Exhibit 4.17



BRITISH ENERGY PLC

AS PARENT



AND



OTHERS



NEW STANDSTILL AGREEMENT



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CONTENTS



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|Clause                                         |  |                                  |  | Page
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|1.                                             |  | Definitions And Interpretation   |  | 1   
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|2.                                             |  | Operation Of Existing Agreements |  | 2   
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|3.                                             |  | Undertakings By The Creditors    |  | 3   
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|4.                                             |  | Information And Confidentiality  |  | 3   
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|5.                                             |  | Termination Of Agreement         |  | 4   
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|6.                                             |  | Claim Amounts And State Aid      |  | 4   
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|7.                                             |  | Enron                            |  | 4   
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|8.                                             |  | TPL                              |  | 5   
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|9.                                             |  | RBS LC Extension                 |  | 5   
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|10.                                            |  | EPL Lenders                      |  | 5   
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|11.                                            |  | General                          |  | 5   
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|SCHEDULE 1 Definitions And Interpretation      |  | 8                               
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|SCHEDULE 2 The Companies                       |  | 11                              
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|SCHEDULE 3 The Creditors                       |  | 12                              
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|SCHEDULE 4 Existing Agreements And Obligations |  | 15                              
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|Part A Existing Agreements                     |  | 15                              
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|Part B Standstill Obligations                  |  | 16                              
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|Part C Continuing Obligations                  |  | 17                              
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|SCHEDULE 5 Termination Events                  |  | 18                              
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|SCHEDULE 6 Undertakings By The Creditors       |  | 20                              
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|Part A Restricted Actions                      |  | 20                              
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|Part B Overriding Permitted Actions            |  | 22                              





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THIS STANDSTILL AGREEMENTis made on 13 February 2004



BETWEEN:



|(1) | THE COMPANIESnamed in Schedule 2 (The Companies); and
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|(2) | THE PERSONSnamed in Schedule 3 (The Creditors).
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RECITALS



|(A) | The Restructuring Initiation Event not having occurred under the Old Standstill Agreement by 30 September 2003, the Parties to this Agreement agreed under the Creditor Restructuring
Agreement to waive the termination event pursuant to paragraph 14 of schedule 5 to the Old Standstill Agreement and to continue with the standstill arrangements established under the Old Standstill Agreement until the earlier of 30 September 2004
and the date when the Parties entered into this Agreement.
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|(B) | In entering into this Agreement, the Parties wish to terminate the Old Standstill Agreement and to continue the standstill arrangements as varied and supplemented on the terms set
out in this Agreement.
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IT IS AGREED AS FOLLOWS:



|1. | DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
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|1.1 | Definitions and Interpretation
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Capitalised words and expressions used but not defined in Schedule 1 (Definitions and Interpretation) of this Agreement shall have the meanings
given to them in the Creditor Restructuring Agreement or the Old Standstill Agreement unless the context otherwise requires and the provisions of Clause 2 of Schedule 1 (Definitions and Interpretation) will apply to this Agreement.



|1.2 | Third Party Rights
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A person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this
Agreement.



|1A | Termination of Old Standstill Agreement
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|1A.1 | The Creditors hereby notify the Parent that the Old Standstill Agreement shall terminate on the date hereof but on the basis that the standstill arrangements established under the
Old Standstill Agreement shall continue instead, so far as the Parties are concerned, under this Agreement, as varied and supplemented by the provisions of this Agreement.
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|1A.2 | The Creditors hereby agree that:
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| | (i) | they will not claim any accrued interest which would otherwise be due and payable upon the termination of the Old Standstill Agreement (the Accrued Unpaid
Interest);
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| | (ii) | the Accrued Unpaid Interest shall cease to be due under the Old Standstill Agreement; and
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| | (iii) | the Accrued Unpaid Interest shall become due and payable under this Agreement on the first interest payment date following the date of this Agreement, without, for the avoidance of
any doubt, any penalty being incurred for late payment of such Accrued Unpaid Interest, always provided it is paid when due and payable under this Agreement.
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|2. | OPERATION OF EXISTING AGREEMENTS
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|2.1 | Creditors Obligations
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During the Standstill Period, the Creditors and the Companies shall continue to comply with their obligations under the Existing Agreements save as
provided in Clause 2.2 (Standstill Obligations) and Clause 3 (Undertakings by the Creditors).



|2.2 | Standstill Obligations
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| | 2.2.1 | Subject to sub-clauses 2.2.2 and 2.2.3 below and to Clause 2.4 (Interest), all Standstill Obligations of each Company shall be deferred until the expiry of the Standstill
Period (or, if later, the date upon which those obligations would otherwise become due and payable).
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| | 2.2.2 | Upon the date of satisfaction of all the conditions precedent to the relevant BNFL Agreements, the Balancing Instalments and BNFL Interest Amounts which have accrued prior to such
date and which fall due and payable during the Standstill Period shall not be payable at any time thereafter and each of the Companies shall be discharged from its obligations to pay such amounts to BNFL.
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| | 2.2.3 | Standstill Obligations owed to EPL Lenders and constituting principal repayments and any default interest due to them as a consequence of any non-payment of principal on its due
date shall not be deferred unless all EPL Lenders so agree but each of the EPL Lenders which are a Party to this Agreement acknowledges that no such amounts will be paid during the Standstill Period and confirms that they shall not take any action
during the Standstill Period to require or enforce payment of any such amounts.
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|2.3 | Continuing Obligations
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Subject to the terms of the TPL Option and the TPL Side Letter, during the Standstill Period, each Company that owes any Continuing Obligations shall
discharge those obligations in accordance with the Existing Agreements, the Amended TPL PPA, the TPL 200 MW PPA and any agreements with BNFL other than the Existing BNFL Agreements.



|2.4 | Interest
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| | 2.4.1 | Interest shall accrue from 01 November 2002 on the Standstill Obligations owed to TPL, Deutsche Bank, AG London, Enron and RBS on the basis set out
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| | in the column headed Calculation of Interest in Part B of Schedule 4 (Standstill Obligations) and shall be payable as set out in
sub-clause 2.4.3 (below).
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| | 2.4.2 | Notwithstanding sub-clause 2.4.1, during the Standstill Period, neither BEG nor BEG (UK) shall pay BNFL Interest Amounts.
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| | 2.4.3 | Interest shall be paid (by BEPET or the Parent) to TPL and Deutsche Bank, AG London, (by BEG or the Parent) to Enron and (by BEG, BEG (UK) or the Parent) to RBS, first on 25 March
2003 (in respect of the period from and including 01 November 2002 to and including 25 March 2003) and thereafter interest shall accrue over six month interest periods and shall be payable on the last Business Day of each such period and then
finally on the Termination Date provided that the Creditors hereby agree to give credit to the Companies for any interest payments made by the Companies to the Creditors under the Old Standstill Agreement for periods up to the last interest payment
date under the Old Standstill Agreement, so that the Creditors shall not, for the avoidance of doubt, recover interest twice for such period.
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|2.5 | Continuity and Conflict
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The Existing Agreements shall continue upon their terms save to the extent they are varied or payments thereunder are deferred by or pursuant to this
Agreement and the term Existing Agreements shall be construed accordingly. In the case of a conflict between any provision of an Existing Agreement and this Agreement, this Agreement shall prevail. In the case of a conflict between this
Agreement and the Creditor Restructuring Agreement, the Creditor Restructuring Agreement shall prevail.



|3. | UNDERTAKINGS BY THE CREDITORS
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|3.1 | Restricted Actions
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During the Standstill Period, no Creditor shall carry out any Restricted Action.



|3.2 | Overriding Permitted Actions
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Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent a Creditor from carrying out any Overriding Permitted Action.



|4. | INFORMATION AND CONFIDENTIALITY
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Information



Each Party authorises the disclosure and exchange of information about the Group, and the commercial dealings between members of the Group and Creditors,
to and between the Parties and their professional advisers, to the Secretary of State and her professional advisers and, to the Sterling Bonds Trustee (for disclosure to Bondholders who have signed a confidentiality agreement in a form acceptable to
the Parent and the Creditors) and its professional advisers Provided that:



| | 4.1.1 | such authority shall terminate upon receipt by the relevant Party of a notice from the Parent under Clause 5.1; and
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| | 4.1.2 | (for the avoidance of doubt) nothing in this Agreement shall require any Party to disclose privileged and/or confidential communications with its legal or other professional
advisers or communications between the EPL Lenders.
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|5. | TERMINATION OF AGREEMENT
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Termination Notice



|5.1 | The Parent shall promptly notify each Party if it receives a Termination Notice.
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|5.2 | This Agreement shall terminate (save as provided in Clause 5.3 below) on expiry of the Standstill Period.
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|5.3 | Clauses 1, 2.4 (as regards accrued interest), 4.1, 11.2, 11.3 and 11.5 to 11.7) shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
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|6. | STATE AID
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Each Party agrees:



|6.1 | not to object to, or seek to hinder, the process of obtaining, approval of the Restructuring Proposals from the Commission under the State aid provisions of the EC Treaty;
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|6.2 | if reasonably requested by the Parent and provided it is lawful for it to do so, to send a letter addressed to the Commission notifying the Commission that it supports the
Restructuring Proposals; and
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|6.3 | that TPL may make statements or briefings relating to the electricity industry generally which could not reasonably be expected to be prejudicial to the achievement of the
Restructuring.
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|7. | ENRON
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|7.1 | Suspension of Dispute Mechanism
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During the Standstill Period, all proceedings under the dispute resolution mechanisms in the Enron CFD (including any arbitration proceedings) shall be
suspended, such suspension not to prejudice or otherwise affect any claim or defence under the Enron CFD and each of BEG, the Parent and Enron shall (at the request of any of them) take such further steps as may be necessary to give effect to this
suspension and effect.



|7.2 | Enron Disclosure
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Enrons execution of this Agreement shall not limit or prejudice Enrons entitlement to disclose confidential information on the terms set out
in the confidentiality agreement dated 09 January 2003 which entitlement will continue following the execution of this Agreement subject always to the terms of the last sentence of paragraph 1.2 of that Agreement.



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|8. | TPL
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|8.1 | TPL Option and TPL Side Letter
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| | 8.1.1 | Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or the Creditor Restructuring Agreement, the parties acknowledge and agree that TPL and BEPET may enter into and give effect to
the TPL Option and the TPL Side Letter.
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| | 8.1.2 | Immediately after this Agreement becomes effective, TPL and BEPET shall enter into the TPL Option.
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|9. | RBS LC EXTENSION
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|9.1 | Extension
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Subject to the Creditor Restructuring Agreement and provided the Standstill Period has not expired or terminated, the Parent and each of the EPL Lenders
hereby requests RBS and RBS agrees to extend the RBS Letter of Credit until five Business Days after the Restructuring Long Stop Date.



|10. | EPL LENDERS
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The Consenting EPL Banks agree not to take or encourage (unless it would be permitted under the terms of this Agreement and the Creditor Restructuring
Agreement) any action to require the EPL Facility Agent to declare an Event of Default under (and as defined in) the EPL Facility Agreement, or enforce payment under the EPL Facility Agreement or the making of advances under the EPL SLA (including
enforcement of security).



|11. | GENERAL
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|11.1 | Variation
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No amendment or waiver of this Agreement shall be effective unless it is made in writing and signed by each Party.



|11.2 | Reservation of Rights
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Each Party reserves all rights and remedies it may have against any other Party under any Existing Agreement. After the Termination Date each Creditor may
enforce its rights and remedies to their full extent despite any temporary waiver of those rights and remedies during the Standstill Period.



|11.3 | Existing Guarantees and Security
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Each Company agrees that any guarantees and indemnities and any Security Interest granted by any Company in respect of any Existing Agreement shall remain
in full force and effect and shall not be reduced, prejudiced or released as a result of this Agreement. During the Standstill Period, the terms of Part A of Schedule 6 (Restricted Actions) shall nevertheless apply to any such guarantee,
indemnity and Security Interest.



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|11.4 | Counterparts
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This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy
of this Agreement.



|11.5 | Communications
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| | 11.5.1 | Any communications to be made in connection with this Agreement shall be made in writing and sent to the addressees at the addresses or facsimile numbers set out:
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| | (a) | in Schedule 2 in respect of the Companies;
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| | (b) | in Schedule 3 in respect of the Creditors;
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or such other address or number as a Party shall notify to the other Parties in accordance with this Clause 11.5. Any communication delivered by one
person to another under this Agreement will only be effective (i) if by way of fax, the sender has received a report showing successful transmission; or (ii) if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five Business Days
after being deposited in the post first class postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address and, if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address details, if addressed to that department or officer.



| | 11.5.2 | All notices in relation to this Agreement sent from or to a Company shall be sent through the Parent.
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|11.6 | Governing Law and Jurisdiction
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| | 11.6.1 | This Agreement is governed by English law.
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| | 11.6.2 | The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute regarding the existence,
validity or termination of this Agreement) (a Dispute).
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| | 11.6.3 | The Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the contrary.
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| | 11.6.4 | Without prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law:
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| | (a) | each Company (other than a Company incorporated in England and Wales):
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| | (i) | irrevocably appoints BEG as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English courts in connection with this Agreement; and
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| | (ii) | agrees that failure by BEG to notify the relevant Company of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned; and
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| | (b) | ECTRIC:
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| | (i) | irrevocably appoints Weil, Gotshal & Manges, One South Place, London EC2M 2WG (Attention: Christopher Mallon) as its agent for service of process in relation to any proceedings
before the English Courts in connection with this Agreement; and
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| | (ii) | agrees that failure by Weil, Gotshal & Manges to notify ECTRIC of the process will not invalidate the proceedings concerned;
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|11.7 | Several Obligations
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The obligations of each Creditor under this Agreement are several. No Creditor shall be liable for any breach by any other such party of that partys
obligations under this Agreement.



THIS AGREEMENT has been entered into
on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.



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SCHEDULE 1



DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION



|1. | Definitions
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Balancing Instalment means with respect to any payments under the Existing BNFL Agreements (a) until 1 April 2003, the amount of any
such payments, and (b) with effect from 1 April 2003, so much of those payments as exceeds the amount that would be due and payable as the relative reprocessing and storage instalment payments under the Existing BNFL Agreements had they come into
force on, and with effect from, 1 April 2003, and Balancing Instalments shall be construed accordingly.



BNFL Interest Amount means interest for late payment under any of the Existing BNFL Agreements or part thereof, as provided for in the
relevant Existing BNFL Agreements, accrued at the time in question on the amounts due but unpaid and BNFL Interest Amounts shall be construed accordingly.



Companies means the companies listed in Schedule 2 (The Companies).



Continuing Obligations means the obligations of the
Companies referred to in Part C of Schedule 4 (Continuing Obligations).



Creditor Restructuring Agreement means the agreement dated 30 September 2003 between, inter alia, the Companies and the Creditors under which the Creditors agreed to compromise their claim against
the Group.



Creditors means the persons
listed in Schedule 3 (The Creditors).



Enron means ECTRIC and/or Barclays Bank PLC (as applicable).



EPL CTA means the capacity and tolling agreement dated 13 July 2000 (as amended and restated) between BEPET and EPL.



EPL CTA Guarantee means the guarantee dated as of 8 September 2000 made by the Parent in favour of EPL in
relation to the EPL CTA.



EPL SLA means the
subordinated loan agreement dated 13 July 2000 (as amended and restated) between EPL as borrower and Parent as lender.



EPL Sponsor Undertaking means the sponsor undertaking dated 13 July 2000 between, amongst others, the Parent and EPL relating, inter
alia, to the obligations of the Parent under the EPL SLA.



Existing Agreements means the letters or other agreements listed in Part A of Schedule 4 (Existing Agreements).



Existing BNFL Agreements means the following agreements as amended prior to the date hereof between BNFL and BEG or BEG (UK) (as the
case may be): (i) agreements dated 31 March 1995 for the storage and reprocessing of irradiated oxide fuel and related services; (ii) agreement dated 3 June 1997 for spent fuel management services; (iii) agreement dated 30 March 1995 for the long
term storage of irradiated oxide fuel and



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related services; and (iv) agreements dated 29 March 1996, 31 March 1996 and 3 June 1997 for oxide flask maintenance.



Group means the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the time
being.



Old Standstill Agreement means the
standstill agreement entered into by the Companies, TPL, ECTEF, Total, BNFL, Barclays Bank PLC (as agent for the EPL Lenders), the EPL Swap Providers, EPL and RBS on 14 February 2003.



Overriding Permitted Action means any action listed in Part B of Schedule 6 (Overriding Permitted
Actions).



Party means a person who is
a party to this Agreement.



RBS means The
Royal Bank of Scotland plc.



RBS Composite
Guarantee means the unlimited intercompany composite guarantee made by the Parent, BEG and BEG(UK) in favour of RBS dated 12 April 1996.



RBS Counter-Indemnity means the counter-indemnity given by the Parent in favour of RBS relating to the RBS Letter of Credit and dated
01 December 2000.



RBS LC Facility
Agreement means the facility agreement pursuant to which the RBS Letter of Credit is issued.



RBS Letter of Credit means the letter of credit issued by RBS in favour of the EPL Facility Agent relating to debt service reserve
obligations of EPL.



Restricted Action
means any action listed in Part A of Schedule 6 (Restricted Actions).



Standstill Date means 14 February 2003 (or such later date as may be agreed by the Secretary of State).



Standstill Obligations means the payment obligations of the Companies owed to the Creditors and referred to in Part B of Schedule 4
(Standstill Obligations).



Standstill
Period means the period commencing on the Standstill Date and ending at close of business on the Termination Date.



Sterling Bonds means the £407,891,000 of bonds issued by the Parent.



Sterling Bondholder Restructuring Agreement means the
restructuring agreement dated 14 February 2003 made between the Parent, BEG, BEG (UK) and certain Bondholders and in the form attached to the Heads of Terms.



Sterling Bonds Trustee means The Law Debenture Trust Corporation plc.



Sterling Bonds Trust Deed means the trust deed dated 25 March 1999, as amended prior to the date hereof,
between the Parent, BEG, BEG (UK) and the Trustee.



Subsidiary means a subsidiary undertaking within the meaning of section 258 of the Companies Act 1985.



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Termination Date means the earlier of: (a) Restructuring Long Stop Date; (b) the date
the parent receives a Termination Notice; and (c) the Restructuring Date.



Termination Event means any event set out in Schedule 5 (Termination Events).



Termination Notice means written notice of termination of the standstill arrangements from a Creditor (including for these purposes the
EPL Facility Agent) to the Parent following the occurrence of a Termination Event.



|2. | Interpretation
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| | (a) | Any reference in this Agreement to:
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| | (i) | any Creditor or any Party shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees;
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| | (ii) | assets includes present and future properties, revenues and rights of every description;
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| | (iii) | a person includes any person, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a state or any association, trust or partnership (whether or not having separate
legal personality) or two or more of the foregoing;
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| | (iv) | a provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or re-enacted;
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| | (v) | a time of day is a reference to London time;
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| | (vi) | a Clause or sub-clause or Schedule shall, subject to any contrary indication, be construed as a reference to a clause, sub-clause or schedule as
the case may be, in this Agreement; and
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| | (vii) | the equivalent of a given currency at any given time means the equivalent in any other currency at such time based upon the relevant spot rates of exchange
published from time to time in the Financial Times.
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| | (b) | Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.
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SCHEDULE 2



THE COMPANIES



The Parent



Address for notices:



3 Redwood Crescent

Peel Park

East Kilbride

G74 5 PR



Fax: 013 5526 2570



Attention: The Group Treasurer



BEG



c/o The Parent



(as above)



BEG (UK)



c/o The Parent



(as above)



BEPET



c/o The Parent



(as above)



EPL



c/o The Parent



(as above)



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SCHEDULE 3



THE CREDITORS



TPL



First Floor



Christine House



Sorbonne Close



Teesdale



TS17 6DA



Fax:           01642 525031



Attention: Dr. Phil Lawless



Deutsche Bank AG, London



Winchester House



1 Great Winchester Street



London EC2N 2 DB



Attention: Lindsay Powell/Martin Tonnby



Fax:           44 20 7547 27207



ECTRIC



1400 Smith Street



Houston



Texas 77002



Attention: President



Fax:           001 713 853 9252



cc:             Weil, Gotshal & Manges, London (Attention: Christopher
Mallon)



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Barclays Bank PLC



200 Park Avenue



New York



NY 10166, USA



Attention:     Richard Williams (Barclays Capital)



Tel: + 1 212 412 7570



BNFL



100 Daresbury Park



Warrington



Cheshire



WA4 4GB



Fax:               01925 654439



Attention:     Alvin Shuttleworth, Company Secretary and Group Legal
Director



Barclays Bank PLC as agent for itself



and the other Finance Parties under,



and as defined in, the EPL Facility Agreement



5 The North Colonnade



Canary Wharf



London E14 4BB



Fax:               020 7516 7423



Attention:     Allan Pover/Richard Bull



The EPL Swap Providers



c/o Barclays Bank PLC



as above



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EPL



Contact details: c/o the Parent



RBS



Contact details:



Specialised Lending Services



10thFloor



280 Bishopsgate



London EC2M 4RB



Fax:               020
7672 0324



Attention:      R J Hedger Director,
Corporate Restructuring Unit



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SCHEDULE 4



EXISTING AGREEMENTS AND OBLIGATIONS



Part A



Existing Agreements



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|   |  | Creditor                     |  | Company                 |  | Existing Agreement                                                                          
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|1. |  | TPL                          |  | BEPET, Parent           |  | TPL Original PPA and TPL Guarantee                                                          
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|2. |  | Deutsche Bank AG, London     |  | BEPET, Parent           |  | Total CFD and Total Guarantee                                                               
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|3. |  | ECTRIC and Barclays Bank PLC |  | BEG, Parent             |  | Enron CFD and Enron Guarantee                                                               
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|4. |  | BNFL                         |  | BEG/BEG(UK)             |  | Existing BNFL Agreements                                                                    
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|5. |  | EPL Lenders                  |  | EPL, Parent             |  | EPL Facility Agreement and the EPL Sponsor Undertaking                                      
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|6. |  | EPL Swap Providers           |  | EPL                     |  | EPL Swaps                                                                                   
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|7. |  | EPL                          |  | BEPET, Parent           |  | EPL CTA, EPL CTA Guarantee and the EPL SLA                                                  
|   |  |                              | 
|8. |  | RBS                          |  | Parent, BEG and BEG(UK) |  | RBS Letter of Credit RBS Counter-indemnity RBS Composite Guarantee RBS LC Facility Agreement



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Part B



Standstill Obligations



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|   |  | Creditor                 |  | Company              |  | Standstill Obligations                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |  | Calculation of Interest                                                             
|1. |  | TPL                      |  | BEPET, Parent        |  | Any obligations arising from time to time under, for BEPET the TPL Original PPA as if it had not been amended pursuant to clause 10.1.1 and/or for Parent the TPL Guarantee, except insofar as
they constitute Continuing Obligations to TPL. |  | 6% per annum on £159,000,000 calculated on no. of days elapsed and a 365 day year   
|   |  |                          |  |                     
|2. |  | Deutsche Bank AG, London |  | BEPET, Parent        |  | All amounts owing from time to time under, for BEPET the Total CFD and/or, for Parent the Total Guarantee                                                                                                                                     |  | 6% per annum on £85,000,000 calculated on no. of days elapsed and a 365 day year    
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|3. |  | ECTEF                    |  | BEG, Parent          |  | All amounts owing from time to time under, for BEG the Enron CFD and/or, for Parent the Enron Guarantee                                                                                                                                       |  | 6% per annum on £72,000,000 calculated on no. of days elapsed and a 365 day year    
|   |  |                          |  |                     
|4. |  | BNFL                     |  | BEG/ BEG (UK)        |  | All amounts owing from time to time in respect of Balancing Instalments and BNFL Interest Amounts                                                                                                                                             |  | None                                                                                
|   |  |                          |  |                     
|5. |  | EPL Lenders              |  | EPL                  |  | All amounts of principal owing from time to time under the EPL Facility Agreement                                                                                                                                                             |  | LIBOR plus 1.25% plus Mandatory Costs, as per Clause 9 of the EPL Facility Agreement
|   |  |                          |  |                     
|6. |  | EPL Swap Providers       |  | EPL                  |  | All rights to terminate the EPL Swaps unless otherwise agreed by the Parent and, if so, only for the purpose of crystallising the amounts due on such termination which amounts shall be
Standstill Obligations                               |  | As per the existing terms of each EPL Swap                                          
|   |  |                          |  |                     
|7. |  | EPL                      |  | BEPET, Parent        |  | All amounts owing from time to time under, for BEPET the EPL CTA, and/or, for Parent the EPL SLA other than the EPL Continuing Obligations                                                                                                    |  | None                                                                                
|   |  |                          |  |                     
|8. |  | RBS                      |  | Parent, BEG, BEG(UK) |  | All amounts owing from time to time or in respect of which a liability to pay is capable of arising under the RBS Counter-indemnity and/or the RBS Composite Guarantee and/or the RBS LC Facility
Agreement                                   |  | 6% per annum on £34,000,000 calculated on no. of days elapsed and a 365 day year    



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Part C



Continuing Obligations



|   |  |          |  |                       |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|-- |  | -------- |  | --------------------- |  | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|   |  | Creditor |  | Company               |  | Continuing Obligations                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|1. |  | TPL      |  | BEPET                 |  | All obligations under the TPL Amended PPA and under the TPL 200MW PPA.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|   |  |          | 
|2. |  | BNFL     |  | BEG/BEG (UK)          |  | All obligations under the Existing BNFL Agreements including all payment obligations other than the BNFL Standstill Obligations and all obligations under agreements with BNFL other than the
Existing BNFL Agreements                                                                                                                                      
|   |  |          | 
|3. |  | EPL      |  | BEPET, Parent         |  | Amounts due under the EPL CTA to fund interest accruing under the EPL Facility Agreement through the EPL Swaps and EPLs operating costs and amounts due under the EPL SLA to fund EPLs
Designated Capital Expenditure (as defined in the EPL Facility Agreement) including the Parents obligations in relation thereto under the EPL Sponsor Undertaking.
|   |  |          | 
|4. |  | RBS      |  | Parent, BEG, BEG (UK) |  | Commissions at 0.4% per annum in accordance with Clause 6.4 of the RBS LC Facility Agreement.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               



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SCHEDULE 5



TERMINATION EVENTS



Each of the following is a Termination Event for the purpose of this Agreement, unless waived in writing by all Creditors (or, in the case
of EPL Lenders, the EPL Facility Agent acting on the instructions of the Majority Banks under (and as defined in) the EPL Facility Agreement):



|1. | any Company fails to (a) discharge any material Continuing Obligation when due or (b) pay any interest on any Standstill Obligation when due pursuant to Clause 2.4
(Interest), and, in either case, such failure continues for a period of 20 Business Days and has not been waived by the relevant Creditor;
|-- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|2. | any petition is presented or other step is taken for the purpose of winding up any Company (not being a petition which is frivolous, vexatious or an abuse of the process of the
court and not being a petition withdrawn or struck out within 20 Business Days) or an order is made or resolution passed for the winding up of any Company;
|-- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|3. | any petition is presented or other step is taken for the purpose of the appointment of an administrator or interim manager of any Company (not being a petition or step which is
frivolous, vexatious or an abuse of the process of the court and not being a petition withdrawn or struck out within 20 Business Days) or an administration order is made in relation to any Company or any Company otherwise enters administration;
|-- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|4. | any administrative or other receiver is appointed in respect of any Company or any part of their respective assets and/or undertakings or any other steps are taken to enforce any
Security Interest over all or any material part of the assets of any Company;
|-- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|5. | there occurs in relation to any Company, in any country or territory in which it carries on business or to the jurisdiction of whose courts any part of its assets is subject, any
event which in that country or territory corresponds with, or has an effect equivalent or similar to, any of those mentioned in paragraphs 2 to 4 above (inclusive);
|-- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|6. | the Secretary of State makes a valid written demand for repayment in full pursuant to:
|-- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|6.1 | the Credit Facility Agreement; or
|--- | ---------------------------------



|6.2 | any counter-indemnity provided by the Parent (and any of its Subsidiaries) to the Secretary of State in respect of any guarantee or other form of credit support granted by the
Secretary of State for the purposes of securing any facility granted by commercial banks to the Parent (or any of its Subsidiaries) in order to replace the Credit Facility Agreement,
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



and such demand is not satisfied in accordance with the terms of the Credit
Facility Agreement or such counter-indemnity.



|7. | interest is not paid within 20 Business Days of the due date on the Sterling Bonds.
|-- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|8. | the Sterling Bondholder Restructuring Agreement terminates or for any reason ceases to be in full force and effect and/or to bind its counterparties thereto.
|-- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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|9. | The Creditor Restructuring Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms.
|-- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------



|10. | Documentation is despatched by any Company (without the consent of all Creditors) for the purpose of implementing a scheme, compromise or arrangement in relation to the Standstill
Obligations which provides for distributions to Creditors different to those set out in the Creditor Restructuring Agreement.
|--- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|11. | Any Company fails to comply with its undertakings given under Clause 4.5 and Schedule 4 of the Creditor Restructuring Agreement where such failure so to comply is prejudicial to the
position of a Creditor and such failure is not remedied within 7 days of the date on which such Creditor serves a notice on the relevant Company (and copied to the Secretary of State at Abbey Orchard Street, London SW1P 2HT, fax: 020 7215 0138)
requiring remedy and specifying in reasonable detail why such failure is prejudicial to its position and what action is necessary to achieve remedy or such failure is not otherwise waived by the relevant Creditor.
|--- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



|12. | Any representation made by any Company under Clauses 4.1 and 4.3 and paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 4 of the Creditor Restructuring Agreement was materially incorrect when made.
|--- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------



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SCHEDULE 6



UNDERTAKINGS BY THE CREDITORS



Part A



Restricted Actions



|1. | Demand or acceleration
|-- | ----------------------



Make any demand for, accept payment or discharge of or declare prematurely due and payable any indebtedness or other liability of any member of the Group.



|2. | Proceedings
|-- | -----------



Take any proceedings or steps to enforce the payment or discharge of or to recover any indebtedness or other liability of any member of the Group.



|3. | Reductions or variation
|-- | -----------------------



Declare a default or cancel any Existing Agreement or any related guarantee or related indemnity in favour of a third party or make any alterations to the
terms of any Existing Agreement.



|4. | Increase in pricing
|-- | -------------------



Save as contemplated by the terms of the TPL Amended PPA and the Existing BNFL Agreements, increase the pricing terms of any Existing Agreement above the
rate referred to in Clause 2.4 (Interest).



|5. | Default rate interest
|-- | ---------------------



Save as contemplated by the terms of the Existing BNFL Agreements, receive payment of interest at a default rate under any Existing Agreement or require
the same to be paid more frequently than regular non-default interest.



|6. | Exercise of rights of recourse
|-- | ------------------------------



Subject to Clause 3.2 (Overriding Permitted Actions), take any steps to enforce, exercise rights or make demand under any Existing Agreement (which
for the avoidance of doubt does not include the TPL Amended PPA and the TPL 200 MW PPA) or under any guarantee, Security Interest or other right of recourse (including, without limitation, any step-in rights) held by it (whether from a member of the
Group or a third party) in respect of any Existing Agreement.



|7. | Insolvency steps
|-- | ----------------



Take any steps to wind up or appoint a receiver, administrative receiver, liquidator, administrator, interim manager or any other analogous officer in any
jurisdiction over, or commence any other insolvency related proceedings (or any analogous proceedings in any other jurisdiction) against any member of the Group or against any assets of any member of the Group.



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|8. | New Security Interest
|-- | ---------------------



Seek or take any new Security Interest, guarantee or indemnity, save for any BNFL Guarantees.



|9. | Refusal to perform obligations
|-- | ------------------------------



Refuse to perform its obligations under any Existing Agreement (or in the case of TPL, the TPL Amended PPA (subject to its rights under the TPL Option)).



|10. | Set-off
|--- | -------



Exercise any right of appropriation, set-off or combination or consolidation of accounts to reduce outstandings under any Existing Agreement.



|11. | Publicity
|--- | ---------



Make any public statement or give any press briefing relating to (a) this Agreement, (b) any negotiations to implement the Restructuring Proposals or (c)
any Company, in each case except to the extent already in the public domain or otherwise as required by law or by any regulatory authority having authority over it and except, for TPL, for statements or briefings relating to the electricity industry
generally which could not reasonably be expected to be prejudicial to the achievement of the Restructuring.



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Part B



Overriding Permitted Actions



|1. | Interest, commission and fees
|-- | -----------------------------



Subject to the terms of this Agreement, receive payments of amounts in respect of Continuing Obligations or of interest in accordance with Clause 2.4
(Interest) hereunder.



|2. | Continuing Obligations
|-- | ----------------------



Make demand or serve notice of default in respect of any Continuing Obligation when that obligation matures and is not satisfied, for the purpose of
crystallising or preserving that liability.



|3. | Service of Termination Notice
|-- | -----------------------------



Serve a Termination Notice following the occurrence of a Termination Event.



|4. | EPL Lenders
|-- | -----------



In the case of the EPL Facility Agent or Security Trustee, take or procure the taking of such action (if any) as is necessary to ensure that EPL preserves
and/or protects prudently and/or does not allow to be extinguished any of its rights against other members of the Group or third parties, Provided thatreasonable prior notice has been given to the Parent where it is possible to do so without
prejudicing such preservation or protection and Provided further thatin no circumstances shall the EPL CTA be terminated as a result of any such action.



|5. | RBS LC
|-- | ------



In the case of the EPL Facility Agent or Security Trustee, to make a demand under the RBS Letter of Credit if, on the terms of the RBS Letter of Credit,
it may be called on the grounds that it has not been renewed or replaced.



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SIGNATURES



|                                                |  | 
|----------------------------------------------- |  | 
|THE COMPANIES                                  
|                                               
|BRITISH ENERGY plc                             
|                                                | 
|By:                                             |  | 
|                                                |  | 
|                                               
|BRITISH ENERGY GENERATION LIMITED              
|                                                | 
|By:                                             |  | 
|                                                |  | 
|                                               
|BRITISH ENERGY GENERATION (UK) LIMITED         
|                                                | 
|By:                                             |  | 
|                                                |  | 
|                                               
|BRITISH ENERGY POWER AND ENERGY TRADING LIMITED
|                                                | 
|By:                                             |  | 
|                                               
|EGGBOROUGH POWER LIMITED                       
|                                                | 
|By:                                             |  | 
|                                                |  | 



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|------------------------------------- |  | 
|THE CREDITORS  TEESSIDE POWER LIMITED
|                                      | 
|By:                                   |  | 
|                                      |  | 



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|                         |  | 
|------------------------ |  | 
|DEUTSCHE BANK AG, LONDON
|                         | 
|By:                      |  | 
|                         |  | 



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|                          |  | 
|------------------------- |  | 
|BRITISH NUCLEAR FUELS PLC
|                          | 
|By:                       |  | 
|                          |  | 



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|                  |  | 
|----------------- |  | 
|BARCLAYS BANK PLC
|                  | 
|By:               |  | 
|                  |  | 



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|                          |  | 
|------------------------- |  | 
|THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK
|                          | 
|By:                       |  | 
|                          |  | 



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|                                     |  | 
|------------------------------------ |  | 
|WESTDEUTSCHE LANDESBANK GIROZENTRALE
|                                     | 
|By:                                  |  | 
|                                     |  | 



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|                               |  | 
|------------------------------ |  | 
|THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
|                               | 
|By:                            |  | 
|                               |  | 



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|                                               |  | 
|---------------------------------------------- |  | 
|BARCLAYS BANK PLC as Agent for the
EPL Lenders
|                                               | 
|By:                                            |  | 
|                                               |  | 



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|------------------------------ |  | 
|THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC
|                               | 
|By:                            |  | 
|                               |  | 



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