Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION 

AMENDMENT NO. 1

AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of July 31, 2014 to the Senior Unsecured Bridge Credit Agreement referred to below, among TECO Finance, Inc., a Florida corporation, as Holdco Borrower (the “Borrower”), TECO Energy, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company,” and, together with the Borrower, the “Obligors”), each of the Lenders identified under the caption “LENDERS” on the signature pages hereto and MORGAN STANLEY SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).

The Obligors, the Lenders party thereto (individually, a “Lender” and, collectively, the “Lenders”) and the Administrative Agent are parties to a Senior Unsecured Bridge Credit Agreement dated as of June 24, 2013 (the “Credit Agreement”).  The Obligors and the Required Lenders wish to amend the Credit Agreement in certain respects, and accordingly, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

Section 1.  Definitions.  Capitalized terms used in this Amendment No. 1 and not otherwise defined are used herein as defined in the Credit Agreement.

Section 2.  Amendments.  Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 4 hereof, but effective as of the date hereof, the Credit Agreement shall be amended as follows:

2.01.  References in the Credit Agreement (including references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby) to “this Agreement” (and indirect references such as “hereunder”, “hereby”, “herein” and “hereof”) shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

2.02.  Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the word “tangible” in the second line of the definition of “Consolidated Shareholders Equity”.

Section 3.  Representations and Warranties.  Each Obligor (as to itself and its Subsidiaries) represents and warrants to the Lenders that (a) its representations and warranties set forth in Article IV of the Credit Agreement are true and complete on the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof and as if each reference in said Article IV to “this Agreement” included reference to this Amendment No. 1 (unless such representation and warranty relates solely to another time, in which event such representation or warranty is true and correct as of such other time) and (b) no Event of Default or Inchoate Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

Section 4.  Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness.  The amendments set forth in Section 2 hereof shall become effective, as of the date hereof, upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of one or more counterparts of this Amendment No. 1 executed by the Obligors and the Required Lenders.

Section 5.  Confirmation of Guarantee.  The Company hereby confirms and ratifies all of its obligations under the Credit Facility Documents to which it is a party, including its obligations as a guarantor under Article IX of the Credit Agreement as amended hereby.

Section 6.  Miscellaneous.  Except as herein provided, the Credit Agreement shall remain unchanged and in full force and effect.  This Amendment No. 1 may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement and any of the parties hereto may execute this Amendment No. 1 by signing any such counterpart.  This Amendment No. 1 shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York.

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Section 7.  Credit Facility Document.  The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment No. 1 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 Facility Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Credit Facility Documents. On and after the effectiveness of this Amendment No. 1, this Amendment No. 1 shall for all purposes constitute a Credit Facility Document.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment No. 1 to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

 

TECO FINANCE, INC.

 

By: /s/ Kim M. Caruso 

Name: Kim M. Caruso 

Title:  Treasurer

 

 

TECO ENERGY, INC.

 

By: /s/ Kim M. Caruso 

Name: Kim M. Caruso 

Title:  Treasurer

 

 




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LENDERS

MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A.

 

By:  /s/ John Durland 

Name: John Durland 

Title:   Authorized Signatory 




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CITIBANK, N.A.


 

By:  /s/ Maureen P. Maroney 

Name: Maureen P. Maroney

Title:  Vice President 

 




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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

 

By:  /s/ Peter Christensen

Name: Peter Christensen 

Title:   Vice President




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SUNTRUST BANK

 

 

By:  /s/ Andrew Johnson 

Name: Andrew Johnson 

Title:   Director 

 




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THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON

 

 

By:  /s/ Richard K. Fronapfel, Jr. 

Name: Richard K. Fronapfel, Jr. 

Title:    Vice President 

 

 




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MUFG UNION BANK, N.A.


 

 

By:  /s/ John Guilds

Name: John Guilds

Title:    Director 

 




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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

By:  /s/ Nick Schmiesing

Name: Nick Schmiesing

Title:   Vice President 

 

 




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FIFTH THIRD BANK, AN OHIO BANKING CORPORATION

 

 

By:  /s/ John A. Marian 

Name: John A. Marian 

Title:   Vice President 

 

 




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THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA

 

 

By:  /s/ Thane Rattew

Name: Thane Rattew

Title:    Managing Director 

 




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THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY

 

 

By:  /s/ Patrick Osborne 

Name: Patrick Osborne 

Title:   Officer

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