Exhibit 10.1
Execution Copy
 
 
PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
BY AND BETWEEN
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY,
a California corporation
and
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY,
an Arizona corporation
Dated as of
November 8, 2010
 
 

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

                              Page     ARTICLE 1 DEFINITIONS     1  
 
               
 
  1.1   Defined Terms     1  
 
  1.2   Index of Other Defined Terms     11  
 
  1.3   Interpretation     12  
 
                ARTICLE 2 PURCHASE AND SALE OF ASSETS     13  
 
               
 
  2.1   Transfer of Assets     13  
 
  2.2   Excluded Assets     16  
 
  2.3   Assumption of Liabilities     18  
 
  2.4   Excluded Liabilities     19  
 
  2.5   Control of Litigation     20  
 
  2.6   Carbon Emission Allowances     21  
 
  2.7   California Capacity Rights     22  
 
                ARTICLE 3 CLOSING     23  
 
               
 
  3.1   Closing     23  
 
  3.2   Purchase Price     23  
 
  3.3   Pre-Closing and Post-Closing Adjustments     24  
 
  3.4   Payment     25  
 
  3.5   Allocation of Purchase Price     25  
 
  3.6   Prorations     26  
 
  3.7   No Assignment if Breach     27  
 
  3.8   Deliveries by Seller     27  
 
  3.9   Deliveries by Purchaser     28  
 
  3.10   Facilities Contracts     29  
 
                ARTICLE 4 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS OF SELLER
    29  
 
               
 
  4.1   Organization and Existence     29  
 
  4.2   Execution, Delivery and Enforceability     29  
 
  4.3   No Violation     29  
 
  4.4   Compliance with Laws     30  
 
  4.5   Permits, Licenses, Etc     30  
 
  4.6   Litigation     30  
 
  4.7   Title     31  
 
  4.8   Facilities Contracts     31  
 
  4.9   Intellectual Property     31  
 
  4.10   Taxes     31  
 
  4.11   Undisclosed Liabilities     31  
 
  4.12   Brokers     31  

 

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                              Page     ARTICLE 5 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF PURCHASER     32  
 
               
 
  5.1   Organization and Existence     32  
 
  5.2   Execution, Delivery and Enforceability     32  
 
  5.3   No Violation     32  
 
  5.4   Compliance with Laws     33  
 
  5.5   Litigation     33  
 
  5.6   Brokers     33  
 
  5.7   Financing     33  
 
  5.8   Qualified for Permits     33  
 
  5.9   “AS IS” SALE     33  
 
                ARTICLE 6 COVENANTS OF EACH PARTY     34  
 
               
 
  6.1   Efforts to Close     34  
 
  6.2   Updating     36  
 
  6.3   Conduct Pending Closing     36  
 
  6.4   Consents and Approvals     37  
 
  6.5   Tax Matters     38  
 
  6.6   Risk of Loss     41  
 
  6.7   Cooperation Relating to Insurance     42  
 
  6.8   Confidentiality     42  
 
  6.9   Reasonable Cooperation     43  
 
  6.10   Title to Real Property and Leased Property     43  
 
  6.11   Right of First Refusal     43  
 
  6.12   Exclusivity     44  
 
  6.13   Post Closing — Further Assurances     44  
 
  6.14   Post Closing — Information and Records     44  
 
  6.15   Post Closing — Landfill and Remediation Costs     45  
 
                ARTICLE 7 INDEMNIFICATION     45  
 
               
 
  7.1   Indemnification by Seller     45  
 
  7.2   Indemnification by Purchaser     46  
 
  7.3   Notice of Claim     46  
 
  7.4   Defense of Third Party Claims     47  
 
  7.5   Cooperation     47  
 
  7.6   Mitigation and Limitation on Claims     47  
 
  7.7   Exclusivity     48  
 
                ARTICLE 8 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF PURCHASER AT
THE CLOSING     48  
 
               
 
  8.1   Compliance with Provisions     48  
 
  8.2   HSR Act     48  
 
  8.3   Injunction     48  
 
  8.4   Required Regulatory Approvals     48  
 
  8.5   Representations and Warranties     49  
 
  8.6   Officer’s Certificate     49  

 

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  8.7   Title Policy Insurance     49  
 
  8.8   Material Adverse Effect     49  
 
  8.9   Liens     49  
 
  8.10   Seller’s Required Consents     49  
 
  8.11   No Termination     49  
 
  8.12   Right of First Refusal and Notice     49  
 
  8.13   Termination Agreement     50  
 
  8.14   Facilities Lease Amendments     50  
 
  8.15   Fuel Agreement     50  
 
                ARTICLE 9 CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF SELLER AT THE
CLOSING     50  
 
               
 
  9.1   Compliance with Provisions     50  
 
  9.2   HSR Act     50  
 
  9.3   Injunction     50  
 
  9.4   Approvals     50  
 
  9.5   Representations and Warranties     51  
 
  9.6   Officer’s Certificate     51  
 
  9.7   No Termination     51  
 
  9.8   Right of First Refusal     51  
 
  9.9   Purchaser’s Required Consents     51  
 
  9.10   Material Adverse Effect     51  
 
  9.11   Termination Agreement     51  
 
                ARTICLE 10 TERMINATION     51  
 
               
 
  10.1   Rights To Terminate     51  
 
  10.2   Effect of Termination     52  
 
  10.3   Specific Performance; Limitation of Damages     53  
 
                ARTICLE 11 MISCELLANEOUS AGREEMENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS     53  
 
               
 
  11.1   Purchaser as Operating Agent     53  
 
  11.2   Expenses     53  
 
  11.3   Entire Document     54  
 
  11.4   Schedules     54  
 
  11.5   Counterparts     54  
 
  11.6   Severability     54  
 
  11.7   Assignability     54  
 
  11.8   Captions     54  
 
  11.9   Governing Law     54  
 
  11.10   Dispute Resolution     54  
 
  11.11   Notices     57  
 
  11.12   Time is of the Essence     58  
 
  11.13   No Third Party Beneficiaries     58  
 
  11.14   No Joint Venture     59  
 
  11.15   Construction of Agreement     59  

 

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  11.16   Effect of Closing Over Known Unsatisfied Conditions or Breached
Representations, Warranties or Covenants     59  
 
  11.17   Conflicts     59  
 
  11.18   Waiver of Compliance     59  
 
  11.19   Survival     59  

Schedules

     
1.1.50(a)
  “Seller’s Officers, Employees, and Knowledgeable Persons”
1.1.50(b)
  “Purchaser’s Officers, Employees and Authorized Agents”
1.1.50(c)
  “Operating Agent’s Officers, Employees and Authorized Agents”
1.1.62
  “PNW Plans”
1.1.67
  “Purchaser’s Required Consents”
1.1.68
  “Purchaser’s Required Regulatory Approvals”
1.1.77
  “Seller’s Required Consents”
1.1.78
  “Seller’s Required Regulatory Approvals”
2.1(b)
  “Leased Real Property”
2.1(c)
  “Rights-of-Way/Easements and Water Rights”
2.1(h)
  “Seller Facilities Contracts”
2.1(p)
  “Miscellaneous Assets”
2.2(a)
  “Excluded Assets”
3.6(a)(iii)
  “Operating and Maintenance Expense Pro-Rations”
6.5(g)
  “Pollution Control Bonds”
 
   
Exhibit A
  Landfill

 

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PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT
This PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT is made as of November 8, 2010, by and between
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, a California corporation (“Seller”), and
ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, an Arizona corporation (“Purchaser”).
BACKGROUND
A. Seller desires to sell to Purchaser certain assets, which constitute all of
Seller’s participation interests in the fossil fuel generating facility known as
the Four Corners Power Plant and certain other facilities and assets associated
therewith or ancillary thereto, and Purchaser desires to purchase these assets
from Seller, all on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth;
B. Seller and Purchaser are entering into this Agreement to evidence their
respective duties, obligations and responsibilities;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the respective representations, warranties,
covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, Seller and Purchaser,
intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Defined Terms. The following terms when used in this Agreement (or in the
Schedules and Exhibits to this Agreement) with initial letters capitalized have
the meanings set forth below:
1.1.1 ACC. “ACC” means the Arizona Corporation Commission or its regulatory
successor, as applicable.
1.1.2 Affiliate. “Affiliate” of a Person means any other Person that
(a) directly or indirectly controls the specified Person; (b) is controlled by
or is under direct or indirect common control with the specified Person; or
(c) is an officer, director, employee, representative or agent or subsidiary of
the Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with
respect to any specified Person, means the power to direct the management or
policies of the specified Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, partnership or limited liability company
interests, by contract or otherwise.
1.1.3 Agreement. “Agreement” means this Purchase and Sale Agreement, together
with the Schedules and Exhibits hereto.
1.1.4 Ancillary Agreements. “Ancillary Agreements” means the Deed, the Bill of
Sale, the Assignment and Assumption Agreement and any other agreement to be
executed and delivered by the Parties under this Agreement.

 

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1.1.5 Article. “Article” means a numbered article of this Agreement. An Article
includes all the numbered sections of this Agreement that begin with the same
number as that Article.
1.1.6 Assets. “Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.
1.1.7 Assignment and Assumption Agreement. “Assignment and Assumption Agreement”
means the assignment and assumption agreement between Seller and Purchaser, to
be delivered at the Closing, in such form as shall be reasonably acceptable to
Seller and Purchaser, pursuant to which Seller shall assign to Purchaser all of
Seller’s right, title and interest in and to the Facilities Contracts, certain
intangible assets and certain other Assets, and Purchaser shall accept such
assignments and assume the Assumed Liabilities.
1.1.8 Assumed Liabilities. “Assumed Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.3.
1.1.9 Bill of Sale. “Bill of Sale” means the bill of sale from Seller to
Purchaser, to be delivered at the Closing, in such form as shall be reasonably
acceptable to Seller and Purchaser.
1.1.10 Business Day. “Business Day” means a day other than Saturday, Sunday or a
day on which banks are legally closed for business in the State of Arizona.
1.1.11 California ISO. “California ISO” means the Independent System Operator
described in Article 3 of Chapter 2.3 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the California
Public Utilities Code.
1.1.12 Capital Expenditure. “Capital Expenditure” means any additions to or
replacements of property, plant and equipment in accordance with any of the
Facilities Contracts.
1.1.13 Carbon Emission Allowance. “Carbon Emission Allowance” means an Emission
Allowance or authorization to emit one specified unit of carbon dioxide or, if
applicable, another pollutant addressed under Environmental Laws to mitigate
global warming or climate change.
1.1.14 Closing. “Closing” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
1.1.15 Closing Date. “Closing Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
1.1.16 Code. “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
1.1.17 Commercially Reasonable Efforts. “Commercially Reasonable Efforts” means
efforts by a reasonable Person in the position of a Party which are designed to
enable a Party to satisfy a condition to, or otherwise assist in the
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not require the performing Party to expend any funds or assume liabilities other
than expenditures and liabilities which are customary and reasonable in nature
and amount for transactions like those contemplated by this Agreement.
1.1.18 Confidential Information. “Confidential Information” has the meaning
ascribed to such term in the Confidentiality Agreement.
1.1.19 Confidentiality Agreement. “Confidentiality Agreement” means that certain
Multiparty Confidentiality Agreement by and among Seller, Purchaser and the
other Facilities Owners dated August 4, 2009.
1.1.20 CPUC. “CPUC” means the California Public Utilities Commission, or its
regulatory successor, as applicable.
1.1.21 Decommissioning Report. "Decommissioning Report” means the Final Report
Facility-Wide Indicative Demolition Cost Estimate for the Four Corners Power
plant issued in December of 2009 by The Shaw Group Power Generation Services.
1.1.22 Deed. “Deed” means the special warranty deed as customarily used in the
state where the Facilities are located pursuant to which Seller will convey all
of its right, title and interest in the real property Assets sold to Purchaser
under this Agreement, subject to Permitted Encumbrances.
1.1.23 Edison-Arizona Transmission Agreement. “Edison-Arizona Transmission
Agreement” means that certain Transmission Agreement between Southern California
Edison Company and Arizona Public Service Company executed July 20, 1966, as the
same may be amended to the Closing Date.
1.1.24 Effective Date. “Effective Date” means the date on which this Agreement
has been executed and delivered by the Parties.
1.1.25 Emission Allowance. “Emission Allowance” means an authorization to emit
one specified unit of pollutant or Hazardous Substance from the Assets, which
units are established by the Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over the
Assets under (a) an air pollution control and emission reduction program
designed to mitigate global warming or climate change or interstate or
intrastate transport of air pollutants, (b) a program designed to mitigate
environmental impairment of surface waters, watersheds, or groundwater or
(c) any pollution reduction program with a similar purpose. Emission Allowances
include allowances, as described above, including credits, regardless of whether
the Governmental Authority establishing such allowances designates such
allowances by a name other than “allowances.” Except as specifically addressed
in Sections 2.2(l) and 2.6 with respect to Carbon Emission Allowances and
Section 2.2(k) with respect to SO2 Emission Allowances, the amount of the
Emission Allowances shall be all Emission Allowances granted to the Facilities
or to Seller or Purchaser as a result of its or their ownership interests in the
Facilities and in existence and not consumed as of the Effective Date or
subsequently authorized in respect of the Assets, reduced by the Emission
Allowances consumed in the operation of the Facilities between the Effective
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1.1.26 Encumbrances. “Encumbrances” means any and all mortgages, pledges,
claims, liens, security interests, conditional and installment sales agreements,
easements, activity and use restrictions and limitations, exceptions,
rights-of-way, deed restrictions, defects of title, encumbrances, and charges of
any kind.
1.1.27 Environment. “Environment” means all soil, real property, air, water
(including surface waters, streams, ponds, drainage basins, washes and
wetlands), groundwater, water body sediments, drinking water supply, stream
sediments or land (including land surface or subsurface strata), fish, plants,
wildlife and other biota or other environmental medium or natural resource.
1.1.28 Environmental Condition. “Environmental Condition” means the presence,
Release or threatened Release to the Environment of Hazardous Substances,
including any migration of Hazardous Substances through the Environment, at, to
or from the Facilities or the Facilities Switchyard or the Navajo Mine
regardless of when such presence, Release or threatened Release occurred or is
discovered. As used in this Agreement, “threatened Release” shall have the
meaning ascribed thereto by the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9607(a)).
1.1.29 Environmental Laws. “Environmental Laws” means all Federal, state, local
and tribal civil and criminal laws, regulations, rules, ordinances, codes,
decrees, judgments, directives, or judicial or administrative orders relating to
the Environment or human health and welfare, as the same may be amended or
adopted, including, without limitation, those relating to Releases or threatened
Releases to the Environment or otherwise relating to the manufacture,
processing, distribution, use, treatment, storage, Release, threatened Release,
transport, disposal or handling of Hazardous Substances, including but not
limited to, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.), the Hazardous Materials Transportation
Act (49 U.S.C. § 1801 et Seq.), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (42
U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.), the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. §
1251 et seq.), the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.), the Toxic
Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. § 2601 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act (33
U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.), the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act
(42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq.), the Oil Pollution Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 2701 et
seq.), the Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Secs. 300f through 300j), the
Occupational Safety and Health Act (29 U.S.C. Sec. 651 et seq.), or any similar
laws of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the site at which
the Assets are located or otherwise applicable to the Assets.
1.1.30 Excluded Assets. “Excluded Assets” has the meaning set forth in Section
2.2.
1.1.31 Excluded Liabilities. “Excluded Liabilities” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.4.
1.1.32 Exhibits. “Exhibits” means the exhibits to this Agreement.
1.1.33 Facilities. “Facilities” means the “Four Corners Project,” as that term
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following terms in the Facilities Co-Tenancy Agreement, to the extent they
relate to the Four Corners Project, and to the extent such facilities exist, as
of the Closing Date: “Existing New Facilities,” “Existing Related Facilities,”
“Future New Facilities,” and “Future Related Facilities.”
1.1.34 Facilities Co-Tenancy Agreement. “Facilities Co-Tenancy Agreement” means
that certain Four Corners Project Co-Tenancy Agreement executed as of July 19,
1966, by and among the Facilities Owners, as the same may be amended to the
Closing Date.
1.1.35 Facilities Contracts. “Facilities Contracts” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1(h).
1.1.36 Facilities Fuel Agreement. “Facilities Fuel Agreement” means the Four
Corners Coal Supply Agreement, effective January 1, 2010, between BHP Navajo
Coal Company and the Facilities Owners, as the same may be amended to the
Closing Date.
1.1.37 Facilities Insurance Policies. “Facilities Insurance Policies” means all
insurance policies carried by or for the benefit of the Facilities Owners with
respect to the ownership, operation or maintenance of the Facilities or the
Facilities Switchyard, including all liability, property damage, self insurance
arrangements, retrospective assessments and business interruption policies in
respect thereof.
1.1.38 Facilities Lease. “Facilities Lease” means the Indenture of Lease dated
December 1, 1960 between the Navajo Tribe of Indians and Purchaser, as amended,
supplemented and revised by the Supplemental and Additional Indenture of Lease
executed as of July 6, 1966 between the Navajo Tribe of Indians and the
Facilities Owners, and as further amended by the Amendment and Supplement No. 1
to the Supplemental and Additional Indenture of Lease dated April 25, 1985
between the Navajo Tribe of Nations and the Facilities Owners, as the same may
be amended to the Closing Date.
1.1.39 Facilities Operating Agreement. “Facilities Operating Agreement” means
that certain Four Corners Project Operating Agreement entered into as of May 15,
1969, by and among the Facilities Owners, as the same may be amended to the
Closing Date.
1.1.40 Facilities Owner. “Facilities Owner” means each Person who, as of the
relevant time, is a “Participant” under the Facilities Co-Tenancy Agreement,
which, as of the date of this Agreement, means Purchaser, El Paso Electric
Company, Public Service Company of New Mexico, Salt River Project Agricultural
Improvement and Power District, Seller and Tucson Electric Power Company, in
each case in such Person’s capacity as a “Participant”.
1.1.41 Facilities Switchyard. “Facilities Switchyard” means the 500 kv and 345
kv switchyards located at and adjacent to the Facilities.
1.1.42 FERC. “FERC” means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as
established by the Department of Energy Organization Act of 1977, 42 U.S.C. §
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1.1.43 FIRPTA Affidavit. “FIRPTA Affidavit” means the Foreign Investment in Real
Property Tax Act Certificate and Affidavit of Seller, to be delivered at the
Closing.
1.1.44 Governmental Authority. “Governmental Authority” means any federal,
state, local or other government; any governmental, regulatory or administrative
agency, commission, body or other authority exercising or entitled to exercise
any administrative, executive, judicial, legislative, police, regulatory or
taxing authority or power; any court or governmental tribunal; and any Tribal
Authority; but does not include Purchaser, Seller, any Affiliate thereof, or any
of their respective successors in interest or any owner or operator of the
Assets (if otherwise a Governmental Authority).
1.1.45 Hazardous Substances. “Hazardous Substances” means (a) any petroleum,
asbestos, urea formaldehyde foam insulation and/or transformer or other
equipment that contains polychlorinated biphenyls; (b) any chemical, material or
substance defined as or included in the definition of “hazardous substances,”
“hazardous wastes,” “hazardous materials,” “hazardous constituents,” “restricted
hazardous materials,” “extremely hazardous substances,” “toxic substances,”
“toxic pollutants,” “contaminants,” “pollutants” or “hazardous air pollutants,”
or words of similar meaning and regulatory effect, under any Environmental Law;
and/or (c) any other chemical, material or substance that is listed or regulated
under any Environmental Law because it poses a hazard to human health or welfare
or the Environment.
1.1.46 HSR Act. “HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act
of 1976, as amended from time to time.
1.1.47 Income Tax. “Income Tax” means any Tax imposed by any Governmental
Authority (a) based upon, measured by or calculated with respect to gross or net
income, profits or receipts (including municipal gross receipt Taxes, capital
gains Taxes and minimum Taxes) or (b) based upon, measured by or calculated with
respect to multiple bases (including corporate franchise Taxes) if one or more
of such bases is described in clause (a), in each case together with any
interest, penalties or additions attributable to such Tax.
1.1.48 Independent Accounting Firm. “Independent Accounting Firm” means such
nationally recognized, independent accounting firm as is mutually appointed by
Seller and Purchaser for purposes of this Agreement.
1.1.49 Initial Purchase Price. “Initial Purchase Price” means Two Hundred
Ninety-Four Million Dollars ($294,000,000).
1.1.50 Knowledge. The term “Knowledge” or similar phrases in this Agreement
means: (a) in the case of Seller, the extent of the actual and current knowledge
of Seller’s officers, employees, and knowledgeable persons listed in
Schedule 1.1.50(a) at the Effective Date (or, with respect to the certificate
delivered pursuant to Section 8.6, the date of delivery of the certificate)
without any implication of verification or investigation concerning such
knowledge; (b) in the case of Purchaser, the extent of the actual and current
knowledge of Purchaser’s officers, employees and authorized agents listed in
Schedule 1.1.50(b) at the Effective Date (or, with respect to the certificate
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delivery of the certificate) without any implication of verification or
investigation concerning such knowledge; and (c) in the case of Operating Agent,
the extent of the actual and current knowledge of Operating Agent’s officers,
employees and authorized agents listed in Schedule 1.1.50(c) at the date of this
Agreement or at the Closing Date, as well as the Persons who, as of the date of
this Agreement or as of the Closing, serve as the plant manager of the
Facilities and the Person or Persons to whom the plant manager reports, without
any implication of verification or investigation concerning such knowledge.
1.1.51 Landfill. “Landfill” means that certain landfill as identified in the
sections labeled “LANDFILL” on the map attached as Exhibit A hereto.
1.1.52 Laws. “Laws” means all Federal, state, local and tribal civil and
criminal laws, regulations, rules, ordinances, codes, decrees, judgments,
directives, or judicial or administrative orders.
1.1.53 Material Adverse Effect. “Material Adverse Effect” means (x) any event,
circumstance or condition materially impairing a Party’s authority, right, or
ability to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
Ancillary Agreements, or (y) any change (or changes taken together) in, or
effect on, the Assets that is materially adverse to the operations or physical
condition of the Facilities and the Facilities Switchyard, taken as a whole,
which exist as of the Closing, including an unscheduled shutdown that is
materially adverse to the operations or physical condition of the Assets
following the Closing, but excluding (a) any change (or changes taken together)
generally affecting the international, national, regional or local electric
industry as a whole and not affecting the Assets in any manner or degree
materially different than other facilities like the Facilities, (b) any change
(or changes) resulting from the international, national, regional or local
markets for fuel used at the Facilities, (c) any change (or changes taken
together) in the North American, national, regional or local transmission
system, (d) any change (or changes taken together) to the extent constituting or
involving an Excluded Asset or Excluded Liability, or (e) any change which is
cured (including by the payment of money) before the earlier of the Closing or
the termination of the Agreement under Section 10.1.
1.1.54 Moenkopi Switchyard. “Moenkopi Switchyard” means the 500-kV transmission
switching station located at the Moenkopi Substation as defined in the
Edison-Arizona Transmission Agreement.
1.1.55 Navajo Mine. “Navajo Mine” means the coal mine located on the Navajo
Nation property that is operated by BHP Navajo Coal Company (“BHP”) and that
supplies coal to the Facilities under the Facilities Fuel Agreement.
1.1.56 Operating Agent. “Operating Agent” means Arizona Public Service Company,
as operating agent under the Facilities Co-Tenancy Agreement and the Facilities
Operating Agreement, or its successor in interest.
1.1.57 Operating Agent’s Actuary. “Operating Agent’s Actuary” means the Person
acting as the actuary for the Operating Agent with respect to the Facilities, or
its successors or assigns, which at the time of this Agreement is Towers Watson
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1.1.58 Party. “Party” means either Seller or Purchaser, as the context requires;
"Parties” means, collectively, Seller and Purchaser.
1.1.59 Pension and OPEB Liabilities. “Pension and OPEB Liabilities” means the
pension plan accumulated benefit obligation (ABO) and the other post-retirement
benefit obligation (APBO) for the Operating Agent and its Affiliates determined
in accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 87 (FAS 87),
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 106 (FAS 106) and Accounting
Standards Codification 715, as amended.
1.1.60 Permitted Encumbrances. “Permitted Encumbrances” means (a) liens for
Property Taxes and other governmental charges and assessments which are not yet
due and payable, (b) all exceptions set forth in the Preliminary Title Report to
the extent deemed approved by Purchaser under Section 6.10, (c) during the
period prior to the Closing, the lien of Seller’s Mortgage, (d) liens,
encumbrances or title imperfections with respect to the Assets created by or
resulting from the acts or omissions of Purchaser or Operating Agent, (e) liens,
charges, claims, pledges, security interests, equities and encumbrances arising
under the Facilities Contracts, or which will be and are discharged or released
either prior to, or simultaneously with, the Closing, (f) the Assumed
Liabilities, and (g) liens, charges, claims, pledges, security interests,
equities and encumbrances that do not apply only and exclusively, to the
interest of Seller but that also constitute liens, charges, claims, pledges,
security interests, equities or encumbrances upon the interests of the other
Facilities Owners in common and/or the Operating Agent, as agent for any of the
Facilities Owners and that individually, or in the aggregate, do not constitute
a Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Facilities or the Facilities
Switchyard other than Material Adverse Effects of which the Operating Agent has
Knowledge.
1.1.61 Person. “Person” means an individual, partnership, joint venture,
corporation, limited liability company, trust, association or unincorporated
organization, or any Governmental Authority.
1.1.62 PNW Plan Assets. “PNW Plan Assets” means the fair market value of the
Operating Agent’s and its Affiliates’ investments in its retirement and other
post-retirement plans listed on Schedule 1.1.62.
1.1.63 Preliminary Title Report. “Preliminary Title Report” has the meaning set
forth in Section 6.10.
1.1.64 Property Tax. “Property Tax” means any Tax resulting from and relating to
the assessment of real or personal property or a possessory interest in real or
personal property by any Governmental Authority.
1.1.65 Purchase Price. “Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section
3.2.
1.1.66 Purchaser. “Purchaser” has the meaning set forth in the introductory
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1.1.67 Purchaser’s Required Consents. “Purchaser’s Required Consents” means all
consents specified in Schedule 1.1.67, which include the consent of any Person
(other than a Governmental Authority) necessary for Purchaser’s consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements,
except where the failure to obtain such Person’s consent would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.
1.1.68 Purchaser’s Required Regulatory Approvals. “Purchaser’s Required
Regulatory Approvals” means all approvals specified in Schedule 1.1.68, which
include the approval of the purchase and sale contemplated hereby by (i) the
ACC; (ii) the FERC under the Federal Power Act, which approval shall be without
conditions or constraints that would limit Purchaser’s ability to take delivery
and deliver power from the Facilities for purposes of serving Purchaser’s retail
load or selling at wholesale on terms and conditions reasonably satisfactory to
Purchaser; and (iii) any other Governmental Authority with general regulatory
authority over Purchaser or the business and assets represented by the Assets
and whose approval is required for Purchaser’s consummation of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, except where the
failure to obtain such Governmental Authority’s approval would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.
1.1.69 Reclamation Report. “Reclamation Report” means the Final Reclamation
Closure Plan and Cost Estimate at the Navajo Mine for APS issued in August of
2010 by Marston & Marston, Inc.
1.1.70 Release. “Release” means any release, spill, leak, discharge, disposal
of, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, injecting, leaching, dumping,
depositing, dispersing, escaping or migration of a Hazardous Substance into,
onto or through the Environment or within any building, structure, facility or
fixture, including the abandonment or discarding of Hazardous Substances in
barrels, drums, or other containers.
1.1.71 Remediation. “Remediation” means any action of any kind to address an
Environmental Condition or Release or threatened Release or the presence of
Hazardous Substances on or in the Environment relating to the Facilities, the
Facilities Switchyard, the Navajo Mine or any other location at which Hazardous
Substances or non-hazardous substances or materials generated or originating at
the Facilities were transported, stored or disposed of, including the following:
(i) monitoring, investigation, treatment, cleanup, containment, remediation,
removal, mitigation, response or restoration work; (ii) obtaining any permits,
consents, approvals or authorizations of any Governmental Authority necessary to
conduct any such work; (iii) preparing and implementing any plans or studies for
such work; (iv) obtaining a written notice, from a Governmental Authority with
jurisdiction under applicable Environmental Laws that no material additional
work is required by such Governmental Authority; (v) any response to or
preparation for, any inquiry, order, hearing or other proceeding by or before
any Governmental Authority with respect to any such Environmental Condition,
Release or threatened Release or presence of Hazardous Substances, and (vi) any
other activities reasonably determined by the Operating Agent of the Facilities
or the Facilities Switchyard, as applicable, to be necessary or appropriate or
required under Environmental Laws to address an Environmental Condition, the
presence, Release or threatened Release of Hazardous Substances on or in the
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other location at which Hazardous Substances or non-hazardous substances or
materials generated or originating at the Facilities were transported, stored or
disposed of.
1.1.72 Schedules. “Schedules” means the schedules to this Agreement.
1.1.73 Section. “Section” means a numbered section of this Agreement included
within the Article that begins with the same number as that section.
1.1.74 § 323 Grants. “§ 323 Grants” means one or more grants of rights-of-way
and easements under the Act of February 5, 1948 (62 Stat. 17, 18, 25 U.S.C. §
323-328), the Act of March 3, 1879 (20 Stat. 394, 5 U.S.C. § 485), as amended,
and the Acts of July 9, 1832, and July 27, 1868 (4 Stat. 564, 15 Stat. 228. 25
U.S.C. § 2) and such regulations promulgated thereunder, as are applicable,
including 25 C.F.R. § 1.2 and 25 C.F.R. Part 169 granted to the Facilities
Owners pursuant to the Facilities Lease, as the same may be amended in
connection with the Facilities Lease amendments referenced in Section 8.14.
1.1.75 Seller. “Seller” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph
of this Agreement.
1.1.76 Seller’s Mortgage. “Seller’s Mortgage” means Seller’s First Mortgage Bond
Trust Indenture, dated as of October, 1923, as amended.
1.1.77 Seller’s Required Consents. “Seller’s Required Consents” means all
consents specified in Schedule 1.1.77, which include the consent of the trustee
under the Seller’s Mortgage if required under the Seller’s Mortgage, and any
Person (other than a Governmental Authority) necessary for Seller’s consummation
of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements,
except where the failure to obtain such Person’s consent would not have a
Material Adverse Effect.
1.1.78 Seller’s Required Regulatory Approvals. “Seller’s Required Regulatory
Approvals” means all approvals specified in Schedule 1.1.78, which include the
approval of the purchase and sale contemplated hereby by (i) the CPUC, (ii) the
FERC under the Federal Power Act, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory
to Seller, (iii) the California ISO, and (iv) any other Governmental Authority
with general regulatory authority over Seller or the business and assets
represented by the Assets and whose approval is required for Seller’s
consummation of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements, except where the failure to obtain such Governmental Authority’s
approval would not have a Material Adverse Effect.
1.1.79 Seller’s Share of Underfunded/Overfunded Pension and OPEB Liabilities.
“Seller’s Share of Underfunded/Overfunded Pension and OPEB Liabilities” means
the adjusted product of (i) Pension and OPEB Liabilities minus PNW Plan Assets,
multiplied by (ii) the proportional share of Pension and OPEB Liabilities
related to the Facilities as determined by the Operating Agent’s Actuary,
multiplied by (iii) an allocation percentage of 34.76%. This product shall
reflect an adjustment whereby (a) amounts billed by the Operating Agent to
Seller since 1982 related to Pension and OPEB Liabilities shall be assumed to
have been invested in PNW Plan Assets since such billed amounts’ respective
years of payment, and (b) the Operating Agent and its Affiliates shall be deemed
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of Pension and OPEB Liabilities at at least the same rate as the Facilities
Owners, and such contributions shall be assumed to have been invested in PNW
Plan Assets.
1.1.80 Tax. “Tax” means any federal, Tribal Authority, state, local or foreign
income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp,
occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, (including taxes under
Code Section 59A), customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits,
withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real
property (including assessments, fees or other charges based on the use or
ownership of real property), personal property, transactional, use, transfer,
registration, value added, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated tax, or
other tax of any kind whatsoever, including any interest, penalty or addition
thereto, whether disputed or not, including, without limitation, any item for
which liability arises as a transferee or successor-in-interest.
1.1.81 Tax Return. “Tax Return” means any return, report, information return,
declaration, claim for refund, or other document, together with all amendments
and supplements thereto (including all related or supporting information),
required to be supplied to any Governmental Authority responsible for the
administration of Laws governing Taxes.
1.1.82 Termination Agreement. “Termination Agreement” means the agreement
entered into on or about the Effective Date between Seller and Purchaser with
respect to the termination of the Edison-Arizona Transmission Agreement.
1.1.83 Third Party Claim. “Third Party Claim” means a claim by a Person that is
not a member of the Seller Group or the Purchaser Group, including any claim for
the costs of conducting Remediation or seeking an order or demanding that a
Person undertake Remediation.
1.1.84 Transferable Permits. “Transferable Permits” means all those permits
relating to the Facilities or the Facilities Switchyard (and all applications
pertaining thereto) which are transferable under applicable law from Seller to
Purchaser with or without a filing with, notice to, or consent or approval of
any Governmental Authority.
1.1.85 Transfer Tax. “Transfer Tax” means any sales Tax, transaction privilege
Tax, transaction Tax, conveyance fee, use Tax, stamp Tax, stock transfer Tax or
other similar Tax, including any related penalties, interest and additions
thereto.
1.1.86 Tribal Authority. “Tribal Authority” means any sovereign nation
recognized by the United States government, Indian tribe, or any governmental
subdivision, agency, department, or instrumentality thereof with the authority
to administer and collect Taxes, administer and enforce tribal laws and
administer and enforce tribal agency processes.
1.2 Index of Other Defined Terms.

         
Defined Term
  Section    
Allocation
  3.5    
Applicable Tax Law
  3.5    
Arbitrator
  11.10(e)    
BHP
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Defined Term
  Section    
Closing Adjustment
  3.3(a)    
Cost Update
  2.3(h)    
Decommissioning
  2.3(c)    
Emergency Capital Expenditures
  3.2(b)    
Estimated Adjustment
  3.3(a)    
Estimated Closing Statement
  3.3(a)    
Excess Decommissioning Costs
  2.3(c)    
Excess Reclamation Costs
  2.3(h)    
Excluded Claims
  2.2(h)    
Facilities Documents
  2.1(j)    
Facilities Permits
  2.1(i)    
Final Allocation
  3.5    
Final Pre-Closing Allocation
  3.5    
Fuel Inventory
  2.1(e)    
Indemnifiable Claim
  7.6    
Indemnitee
  7.3    
Indemnitor
  7.3    
Inventory
  2.1(f)    
JAMS
  11.10(d)    
Leased Property
  2.1(b)    
Mediator
  11.10(d)    
Notice of Claim
  7.3    
Owned Real Property
  2.1(a)    
Participating Owner
  6.12    
Pollution Control Bonds
  6.5(g)    
Post-Closing Adjustment
  3.3(b)    
Post-Closing Statement
  3.3(b)    
Preliminary Title Report
  6.10    
Proposed Post-Closing Adjustment
  3.3(b)    
Purchaser Claims
  7.1(a)    
Purchaser Group
  7.1(a)    
Receiving Party
  6.4(e)    
Reclamation
  2.3(h)    
Retained Environmental Liabilities
  2.4(i)    
Seller Claims
  7.2(a)    
Seller Group
  7.2(a)    
Seller Permits
  4.5    
Seller’s Facilities Share
  2.6(a)(i)    
SO2 Emission Allowances
  2.2(k)    
Title Insurer
  8.7    
Title Policies
  8.7    

1.3 Interpretation. In this Agreement, unless a clear contrary intention
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(b) reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but,
if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this
Agreement, and reference to a Person in a particular capacity excludes such
Person in any other capacity;
(c) reference to any gender includes each other gender;
(d) reference to any agreement (including this Agreement), document or
instrument means such agreement, document or instrument as amended or modified
and in effect from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof and, if
applicable, the terms hereof;
(e) reference to any Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit means such Article,
Section, Schedule or Exhibit to this Agreement, and references in any Article,
Section, Schedule, Exhibit or definition to any clause means such clause of such
Article, Section, Schedule, Exhibit or definition;
(f) “hereunder,” “hereof,” “hereto” and words of similar import are references
to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section or other
provision hereof or thereof;
(g) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without
limiting the generality of any description preceding such term;
(h) relative to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and
including,” “to” means “to but excluding” and “through” means “through and
including;”
(i) reference to any law (including statutes and ordinances) means such law as
amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect
from time to time, including rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and
(j) any agreement, instrument, insurance policy, statute, regulation, rule or
order defined or referred to herein or in any agreement or instrument that is
referred to herein means such agreement, instrument, insurance, policy, statute,
regulation, rule or order as from time to time amended, modified or
supplemented, including (in the case of agreements or instruments) by waiver or
consent and (in the case of statutes, regulations, rules or orders) by
succession of comparable successor statutes, regulations, rules or orders and
references to all attachments thereto and instruments incorporated therein.
ARTICLE 2
PURCHASE AND SALE OF ASSETS
2.1 Transfer of Assets. Upon the terms and subject to the satisfaction of the
conditions contained in this Agreement, at the Closing, Seller will sell,
convey, assign, transfer and deliver to Purchaser and Purchaser will purchase
and acquire from Seller, all of Seller’s interest in the Facilities and the
Facilities Switchyard, including Seller’s undivided interest therein as a tenant
in common, which Seller owns or to which Seller has rights by reason of any of
the Facilities Contracts, free and clear of all Encumbrances other than
Permitted Encumbrances, including, without limitation, Seller’s interest in the
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(a) Real Property Rights. The parcels of real property (or interests therein),
if any, owned by Seller, or by the Operating Agent on behalf of Seller, as one
of the Facilities Owners, relating to the Facilities or the Facilities
Switchyard, together with all buildings, facilities and other improvements
thereon and all appurtenances thereto, including all construction work in
process (the “Owned Real Property”);
(b) Leased Real Property. The real property leasehold estates and the related
lease or sublease agreements, if any, related to the Facilities or the
Facilities Switchyard, together with all buildings, fixtures and real property
improvements thereon and thereto, including all construction work in process
(the “Leased Property”), including, without limitation, the items set forth on
Schedule 2.1(b);
(c) Rights-of-Way/Easements and Water Rights. All rights-of-way, easements,
grants and privileges (including all water rights) appurtenant to the Owned Real
Property or the Leased Property, including, without limitation, the items set
forth on Schedule 2.1(c);
(d) Equipment. All machinery, mobile or otherwise, equipment (including computer
hardware and software and communications equipment), vehicles, tools, fixtures,
furniture and furnishings, and other tangible personal property that (i) are not
Inventory, (ii) are licensed, owned or leased by Seller, or the Operating Agent,
on behalf of the Facilities Owners or on behalf of Seller, as one of the
Facilities Owners, as of the Closing, and (iii) are related to, used, or useful,
in the operation of the Facilities or the Facilities Switchyard, or are
typically located at the Facilities, the Facilities Switchyard, the Navajo Mine
or other locations or facilities which are owned, operated, maintained or under
the control of the Operating Agent;
(e) Fuel Inventory. All coal under contract or in inventory relating to the
operation of the Facilities located at or in transit to the Facilities (the
“Fuel Inventory”);
(f) Inventory. The following items intended to be consumed at the Facilities or
the Facilities Switchyard in the ordinary course of business: inventories of
spare parts; maintenance, shop and office supplies; and other similar items of
tangible personal property in existence as of the Closing, wherever located,
excluding Fuel Inventory (the “Inventory”);
(g) Emission Allowances. All Emission Allowances, except for allowances which
are to be retained by Seller pursuant to Section 2.2(k) or Section 2.2(l);
(h) Facilities Contracts. Subject to the receipt of necessary consents and
approvals, the contracts, agreements, arrangements, licenses and leases of any
nature, (i) to which Seller, in its capacity as a Facilities Owner, is a party,
including, without limitation, the items set forth on Schedule 2.1(h), or
(ii) to which the Operating Agent, on behalf of the Facilities Owners or on
behalf of Seller, as one of the Facilities Owners, is a party, and by or to
which Seller, the Facilities, or the Facilities Switchyard are bound or subject,
in each case relating to the ownership, lease, maintenance or operation of the
Facilities or the Facilities Switchyard (the "Facilities Contracts”); provided
that Seller shall retain all rights under the Facilities Contracts with respect
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(i) Permits, Licenses, Etc. Subject to the receipt of necessary consents and
approvals, the Transferable Permits and any other permits, licenses, approvals,
registrations, franchises, certificates, other authorizations and consents of
Governmental Authorities relating to the ownership, lease, maintenance or
operation of the Facilities or the Facilities Switchyard that, in each case, as
of the Closing are in favor of the Facilities Owners, or the Operating Agent, as
agent for the Facilities Owners, except for and to the extent that such
licenses, permits, approvals, registrations, franchises, certificates, other
authorizations and consents relate to Excluded Assets (the “Facilities
Permits”);
(j) Documents. The books, records, materials, documents, information, drawings,
reports, operating data, operating safety and maintenance manuals, inspection
reports, engineering design plans, blueprints, specifications, and procedures
and similar items (i) located at and relating to the Facilities or the
Facilities Switchyard or (ii) otherwise relating to the Facilities or the
Facilities Switchyard and owned by the Facilities Owners in common or by the
Operating Agent as agent for the Facilities Owners (the “Facilities Documents”);
provided that Seller may retain, at its own expense, and may use subject to any
confidentiality obligations that may apply to the Facilities Owners, copies of
any Facilities Documents related to any Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities;
(k) Third Party Warranties. All unexpired, transferable warranties and
guarantees from third parties with respect to the Facilities or the Facilities
Switchyard or arising out of the Facilities Contracts or any contracts entered
into thereunder, except to the extent they relate to Excluded Assets or Excluded
Liabilities;
(l) Intellectual Property. All intangible assets of an intellectual property
nature, including all patents and patent rights, trademarks and trademark
rights, inventions, trade names and copyrights relating to the Facilities or the
Facilities Switchyard, including the name of the Facilities and the Facilities
Switchyard and all pending applications therefor, together with any trade
secrets relating to the Facilities or the Facilities Switchyard, in each case
that are owned in common by the Facilities Owners or by the Operating Agent as
agent for the Facilities Owners;
(m) Claims, Rights and Causes of Action. All rights in, to and under (i) any
claims, rights or causes of action against any third parties (including
indemnification, contribution and insurance claims) relating to the Assets or
the Assumed Liabilities, whether occurring prior to, on or after the Closing, if
any, including any claims for refunds, prepayments, offsets, recoupment,
insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, judgments and the like; whether
received as payment or credit against future liabilities, and (ii) any actual or
potential claim or cause of action as a Facilities Owner against the Operating
Agent, whether known or unknown, contingent or accrued, arising prior to and in
existence at the Closing, except in each case for Excluded Claims;
(n) Prepayment. Advance payments, prepayments, prepaid expenses, deposits and
the like (i) made by Seller or the Operating Agent on Seller’s behalf in the
ordinary course of business prior to the Closing specifically with respect to
the Facilities or the Facilities Switchyard, (ii) which exist as of the Closing
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(o) Insurance Proceeds. The right to any proceeds from insurance policies to the
extent covering the Assets or the Assumed Liabilities, except for Excluded
Claims; and
(p) Miscellaneous. Any miscellaneous assets necessary, useful or used in or
ancillary to operating the Facilities or the Facilities Switchyard and primarily
utilized in connection therewith but not otherwise enumerated above, including,
without limitation, the assets specified on Schedule 2.1(p), except for Excluded
Assets, which in the ordinary course of business are typically located at the
Facilities, the Facilities Switchyard, the Navajo Mine or other locations or
facilities which are owned, operated, maintained or under the control of the
Operating Agent or one of its Affiliates.
2.2 Excluded Assets. Nothing in this Agreement will constitute or be construed
as conferring on Purchaser, and Purchaser is not acquiring, any right, title or
interest of Seller in or to the following (the “Excluded Assets”), except to the
extent Seller owns an interest in any such physical assets as a tenant in common
with the other Facilities Owners, in which event such interests in such assets
are Assets:
(a) the assets listed or described on Schedule 2.2(a), which are associated with
the Assets but are specifically excluded from the sale;
(b) certificates of deposit, shares of stock, securities, bonds, debentures,
evidences of indebtedness, and interests in joint ventures, partnerships,
limited liability companies and other entities;
(c) all cash, cash equivalents, bank deposits, accounts and notes receivable
(trade or otherwise), except for such assets on deposit with, or under the
control of, the Operating Agent;
(d) any and all data and information pertaining to customers of Seller or its
Affiliates;
(e) rights in, to and under all agreements and arrangements of any nature, which
are not assigned to Purchaser under the terms of this Agreement, including any
agreements for the sale by Seller of energy, capacity or ancillary services from
the Facilities prior to the Closing, and any trade accounts receivable and all
collateral, security arrangements, notes, bonds, and other evidences of
indebtedness of and rights to receive payments arising out of or related to such
sales, including any rights with respect to any third party collection
procedures or any other actions or proceedings which have been commenced in
connection therewith;
(f) rights arising under this Agreement or any instrument or document executed
and delivered pursuant to the terms hereof;
(g) any and all books and records not described in Section 2.1(j);
(h) any rights in, to and under (i) any claims, rights or causes of action
against any third parties (including indemnification, contribution and insurance
claims) relating to the Excluded Assets or the Excluded Liabilities, whether
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if any, including any claims for refunds, prepayments, offsets, recoupment,
insurance proceeds, condemnation awards, judgments and the like; whether
received as payment or credit against future liabilities and (ii) any actual or
potential claim or cause of action as a Facilities Owner against the Operating
Agent, whether known or unknown, contingent or accrued, arising prior to and in
existence at the Closing relating to the Excluded Assets or the Excluded
Liabilities (“Excluded Claims”);
(i) all privileged or proprietary books, records, materials, documents,
information, drawings, reports, operating data, operating safety and maintenance
manuals, inspection reports, engineering design plans, blueprints,
specifications, and procedures and similar items not owned by the Facilities
Owners in common or by the Operating Agent as agent for the Facilities Owners
and any and all rights to use the same, including, without limitation,
intangible assets of an intellectual property nature such as trademarks, service
marks and trade names (whether or not registered), computer software that is
proprietary to Seller, or the use of which under the pertinent license therefor
is limited to operation by Seller or its Affiliates or on equipment owned by
Seller or its Affiliates;
(j) the right to receive mail and other communications relating to any of the
Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities, all of which mail and other
communications shall be promptly forwarded by Purchaser to Seller;
(k) Emission Allowances for sulfur dioxide (SO2) (“SO2 Emission Allowances”)
related to Seller’s share of the Facilities that are of past vintage as of the
Closing Date and either: (i) already distributed to Seller as of the Closing
Date; or (ii) in excess of the amount needed to cover the Facilities’ SO2
emissions corresponding to Seller’s ownership interest in the previous calendar
year, but not yet distributed to Seller as of the Closing Date; and Seller’s
share of the proceeds from any United States Environmental Protection Agency
auction of SO2 Emission Allowances related to the Facilities occurring before
the Closing Date, even if such proceeds have not yet been distributed as of the
Closing Date;
(l) any Carbon Emission Allowances or rights thereto retained by Seller under
Section 2.6;
(m) properties of Seller that are not used in the ownership or operation of the
Assets, or that relate to the Excluded Liabilities; and
(n) any rights specifically excluded from the definition of the Assets under
Section 2.1.
At any time or from time to time, up to ninety (90) days following the Closing,
any and all of the Excluded Assets may be removed from the Facilities and the
Facilities Switchyard by Seller (at no expense to Purchaser, but without charge
by Purchaser for temporary storage), provided that Seller shall do so in a
manner that does not unduly or unnecessarily disrupt normal business activities
at the Facilities and the Facilities Switchyard, and provided further that
Excluded Assets may be retained at the Facilities and the Facilities Switchyard
to the extent permitted by easements, licenses, agreements or similar
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2.3 Assumption of Liabilities. From and after the Closing, Purchaser will assume
the following obligations and liabilities of Seller to the extent such
obligations and liabilities relate to the Assets (the “Assumed Liabilities”):
(a) All liabilities or obligations (including, without limitation, any fines,
penalties or costs imposed by a Governmental Authority) arising under
Environmental Laws (whether such laws are enacted before or after the Closing
Date), and all liabilities and obligations relating to Environmental Conditions
or Hazardous Substances, in each case to the extent attributable to actions or
failures to act occurring, or conditions first arising, after the Closing Date
in connection with Purchaser’s ownership of the Assets or the operation thereof
or with respect to the Navajo Mine, including any threatened Releases that do
not exist prior to the Closing Date;
(b) Except for the payment obligations pro-rated to Seller under Section 3.6, or
as specifically contemplated under Section 2.4, all liabilities and obligations
under all agreements, contracts, undertakings, and licenses assigned to
Purchaser under this Agreement, including the Facilities Contracts, and the
Transferable Permits in accordance with the terms thereof, except in each case
to the extent such liabilities and obligations were incurred by Seller prior to
the Closing Date;
(c) All liabilities and obligations of Seller with respect to decommissioning
the Facilities and the Facilities Switchyard, including without limitation the
dismantling and removal of the Facilities and the Facilities Switchyard and the
restoration of their sites, as described in the Decommissioning Report
(collectively, “Decommissioning”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Decommissioning liabilities and obligations assumed by Purchaser do not include
Excess Decommissioning Costs which would otherwise constitute Retained
Environmental Liabilities and do not include liabilities and costs identified in
Section 2.4(j). “Excess Decommissioning Costs” mean, for any work included in
the Decommissioning Report, the decommissioning costs related thereto arising
from (i) changes in Environmental Laws after the Effective Date, or (ii)
Remediation activities for Environmental Conditions not reflected in the cost
estimate in the Decommissioning Report including, without limitation, any
decommissioning activities related to Morgan Lake or for soil and subsurface
Environmental Conditions, which, in either case, imposes additional costs on
Purchaser in excess of the cost estimate, if any, for that work in the
Decommissioning Report on an inflation adjusted basis;
(d) All costs of modifications to the Facilities or their operations or of
supplemental environmental projects legally required to operate the Facilities
after the Closing or agreed to by the Facilities Owners (other than the amount
of any fines or penalties which would otherwise constitute Retained
Environmental Liabilities that were avoided by the agreement to implement the
supplemental environmental projects, which amount shall be (i) as specified in
the related settlement, (ii) as agreed to by the Parties if such amount is not
specified and (iii) as determined by the provisions of Section 11.10 if the
amount is not specified and the Parties are unable to agree), whether or not the
liabilities or obligations related to such costs are alleged, claimed, enforced,
settled or paid for after the Closing Date, including without limitation the
costs of any selective catalytic reduction technology or modifications to the
Facilities related to the storage or handling of coal ash or other coal
combustion residuals required to operate the Facilities after the Closing
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coal combustion residuals, to the extent that such costs would have been
required even if the Plant were to be shut down on or about July 6, 2016.;
(e) All other liabilities expressly allocated to Purchaser in the Agreement;
(f) Subject to Section 3.2(e) and Section 3.3(b), all of Seller’s share of any
liabilities or obligations of the Operating Agent or its Affiliates with respect
to pensions or other post-employment benefits attributable to Operating Agent’s
operation of the Facilities;
(g) All Seller’s obligations, if any, under the Facilities Contracts, (i) with
respect to any Capital Expenditures that Seller cannot fund under California
law, and (ii) to fund selective catalytic reduction technology if legally
required to be installed at the Facilities; and
(h) All liabilities and obligations of Seller with respect to post-Closing
reclamation and all final reclamation of the Navajo Mine, and the site
comprising the same or on which the Navajo Mine exists or has existed as
detailed in the Reclamation Report (collectively, “Reclamation”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Reclamation liabilities and obligations
assumed by Purchaser do not include Excess Reclamation Costs which would
otherwise constitute Retained Environmental Liabilities. “Excess Reclamation
Costs” means, for any work included in the Reclamation Report, the reclamation
costs related thereto arising from (i) changes in Environmental Laws after the
Effective Date, or (ii) Remediation activities for Environmental Conditions not
reflected in the cost estimate in the Reclamation Report which, in either case,
imposes additional costs on Purchaser in excess of the cost estimate, if any,
for that work in the Reclamation Report (as supplemented by the Cost Update) on
an inflation adjusted basis. “Cost Update” means the Marston (Final Report) FCPP
Reclamation Cost Table 2010 previously delivered by the Operating Agent to the
Facilities Owners on September 21, 2010.
For the avoidance of doubt, Purchaser is not assuming any liabilities or
obligations of any of the Facilities Owners other than Seller pursuant to this
Agreement.
2.4 Excluded Liabilities. Purchaser shall not assume or be obligated to pay,
perform or otherwise discharge any liabilities or obligations of Seller other
than the Assumed Liabilities. All obligations and liabilities of Seller other
than the Assumed Liabilities are referred to herein as the “Excluded
Liabilities”, all of which Excluded Liabilities shall remain the sole
responsibility of Seller. The Excluded Liabilities include, without limitation,
the following:
(a) Any liabilities or obligations of Seller in respect of any Excluded Assets
or other assets which are not Assets and the ownership, operation and conduct of
any business in connection therewith or therefrom;
(b) Any liabilities or obligations of Seller in respect of costs under
Section 3.6 and Taxes attributable to the ownership, operation or use of Assets
before the Closing Date (except for Taxes for which Purchaser is liable pursuant
to Section 3.6) and any Taxes for which Seller is liable under Section 6.5;
(c) Except as otherwise specifically set forth in Section 2.3 herein,
liabilities or obligations arising prior to the Closing Date under any of the
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(d) Liabilities or obligations under any of the Facilities Contracts which would
be included in the Assets but for the provisions of Section 3.7, unless
Purchaser is provided with the benefits thereunder as contemplated by
Section 3.7;
(e) Except as otherwise set forth in Section 2.4(i), any fines, penalties or
costs, other than costs specified in Section 2.3(d), imposed by a Governmental
Authority with respect to the Assets resulting from (i) an investigation,
proceeding, request for information or inspection before or by a Governmental
Authority pending or, to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened prior to Closing, but
only relating to actions or omissions or conditions existing prior to the
Closing Date or (ii) violations of applicable law or illegal acts of Seller;
(f) Any liability of Seller arising out of a breach by Seller of any of its
obligations under this Agreement, the Confidentiality Agreement or the Ancillary
Agreements;
(g) Any obligation of Seller to indemnify any Person who is a member of the
Purchaser Group pursuant to ARTICLE 7;
(h) Any costs or expenses for which Seller is liable under this Agreement;
(i) Seller’s share of all liabilities or obligations (including, without
limitation, any fines, penalties or costs imposed by a Governmental Authority)
arising under Environmental Laws (whether such laws are enacted before or after
the Closing Date), and all liabilities or obligations relating to Environmental
Conditions or Hazardous Substances, to the extent attributable to actions or
failures to act occurring, or conditions first arising, prior to the Closing
Date in connection with Seller’s ownership of the Assets or the operation
thereof or with respect to the Navajo Mine, whether or not such liabilities and
obligations are alleged, claimed, enforced, settled, or paid for after the
Closing Date (the “Retained Environmental Liabilities”), but excluding all
liabilities assumed by Purchaser under Section 2.3(c), Section 2.3(d) and
Section 2.3(h), and related to any threatened Releases that do not exist prior
to the Closing Date;
(j) Seller’s share of the costs of Remediation or removal of the Landfill if the
Facilities Owners are required to Remediate or remove such Landfill under Laws,
the Facilities Lease or the § 323 Grants.
2.5 Control of Litigation.
(a) The Parties acknowledge and agree that, from and after the Closing Date, as
between Seller and Purchaser, Seller shall be entitled exclusively to control,
defend and settle any suit, action, proceeding or investigation arising out of
or related to any Excluded Assets, Excluded Liabilities or Tax and related
audit, appeals process or litigation for taxable periods occurring prior to the
Closing Date, in each case, not involving claims against the Operating Agent or
the other Facilities Owners, and Purchaser agrees to cooperate reasonably in
connection therewith, it being understood that Purchaser shall not be required
to incur any cost in connection with any such settlement but may be required to
provide a release to a third party claimant in respect of the specific matters
involved in such suit, action, proceeding or investigation; provided, however,
that Seller shall reimburse Purchaser for all reasonable costs and expenses
incurred in providing such cooperation to Seller and shall not unreasonably
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(b) The Parties acknowledge and agree that, from and after the Closing Date, as
between Seller and Purchaser, Purchaser shall be entitled exclusively to
control, defend and settle any suit, action, proceeding or investigation arising
out of or related to any Assets or Assumed Liabilities, in each case, not
involving Excluded Assets or Excluded Liabilities, and Seller agrees to
cooperate reasonably in connection therewith, it being understood that Seller
shall not be required to incur any cost in connection with any such settlement
but may be required to provide a release to a third party claimant in respect of
the specific matters involved in such suit, action, proceeding, or
investigation; provided, however, that Purchaser shall reimburse Seller for all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred in providing such cooperation to
Purchaser and shall not unreasonably interfere with Seller’s operations.
(c) For suits, actions, proceedings, or investigations arising out of or related
to both Excluded Assets and/or Excluded Liabilities, and Assets and/or Assumed
Liabilities:
(i) For suits, actions, proceedings or investigations which are reasonably
expected to result in costs and liabilities to Seller of less than two hundred
fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) and in which Seller is not a named party, such
matters shall be controlled and defended by the Operating Agent under the
Facilities Operating Agreement, with Seller exercising the rights it retains
under Section 2.1(h) through Purchaser and the costs thereof allocated between
Seller and Purchaser in accordance with the allocation of Assumed Liabilities
and Excluded Liabilities under this Agreement, provided that to the extent not
already required by Seller’s retention of rights it retains under
Section 2.1(h):
(1) Purchaser shall keep Seller informed of material developments related to
such suits, actions, proceedings or investigations in a timely manner;
(2) Seller’s approval shall be required for any compromise or settlement of any
liability or obligation of Seller, such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld; and
(3) Seller’s approval shall be required for any admission of liability or guilt
in any civil or criminal matter, with such approval at Seller’s sole discretion.
(ii) For all other suits, actions, proceedings or investigations, the Parties
agree to coordinate with each other with respect to the defense thereof. Without
limiting the foregoing, for suits, actions, proceedings or investigations in
which Seller and Purchaser are named parties, Seller and Purchaser shall discuss
the feasibility of having one counsel represent Seller and Purchaser.
2.6 Carbon Emission Allowances.
(a) To the extent that legislation and/or regulations creating and allocating
Carbon Emission Allowances are adopted after the Effective Date, the Parties
agree that Seller shall receive the Carbon Emission Allowances to which it would
have been entitled if (i) the Facilities were operated through July 6, 2016 and
(ii) Seller retained its current interest in the Facilities through that date.
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(i) Carbon Emission Allowances allocated by a Governmental Authority before
July 6, 2016: Seller will retain any Carbon Emission Allowances allocated to
Seller, or attributable to a 48% share of the Units 4 and 5 at the Plant
(“Seller’s Facilities Share”), and Purchaser will surrender to Seller any such
Carbon Emission Allowances attributable to Seller’s Facilities Share, except
that Seller will surrender to Purchaser or Purchaser will retain the Carbon
Emission Allowances needed to cover the operation of Seller’s Facilities Share
from the Closing through July 6, 2016. After the Closing, Seller shall have no
obligation to purchase any Carbon Emission Allowances if the amount of Carbon
Emission Allowances allocated to Seller or attributable to Seller’s Facilities
Share is less than the amount needed to cover such operation;
(ii) Carbon Emission Allowances allocated by a Governmental Authority after
July 6, 2016 based on any pre-July 6, 2016 measurement period: Seller will
retain any Carbon Emission Allowances allocated to Seller, or attributable to
Seller’s Facilities Share, and Purchaser will surrender to Seller any such
Carbon Emission Allowances attributable to Seller’s Facilities Share; and
(iii) Carbon Emission Allowances allocated by a Governmental Authority after
July 6, 2016 based on a post-July 6, 2016 measurement period: Seller will
surrender to Purchaser or Purchaser will retain any such Carbon Emission
Allowances.
(b) If, prior to July 6, 2016, Purchaser has the option of selecting a
measurement period for Carbon Emission Allowances for the Facilities, then the
Carbon Emission Allowances to be retained by or surrendered to Seller shall be
calculated as if Purchaser had selected the measurement period which results in
the highest amount of Carbon Emission Allowances retained by or surrendered to
Seller.
2.7 California Capacity Rights. If the Closing Date occurs prior to October 1,
2012, Seller will have the month-by-month option to retain the capacity rights
for the Seller’s Facilities Share for purposes of satisfying the requirements of
California’s Resource Adequacy program for each month from the Closing Date
until October 1, 2012. Seller may exercise such option by providing Purchaser
with twenty days advanced prior written notice of the exercise of such option
for each such month; provided that with respect to the month in which the
Closing Date occurs, if Seller has not been able to provide twenty days advanced
prior written notice, Seller shall be deemed not to have exercised such option.
In no event shall Purchaser have any obligation to secure replacement capacity
or any other remedy in the event the Facilities are not operating at full
capacity. For any month after the Closing Date for which Seller retains the
capacity rights for Seller’s Facilities Share, Purchaser shall, and shall have
the exclusive authority to, submit or cause to be submitted all bids, including
but not limited to supply bids for energy, self-schedules and self-provision of
ancillary services for Seller’s Facilities Share in the California ISO day-ahead
market, hour-ahead scheduling process and real-time market, as required for
Seller to satisfy the requirements of California’s Resource Adequacy program.
All revenues produced from such bids and self-schedules from the day-ahead
market, hour-ahead scheduling process, real-time market and other revenues
(including but not limited to revenues from ancillary services, the integrated
forward market and residual unit commitment) related to Seller’s Facilities
Share flowing from mechanisms other than the capacity market shall accrue to
Purchaser. If the energy is called for, Purchaser will deliver such energy to
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Switchyard. Any wheeling costs for energy delivery incurred by Seller for
delivery of energy from the Moenkopi Switchyard to the middle of the Colorado
River will be netted from Purchaser’s market energy revenues.
ARTICLE 3
CLOSING
3.1 Closing. The closing of the sale of the Assets to, and the assumption of the
Assumed Liabilities by, Purchaser (the “Closing”) will take place at the offices
of Arizona Public Service Company, 400 North Fifth Street, Phoenix, Arizona
85004, at 10:00 a.m. local time on the first day of the first full month
following the date on which the conditions set forth in ARTICLE 8 and ARTICLE 9
have been either satisfied or waived by the Party for whose benefit such
conditions precedent exist, or if such day is not a Business Day, on the next
succeeding Business Day, or on such other date and at such other place as the
Parties may mutually agree. The time and date of Closing is hereinafter called
the “Closing Date.” Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary,
the Closing shall be deemed to have taken place at 12:01 a.m., Fruitland, New
Mexico prevailing time, on the Closing Date, or if the Closing Date is not the
first day of the month because such day is not a Business Day, on the first day
of the month.
3.2 Purchase Price. At or, as applicable, after, the Closing, the Initial
Purchase Price shall be adjusted, without duplication, to account for the
following items and Closing Adjustments, and Post-Closing Adjustments, as set
forth in Section 3.3, the sum of which is hereinafter referred to as the
“Purchase Price”:
(a) Prorations. The Initial Purchase Price shall be adjusted to account for the
items prorated as of the Closing Date pursuant to Section 3.6.
(b) Capital Expenditures. Subject to Section 6.6, the Initial Purchase Price
will be increased by an amount equal to (i) the aggregate Capital Expenditures
funded by Seller during 2010 and 2011 in excess of its share of the aggregate
2010 and 2011 capital budgets for the Facilities approved by the Facilities
Owners, plus (ii) Capital Expenditures funded by Seller during 2012 and
thereafter, until the Closing Date, in each case minus the amount of any
depreciation Seller incurred as a result of such Capital Expenditures through
the Closing Date; provided, however, that any costs or expenditures for which
Seller is responsible under Section 2.4(i), or which are made on an emergency
basis to address actual or anticipated equipment failures that would adversely
affect the operating capacity of the Facilities prior to Closing and are
economically viable to Seller (“Emergency Capital Expenditures”), will not
increase the Initial Purchase Price; provided further that, with respect to
Emergency Capital Expenditures made in 2012 and thereafter, Seller has received
appropriate regulatory approval of cost recovery for such Emergency Capital
Expenditures. For purposes of the foregoing, an Emergency Capital Expenditure
will be considered economically viable if the net benefits to Seller associated
with making the repair up to the Closing Date exceed the net costs to Seller
associated with making the repair. This provision is intended only to address
potential adjustments to the Initial Purchase Price, and is not intended to
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(c) Timing of Closing. If the Closing Date is prior to October 1, 2012, the
Initial Purchase Price shall be increased by Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($7,500,000) for each month between the Closing Date and October 1, 2012
and if the Closing Date is after October 1, 2012, the Initial Purchase Price
shall be decreased by Seven Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($7,500,000)
for each month between October 1, 2012 and the Closing Date.
(d) California Capacity Rights. If Seller exercises its option under Section
2.7, the Initial Purchase Price shall be decreased by Three Million Dollars
($3,000,000) per month for each month for which Seller exercises its option to
retain such capacity rights.
(e) Pension and OPEB Liabilities. If Seller’s Share of Underfunded/Overfunded
Pension and OPEB Liabilities is greater than $0, the Initial Purchase Price
shall be decreased by such amount, otherwise the Initial Purchase Price shall be
increased by the absolute value of such amount, in each case, determined as of
the Closing Date pursuant to Section 3.3(b).
3.3 Pre-Closing and Post-Closing Adjustments.
(a) At least thirty (30) calendar days prior to the Closing Date, Purchaser,
with the assistance and participation of, and in consultation with, Seller,
shall prepare and deliver to Seller an estimated closing statement (the
“Estimated Closing Statement”) that shall set forth Purchaser’s best estimate of
all estimated adjustments to the Initial Purchase Price required by Section 3.2
(the “Estimated Adjustment”). Within ten (10) calendar days after the delivery
of the Estimated Closing Statement by Purchaser to Seller, Seller may object in
good faith to the Estimated Adjustment in writing. If Seller objects to the
Estimated Adjustment within such ten (10) day period, the Parties shall attempt
to resolve their differences by negotiation. If the Parties are unable to do so
prior to the Closing Date (or if Seller does not object to the Estimated
Adjustment), the Initial Purchase Price shall be adjusted (the “Closing
Adjustment”) at the Closing by the amount of the Estimated Adjustment not in
dispute. The disputed portion shall be resolved in accordance with the
provisions of Section 3.3(b) and paid as part of any Post-Closing Adjustment to
the extent required by Section 3.3(b).
(b) Within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, Purchaser, with the
assistance and participation of, and in consultation with, Seller shall prepare
and deliver to Seller a final closing statement (the “Post-Closing Statement”)
that shall set forth all adjustments to the Initial Purchase Price proposed by
Purchaser to be required by Section 3.2(a) through 3.2(e) not previously
effected by the Closing Adjustment (the “Proposed Post-Closing Adjustment”);
provided that if any adjustments to be made pursuant to Section 3.2(d) cannot be
made within sixty (60) days after the Closing Date, the Parties agree that
additional Post-Closing Statements can be subsequently prepared to address such
adjustments. To the extent applicable, the Post-Closing Statement shall be
prepared using the same accounting principles, policies and methods as the
Operating Agent has historically used in connection with the calculation of the
items reflected on such Post-Closing Statement. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing, for matters covered by Section 3.2(e), the discount rate and
other assumptions used to determine Pension and OPEB Liabilities as reflected in
the Post-Closing Statement shall be selected using the same methodology
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Pinnacle West Capital Corporation’s consolidated fiscal year-end calculations
reported in its audited financial statements. Within thirty (30) days after the
delivery of the Post-Closing Statement by Purchaser to Seller, Seller may object
in good faith to the Proposed Post-Closing Adjustment in writing, stating in
reasonable detail its objections thereto. Purchaser and Seller agree to
cooperate to exchange information used to prepare the Post-Closing Statement and
information relating thereto. If Seller objects to the Proposed Post-Closing
Adjustment, the Parties shall attempt to resolve such dispute by negotiation. If
the Parties are unable to resolve such dispute within thirty (30) days after any
objection by Seller, the Parties shall appoint the Independent Accounting Firm,
which shall, at Seller’s and Purchaser’s joint expense, review the Proposed
Post-Closing Adjustment and determine the appropriate adjustment to the Purchase
Price, if any, within thirty (30) days after such appointment. The Parties agree
to cooperate with the Independent Accounting Firm and provide it with such
information as it reasonably requests to enable it to make such determination.
For purposes of this Section 3.3(b) and wherever the Independent Accounting Firm
is retained to resolve a dispute between the Parties, the Independent Accounting
Firm may determine the issues in dispute following such procedures, consistent
with the language of this Agreement, as it deems appropriate to the
circumstances and with reference to the amounts in issue. No particular
procedures are intended to be imposed upon the Independent Accounting Firm, it
being the desire of the Parties that any such disagreement shall be resolved as
expeditiously and inexpensively as reasonably practicable. The Independent
Accounting Firm shall have no liability to the Parties in connection with such
services except for acts of bad faith, willful misconduct or gross negligence,
and the Parties shall provide such indemnities to the Independent Accounting
Firm as it may reasonably request. The finding of such Independent Accounting
Firm shall be binding on the Parties hereto. Upon determination of the
appropriate adjustment (the “Post-Closing Adjustment”) by agreement of the
Parties or by binding determination of the Independent Accounting Firm, the
Party owing the difference shall deliver such amount to the other Party no later
than two (2) Business Days after such determination, in immediately available
funds or in any other manner as reasonably requested by the payee.
3.4 Payment. Any cash payments required by this Agreement shall be paid in U.S.
dollars in immediately available funds. The recipient of such funds will
designate the account or accounts to which the funds will be wire transferred.
3.5 Allocation of Purchase Price. The Parties will file all Tax Returns
consistently with the allocation of the Purchase Price determined in accordance
with this Section 3.5. The allocation of the Purchase Price (including any
portion of the Assumed Liabilities if applicable) will be negotiated by the
Parties in accordance with Applicable Tax Law (as defined below). Purchaser
shall propose and deliver to Seller a preliminary allocation among the Assets of
the Purchase Price and such other consideration to be paid to Seller pursuant to
this Agreement (an “Allocation”) sufficiently far in advance of the Closing to
allow the Final Pre-Closing Allocation referred to below to be determined prior
to the Closing. The Allocation shall be consistent with Code Section 1060
(“Applicable Tax Law”) and the regulations thereunder and in a manner which
facilitates Property Tax reporting and shall separately allocate Assets in the
Facilities Switchyard. Seller shall within thirty (30) days thereafter propose
any changes to the Allocation. Within thirty (30) days following delivery of
such proposed changes, Purchaser shall provide Seller with a statement of any
objections to such proposed changes, together with a reasonably detailed
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resolve any disputed objections within ten (10) days thereafter, such objections
shall be referred to the Independent Accounting Firm, which shall determine the
Allocation (including any valuations). The Independent Accounting Firm shall be
instructed to deliver to Purchaser and Seller a written determination of the
proper allocation of such disputed items within twenty (20) Business Days from
the date of engagement. Such determination shall be final, conclusive and
binding upon the Parties for all purposes, and the Allocation shall be so
adjusted (the allocation, including the adjustment, if any, to be referred to as
the “Final Pre-Closing Allocation”). Within thirty (30) days of the
determination of the Post-Closing Adjustment, the Parties shall agree to the
adjustments to the Final Pre-Closing Allocation (“Final Allocation”). The fees
and disbursements of the Independent Accounting Firm attributable to any
Allocation shall be shared equally by Purchaser and Seller. Purchaser and Seller
agree to timely file Internal Revenue Service Form 8594, and all Tax Returns, in
accordance with such Allocation or Final Allocation, as the case may be, and to
report the transactions contemplated by this Agreement for Federal Income tax
and all other tax purposes in a manner consistent with the Allocation or Final
Allocation, as the case may be. Purchaser and Seller agree to promptly provide
the other Parties with any additional information and reasonable assistance
required to complete Form 8594, or compute Taxes arising in connection with (or
otherwise affected by) the transactions contemplated hereunder.
3.6 Prorations.
(a) Purchaser and Seller agree that, except as otherwise specifically provided
in this Agreement, all of the budgeted, ordinary, and recurring items normally
charged to the Facilities Owners, including those listed below (but not
including any Income Taxes and Transfer Taxes), relating to the business and
operation of the Assets, shall be prorated and charged as of the Closing Date,
without any duplication of payment under the Facilities Contracts, with Seller
liable to the extent such items relate to any time period prior to the Closing
Date, and Purchaser liable to the extent such items relate to periods commencing
with the Closing Date (measured in the same units used to compute the item in
question, otherwise measured by calendar days):
(i) Property Taxes having a lien date in the same calendar year as the Closing
Date, provided, however, with respect to any Property Taxes imposed by a Tribal
Authority, such Property Taxes shall be prorated based upon that portion of the
calendar year starting with the date of expiration of any applicable tax waiver
and ending with the last day of the calendar year of the Closing Date;
(ii) Retrospective adjustments and policyholder distributions for the applicable
period during which the Closing occurs with respect to Facilities Insurance
Policies included in the Assets occurring within twelve (12) months of Closing
or ninety (90) days after the year-end following the Closing, whichever occurs
first; and
(iii) Operating and maintenance expenses incurred in any period prior to the
Closing Date (not including Capital Expenditures) in the nature of the expenses
shown on Schedule 3.6(a)(iii) but only to the extent that the amount of such
expenses are determined within twelve (12) months of Closing or ninety (90) days
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(b) In connection with the prorations referred to in Section 3.6(a), in the
event that actual figures are not available at the Closing Date, the proration
shall be based upon the respective amounts accrued through the Closing Date or
paid for the most recent year or other, appropriate period for which such
amounts paid are available. All prorated amounts shall be recalculated and paid
to the appropriate Party within sixty (60) days after the date that the
previously unavailable actual figures become available. Seller and Purchaser
shall furnish each other with such documents and other records as may be
reasonably requested in order to confirm all proration calculations made
pursuant to this Section 3.6.
3.7 No Assignment if Breach. To the extent that Seller’s rights under any of the
Facilities Contracts to be transferred to Purchaser hereunder may not be
assigned without the consent of another Person which consent has not been
obtained, this Agreement shall not constitute an agreement to assign the same if
an attempted assignment would constitute a breach thereof or be unlawful, and
Purchaser and Seller shall cooperate and each use Commercially Reasonable
Efforts to obtain any such required consent(s) as promptly as possible. Seller
and Purchaser agree that if any consent to an assignment of any of the
Facilities Contracts to be transferred hereunder shall not be obtained or if any
attempted assignment would be ineffective or would impair Purchaser’s rights and
obligations under the applicable Facilities Contracts so that Purchaser would
not in effect acquire all such rights and obligations, Seller, to the maximum
extent permitted by law and such Facilities Contracts, shall after the Closing
appoint Purchaser to be Seller’s representative and agent with respect to such
Facilities Contracts, and Seller shall, to the maximum extent permitted by law
and such Facilities Contracts, enter into such reasonable arrangements with
Purchaser as are necessary to transfer to Purchaser the benefits and obligations
of such Facilities Contracts. Seller and Purchaser shall cooperate and shall
each use Commercially Reasonable Efforts after the Closing to obtain an
assignment of such Facilities Contracts to Purchaser.
3.8 Deliveries by Seller. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the
Closing Seller shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the following to
Purchaser:
(a) The Deed, duly executed by Seller and in recordable form, subject only to
Permitted Encumbrances and any owner’s affidavits or similar documents
reasonably required by Title Insurer;
(b) The Bill of Sale, duly executed by Seller;
(c) The Assignment and Assumption Agreement, duly executed by Seller;
(d) Evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser and its
respective counsel, of Seller’s receipt of (i) Seller’s Required Regulatory
Approvals, (ii) Seller’s Required Consents, and (iii) documentation evidencing
the release of all Encumbrances, except for Permitted Encumbrances, including
the release of Seller’s Mortgage;
(e) A Certificate of Good Standing with respect to Seller, as of a recent date,
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(f) To the extent available, originals of all of the Facilities Contracts to
which Seller has Knowledge that it is a party (other than Facilities Contracts
referenced in the proviso to Section 2.1(h)), the Transferable Permits issued to
Seller and of which it has Knowledge and, if not available, true and correct
copies thereof;
(g) A certificate addressed to Purchaser dated the Closing Date executed by a
duly authorized officer of Seller to the effect set forth in Section 8.6;
(h) A FIRPTA Affidavit to Purchaser, duly executed by Seller;
(i) Copies, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of Seller, of
corporate resolutions authorizing the execution and delivery of this Agreement,
each Ancillary, Agreement to which Seller is a party and the authorization or
ratification of all of the other agreements and instruments, in each case, to be
executed and delivered by Seller in connection herewith;
(j) A certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of Seller identifying
the name and title and bearing the signatures of the officers of Seller
authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement, each Ancillary Agreement to
which Seller, is a party and the other agreements and instruments contemplated
hereby; and
(k) All such other agreements, documents, instruments and writings required to
be delivered by Seller at or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to this
Agreement necessary to sell, assign, convey, transfer and deliver all of
Seller’s rights, title and interests in and to the Assets, to Purchaser, in
accordance with this Agreement and, where necessary or desirable, in recordable
form.
3.9 Deliveries by Purchaser. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, at the
Closing, Purchaser shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, the following to
Seller:
(a) The Purchase Price, by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the
account of Seller designated by Seller in writing on or before the Closing Date;
(b) The Assignment and Assumption Agreement, duly executed by Purchaser;
(c) Evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Seller and its
respective counsel, of Purchaser’s receipt of (i) Purchaser’s Required
Regulatory Approvals, and (ii) Purchaser’s Required Consents;
(d) A Certificate of Good Standing with respect to Purchaser, as of a recent
date, issued by the ACC and the state in which the Facilities are located;
(e) A certificate dated the Closing Date executed by a duly authorized officer
of Purchaser to the effect set forth in Section 9.6;
(f) Copies, certified by the Secretary or Associate Secretary of Purchaser, of
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to which Purchaser is a party and the authorization or ratification of all of
the agreements and instruments, in each case, to be executed and delivered by
Purchaser in connection herewith;
(g) A certificate of the Secretary or Associate Secretary of Purchaser
identifying the name and title and bearing the signatures of the officers of
Purchaser authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement, each Ancillary
Agreement to which Purchaser is a party and the other agreements contemplated
hereby; and
(h) All such other agreements, documents, instruments and writings required to
be delivered by Purchaser at or prior to the Closing Date pursuant to this
Agreement.
3.10 Facilities Contracts. The Parties agree that between the date hereof and
the Closing Date, the ownership, lease, maintenance and operation of the
Facilities and the Facilities Switchyard will be governed by the Facilities
Contracts.
ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND DISCLAIMERS OF SELLER
Except as set forth in Seller’s Schedule of Exceptions corresponding to the
Section of this Agreement to which such disclosure applies, Seller represents,
warrants and, where specified, disclaims to Purchaser as follows:
4.1 Organization and Existence. Seller is a corporation, duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of California and has
all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to carry on its business as is now being conducted. Seller is
duly qualified to do business and is in good standing in the state where the
Facilities are located. Seller has heretofore delivered to Purchaser complete
and correct copies of its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws as currently in
effect.
4.2 Execution, Delivery and Enforceability. Seller has full corporate power to
enter into, and carry out its obligations under, this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements which are executed by Seller and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements which are executed by
Seller, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action
required on the part of Seller and no other corporate proceedings on the part of
Seller are necessary to authorize this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to
which it is a party or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby. Assuming Purchaser’s due authorization, execution and delivery of this
Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements when executed by Purchaser, this
Agreement does and the Ancillary Agreements when executed by Seller will
constitute the valid and legally binding obligations of Seller, enforceable
against Seller in accordance with its and their terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws of general application relating to or affecting
the enforcement of creditors’ rights and by general equitable principles.
4.3 No Violation. Subject to Seller obtaining Seller’s Required Regulatory
Approvals and Seller’s Required Consents, and except for compliance with the
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Agreements executed by Seller, nor the compliance with any provision hereof or
thereof, nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby
will:
(a) violate, or conflict with, or result in a breach of any provisions of the
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of Seller;
(b) result in a default (or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation
or acceleration) under or conflict with any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, license, or agreement or
other instrument or obligation to which Seller is a party or by which Seller or
any of the Assets may be bound, except for such defaults (or rights of
termination or acceleration) as to which requisite waivers or consents have
been, or prior to the Closing will have been, obtained or which would not,
individually or in the aggregate, create a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction, or decree,
applicable to Seller or any of its assets, except where such violations,
individually or in the aggregate, would not create a Material Adverse Effect and
will not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the
Ancillary Agreements or the validity of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby; or
(d) require consent or approval of, filing with, or notice to any Person which,
if not obtained would prevent Seller from performing its obligations hereunder.
4.4 Compliance with Laws. Seller has no Knowledge that it is in material
violation of any laws, orders, ordinances, rules, regulations or judgment of any
Governmental Authority in existence as of execution of this Agreement with
respect to the Assets, except for (a) violations or alleged violations the
subject matter of which Purchaser or the Operating Agent has Knowledge,
(b) violations or alleged violations by the Facilities Owners in common, or by
the Operating Agent acting on their behalf, or (c) violations or alleged
violations that will not have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.5 Permits, Licenses, Etc. Prior to the Closing Date, Seller will hold all
permits, registrations, franchises, certificates, licenses and other
authorizations, consents and approvals of all Governmental Authorities that
Seller requires in order to own any of the Assets (collectively, “Seller
Permits”), except for such failures to hold such Seller Permits as to which
Purchaser or the Operating Agent has Knowledge, are also failures of all of the
other Facilities Owners (or all other than the Operating Agent) or would not,
individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
4.6 Litigation. There is no claim, action, proceeding or investigation pending,
or to Seller’s Knowledge, threatened against or relating to Seller or its
Affiliates before any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority, or any
judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority,
which could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result,
or has resulted, in (a) the institution of legal proceedings to prohibit or
restrain the performance of this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements,
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) a
claim against Purchaser or its Affiliates for damages as a result of Seller
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the consummation by Seller of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby,
(c) a material impairment of Seller’s ability to perform its obligations under
this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements, or (d) a Material Adverse
Effect, except for claims, actions, proceedings or investigations pending
against, or judgments, decrees or orders involving all of the other Facilities
Owners or the Operating Agent as agent for the Facilities Owners, or as to which
Purchaser has Knowledge.
4.7 Title. Subject to the right of first refusal contained in the Facilities
Co-Tenancy Agreement, Seller has good and marketable title, or valid and
effective leasehold rights in the case of leased property, and valid and
effective licenses in the case of licensed rights, to the tangible personal
property included in the Assets to be sold, conveyed, assigned, transferred and
delivered to Purchaser by Seller, free and clear of all liens, charges, claims,
pledges, security interests, equities and encumbrances of any nature whatsoever,
except for (a) those created by Purchaser, (b) those which will be discharged or
released prior to or substantially simultaneously with, the Closing,
(c) Permitted Encumbrances, (d) those which do not apply only and exclusively to
the interest of Seller but that also apply to interests of the other Facilities
Owners in common and/or the Operating Agent, as agent for any of the Facilities
Owners, and (e) possible minor matters that do not materially interfere with the
intended use of the Assets.
4.8 Facilities Contracts. Seller has no Knowledge of any claim, action,
proceeding or investigation, pending or threatened, challenging the
enforceability against Seller of the Facilities Contracts, except for challenges
to the enforceability of such contracts against the Facilities Owners in common,
challenges of which Purchaser or the Operating Agent has Knowledge, or
challenges which are not likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
4.9 Intellectual Property. Seller does not own or otherwise have any right to
use any patent, trade name, trademark, service mark or other intellectual
property that is used in and necessary for the operation of the Facilities or
the Facilities Switchyard, other than such as may be included in the Assets or
is licensed to the Facilities Owners or the Operating Agent, acting on their
behalf.
4.10 Taxes. At least sixty (60) Business Days before the Closing, Seller will
advise Purchaser in writing of any taxing jurisdictions in which Seller owns
assets or conducts business that require a notification to a taxing authority of
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, if the failure to make such
notification, or obtain Tax clearances in connection therewith, would either
require Purchaser to withhold any portion of the Purchase Price or would subject
Purchaser to any liability for any Taxes of Seller.
4.11 Undisclosed Liabilities. Except for liabilities and obligations
specifically referred to in Section 2.3 or Section 2.4, the Assets are not, to
the Knowledge of Seller, subject to any liability or obligation that has arisen
solely as a result of an act or omission by Seller, except for Permitted
Encumbrances, acts or omissions of which Purchaser or the Operating Agent has
Knowledge, or liabilities and obligations that are not reasonably likely to have
a Material Adverse Effect.
4.12 Brokers. All negotiations relating to this Agreement and the transactions
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any valid claim against Purchaser (by reason of Seller’s actions) for a
brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment to any Person.
ARTICLE 5
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PURCHASER
Except as set forth in Purchaser’s Schedule of Exceptions corresponding to the
Section of this Agreement to which such disclosure applies Purchaser represents,
warrants and, where specified, disclaims to Seller as follows:
5.1 Organization and Existence. Purchaser is a corporation, duly organized,
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Arizona and
has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its
properties and to carry on its business as is now being conducted. Purchaser has
heretofore delivered to Seller complete and correct copies of its Articles of
Incorporation and Bylaws as currently in effect.
5.2 Execution, Delivery and Enforceability. Purchaser has full corporate power
to enter into, and carry out its obligations under, this Agreement and the
Ancillary Agreements which are executed by Purchaser and to consummate the
transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements which are executed by
Purchaser, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and
thereby, have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action
required on the part of Purchaser and no other corporate proceedings on the part
of Purchaser are necessary to authorize this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements to which it is a party or to consummate the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby. Assuming Seller’s due authorization, execution and delivery
of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements when executed by Seller, this
Agreement does and the Ancillary Agreements when executed by Purchaser, will
constitute the valid and legally binding obligations of Purchaser, enforceable
against Purchaser in accordance with its and their terms, except as such
enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
moratorium or other similar laws of general application relating to or affecting
the enforcement of creditors’ rights and by general equitable principles.
5.3 No Violation. Subject to Purchaser obtaining the Purchaser’s Required
Regulatory Approvals and the Purchaser’s Required Consents, and except for
compliance with the requirements of the HSR Act, neither the execution and
delivery of this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements executed by
Purchaser, nor the compliance with any provision hereof or thereof, nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby will:
(a) violate, or conflict with, or result in a breach of any provisions of the
Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws of Purchaser;
(b) result in a default (or give rise to any right of termination, cancellation
or acceleration) under or conflict with any of the terms, conditions or
provisions of any note, bond, mortgage, indenture, license, or agreement or
other instrument or obligation to which Purchaser is a party or by which
Purchaser may be bound, except for such defaults (or rights of termination or
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have been, obtained or which would not, individually or in the aggregate, create
a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) violate any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction, or decree,
applicable to Purchaser or any of its assets, except where such violations,
individually or in the aggregate; would not create a Material Adverse Effect and
will not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or the
Ancillary Agreements or the validity of the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby; or
(d) require consent or approval of, filing with, or notice to any Person which,
if not obtained would prevent Purchaser from performing its obligations
hereunder.
5.4 Compliance with Laws. Except as otherwise disclosed in writing by Purchaser
to Seller contemporaneously with the execution of this Agreement, Purchaser has
no Knowledge that it is in material violation of any applicable laws, orders,
ordinances, rules, regulations or judgment of any Governmental Authority in
existence as of the Effective Date with respect to the Assets, except for
violations or alleged violations that are reasonably expected not to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
5.5 Litigation. There is no claim, action, proceeding or investigation pending,
or to Purchaser’s Knowledge, threatened against or relating to Purchaser or its
Affiliates before any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority, or any
judgment, decree or order of any court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority,
which could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result,
or has resulted, in (a) the institution of legal proceedings to prohibit or
restrain the performance of this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements,
or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (b) a
claim against Seller or its Affiliates for damages as a result of Purchaser
entering into this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements, or the
consummation by Purchaser of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby,
(c) a material impairment of Purchaser’s ability to perform its obligations
under this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements, or (d) a Material
Adverse Effect.
5.6 Brokers. All negotiations relating to this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby have been carried on by Purchaser and in such a manner as
not to give rise to any valid claim against Seller (by reason of Purchaser’s
actions) for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or other like payment to any
Person.
5.7 Financing. Purchaser has now, and at the Closing Purchaser will have, liquid
capital or committed sources therefor sufficient to permit Purchaser to perform
timely its obligations hereunder and under the Ancillary Agreements.
5.8 Qualified for Permits. To Purchaser’s Knowledge, Purchaser is, or will be
prior to the Closing, qualified to obtain any Facilities Permits necessary for
the ownership and operation by Purchaser of the Assets as of the Closing in
substantially the same manner as the Assets are currently operated.
5.9 “AS IS” SALE. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED HEREIN, PURCHASER
UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT THE ASSETS ARE BEING ACQUIRED “AS IS, WHERE IS” ON
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CONDITION ON THE CLOSING DATE, AND THAT PURCHASER IS RELYING ON ITS OWN
EXAMINATION OF THE ASSETS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING AND
EXCEPT FOR THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THIS
AGREEMENT, PURCHASER UNDERSTANDS AND AGREES THAT SELLER EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ANY
REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO LIABILITIES, OPERATIONS OF THE ASSETS,
TITLE, CONDITION, VALUE OR QUALITY OF THE ASSETS OR THE PROSPECTS (FINANCIAL OR
OTHERWISE), RISKS AND OTHER INCIDENTS OF THE ASSETS AND ANY REPRESENTATION OR
WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, USAGE, SUITABILITY OR FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR
PURPOSE WITH RESPECT TO THE ASSETS OR ANY PART THEREOF, OR AS TO THE WORKMANSHIP
THEREOF, OR THE ABSENCE OF ANY DEFECTS THEREIN, WHETHER LATENT OR PATENT.
PURCHASER FURTHER AGREES THAT NO INFORMATION OR MATERIAL PROVIDED BY OR
COMMUNICATION MADE BY SELLER OR ANY REPRESENTATIVE OF SELLER WILL CAUSE OR
CREATE ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY DISCLAIMED BY THE FOREGOING EXCEPT AS
DISCLOSED IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN A SCHEDULE ATTACHED HERETO.
ARTICLE 6
COVENANTS OF EACH PARTY
6.1 Efforts to Close.
(a) Commercially Reasonable Efforts. Subject to the terms and conditions herein
provided, each of the Parties hereto agrees to use its Commercially Reasonable
Efforts to consummate and make effective, as soon as reasonably practicable, the
transactions contemplated hereby, including the satisfaction of all conditions
thereto set forth herein. Such actions shall include, without limitation,
exerting their Commercially Reasonable Efforts to (i) obtain the consents,
authorizations and approvals of all private parties and any Governmental
Authority whose consent is reasonably necessary to effectuate the transactions
contemplated hereby, (ii) effect all other necessary registrations and filings,
including, without limitation, filings under applicable laws, including the HSR
Act and all other necessary filings with the CPUC, ACC, FERC (including
applications to transfer the Facilities Switchyard), and any other Governmental
Authority, and in the case of Purchaser, negotiate the extension or renewal
referenced in Section 8.14 and the amendment referenced in Section 8.15. Each
Party will provide the other with copies of all written communications from
Governmental Authorities relating to the approval or disapproval of the
transactions contemplated by the Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements.
(b) Expenses. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are
consummated, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, all costs and
expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be paid by the Party incurring such expenses.
Notwithstanding the foregoing:
(i) Costs associated with preliminary title reports and title policies shall be
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standard coverage policies of title insurance, and the remaining costs, if any,
including costs for extended coverage and any endorsements shall be borne by
Purchaser (except that any survey costs shall be borne one-half by Purchaser and
one-half by Seller);
(ii) Documentary transfer fees, if any, will be borne by Seller and recording
costs and charges respecting real property will be borne one-half by Purchaser
and one-half by Seller; and
(iii) Except as otherwise specifically set forth in Section 6.4, all fees,
charges and costs of economists and other experts, if any, jointly retained by
Purchaser and Seller in connection with submissions made to any Governmental
Authority and advice in connection therewith respecting approval of the
transactions will be borne one-half by Purchaser and one-half by Seller.
All such charges and expenses shall be promptly settled between the Parties at
the Closing or upon termination or expiration of further proceedings under this
Agreement, or with respect to such charges and expenses not determined as of
such time, as soon thereafter as is reasonably practicable.
(c) Environmental Investigations.
(i) Prior to Closing, Seller and/or Purchaser may, at their own cost and
expense, conduct or cause to be conducted their own Phase 1 and Phase 2
environmental site assessments, and any follow up investigation, of the
Facilities and the Facilities Switchyard as Seller and/or Purchaser deem
necessary. The party conducting such assessments shall provide the other party
with (1) a copy of any written reports resulting from such assessments; and
(2) timely notice of any Environmental Condition(s) that require public
disclosure or reporting to a regulatory authority or Remediation. Purchaser
shall cooperate with and allow Seller to conduct such assessments and
investigation. The results of such assessments and investigation shall not be
binding on the Parties, and shall not be deemed to constitute an agreement by
the Parties as to the existence or extent of current Environmental Conditions at
the Facilities.
(ii) Following the Closing, Purchaser and Seller shall each appoint a
representative to serve as an environmental liaison. Purchaser’s environmental
liaison shall provide Seller’s environmental liaison with access to all
information of Purchaser related to Environmental Conditions at the Facilities,
consistent with Purchaser’s normal record creation and retention policies and
subject to a reasonable and appropriate non-disclosure agreement. The liaisons
will meet periodically to address questions of Seller and to discuss generally
Environmental Conditions at the Facilities that would affect the Retained
Environmental Liabilities, including the status of ongoing Remediation programs.
(iii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Purchaser’s
environmental liaison will provide Seller’s environmental liaison with notice of
and documentation relating to the initiation of any legal action and any
threatened legal action of which Purchaser becomes aware, in each case that
could reasonably be expected to affect Retained Environmental Liabilities.
Purchaser also will provide Seller’s liaison with a reasonable opportunity to
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on environmental expenditures in the Facilities’ annual budgets that could
reasonably be expected to affect Retained Environmental Liabilities. If
requested by Seller’s liaison, Purchaser will present Seller’s views on such
environmental expenditures to the Engineering and Operating Committee (as
defined in the Facilities Operating Agreement), and will allow Seller to
participate in such presentation.
(iv) If Seller’s liaison has significant concerns that an environmental matter
will adversely affect Retained Environmental Liabilities, and the liaisons
cannot satisfactorily address the concerns by themselves, the liaisons shall
elevate the concerns to senior officers to be designated by each party prior to
the Closing for further good faith discussions.
(v) The rights granted to Seller under this Section 6.1(c) shall not in any way
alter or limit any rights retained by Seller under Section 2.1(h). In the event
Purchaser transfers all or substantially all of the Assets to another Person and
Purchaser is no longer the Operating Agent or a Facilities Owner, Purchaser
shall cause such Person to assume Purchaser’s obligations to Seller under
Sections 6.1(c)(ii) through (v), or make such other arrangements as are
reasonably acceptable to Seller.
6.2 Updating. Seller shall promptly notify Purchaser of any changes or additions
to any of Seller’s Schedules to this Agreement with respect to the Assets or
Assumed Liabilities related thereto by the delivery of updates thereof, if any,
as of a reasonably current date prior to the Closing, but in any event not later
than three (3) Business Days prior thereto. No such updates made pursuant to
this Section shall be deemed to cure any inaccuracy of any representation or
warranty made in this Agreement as of the date hereof, unless Purchaser
specifically agrees thereto in writing, nor shall any such notification be
considered to constitute or give rise to a waiver by Purchaser of any condition
set forth in this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
Seller shall notify Purchaser promptly of the occurrence of (i) any material
casualty, physical damage, destruction or physical loss respecting, or any
material adverse change in the physical condition of the Facilities or the
Facilities Switchyard, subject to ordinary wear and tear and to routine
maintenance, reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and
(ii) any other material event likely to impair Seller’s ability to perform, if,
in the cases of clauses (i) and (ii), the occurrence is one of which Seller has
Knowledge and of which the Operating Agent does not have Knowledge.
6.3 Conduct Pending Closing. Prior to consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby or the termination or expiration of this Agreement pursuant
to its terms, and except to the extent approved by Purchaser, Seller shall:
(a) Except as required by their terms, or except to the extent agreed to by all
Facilities Owners (including Seller and Purchaser), not amend, terminate, renew,
or renegotiate any existing Facilities Contract or enter into any new Facilities
Contract, except in the ordinary course of business and consistent with
practices of the recent past, or default (or take or omit to take any action
that with or without the giving of notice or passage of time, would constitute a
default) under any of its obligations under any Facilities Contract;
(b) Not: (i) sell, lease, transfer or dispose of, or make any contract for the
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other than sales in the ordinary course of business which would not,
individually or in the aggregate; have a Material Adverse Effect upon the
operations or value of the Facilities or the Facilities Switchyard; (ii) incur,
assume, guaranty, or otherwise become liable in respect of any indebtedness for
money borrowed, in each case which would result in Purchaser assuming such
liability hereunder after the Closing; (iii) delay the payment and discharge of
any liability which, upon Closing, would be an Assumed Liability, because of the
transactions contemplated hereby; (iv) encumber or voluntarily subject to any
lien any Asset, except for Permitted Encumbrances or (v) except to the extent
approved by the other Facilities Owners, not settle any claims against the
Facilities or against Seller relating to the Facilities or the Facilities
Contracts; and
(c) Not take any action which would cause any of Seller’s representations and
warranties set forth in ARTICLE 4 to be materially false as of the Closing;
provided, that nothing in this Section 6.3 shall (i) preclude Seller from
paying, prepaying or otherwise satisfying any liability which, if outstanding as
of the Closing Date, would be an Assumed Liability or an Excluded Liability, or
(ii) preclude Seller from incurring any liabilities or obligations to any third
party in connection with obtaining such Party’s consent to any transaction
contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements; provided that any
such liabilities or obligations incurred pursuant to clause (ii) shall be
Excluded Liabilities.
(d) Seller agrees to advise Purchaser of any request that Seller intends to file
with the CPUC for approval of Capital Expenditures by Seller budgeted for 2012
and of any action taken by the CPUC with respect thereto. If the CPUC denies
such request or CPUC approval is not received by November 30, 2011, the Parties
will meet within 15 days thereafter to discuss the consequences of the CPUC
denial or failure to act, including its potential impact on the 2012 capital
budget for the Plant, the respective obligations of the Parties under the
Facilities Contracts and the operation of the Plant in 2012; it being understood
that there is no obligation of either Party to reach any agreement with respect
to any of the matters discussed.
6.4 Consents and Approvals.
(a) Subject to Section 6.1(a), as promptly as practicable after the date of this
Agreement, Seller and Purchaser shall each file or cause to be filed with the
Federal Trade Commission and the Department of Justice all notifications
required to be filed under the HSR Act and the rules and regulations promulgated
thereunder with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby. The Parties
shall consult with each other as to the appropriate time of filing such
notifications and shall agree upon the timing of such filings, respond promptly
to any requests for additional information made by either of such agencies, and
cause the waiting periods under the HSR Act to terminate or expire at the
earliest possible date after the date of filing. Purchaser and Seller shall be
equally responsible for the cost of all filing fees under the HSR Act and each
Party will bear its own costs for the preparation of any such filing.
(b) Subject to Section 6.1(a), as promptly as practicable after the date of this
Agreement, Purchaser shall file with FERC any other applications required under
the Federal Power Act for the purchase and sale contemplated hereby, which
filing(s) may be made individually by Purchaser or jointly with Seller, as
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(c) Subject to Section 6.1(a), Seller shall be responsible for obtaining CPUC
approval of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary
Agreements, and Purchaser shall be responsible for obtaining ACC approval of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, in
each case including the filing of the necessary applications therefor and
diligently prosecuting any resulting proceedings. Each Party shall afford the
other Party the opportunity to review such filings. Unless requested by the
filing Party, the other Party agrees not to intervene in the regulatory
proceedings related to the approval of the transaction.
(d) Subject to Section 6.1(a), Purchaser shall have the primary responsibility
for securing the transfer, reissuance or procurement of the Facilities Permits,
effective as of the Closing Date. Seller shall use Commercially Reasonable
Efforts to cooperate with Purchaser’s efforts in this regard and assist in any
transfer or reissuance of Facilities Permits held by Seller or the procurement
of any other Facilities Permits when so requested by Purchaser.
(e) Within fifteen (15) days after the receipt of any Purchaser’s or Seller’s
Required Regulatory Approval, the Party receiving such approval (the “Receiving
Party”) shall notify the other Party in writing if the approval contains any
condition that the Receiving Party determines could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect on the Receiving Party or, in the case of
Purchaser, on the Assets; provided, however, that if the Receiving Party does
not provide such notice to the other Party within the fifteen (15) day period
specified in this sentence, the Receiving Party shall be deemed to have accepted
such Required Regulatory Approval, including any condition contained therein,
and the condition to Closing set forth in Section 8.4 or Section 9.4, as
applicable to such Party with respect to such Required Regulatory Approval,
shall be deemed satisfied. Within fifteen (15) days after receipt of any notice
specified in the previous sentence, Seller and Purchaser shall meet to consider
what Commercially Reasonable Efforts the Receiving Party intends to take in
order to obtain the Required Regulatory Approval or to eliminate the materially
adverse conditions. After the Receiving Party has completed such agreed upon
Commercially Reasonable Efforts with respect to the materially adverse condition
contained in such Required Regulatory Approval, within fifteen (15) days of such
completion or as soon as practicable thereafter, the Receiving Party shall
notify the other Party, if the materially adverse condition has been eliminated
or remains in effect, and whether the Receiving Party either will accept such
materially adverse condition by a waiver of the applicable Closing condition in
Section 8.4 or Section 9.4 with respect to such materially adverse condition or
deem that the applicable Closing condition in Section 8.4 or Section 9.4 cannot
be satisfied due to the materially adverse condition in such Required Regulatory
Approval.
(f) From the date hereof through Closing, the Parties shall consult with each
other at the senior management executive level prior to any party intervening in
any regulatory proceeding of another Party, or commencing legal action or
pursuing contractual remedies against any other Party with respect to the
Facilities.
6.5 Tax Matters.
(a) All Transfer Taxes incurred in connection with this Agreement and the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be borne one-half by Seller and one-half
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Seller will file, to the extent required by applicable law, all necessary Tax
Returns and other documentation with respect to all such Transfer Taxes, and
Purchaser will be entitled to review such returns in advance and, if required by
applicable law, will join in the execution of any such Tax Returns or other
documentation. Not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the due date of
such Tax Returns, Purchaser shall pay Seller one-half of the amount shown as due
on such Tax Returns, as determined in accordance, with this Agreement, and
shall, to the extent required by Law, join in the execution of any such Tax
Return. Prior to the Closing Date, Purchaser will provide to Seller, to the
extent possible, an appropriate exemption certificate in connection with this
Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, with respect to each
applicable taxing authority.
(b) With respect to taxes to be prorated in accordance with Section 3.6 of this
Agreement (except for pro-rated Property Taxes required to be paid by Seller),
Purchaser shall prepare and timely file all Tax Returns required to be filed
after the Closing with respect to the Assets, if any, and shall duly and timely
pay all such Taxes shown to be due on such Tax Returns. For Property Tax
purposes, any returns or filings with a lien or due date prior to Closing shall
be prepared by Seller. Purchaser’s preparation of any such Tax Returns shall be
subject to Seller’s approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld
or delayed. Purchaser shall make such Tax Returns available for Seller’s review
and approval (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) no
later than fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the due date for filing such Tax
Returns, it being understood that Seller’s failure to approve any such Tax
Returns shall not limit Purchaser’s obligation to timely file such Tax Returns
and duly and timely pay all Taxes shown to be due thereon. Not less than five
(5) Business Days prior to the due date of any such Tax Return, Seller shall pay
to Purchaser the amount shown as due on such Tax Returns as determined in
accordance with Section 3.6 of this Agreement and shall, to the extent required
by law, join in the execution of any such Tax Returns.
(c) With respect to pro-rated Property Taxes, specifically including but not
limited to Property Tax Returns prepared and filed with any Tribal Authority,
Seller’s preparation of any such Tax Return shall be subject to Purchaser’s
approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. Seller
shall make such tax Returns available for Purchaser’s review and approval no
later than fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the due date for filing such Tax
Return, it being understood that Purchaser’s failure to approve any such Tax
Return shall not limit Seller’s obligation to timely file such Tax Returns. In
preparing and reviewing said Property Tax Returns, each Party shall cooperate
and act in good faith to resolve any disagreement related to such Tax Returns as
between the Parties or as between either Party and any Governmental Authority.
(d) Purchaser and Seller shall provide the other Party with such assistance as
may reasonably be requested by the other Party in connection with the
preparation of any Tax Return, any audit or other examination by any taxing
authority, or any judicial or administrative proceedings relating to liability
for Taxes, and each will retain and provide the requesting Party with any
records or information which may be relevant to such return, audit or
examination, proceedings or determination. Any information obtained pursuant to
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or other schedule relating to Taxes shall be kept confidential by the Parties
hereto in accordance with Section 6.8.
(e) In the event that a dispute arises between Seller and Purchaser as to the
amount of taxes, the Parties shall attempt in good faith to resolve such
dispute, and any amount so agreed upon shall be paid to the appropriate Party.
If such dispute is not resolved within thirty (30) days thereafter, the Parties
shall submit the dispute to the Independent Accounting Firm for resolution,
which resolution shall be final, conclusive and binding on the Parties.
Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the fees and
expenses of the Independent Accounting Firm in resolving the dispute shall be
borne equally by Seller and Purchaser. Any payment required to be made as a
result of the resolution of the dispute by the Independent Accounting Firm shall
be made within ten (10) days after such resolution, together with any interest
determined by the Independent Accounting Firm to be appropriate.
(f) Seller hereby certifies that all Transfer Tax liabilities of Seller accruing
before the Closing Date have been or will be fully satisfied or provided for. In
the event Purchaser is assessed any Transfer Tax with respect to the Assets for
any period prior to the Closing Date, Purchaser shall notify Seller promptly and
shall provide Seller with a validly executed power of attorney authorizing
Seller to act in Purchaser’s stead with regard to the assessment. Whether Seller
determines to contest any such assessment in whole or in part, Seller shall
indemnify and hold harmless Purchaser, in connection with any assessment of Tax
described in this Section 6.5, whether or not contested hereunder, to the extent
such Tax is determined to be due and owing, together with interest and penalties
as well as any expenses incurred (including legal fees that may be incurred by
Purchaser) in participating in any action related to such assessment. If the
laws of the State or the local taxing authority require payment of assessed
Taxes as a condition to contesting or further contesting their applicability,
Seller shall make such payments together with interest and penalties. Purchaser
agrees to cooperate fully in initiating and pursuing any action directed by
Seller for recovery of such payments and shall refund any amounts received
(including interest and penalties) within three (3) days of receipt by
Purchaser. Any action to contest Tax assessments hereunder or to recover Taxes
paid hereunder by Seller on behalf of Purchaser shall be under the control of
Seller and at Seller’s sole cost and expense.
(g) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, Purchaser covenants and agrees
that, after the Closing Date, Purchaser will, to the extent practicable, and at
Seller’s expense, (i) provide or cause to be provided written notice to Seller
sixty (60) days in advance of taking any of the actions specified on a Schedule
to be provided by Seller to Purchaser, within one hundred twenty (120) days of
the Effective Date, which Schedule shall be reasonably acceptable to Purchaser;
listing actions, including discontinuing the operation of the Facilities, or
modifications to the Assets which in Seller’s reasonable opinion could result in
a loss of the exclusion of interest on the Pollution Control Bonds from gross
income for federal income tax purposes under Code Section 103, and (ii) take any
reasonable actions which it has authority to take that are reasonably requested
by Seller in writing for the purpose of maintaining such exclusion (including
without limitation, inserting notification requirements, in operating manuals
and posting notices within the Facilities). Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, (i) Purchaser will have no liability whatsoever in
excess of $250,000 to Seller or any other Person if Purchaser fails to comply
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(ii) Purchaser shall not be required to take, or refrain from taking, any action
inconsistent with Purchaser’s rights or obligations under any of the Facilities
Contracts. Purchaser further covenants and agrees that, in the event that
Purchaser transfers any of the Assets, Purchaser, shall obtain from its
transferee a covenant and agreement that is analogous to Purchaser’s covenants
and agreements in this Section 6.5(g) pursuant to the first sentence of this
Section 6.5(g) as well as a covenant and agreement that is analogous to that of
this sentence. This covenant shall survive Closing and shall continue in effect
so long as such Pollution Control Bonds remain outstanding. Seller agrees to
promptly notify Purchaser at such time as no Pollution Control Bonds remain
outstanding. Seller will reimburse Purchaser for any expenses incurred by
Purchaser, in connection with Purchaser’s compliance with this Section 6.5(g).
The term “Pollution Control Bonds” means the pollution control bonds specified
on Schedule 6.5(g) and any refundings thereof, issued or to be issued on behalf
of Seller in connection with the Assets.
6.6 Risk of Loss.
(a) Between the date hereof and the Closing Date, all risk of loss or damage to
the property included in the Assets shall be borne by Seller.
(b) If, before the Closing Date, all or any portion of the Facilities or the
Facilities Switchyard becomes subject to or is threatened with any condemnation
or eminent domain proceeding, Seller shall notify Purchaser promptly in writing
of such fact. If such taking would create a Material Adverse Effect, then
Purchaser may, at its option, (i) receive from Seller an assignment of any
claim, settlement or proceeds thereof and proceed with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement, or (ii) terminate this Agreement pursuant to
Section 10.1.
(c) If, before the Closing Date all or any portion of the Facilities or the
Facilities Switchyard are damaged or destroyed (whether by fire, theft,
vandalism or other casualty) in whole or in part, and Seller’s share of the fair
market value of such damage or destruction or the cost of repair of the
Facilities or the Facilities Switchyard that were damaged, lost or destroyed is
less than fifteen percent (15%) of the Initial Purchase Price, Seller shall, at
its option, either (i) reduce the Purchase Price by the lesser of (x) Seller’s
share of the fair market value of the Facilities or the Facilities Switchyard
damaged or destroyed (such value to be determined as of the date immediately
prior to such damage or destruction), or (y) Seller’s share of the estimated
cost to repair or restore the same (any disagreement with respect thereto being
resolved in accordance with Section 11.10), (ii) upon the Closing, transfer the
proceeds or the rights to the proceeds of applicable insurance to Purchaser, or
(iii) bear Seller’s share of the costs of repairing, or restoring such damaged
or destroyed portions of the Facilities or the Facilities Switchyard and, at
Seller’s election, delay the Closing and any right to terminate this Agreement
for a reasonable time necessary to accomplish the same. If any part of the
Facilities or the Facilities Switchyard is damaged or destroyed (whether by
fire, theft, vandalism or other casualty) in whole or in part prior to the
Closing and the lesser of Seller’s share of the fair market value of the
Facilities or the Facilities Switchyard damaged or destroyed or Seller’s share
of the cost of repair is greater than fifteen percent (15%) of the Initial
Purchase Price, then Purchaser may elect either to (x) require Seller upon the
Closing to transfer the rights to Seller’s share of proceeds (or the right to
the proceeds) of applicable insurance to Purchaser and proceed with the
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6.7 Cooperation Relating to Insurance. Until the Closing, Seller will not take
any action that will decrease the level of insurance coverage for the Facilities
and the Facilities Switchyard as in effect on the date hereof, including,
without limitation, property damage and liability insurance, unless agreed by
the other Facilities Owners. In addition, Seller agrees to use Commercially
Reasonable Efforts to assist Purchaser in making any claims against pre-Closing
insurance policies of Seller that may provide coverage related to Assumed
Liabilities. Purchaser agrees that it will indemnify Seller for its reasonable
out-of-pocket expenses incurred in providing such assistance and cooperation. On
and after the Closing, Seller authorizes the Operating Agent to take any actions
necessary to remove Seller from any Facilities Insurance Policies and, except
with respect to insurance rights retained by Seller pursuant to Sections 2.1(m),
2.1(o) or 2.2(h), Seller agrees to waive its rights with respect to such
insurance coverage from and after the Closing. If requested by Seller, Purchaser
agrees to exercise Commercially Reasonable Efforts to assist Seller, at Seller’s
cost, in obtaining so-called “tail” coverage in respect of claims brought after
the Closing for events occurring prior to the Closing, including, if
appropriate, listing Seller as an additional insured or named insured in
policies of Purchaser and/or the Facilities Owners. Seller agrees that it will
reimburse Purchaser for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in
providing such assistance to Seller in obtaining tail coverage.
6.8 Confidentiality.
(a) General. Each Party (and its officers, employees, counsel, representatives
and agents) will, using the same degree of care as that Party takes to preserve
and safeguard its own confidential information, but not less than reasonable
care, maintain in confidence and not disclose to third Persons, any Confidential
Information received from the other Party (or its officers, employees, counsel,
representatives and agents) in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement. Each Party may disclose Confidential Information received from
the other Party if and to the extent required by law, court order, subpoena or
other lawful order of a Governmental Authority with jurisdiction, provided that
the other Party is given written notice of such disclosure ten (10) days in
advance, or as soon in advance as is reasonably practicable, or with the prior
written consent of the other Party. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to
ARTICLE 10, each Party will return promptly, if so requested by the other Party,
any Confidential Information provided to it and will use Commercially Reasonable
Efforts to return any copies thereof that may have been provided to others in
accordance with this Section 6.8. To the extent practicable, the Parties further
agree, subject to Section 6.11, to not issue any public announcement, statement,
press release or other public disclosure with respect to this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby; without the prior written consent of the other
Party, which consent will not be unreasonably withheld. To the extent the
provisions of this Section 6.8(a) conflict with the Confidentiality Agreement,
as between Seller and Purchaser, this Section 6.8(a) shall control.
(b) Regulatory Agencies. Subject to Section 6.1(a), upon the other Party’s prior
written approval (which, except as provided below, will not be unreasonably
withheld), either Party may provide Confidential Information to the CPUC, ACC,
FERC or any other Governmental Authority with jurisdiction as necessary to
obtain Seller’s Required Regulatory Approvals or Purchaser’s Required Regulatory
Approvals or approval under the HSR Act. The disclosing Party will seek
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Governmental Authority and the disclosing Party will notify the other Party as
far in advance as is practicable of its intention to release to any Governmental
Authority any Confidential Information.
6.9 Reasonable Cooperation. Each Party agrees to use Commercially Reasonable
Efforts to cooperate with the other Party to effect the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and to provide the other Party with
such access or information related to the Facilities as may reasonably be
requested in connection with such transactions. Without limiting the generality
of the forgoing, the Parties shall work with each other prior to the Closing
Date to determine if any Facilities Contract which is not currently listed on
Schedule 1.1.67 or Schedule 1.1.77, or approval of any Governmental Authority
which is not currently listed on Schedule 1.1.67 or Schedule 1.1.77, should be
listed on such Schedule.
6.10 Title to Real Property and Leased Property. As soon as reasonably possible
after the Effective Date, Seller and Purchaser shall work cooperatively to cause
Title Insurer to deliver a current preliminary title report on the real property
and leased property included in the Assets, accompanied by legible copies of all
documents referred to in the exception portion of such report, to Purchaser (the
“Preliminary Title Report”). Purchaser shall have not more than thirty (30) days
from the delivery date of the Preliminary Title Report in which to review and to
give Seller and Title Insurer written notice of any title exception which is
unacceptable to Purchaser, and, in the event any amendment is issued to the
Preliminary Title Report, Purchaser shall have not more than thirty (30) days
from the delivery of an amendment to deliver a written objection to any title
exception, appearing for the first time in such amendment. If Purchaser is
dissatisfied with any exception to title as shown in the Preliminary Title
Report, then, Seller shall have until the Closing to eliminate any disapproved
exceptions from the Preliminary Title Report, or obtain title insurance
endorsements against such exceptions. If Seller cannot remove such exceptions or
obtain title insurance endorsements before the Closing, then Purchaser may
either cancel this Agreement, or Purchaser may waive such objections and the
transaction shall close as scheduled, provided that if Purchaser disapproves any
title exception that would otherwise qualify as a Permitted Encumbrance under
Section 1.1.60 but for Purchaser’s position that such title exception
constitutes or will constitute a Material Adverse Effect, then Seller shall have
the right to terminate this Agreement on fifteen (15) Business Days’ notice
given within thirty (30) days following Purchaser’s disapproval of such title
exception. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, the following exceptions
shall be deemed accepted by Purchaser and need not be removed or endorsed over:
(a) Permitted Encumbrances, and (b) exceptions not objected to in writing by
Purchaser during the time periods set forth above.
6.11 Right of First Refusal. Seller hereby agrees to promptly orally notify
Purchaser, confirmed in writing, as to any notices received by Seller pursuant
to Section 13 of the Facilities Co-Tenancy Agreement regarding the Facilities
Owners’ right of first refusal. If one or more of the Facilities Owners
exercises their right of first refusal with respect to the Assets under the
Facilities Co-Tenancy Agreement, Purchaser shall, subject to the terms and
conditions of the Facilities Co-Tenancy Agreement and without limitation of any
of the rights of the other the Facilities Owners thereunder, automatically and
without further notice to Seller be deemed to have exercised its right of first
refusal with respect to the Assets to the maximum extent permitted by the
Facilities Co-Tenancy Agreement. In the event one or more of the Facilities
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Agreement and the Initial Purchase Price shall both be reduced to reflect the
pro rata interest in the Assets to be purchased by Purchaser pursuant to
Section 13.10 of the Facilities Co-Tenancy Agreement or as otherwise agreed to
by Seller, Purchaser and the Facilities Owner exercising its right of first
refusal, and Seller and Purchaser will enter into an amendment to this Agreement
to reflect such reductions and other changes that the Parties deem appropriate.
6.12 Exclusivity. During the term of this Agreement, and except as necessary to
fulfill its obligations under the Facilities Co-Tenancy Agreement, or an order
of the CPUC, Seller will (a) deal exclusively with Purchaser and other
Facilities Owners that elect to participate in the purchase of the Assets under
this terms of this Agreement (“Participating Owners”), and will not offer to
sell, solicit offers to sell or negotiate with any third party for the sale of
the Assets; and (b) promptly notify Purchaser and Participating Owners of any
unsolicited offer, interest or inquiry by a third party concerning a possible
purchase of the Assets and will not provide any information with respect to a
possible sale of the Assets to any third party.
6.13 Post Closing — Further Assurances. At any time or from time to time after
the Closing; each Party, will, upon the reasonable request of the other Party,
execute and deliver any further instruments or documents, and exercise
Commercially Reasonable Efforts to take such further actions as may reasonably
be required to fulfill and implement the terms of this Agreement or realize the
benefits intended to be afforded hereby. After the Closing, and upon prior
reasonable request, each Party shall exercise Commercially Reasonable Efforts to
cooperate with the other, at the requesting Party’s expense (but including only
out-of-pocket expenses to third parties and not the costs incurred by any Party
for the wages or other benefits paid to its officers, directors or employees),
in furnishing non-privileged records, information, testimony and other
assistance in connection with any inquiries, actions, audits, proceedings or
disputes involving either of the Parties hereto (other than in connection with
disputes between the Parties hereto) and based upon contracts, arrangements or
acts of Seller, Purchaser, the other Facilities Owners or the Operating Agent on
behalf of one or more of the Facilities Owners which were in effect or occurred
on, prior to, or after Closing and which relate to the Assets, including,
without limitation, arranging discussions with (and calling as a witness)
officers, directors, employees, agents, and representatives of Purchaser or
Seller.
6.14 Post Closing — Information and Records.
(a) Following the Closing, Purchaser will not dispose of any books, records,
documents or information reasonably relating to any Excluded Assets or Excluded
Liabilities except in accordance with Purchaser’s existing record retention
policies. During such period, Purchaser will permit Seller to examine and make
copies, at Seller’s expense, of such books, records, documents and information
for any reasonable purpose, including any litigation now pending or hereafter
commenced against Seller, or the preparation of income or other Tax Returns.
Seller will provide reasonable notice to Purchaser of its need to access such
books, records, documents or other information.
(b) Seller shall not be entitled to examine or copy privileged and/or attorney
work product documents or information pursuant to Section 6.14(a). If privileged
and/or attorney work product documents or information, including communications
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made available by Purchaser, Seller agrees (1) such disclosure is inadvertent,
(2) such disclosure will not constitute a waiver, in whole or in part, of any
privilege or work product, (3) such information will constitute Confidential
Information, and (4) Seller will promptly return to Purchaser (or will destroy
or make inaccessible such Confidential Information to the extent reasonably
possible and certify as such to Purchaser) all copies of such books, records,
documents or other information in the possession of Seller.
6.15 Post Closing — Landfill and Remediation Costs. Purchaser covenants that:
(a) it shall not cause the Landfill to be used or operated at any time after the
Closing; and (b) in the event that Purchaser, without Seller’s approval, enters
into (i) any lease or lease amendment or extension or (ii) any other agreement
of any kind with a Person other than a Governmental Authority, in either case
altering or purporting to alter in any material respect any obligations of
Seller with respect to Remediation of any Environmental Conditions or Hazardous
Substances or the removal or Remediation of the Landfill, Purchaser shall hold
Seller harmless from any incremental Remediation or removal costs, resulting
from such lease, lease amendment or extension or other agreement.
ARTICLE 7
INDEMNIFICATION
7.1 Indemnification by Seller.
(a) Purchaser Claims. From and after the Closing, Seller will indemnify, defend
and hold harmless Purchaser and its parents and Affiliates, and each of their
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents and successors and assigns
(collectively, the “Purchaser Group”), from and against any and all demands,
suits, penalties, obligations, damages, claims, losses, liabilities, payments,
costs and expenses (including reasonable legal, accounting and other expenses in
connection therewith) and including costs and expenses incurred in connection
with investigations, and settlement proceedings which arise out of, in
connection with, or relate to, the following (collectively, “Purchaser Claims”):
(i) any breach or violation of any covenant or agreement of Seller set forth in
this Agreement;
(ii) any breach or inaccuracy of the representations or warranties made by
Seller contained in this Agreement in ARTICLE 4;
(iii) the Excluded Liabilities; and
(iv) any loss or damages resulting from or arising out of Seller’s ownership of
the Assets prior to Closing, except for any loss or damage resulting from or
arising out of Assumed Liabilities.
(b) Seller Limitations. If the Closing occurs, the Purchaser Group will not be
entitled to any punitive, incidental, indirect, special or consequential damages
resulting from or arising out of any Purchaser Claims, including damages for
lost revenues, income, profits or tax benefits, diminution in value of the
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disruption to or loss of operation of the Assets, except to the extent due on
any Third Party Claim.
7.2 Indemnification by Purchaser.
(a) Seller Claims. From and after the Closing, Purchaser will indemnify, defend
and hold harmless Seller and its parents and Affiliates and each of their
officers, directors, employees, attorneys, agents and successors and assigns
(collectively, the “Seller Group”), from and against any and all demands, suits,
penalties, obligations, damages, claims, losses, liabilities, payments, costs
and expenses (including reasonable legal, accounting and other expenses in
connection therewith) and including costs and expenses incurred in connection
with, investigations and settlement proceedings which arise out of or relate to
the following (collectively, “Seller Claims”):
(i) any breach or violation of any covenant or agreement of Purchaser set forth
in this Agreement;
(ii) any breach or inaccuracy of any of the representations or warranties made
by Purchaser contained in this Agreement in ARTICLE 5;
(iii) the Assumed Liabilities; and
(iv) any loss or damages resulting from or arising out of Purchaser’s ownership
or operation of the Assets from and after the Closing, except for any loss or
damage resulting from or arising out of Excluded Liabilities.
(b) Purchaser Limitations. If the Closing occurs, the Seller Group will not be
entitled to any punitive, incidental, indirect, special or consequential damages
resulting from or arising out of any Seller Claim, including damages for lost
revenues, income, profits or tax benefits, diminution in the value of the
Facilities or any other damage or loss resulting from the disruption to or loss
of operation of the Assets, except to the extent due on any Third Party Claim.
7.3 Notice of Claim. Subject to the terms of this Agreement and upon a Party’s
receipt of notice of the assertion of a claim or of the commencement of any
suit, action or proceeding made or brought by any Person who is not a Party to
this Agreement or an Affiliate, the Party seeking indemnification hereunder (the
“Indemnitee”) will promptly notify the Party against whom indemnification is
sought (the “Indemnitor”) in writing of any damage, claim, loss, liability or
expense which the Indemnitee has determined has given or could give rise to a
claim under Section 7.1 or Section 7.2. (The written notice is referred to as a
“Notice of Claim.”) A Notice of Claim will specify, in reasonable detail, the
facts known to the Indemnitee regarding the claim. Subject to the terms of this
Agreement, the failure to provide (or timely provide) a Notice of Claim will not
affect the Indemnitee’s rights to indemnification; provided, however, the
Indemnitor is not obligated to indemnify the Indemnitee for the increased amount
of any claim which would otherwise have been payable to the extent that the
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7.4 Defense of Third Party Claims. The Indemnitor will defend, in good faith and
at its expense, any claim or demand set forth in a Notice of Claim relating to a
Third Party Claim and the Indemnitee, at its expense, may participate in the
defense. The Indemnitee cannot settle or compromise any Third Party Claim so
long as the Indemnitor is defending it in good faith. If the Indemnitor elects
not to contest a Third Party Claim, the Indemnitee may undertake its defense,
and the Indemnitor will be bound by the result obtained by the Indemnitee. The
Indemnitor may at any time request the Indemnitee to agree to the abandonment of
the contest of the Third Party Claim or to the payment or compromise by the
Indemnitor of the asserted claim or demand. If the Indemnitee does not object in
writing within fifteen (15) days of the Indemnitor’s request, the Indemnitor may
proceed with the action stated in the request. If within that fifteen (15) day
period the Indemnitee notifies the Indemnitor in writing that it has determined
that the contest should be continued, the Indemnitor will be liable under this
ARTICLE 7 only for an amount up to the amount which the third party to the
contested Third Party Claim had agreed to accept in payment or compromise as of
the time the Indemnitor made its request. This Section 7.4 is subject to the
rights of any Indemnitee’s insurance carrier that is defending the Third Party
Claim.
7.5 Cooperation. The Party defending the Third Party Claim will (a) consult with
the other Party throughout the pendency of the Third Party Claim regarding the
investigation, defense, settlement, trial, appeal or other resolution of the
Third Party Claim; and (b) afford the other Party the opportunity to be
associated in the defense of the Third Party Claim. The Parties will cooperate
in the defense of the Third Party Claim. The Indemnitee will make available to
the Indemnitor or its representatives all records and other materials reasonably
required by them for use in contesting any Third Party Claim (subject to
obtaining an agreement to maintain the confidentiality of confidential or
proprietary materials in a form reasonably acceptable to Indemnitor and
Indemnitee). If requested by the Indemnitor, the Indemnitee will cooperate with
the Indemnitor and its counsel in contesting any Third Party Claim that the
Indemnitor elects to contest or, if appropriate, in making any counterclaim
against the Person asserting the claim or demand, or any cross-complaint against
any Person. The Indemnitor will reimburse the Indemnitee for any expenses
incurred by Indemnitee in cooperating with or acting at the request of the
Indemnitor.
7.6 Mitigation and Limitation on Claims. As used in this Agreement, the term
“Indemnifiable Claim” means any Purchaser Claims or Seller Claims.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein:
(a) Reasonable Steps to Mitigate. The Indemnitee will take all reasonable steps
to mitigate all losses, damages and the like relating to an Indemnifiable Claim,
including availing itself of any defenses, limitations, rights of contribution,
claims against third Persons and other rights at law or equity, and will provide
such evidence and documentation of the nature and extent of the Indemnifiable
Claim as may be reasonably requested by the Indemnitor. The Indemnitee’s
reasonable steps include the reasonable expenditure of money to mitigate or
otherwise reduce or eliminate any loss or expense for which indemnification
would otherwise be due under this ARTICLE 7, and the Indemnitor will reimburse
the Indemnitee for the Indemnitee’s reasonable expenditures in undertaking the
mitigation, together with, interest thereon from the date of payment to the date
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(b) Net of Benefits. Any Indemnifiable Claim is limited to the amount of actual
damages sustained by the Indemnitee by reason of such breach or nonperformance.
(c) Minimum Claim. No Party shall have any liability or obligation to indemnify
under Section 7.1(a)(ii) or Section 7.2(a)(ii), as the case may be, unless the
aggregate amount for which such Party would be liable thereunder, but for this
provision, exceeds One Million Dollars ($1,000,000), and recovery shall be
limited only to such amounts as exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000). For
purposes of the foregoing, individual claims of Fifteen Thousand Dollars
($15,000) or less shall not be aggregated for purposes of calculating such
deductible threshold amount or for calculating damages in excess of such amount.
Nothing in this Section 7.6 is intended to modify or limit a Party’s liability
or obligation hereunder for other Indemnifiable Claims or to constitute an
assumption by Purchaser of any Excluded Liability or an assumption by Seller of
any Assumed Liability.
7.7 Exclusivity. Except for intentional fraud, following the Closing, the rights
and remedies of Seller, on the one hand, and Purchaser, on the other hand, for
money damages under this Article are, solely as between Seller on the one hand
and Purchaser on the other hand, exclusive and in lieu of any and all other
rights and remedies for money damages which each of Seller on the one hand, and
Purchaser on the other hand, may have under this Agreement under applicable Law
with respect to any Indemnifiable Claim, whether at common law or in equity.
ARTICLE 8
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS
OF PURCHASER AT THE CLOSING
The obligations of Purchaser under this Agreement to complete the purchase of
the Assets and assume the Assumed Liabilities are subject to the satisfaction or
waiver, or deemed satisfaction or waiver, on or prior to the Closing, of each of
the following conditions precedent:
8.1 Compliance with Provisions. Seller has performed or complied in all material
respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions contained in this
Agreement on its part required to be performed or complied with at or prior to
the Closing.
8.2 HSR Act. The waiting period under the HSR Act applicable to the consummation
of the sale of the Assets contemplated hereby shall have expired or been
terminated.
8.3 Injunction. No preliminary or permanent injunction or other order or decree
by any federal or state court or Governmental Authority which prevents the
consummation of the sale of the Assets contemplated herein shall have been
issued and remain in effect (each Party agreeing to cooperate in all efforts to
have any such injunction, order or decree lifted) and no Law shall have been
enacted by any state or federal government or Governmental Authority, which
prohibits the consummation of the sale of the Assets.
8.4 Required Regulatory Approvals. Without limiting the generality of Sections
6.1(a) and 6.4, Purchaser shall have received all of Purchaser’s Required
Regulatory Approvals and Seller shall have received all of Seller’s Required
Regulatory Approvals; without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
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subject to appeal from the ACC approving the purchase by Purchaser of its share
of the Facilities including financial and economic terms and conditions and the
ratemaking treatment of the transaction under this Agreement, all in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser, and without significant
conditions, modifications of the transaction or qualifications in the order that
are not reasonably acceptable to Purchaser.
8.5 Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of Seller
set forth in this Agreement (without giving effect to materiality, Material
Adverse Effect, or similar phrases in such representations and warranties) shall
be true and correct as of the Closing Date, in each case as though made at and
as of the Closing Date, except as would not individually or in the aggregate
result in a Material Adverse Effect.
8.6 Officer’s Certificate. Purchaser shall have received a certificate from
Seller, executed by an authorized officer, dated the Closing Date, to the effect
that the conditions set forth in Sections 8.1, 8.4 (insofar as it relates to
Seller’s Required Regulatory Approvals), 8.5 and 8.10 (insofar as it relates to
Seller’s Required Consents) have been satisfied by Seller.
8.7 Title Policy Insurance. Title to Assets comprised of interests in real
property and leased property shall have been evidenced by the willingness of a
title insurer mutually agreeable to the Parties (the “Title Insurer”) to issue
at regular rates ALTA owner’s, or lessee’s, as the case may be, extended
coverage policies of title insurance (1990 Form B) (the “Title Policies”), with
the general survey and creditors’ rights exceptions removed, in amounts equal to
the portion of the Purchase Price allocated to such interests, showing title to
such interests in such real property vested in Purchaser in the condition
described in Section 6.10, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances, and transfer
of such interest to Purchaser. The willingness of Title Insurer to issue the
Title Policies shall be evidenced either by the issuance thereof at the Closing
or by the title Insurer’s delivery of written commitments or binders, dated as
of the Closing (but insuring title as of the date title conveyance documents are
recorded), to issue such Title Policies within a reasonable time after the
Closing Date, subject to actual transfer of the real property in question.
8.8 Material Adverse Effect. Subject to Section 6.6, since the Effective Date,
no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to
the Facilities and the Facilities Switchyard.
8.9 Liens. Any and all liens and encumbrances (other than Permitted
Encumbrances) on the Assets, constituting personal property shall have been
released and any documents necessary to evidence such release shall have been
delivered to Purchaser.
8.10 Seller’s Required Consents. Without limiting the generality of Sections
6.1(a) and 6.4, all of Seller’s Required Consents shall have been obtained.
8.11 No Termination. Neither Party has exercised any termination right such
Party is entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 10.1.
8.12 Right of First Refusal and Notice. The right of first refusal and notice
periods set forth in Sections 13.3 and 13.4 of the Facilities Co-Tenancy
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refusal (and, in the event of an exercise of such right of first refusal, Seller
and Purchaser shall have entered into the amendment to this Agreement
contemplated by Section 6.11).
8.13 Termination Agreement. Concurrently with the Closing, closing shall have
occurred under the Termination Agreement.
8.14 Facilities Lease Amendments. Amendment No. 2 to the Facilities Lease shall
have become effective and Amendment No. 3 to the Facilities Lease shall have
been executed by the Navajo Nation and each of the Facilities Owners other than
Seller, both in substantially the form provided by Purchaser to Seller on the
Effective Date.
8.15 Fuel Agreement. Purchaser and BHP shall have executed an amendment or
replacement to the Facilities Fuel Agreement extending the period under which
coal is to be supplied thereunder until 2041, on terms reasonably acceptable to
Purchaser.
ARTICLE 9
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO OBLIGATIONS OF SELLER AT THE CLOSING
The obligations of Seller under this Agreement to complete the sale of the
Assets and transfer the Assets and Assumed Liabilities to Purchaser are subject
to the satisfaction or waiver, or deemed satisfaction or waiver, on or prior to
the Closing, of each of the following conditions precedent:
9.1 Compliance with Provisions. Purchaser has performed or complied in all
material respects with all covenants, agreements and conditions contained in
this Agreement on its part required to be performed or complied with at or prior
to the Closing.
9.2 HSR Act. The waiting period under the HSR Act applicable to the consummation
of the sale of the Assets contemplated hereby shall have expired or been
terminated.
9.3 Injunction. No preliminary or permanent injunction or other order or decree
by any federal or state court or Governmental Authority which prevents the
consummation of the sale of the Assets contemplated herein shall have been
issued and remain in effect (each Party agreeing to use its best efforts to have
any such injunction, order or decree lifted) and no Law shall have been enacted
by any state or federal government or Governmental Authority in the United
States which prohibits the consummation of the sale of the Assets.
9.4 Approvals. Without limiting the generality of Sections 6.1(a) and 6.4,
Purchaser shall have received all of Purchaser’s Required Regulatory Approvals,
and Seller shall have received all of Seller’s Required Regulatory Approvals;
without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Seller will have obtained a
final order no longer subject to appeal from the CPUC approving the application
for, inter alia, the sale of the Assets by Seller and the ratemaking treatment
of the transaction under this Agreement, including Seller’s proposed cost
recovery mechanism, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Seller,
and without significant conditions, modifications of the transaction or
qualifications in the order that are not reasonably acceptable to Seller, and
Seller shall have obtained written approval of the transaction and the
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from the California ISO or written confirmation from the California ISO that
such approval is not required.
9.5 Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of
Purchaser set forth in this Agreement (without giving effect to materiality,
Material Adverse Effect, or similar phrases in such representations and
warranties) shall be true and correct as of the Closing Date, in each case as
though made at and as of the Closing Date, except as would not individually or
in the aggregate result in a Material Adverse Effect, it being understood and
agreed to by the Parties that, with respect to Purchaser’s representation in
Section 5.4 hereof, Purchaser’s Knowledge, for purposes of this Section 9.5,
will mean Purchaser’s Knowledge as of the Closing Date, and Purchaser will be
entitled to supplement its written disclosure to Seller through the Closing
Date.
9.6 Officer’s Certificate. Seller shall have received a certificate from
Purchaser, executed by an authorized officer, dated the Closing Date, to the
effect that the conditions set forth in Sections 9.1, 9.4 (insofar as it relates
to Purchaser’s Required Regulatory Approvals), 9.5 and 9.9 (insofar as it
related to Purchaser’s Required Consents) have been satisfied by Purchaser.
9.7 No Termination. Neither Party has exercised any termination right such Party
is entitled to exercise pursuant to Section 10.1.
9.8 Right of First Refusal. The right of first refusal and notice periods set
forth in Sections 13.3 and 13.4 of the Facilities Co-Tenancy Agreement shall
have expired or all Facilities Owners other than Purchaser shall have either
waived or exercised their right of first refusal (and, in the event of an
exercise of such right of first refusal, Seller and Purchaser shall have entered
into the amendment to this Agreement contemplated by Section 6.11).
9.9 Purchaser’s Required Consents. Without limiting the generality of Sections
6.1(a) and 6.4, all of Purchaser’s Required Consents shall have been obtained,
subject to Section 3.7, and the Closing shall not result in a material breach by
Seller of a material Facilities Contract.
9.10 Material Adverse Effect. Subject to Section 6.6, since the Effective Date,
no Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to
the Facilities and the Facilities Switchyard.
9.11 Termination Agreement. Concurrently with the Closing, closing shall have
occurred under the Termination Agreement.
ARTICLE 10
TERMINATION
10.1 Rights To Terminate. This Agreement, or to the extent specifically
permitted herein a portion thereof, may, by written notice given on or prior to
the Closing Date, in the manner provided in Section 11.10, be terminated at any
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(a) by Seller if there has been a misrepresentation with respect to Purchaser’s
representations and warranties in this Agreement (without giving effect to
materiality, Material Adverse Effect, or similar phrases in such representations
and warranties) that would result in a Material Adverse Effect, or a material
default or breach by Purchaser with respect to the due and timely performance of
any of Purchaser’s covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and
such misrepresentation; default or breach is not cured by the earlier of the
Closing Date or the date thirty (30) days after receipt by Purchaser, of written
notice specifying particularly such misrepresentation, default or breach;
(b) by Purchaser if there has been a misrepresentation with respect to Seller’s
representations and warranties in this Agreement (without giving effect to
materiality, Material Adverse Effect, or similar phrases in such representations
and warranties) that would result in a Material Adverse Effect, or a material
default or breach by Seller with respect to the due and timely performance of
any of Seller’s covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement, and such
misrepresentation, default or breach is not cured by the earlier of the Closing
Date, or the date thirty (30) days after receipt by Seller of written notice
specifying particularly such misrepresentation, default or breach;
(c) by Purchaser if Purchaser is not at the time of termination in breach of
this Agreement, upon written notice to Seller, (i) if any of Purchaser’s
Required Regulatory Approvals shall have been denied (and a petition for
rehearing or refiling of an application initially denied without prejudice shall
also have been denied), or shall have been granted but are not in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to Purchaser (including, adverse conditions
relating to Purchaser or the Assets), or (ii) if the CPUC has not approved the
transaction by March 31, 2012; provided that Purchaser may only exercise the
termination right described in this clause (ii) prior to the time the CPUC
approves the transaction;
(d) by Seller if Seller is not at the time of termination in breach of this
Agreement, upon written notice to Purchaser, if any of the Seller’s Required
Regulatory Approvals shall have been denied (and a petition for rehearing or
refiling of an application initially denied without prejudice shall also have
been denied), or shall have been granted but are not in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to Seller (including adverse conditions relating to
Seller or the Assets);
(e) by Purchaser in accordance with Section 6.6;
(f) by mutual agreement of Seller and Purchaser; or
(g) by Seller or Purchaser if the conditions to such Party’s Closing have not
occurred by December 31, 2012, unless the Party seeking to terminate is then in
breach of this Agreement.
10.2 Effect of Termination. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section
10.1, all further obligations and liabilities of the Parties hereunder will
terminate, except (i) as set forth in ARTICLE 7 or as otherwise contemplated by
this Agreement, (ii) for the obligations set forth in Sections 4.12, 5.6 and 6.8
and ARTICLE 11, and (iii) for the obligations of the Parties set forth in the
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pursuant to Section 10.1(b) or Seller pursuant to Section 10.1(a), the
non-breaching party shall be entitled to liquidated damages in an amount equal
to two percent (2%) of the Initial Purchase Price. Upon termination, the
originals of any items, documents or written materials provided by one Party to
the other Party will be returned by the receiving Party to the providing Party,
and any Confidential Information retained by the receiving Party will be kept
confidential.
10.3 Specific Performance; Limitation of Damages. Seller acknowledges that the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement are unique and that Purchaser will
be irreparably injured should such transactions not be consummated in a timely
fashion. Consequently, Purchaser will not have an adequate remedy at law if
Seller shall fail to transfer, assign and convey the Assets when required to do
so hereunder. In such event, prior to any termination of this Agreement pursuant
to Section 10.1, Purchaser shall have the right, in addition to any other remedy
available in equity or law, to specific performance of such obligation by
Seller, subject to Purchaser’s performance of its obligations hereunder.
Purchaser acknowledges that the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are
unique and that Seller will be irreparably injured should such transactions not
be consummated in a timely fashion. Consequently, Seller will not have an
adequate remedy at law if Purchaser shall fail to purchase the Assets when
required to do so hereunder. In such event, prior to any termination of this
Agreement pursuant to Section 10.1, Seller shall have the right, in addition to
any other remedy available in equity or law, to specific performance of such
obligation by Purchaser, subject to Seller’s performance of its obligations
hereunder. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.1(a)(iv), 7.2(a)(iv) and
10.2, neither Party will be entitled to any punitive, incidental, indirect,
special or consequential damages, including damages for lost revenues, income or
profits, resulting from or arising out of a breach of this Agreement, whether or
not the Closing occurs.
ARTICLE 11
MISCELLANEOUS AGREEMENTS AND ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
11.1 Purchaser as Operating Agent. Notwithstanding the sale of the Assets and
the assignment of the Facilities Contracts by Seller to Purchaser, the actions
or inactions of Purchaser, in its capacity as Operating Agent, insofar as they
may affect Retained Environmental Liabilities or Excluded Liabilities, shall
continue to be subject to the standard of conduct and the limitations on
liability set forth in Section 22 of the Facilities Operating Agreement in
effect at the time of Closing and the retention by Seller of Retained
Environmental Liabilities and of rights under the Facilities Contracts with
respect to Excluded Liabilities shall not impose a different standard of conduct
on Purchaser, in its capacity as Operating Agent, or change in any manner the
limitations of liability of Purchaser, in its capacity as Operating Agent, to
Seller under the Facilities Contracts with respect to any actions or inactions
of the Operating Agent that may affect Retained Environmental Liabilities or
Excluded Liabilities. Nothing contained in this Section 11.1 shall excuse or
limit Purchaser’s performance of the specific covenants set forth in this
Agreement in accordance with their terms.
11.2 Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, each Party is responsible
for its own costs and expenses (including attorneys’ and consultants’ fees,
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11.3 Entire Document. This Agreement (including the Exhibits and Schedules to
this Agreement) the Ancillary Agreements and the Confidentiality Agreement
contain the entire agreement between the Parties with respect to the
transactions contemplated hereby and supersede all negotiations,
representations, warranties, commitments, offers, contracts and writings (except
for the Confidentiality Agreement) prior to the execution date of this
Agreement, written or oral. No waiver and no modification or amendment of any
provision of this Agreement is effective unless made in writing and duly signed
by the Parties referring specifically to this Agreement, and then only to the
specific purpose, extent and interest so provided.
11.4 Schedules. The Parties agree and acknowledge that the Schedules in this
Agreement may be incomplete or subject to revision prior to the Closing, subject
to Section 6.2. The Parties will cooperate and work in good faith to complete
and update such Schedules in a manner consistent with the requirements of this
Agreement. The Schedules delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement are
an integral part of this Agreement to the same extent as if they were set forth
verbatim herein.
11.5 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts,
each of which is an original, but all of which together constitute one and the
same instrument.
11.6 Severability. If any provision hereof is held invalid or unenforceable by
any arbitrator or as a result of future legislative action, this holding or
action will be strictly construed and will not affect the validity or effect of
any other provision hereof. To the extent permitted by law, the Parties waive,
to the maximum extent permissible, any provision of law that renders any
provision hereof prohibited or unenforceable in any respect.
11.7 Assignability. This Agreement is binding upon and inures to the benefit of
the successors and assigns of the Parties, but is not assignable by any Party
without the prior written consent of the other Party.
11.8 Captions. The captions of the various Articles, Sections, Exhibits and
Schedules of this Agreement have been inserted only for convenience of reference
and do not modify, explain, enlarge or restrict any of the provisions of this
Agreement.
11.9 Governing Law. The validity, interpretation and effect of this Agreement
are governed by and will be construed in accordance with the laws of the state
in which the Facilities are located applicable to contracts made and performed
in such state and without regard to conflicts of law doctrines except to the
extent that certain matters are preempted by Federal law or are governed by the
law of the jurisdiction of organization of the respective Parties.
11.10 Dispute Resolution.
(a) Intent of the Parties. Subject to ARTICLE 7 with respect to an Indemnifiable
Claim, Section 3.2(e) with respect to Post-Closing Adjustments, Section 3.5 with
respect to the Purchase Price allocation, and Section 6.5(e) with respect to
disputes regarding Taxes, and except as provided in Section 11.10(b), the sole
process available to either Party for resolution of any dispute or claim arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement shall be the
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cannot resolve a dispute under Sections 11.10(c) or (d), then the dispute shall
be settled through final and binding arbitration under Section 11.10(e).
(b) Provisional Relief. The Parties acknowledge and agree that irreparable
damage would occur if certain provisions of this Agreement are not performed in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, that money damages would not be a
sufficient remedy for any breach of these provisions of this Agreement, and that
the Parties shall be entitled, without the requirement of posting a bond or
other security, to seek a preliminary injunction, temporary restraining order,
or other provisional relief as a remedy for a breach of this Agreement in any
court of competent jurisdiction, notwithstanding the obligation to submit all
other disputes (including all claims for monetary damages under this Agreement)
to mediation and arbitration pursuant to Sections 11.10(d) or (e). The Parties
further acknowledge and agree that the results of the arbitration may be
rendered ineffectual without the provisional relief. Such a request for
provisional relief does not waive a Party’s right to seek other remedies for the
breach of the Agreement, notwithstanding any prohibition against claim-splitting
or other similar doctrine. The other remedies that may be sought include
specific performance and injunctive or other equitable relief, plus any other
remedy specified in this Agreement for the breach of the provision, or if the
Agreement does not specify a remedy for the breach, all other remedies available
at law or equity to the Parties for the breach.
(c) Management Negotiations. The Parties will attempt in good faith to resolve
any dispute or claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or an
Ancillary Agreement promptly by negotiations between a vice president (or more
senior officer) of Seller or his or her designated representative and an
executive of similar authority of Purchaser. Either Party may give the other
Party written notice of any dispute or claim. Within twenty (20) days after
delivery of said notice, the executives will confer by telephone or meet at a
mutually acceptable time and place, and thereafter as often as they reasonably
deem necessary to exchange information and to attempt to resolve the dispute or
claim. If the matter has not been resolved within sixty (60) days of the first
meeting, either Party (by notice to the other Party) may submit the controversy
for non-binding mediation pursuant to Section 11.10(d).
(d) Mediation. Either Party may initiate mediation by providing Notice to the
other Party in accordance with Section 11.11 of a written request for mediation,
setting forth a description of the dispute and the relief requested. The Parties
will cooperate with one another in selecting the mediator (“Mediator”) from the
panel of neutrals from Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services, Inc.
(“JAMS”), its successor, or any other mutually acceptable non-JAMS Mediator, and
in scheduling the time and place of the mediation. Such selection and scheduling
will be completed within forty-five (45) days after Notice of the request for
mediation. Unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties, the mediation will not be
scheduled for a date that is greater than one hundred twenty (120) days from the
date of Notice of the request for mediation. The Parties covenant that they will
participate in the mediation in good faith, and that they will share equally in
its costs (other than each Party’s individual attorneys’ fees and costs related
to the Party’s participation in the mediation, which fees and costs will be
borne by such Party). All offers, promises, conduct and statements, whether oral
or written, made in connection with or during the mediation by either of the
Parties, their agents, representatives, employees, experts and attorneys, and by
the Mediator or any of the Mediator’s agents, representatives and employees,
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for any purpose, including impeachment, in any arbitration or other proceeding
between or involving the Parties, or either of them, provided, evidence that is
otherwise admissible or discoverable will not be rendered inadmissible or
non-discoverable as a result of its use in the mediation.
(e) Arbitration. Either Party may initiate final and binding arbitration with
respect to the matters first submitted to mediation by providing Notice of a
demand for binding arbitration before a single, neutral arbitrator (the
“Arbitrator”) at any time following the unsuccessful conclusion of the mediation
provided for above. The Parties will cooperate with one another in selecting the
Arbitrator within sixty (60) days after Notice of the demand for arbitration and
will further cooperate in scheduling the arbitration to commence no later than
one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of Notice of the demand. To be
qualified as an Arbitrator, each candidate must be a retired judge of a trial
court of any state or federal court, or retired justice of any appellate or
supreme court. Unless otherwise agreed to by the Parties, the individual acting
as the Mediator will be disqualified from serving as the Arbitrator in the
dispute, although the Arbitrator may be another member of the JAMS panel of
neutrals or such other panel of neutrals from which the Parties have agreed to
select the Mediator. Upon Notice of a Party’s demand for final and binding
arbitration, such dispute submitted to arbitration, including the determination
of the scope or applicability of this Agreement to arbitrate, will be determined
by final and binding arbitration before the Arbitrator, in accordance with the
laws of the State of New Mexico, without regard to principles of conflicts of
laws. Except as provided for herein, the arbitration will be conducted by the
Arbitrator in accordance with the rules and procedures for arbitration of
complex business disputes for the organization with which the Arbitrator is
associated. Notwithstanding the rules and procedures that would otherwise apply
to the arbitration, and unless the Parties agree to a different arrangement, the
place of the arbitration will be Phoenix, Arizona, if arbitration is initiated
by Seller, and Los Angeles, California, if arbitration is initiated by
Purchaser.
Also notwithstanding the rules and procedures that would otherwise apply to the
arbitration, and unless the Parties agree to a different arrangement, discovery
will be limited as follows:
(i) Before discovery commences, the Parties shall exchange an initial disclosure
of all documents and percipient witnesses which they intend to rely upon or use
at any arbitration proceeding (except for documents and witnesses to be used
solely for impeachment);
(ii) The initial disclosure will occur within thirty (30) days after the initial
conference with the Arbitrator or at such time as the Arbitrator may order;
(iii) Discovery may commence at any time after the Parties’ initial disclosure;
(iv) The Parties will not be permitted to propound any interrogatories or
requests for admissions;
(v) Discovery by each Party will be limited to twenty-five (25) document
requests (with no subparts), three (3) lay witness depositions, and three
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witness depositions (unless the Arbitrator holds otherwise following a showing
by the Party seeking the additional documents or depositions that the documents
or depositions are critical for a fair resolution of the dispute or that a Party
has improperly withheld documents);
(vi) Each Party is allowed a maximum of three (3) expert witnesses, excluding
rebuttal experts;
(vii) Within sixty (60) days after the initial disclosure, or at such other time
as the Arbitrator may order, the Parties shall exchange a list of all experts
upon which they intend to rely at the arbitration proceeding;
(viii) Within thirty (30) days after the initial expert disclosure, each Party
may designate a maximum of two (2) rebuttal experts;
(ix) Unless the Parties agree otherwise, all direct testimony will be in form of
affidavits or declarations under penalty of perjury; and
(x) Each Party shall make available for cross examination at the arbitration
hearing its witnesses whose direct testimony has been so submitted.
The Arbitrator will have the authority to grant any form of equitable or legal
relief a Party might recover in a court action. The Parties acknowledge and
agree that irreparable damage would occur if certain provisions of this
Agreement are not performed in accordance with the terms of the Agreement, that
money damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any breach of these
provisions of this Agreement, and that the Parties shall be entitled, without
the requirement of posting a bond or other security, to specific performance and
injunctive or other equitable relief as a remedy for a breach of this Agreement.
Judgment on the award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction. The
Arbitrator must, in any award, allocate all of the costs of the binding
arbitration (other than each Party’s individual attorneys’ fees and costs
related to the Party’s participation in the arbitration, which fees and costs
will be borne by such Party), including the fees of the Arbitrator and any
expert witnesses, against the Party who did not prevail; provided that if
neither Party prevails completely such costs shall be allocated in favor of the
Party who substantially prevailed as determined by the Arbitrator. Until such
award is made, however, the Parties will share equally in paying the costs of
the arbitration.
11.11 Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications under
this Agreement must be in writing and must be delivered in person or sent by
certified mail, postage prepaid, or by overnight delivery, and properly
addressed as follows:
If to Seller:
Southern California Edison Company
2244 Walnut Grove Avenue
Rosemead, California 91770
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
With a copy to:

 

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Southern California Edison Company
2244 Walnut Grove Avenue
Rosemead, California 91770
Attention: General Counsel
If to Purchaser:
Arizona Public Service Company
400 North Fifth Street, Station 9085
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Attn: Mark A. Schiavoni, Senior Vice President of Fossil Operations
With a copy to:
Arizona Public Service Company
400 North Fifth Street, Station 8695
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Attn: Shirley Baum, Associate General Counsel
With a copy to:
Ballard Spahr LLP
1735 Market Street, 51st Floor
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103
Attention: Robert C. Gerlach, Esq.
Any Party may from time to time change its address for the purpose of notices to
that Party by a similar notice specifying a new address, but no such change is
effective until it is actually received by the Party sought to be charged with
its contents.
All notices and other communications required or permitted under this Agreement
which are addressed as provided in this Section 11.10 are effective upon
delivery, if delivered personally, or by overnight delivery, and, are effective
five (5) days following deposit in the United States mail postage prepaid if
delivered by mail.
11.12 Time is of the Essence. Time is of the essence of each term of this
Agreement Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all times provided
for in this Agreement for the performance of any act will be strictly construed.
11.13 No Third Party Beneficiaries. Except as may be specifically set forth in
this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied, is
intended to confer any rights or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement
on any Persons other than the Parties and their respective permitted successors
and assigns, nor is anything in this Agreement intended to relieve or discharge
the obligation or liability of any third Persons to any Party, nor give any
third Persons any right of subrogation or action against any Party.

 

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11.14 No Joint Venture. Nothing contained in this Agreement creates or is
intended to create an association, trust, partnership, or joint venture or
impose a trust or partnership duty, obligation, or liability on or with regard
to any Party.
11.15 Construction of Agreement. Ambiguities or uncertainties in the wording of
this Agreement will not be construed for or against any Party, but will be
construed in the manner that most accurately reflects the Parties’ intent as of
the date they executed this Agreement.
11.16 Effect of Closing Over Known Unsatisfied Conditions or Breached
Representations, Warranties or Covenants. If Seller or Purchaser elects to
proceed with the Closing with Knowledge by it of any failure to be satisfied of
any condition in its favor or the breach of any representation, warranty or
covenant by the other Party, the condition that is unsatisfied or the
representation, warranty or covenant which is breached at the Closing Date will
be deemed waived by such Party, and such Party will be deemed to fully release
and forever discharge the other Party on account of any and all claims, demands
or charges, known or unknown, with respect to the same.
11.17 Conflicts. In the event of any conflicts or inconsistencies between the
terms of this Agreement and the terms of any of the Ancillary Agreements, the
terms of this Agreement will govern and prevail.
11.18 Waiver of Compliance. To the extent permitted by applicable Law, any
failure of any of the Parties to comply with any obligation, covenant, agreement
or condition set forth herein may be waived by the Party entitled to the benefit
thereof only by a written instrument signed by such Party, but any such waiver
shall not operate as a waiver, of, or estoppel with respect to, any prior or
subsequent failure to comply therewith. The failure of a Party to this Agreement
to assert any of its rights under this Agreement or otherwise shall not
constitute a waiver of such rights.
11.19 Survival.
(a) The representations and warranties given or made by any Party in ARTICLE 4
or ARTICLE 5 hereof or in any certificate or other writing furnished in
connection herewith shall survive the Closing indefinitely.
(b) The covenants and agreements of the Parties contained in this Agreement,
including those set forth in ARTICLE 7, shall survive the Closing indefinitely,
unless otherwise specified herein.
(c) The obligations of the Parties in Section 6.8 will survive (i) the
termination of this Agreement, (ii) the discharge of all other obligations owed
by the Parties to each other, (iii) any transfer of title to the Assets and
(iv) the Closing of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement as of the date
first above written.

          SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY,
a California corporation
      By:   /s/ Russ Krieger         Name:   Russ Krieger        Title:   Vice
President, Power Production        ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY,
an Arizona corporation
      By:   /s/ Donald G. Robinson         Name:   Donald G. Robinson       
Title:   President and Chief Operating Officer       

Signature Page to Purchase and Sale Agreement

 

 

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Schedules to Purchase and Sale Agreement

 

 

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Schedule 1.1.50(a)
Seller’s Officers, Employees, and Knowledgeable Persons
Russ Krieger — Vice President, Power Production
John Dayton — Manager of Business Planning and Development, Power Production
Steven Pickett — Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Daniel Cobb — Alternate E&O Committee Member

 

 

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Schedule 1.1.50(b)
Purchaser’s Officers, Employees and Authorized Agents
Mark Schiavoni — Senior Vice President Fossil
David Hansen — Vice President Fossil Operations
David Falck — Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
John Franchini — Fossil Plant Manager Four Corners
Susan Kidd — Director Coal/Co-Owned Generation
Nick Svor — General Manager Generation Engineering
Frank Perkins — Plant Manager Four Corners Units 4, 5
Richard Grimes — Four Corners Environmental Section Leader

 

 

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Schedule 1.1.50(c)
Operating Agent’s Officers, Employees and Authorized Agents
See Schedule 1.1.50(b) which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

 

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Schedule 1.1.62
PNW Plans

•  
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation Retirement Plan
  •  
Pinnacle West Capital Corporation Group Life and Medical Plan

 

 

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Schedule 1.1.67
Purchaser’s Required Consents
• None

 

 

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Schedule 1.1.68
Purchaser’s Required Regulatory Approvals

•  
Arizona Corporation Commission
  •  
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  •  
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976

 

 

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Schedule 1.1.77
Seller’s Required Consents

•  
Trustee under Seller’s Mortgage

 

 

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Schedule 1.1.78
Seller’s Required Regulatory Approvals

•  
California Public Utilities Commission
  •  
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  •  
California Independent System Operator
  •  
Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976

 

 

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Schedule 2.1(b)
Leased Real Property

•  
Facilities Lease
  •  
The real property interests described in Exhibits 2 - 9 of the Facilities Lease
  •  
See Schedule 2.1(c) which is incorporated herein by reference

 

 

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Schedule 2.1(c)
Rights-of-Way/Easements and Water Rights

                          Existing § 323               Expiration Item   Grants
  Property or Facility   APS File #   Grant Date   Date
 
                   
1
  Plant Site   New Lease (Units 4-5)       07/06/66   07/06/16
 
                   
2
  Ancillary
Facilities   Utah Mine Haul Road (Communication Lines and Access Road)   IN-13  
07/28/61   07/28/11
 
      Plant — Coal Lease Area — 69 kV   IN-15   12/15/61   12/15/11
 
      Pumping Station to Plant Access Road & Pipeline   IN-12   04/02/62  
04/02/12
 
      River Pumping Station to Plant — 69 kV   IN-11   04/02/62   04/02/12
 
      Plant — EPNG Bridge / Access Rd   IN-16   07/03/63   07/03/13
 
      Pumping Station to Plant Access Road & Pipeline Addition   IN-92  
04/21/69   04/21/19

 

 

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Schedule 2.1(h)
Seller Facilities Contracts

1.  
§ 323 Grants.
  2.  
Facilities Lease.
  3.  
Facilities Co-Tenancy Agreement.
  4.  
Facilities Operating Agreement.
  5.  
Restated and Amended Four Corners Fuel Agreement Number 2, dated August 31,
2003, by and among BHP Navajo Coal Company and the Participants, as the same may
be amended.
  6.  
Conditional Partial Assignment of Fuel Agreement Number 2, dated September 2,
1966, by and among Utah Construction & Mining Co. and the Participants.
  7.  
Memorandum for Recordation of Original Four Corners Fuel Agreement and of Four
Corners Fuel Agreement No. 2 and Imposition of Equitable Servitude and Covenant
Running with the Land, dated September 2, 1966, by and among Utah Construction &
Mining Co. and the Participants.
  8.  
Facilities Fuel Agreement.
  9.  
Four Corners Project Emission Abatement System Operating Power Agreement, dated
October 15, 1982 among the Participants.
  10.  
Four Corners Project Unit Tripping Agreement, dated May 23, 1969 among the
Participants.
  11.  
Four Corners Units 4 & 5 Capital Improvements Design and Construction Agreement,
dated March 23, 1981 among the Participants.
  12.  
Agreement to Purchase and Sell Undivided Interest in the Reserve Auxiliary Power
Source Four Corners Project, dated August 15, 1968 among the Participants.
  13.  
Exchange Agreement dated March 28, 1967 among the Participants with Letter of
Clarification dated March 28, 1967, a Supplemental Letter Agreement dated
February 9, 1972 and Ruling of Internal Revenue Service with Letter of
Transmittal.
  14.  
Four Corners Designated Representative Agreement, dated March 18, 1994, by and
among the Participants, John R. Denman and D. Craig Walling.
  15.  
Four Corners Designated Representative Agreement Assignment and Novation, dated
October 22, 2002 from D. Craig Walling to David L. Saliba.
  16.  
Four Corners Designated Representative Agreement Assignment and Novation Form,
dated July 31, 2009 from John R. Denman to David L. Saliba as the new designated
representative and Richard Grimes as the new alternate designated
representative.
  17.  
Four Corners Designated Representative Agreement Assignment and Novation Form,
dated January 31, 2010, from David L. Saliba to Frank E. Perkins.

 

 

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18.  
Principals of Interconnected Operation Four Corners Project dated May 12, 1969,
among the Participants as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated April 29, 1974, among
the Participants.
  19.  
Water Supply Agreement, dated March 2, 2007 between the Jicarilla Apache Nation,
BHP Navajo Coal Company, APS on behalf of itself and with respect to Units 4 and
5 the Four Corners Participants and Public Service Company of New Mexico on
behalf of itself and the San Juan Participants.
  20.  
Voluntary Compliance Agreement Air Quality, dated May 18, 2005, by and among the
Navajo Nation, Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power District,
as operating agent for the Navajo Generating Station (“NGS”) and with the
express written consent of each participant of NGS and APS, as operating agent
for the Four Corners Power Plant and with the express written consent of each
Participant.
  21.  
Tax Settlement and Closing Agreement, dated August 13, 2002, by and between the
Seller and the Office of the Navajo Nation Uniform Tax Administration Statute.
  22.  
Shiprock-Four Corners Project 345-kV Switchyard Interconnection Agreement, dated
October 2, 2002, by and among the Facilities Owners and Public Service Company
of Colorado, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., and
Western Area Power Administration.

 

 

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Schedule 2.1(p)
Miscellaneous Assets

•  
None

 

 

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Schedule 2.2(a)
Excluded Assets

•  
None

 

 

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Schedule 3.6(a)(iii)
Operating and Maintenance Expense Pro-Rations
The following costs and expenses incurred for the applicable period during which
the Closing occurs shall be pro-rated between the Parties:

  1.  
Seller is responsible for the operation and maintenance expenses as defined in
the Facilities Operating Agreement, Section 17, Operating and Maintenance
Expenses, incurred prior to the Closing Date, including but not limited to the
following:

  a.  
Outside services and materials and supplies, including all administrative and
general loads, for operating and maintaining the plant; and
    b.  
Payroll including related administrative and general, payroll taxes and benefits
expenses.

  2.  
Employee Incentive Plan payroll including related administrative and general,
payroll taxes and benefits expenses.
    3.  
Fuel expenses (Coal and Gas).
    4.  
Insurance premiums.
    5.  
Navajo Land Lease.
    6.  
Environmental Operating Permit.
    7.  
Ash Hauling Agreement costs.
    8.  
All related royalties and taxes for Operating and Maintenance expenses and Fuel
expenses.

 

 

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Schedule 6.5(g)
Pollution Control Bonds
$55,540,000 City of Farmington, New Mexico 5.125% Pollution Control Refunding
Revenue Bonds (Southern California Edison Company Four Corners Project) 1999
Series A
City of Farmington, New Mexico Pollution Control Refunding Revenue Bonds
(Southern California Edison Company Four Corners Project) $103,460,000 2005
Series A (Non-AMT)
City of Farmington, New Mexico Pollution Control Refunding Revenue Bonds
(Southern California Edison Company Four Corners Project) $100,000,000 2005
Series B (Non-AMT)

 

 

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Exhibit A-1
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Exhibit A-1

 

 

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