Exhibit





Exhibit 10.1
EXECUTION VERSION







FIFTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
THIS FIFTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is effective as of November 2, 2016 among PNM RESOURCES, INC., a New Mexico corporation (the “Borrower”), the Lenders party hereto and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Administrative Agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement (as defined below).
R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the Administrative Agent are parties to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2011, as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of January 18, 2012, the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2013, the Third Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 17, 2014 and the Fourth Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of September 9, 2015 (as so amended and as otherwise amended or modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested a modification to the Credit Agreement as described below; and
WHEREAS, the Lenders party hereto are willing to agree to such modification, subject to the terms set forth herein as more fully set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
A G R E E M E N T
1.    Amendments to Credit Agreement.
(a)The definition of “Material Lease” in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety. 
(b)    The following definitions in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement are amended and restated in their entirety to read as follows:
“Indebtedness” means with respect to any Person (without duplication), (a) all indebtedness and obligations of such Person for borrowed money or in respect of loans or advances of any kind, (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by notes, bonds, debentures or similar instruments, (c) all reimbursement obligations of such Person with respect to surety bonds, letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances (in each case, whether or not drawn or matured and in the stated amount thereof), (d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, (e) all indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or other title retention agreement with respect to property acquired by such Person, (f) all obligations of such Person as lessee under leases that are or are required to be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases, to the extent such obligations are required to be so recorded,  (g)  the  net  termination  obligations  of  such  Person  under  any  Hedging  Agreements, 


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calculated as of any date as if such agreement or arrangement were terminated as of such date in accordance with the applicable rules under GAAP, (h) all Contingent Obligations of such Person, (i) all obligations and liabilities of such Person incurred in connection with any transaction or series of transactions providing for the financing of assets through one or more securitizations or in connection with, or pursuant to, any synthetic lease or similar off-balance sheet financing, (j) the aggregate amount of uncollected accounts receivable of such Person subject at the time of determination to a sale of receivables (or similar transaction) to the extent such transaction is effected with recourse to such Person (whether or not such transaction would be reflected on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP), (k) all Specified Securities and (l) all indebtedness referred to in clauses (a) through (k) above secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned or held by such Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by such Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of such Person.


“Maturity Date” means October 31, 2020 or with respect to some or all of the Lenders if such date is otherwise extended pursuant to Section 2.5, October 31, 2021 and/or October 31, 2022 (subject to the limitations set forth in Section 2.5).
(c)    The following definitions are hereby added to Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement in the appropriate alphabetical order:
“Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.
“Bail-In Legislation” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.
“EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.
“EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.
“EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.
“EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.
“Fifth Amendment Effective Date” means November 2, 2016.
“Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to 


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time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.


(d)    Clause (d) in the definition of “Defaulting Lender” in Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to read as follows:
    
(d) has become or is insolvent or has become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee or custodian appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment, or has become the subject of a Bail-in Action.


(e)    Section 2.5(a) of the Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:


(a)    Request for Extensions.  On the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower may, on a one-time basis, by notice to the Lenders, request that the Lenders extend the Maturity Date for one additional year. At any time after the Fifth Amendment Effective Date, the Borrower may, on a one-time basis, by notice to the Lenders, request that the Lenders extend the then current Maturity Date for one additional year; provided that such extension shall not become effective before the date which is five years before the Maturity Date as so extended.  Each Lender shall, by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent not later than the 30th day following the date of any such request from the Borrower, advise the Borrower whether or not it agrees to extend the Maturity Date as requested.   Each decision by a Lender shall be in the sole discretion of such Lender, and any Lender that has not so advised the Administrative Agent by the 30th day following the date of such request from the Borrower shall be deemed to have declined to agree to such extension.  Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that no Lender shall be obligated to extend the Maturity Date pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.5.  Any Lender who fails to agree to the extension request of the Borrower, as set forth herein, shall be referred to, for purposes of this Section, as a “Non-Extending Lender”.


(f)    The following sentence is hereby added to the end of Section 3.16(c) of the Credit Agreement to read as follows:


Subject to Section 11.22, no reallocation hereunder shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party hereunder against a Defaulting Lender arising from that Lender having become a Defaulting Lender, including any claim of a Non-Defaulting Lender as a result of such Non-Defaulting Lender’s increased exposure following such reallocation.


(g)    Section 6.18 and Section 6.19 of the Credit Agreement are hereby deleted in their entirety and replaced with the following:


6.18    [Reserved].


6.19    [Reserved].


(h)    Section 7.2 of the Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:


7.2     Financial Covenant.




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The ratio of (a) Consolidated Indebtedness to (b) Consolidated Capitalization shall be less than or equal to 0.65 to 1.0 as of the last day of any Fiscal Quarter.


(i)    Clause (p) of Section 8.5 of the Credit Agreement is amended to read as follows:


(p) Liens on Property that is subject to a lease that is classified as an operating lease as of the Closing Date but which is subsequently converted to a capital lease,


(j)    A new Section 11.22 is hereby added to the Credit Agreement to read as follows:


11.22    Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.  


Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Credit Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution arising under any Credit Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the Write-down and Conversion Powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:


(a)    the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Lender that is an EEA Financial Institution; and


(b)    the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:


(i)    a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;


(ii)    a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Credit Document; or


(iii)    the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the Write-down and Conversion Powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.


(k)    Schedule 6.18 and Schedule 6.19 to the Credit Agreement are hereby deleted in their entirety.
(l)    Footnote 1 in Schedule 1 to Exhibit 7.1(c) to the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted.


2.    Extension.


Pursuant to Section 2.5(a) of the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, the Borrower has requested that the Maturity Date be extended for an additional year until October 31, 2021.  By executing this Amendment, each Lender, other than SunTrust Bank, shall have consented to the requested extension of the Maturity Date until October 31, 2021. It is understood and agreed that, pursuant to Section 2.5(b) of the Credit Agreement, SunTrust Bank is a Non-


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Extending Lender and its Maturity Date with respect to the obligations owed to it remains October 31, 2020.


3.    Effectiveness.


This Amendment shall be effective as of November 2, 2016 upon satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:


(a)    Receipt by the Administrative Agent of copies of this Amendment duly executed by the Borrower, the Required Lenders and each Lender consenting to the extension of its Maturity Date.


(b)    Receipt by the Administrative Agent of the following:


(i)    Copies of the articles of incorporation of the Borrower certified to be true and complete as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority of the state or other jurisdiction of its formation and copies of the bylaws of the Borrower certified by a secretary or assistant secretary (or the equivalent) of the Borrower to be true and correct as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date.


(ii)    Copies of resolutions of the board of directors of the Borrower approving and adopting this Amendment, the transactions contemplated herein and authorizing execution and delivery hereof, certified by a secretary or assistant secretary (or the equivalent) of the Borrower to be true and correct and in full force and effect as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date.


(iii)    An incumbency certificate of the Borrower certified by a secretary or assistant secretary (or the equivalent) of the Borrower to be true and correct as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date.


(c)    Receipt by the Administrative Agent of opinions of counsel from counsel to the Borrower (which may include in-house counsel with respect to matters of New Mexico law), in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated as of the Fifth Amendment Effective Date.


(d)    The Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each Lender agreeing to extend its Maturity Date, as set forth in Section 2 above, a fee in an amount equal to 0.06% of such Lender’s Commitment.


(e)    The Borrower shall have paid to the Administrative Agent and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, all fees due and payable to such Persons on the date hereof.




4.    Ratification of Credit Agreement.  The term “Credit Agreement” as used in each of the Credit Documents shall hereafter mean the Credit Agreement as amended and modified by this Amendment.   Except  as  herein  specifically  agreed,  the  Credit  Agreement,  as  amended  by  this Amendment, is hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect according to its terms.  Each party hereto acknowledges and consents to the modifications set forth herein and agrees that, other than as explicitly set forth in Section 1 above, this Amendment does not impair, reduce or limit any of its obligations under the Credit Documents (including, without limitation, the indemnity obligations set forth therein) and that, after the date hereof, this Amendment shall constitute a Credit Document.  The 


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execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Lender or the Administrative Agent under any of the Credit Documents or constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Credit Documents.


5.    Authority/Enforceability.  The Borrower represents and warrants as follows:
(a)    It has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment.
(b)    This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by the Borrower and constitutes the Borrower’s legal, valid and binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
(c)    No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing, registration or qualification with, any court or governmental authority or third party is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Borrower of this Amendment, or, if required, any such consent, approval, authorization, order, filing, registration or qualification has been previously obtained or made.
6.    Representations and Warranties.  The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders that (a) the representations and warranties of the Borrower set forth in Section 6 of the Credit Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof, unless they specifically refer to an earlier date and except that, for purposes of the foregoing, the references to “December 31, 2014” in Section 6.7 of the Credit Agreement are hereby amended to “December 31, 2015,” (b) no event has occurred and is continuing which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default, and (c) it has no claims, counterclaims, offsets, credits or defenses to its obligations under the Credit Documents, or to the extent it has any, they are hereby released in consideration of the Lenders party hereto entering into this Amendment.
7.    No Conflicts.  The Borrower represents and warrants that the execution and delivery of this Amendment, the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Credit Agreement (before and after giving effect to this Amendment), and the performance of and compliance with the terms and provisions hereof by the Borrower will not (a) violate, contravene or conflict with any provision of its articles or certificate of incorporation, bylaws or other organizational or governing document, (b) violate, contravene or conflict with any law, rule, regulation (including, without limitation, Regulation U and Regulation X), order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or permit applicable to the Borrower, (c) violate, contravene or conflict with contractual provisions of, or cause an event of default under, any indenture, loan agreement, mortgage, deed of trust, contract or other agreement or instrument to which the Borrower is a party or by which it or its properties may be bound, the violation of which would have or would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (d) result in or require the creation of any Lien upon or with respect to the Borrower's properties.
8.    Counterparts/Telecopy.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery of executed counterparts by telecopy or by electronic format (pdf) shall be effective as an original.


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9.    GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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Each of the parties hereto has caused a counterpart of this Amendment to be duly executed and delivered as of the date first above written.
BORROWER:


PNM RESOURCES, INC.,
a New Mexico corporation
By:    /s/ Elisabeth Eden                
Name:    Elisabeth Eden
Title:    Vice President and Treasurer


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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT:


WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Administrative Agent, as a Lender and as an L/C Issuer
By:    /s/ Gregory R. Gredvig                
Name:    Gregory R. Gredvig                
Title:    Vice President                    










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LENDERS:                
MUFG UNION BANK, N.A., 
as a Lender and an L/C Issuer


By:    /s/ Eric Otieno                
Name:    Eric Otieno                
Title:    Vice President                


CITIBANK, N.A., 
as a Lender


By:    /s/ Richard Rivera            
Name:    Richard Rivera                
Title:    Vice President                


JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., 
as a Lender


By:    /s/ Helen D. Davis            
Name:    Helen D. Davis                
Title:    Executive Director            


MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A., 
as a Lender


By:    /s/ Michael King            
Name:    Michael King                
Title:    Authorized Signatory            


ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, 
as a Lender


By:    /s/ Frank Lambrinos            
Name:    Frank Lambrinos            
Title:    Authorized Signatory            


KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
as a Lender


By:    /s/ Keven D. Smith            
Name:    Keven D. Smith                
Title:    Senior Vice President            


SUNTRUST BANK, 
as a Lender


By:    /s/ Yann Pirio                
Name:    Yann Pirio                
Title:    Managing Director            


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U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
as a Lender


By:    /s/ Eric J. Cosgrove            
Name:    Eric J. Cosgrove            
Title:    Senior Vice President            


THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, 
as a Lender


By:    /s/ Mark W. Rogers            
Name:    Mark W. Rogers            
Title:    Vice President                


BOKF, NA d/b/a BANK OF ALBUQUERQUE, 
as a Lender


By:    /s/ John Valentine            
Name:    John Valentine                
Title:    SVP                    






























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