, penalties, indemnities and legal expenses, whether
due to acceleration or otherwise) owing to the Senior Secured Parties (of
whatsoever nature and however evidenced) under or pursuant to (a) the Indenture
(including the Guaranty), (b) the Senior Securities, (c) the IDB Lease
Agreement, (d) the Tax-Exempt Indenture, (e) the Working Capital Facility and
any evidence of indebtedness entered into thereunder and (f) the other Security
Documents, in the case of clause (a) through (f) above, whether direct or
indirect, primary or secondary, fixed or contingent or now or hereafter arising
out of or relating to any such Contract.
"Financing Statements" means Uniform Commercial Code financing
statements filed in connection with the other Security Documents.
"First Mortgage Bonds" means the Indenture Securities issued on the
Closing Date under the first Series Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture.
"Fiscal Quarter" means the period of time beginning at 12:01 a.m. on
the first day of each calendar quarter and ending at midnight on the last day of
such calendar quarter.
"Fiscal Year" means the period of time beginning at 12:01 a.m. on
January 1 of each year and ending at midnight on December 31 of such year.
"Fitch" means Fitch Investors Service, L.P., a New York limited
partnership.
"Fuel Inventory" means fuel inventory of the Energy Complex, in
whatever form, including oil, gas, coal, black liquor, biomass and sludge.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in the United
States of America as in effect from time to time.
"GDPIPD" means the Gross Domestic Product Implicit Price Deflator as
published in the United States Department of Commerce, Bureau of Analysis
publication entitled "Survey of Current Business." If the Gross Domestic Product
Implicit Price Deflator ceases to exist or is no longer available, the Company,
with the approval of the Independent Engineer, shall designate a substitute
index that is reasonably similar to the Gross Domestic Product Implicit Price
Deflator.
"GDPIPD Factor" means, with respect to each Fiscal Year, the GDPIPD
most recently published during or prior to such Fiscal Year divided by the
GDPIPD published with respect to December 1994; provided, however, that such
GDPIPD Factor shall not be less than one (1).
"Good Faith Contest" means the contest of an item if (a) such item is
diligently contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and adequate
reserves or bonding are established in accordance with GAAP with respect to such
item and (b) the failure to pay or comply with such item during the period of
such contest would not result in a Material Adverse Effect.
"Governmental Approvals" means those authorizations, consents,
approvals, waivers, exemptions, variances, registrations, certifications,
permissions, permits and licenses with any Governmental Authority required for
the ownership and operation of the Energy Complex and the performance of a
Person's obligations under the Project Documents.
"Governmental Authority" means any Federal, state, city, county,
municipal, foreign, international, regional or other governmental or regulatory
authority, agency, department, board, body, instrumentality, commission, arbiter
or court.
"Guaranteed Obligations" means all indebtedness, liabilities,
obligations, covenants and duties of, and all terms and conditions to be
observed by, the Company (including in its capacity as a "debtor in possession"
under the
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Bankruptcy Code) due or owing to, or in favor or for the benefit of, the Senior
Secured Parties under the Security Documents or the Working Capital Facility (as
the case may be), in each case (a) whether due or owing to, or in favor or for
the benefit of, the Senior Secured Parties or any other Person that becomes the
Indenture Trustee, the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee or the Working Capital
Facility Provider (as the case may be) by reason of any succession or assignment
at any time thereafter and (b) whether or not an allowable claim against the
Company under the Bankruptcy Code, or otherwise enforceable against the Company,
and including, in any event, interest accruing after the filing by or against
the Company of a petition under the Bankruptcy Code; provided, however, that the
satisfaction of the Guaranteed Obligations shall be non-recourse to any monies
or other assets of Mobile Energy acquired through or on account of its interests
in the Southern Master Tax Sharing Agreement to the extent such assets are not
commingled with any of Mobile Energy's other assets or any monies or assets of
the Company.
"Guaranty" means the unconditional guaranty by Mobile Energy of the
Guaranteed Obligations included in Article XIV of the Indenture, Article VIII of
the IDB Lease Agreement and Article VIII of the Working Capital Facility (as the
case may be).
"Hazardous Materials" means hazardous wastes, hazardous substances,
hazardous constituents, air contaminants or toxic substances, whether solids,
liquids or gases, including substances defined or otherwise regulated as
"hazardous materials," "regulated substances," "hazardous wastes," "hazardous
substances," "toxic substances," "pollutants," "contaminants," "carcinogens,"
"hazardous air pollutants," "criteria pollutants," "reproductive toxins,"
"radioactive materials," "toxic chemicals," or other similar designations in, or
otherwise subject to regulation under, any Environmental Requirement, including
petroleum hydrocarbons, asbestos-containing materials, urea formaldehyde foam
insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls and radionuclides.
"Holder" means a Person in whose name an Indenture Security or a
Tax-Exempt Indenture Security (as the case may be) is registered in the register
providing for the registration, including upon transfer or exchange, thereof
pursuant to the Indenture or the Tax-Exempt Indenture (as the case may be).
"IDB" means The Industrial Development Board of the City of Mobile,
Alabama.
"IDB Claims" means all obligations of the Mobile Energy Parties, now or
hereafter existing, to pay fees, costs, expenses, indemnification payments or
other amounts to the IDB under the Financing Documents, other than (a) rent
payments under the IDB Lease Agreement and (b) payments in respect of principal
of and premium, if any, and interest on the 1994 Bonds.
"IDB Lease Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Lease and
Agreement dated as of August 1, 1995 among the IDB and the Mobile Energy
Parties.
"IDB Request" and "IDB Order" mean, respectively, a written request or
order signed in the name of the IDB by an Authorized Officer of the IDB and
delivered to the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee.
"Income Tax Deficiency" means (a) with respect to the second
Distribution Date during any Fiscal Year, an amount equal to the excess, if any,
of (i) an amount equal to the sum of (A) the combined Federal and State of
Alabama quarterly estimated income tax payments that would have been required to
be paid by all Members during such Fiscal Year prior to such Distribution Date
and (B) one-half of the amounts estimated to be required to be paid for County
and City of Mobile, Alabama income taxes in respect of such Fiscal Year, if any,
all calculated, solely for this purpose, as if such Members collectively were a
single "stand-alone" domestic Alabama corporation for purposes of Federal, state
and local taxes that would not (1) be a member of a consolidated, affiliated,
combined, unitary or other tax group, (2) be a party to any tax sharing
arrangements with any other Person and (3) have income, loss or credits
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(including loss and credit carryovers) available to it that would not be
attributable to any ownership interest in the Company over (ii) the amount of
distributions, if any, from the Distribution Account and the Subordinated Fee
Account made on the first Distribution Date during such Fiscal Year in excess of
the amount of distributions, if any, that would have been calculated by clause
(b) below with respect to such Distribution Date and (b) with respect to the
first Distribution Date during any Fiscal Year, an amount equal to the excess,
if any, of (i) an amount equal to the estimate, as of such Distribution Date, of
the combined Federal, State of Alabama, and County and City of Mobile, Alabama
income taxes that relate to the immediately preceding Fiscal Year of all
Members, all calculated solely for this purpose, as if such Members collectively
were a single "stand-alone" domestic Alabama corporation for purposes of
Federal, state and local taxes that would not (A) be a member of a consolidated,
affiliated, combined, unitary or other tax group, (B) be a party to any tax
sharing arrangements with any other Person and (C) have income, loss or credits
(including loss and credit carryovers) available to it that would not be
attributable to any ownership interest in the Company over (ii) the amount of
distributions, if any, from the Distribution Account and the Subordinated Fee
Account made on the second Distribution Date of such prior Fiscal Year.
"Indenture" means the Trust Indenture dated as of August 1, 1995 among
the Mobile Energy Parties and the Indenture Trustee.
"Indenture Accounts" means, with respect to the Indenture Securities of
any series, the Indenture Securities Account and each Debt Service Reserve
Account (if any) established for the benefit of Holders of the Indenture
Securities of such series.
"Indenture Distribution Amount" means, in respect of any Excess Loss
Proceeds with respect to an Event of Loss or Event of Eminent Domain to be
applied pursuant to Section 6.2(b) of the Intercreditor Agreement, an amount
equal to the Indenture's Percentage Share of (a) such Excess Loss Proceeds and
(b) the Redistributed Proceeds with respect to such Excess Loss Proceeds.
"Indenture Securities" means all Debt issued pursuant to the Indenture.
"Indenture Securities Account" means the Account so designated
established and created under Section 4.1 of the Indenture.
"Indenture Securities Collateral" means, collectively, (a) all of the
collateral mortgaged, pledged or assigned, or purported to be mortgaged, pledged
or assigned, to the Indenture Trustee by the Company pursuant to the granting
and assigning clauses of the Indenture and (b) the Shared Collateral.
"Indenture Securities Interest Subaccount" means the subaccount of the
Indenture Securities Account so designated established and created under Section
4.1 of the Indenture.
"Indenture Securities Principal Subaccount" means the subaccount of the
Indenture Securities Account so designated established and created under Section
4.1 of the Indenture.
"Indenture Securities Redemption Subaccount" means the subaccount of
the Indenture Securities Account so designated established and created under
Section 4.1 of the Indenture.
"Indenture Trustee" means First Union National Bank of Georgia, a
national banking association organized and existing under the laws of the United
States of America.
"Independent Engineer" means Stone & Webster Engineering Corporation or
another nationally recognized consulting or engineering firm appointed
Independent Engineer pursuant to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.
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"Independent Engineer Agreement" means the Independent Engineer
Agreement dated as of August 1, 1995 between the Company and the Independent
Engineer or any other similar Contract among such Persons.
"Independent Engineer Confirmation" means a certificate signed by an
authorized representative of the Independent Engineer confirming the
reasonableness of statements and projections contained in certain Officer's
Certificates delivered to the applicable Senior Secured Parties or the
Collateral Agent under the Financing Documents, which confirmation may not be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
"Independent Insurance Advisor" means Sedgwick James or another
nationally recognized insurance advisory firm appointed as insurance advisor
under the Indenture and the Tax-Exempt Indenture by the Collateral Agent.
"Intercreditor Agreement" means the Intercreditor and Collateral Agency
Agreement dated as of August 1, 1995 among the Senior Secured Parties, the
Collateral Agent, the IDB and the Mobile Energy Parties.
"Intercreditor Agreement Accounts" means, collectively, the Completion
Account, the Revenue Account, the Mill Owner Reimbursement Account, the Working
Capital Facility Account, the Operating Account, the Maintenance Reserve
Account, the Loss Proceeds Account, the Subordinated Debt Account, the
Subordinated Fee Account and the Distribution Account.
"Intercreditor Parties" means, collectively, the Senior Secured
Parties, the IDB, the Mobile Energy Parties, any Subordinated Debt Provider and
any other Person party to the Intercreditor Agreement (other than the Collateral
Agent).
"Interest Payment Date" means each January 1 and July 1 of each year,
commencing January 1, 1996.
"Investment Grade" means a rating in one of the four highest categories
(without regard to subcategories within such rating categories) by a Rating
Agency.
"Law" means any constitution, treaty, statute, code, ordinance,
regulation, order, decree, writ or judicial or arbitral decision.
"Lease" means the Lease Agreement dated as of December 12, 1994, as
amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of July, 13, 1995, between
Scott, as lessor, and the Company (as assignee of Mobile Energy), as lessee.
"Lease Documents" means, collectively, the IDB Lease Agreement, the
Tax- Exempt Indenture (including any Series Supplemental Indenture) and (to the
extent relating to, or securing, the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities) the other
Financing Documents.
"Lease Indemnity" means the Letter Agreement dated August 1, 1995 by
the Mobile Energy Parties in favor of Scott, providing for the indemnification
of Scott with respect to matters arising under the Utilities Land Sublease dated
as of December 1, 1983, as amended, between Scott and the IDB.
"Leased Land" means the land underlying the components of the
Tax-Exempt Project marked on Exhibit A to the IDB Lease Agreement.
"Lenders" has the meaning specified in the Working Capital Facility.
"Lien" means any lien, claim, security interest, mortgage, trust
arrangement, judgment, pledge, option, charge, easement, encumbrance, title
retention, conditional sales agreement, encroachment, right-of-way, building or
use restriction, preferential right or any other security agreement, arrangement
or similar right in favor of any Person, whether voluntarily incurred or arising
by operation of law, and includes any agreement to give any of the foregoing in
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the future, and any contingent sale or other title retention agreement or lease
in the nature thereof.
"Loss Proceeds" means, as applicable, Casualty Proceeds or Eminent
Domain Proceeds.
"Loss Proceeds Account" means the Account so designated established and
created under Section 2.2(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
"Maintenance Excess Funding Subaccount" means the subaccount of the
Maintenance Reserve Account so designated established and created under Section
2.2(b) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
"Maintenance Expenditures" means all costs and expenses of operating
and maintaining the Energy Complex and, when the Company is exercising the
Company Step-In Rights, the Pulp Mill Step-In Equipment, other than (a) fuel
costs and expenses, (b) labor and employee expenses, including fringe benefits
and labor relations expense, (c) payments for insurance premiums and like
insurance related expenses required or otherwise maintained under any Project
Document, (d) costs and expenses of consumable items such as process or cleaning
chemicals and lubricants, (e) equipment rental, small tools and vehicle
maintenance expenses, (f) costs and expenses associated with legal, accounting
and other office and administrative functions, (g) permitting fees, (h) costs
and expenses of safety supplies, office supplies and other office expenses, (i)
property taxes and payments made in lieu of taxes, (j) computer maintenance
expenses, (k) any amounts payable for services rendered under the Common
Services Agreement, (l) ash disposal costs, (m) liquidated damages payable to
the Mill Owners under the Master Operating Agreement, (n) amounts payable to the
Mill Owners in connection with the exercise of Mill Owner Step-In Rights, (o)
any amounts required to be rebated to the United States government pursuant to
Section 148 of the Code in connection with any series of the Tax-Exempt
Indenture Securities (to the extent not already provided for in the Tax-Exempt
Indenture) and (p) payments to the IDB (including IDB Claims and payments
required to be made by the Company with respect to the 1994 Bonds), in the case
of clauses (a) through (p) above, to the extent the foregoing costs or expenses
are not customarily treated as capital expenditures.
"Maintenance Plan" means the maintenance plan and budget for the Energy
Complex, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time and as more particularly described in Section 5.12 of
the Indenture or Section 4.12 of the IDB Lease Agreement (or any comparable
provision of the Working Capital Facility) (as the case may be).
"Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount" means the subaccount of the
Maintenance Reserve Account so designated established and created under Section
2.2(b) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
"Maintenance Reserve Account" means the Account so designated
established and created under Section 2.2(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
"Maintenance Reserve Account Balance" means, with respect to the
Current Fiscal Quarter, the sum of (a) the monies on deposit in the Maintenance
Reserve Account, (b) amounts available to be drawn or called upon under any
Reserve Account Security deposited in the Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount
and (c) the monies on deposit in, or otherwise credited to (by means of a
guaranty, capital infusion agreement or otherwise), the Mill Owner Maintenance
Reserve Account, in the case of clauses (a), (b) and (c) above, at the beginning
of the Current Fiscal Quarter.
"Maintenance Reserve Account Required Deposit" means, with respect to
any Fiscal Quarter during any Fiscal Year (the "Current Fiscal Quarter"), one or
more deposits into the Maintenance Reserve Account on Monthly Transfer Dates
occurring during the Current Fiscal Quarter in an aggregate amount equal to the
excess of the sum of paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) below over the Maintenance
Reserve Account Balance with respect to the Current Fiscal Quarter:
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(a) the amount of Maintenance Reserve Account Required Deposits
with respect to each Fiscal Quarter preceding the Current Fiscal
Quarter that were required to be deposited into the Maintenance Reserve
Account during each such Fiscal Quarter but were not, and have not been
since, so deposited;
(b) the aggregate amount of any withdrawals from the Maintenance
Reserve Account and the Mill Owner Maintenance Reserve Account during
each Fiscal Quarter preceding the Current Fiscal Quarter that were in
excess of the aggregate projected Maintenance Expenditures for each
such Fiscal Quarter (as specified in the Maintenance Plan) but were
not, and have not been since, redeposited in the Maintenance Reserve
Account; and
(c) the greatest of:
(i) if the Current Fiscal Quarter is the first
Fiscal Quarter of such Fiscal Year, the amount obtained by
dividing the aggregate of the projected Maintenance
Expenditures for the Current Fiscal Quarter and the
immediately succeeding sixteen (16) Fiscal Quarters (in each
case as specified in the Maintenance Plan) by sixteen (16);
(ii) if the Current Fiscal Quarter is the first or
second Fiscal Quarter of such Fiscal Year, the amount obtained
by dividing the aggregate of the projected Maintenance
Expenditures for the Current Fiscal Quarter and the
immediately succeeding fifteen (15) Fiscal Quarters (in each
case as specified in the Maintenance Plan) by fifteen (15);
(iii) if the Current Fiscal Quarter is the first,
second or third Fiscal Quarter of such Fiscal Year, the amount
obtained by dividing the aggregate of the projected
Maintenance Expenditures for the Current Fiscal Quarter and
the immediately succeeding fourteen (14) Fiscal Quarters (in
each case as specified in the Maintenance Plan) by fourteen
(14); and
(iv) if the Current Fiscal Quarter is the first,
second, third or fourth Fiscal Quarter of such Fiscal Year,
the greatest of the amount obtained by dividing the aggregate
of the projected Maintenance Expenditures for any period
consisting of the Current Fiscal Quarter and any number of
consecutive Fiscal Quarters from one (1) to thirteen (13)
immediately succeeding the Current Fiscal Quarter (in each
case as specified in the Maintenance Plan) by such number of
consecutive Fiscal Quarters.
"Manager" means Mobile Energy and any Person appointed as an
additional, substitute or replacement manager of the Company pursuant to the
terms of the Articles of Organization.
"Master Operating Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Master
Operating Agreement dated as of July 13, 1995 among the Company (as assignee of
Mobile Energy), Scott, the Pulp Mill Owner, the Tissue Mill Owner and the Paper
Mill Owner.
"Material Adverse Effect" means (a) a change in the financial condition
of either of the Mobile Energy Parties or the Energy Complex that would
reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the ability of either
of the Mobile Energy Parties to pay principal of and interest on the Senior Debt
as and when required or (b) any event or occurrence of whatever nature that
would materially and adversely affect (i) the ability of either of the Mobile
Energy Parties to perform its obligations under the Project Documents or (ii)
the Lien of the Security Documents.
"Member" means any Person owning a membership interest in the Company.
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"Mill Closure" means (a) a public announcement by a Mill Owner that it
will close its respective Mill for a period of at least one (1) year or that it
will reduce production of pulp, paper or tissue (as applicable) at such Mill
(permanently or for a period of at least two (2) years) to less than ten percent
(10%) of 1994 production levels or (b) the occurrence of a two (2) year period
during which, for any reason other than the occurrence of a Force Majeure Event
(as defined in the Master Operating Agreement), such Mill Owner's production of
pulp, paper or tissue (as applicable) at such Mill is less than ten percent
(10%) of 1994 production levels.
"Mill Owner Maintenance Reserve Account" means the account so
designated established and created pursuant to the Master Operating Agreement
for the sole benefit of the Mill Owners.
"Mill Owner Maintenance Reserve Account Agreement" means the Mill Owner
Maintenance Reserve Account Agreement dated as of August 1, 1995 among Southern,
the Company and the Mill Owners.
"Mill Owner Reimbursement Account" means the Account so designated
established and created under Section 2.2(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
"Mill Owner Step-In Rights" has the meaning specified in the Master
Operating Agreement.
"Mill Owners" means, collectively, the Pulp Mill Owner, the Tissue Mill
Owner and the Paper Mill Owner.
"Mills" means, collectively, the Pulp Mill, the Tissue Mill and the
Paper Mill.
"Mixed-Use Bonds" means, collectively, the IDB's Industrial Development
Revenue Bonds (Scott Paper Company Project), Series A and the IDB's Industrial
Development Revenue Bonds (Scott Paper Company Project), Series B, in each case
issued under and secured by a Trust Indenture dated as of December 1, 1984, as
supplemented by a First Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of June 1, 1985,
between the IDB and AmSouth Bank of Alabama, as trustee.
"Mobile Energy" means Mobile Energy Services Holdings, Inc., an Alabama
corporation.
"Mobile Energy Parties" means, collectively, the Company and Mobile
Energy.
"Mobile Energy Request" or "Mobile Energy Order" means, respectively, a
written request or order signed in the name of Mobile Energy by an Authorized
Officer of Mobile Energy and delivered to the Indenture Trustee or the
Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee (as the case may be).
"Mobile Facility" means the integrated pulp, paper and tissue
manufacturing facility located on a 730-acre site along the Mobile River and the
Chickasaw Creek in Mobile, Alabama, comprised of the Mills and the Energy
Complex.
"Monthly Transfer Date" means the last Business Day of each month of
each Fiscal Year, commencing with the first such day occurring after the Closing
Date.
"Moody's" means Moody's Investors Service, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
"Mortgage" means the Leasehold Mortgage, Assignment of Leases, Rents,
Issues and Profits and Security Agreement and Fixture Filing dated as of August
1, 1995 among the Company, the IDB and the Mortgagee.
"Mortgagee" means Bankers Trust (Delaware), or any other Person
appointed as a substitute or replacement Mortgagee under the Mortgage.
"1983 Bonds" means the IDB's Exempt Facilities Revenue Bonds (Scott
Paper Company Project), 1983 Series B, issued under and secured by a Trust
Indenture
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dated as of December 1, 1983 between the IDB and BankAmerica Trust Company of
New York, as trustee.
"1984 Bonds" means the IDB's Variable Rate Demand Solid Waste Revenue
Refunding Bonds (Scott Paper Company Project) Series 1984 A, B, C, D and E
issued under and secured by the 1984 Indenture.
"1984 Indenture" means the Trust Indenture dated as of December 1,
1984, as supplemented by the First Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of
January 1, 1985 and the Second Supplemental Indenture thereto dated as of August
1, 1995, between the IDB and Chemical Bank, as trustee.
"1984 Lease" means the Lease and Agreement dated December 1, 1984, as
amended by Amendment No. 1 thereto dated as of November 8, 1994 and Amendment
No. 2 thereto dated as of December 9, 1994, between the IDB and the Company (as
assignee of Mobile Energy (as assignee of Scott)).
"1994 Bond Payment Date" means each June 1 and December 1 of each year,
commencing December 1, 1995.
"1994 Bond Trustee" means Bankers Trust (Delaware), in its capacity as
trustee under the 1994 Indenture.
"1994 Bonds" means the IDB's Industrial Development Revenue Bonds
(Scott Paper Recovery Boiler Project) 1994 Series A. For all purposes of the
Financing Documents, (a) payments in respect of the principal of and premium, if
any, and interest on the 1994 Bonds shall be treated as neither Operation and
Maintenance Costs nor Senior Debt Service Requirements (or any other debt
service) and (b) receipts (or deemed receipts) in respect of the 1994 Bonds
shall not be treated as Revenues.
"1994 Indenture" means the Trust Indenture dated as of December 1, 1994
between the IDB and the 1994 Bond Trustee.
"1995 Bonds" has the meaning specified in Section 2.17(a) of the
Tax-Exempt Indenture, which means the Tax-Exempt Bonds.
"Non-Affiliate Subordinated Debt" means any unsecured loan or loans
from any Person that is not an Affiliate of the Company pursuant to a
Subordinated Loan Agreement, the amounts necessary for repayment of which have
been included in the Annual Budget approved by the Collateral Agent and the
Independent Engineer.
"Nondisturbance Agreement" means the Estoppel and Nondisturbance
Agreement dated as of December 12, 1994 between TRT and the Company (as assignee
of Mobile Energy).
"Officer's Certificate" means a certificate that has been signed by an
Authorized Officer of either of the Mobile Energy Parties or of Southern (as the
case may be).
"O&M Agreement" means the Facility Operations and Maintenance Agreement
dated as of December 12, 1994 between the Company (as assignee of Mobile Energy)
and the Operator.
"Operating Account" means the Account so designated established and
created under Section 2.2(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
"Operating Agreement" means the Operating Agreement of the Company
dated as of July 13, 1995, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of
July 13, 1995, among the Members.
"Operation and Maintenance Costs" means all costs and expenses of
operating and maintaining the Energy Complex and, when the Company is exercising
the Company Step-In Rights, the Pulp Mill Step-In Equipment, including and
together
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with (a) Subordinated Fees, (b) Maintenance Expenditures and (c) any such costs
and expenses specified in clauses (a) through (p) of the definition of
Maintenance Expenditures (other than (i) rent payments under the IDB Lease
Agreement and (ii) payments of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on
the 1994 Bonds).
"Operator" means Southern Electric, in its capacity as operator under
the O&M Agreement.
"Opinion of Counsel" means a written opinion of counsel for any Person
either expressly referred to in any Financing Document to which the Collateral
Agent or any of the Senior Secured Parties is a party or otherwise satisfactory
to the Collateral Agent or such Senior Secured Party (which may include counsel
for either of the Mobile Energy Parties, whether or not such counsel is an
employee of either or both of them).
"Optional Modifications" means all modifications to the Energy Complex
that are not Required Modifications.
"Optional Modifications Subaccount" means the subaccount of the
Completion Account so designated established and created under Section 2.2(c) of
the Intercreditor Agreement.
"Outstanding" means, when used with respect to any of the Senior
Securities (however referenced in any Financing Document), as of the date of
determination, all such Senior Securities theretofore authenticated and
delivered under the Indenture or the Tax-Exempt Indenture (as the case may be),
except:
(a) such Senior Securities theretofore canceled by the Indenture
Trustee or the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee (as the case may be) or
delivered to either such Trustee for cancellation;
(b) such Senior Securities or portions thereof deemed to have
been paid within the meaning of, in the case of the Indenture, Section
12.1 thereof and, in the case of the Tax-Exempt Indenture, Section 12.1
thereof (as the case may be); and
(c) such Senior Securities that have been exchanged for other
Senior Securities or Senior Securities in lieu of which other Senior
Securities have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the
Indenture or the Tax-Exempt Indenture (as the case may be) unless held
by a Holder in whose hands such Senior Securities constitute valid
obligations of the Company;
provided, however, that in determining whether the Holders of the requisite
principal amount of Senior Securities (however referenced in any Financing
Document) Outstanding have given any request, demand, authorization, direction,
notice, consent or waiver under the Indenture or the Tax-Exempt Indenture (as
the case may be) or whether or not a quorum is present at a meeting of Holders
of such Senior Securities, such Senior Securities owned by either of the Mobile
Energy Parties (or any Affiliate thereof) shall be disregarded and deemed not to
be Outstanding, except that, in determining whether or not the Indenture Trustee
or the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee (as the case may be) shall be protected in
relying upon any such request, demand, authorization, direction, notice, consent
or waiver or upon any such determination as to presence of a quorum, only such
Senior Securities that a Responsible Officer of the Indenture Trustee or the
Tax- Exempt Indenture Trustee (as the case may be) knows to be so owned shall be
so disregarded. Any such Senior Securities so owned that have been pledged in
good faith may be regarded as Outstanding if the pledgee establishes to the
satisfaction of the Indenture Trustee or the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee (as
the case may be) such pledgee's right so to act with respect to such Senior
Securities and that such pledgee is not a Mobile Energy Party (or any Affiliate
thereof).
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"Paper Mill" means the paper mill located at the Mobile Facility,
which as of the Closing Date is owned by S.D. Warren.
"Paper Mill Energy Services Agreement" means the Paper Mill Energy
Services Agreement dated as of December 12, 1994, as amended by the First
Amendment thereto dated July 13, 1995, between the Paper Mill Owner and the
Company (as assignee of Mobile Energy).
"Paper Mill Owner" means S.D. Warren, in its capacity as owner of the
Paper Mill.
"Paying Agent" means any Person acting as Paying Agent pursuant to, in
the case of the Indenture, Section 9.14(b) thereof and, in the case of the
Tax-Exempt Indenture, Section 9.13(b) thereof.
"Percentage Share" means an amount (expressed as a percentage) equal
to:
(a) with respect to the Working Capital Facility, (i) the
Working Capital Facility Commitment in effect immediately prior to any
deposit into the Working Capital Facility Account of any Excess Loss
Proceeds with respect to an Event of Loss or Event of Eminent Domain
pursuant to Section 6.2(b)(i) of the Intercreditor Agreement divided by
(ii) the Combined Exposure immediately prior to such deposit;
(b) with respect to the Indenture, (i) the principal amount of
the Indenture Securities Outstanding immediately prior to any transfer
to the Indenture Trustee for deposit into the Indenture Securities
Account of any Excess Loss Proceeds with respect to an Event of Loss or
Event of Eminent Domain pursuant to Section 6.2(b)(ii) of the
Intercreditor Agreement divided by (ii) in the case of Excess Loss
Proceeds, the Combined Exposure and, in the case of Redistributed
Proceeds, the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Securities
Outstanding, in each case immediately prior to such transfer; and
(c) with respect to the Tax-Exempt Indenture, (i) the
principal amount of the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Outstanding
immediately prior to any transfer to the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee
for deposit into the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Account of any
Excess Loss Proceeds with respect to an Event of Loss or Event of
Eminent Domain pursuant to Section 6.2(b)(iii) of the Intercreditor
Agreement divided by (ii) in the case of Excess Loss Proceeds, the
Combined Exposure and, in the case of Redistributed Proceeds, the
aggregate principal amount of the Senior Securities Outstanding, in
each case immediately prior to such transfer.
"Permitted Indebtedness" means (a) in the case of the Company: (i) the
First Mortgage Bonds; (ii) Debt incurred under a Working Capital Facility having
a Working Capital Facility Commitment not to exceed $15,000,000 (multiplied by
the Working Capital Escalation Factor in effect at any given time, provided (and
the Working Capital Facility shall contain provisions to such effect) that (A)
no more than $5,000,000 (multiplied by the Working Capital Escalation Factor in
effect at any given time) of such Debt may be scheduled to mature during any
calendar month, (B) any Working Capital Facility Loan advanced thereunder shall
mature no later than ninety-three (93) days from the date such Working Capital
Facility Loan was first advanced, (C) the Company shall be required to repay all
amounts advanced thereunder so that no amounts are outstanding once during each
Fiscal Year (other than the Fiscal Year ending December 31, 1995) for a period
of five (5) consecutive days and (D) the Working Capital Facility Provider
thereunder shall become a party to the Intercreditor Agreement; (iii) the
Tax-Exempt Bonds; (iv) reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit
(if any) and other financial obligations arising under the Project Contracts and
obligations arising under the Lease Indemnity; (v) purchase money obligations
incurred to finance discrete items of equipment not comprising an integral part
of the Energy Complex that extend only to the equipment being financed and that
do not in the aggregate have annual debt service or lease obligations exceeding
$2,000,000 (multiplied by the GDPIPD Factor in effect at the time such
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obligations were incurred); (vi) trade accounts payable (other than for borrowed
money) arising, and accrued expenses incurred, in the ordinary course of
business so long as such trade accounts payable are payable within ninety (90)
days of the date the respective goods are delivered or the respective services
are rendered; (vii) obligations in respect of surety bonds or similar
instruments in an aggregate amount not exceeding $10,000,000 (multiplied by the
GDPIPD Factor in effect at the time such obligations were incurred) at any one
time outstanding; (viii) Affiliate Subordinated Debt; (ix) Replacement Debt
permitted to be issued pursuant to the terms of the Financing Documents; (x)
Debt permitted to be issued pursuant to the terms of the Financing Documents for
Required Modifications and Optional Modifications; (xi) Non-Affiliate
Subordinated Debt (including any Non- Affiliate Subordinated Debt permitted by
clause (x) above) in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $75,000,000
(multiplied by the GDPIPD Factor in effect at the time such Debt was incurred)
permitted to be issued pursuant to the terms of the Financing Documents; (xii)
Refunding Debt permitted to be issued pursuant to the terms of the Financing
Documents; and (xiii) the Company's obligations in respect of the 1994 Bonds,
the Mixed-Use Bonds, the Environmental Bonds and the Refunding Letter of Credit;
and (b) in the case of Mobile Energy, the Guaranty.
"Permitted Investments" means investments in securities that are: (a)
direct obligations of the United States of America or of any agency thereof; (b)
obligations fully guaranteed by the United States of America or any agency
thereof; (c) time deposits (which may be represented by certificates of deposit)
issued by commercial banks organized under the laws of the United States of
America or of any political subdivision thereof or under the laws of Canada,
Japan, Switzerland or any country that is a member of the European Union having
a combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000 and having long-term
unsecured Debt having a rating at least equal to (i) the highest rating assigned
to the Outstanding Indenture Securities or the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities
(as the case may be) by at least two of the Rating Agencies or (ii) "B" by
Thompson Bankwatch, Inc. (in either case provided that such investments shall
not be comprised of more than $30,000,000 in principal amount at any given time
from any one such bank); (d) open market commercial paper of any corporation
incorporated or doing business under the laws of the United States of America or
of any political subdivision thereof then rated at least A-1/P-1 (or an
equivalent thereof) by at least two of the Rating Agencies (provided that such
investments shall not be comprised of more than $30,000,000 in principal amount
at any given time from any one such corporation); (e) obligations issued or
guaranteed by, and any other obligations the interest on which is excluded from
income for Federal income tax purposes issued by, any state of the United States
of America or the District of Columbia or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or any
political subdivision, agency, authority or instrumentality thereof, which
issuer or guarantor has (i) a short-term Debt rating which is (on the date of
acquisition thereof) A-1/P-1 (or an equivalent thereof) or better and (ii) a
long-term Debt rating that is (on the date of acquisition thereof) "A" or
better, in each case by at least two of the Rating Agencies (provided that such
investments shall not be comprised of more than $30,000,000 in principal amount
at any given time from any one such issuer or guarantor); (f) guaranteed
investment contracts of any financial institution organized under the laws of
the United States of America or any state thereof or under the laws of Canada,
Japan, Switzerland or any country that is a member of the European Union, which
financial institution has assets of at least $5 billion in the aggregate and has
a long term Debt rating that is (on the date of acquisition thereof) "A" or
better by at least two of the Rating Agencies (provided that such investments
shall not be comprised of more than $30,000,000 in principal amount at any given
time from any one such institution); (g) investment contracts of any financial
institution either (i) (A) fully secured by direct obligations of the United
States, (B) obligations of a Person controlled or supervised by and acting as an
agency or instrumentality of the United States or (C) securities or receipts
evidencing ownership interests in obligations or specified portions thereof
described in clause (A) or (B) above, in each case guaranteed as a full faith
and credit obligation of the United States, having a market value at least equal
to 102% of the amount deposited thereunder and possession of which obligation is
held under arrangements satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, the Indenture
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Trustee or the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee (as the case may be) or (ii) with
long-term Debt ratings of "A" or higher and short-term ratings in one of the
highest two major categories by any of the Rating Agencies; (h) a contract or
investment agreement with a provider or guarantor (i) which provider or
guarantor is rated at least "A" or equivalent by each of the Rating Agencies
(provided that if a guarantor is party to the rating, the guaranty is
unconditional and is confirmed in writing prior to any assignment by the
provider to another subsidiary of such guarantor), (ii) providing that monies
invested shall be payable to the Indenture Trustee or the Tax-Exempt Indenture
Trustee (as the case may be) (except to the extent the monies invested
constitute Shared Collateral, which shall be payable to the Collateral Agent)
without condition (other than notice) and without breakage fee or other penalty,
upon not more than two (2) Business Days' notice for application when and as
required or permitted under the Indenture, the Intercreditor Agreement or the
Tax-Exempt Indenture (as applicable), (iii) stating that such contract or
agreement is unconditional, expressly disclaiming any right of setoff and
providing for immediate termination in the event of insolvency of the provider
and termination upon demand of the Indenture Trustee or the Tax-Exempt Indenture
Trustee (as the case may be) (except to the extent the monies invested
constitute Shared Collateral, which shall provide for termination upon demand of
the Collateral Agent) (which demand shall only be made at the direction of the
Company) after any payment or other covenant default by the provider and (iv)
the terms and provisions of which are in form and substance satisfactory to the
Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee (as
the case may be); and (i) investments in money market funds registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 then rated in the highest category by S&P and
Moody's.
"Permitted Liens" means: (a) Liens specifically created, required or
permitted by the Indenture, the Tax-Exempt Indenture or the IDB Lease Agreement;
(b) the Liens created, or purported to be created, on the Collateral pursuant to
the Security Documents; (c) Liens for taxes that are either not yet due, are due
but payable without penalty or are the subject of a Good Faith Contest; (d) any
exceptions to title that are set forth on Schedule B--Section 2 of the title
insurance policy delivered to the Collateral Agent on the Closing Date (to the
extent that such exceptions have not been released or subordinated prior to the
Closing Date); (e) such minor defects, easements, rights of way, restrictions,
irregularities, encumbrances and clouds on title and statutory liens that do not
materially impair the property affected thereby and that do not individually or
in the aggregate materially impair the value of the security interests granted
under the Financing Documents; (f) the easements and other rights in favor of
third-parties contained in the Project Contracts as of the Closing Date; (g)
deposits or pledges to secure statutory obligations or appeals, release of
attachments, stays of execution or injunction, performance of bids, tenders,
contracts (other than for the repayment of borrowed money) or leases, or for
purposes of like general nature in the ordinary course of business; (h) Liens in
connection with worker's compensation, unemployment insurance or other social
security or pension obligations; (i) legal or equitable encumbrances deemed to
exist by reason of the existence of any litigation or other legal proceeding if
the same are the subject of a Good Faith Contest (excluding any attachment prior
to judgment, judgment lien or attachment in aid of execution on a judgment); (j)
mechanic's, workmen's, materialmen's, construction or other like Liens arising
in the ordinary course of business or incident to the construction or
improvement of any property in respect of obligations that are not yet due or
that are the subject of a Good Faith Contest; (k) Liens securing purchase money
obligations that constitute Permitted Indebtedness; (l) Liens in favor of the
Mill Owners on the Mill Owner Maintenance Reserve Account, including monies on
deposit therein or otherwise credited thereto (in accordance with the Mill Owner
Maintenance Reserve Account Agreement) not exceeding $2,000,000, to the extent
arising under the Master Operating Agreement or the Mill Owner Maintenance
Reserve Account Agreement; and (m) Liens on cash collateral not exceeding
$1,500,000 in favor of the issuer of the Refunding Letter of Credit.
"Person" means any individual, sole proprietorship, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, unincorporated
association, institution, Governmental Authority or any other entity.
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"Place of Payment" means, when used with respect to the Senior
Securities of any series, the office or agency maintained pursuant to, in the
case of the Indenture, Section 9.14(a) thereof and, in the case of the
Tax-Exempt Indenture, Section 9.13(a) thereof and, in either case, such other
place or places, if any, where the principal of and premium, if any, and
interest on the Senior Securities of such series are payable as specified in the
Series Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture or the Tax-Exempt Indenture (as
the case may be) establishing the Senior Securities of such series.
"Predecessor Securities" means, with respect to any particular Senior
Security, every previous Senior Security evidencing all or a portion of the same
Debt as that evidenced by such particular Senior Security. For purposes of this
definition, any Senior Security authenticated and delivered under, in the case
of any Indenture Security, Section 2.9 of the Indenture and, in the case of any
Tax-Exempt Indenture Security, Section 2.9 of the Tax-Exempt Indenture in lieu
of a lost, destroyed or stolen Senior Security shall be deemed to evidence the
same Debt as such lost, destroyed or stolen Senior Security.
"Prepayment Date" has the meaning specified (a) in the case of the
Indenture, in Section 6.2 thereof and (b) in the case of the Tax-Exempt
Indenture, in Section 6.2 thereof.
"Principal Payment Date" means in respect of (a) the Indenture
Securities, any January 1 or July 1 on which principal payments are due to
Holders thereof and (b) the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities, any January 1 on
which principal payments are due to Holders thereof.
"Processing Services" has the meaning specified in the Master Operating
Agreement.
"Project Contracts" means, collectively, (a) the Energy Services
Agreements, (b) the Master Operating Agreement, (c) the Lease, (d) the
Supplementary Lease, (e) the O&M Agreement, (f) the Common Services Agreement,
(g) the Water Agreement, (h) the Boiler Ash Agreement, (i) the Environmental
Indemnity Agreements, (j) the Transition Agreement dated as of December 12,
1994, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of June 16, 1995 and
the Second Amendment thereto dated as of July 13, 1995, between Scott and the
Company (as assignee of Mobile Energy), (k) the Employee Transition Agreement
dated as of December 12, 1994, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated
as of July 13, 1994, among Scott, the Company (as assignee of Mobile Energy) and
Southern Electric, (l) the SCS Agreement, (m) the Easement Deeds, (n) the Asset
Purchase Agreement dated as of December 12, 1994 between Scott, as seller, and
the Company (as assignee of Mobile Energy), as buyer, (o) the Coal Supply
Agreement, (p) any other Contract entered into by either of the Mobile Energy
Parties for the provision of fuel to the Energy Complex, (q) the IDB Lease
Agreement, (r) the Lease Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of
December 12, 1994 between Scott and the Company (as assignee of Mobile Energy),
(s) the Construction, Financing and Installment Sale Agreement dated as of April
1, 1973 between the IDB and Scott, (t) the Lease and Assignment Agreement dated
as of December 12, 1994 between Scott and the Company (as assignee of Mobile
Energy), (u) the Facilities Lease and Agreement dated as of December 1, 1984
between the IDB and Scott, (v) the Sublease and Assignment Agreement dated as of
December 12, 1994 between Scott and the Company (as assignee of Mobile Energy),
(w) the Construction, Financing and Installment Sale Agreement dated as of
September 1, 1976 between the IDB and Scott, (x) the Lease and Assignment
Agreement dated as of December 12, 1994 between Scott and the Company (as
assignee of Mobile Energy), (y) the Recovery Boiler Facilities Lease and
Agreement dated as of December 1, 1994 between the IDB and Scott, (z) the Lease
Assignment and Assumption Agreement dated as of December 12, 1994 between Scott
and the Company (as assignee of Mobile Energy), (aa) the Nondisturbance
Agreement, (bb) the Recognition Agreements, (cc) the Mill Owner Maintenance
Reserve Account Agreement and (dd) the Transfer Agreement.
"Project Costs" means costs and expenses (other than financing costs
and expenses) paid, incurred or to be incurred by the Company after the Closing
Date
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to complete the capital improvements to the Energy Complex specified in the
Master Operating Agreement in accordance with the Capital Budget and certain
other planned expenditures relating to the Energy Complex.
"Project Documents" means, collectively, the Project Contracts and the
Financing Documents.
"Project Participant" means each Person that is party to a Project
Document.
"Prudent Plant Operating Standards" has the meaning specified in the
Master Operating Agreement.
"Pulp Mill" means the pulp mill (including a process water plant and
waste water treatment plant) located at the Mobile Facility, which as of the
Closing Date is owned by Scott.
"Pulp Mill Energy Services Agreement" means the Pulp Mill Energy
Services Agreement dated as of December 12, 1994, as amended by the First
Amendment thereto dated as of July 13, 1994, between the Pulp Mill Owner and the
Company (as assignee of Mobile Energy).
"Pulp Mill Owner" means Scott, in its capacity as owner of the Pulp
Mill.
"Pulp Mill Step-In Equipment" has the meaning specified in the Master
Operating Agreement.
"PURPA" means the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978.
"Qualified Engineer" means an independent engineer listed on Schedule 1
to the Intercreditor Agreement, as such Schedule may be amended from time to
time in accordance with Section 11.3 of the Intercreditor Agreement.
"Qualifying Facility" means a "Qualifying Cogeneration Facility" as
specified in section 3(18)(B) of the Federal Power Act or a qualifying small
power production facility within the meaning of section 201 of PURPA.
"Rating Agencies" means, collectively, S&P, Fitch and Moody's, together
with any other nationally recognized credit agency of similar standing if any
such Person is not then currently rating the proposed subject of such rating.
"Receivables" means all of the Company's rights to payment for goods
sold or leased or services performed by the Company, including (a) rights
evidenced by an account, note, contract, security, instrument, chattel paper or
other evidence of indebtedness and (b) all "accounts" as defined in Section
9-106 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York on
the Closing Date.
"Recognition Agreements" means, collectively, (a) the Recognition,
Cooperation and Consent Agreement relating to the Mixed-Use Bonds dated as of
August 1, 1995 among the Company, the IDB, AmSouth Bank of Alabama, TRT and the
Collateral Agent and (b) the Recognition, Cooperation and Consent Agreement
relating to the Tax-Exempt Bonds dated as of August 1, 1995 among the Company,
the IDB, the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee and the Collateral Agent.
"Redemption Date" has the meaning specified (a) in the case of the
Indenture, in Section 6.2 thereof and (b) in the case of the Tax-Exempt
Indenture, in Section 6.2 thereof.
"Redistributed Proceeds" means, with respect to any Excess Loss
Proceeds, the excess, if any, of the Working Capital Facility's Percentage Share
of such Excess Loss Proceeds over the Working Capital Facility Distribution
Amount in respect of such Excess Loss Proceeds.
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"Refunding Debt" means Debt, the proceeds of which are used to refund
outstanding Senior Debt.
"Refunding Letter of Credit" means one or more letters of credit issued
by a commercial bank in an aggregate amount not to exceed $1,500,000 to provide
for the payment of accrued interest on the 1984 Bonds upon the redemption
thereof.
"Regular Record Date" means, for the Stated Maturity of any Senior
Security of a series, or for the Stated Maturity of any installment of principal
thereof or payment of interest thereon, the 15th day (whether or not a Business
Day) of the month prior to such Stated Maturity, or any other date specified for
such purpose in the form of Senior Security of such series attached to the
Series Supplemental Indenture to the Indenture or the Tax-Exempt Indenture (as
the case may be) relating to the Senior Securities of such series.
"Replacement Debt" means Senior Securities, the proceeds of which are
used to refinance all or a portion of the outstanding Tax-Exempt Indenture
Securities (whether by effecting a gross-up of, or by the issuance of Senior
Securities to replace, affected Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities) upon the
occurrence of a Determination of Taxability.
"Replacement Facility" means a facility with materially different
performance capabilities from the Energy Complex that can be built to provide
services to some or all of the Mills following the occurrence of an Event of
Loss or an Event of Eminent Domain.
"Required Deposit" means, at the time of any Required Deposit Event
with respect to any Reserve Account Security on deposit in any Reserve Account
Security Account, an amount equal to the aggregate Available Amount under such
Reserve Account Security at such time; provided, however, that if such Required
Deposit Event results from the occurrence of a Debt Service Event, such amount
shall be equal to the aggregate amount required to be transferred pursuant to,
if such Reserve Account Security Account is (a) the Maintenance Plan Funding
Subaccount, Section 3.5(c) of the Intercreditor Agreement, (b) the Distribution
Account, Section 3.8(b) of the Intercreditor Agreement, (c) a Debt Service
Reserve Account, Section 4.5 of the Indenture and (d) a Tax-Exempt Debt Service
Reserve Account, Section 4.6 of the Tax-Exempt Indenture.
"Required Deposit Event" means (a) in the case of any Reserve Account
Letter of Credit on deposit in any Reserve Account Security Account, (i) the
occurrence of any Debt Service Event with respect to such Reserve Account Letter
of Credit, (ii) the date that is fifteen (15) days prior to the occurrence of
any Termination Event with respect to such Reserve Account Letter of Credit,
unless such Reserve Account Letter of Credit has been replaced with monies or
other Reserve Account Security (other than, if such Reserve Account Security
Account is a Tax-Exempt Debt Service Reserve Account, a Southern Guaranty) prior
to such date, (iii) the occurrence of a Credit Standard Event or Default Event
with respect to such Reserve Account Letter of Credit and the continuance
thereof for a period of five (5) days, unless such Reserve Account Letter of
Credit has been replaced with other Reserve Account Security (other than, if
such Reserve Account Security Account is a Tax-Exempt Debt Service Reserve
Account, a Southern Guaranty) prior to the expiration of such period or (iv) the
date on which a Trigger Event Notice has been delivered and (b) in the case of
any Southern Guaranty on deposit in any Reserve Account Security Account, (i)
the occurrence of any Debt Service Event with respect to such Southern Guaranty,
(ii) the date that is fifteen (15) days prior to the occurrence of any
Termination Event with respect to such Southern Guaranty, unless such Southern
Guaranty has been replaced with monies or other Reserve Account Security prior
to such date, (iii) the occurrence of a Credit Standard Event with respect to
such Southern Guaranty and the continuance thereof for a period of fifteen (15)
days, unless (A) the Collateral Agent or the Indenture Trustee (as the case may
be) shall have been provided with an Officer's Certificate of Southern
certifying as to the determination that the Southern Credit Standard has been
satisfied after such occurrence and prior to the expiration of such period or
(B) such Southern Guaranty has been replaced with monies or other Reserve
Account Security prior
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to the expiration of such period, (iv) the occurrence of a Default Event and the
continuance thereof for a period of five (5) days, unless such Southern Guaranty
has been replaced with other Reserve Account Security prior to the expiration of
such period or (v) the date on which a Trigger Event Notice has been delivered.
"Required Interest Deposit" means, in the case of any Monthly Transfer
Date with respect to:
(a) the Indenture Securities Interest Subaccount, an amount
that, after giving effect to monies on deposit therein immediately
prior to such Monthly Transfer Date and together with a uniform amount
to be deposited therein on each succeeding Monthly Transfer Date prior
to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date, is equal to the amount of
interest on the Indenture Securities becoming due on such Interest
Payment Date (such amount to be reduced if and to the extent that a
Redemption Date or Prepayment Date for any of the Indenture Securities
is on or precedes such Interest Payment Date, in which case the amount
of interest payable on the Indenture Securities to be so redeemed or
prepaid shall be provided for pursuant to paragraph (c) below in lieu
of this paragraph (a));
(b) the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Interest Subaccount,
an amount that, after giving effect to monies on deposit therein
immediately prior to such Monthly Transfer Date and together with a
uniform amount to be deposited therein on each succeeding Monthly
Transfer Date prior to the next succeeding Interest Payment Date
(unless such next succeeding Interest Payment Date is January 1, 2020,
in which case together with a uniform amount to be deposited therein on
each succeeding Monthly Transfer Date prior to December 1, 2019), is
equal to the amount of interest on the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities
becoming due on such Interest Payment Date (such amount to be reduced
if and to the extent that a Redemption Date or Prepayment Date for any
of the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities is on or precedes such Interest
Payment Date, in which case the amount of interest payable on the
Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities to be so redeemed or prepaid shall be
provided for pursuant to paragraph (d) below in lieu of this paragraph
(b));
(c) the Indenture Securities Redemption Subaccount, an amount
that, after giving effect to monies on deposit therein immediately
prior to such Monthly Transfer Date and together with a uniform amount
to be deposited therein on each succeeding Monthly Transfer Date prior
to each succeeding Redemption Date or Prepayment Date for the Indenture
Securities, is equal to the amount of interest thereon becoming due on
each such Redemption Date or Prepayment Date (as the case may be); and
(d) the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Redemption Subaccount,
an amount that, after giving effect to monies on deposit therein
immediately prior to such Monthly Transfer Date and together with a
uniform amount to be deposited therein on each succeeding Monthly
Transfer Date prior to each succeeding Redemption Date or Prepayment
Date for the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities, is equal to the amount of
interest thereon becoming due on each such Redemption Date or
Prepayment Date (as the case may be).
"Required Modifications" means those modifications reasonably necessary
for the Energy Complex to remain in compliance with all material Governmental
Approvals and maintain, at a minimum, the Maximum Capacity (as defined in the
Master Operating Agreement) levels as in effect on the Closing Date.
"Required Modifications Subaccount" means the subaccount of the
Completion Account so designated established and created under Section 2.2(c) of
the Intercreditor Agreement.
"Required Principal Deposit" means in the case of any Monthly Transfer
Date with respect to:
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(a) the Indenture Securities Principal Subaccount, an amount
equal to one-sixth (1/6th) of the amount of principal of the Indenture
Securities becoming due on each Principal Payment Date therefor
occurring within the six (6) months immediately succeeding the month in
which such Monthly Transfer Date occurs (unless such Principal Payment
Date occurs within six (6) months after the Closing Date or any other
date on which any Indenture Securities are originally issued, in which
case an amount that, after giving effect to monies on deposit therein
immediately prior to such Monthly Transfer Date and together with a
uniform amount to be deposited therein on each succeeding Monthly
Transfer Date prior to such Principal Payment Date, is equal to the
amount of principal thereof becoming due on such Principal Payment
Date) (such amount to be reduced if and to the extent that a Redemption
Date or Prepayment Date for any of the Indenture Securities is on or
precedes such Principal Payment Date, in which case the amount of
principal payable with respect to the Indenture Securities to be so
redeemed or prepaid shall be provided for pursuant to paragraph (c)
below in lieu of this paragraph (a));
(b) the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Principal Subaccount,
one-twelfth (1/12th) (unless such Monthly Transfer Date occurs on or
after January 1, 2019, in which case one-eleventh (1/11th)) of the
amount of principal of the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities becoming due
on each Principal Payment Date therefor occurring within the twelve
(12) months immediately succeeding the month in which such Monthly
Transfer Date occurs (unless such Principal Payment Date occurs within
twelve (12) months after the Closing Date or any other date on which
any Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities are originally issued, in which
case an amount that, after giving effect to monies on deposit therein
immediately prior to such Monthly Transfer Date and together with a
uniform amount to be deposited therein on each succeeding Monthly
Transfer Date prior to such Principal Payment Date, is equal to the
amount of principal thereof becoming due on such Principal Payment
Date)(such amount to be reduced if and to the extent that a Redemption
Date or Prepayment Date for any of the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities
is on or precedes such Principal Payment Date, in which case the amount
of principal payable with respect to the Tax-Exempt Indenture
Securities to be so redeemed or prepaid shall be provided for pursuant
to paragraph (d) below in lieu of this paragraph (b));
(c) the Indenture Securities Redemption Subaccount, an amount
that, after giving effect to monies on deposit therein immediately
prior to such Monthly Transfer Date and together with a uniform amount
to be deposited therein on each succeeding Monthly Transfer Date prior
to each succeeding Redemption Date or Prepayment Date for the Indenture
Securities, is equal to the amount of principal thereof and premium, if
any, thereon becoming due on each such Redemption Date or Prepayment
Date (as the case may be); and
(d) the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Redemption Subaccount,
an amount that, after giving effect to monies on deposit therein
immediately prior to such Monthly Transfer Date and together with a
uniform amount to be deposited therein on each succeeding Monthly
Transfer Date prior to each succeeding Redemption Date or Prepayment
Date for the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities, is equal to the amount of
principal thereof and premium, if any, thereon becoming due on each
such Redemption Date or Prepayment Date (as the case may be).
"Required Senior Creditors" means Senior Secured Parties holding or
otherwise representing 331/3% of the Combined Exposure.
"Reserve Account Letter of Credit" means a letter of credit issued by a
commercial bank whose long-term unsecured Debt is rated at least "A" by S&P, "A"
by Fitch and "A2" by Moody's.
"Reserve Account Security" means either, or any combination of, (a) one
or more Southern Guaranties or (b) one or more Reserve Account Letters of
Credit.
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"Reserve Account Security Accounts" means, collectively, each Debt
Service Reserve Account (if any), each Tax-Exempt Debt Service Reserve Account
(if any), the Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount and the Distribution Account.
"Responsible Officer" means, when used with respect to the Collateral
Agent, the Indenture Trustee and the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee, (a) any
officer of the Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Tax-Exempt
Indenture Trustee (as the case may be) within the Corporate Trust Office of the
Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee (as
the case may be), including any vice president, any assistant vice president,
any assistant secretary or any assistant treasurer, (b) any other officer of the
Collateral Agent, the Indenture Trustee or the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee (as
the case may be) performing functions similar to those performed by any of the
officers designated in clause (a) above and (c) with respect to a particular
corporate trust matter, any other officer of the Collateral Agent, the Indenture
Trustee or the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee (as the case may be) to whom such
matter is referred because of such other officer's knowledge of and familiarity
with the particular subject.
"Restricted Payment Alternative Agreement Requirements" means, with
respect to any Project Contract, another Contract entered into by the Company
with one or more other Persons in substitution for or replacement of any such
Project Contract that has been declared unenforceable or rejected or otherwise
terminated, with respect to some or all of the Processing Services or other
services formerly provided by or to the Company thereunder, provided that either
(a) the Company has delivered to the Collateral Agent a letter from any two of
the Rating Agencies (then currently rating the Indenture Securities or the Tax-
Exempt Indenture Securities) confirming that, after giving effect to such
alternative Contract, the ratings of the Outstanding Indenture Securities or the
Outstanding Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities (as the case may be) are Investment
Grade or (b) the Company (i) has provided to the Collateral Agent the Revenue
Sufficiency Certification and (ii) has delivered to the Collateral Agent an
Officer's Certificate, together with an Independent Engineer Confirmation,
certifying that (A) the term of such alternative Contract extends through the
earlier of (1) the final maturity of the Outstanding Indenture Securities or the
Outstanding Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities (as the case may be) and (2) the
term of such Project Contract, (B) such alternative Contract contains
termination provisions no less favorable to the Company than those contained in
such Project Contract, (C) such alternative Contract has been in full force and
effect for at least thirty-six (36) months, (D) the average of the two annual
Senior Debt Service Coverage Ratios for the four immediately preceding
semi-annual payment periods was equal to at least 1.25 to 1.0 and, based on
projections prepared by the Company on a reasonable basis, the average of the
annual Senior Debt Service Coverage Ratios through the final maturity date of
the Outstanding Indenture Securities or the Outstanding Tax-Exempt Indenture
Securities (as the case may be) is projected to be at least 1.25 to 1.0 and (E)
such alternative Contract is reasonably capable of being performed by the
parties thereto.
"Restricted Payments" means, collectively, (a) payments from the
Subordinated Fee Account or any other payment in respect of Subordinated Fees,
(b) distributions (from the Distribution Account or otherwise), including a
return of capital contributions and dividends, paid to, or at the direction or
for the benefit of, any Affiliate of the Company, but excluding distributions of
cash from any Account to the extent such cash has been replaced with Reserve
Account Security in accordance with the terms of the Financing Documents, (c)
the payment of principal of or premium, if any, or interest on any Affiliate
Subordinated Debt, (d) the repurchase by the Company of any interest of any
Member, or (e) the making of any loans or other advances from the Company to any
Affiliate of the Company, but excluding advances of cash to the extent such cash
(i) has been replaced with Reserve Account Security in accordance with the terms
of the Financing Documents or (ii) constitutes a payment required under the O&M
Agreement or the SCS Agreement.
"Revenue Account" means the Account so designated established and
created under Section 2.2(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
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"Revenue Sufficiency Certification" means an Officer's Certificate of
the Company, together with an Independent Engineer Confirmation, to the effect
that, based upon projections prepared by the Company in accordance with Section
1.15 of the Indenture or Section 1.12 of the IDB Lease Agreement, or of any
comparable provision of the Working Capital Facility, the Project Contracts then
in effect (including any alternative Contract entered into, or to be entered
into, by the Company with one or more other Persons in substitution or
replacement of any other Project Contract as contemplated by the Event of
Default Alternative Agreement Requirements or the Restricted Payment Alternative
Agreement Requirements) generate sufficient Revenues to enable the Company to
pay its debts and other obligations (including Operation and Maintenance Costs)
when they become due through the final maturity of the Outstanding Indenture
Securities or the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities (as the case may be).
"Revenues" means (without duplication), for any period, the revenues
received by the Company for use of the services and facilities of the Energy
Complex including (a) amounts received by the Company under the Project
Contracts, (b) interest and other income earned and credited on monies deposited
in the Accounts (to the extent not retained in such Accounts), (c) the proceeds
of the sale of any part of the Energy Complex, provided that such sale is not
prohibited by the Financing Documents, (d) the proceeds of any business
interruption insurance and other payments received for interruption of
operations (excluding any proceeds of any liability or physical damage
insurance) and (e) all other monies that have been deposited into the Revenue
Account as required or permitted by the terms of the Financing Documents.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, "Revenues" do not include (i) capital
contributions to the Company, (ii) the proceeds of any Debt or Loss Proceeds,
(iii) amounts received by the Company in connection with the exercise of Company
Step-In Rights (to the extent in excess of the Company's expenses incurred in
connection therewith, including the cure or the attempted cure of the related
Pulp Mill Triggering Event (as defined in the Master Operating Agreement)), (iv)
monies transferred from the Completion Account to the Revenue Account pursuant
to Section 3.9(c) of the Intercreditor Agreement, (v) monies transferred from
any Debt Service Reserve Account to the Revenue Account pursuant to Section 4.5
of the Indenture, (vi) amounts received by the Company with respect to the 1994
Bonds and (vii) monies deposited into any Reserve Account Security Account in
replacement (or satisfaction) of Reserve Account Security on deposit therein
(including monies deposited into the Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount
pursuant to the last sentence of Section 3.5(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement).
"S&P" means Standard & Poor's Ratings Group, a New York corporation.
"Scott" means Scott Paper Company, a Pennsylvania corporation.
"SCS" means Southern Company Services, Inc., an Alabama corporation.
"SCS Agreement" means the Agreement dated July 14, 1995 between SCS and
the Company.
"S.D. Warren" means S.D. Warren Company, a Pennsylvania corporation.
"SEC" means the Securities and Exchange Commission of the United States
of America.
"Secretary" means, in the case of a corporation (including Mobile
Energy) or limited liability company (including the Company) the secretary or an
assistant secretary of such corporation or limited liability company (as the
case may be).
"Secured Obligations" means, collectively, the Financing Liabilities,
the Trustee Claims, the Collateral Agent Claims and the IDB Claims.
"Secured Party" means Bankers Trust (Delaware) or any other Person
appointed as a substitute or replacement Secured Party under the Security
Agreement.
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"Securities" has the meaning specified (a) in the case of the
Indenture, in the first "WHEREAS" clause thereof and (b) in the case of the
Tax-Exempt Indenture, in the last "WHEREAS" clause thereof.
"Securities Act" means the Securities Act of 1933.
"Security Agreement" means the Assignment and Security Agreement dated
as of August 1, 1995 among the Company, the IDB and the Secured Party.
"Security Documents" means, collectively, (a) the Mortgage, (b) the
Security Agreement, (c) the Indenture (including any Series Supplemental
Indenture), (d) the Intercreditor Agreement, (e) the Tax-Exempt Indenture
(including any Series Supplemental Indenture), (f) the IDB Lease Agreement, (g)
the Consents to Assignment and (h) each Financing Statement.
"Security Interest" means the Liens created, or purported to be
created, on Shared Collateral pursuant to any Security Document.
"Security Register" has the meaning specified in Section 2.8 of the
Indenture or Section 2.8 of the Tax-Exempt Indenture (as the case may be).
"Security Registrar" means any Person acting as Security Registrar
under the Indenture or the Tax-Exempt Indenture pursuant to Section 9.14 or
Section 9.13 (as the case may be) thereof.
"Senior Creditor Certificate" means a certificate of a Senior Secured
Party, signed by an Authorized Representative of such Senior Secured Party, (a)
setting forth the principal amount of the Financing Liabilities due or owing to,
or in favor of or for the benefit of, such Senior Secured Party as of the date
of such certificate and the outstanding unutilized Financing Commitments of such
Senior Secured Party as of the date of such certificate, (b) setting forth a
contact person for such Senior Secured Party, including phone and facsimile
numbers for such person, (c) directing the Collateral Agent to take a specified
action and (d) stating specifically the action the Collateral Agent is directed
to take and the Security Document and the provision thereof pursuant to which
the Collateral Agent is being directed to act.
"Senior Debt" means, collectively, the Outstanding Senior Securities
and the outstanding Working Capital Facility Loans.
"Senior Debt Service Coverage Ratio" means, for any period and without
duplication, the ratio of (a) (i) the sum of (A) all Revenues for such period
and (B) the amount of interest and other income earned and credited on monies
deposited in the Accounts (to the extent retained in such Accounts) for such
period minus (ii) the sum of (A) Operation and Maintenance Costs for such period
(except for such costs paid with monies on deposit in the Maintenance Reserve
Account and the Mill Owner Maintenance Reserve Account) and (B) the aggregate of
the amounts deposited into the Maintenance Reserve Account for such period (but
for purposes of calculating any projected Senior Debt Service Coverage Ratio,
not less than the Maintenance Reserve Account Required Deposit for such period)
and the Mill Owner Maintenance Reserve Account for such period to (b) the sum of
(i) all amounts payable by the Company during such period in respect of
principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Outstanding Indenture
Securities, (ii) all amounts payable by the Company during such period in
respect of rent under the IDB Lease Agreement, (iii) all amounts payable by the
Company during such period in respect of payment obligations under the Working
Capital Facility (other than repayment of principal), (iv) all amounts payable
by the Company during such period as fees and other expenses (including any
interest thereon) to any fiduciary acting in such capacity under the Security
Documents and (v) the aggregate amount of overdue payments in respect of clauses
(b)(i) through (iv) above from previous periods, in each case determined on a
cash basis in accordance with GAAP. Neither payments (including deemed payments)
nor receipts (including deemed receipts) in respect of principal of or premium,
if any, or interest on the 1994 Bonds shall be included for purposes of
calculating the Senior Debt Service Coverage Ratio.
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"Senior Debt Service Requirement" means, for any period, the sum of (a)
all amounts payable by the Company during such period in respect of principal of
and premium, if any, and interest on the Outstanding Indenture Securities, (b)
all amounts payable by the Company during such period in respect of rent under
the IDB Lease Agreement, (c) all amounts payable by the Company during such
period in respect of payment obligations under the Working Capital Facility
(other than repayment of principal), (d) all amounts payable by the Company
during such period as fees and other expenses (including any interest thereon)
to any fiduciary acting in such capacity under the Security Documents and (e)
the aggregate amount of overdue payments in respect of the foregoing from
previous periods, in each case determined on a cash basis in accordance with
GAAP.
"Senior Debt Termination Date" means the date on which all Financing
Liabilities, other than contingent liabilities and obligations that are
unasserted at such date, have been paid and satisfied in full and all Financing
Commitments have been terminated.
"Senior Secured Parties" means, collectively, (a) the Indenture Trustee
(on behalf of the Holders of the Indenture Securities from time to time and,
solely in its capacity as trustee on behalf of such Holders, itself), (b) the
Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee (on behalf of the Holders of the Tax-Exempt
Indenture Securities from time to time and, solely in its capacity as trustee on
behalf of such Holders, itself) and (c) the Working Capital Facility Provider
(on behalf of the Lenders from time to time and itself).
"Senior Securities" means, collectively, the Indenture Securities and
the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities.
"Series Supplemental Indenture" means an indenture supplemental to the
Indenture or the Tax-Exempt Indenture entered into by the Mobile Energy Parties
or the IDB (as the case may be) and the Indenture Trustee or the Tax-Exempt
Indenture Trustee (as the case may be) for the purpose of establishing, in
accordance with such indenture, the title, form and terms of the Senior
Securities of any series.
"Shared Collateral" means all Collateral other than (a) the Collateral
referenced in clause (a) of the definition of Indenture Securities Collateral
and (b) the Collateral referenced in clause (a) of the definition of Tax-Exempt
Indenture Securities Collateral.
"Sinking Fund" has the meaning specified in Section 7.2 of the
Indenture or Section 7.2 of the Tax-Exempt Indenture (as the case may be).
"Sinking Fund Redemption Dates" has the meaning specified in Section
7.2 of the Indenture or Section 7.2 of the Tax-Exempt Indenture (as the case may
be).
"Sinking Fund Requirements" has the meaning specified in Section 7.2 of
the Indenture or Section 7.2 of the Tax-Exempt Indenture (as the case may be).
"Site" means the real property on which the Energy Complex is situated,
as more fully described in the Mortgage.
"Southern" means The Southern Company, a Delaware corporation.
"Southern Credit Standard" means, at any time, (a) Southern's
outstanding senior long-term Debt is then rated at least, and not rated less
than, "A" by either S&P or Moody's (unless such senior long-term Debt is not
then rated by either S&P or Moody's, in which case each Designated Southern
Subsidiary has outstanding senior long-term Debt that is then rated at least,
and not rated less than, BBB by S&P or Baa2 by Moody's) and (b) the sum of (i)
cash and cash equivalents (including marketable securities) of Southern and the
Designated Southern Subsidiaries, (ii) amounts available from committed credit
facilities of Southern and the Designated Southern Subsidiaries and (iii)
amounts available from commercial paper authorized to be issued by Southern and
rated not less than A-1/P-1 by S&P or Moody's (in each case as of the end of
Southern's most recently
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completed fiscal quarter and provided that such cash and cash equivalents and
other amounts are available, without restriction, for distribution to the
Collateral Agent or the Indenture Trustee, upon fifteen (15) days' notice) is
equal to at least the aggregate amount of Southern Guaranties then outstanding
multiplied by four.
"Southern Electric" means Southern Electric International, Inc., a
Delaware corporation.
"Southern Guaranty" means one or more unconditional, absolute and
irrevocable guaranties from Southern to be delivered to (a) the Collateral Agent
for deposit into the Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount or the Distribution
Account pursuant to and in accordance with Section 3.15(a) of, and in
substantially the form attached as Exhibit C to, the Intercreditor Agreement or
(b) the Indenture Trustee for deposit into each Debt Service Reserve Account (if
any) pursuant to and in accordance with Section 4.6(a) of, and in substantially
the form attached as Exhibit A to, the Indenture, provided that, in the case of
clause (a) and (b) above, the Southern Credit Standard is satisfied at the time
of such delivery and deposit.
"Southern Master Tax Sharing Agreement" means the Income Tax Allocation
Agreement dated as of December 29, 1981 among Southern and its corporate
subsidiaries.
"Special Record Date" means, with respect to the payment of any
defaulted principal or interest, a date fixed by the Indenture Trustee or the
Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee (as the case may be) pursuant to, in the case of
the Indenture Trustee, Section 2.10 of the Indenture and, in the case of the
Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee, Section 2.10 of the Tax-Exempt Indenture.
"Stated Maturity" means, when used with respect to any Senior Security
or any installment of principal thereof or payment of interest thereon, the date
specified in such Senior Security as the fixed date on which such Senior
Security or such installment of principal or payment of interest is due and
payable.
"Subordinated Debt" means, collectively, Affiliate Subordinated Debt
and Non-Affiliate Subordinated Debt.
"Subordinated Debt Account" means the Account so designated established
and created under Section 2.2(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
"Subordinated Debt Provider" means any Person providing Subordinated
Debt pursuant to a Subordinated Loan Agreement.
"Subordinated Fee" means a fee in exchange for the provisions of goods
or services to either of the Mobile Energy Parties, the payment of which is
fully subordinated to the Secured Obligations as to payment and exercise of
remedies and that is payable only to the extent it would otherwise be
distributable if on deposit in the Distribution Account.
"Subordinated Fee Account" means the Account so designated established
and created under Section 2.2(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
"Subordinated Loan Agreement" means a binding agreement with a
Subordinated Debt Provider providing unsecured debt financing for the benefit of
the Energy Complex and on terms and conditions that shall satisfy the
requirements of the Financing Documents.
"Supplementary Lease" means the Supplementary Lease Agreement dated as
of December 12, 1994, as amended by the First Amendment thereto dated as of July
13, 1995, between Scott, as lessor, and the Company (as assignee of Mobile
Energy), as lessee.
"Tax-Exempt Bonds" means the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities issued on
the Closing Date under the Tax-Exempt Indenture.
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"Tax-Exempt Debt Service Reserve Account" means the Account so
designated established and created under Section 4.4(a) of the Tax-Exempt
Indenture and any Account so designated and created under any Series
Supplemental Indenture to the Tax-Exempt Indenture for the benefit of Holders of
the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities established thereunder.
"Tax-Exempt Debt Service Reserve Account Required Balance" means (a) in
respect of the Tax-Exempt Debt Service Reserve Account established and created
under Section 4.4(a) of the Tax-Exempt Indenture, the amount designated in
Section 4.4(b) thereof and (b) in respect of any other Tax-Exempt Debt Service
Reserve Account, the amount so designated in the Series Supplemental Indenture
to the Tax-Exempt Indenture establishing such Tax-Exempt Debt Service Reserve
Account.
"Tax-Exempt Indenture" means the Amended and Restated Trust Indenture
dated as of August 1, 1995 between the IDB and the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee.
"Tax-Exempt Indenture Accounts" means, with respect to the Tax-Exempt
Indenture Securities of any series, the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Account
and each Tax-Exempt Debt Service Reserve Account (if any) established for the
benefit of Holders of the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities of such series.
"Tax-Exempt Indenture Distribution Amount" means, in respect of any
Excess Loss Proceeds with respect to an Event of Loss or Event of Eminent Domain
to be applied pursuant to Section 6.2(b) of the Intercreditor Agreement, an
amount equal to the Tax-Exempt Indenture's Percentage Share of (a) such Excess
Loss Proceeds and (b) the Redistributed Proceeds with respect to such Excess
Loss Proceeds.
"Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities" means all Outstanding Debt issued
pursuant to the Tax-Exempt Indenture.
"Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Account" means the Account so
designated established and created under Section 4.1 of the Tax-Exempt
Indenture.
"Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Collateral" means, collectively, (a)
all of the collateral mortgaged, pledged or assigned, or purported to be
mortgaged, pledged or assigned, to the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee by the IDB
pursuant to the granting and assigning clauses of the Tax-Exempt Indenture and
(b) the Shared Collateral.
"Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Interest Subaccount" means the
subaccount of the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Account so designated
established and created under Section 4.1 of the Tax-Exempt Indenture.
"Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Principal Subaccount" means the
subaccount of the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Account so designated
established and created under Section 4.1 of the Tax-Exempt Indenture.
"Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Redemption Subaccount" means the
subaccount of the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Account so designated
established and created under Section 4.1 of the Tax-Exempt Indenture.
"Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee" means First Union National Bank of
Georgia, a national banking association organized and existing under the laws of
the United States of America.
"Tax-Exempt Project" means those portions of the Energy Complex
financed with the proceeds of the 1983 Bonds, as described generally in Exhibit
A to the IDB Lease Agreement.
"Termination Event" means, with respect to any Reserve Account
Security, such Reserve Account Security shall have terminated or expired (other
than any termination thereof pursuant to the last sentence of Section 3.8(c) of
the Intercreditor Agreement).
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"Third Party Engineer" means the independent engineering firm chosen
from the list of engineers maintained as Schedule 1 to the Intercreditor
Agreement and appointed Third Party Engineer pursuant to Section 11.2 of the
Intercreditor Agreement.
"Third Party Engineer Dispute Resolution" means the dispute resolution
process involving a Third Party Engineer pursuant to Section 11.2 of the
Intercreditor Agreement.
"Tissue Mill" means the tissue mill located at the Mobile Facility,
which as of the Closing Date is owned by Scott.
"Tissue Mill Energy Services Agreement" means the Tissue Mill Energy
Services Agreement dated as of December 12, 1994, as amended by the First
Amendment thereto dated as of July 13, 1995, between the Tissue Mill Owner and
the Company (as assignee of Mobile Energy).
"Tissue Mill Owner" means Scott, in its capacity as owner of the Tissue
Mill.
"Total Debt Service Coverage Ratio" means, for any period and without
duplication, the ratio of (a) (i) the sum of (A) all Revenues for such period
and (B) the amount of interest and other income earned and credited on monies
deposited in the Accounts (to the extent retained in such Accounts) for such
period minus (ii) the sum of (A) Operations and Maintenance Costs for such
period (except for such costs paid with monies on deposit in the Maintenance
Reserve Account or the Mill Owner Maintenance Reserve Account) and (B) the
aggregate of the amounts deposited into the Maintenance Reserve Account for such
period (but for purposes of calculating any projected Total Debt Service
Coverage Ratio, not less than the Maintenance Reserve Account Required Deposit
for such period) and the Mill Owner Maintenance Reserve Account for such period
to (b) the sum of (i) all amounts payable by the Company during such period in
respect of principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the Outstanding
Indenture Securities, (ii) all amounts payable by the Company during such period
in respect of rent under the IDB Lease Agreement, (iii) all amounts payable by
the Company during such period in respect of payment obligations under the
Working Capital Facility (other than repayments of principal), (iv) all amounts
payable by the Company as fees and other expenses (including any interest
thereon) to any fiduciary acting in such capacity under the Security Documents,
(v) all amounts payable by the Company during such period in respect of
principal of and premium, if any, and interest on the outstanding Subordinated
Debt, (vi) all amounts payable by the Company during such period as fees and
other expenses (including any interest thereon) to any Subordinated Debt
Provider and (vii) the aggregate amount of overdue payments in respect of
clauses (b)(i) through (vi) above from previous periods, in each case determined
on a cash basis in accordance with GAAP. Neither payments (including deemed
payments) nor receipts (including deemed receipts) in respect of principal of or
premium, if any, or interest on the 1994 Bonds shall be included for purposes of
calculating the Total Debt Service Coverage Ratio.
"Transfer Agreement" means the Omnibus Deed, Bill of Sale, General
Assignment and Conveyance Agreement dated July 14, 1995 between Mobile Energy
and the Company.
"Trigger Event" means (a) an Event of Default under the Indenture and
an acceleration of Indenture Securities thereunder, (b) an Event of Default
under the Tax-Exempt Indenture and an acceleration of Tax-Exempt Indenture
Securities thereunder, (c) an Event of Default under the Working Capital
Facility and an acceleration of Working Capital Facility Loans thereunder or (d)
a Bankruptcy Event in respect of either of the Mobile Energy Parties and the
expiration of the shortest applicable grace period with respect thereto.
"Trigger Event Period" means that a Trigger Event shall have occurred
and be continuing, provided that, except in the case of any such Trigger Event
that shall have resulted from a Bankruptcy Event in respect of either of the
Mobile
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Energy Parties, the written request of the Required Senior Creditors specified
in Section 5.1(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement shall have been delivered to
the Collateral Agent and not been rescinded.
"TRT" means Three Rivers Timber Company, a Washington corporation.
"Trust Indenture Act" means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended, as in force at the date as of which the Indenture was executed, except
as provided in Section 11.6 thereof; provided, however, that if the Trust
Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after such date, "Trust Indenture Act" means,
to the extent required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as so
amended.
"Trustee Claims" means all obligations of the Mobile Energy Parties,
now or hereafter existing, to pay fees, costs, expenses or other amounts to (a)
the Indenture Trustee under the Indenture or (b) the Tax-Exempt Indenture
Trustee under the Tax-Exempt Indenture.
"Uniform Commercial Code" means the Uniform Commercial Code of the
jurisdiction the law of which governs the Contract in which such term is used.
"U.S. Government Obligations" means non-callable direct obligations of
or obligations as to which the payment of principal of and interest is
unconditionally guaranteed by the United States of America.
"Water Agreement" means the Water Procurement and Effluent Service
Agreement dated as of December 12, 1994, as amended by the First Amendment
thereto dated as of July 13, 1995, among the Company (as assignee of Mobile
Energy), the Pulp Mill Owner, the Paper Mill Owner and the Tissue Mill Owner.
"Wind-Up Event" means, at any time upon and after a Trigger Event, the
application of monies on deposit in any of the Intercreditor Agreement Accounts,
or of proceeds from any sale, disposition or other realization of any Shared
Collateral (other than the Intercreditor Agreement Accounts), in either case to
the payment of amounts owing in respect of any Senior Debt and as a result of
the exercise of remedies by the Collateral Agent under Article V of the
Intercreditor Agreement.
"Working Capital Escalation Factor" means, with respect to any Fiscal
Year, a factor (calculated in June of such Fiscal Year) equal to the amount
obtained by (a) dividing (i) the GDPIPD most recently published during such
Fiscal Year by (ii) the GDPIPD published during the prior Fiscal Year on the
date that most closely corresponds to, and is on or prior to, the date of such
GDPIPD most recently published (provided that if the amount obtained is less
than or equal to 1.015, then such amount shall be deemed to equal 1.015), (b)
then subtracting 0.015, and (c) then multiplying by the Working Capital
Escalation Factor with respect to the immediately preceding Fiscal Year.
"Working Capital Facility" means the Revolving Credit Agreement dated
as of August 1, 1995 between the Company and the Working Capital Facility
Provider or any other Contract between the Company and a Working Capital
Facility Provider pursuant to which funds for the working capital requirements
of the Company are provided.
"Working Capital Facility Account" means the Account so designated
established and created under Section 2.2(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
"Working Capital Facility Commitment" means the aggregate of the
commitments of the Lenders under the Working Capital Facility.
"Working Capital Facility Distribution Amount" means, in respect of any
Excess Loss Proceeds with respect to an Event of Loss or Event of Eminent Domain
to be applied pursuant to Section 6.2(b) of the Intercreditor Agreement and
provided that the Working Capital Facility Commitment is subject to reduction in
connection with such Event of Loss or Event of Eminent Domain pursuant to the
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terms of the Working Capital Facility, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of
the Working Capital Facility's Percentage Share of such Excess Loss Proceeds
over the unutilized Working Capital Facility Commitment in effect immediately
prior to such reduction, unless the Company would not be able to borrow Working
Capital Facility Loans (because the conditions set forth in Article III of the
Working Capital Facility are not available or not satisfied), in which case the
lesser of (a) the Working Capital Facility's Percentage Share of such Excess
Loss Proceeds and (b) the outstanding Working Capital Loans at such time.
"Working Capital Facility O&M Loan" means a Working Capital Facility
Loan, to the extent the proceeds thereof are applied to Operation and
Maintenance Costs other than (a) rebates to the United States government
pursuant to Section 148 of the Code, (b) Maintenance Expenditures and (c)
payments of IDB Claims.
"Working Capital Facility Provider" means Banque Paribas, a French
banking corporation, and each other Person providing funds to the Company
pursuant to a Working Capital Facility.
"Working Capital Facility Loan" means a Loan (as defined in the Working
Capital Facility) advanced by the Working Capital Facility Provider pursuant to
the Working Capital Facility.
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Schedule 1
Qualified Engineers
1. R.W. Beck and Associates
2. Jacobs-Sirrine
3. Rust Engineering Company
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Exhibit A
FORM OF REQUISITION FOR DISBURSEMENT FROM LOSS PROCEEDS ACCOUNT
Requisition No. _______
Date:________________
Bankers Trust (Delaware), as Collateral Agent
c/o Bankers Trust Company
Four Albany Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10006
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to that certain Intercreditor and Collateral
Agency Agreement, dated as of August 1, 1995, by and among First Union National
Bank of Georgia, as Trustee, First Union National Bank of Georgia, as Tax-Exempt
Indenture Trustee, Banque Paribas, as Working Capital Facility Provider, The
Industrial Development Board of the City of Mobile, Alabama, Mobile Energy
Services Company, L.L.C. (the "Company"), Mobile Energy Services Holdings, Inc.
and Bankers Trust (Delaware), as Collateral Agent (as such agreement may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the "Intercreditor
Agreement"). Terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Intercreditor Agreement.
The Company hereby requests, pursuant to Section 3.10(b) of the
Intercreditor Agreement, that the Collateral Agent make a disbursement from the
Loss Proceeds Account in the aggregate amount of $_____ (the "Requested
Disbursement").
The date that the Requested Disbursement is to be made is _____. Cash
disbursement instructions for the Requested Disbursement are set forth in Annex
1 hereto.
All monies released from the Loss Proceeds Account pursuant to this
Requisition shall continue to constitute Collateral until applied in accordance
with the Financing Documents, including the Mortgage.
The undersigned, an Authorized Officer of the Company, hereby certifies
in connection with this Requisition that (i) the proceeds of the Requested
Disbursement will be used solely for the payment (or reimbursement, to the
extent the same have been paid or satisfied by the Company) of the costs of the
rebuilding, repair and restoration of the Energy Complex or the portion thereof
that has been affected by an Event of Loss or an Event of Eminent Domain, or the
building of a Replacement Facility as a result thereof, (ii) undisbursed funds
in the Loss Proceeds Account are reasonably expected to be sufficient to
complete the rebuilding, repair, restoration or replacement of the Energy
Complex (such determination of sufficiency to take into account, without
limitation, funds required to pay principal of and interest on the Senior Debt
becoming due during such period in which commercial operation of the Energy
Complex is interrupted as a result of such Event of Loss or Event of Eminent
Domain), (iii) no payment default with respect to scheduled debt service under
the Senior Debt has occurred and is continuing and (iv) work performed to date
has been satisfactorily performed in a good and workmanlike manner and according
to the rebuilding, repair, restoration or replacement plans.
The Requested Disbursement, together with all other such requisitions
made or reasonably expected to be made (i) during the current Fiscal Year, total
[Intercreditor Agreement]
Exhibit A-1
$_____ in the aggregate and (ii) in respect of such Event of Loss or Event of
Eminent Domain, total $_____ in the aggregate, and the approval of the
Independent
Engineer hereto [is] [is not]1/ required.
The Company hereby certifies that all conditions precedent to the
Requested Disbursement as set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement have been
satisfied.
MOBILE ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY, L.L.C.
By:
Name:
Title:
Date:__________________________________
Approved this ___ day of __________________, ____.1
STONE & WEBSTER ENGINEERING CORPORATION
By:_______________________________________
Name:____________________________________
Title:_____________________________________
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1 Not required if the amount of disbursements requested pursuant to such
requisition, together with the aggregate amount of disbursements
requested or to be requested pursuant to all other such requisitions
made or reasonably expected to be made (i) in any one Fiscal Year, does
not exceed $5,000,000 or (ii) in respect of any Event of Loss or Event
of Eminent Domain, does not exceed $7,500,000.
[Intercreditor Agreement]
Exhibit A-2
Exhibit B
FORM OF MONTHLY TRANSFER DATE CERTIFICATE
Date: ______
Bankers Trust (Delaware), as Collateral Agent
c/o Bankers Trust Company
Four Albany Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10006
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is hereby made to that certain Intercreditor and Collateral
Agency Agreement, dated as of August 1, 1995, by and among First Union National
Bank of Georgia, as Indenture Trustee, First Union National Bank of Georgia, as
Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee, Banque Paribas, as Working Capital Facility
Provider, The Industrial Development Board of the City of Mobile, Alabama,
Mobile Energy Services Company, L.L.C., Mobile Energy Services Holdings, Inc.
and Bankers Trust (Delaware), as Collateral Agent (as the same may be amended,
supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Intercreditor
Agreement"). Terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings assigned to them in the Intercreditor Agreement.
The Company hereby certifies, pursuant to Section 3.11 of the
Intercreditor Agreement, that the following monies are to be transferred or
deposited by the Collateral Agent from the Revenue Account, in the order of
priority set forth in such Section 3.11 (but only to the extent such monies are
then on deposit in the Revenue Account), on ___________:
(a) $_____, for deposit into the Mill Owner Reimbursement Account pursuant
to and in accordance with Section 3.11(a);
(b) $_____, for deposit into the Working Capital Facility Account pursuant
to and in accordance with Section 3.11(b) of the Intercreditor
Agreement;
(c) $_____, for deposit into the Operating Account pursuant to and in
accordance with Section 3.11(c) of the Intercreditor Agreement;
(d) $__________, to the Collateral Agent pursuant to and in accordance
with Section 3.11(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement;
(e) $__________, to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to and in accordance
with Section 3.11(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement;
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Exhibit B-1
(f) $__________, to the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee pursuant to and in
accordance with Section 3.11(d) of the Intercreditor Agreement;
(g) $__________, for deposit into the Working Capital Facility Account
pursuant to and in accordance with Section 3.11(e)(i) of the
Intercreditor Agreement;
(h) $__________, $__________ and $__________, to the Indenture Trustee for
deposit into the Indenture Securities Interest Subaccount, the
Indenture Securities Principal Subaccount and the Indenture Securities
Redemption Subaccount pursuant to and in accordance with Section
3.11(e)(ii) of the Intercreditor Agreement, respectively;
(i) $__________, $__________ and $__________, to the Tax-Exempt Indenture
Trustee for deposit into the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Interest
Subaccount, Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Principal Subaccount and
the Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities Redemption Subaccount pursuant to
and in accordance with Section 3.11(e)(iii) of the Intercreditor
Agreement, respectively;
(j) $__________, for deposit into the Maintenance Reserve Account pursuant
to and in accordance with Section 3.11(f) of the Intercreditor
Agreement;
(k) $__________, to the Indenture Trustee for deposit into each Debt
Service Reserve Account pursuant to and in accordance with Section
3.11(g)(i) of the Intercreditor Agreement;
(l) $__________, to the Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee for deposit into each
Tax-Exempt Debt Service Reserve Account pursuant to and in accordance
with Section 3.11(g)(ii) of the Intercreditor Agreement;
(m) $__________, to the Company for deposit into the Mill Owner
Maintenance Reserve Account pursuant to and in accordance with Section
3.11(h) of the Intercreditor Agreement;
(n) $__________, for deposit into the Subordinated Debt Account pursuant
to and in accordance with Section 3.11(i) of the Intercreditor
Agreement;
(o) $__________, for deposit into the Subordinated Fee Account pursuant to
and in accordance with Section 3.11(j) of the Intercreditor Agreement;
and
Exhibit B-2
(p) [$__________] [any remaining monies], for deposit into the
Distribution Account pursuant to and in accordance with Section
3.11(k) of the Intercreditor Agreement.
MOBILE ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY, L.L.C.
By:
Name:
Title:
Dated:
cc: Indenture Trustee
Tax-Exempt Indenture Trustee
Working Capital Facility Provider
[Intercreditor Agreement]
Exhibit B-3
Exhibit C-1
FORM OF MAINTENANCE PLAN FUNDING SUBACCOUNT
SOUTHERN GUARANTY AGREEMENT
Dated as of [_____]
In consideration of the execution and delivery by Bankers Trust
(Delaware), as collateral agent under the Intercreditor Agreement referred to
below for the Senior Secured Parties referred to therein, of the Intercreditor
Agreement dated as of August 1, 1995 among First Union National Bank of Georgia,
as trustee for the holders of the Indenture Securities referred to therein,
First Union National Bank of Georgia, as trustee for the holders of the
Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities referred to therein, Banque Paribas, as the
Working Capital Provider referred to therein, The Industrial Development Board
of The City of Mobile, Alabama, Mobile Energy Services Company, L.L.C., an
Alabama limited liability company (the "Company"), Mobile Energy Services
Holdings, Inc., an Alabama corporation ("Mobile Energy"), and Bankers Trust
(Delaware), as such collateral agent (the "Guaranteed Party") (such
Intercreditor Agreement, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived or
otherwise modified, hereinafter the "Intercreditor Agreement") and of the rights
of the Company under Section 3.15(a) thereof, and acknowledging that such
execution and delivery and such rights of the Company constitute indirect
benefit to the Guarantor at least equal to the Available Amount (as defined
herein), The Southern Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Guarantor"), hereby
agrees with the Guaranteed Party as follows (with terms not defined herein
having the meanings ascribed to them in the Intercreditor Agreement):
1. Guaranty. The Guarantor hereby (a) guarantees to the Guaranteed
Party the due and punctual payment, observance and performance of all
indebtedness, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, and all terms
and conditions to be observed by, the Company due or owing under Section
3.15(c)(i) of the Intercreditor Agreement, in each case (i) whether due or owing
to, or in favor or for the benefit of, the Guaranteed Party for its own benefit
and the benefit of the Senior Secured Parties and the Holders from time to time,
any other Person that becomes the Guaranteed Party by reason of any succession
or assignment at any time thereafter or any Intercreditor Party and (ii) whether
or not an allowable claim against the Company under the Bankruptcy Code, or
otherwise enforceable against the Company, and including, in any event, interest
accruing as provided in clause (F) below after the filing by or against the
Company of a petition under the Bankruptcy Code (collectively, the "Guaranteed
Obligations"), in accordance with their respective terms and when and as due,
without regard to any counterclaim, set-off, deduction or defense of any kind
that the Company may have or assert and (b) agrees so to pay, observe or perform
the same when so due, or deemed to be due, upon demand; provided, however, that
the amount of the payment obligations of the Guarantor in respect of the
Guaranteed Obligations hereunder shall not at any time exceed the Available
[Intercreditor Agreement]
Exhibit C-1-1
Amount. For purposes of this Agreement, "Available Amount" means (A) $[_____]
minus (B) the aggregate amount of any monies (including interest) paid in
respect of each call honored by the Guarantor under this Agreement minus (C) the
amount of any monies deposited into the Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount
pursuant to the last sentence of Section 3.5(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement
minus (D) the amount of any other Reserve Account Security deposited into the
Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount to the extent that monies are not withdrawn
therefrom on account of the deposit of such Reserve Account Security plus (E)
the aggregate amount of monies withdrawn on account of this Agreement from the
Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount following the delivery of this Agreement to
the Guaranteed Party pursuant to the first sentence of Section 3.15(a) of the
Intercreditor Agreement (which shall not include any amounts (if any) that may
be deemed to have been withdrawn therefrom on the Closing Date) plus (F) if any
call honored by the Guarantor under this Agreement is with respect to a Debt
Service Event, the amount of any interest from (and including) the Business Day
following the date of any written demand on the Guarantor for payment of any of
the Guaranteed Obligations to (but excluding) the date of such payment at the
rate of interest equal to the then highest yield on any of the outstanding
Senior Debt plus two percent (2%) (provided that no such interest shall be
payable with respect to any amounts paid on the Business Day following the date
of any such written demand)[; provided, however, that in no event shall the
Available Amount exceed $[_____] plus interest as provided in clause (F) above].
Upon the written request of the Guarantor, the Guaranteed Party shall provide
the Guarantor with a statement of the Available Amount and a calculation
thereof. Upon the written request of the Guaranteed Party, the Guarantor shall
confirm such statement and calculation.
2. Guaranty Absolute. (a) The Guarantor guarantees that the Guaranteed
Obligations will be paid and performed strictly in accordance with the terms of
the Intercreditor Agreement, regardless of any law or regulation now or
hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the
rights of the Guaranteed Party with respect thereto. The obligations of the
Guarantor under this Agreement are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations,
and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against the
Guarantor to enforce this Agreement, irrespective of whether or not any action
is brought against the Company or whether or not the Company is joined in any
such action or actions. The obligations of the Guarantor under this Agreement
shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional, shall constitute a guaranty of
payment and performance and not a guaranty of collection, shall be as primary
obligor and not as surety only and shall be irrevocable, in each case
irrespective of: (i) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or
in any other term of, all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other
amendment or waiver of, or any consent to departure from, the Intercreditor
Agreement, or any discharge, disallowance, invalidity, voidness or other
unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) the existence of any claim,
set-off, defense or other right that the Company or the Guarantor may have at
any time against the Guaranteed Party, whether in connection with this
Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement or any unrelated transaction; (iii) any
change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of
the Company or the partial or total substitution of any other Person in the
place of the Company under the Intercreditor Agreement whether by assignment,
foreclosure or otherwise; or (iv) any other circumstance that might otherwise
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or a
guarantor. This Agreement shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as
the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations
is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Guaranteed Party upon the
insolvency,
[Intercreditor Agreement]
Exhibit C-1-2
bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or the Guarantor or otherwise, all
as though such payment had not been made.
(b) This Agreement shall not confer upon the Guaranteed Party or any
other Person any right of payment or enforcement with respect to the Company
under the Intercreditor Agreement that is in any manner broader or more
expansive than such Persons' rights of payment and enforcement, if any, with
respect to the Company under the Intercreditor Agreement.
3. Waiver. The Guarantor hereby waives promptness, diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, notice of acceptance, notice of the incurrence
or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and any other notice with
respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Agreement and any
requirement that the Guaranteed Party exhaust any right or take any action
against the Company or any other Person or entity.
4. Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by the
Guarantor hereunder, the Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any and all rights
of subrogation to the rights of the Guaranteed Party against the Company and any
and all rights of reimbursement, assignment, indemnification or implied contract
or any similar rights against the Company or against any endorser or other
guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations until such time as
the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby have been paid, performed and
observed in full. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any amount shall be paid to
the Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of such
Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be
held by the Guarantor in trust for the Guaranteed Party, segregated from other
funds of the Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by the Guarantor, be
turned over to the Guaranteed Party in the exact form received by the Guarantor,
to be applied against such Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured,
in such order as the Guaranteed Party may determine.
5. Representations and Warranties. The Guarantor hereby represents
and warrants as follows:
(a) The Guarantor is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its
incorporation.
(b) The execution and delivery by the Guarantor of this
Agreement, and the performance by the Guarantor of its obligations
hereunder (i) are within the Guarantor's corporate powers, (ii) have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, (iii) do not
contravene its articles of incorporation or bylaws or any law or
regulation applicable to or binding on the Guarantor or any of its
properties and (iv) do not require the consent or approval of any
Person that has not already been obtained.
(c) This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in
accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability
thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting creditors'
rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
[Intercreditor Agreement]
Exhibit C-1-3
6. Continuing Guaranty; Assignment. This Agreement is a continuing
guaranty and shall (a) apply to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising
pursuant to the terms herein, (b) be binding upon the Guarantor and its
successors and permitted assigns and (c) inure to the benefit of, and be
enforceable by, the Guaranteed Party and its successors and permitted assigns.
The Guarantor may not assign its obligations under this Agreement without the
prior written consent of the Guaranteed Party, which consent may be withheld in
the Guaranteed Party's sole discretion. The Guaranteed Party may not assign its
rights under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the Guarantor,
which consent may be withheld in the Guarantor's sole discretion.
7. Notices; Transfer of Funds. (a) The Guarantor shall provide the
Guaranteed Party, no later than forty-five (45) days after the end of each
fiscal quarter of the Guarantor, an Officer's Certificate of the Guarantor
certifying as to the determination of whether or not the Southern Credit
Standard has been satisfied as of the end of such fiscal quarter.
(b) All notices, requests, demands and other communications that are
required or may be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given when received, if personally delivered; when
transmitted, if transmitted by telecopy, electronic or digital transmission
method, subject to the sender's facsimile machine receiving the correct
answerback of the addressee and confirmation of uninterrupted transmission by a
transmission report or the recipient confirming by telephone to sender that such
recipient has received the facsimile message and subject to a copy being sent
the same day for next day delivery by a reputable overnight delivery service;
the day after it is sent, if sent for next day delivery to a domestic address by
a reputable overnight delivery service; and upon receipt, if sent by certified
or registered mail, return receipt requested. In each case notice shall be sent
(i) if to the Guaranteed Party, to its address set forth in Section 12.4 of the
Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) if to the Guarantor, to:
The Southern Company
64 Perimeter Center East
Atlanta, Georgia 30364
Attention: Secretary
Telecopy: 404-668-3559
with a copy of any demand for payment or notice of breach or
default to:
Troutman Sanders
600 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Suite 5200
Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2216
Attention: John T.W. Mercer, Esq.
Telecopy: 404-885-3525
or to such other place and with such other copies as the Guaranteed Party or the
Guarantor may designate as to itself by written notice to the other pursuant to
this Section 7(b).
[Intercreditor Agreement]
Exhibit C-1-4
(c) Payments to be made to the Guaranteed Party hereunder shall be made
by wire transfer of funds to the Guaranteed Party, c/o Bankers Trust Company,
for deposit into the Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount established and created
under the Intercreditor Agreement (ABA No.: 021001033; Account No. 15348), at
Bankers Trust Company, Four Albany Street, New York, New York 10006 or such
other account as the Guaranteed Party may designate by notice hereunder.
8. Delay and Waiver. No failure on the part of the Guaranteed Party to
exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a
waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right.
9. Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement and any agreement,
document or instrument attached hereto or referred to herein integrate all the
terms and conditions mentioned herein or incidental hereto and supersede all
oral negotiations and prior writings with respect to the subject matter hereof.
In the event of any conflict between the terms, conditions and provisions of
this Agreement and any such agreement, document or instrument, the terms,
conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall prevail. This Agreement may
only be amended or modified by an instrument in writing signed by each of the
Guarantor and the Guaranteed Party.
10. Headings. The headings of the various Sections of this Agreement
are for convenience of reference only and shall not modify, define or limit
any of the terms or provisions hereof.
11. Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction. (a) The rights and duties
of the Guaranteed Party and the Guarantor under this Agreement shall, pursuant
to Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law, be governed by the
law of the State of New York, without reference to the choice of law provisions
of New York law thereof (other than such Section 5-1401).
(b) Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agrees that
any suit, action or other legal proceeding arising out of this Agreement may be
brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New
York or, if such court does not have jurisdiction or will not accept
jurisdiction, in any court of general jurisdiction in New York, New York; (ii)
consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or
proceeding; and (iii) waives any objection that such party may have to the
laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.
12. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE GUARANTOR AND THE GUARANTEED
PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT OF TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION,
PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT
OR ANY MATTER ARISING HEREUNDER.
13. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that shall be
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions thereof, and
[Intercreditor Agreement]
Exhibit C-1-5
any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not
invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
14. No Recourse to Affiliates. Any obligations created herein shall be
the sole obligations of the Guarantor, unless and to the extent that such
obligations are assigned or delegated by the Guarantor pursuant to Section 6.
The Guaranteed Party shall not have recourse to any subsidiary, partner, joint
venturer, affiliate, director or officer of the Guarantor (or of any Person to
whom the Guarantor's obligations hereunder are assigned or delegated pursuant to
Section 6) for the performance of such obligations unless the obligations are
assumed in writing by the Person against whom recourse is sought.
15. Termination. Subject to the last sentence of Section 2(a), this
Agreement shall immediately terminate and be of no further force and effect upon
the earlier to occur of (a) the reduction of the Available Amount to zero in
accordance with Section 1 (including the deposit of other Reserve Account
Security or any monies into the Maintenance Plan Funding Subaccount in an amount
equal to the then Available Amount, to the extent that, in the case of such
Reserve Account Security, monies are not withdrawn from the Maintenance Plan
Funding Subaccount on account of the deposit of such Reserve Account Security)
or (b) the payment, observance and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations
guaranteed hereby. Upon such termination, the Guaranteed Party shall deliver to
the Guarantor written evidence in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Guarantor of such termination and of the release of the Guarantor from all
of its obligations hereunder.
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[Intercreditor Agreement]
Exhibit C-1-6
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor and the Guaranteed Party have caused
this Agreement to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers, all as of
the date hereof.
THE SOUTHERN COMPANY
By
Name:
Title:
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
as Collateral Agent
By
Name:
Title:
[MPFS Southern Guaranty]
Exhibit C-2
FORM OF DISTRIBUTION ACCOUNT
SOUTHERN GUARANTY AGREEMENT
Dated as of [_____]
In consideration of the execution and delivery by Bankers Trust
(Delaware), as collateral agent under the Intercreditor Agreement referred to
below for the Senior Secured Parties referred to therein, of the Intercreditor
Agreement dated as of August 1, 1995 among First Union National Bank of Georgia,
as trustee for the holders of the Indenture Securities referred to therein,
First Union National Bank of Georgia, as trustee for the holders of the
Tax-Exempt Indenture Securities referred to therein, Banque Paribas, as the
Working Capital Provider referred to therein, The Industrial Development Board
of The City of Mobile, Alabama, Mobile Energy Services Company, L.L.C., an
Alabama limited liability company (the "Company"), Mobile Energy Services
Holdings, Inc., an Alabama corporation ("Mobile Energy"), and Bankers Trust
(Delaware), as such collateral agent (the "Guaranteed Party") (such
Intercreditor Agreement, as it may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived or
otherwise modified, hereinafter the "Intercreditor Agreement") and of the rights
of the Company under Section 3.15(a) thereof, and acknowledging that such
execution and delivery and such rights of the Company constitute indirect
benefit to the Guarantor at least equal to the Available Amount (as defined
herein), The Southern Company, a Delaware corporation (the "Guarantor"), hereby
agrees with the Guaranteed Party as follows (with terms not defined herein
having the meanings ascribed to them in the Intercreditor Agreement):
1. Guaranty. The Guarantor hereby (a) guarantees to the Guaranteed
Party the due and punctual payment, observance and performance of all
indebtedness, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, and all terms
and conditions to be observed by, the Company due or owing under Section
3.15(c)(ii) of the Intercreditor Agreement, in each case (i) whether due or
owing to, or in favor or for the benefit of, the Guaranteed Party for its own
benefit and the benefit of the Senior Secured Parties and the Holders from time
to time, any other Person that becomes the Guaranteed Party by reason of any
succession or assignment at any time thereafter or any Intercreditor Party and
(ii) whether or not an allowable claim against the Company under the Bankruptcy
Code, or otherwise enforceable against the Company, and including, in any event,
interest accruing as provided in clause (D) below after the filing by or against
the Company of a petition under the Bankruptcy Code (collectively, the
"Guaranteed Obligations"), in accordance with their respective terms and when
and as due, without regard to any counterclaim, set-off, deduction or defense of
any kind that the Company may have or assert and (b) agrees so to pay, observe
or perform the same when so due, or deemed to be due, upon demand; provided,
however, that the amount of the payment obligations of the Guarantor in respect
of the Guaranteed Obligations hereunder shall not at any time exceed the
Available Amount. For purposes of this Agreement, "Available Amount" means (A)
$[_____] minus (B) the aggregate amount of any monies (including interest) paid
in respect of each call honored by the Guarantor under this Agreement minus (C)
the amount of any other Reserve Account
Exhibit C-2-1
Security or any monies not then constituting Revenues deposited into the
Distribution Account to the extent that, in the case of such Reserve Account
Security, monies are not withdrawn from the Distribution Account on account of
the deposit of such Reserve Account Security plus (D) if any call honored by the
Guarantor under this Agreement is with respect to a Debt Service Event, the
amount of any interest from (and including) the Business Day following the date
of any written demand on the Guarantor for payment of any of the Guaranteed
Obligations to (but excluding) the date of such payment at the rate of interest
equal to the then highest yield on any of the outstanding Senior Debt plus two
percent (2%) (provided that no such interest shall be payable with respect to
any amounts paid on the Business Day following the date of any such written
demand)[; provided, however, that in no event shall the Available Amount exceed
[_____] plus interest as provided in clause (D) above]. Upon the written request
of the Guarantor, the Guaranteed Party shall provide the Guarantor with a
statement of the Available Amount and a calculation thereof. Upon the written
request of the Guaranteed Party, the Guarantor shall confirm such statement and
calculation.
2. Guaranty Absolute. (a) The Guarantor guarantees that the Guaranteed
Obligations will be paid and performed strictly in accordance with the terms of
the Intercreditor Agreement, regardless of any law or regulation now or
hereafter in effect in any jurisdiction affecting any of such terms or the
rights of the Guaranteed Party with respect thereto. The obligations of the
Guarantor under this Agreement are independent of the Guaranteed Obligations,
and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against the
Guarantor to enforce this Agreement, irrespective of whether or not any action
is brought against the Company or whether or not the Company is joined in any
such action or actions. The obligations of the Guarantor under this Agreement
shall be irrevocable, absolute and unconditional, shall constitute a guaranty of
payment and performance and not a guaranty of collection, shall be as primary
obligor and not as surety only and shall be irrevocable, in each case
irrespective of: (i) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or
in any other term of, all or any of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other
amendment or waiver of, or any consent to departure from, the Intercreditor
Agreement, or any discharge, disallowance, invalidity, voidness or other
unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) the existence of any claim,
set-off, defense or other right that the Company or the Guarantor may have at
any time against the Guaranteed Party, whether in connection with this
Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement or any unrelated transaction; (iii) any
change, restructuring or termination of the corporate structure or existence of
the Company or the partial or total substitution of any other Person in the
place of the Company under the Intercreditor Agreement whether by assignment,
foreclosure or otherwise; or (iv) any other circumstance that might otherwise
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Company or a
guarantor. This Agreement shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as
the case may be, if at any time any payment of any of the Guaranteed Obligations
is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the Guaranteed Party upon the
insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Company or the Guarantor or
otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
(b) This Agreement shall not confer upon the Guaranteed Party or any
other Person any right of payment or enforcement with respect to the Company
under the Intercreditor Agreement that is in any manner broader or more
expansive than such Persons' rights of payment and enforcement, if any, with
respect to the Company under the Intercreditor Agreement.
Exhibit C-2-2
3. Waiver. The Guarantor hereby waives promptness, diligence,
presentment, demand of payment, notice of acceptance, notice of the incurrence
or renewal of any of the Guaranteed Obligations and any other notice with
respect to any of the Guaranteed Obligations and this Agreement and any
requirement that the Guaranteed Party exhaust any right or take any action
against the Company or any other Person or entity.
4. Subrogation. Notwithstanding any payment or payments made by the
Guarantor hereunder, the Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any and all rights
of subrogation to the rights of the Guaranteed Party against the Company and any
and all rights of reimbursement, assignment, indemnification or implied contract
or any similar rights against the Company or against any endorser or other
guarantor of all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations until such time as
the Guaranteed Obligations guaranteed hereby have been paid, performed and
observed in full. If, notwithstanding the foregoing, any amount shall be paid to
the Guarantor on account of such subrogation rights at any time when all of such
Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been paid in full, such amount shall be
held by the Guarantor in trust for the Guaranteed Party, segregated from other
funds of the Guarantor, and shall, forthwith upon receipt by the Guarantor, be
turned over to the Guaranteed Party in the exact form received by the Guarantor,
to be applied against such Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured,
in such order as the Guaranteed Party may determine.
5. Representations and Warranties. The Guarantor hereby represents
and warrants as follows:
(a) The Guarantor is a corporation duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its
incorporation.
(b) The execution and delivery by the Guarantor of this
Agreement, and the performance by the Guarantor of its obligations
hereunder (i) are within the Guarantor's corporate powers, (ii) have
been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, (iii) do not
contravene its articles of incorporation or bylaws or any law or
regulation applicable to or binding on the Guarantor or any of its
properties and (iv) do not require the consent or approval of any
Person that has not already been obtained.
(c) This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding
obligation of the Guarantor enforceable against the Guarantor in
accordance with its terms, except to the extent that the enforceability
thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting creditors'
rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).
6. Continuing Guaranty; Assignment. This Agreement is a continuing
guaranty and shall (a) apply to all Guaranteed Obligations whenever arising
pursuant to the terms herein, (b) be binding upon the Guarantor and its
successors and permitted assigns and (c) inure to the benefit of, and be
enforceable by, the Guaranteed Party and its successors and permitted assigns.
The Guarantor may not assign its obligations under this Agreement without the
prior written consent of the Guaranteed Party, which consent may be withheld in
the Guaranteed Party's sole discretion. The Guaranteed Party may not assign its
rights under this Agreement without the
Exhibit C-2-3
prior written consent of the Guarantor, which consent may be withheld in the
Guarantor's sole discretion.
7. Notices; Transfer of Funds. (a) The Guarantor shall provide the
Guaranteed Party, no later than forty-five (45) days after the end of each
fiscal quarter of the Guarantor, an Officer's Certificate of the Guarantor
certifying as to the determination of whether or not the Southern Credit
Standard has been satisfied as of the end of such fiscal quarter.
(b) All notices, requests, demands and other communications that are
required or may be given under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be
deemed to have been duly given when received, if personally delivered; when
transmitted, if transmitted by telecopy, electronic or digital transmission
method, subject to the sender's facsimile machine receiving the correct
answerback of the addressee and confirmation of uninterrupted transmission by a
transmission report or the recipient confirming by telephone to sender that such
recipient has received the facsimile message and subject to a copy being sent
the same day for next day delivery by a reputable overnight delivery service;
the day after it is sent, if sent for next day delivery to a domestic address by
a reputable overnight delivery service; and upon receipt, if sent by certified
or registered mail, return receipt requested. In each case notice shall be sent
(i) if to the Guaranteed Party, to its address set forth in Section 12.4 of the
Intercreditor Agreement and (ii) if to the Guarantor, to:
The Southern Company
64 Perimeter Center East
Atlanta, Georgia 30364
Attention: Secretary
Telecopy: 404-668-3559
with a copy of any demand for payment or notice of breach or
default to:
Troutman Sanders
600 Peachtree Street, N.E.
Suite 5200
Atlanta, Georgia 30308-2216
Attention: John T.W. Mercer, Esq.
Telecopy: 404-885-3525
or to such other place and with such other copies as the Guaranteed Party or the
Guarantor may designate as to itself by written notice to the other pursuant to
this Section 7(b).
(c) Payments to be made to the Guaranteed Party hereunder shall be made
by wire transfer of funds to the Guaranteed Party, c/o Bankers Trust Company,
for deposit into the Distribution Account established and created under the
Intercreditor Agreement (ABA No.: 021001033; Account No. 15346), at Bankers
Trust Company, Four Albany Street, New York, New York 10006 or such other
account as the Guaranteed Party may designate by notice hereunder.
Exhibit C-2-4
8. Delay and Waiver. No failure on the part of the Guaranteed Party to
exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a
waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder
preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other
right.
9. Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement and any agreement,
document or instrument attached hereto or referred to herein integrate all the
terms and conditions mentioned herein or incidental hereto and supersede all
oral negotiations and prior writings with respect to the subject matter hereof.
In the event of any conflict between the terms, conditions and provisions of
this Agreement and any such agreement, document or instrument, the terms,
conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall prevail. This Agreement may
only be amended or modified by an instrument in writing signed by each of the
Guarantor and the Guaranteed Party.
10. Headings. The headings of the various Sections of this Agreement
are for convenience of reference only and shall not modify, define or limit any
of the terms or provisions hereof.
11. Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction. (a) The rights and duties
of the Guaranteed Party and the Guarantor under this Agreement shall, pursuant
to Section 5-1401 of the New York General Obligations Law, be governed by the
law of the State of New York, without reference to the choice of law provisions
of New York law thereof (other than such Section 5-1401).
(b) Each party hereto irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agrees that
any suit, action or other legal proceeding arising out of this Agreement may be
brought in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New
York or, if such court does not have jurisdiction or will not accept
jurisdiction, in any court of general jurisdiction in New York, New York; (ii)
consents to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit, action or
proceeding; and (iii) waives any objection that such party may have to the
laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court.
12. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE GUARANTOR AND THE GUARANTEED
PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT OF TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION,
PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT
OR ANY MATTER ARISING HEREUNDER.
13. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement that shall be
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions thereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
14. No Recourse to Affiliates. Any obligations created herein shall
be the sole obligations of the Guarantor, unless and to the extent that such
obligations are assigned or delegated by the Guarantor pursuant to Section 6.
The Guaranteed Party shall not have recourse to any subsidiary, partner, joint
venturer, affiliate, director or officer of the Guarantor (or of
Exhibit C-2-5
any Person to whom the Guarantor's obligations hereunder are assigned or
delegated pursuant to Section 6) for the performance of such obligations unless
the obligations are assumed in writing by the Person against whom recourse is
sought.
15. Termination. Subject to the last sentence of Section 2(a), this
Agreement shall immediately terminate and be of no further force and effect upon
the earlier to occur of (a) the reduction of the Available Amount to zero in
accordance with Section 1 (including the deposit of other Reserve Account
Security or any monies not then constituting Revenues into the Distribution
Account in an amount equal to the then Available Amount, to the extent that, in
the case of such Reserve Account Security, monies are not withdrawn from the
Distribution Account on account of the deposit of such Reserve Account
Security), (b) the payment, observance and performance of the Guaranteed
Obligations guaranteed hereby or (c) the termination of this Agreement pursuant
to the last sentence of Section 3.8(c) of the Intercreditor Agreement. Upon such
termination, the Guaranteed Party shall deliver to the Guarantor written
evidence in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Guarantor of such
termination and of the release of the Guarantor from all of its obligations
hereunder.
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Exhibit C-2-6
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Guarantor and the Guaranteed Party have caused
this Agreement to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers, all as of
the date hereof.
THE SOUTHERN COMPANY
By:
Name:
Title:
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
as Collateral Agent
By:
Name:
Title:
[DA Southern Guaranty]
EXHIBIT D
FORM OF CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT
THIS CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT (this "Consent"), dated as of [_____], is
executed by [_____], a [_____] (the "Consenting Party"), MOBILE ENERGY SERVICES
COMPANY, L.L.C., an Alabama limited liability company (the "Company"), and
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE), a Delaware banking corporation, as Collateral Agent
for the Senior Secured Parties (as hereinafter defined) (the "Collateral
Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Company, Mobile Energy Services Holdings, Inc.
(formerly known as Mobile Energy Services Company, Inc.), an Alabama
corporation ("Mobile Energy"), and First Union National Bank of
Georgia, as trustee (in such capacity, the "Indenture Trustee"), have
entered into a Trust Indenture dated as of August 1, 1995 (as the same
may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the
"Indenture"), pursuant to which the Company (i) has issued its First
Mortgage Bonds, the proceeds of which were used to (among other things)
repay to The Southern Company a portion of the amounts advanced to pay
certain costs associated with the acquisition of the energy and black
liquor recovery complex located at an integrated pulp, paper and tissue
manufacturing facility in Mobile, Alabama (together with the related
real property rights and other related assets of the Company, the
"Energy Complex") and (ii) may, from time to time, issue additional
Senior Debt (as defined in the Indenture);
WHEREAS, the Company, Mobile Energy and The Industrial
Development Board of the City of Mobile, Alabama (the "IDB") have
entered into an Amended and Restated Lease and Agreement dated as of
August 1, 1995 with respect to a portion of the Energy Complex relating
to the IDB's Solid Waste Revenue Refunding Bonds (Mobile Energy
Services Company, L.L.C. Project), Series 1995, issued for the benefit
of the Company pursuant to an Amended and Restated Trust Indenture
dated as of August 1, 1995 (as the same may be amended, supplemented,
waived or otherwise modified, the "Tax-Exempt Indenture") between the
IDB and First Union National Bank of Georgia, as trustee (in such
capacity, the "Tax-Exempt Trustee"). The proceeds of the Tax-Exempt
Bonds were used to refinance certain outstanding tax-exempt bonds and
to pay for certain other costs. The Company may cause the IDB to issue,
from time to time, additional Senior Debt under the Tax-Exempt
Indenture;
WHEREAS, the Company and Banque Paribas (together with any
lender that is or becomes a provider of the Working Capital Facility
(as hereinafter defined), the "Working Capital Facility Provider" and,
together with the Indenture Trustee and the Tax-Exempt Trustee, the
"Senior Secured Parties") have entered into a Revolving Credit Facility
dated as of August 1, 1995 (as the same may be amended, supplemented,
waived or otherwise modified and, together with any replacement working
capital facility, the
Exhibit D-1
"Working Capital Facility"), borrowings under which will be used from
time to time to finance certain working capital requirements of the
Company;
WHEREAS, the Consenting Party and the Company have entered
into [specify contracts entered into between the Consenting Party and
the Company] (collectively, as the same may be amended, supplemented,
waived or otherwise modified, the "Contracts");
WHEREAS, the Collateral Agent has been granted a security
interest in the Contracts and the Energy Complex for the benefit of the
Senior Secured Parties pursuant to an Assignment and Security Agreement
dated as of August 1, 1995 between the Collateral Agent and the Company
and a Leasehold Mortgage, Assignment of Leases, Rents, Issues and
Profits dated as of August 1, 1995 between the Collateral Agent and the
Company; and
WHEREAS, the Collateral Agent, the Senior Secured Parties, the
Company and Mobile Energy have entered into a Intercreditor and
Collateral Agency Agreement dated as of August 1, 1995 (as the same may
be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, the
"Intercreditor Agreement").
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows.
1. Consent to Assignment. The Consenting Party hereby irrevocably
consents to the Company's assignment of the Contracts to the Collateral Agent as
security; and the Consenting Party shall, at the Collateral Agent's request in
the exercise of its rights as Collateral Agent, continue performance under the
Contracts in accordance with their terms and the terms of this Consent to
Assignment.
2. No Defaults. The Consenting Party represents and warrants to, and
agrees with, the Collateral Agent that (a) the Consenting Party shall perform
and comply with all material terms and provisions of the Contracts applicable to
it, (b) the Contracts are in full force and effect and there are no [further]
amendments, modifications or supplements thereto, either oral or written, (c)
the Consenting Party has not assigned, transferred or hypothecated any of its
right, title and interest in and to any of the Contracts or any interest
therein, (d) the Consenting Party has no knowledge of any default by the Company
in any respect in the performance of any provision of any of the Contracts or of
any claims or rights of set-off by the Consenting Party or any of its affiliates
against the Company, the Company has fulfilled all of its obligations under the
Contracts required to be performed on or prior to the date hereof and there are
no breaches or unsatisfied conditions presently existing (or that, with the
giving of notice or the passage of time or both, would exist) or that would
result from the consummation of any transaction contemplated by the Contracts or
this Consent to Assignment to take place on the date hereof that would allow the
Consenting Party to terminate this Consent to Assignment or the Contracts, (e)
none of the Company's rights under any of the Contracts has been waived, (f) the
security assignment of the Contracts by the Company to the Collateral Agent, and
the acknowledgment of and consent to such assignment by the Consenting Party,
will not cause or constitute a default under any of the Contracts or an event or
condition that, with the giving of notice or the passage
Exhibit D-2
of time or both, would constitute a default under any of the Contracts and (g) a
foreclosure or other exercise of remedies under the Financing Documents or any
sale thereunder by the Collateral Agent or any of its designees or assignees,
whether by judicial proceedings or under any power of sale contained therein, or
any conveyance from the Company or the Collateral Agent or any such designee or
assignee, in lieu thereof, shall not cause or constitute a default under any of
the Contracts or an event or condition that, with the giving of notice or the
passage of time or both, would constitute a default under any of the Contracts.
3. Notice of Termination, Transfer, Etc.. (a) The Consenting Party will
not, without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent, (i) cancel,
suspend or terminate any of the Contracts, except as provided in the Contracts
and in accordance with Section 3(b) hereof, or consent to or accept any
cancellation, suspension or termination thereof by the Company, (ii) sell,
assign or otherwise dispose of (by operation of law or otherwise) any part of
its interest in the Contracts, (iii) amend or modify the Contracts in any
respect that may reasonably be expected to have a material effect on the
Company's rights or obligations or (iv) claim prevention of or interference with
performance of its obligations under the Contracts. The Consenting Party agrees
to deliver duplicates or copies of all (i) notices of default delivered under or
pursuant to any of the Contracts to the Collateral Agent promptly upon delivery
thereof to the Company (and the Consenting Party agrees that no such notice of
default shall be effective until received by the Collateral Agent) and (ii)
amendments to any of the Contracts (and the Consenting Party agrees that no such
amendment shall be effective until received by the Collateral Agent).
(b) The Consenting Party will not exercise any right it may have under
any of the Contracts, at law or in equity, to cancel, suspend or terminate any
such Contract (other than upon the stated expiration of the term of such
Contract) or any of its obligations thereunder on account of any default, breach
or other act or omission of the Company thereunder without (i) in the case of a
default by the Company that is the failure by the Company to pay amounts to the
Consenting Party that are due and payable under the Contracts, first providing
to the Collateral Agent written notice of such default, breach or other act or
omission and the greater of (A) the cure period specified in such Contract and
(B) ninety (90) days [If ninety (90) days is impracticable, then sixty (60)
days] from the date such notice is received by the Collateral Agent to pay such
amounts and (ii) in the case of a default, breach or other act or omission that
cannot be cured by the payment of money to the Consenting Party, first providing
to the Collateral Agent written notice of such default, breach or other act or
omission and the greater of (A) the cure period specified in such Contract and
(B) one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date such notice is received by
the Collateral Agent to cure such breach or default so long as the Collateral
Agent or its designee shall have commenced to cure such breach, default or other
act or omission within ninety (90) days and thereafter diligently pursues such
cure to completion or, with respect to any default, breach or other act or
omission that is not susceptible of being cured by the Collateral Agent, to
rectify, to the Consenting Party's reasonable satisfaction, the effect on the
Consenting Party thereof within one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date
such notice is received by the Collateral Agent. If possession of the Energy
Complex (by way of foreclosure proceedings or otherwise) is necessary to cure
such breach, default or other act or omission, the Collateral Agent or its
successor, transferee or assignee will be allowed a reasonable additional period
to complete such proceedings or otherwise accomplish such possession, provided
that in no event shall such additional period exceed ninety (90) days.
Exhibit D-3
If the Collateral Agent or its successor, transferee or assignee is
prohibited by any court order or bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings from
curing the default, breach or other act or omission or from commencing or
prosecuting foreclosure proceedings, the foregoing time periods shall be
extended by the period of such prohibition. The Consenting Party consents to the
transfer of the Company's interest under the Contracts to the Collateral Agent
for the benefit of the Senior Secured Parties or a purchaser or grantee at a
foreclosure sale by judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure and sale or by a
conveyance by the Company in lieu of foreclosure and agrees that, upon such
foreclosure, sale or conveyance, the Consenting Party shall recognize the
Collateral Agent or such other purchaser or grantee as the applicable party
under any Contracts so transferred, provided that the Collateral Agent or such
purchaser or grantee assumes the obligations of the Company under such
Contracts.
The notice specified in this Section 3(b) shall be in writing and shall
be addressed to the Collateral Agent as set forth below or to such other address
as the Collateral Agent may have specified by written notice delivered in
accordance herewith. Such notice shall be effective (a) if by telecopier, when
transmitted to the telecopier number specified herein and received at such
number, (b) if by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt
requested, on the third business day after delivered to a United States post
office and a receipt therefor is issued thereby or (c) if by any other means,
when delivered to the specified address.
Bankers Trust (Delaware)
c/o Bankers Trust Company
Four Albany Street, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10006
Attention: Corporate Trust Department
Telecopier No.: 212-250-6961
Failure of the Consenting Party to provide such notice to the Collateral Agent
shall not constitute a breach of this Consent to Assignment, and the Collateral
Agent agrees that the Consenting Party shall have no liability to the Collateral
Agent for such failure whatsoever; provided, however, that no cancellation,
suspension or termination of any of the Contracts by the Consenting Party, or of
any of the Consenting Party's obligations thereunder by the Consenting Party,
shall be binding upon the Collateral Agent without such notice and the
expiration of the applicable cure period set forth in this Section 3(b).
4. No Previous Assignment. Except for the assignment contemplated by
this Consent to Assignment, the Consenting Party represents and warrants to the
Collateral Agent that it has no actual notice of any assignment of any of the
Contracts and that it has not previously consented to any assignment, transfer
or hypothecation of any of the Contracts or any interest therein by the Company.
5. Payments to Revenue Account. The Consenting Party hereby agrees
that, until the Collateral Agent has given the Consenting Party written notice
that the obligations secured by the Contracts have been paid, observed and
satisfied in full, all payments to be made by the Consenting Party pursuant to
the terms of any of the Contracts shall be in lawful money of the United States
of America, in immediately available funds, directly to the Collateral Agent,
c/o
Exhibit D-4
Bankers Trust Company, for deposit into the Revenue Account established and
created under the Intercreditor Agreement (Account No. 15351), at Bankers Trust
Company, Four Albany Street, New York, New York 10006, or to such other person
or at such other address as the Collateral Agent may from time to time specify
in writing to the Consenting Party. By executing this Consent to Assignment, the
Company hereby directs the Consenting Party to make all payments due to the
Company under any of the Contracts directly to the Collateral Agent, c/o Bankers
Trust Company, or such other person as provided for above until the Consenting
Party has received the notice referred to in the first sentence of this Section
5.
6. Protection of Collateral Agent. In the event that (a) either (i) the
Company's interest in the Energy Complex shall be sold, assigned or otherwise
transferred pursuant to the exercise of any right, power or remedy by the
Collateral Agent or pursuant to judicial proceedings or (ii) the Company rejects
any of the Contracts under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, or other similar Federal
or state statute, and such rejection is approved by the appropriate bankruptcy
court or is otherwise effective pursuant to such statute and (b) in either case
(i) no funds payable under the Contracts shall be due and payable to the
Consenting Party, (ii) the Collateral Agent shall have arranged for the curing
of any material default or breach by the Company under the Contracts that is
susceptible of being corrected by the Collateral Agent or by a purchaser at any
judicial or non-judicial sale, (iii) the Contracts shall have been terminated
pursuant to the terms thereof by reason of a default or a rejection in
bankruptcy under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, or other similar Federal or state
statute, and (iv) the effect upon the Consenting Party of any default not
susceptible of being corrected shall have been rectified, to the Consenting
Party's reasonable satisfaction, then the Consenting Party shall, within fifteen
(15) days after receipt of written request therefor, execute and deliver to the
Collateral Agent or its nominee, purchaser, assignee or transferee (as the case
may be) an agreement containing the same terms as the Contracts so terminated
for the remainder of the term thereof. References in this Consent to Assignment
to "Contracts" shall be deemed also to refer to such new agreements.
7. Acknowledgment of the Collateral Agent's Obligations and Rights.
None of the Collateral Agent, the Senior Secured Parties or the IDB has any
obligation hereunder to extend credit to the Consenting Party or any contractor
of the Consenting Party at any time for any purpose. None of the Collateral
Agent, the Senior Secured Parties or the IDB shall have any obligation to the
Consenting Party under any of the Contracts unless and until such time as it
succeeds to the interests of the Company under such Contracts.
8. Exercise of Remedies by the Collateral Agent. Upon delivery of
written notice by the Collateral Agent to the Consenting Party that the
Collateral Agent or any of its designees or assignees (as the case may be)
expressly elects to assume the obligations of the Company under any of the
Contracts, the Collateral Agent or any of its designees or assignees shall have
the full right and power to enforce directly against the Consenting Party all
obligations of the Consenting Party under such Contracts and otherwise to
exercise all remedies thereunder and to make all demands and give all notices
and make all requests required or permitted to be made by the Company under such
Contracts. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties hereto that this
Consent has been executed by Bankers Trust (Delaware), not in its individual
capacity, but solely as Collateral Agent hereunder in the exercise of the power
and authority conferred and vested in it, and nothing contained herein shall be
construed as creating any liability on Bankers
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Trust (Delaware), individually or personally, to perform any covenant, either
express or implied, contained herein, all such liability, if any, being
expressly waived by the parties hereto.
9. The Company Not to Cause Breach. The Company hereby irrevocably
waives any rights that it may have, including those arising under any of the
Contracts, to seek to compel the Consenting Party to act in a manner
inconsistent with this Consent to Assignment while this Consent to Assignment is
in effect.
10. Representations. The Consenting Party represents and warrants to
the Company and the Collateral Agent as follows:
(a) The Consenting Party is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the State of [insert
jurisdiction of organization] and is qualified to do business in the
State of Alabama.
(b) The Consenting Party has the necessary [corporate] power
and [corporate] authority to execute, deliver and perform the Contracts
and this Consent to Assignment; the execution and delivery by the
Consenting Party of the Contracts and this Consent to Assignment and
the performance of its obligations thereunder and hereunder have been
duly authorized by all necessary [corporate] action and do not and will
not (i) require any consent or approval of the Consenting Party's
[insert board of directors and shareholders or other governing body and
holders of ownership interests], except for those consents and
approvals that have been duly obtained and are in full force and
effect, (ii) violate any provision of the [insert name of charter and
by-laws] of the Consenting Party or any provision of any law, rule or
regulation, or any order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree,
determination or award having applicability to the Consenting Party,
(iii) result in a breach of or constitute a default under any
indenture, loan agreement, credit agreement or any other agreement,
lease or instrument to which the Consenting Party is a party or by
which it or its properties may be bound or affected or (iv) result in,
or require, the creation or imposition of any mortgage, deed of trust,
pledge, lien, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any nature
now owned or hereafter acquired by the Consenting Party; and the
Consenting Party is not in violation, breach or default of any
provision of the [insert name of charter and bylaws] of the Consenting
Party or any provision of any law, rule, regulation, order, writ,
judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award having
applicability to the Consenting Party or any agreement referred to
above in clause (iii) of this Section 10(b), which violation could have
a material adverse effect on the ability of the Consenting Party to
perform its obligations under this Consent to Assignment or any
Contract.
(c) Each of the Contracts and this Consent to Assignment has
been duly executed and delivered and constitutes a valid and binding
obligation of the Consenting Party, enforceable against the Consenting
Party in accordance with its terms, except to the extent that
enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
moratorium, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors' rights and general equitable principles
(regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a
proceeding in equity or in law).
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(d) No consent or approval of, or other action by, or any
notice or filing with, any court or administrative or governmental body
(except those previously obtained and in full force and effect) is
required in connection with the execution and delivery of any of the
Contracts or this Consent to Assignment or the performance by the
Consenting Party of its obligations thereunder or hereunder; and the
Consenting Party has obtained all permits, licenses, approvals,
consents, authorizations and exemptions with respect to the performance
of its obligations under the Contracts and this Consent to Assignment
required by applicable laws, statutes, rules and regulations in effect
as of the date hereof.
(e) The Consenting Party is not in default with respect to any
of the Contracts and has no knowledge, as of the date hereof, of any
claims or, except as otherwise set forth in the Contracts, rights of
set-off by the Consenting Party or by any of its affiliates against the
Company. The Consenting Party will not exercise any right of set-off it
may have against the Company or Mobile Energy under any Contract other
than with respect to matters arising under such Contract.
(f) There are no proceedings pending or, to the best of the
Consenting Party's knowledge after due inquiry, threatened against or
affecting the Consenting Party in any court or before any governmental
authority or arbitration board or tribunal (whether or not purportedly
on behalf of the Consenting Party) that may result in a material
adverse effect on the property, business, prospects or financial
condition of the Consenting Party or on the ability of the Consenting
Party to perform its obligations under, or that purports to affect the
legality, validity or enforceability of, any of the Contracts or this
Consent to Assignment; and the Consenting Party is not in default with
respect to any order of any court, governmental authority or
arbitration board or tribunal that may result in a material adverse
effect on the Consenting Party's ability to perform its obligations
under this Consent to Assignment or the Contracts.
11. Binding Upon Successors. All agreements, covenants, conditions,
representations and warranties in this Consent to Assignment shall be binding
upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the successors and
assigns of each of the parties hereto.
12. Captions. The captions or headings at the beginning of each
Section hereof are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction
hereof.
13. Governing Law. THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL,
PURSUANT TO SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BE GOVERNED
BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REFERENCE TO THE CHOICE OF LAW
PROVISIONS THEREOF (OTHER THAN SUCH SECTION 5-1401).
14. Amendment. This Consent to Assignment may be modified, amended or
rescinded only by a writing expressly referring to this Consent to Assignment
and signed by all of the parties hereto.
15. Severability. Any provision of this Consent to Assignment that
may be determined by competent authority to be invalid or unenforceable in any
jurisdiction shall, as to such
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jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity or
unenforceability without invalidating or rendering unenforceable any remaining
terms and provisions hereof, and such invalidity or unenforceability shall not
invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
16. Counterparts. This Consent to Assignment may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the
same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Consenting Party, the Collateral Agent
and the Company have duly executed this Consent to Assignment as of the date
first above written.
[insert name of the Consenting Party],
a [insert jurisdiction of organization],
as the Consenting Party
By:
Name:
Title:
BANKERS TRUST (DELAWARE),
a Delaware corporation, not in its individual capacity,
but solely as the Collateral Agent
By:
Name:
Title:
MOBILE ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY,
L.L.C., an Alabama limited
liability company, as the Company
By:
Name:
Title: