Document:

The Second Security Assignment dated September 30, 2004

 Exhibit 4.37 
  

			
	

	 	LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP
	 	 	 
	 	CONFORMED COPY

  
 EGGBOROUGH POWER
LIMITED 
 as Assignor 
  
 EGGBOROUGH POWER (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 
 as
Assignee 
  

  
 SECOND SECURITY ASSIGNMENT 
  

 CONTENTS 
  

					
	 Clause

	  	 	  	Page

	 1.
	  	Definitions And Interpretation	  	1
			
	 2.
	  	Commencement	  	2
			
	 3.
	  	Covenant To Pay	  	2
			
	 4.
	  	Assignment	  	2
			
	 5.
	  	Notice Of Assignment	  	3
			
	 6.
	  	Assignor's Undertakings	  	3
			
	 7.
	  	Enforcement	  	3
			
	 8.
	  	Exercise Of Rights	  	4
			
	 9.
	  	Further Assurance	  	4
			
	 10.
	  	Power Of Attorney	  	4
			
	 11.
	  	Receiver	  	5
			
	 12.
	  	Effectiveness Of Security	  	5
			
	 13.
	  	Release Of Security	  	5
			
	 14.
	  	Subsequent Interests And Accounts	  	6
			
	 15.
	  	Application Of Moneys	  	6
			
	 16.
	  	Assignment	  	7
			
	 17.
	  	Successors	  	7
			
	 18.
	  	Notices	  	7
			
	 19.
	  	Governing Law	  	8
			
	 20.
	  	Jurisdiction	  	8
		
	 SCHEDULE 1 FORM OF NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT
OF CONTRACT
	  	9
		
	 SCHEDULE 2 FORM OF NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT
OF ASSET OPTION ACCOUNT
	  	12

 THIS ASSIGNMENT is made as a deed on 30 September 2004 
  
 BETWEEN: 
  

	(1)	EGGBOROUGH POWER LIMITED, a company incorporated in England and Wales (registered no. 03782700) whose registered office is at Barnett Way, Barnwood, Gloucestershire GL4 3RS
(the “Assignor”). 

  

	(2)	EGGBOROUGH POWER (HOLDINGS) LIMITED, a company incorporated in Scotland (registered no. SC201083) whose registered office is at 3 Redwood Crescent, Peel Park, East Kilbride
G74 5PR (the “Assignee”). 

  
 IT IS AGREED
as follows: 
  

	1.	DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION 

  

	1.1	Terms defined in the Second Intercompany Loan Agreement shall, unless otherwise defined in this Assignment, have the same meaning in this Assignment and in addition:

  
 “Accounts Agreement” means the
accounts agreement dated on or about the date of this Assignment between EPL as borrower and Barclays Bank PLC as the account bank and agent. 
  
 “Amendment and Restatement Agreement” has the same meaning as given to it in the Credit Agreement. 
  
 “Asset Option Account” has the same meaning as given to it
in the Accounts Agreement. 
  
 “Assigned
Property” means the rights and property expressed to be assigned in Clause 4 (Assignment). 
  
 “Buyer” has the same meaning as given to it in the Asset Option Agreement. 
  
 “Collateral Rights” means all rights, powers and remedies of the Assignee provided by this Assignment or by
law. 
  
 “Contracts” means the Asset Option
Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement. 
  
 “Demand
Date” means the earlier of: 
  

	 	(a)	the date on which the Assignee demands repayment of all or any part of the Loan pursuant to clause 6 of the Second Intercompany Loan Agreement; and 

  

	 	(b)	the date on which the Assignor is required to make a prepayment of all or any part of the Loan pursuant to clause 7 of the Second Intercompany Loan Agreement.

  
 “Notice of Assignment” means
in respect of a Contract, a notice of assignment substantially in the form of Schedule 1 and in the case of the Asset Option Account, a notice of assignment substantially in the form of Schedule 2 (with such amendments as the Assignor and the
Assignee may agree). 
  

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 “Relevant Payments” means each and every sum paid or payable from time to time to the
Assignor under or pursuant to any of the Contracts. 
  
 “Restatement Date” has the same meaning as given to it in the Credit Agreement. 
  
 “Second Intercompany Loan Agreement” means the intercompany loan agreement dated on or about the date of this Assignment between EPHL as
lender and EPL as borrower. 
  
 “Secured
Obligations” means all obligations owing to the Assignee by the Assignor under or pursuant to the Second Intercompany Loan Agreement, whether present or future, actual or contingent. 
  

	1.2	Any reference in this Assignment to: 

  

	 	(a)	the “Assignor”, the “Assignee” or any other person shall be construed so as to include its and any subsequent permitted successors, assigns and
transferees in accordance with their respective interests; 

  

	 	(b)	a “Clause” or “Schedule” shall be construed as a reference to a clause of or schedule to this Assignment; 

  

	 	(c)	this Assignment or any other agreement or document shall be construed as a reference to this Assignment or, as the case may be, such other agreement or document as the same may have
been, or may from time to time be, amended, varied, novated or supplemented; and 

  

	 	(d)	a statute or treaty shall be construed as a reference to such statute or treaty as the same may have been, or may from time to time be, amended or, in the case of a statute,
re-enacted. 

  

	1.3	The Clause and Schedule headings in this Assignment are for ease of reference only and shall not affect its interpretation. 

  

	1.4	A person who is not a party to this Assignment has no right under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Assignment. 

 

	1.5	This Assignment is subject to the terms and conditions of the Intercreditor Agreement. 

  

	2.	COMMENCEMENT 

  
 The provisions of this Assignment shall only become effective on the occurrence of the Restatement Date. 
  

	3.	COVENANT TO PAY 

  
 The Assignor shall on demand of the Assignee discharge each of the Secured Obligations and pay to the Assignee when due and payable each sum now or
hereafter owing, due or incurred by the Assignor in respect of the Secured Obligations. 
  

	4.	ASSIGNMENT 

  

	4.1	The Assignor assigns by way of security for the Secured Obligations absolutely and with full title guarantee to the Assignee all of its right, title and interest, present and
future, in, under and to the Contracts, the Relevant Payments and the Asset Option Account, together with all present and future claims and causes of action in respect thereof. 

  

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	4.2	The Assignee shall not be under any obligation in relation to the Assigned Property or any of the Contracts as a consequence of this Assignment and the Assignor shall at all times
remain liable to perform all obligations expressed to be assumed by it in respect of the Assigned Property and the Contracts. 

  

	5.	NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT 

  

	5.1	The Assignor shall promptly and in any event within ten (10) days of the date of this Assignment deliver to the Assignee Notices of Assignment in respect of each Contract and the
Asset Option Account duly executed by or on behalf of the Assignor and acknowledged by: 

  

	 	(a)	in the case of the Contracts, the other parties to the Contracts; and 

  

	 	(b)	in the case of the Asset Option Account, the bank with which the account is open or maintained. 

  

	6.	ASSIGNOR’S UNDERTAKINGS 

  
 The Assignor undertakes to the Assignee for the duration of this Assignment that, subject to the terms and conditions of the Finance Documents, it shall:

  

	 	(a)	not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Assigned Property; 

  

	 	(b)	not create, grant or permit to subsist any security interest over all or any of its right, title and interest in the Assigned Property; 

  

	 	(c)	promptly notify the Assignee of any Relevant Payments which are contested or any circumstances which give rise, or may reasonably be expected to give rise, to a claim on or under
the Assigned Property; and 

  

	 	(d)	not vary, rescind or amend the Contracts or any of them except with the prior written consent of the Assignee. 

  

	7.	ENFORCEMENT 

  

	7.1	At any time on or after the Demand Date, the Assignee shall be entitled, without prior notice to the Assignor or prior authorisation from any court, to enforce all or any part of
the security constituted by this Assignment in any manner it sees fit. Without limiting any of the powers conferred on the Assignee by this Clause 7, the Assignee shall be entitled to: 

  

	 	(a)	take possession of the Assigned Property or otherwise exercise in relation to it all of the rights of an absolute owner; 

  

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	 	(b)	assign any or all of the Assigned Property to any person on such terms as the Assignee considers appropriate; and 

  

	 	(c)	collect, recover or compromise, and give a good discharge for, any moneys paid or payable to the Assignor under or in respect of the Assigned Property, and enforce (in any way
whatsoever including, without limitation, by way of instituting proceedings in the Assignor’s name) any rights or claims arising under or in respect of the Assigned Property. 

  

	7.2	The power of sale or other disposal in Clause 7.1 shall operate as a variation and extension of the statutory power of sale under Section 101 of the Law of Property Act 1925 and
such power shall arise (and the Secured Obligations shall be deemed due and payable for that purpose) on execution of this Assignment. The restrictions contained in Sections 93 and 103 of the Law of Property Act 1925 shall not apply to this
Assignment or to any exercise by the Assignee of its right to consolidate mortgages or its power of sale. 

  

	7.3	A certificate in writing by an officer or agent of the Assignee that the power of sale or disposal has arisen and is exercisable shall be conclusive evidence of that fact in favour
of a purchaser of all or any part of the Assigned Property. 

  

	8.	EXERCISE OF RIGHTS 

  
 Subject always to the terms of this Assignment, the Assignor, as agent for and on behalf of the Assignee, shall be entitled to exercise all rights and
powers arising under the Contracts or any of them with respect to the Relevant Payments until notified in writing of the Demand Date. The Assignee shall be entitled upon the giving of such notice to exercise all such rights and powers when they
arise and the Assignor shall thereupon cease to be the agent of the Assignee. 
  

	9.	FURTHER ASSURANCE 

  
 The Assignor shall promptly execute all documents and do all things (including the execution and delivery of any Notice of Assignment) that the Assignee
may reasonably specify for the purpose of (a) exercising the Collateral Rights; (b) securing and perfecting its security over or title to all or any part of the Assigned Property; or (c) facilitating any dealings by the Assignee pursuant to the
powers granted to the Assignee under this Assignment. 
  

	10.	POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  
 The Assignor, by way of security, irrevocably appoints the Assignee to be its attorney and in its name, on its behalf and as its act and deed to execute,
deliver and perfect all documents (including any Notice of Assignment) and do all things that the Assignee may consider to be necessary for (a) carrying out any obligation imposed upon the Assignor under this Assignment; or (b) exercising any of the
Collateral Rights. The Assignor shall ratify and confirm all things done and all documents executed by the Assignee in the exercise of that power of attorney. 
  

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	11.	RECEIVER 

  

	11.1	Upon the occurrence of the Demand Date or if a petition or application is presented for the making of an administration order in relation to the Assignor or if any person who is
entitled to do so gives written notice of its intention to appoint an administrator of the Assignor or files such a notice with the court, the Assignee may by writing (acting through an authorised officer of the Assignee) without notice to the
Assignor appoint one or more persons to be receiver of the whole or any part of the Assigned Property (each such person being (a) entitled to act individually as well as jointly; and (b) for all purposes deemed to be the agent of the Assignor).

  

	11.2	In addition to the powers of the Assignee conferred by Clause 7.1, each person appointed pursuant to Clause 11.1 shall have, in relation to the part of the Assigned Property in
respect of which he was appointed, all the powers (a) conferred by the Law of Property Act 1925 on a receiver appointed under that Act; (b) of an administrative receiver set out in Schedule 1 to the Insolvency Act 1986 (whether or not such person is
an administrative receiver); and (c) (if such person is an administrative receiver) all the other powers exercisable by an administrative receiver in relation to the Assignor by virtue of the Insolvency Act 1986. 

  

	12.	EFFECTIVENESS OF SECURITY 

  

	12.1	The security created by this Assignment and the Collateral Rights shall be cumulative, in addition to and independent of every other security which the Assignee may at any time hold
for the Secured Obligations or any rights, powers and remedies provided by law. No prior security held by the Assignee over the whole or any part of the Assigned Property shall merge into the security constituted by this Assignment.

  

	12.2	This Assignment shall remain in full force and effect as a continuing security for the Secured Obligations unless and until the Assignee discharges it. 

  

	12.3	No failure on the part of the Assignee to exercise, or delay on its part in exercising, any Collateral Right shall operate as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of a
Collateral Right prevent any further or other exercise of that or any other Collateral Right. 

  

	12.4	If, at any time, any provision of this Assignment is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction, the legality, validity or
enforceability of (a) the remaining provisions of this Assignment; and (b) such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. 

  

	12.5	None of the Assignee, its nominee(s) or any receiver appointed pursuant to this Assignment shall be liable by reason of (a) taking any action permitted by this Assignment; (b) any
neglect or default in connection with the Assigned Property; or (c) the taking possession or realisation of all or any part of the Assigned Property, except in the case of gross negligence or wilful default upon its part. 

 

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	13.	RELEASE OF SECURITY 

  

	13.1	Upon the Secured Obligations being discharged in full and the Assignee having no actual or contingent obligation under the Second Intercompany Loan Agreement, the Assignee shall, at
the request and expense of the Assignor, reassign to the Assignor the Assigned Property, subject to Clause 13.2 and without recourse to, or any representation or warranty by, the Assignee. 

  

	13.2	If the Assignee considers that any amount paid or credited to it is capable of being avoided or reduced by virtue of any bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation or similar laws, the
liability of the Assignor under this Assignment and the security constituted by this Assignment shall continue and such amount shall not be considered to have been irrevocably paid. 

  

	13.3	The Assignee may retain this Assignment, the security constituted by or pursuant to this Assignment and all documents relating to or evidencing ownership of all or any part of the
Assigned Property for a period of seven months after any discharge in full of the Secured Obligations, provided that if at any time during that seven month period a petition or application is presented for an order for the winding-up of, or the
making of an administration order in respect of, the Assignor or any person who is entitled to do so gives written notice of its intention to appoint an administrator of the Assignor or files such a notice with the court or the Assignor commences to
be wound-up voluntarily or any analogous proceedings are commenced in respect of it, the Assignee may continue to retain such security and such documents for such further period as the Assignee may determine and the security and such documents shall
be deemed to have continued to be held as security for the Secured Obligations. 

  

	14.	SUBSEQUENT INTERESTS AND ACCOUNTS 

  
 If the Assignee at any time receives notice of any subsequent mortgage, assignment, charge or other interest affecting all or any part of the Assigned
Property, all payments made by the Assignor to the Assignee after that time shall be treated as having been credited to a new account of the Assignee and not as having been applied in reduction of the Secured Obligations as at the time when the
Assignee received notice. 
  

	15.	APPLICATION OF MONEYS 

  
 All moneys received or recovered by the Assignee or any receiver appointed pursuant to this Assignment or the powers conferred by it shall (subject to the
claims of any person having prior rights thereto and by way of variation of the provisions of the Law of Property Act 1925) be applied first in the payment of the costs, charges and expenses incurred and payments made by such receiver, the payment
of his remuneration and the discharge of any liabilities incurred by such receiver in, or incidental to, the exercise of any of his powers, and thereafter shall be applied by the Assignee (notwithstanding any purported appropriation by the Assignor)
in such order and manner as the Assignee shall think fit: 
  

	 	(a)	in or towards the discharge of all or any of the Secured Obligations which are then due and payable; or 

  

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	 	(b)	if any of the Secured Obligations are then contingent, in payment to the credit of any accounts selected by the Assignee to be held until such time as the Assignee shall think fit
pending their application in or towards the discharge of all or any of the Secured Obligations which are at that time due and payable; or 

  

	 	(c)	in payment to the credit of any suspense or impersonal account for so long as the Assignee shall think fit pending any further application of such moneys (as the Assignee shall be
entitled, but not obliged, to do in its discretion) in accordance with the previous provisions of this Clause; and 

  

	 	(d)	if the Assignor is under no further actual or contingent liability under the Second Intercompany Loan Agreement, in payment of the surplus to the Assignor or any other person
entitled thereto. 

  

	16.	ASSIGNMENT 

  

	16.1	The Assignee may assign and transfer all or any of its rights and obligations under this Assignment. The Assignee shall be entitled to disclose such information concerning the
Assignor and this Assignment to such parties, in each case, as the Assignee considers appropriate. 

  

	16.2	The Assignor may not assign and/or transfer any of its rights and/or obligations under this Agreement. 

  

	17.	SUCCESSORS 

  
 This Assignment shall remain in effect despite any amalgamation or merger (however effected) relating to the Assignee; and references to the Assignee
shall be deemed to include any person who, under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or domicile, has assumed the rights and obligations of the Assignee under this Assignment or to which, under such laws, those rights and obligations have
been transferred. 
  

	18.	NOTICES 

  

	18.1	Any communication to be made by one person to another under or in connection with this Assignment shall be made in writing by fax or letter to the fax number or address set out in
Clause 18.4 below (or any substitute address or fax number specified by that person by written notice to the other person received before the communication was despatched). 

  

	18.2	Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under or in connection with this Assignment will only be effective: 

  

	 	(a)	if by way of fax, when received in legible form; or 

  

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	 	(b)	if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an envelope addressed to it at that address.

  

	18.3	Any communication or document to be made or delivered to the Assignee will be effective only when actually received by the Assignee and then only if it is expressly marked for the
attention of the officer (if any) specified by the Assignee for such purpose. 

  

	18.4	The address and fax number referred to in Clause 18.1 is: 

  

			
	Name of Party	  	Address
		
	Assignor	  	 Eggborough Power Limited
 Barnett Way
 Barnwood
 Gloucestershire, GL4 3RS
  
 Attention: Corporate Affairs Director and Company Secretary
  
 Fax: 01355 594 022

		
	Assignee	  	 Eggborough Power (Holdings) Limited
 3 Redwood
Crescent
 Peel Park
 East Kilbride, G74 5PR
  
 Attention: Corporate Affairs Director and Company Secretary
  
 Fax: 01355 594 022

  

	19.	GOVERNING LAW 

  

	19.1	This Assignment is governed by English law. 

  

	20.	JURISDICTION 

  

	20.1	The courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Assignment (including a dispute regarding the existence, validity
or termination of this Assignment). 

  

	20.2	This Clause 20 is for the benefit of the Assignee only. 

  

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 SCHEDULE 1 
  
 FORM OF NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT OF
CONTRACT 
  
 To:      [·] 
  
 Date: [·] 
  
 Dear Sirs, 
  
 [Specify Contract] dated [·] (the “Contract”)

  

	1.	We refer to the second security assignment dated on or about 24 September 2004 between Eggborough Power Limited and Eggborough Power (Holdings) Limited (the “Second Security
Assignment”). Terms defined in the Second Security Assignment shall have the same meaning in this notice and acknowledgement. 

  

	2.	We hereby give you notice that under the Second Security Assignment, we have assigned to Eggborough Power (Holdings) Limited all our right, title and interest in and to all moneys
payable by you to us under the Contract. 

  

	3.	With effect from the date of your receipt of this notice: 

  

	 	(a)	all payments by you to us under or arising from the Contract (the “Payments”) shall be paid to Eggborough Power (Holdings) Limited or to its order as it may specify
in writing from time to time; 

  

	 	(b)	all remedies provided for in the Contract or available at law or in equity in respect of the Payments shall be exercisable by Eggborough Power (Holdings) Limited; and

  

	 	(c)	all rights, interests and benefits whatsoever accruing to or for the benefit of ourselves arising from the Payments shall belong to Eggborough Power (Holdings) Limited.

  

	4.	We shall continue to be solely responsible for the performance of our obligations under or in connection with the Contract. 

  

	5.	You are authorised and instructed, without requiring further approval from us, to provide Eggborough Power (Holdings) Limited with such information relating to the Contract as it
may from time to time request and to send copies of all notices issued by you under the Contract to Eggborough Power (Holdings) Limited as well as to us. 

  

	6.	Should you wish to assign and/or transfer any of your rights and/or obligations under the Contract, you undertake to procure that each such buyer, assignee and/or transferee of such
rights and/or obligations enters into an acknowledgement of assignment in substantially the same form attached hereto and agrees to be bound by the obligations and undertakings entered into by you in this Notice and Acknowledgement.

  

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	7.	These instructions may not be revoked, nor may the terms of any Contract be amended, varied, waived or terminated, without the prior written consent of Eggborough Power (Holdings)
Limited . 

  

	8.	Please acknowledge receipt of this notice by signing the acknowledgement on the enclosed copy letter and returning it to Eggborough Power (Holdings) Limited.

  

	9.	This notice is governed by English law. 

  
 Yours faithfully, 
  
 Executed as a DEED 
 by 
  

			
	EGGBOROUGH POWER LIMITED
		
	___________________________	 	Director
		
	___________________________	 	Director/Secretary

  

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 Acknowledgement 
  

	To:	Eggborough Power (Holdings) Limited 

  

	Cc:	Eggborough Power Limited 

  
 We acknowledge receipt of a notice in the terms set out above and confirm that we have not received notice of any previous assignments or charges of or over any of the rights, title or interests in, under or to the
Contract or the Payments and that we will comply with the terms of the notice from the Assignor. 
  
 We further confirm that: 
  

	1.	we have not claimed or exercised and have no outstanding right to claim or exercise any right of set-off, counterclaim or other right relating to the Payments;

  

	2.	no amendment, waiver or release of any rights, title or interests in, under or to the Contract or the Payments shall be effective without your prior written consent; and

  

	3.	should we wish to assign and/or transfer any of your rights and/or obligations under the Contract, we undertake to procure that each such buyer, assignee and/or transferee of such
rights and/or obligations enters into an acknowledgement of assignment in substantially the same form as this acknowledgement and agrees to be bound by the obligations and undertakings entered into by us in this Notice and Acknowledgement.

  
 We acknowledge receipt of instructions from you in connection
with the assignment of the Contract and confirm that we shall act in accordance with them until we receive written notification from you to the contrary. 
  
 EXECUTED as a DEED by 
 [·] 
  
 Dated:
                     
  

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 SCHEDULE 2 
  
 FORM OF NOTICE OF ASSIGNMENT OF
ASSET OPTION ACCOUNT 
  
 To:
     [·] 
  
 Date:                      
  
 Dear Sirs, 
  
 We hereby give you notice that we have assigned and charged to Eggborough Power (Holdings) Limited (the “Lender”) all of
our right, title and interest in and to account number [insert account number], account name [insert account name] (including any renewal or redesignation of such account) and all monies standing to the credit of that account from time
to time (the “Asset Option Account”). 
  
 With effect from the
date of your receipt of this notice: 
  

	1.	any existing payment instructions affecting the Asset Option Account are to be terminated and all payments and communications in respect of the Asset Option Account should be made
to the Lender or to its order (with a copy to Eggborough Power Limited, marked for the attention of Corporate Affairs Director and Company Secretary). 

  

	2.	all rights, interests and benefits whatsoever accruing to or for the benefit of ourselves arising from the Asset Option Account belong to Eggborough Power (Holdings) Limited.

  
 Please accept this notice by signing the enclosed
acknowledgement and returning it to the Lender at [insert address] marked for the attention of [·]. 
  
 Yours faithfully, 
  
 Executed as a DEED 
 by 

			
	EGGBOROUGH POWER LIMITED
		
	____________________________	 	Director
		
	____________________________	 	Director/Secretary

  

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 Acknowledgement 
  

	To:	Eggborough Power (Holdings) Limited 

  

	Cc:	Eggborough Power Limited 

  
 At the request of Eggborough Power Limited we acknowledge receipt of the notice of assignment and charge, on the terms attached, in respect of the Asset Option Account (as described in those terms). We confirm that:

  

	1.	the balance standing to the Asset Option Account at today’s date is [•], no fees or periodic charges are payable in respect of the Asset Option Account and there are no
restrictions on (a) the payment of the credit balance on the Asset Option Account; or (b) the assignment of the Asset Option Account to Eggborough Power (Holdings) Limited or any third party; 

  

	2.	we have not received notice of any previous assignments of, charges over or trusts in respect of, the Asset Option Account and we will not, without Eggborough Power (Holdings)
Limited’s consent (a) exercise any right of combination, consolidation or set off which we may have in respect of the Asset Option Account; or (b) amend or vary any rights attaching to the Asset Option Account; and 

  

	3.	we will act only in accordance with the instructions given by persons authorised by the Eggborough Power (Holdings) Limited and we shall send all statements and other notices given
by us relating to the Asset Option Account to Eggborough Power (Holdings) Limited. 

  
 EXECUTED as a DEED by 
 [·] 
  
 Dated:
                     
  

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 IN WITNESS WHEREOF this Assignment has been signed on behalf of the Assignee and executed as a deed by the
Assignor and is intended to be and is hereby delivered by it as a deed on the date specified above. 
  
 EXECUTED as a DEED 
  

			
	THE ASSIGNOR
	
	by EGGBOROUGH POWER LIMITED
		
	Director	 	NEIL O’HARA
		
	Director/Secretary	 	ROBERT ARMOUR
	
	THE ASSIGNEE
	
	by EGGBOROUGH POWER (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
		
	Director	 	ROBERT ARMOUR
		
	Director/Secretary	 	JEAN MACDONALD

  

 - 14 -Share Subscription Deed between Eggborough and Barclays dated September 30, 2004

 Exhibit 4.38 
  

			
	

	 	LIMITED LIABILITY PARTNERSHIP
	 	 
	 	CONFORMED COPY

  
 EGGBOROUGH POWER
LIMITED 
  
 EGGBOROUGH POWER (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

  
 BRITISH ENERGY GROUP PLC 
  
 BRITISH ENERGY HOLDINGS PLC 
  
 AND 
  
 BARCLAYS BANK PLC 
  

  
 SHARE SUBSCRIPTION DEED

  

 CONTENTS 
  

					
	 Clause

	 	 	  	Page

	 1.
	 	Interpretation	  	2
			
	 2.
	 	Commencement	  	7
			
	 3.
	 	Issue of Deferred Shares Following Option Completion	  	7
			
	 4.
	 	Enforcement and Sale of CTA Bonds	  	8
			
	 5.
	 	Issue of Deferred Shares Following Enforcement	  	8
			
	 6.
	 	Set-Off and Issue of Deferred Shares	  	10
			
	 7.
	 	Representations and Warranties	  	11
			
	 8.
	 	Undertakings	  	11
			
	 9.
	 	Assignment	  	11
			
	 10.
	 	Power of Attorney	  	12
			
	 11.
	 	Entire Agreement	  	12
			
	 12.
	 	General	  	12
			
	 13.
	 	Notices	  	13
			
	 14.
	 	Governing Law and Jurisdiction	  	14
		
	 Schedule 1        Deed of Accession
	  	16

 THIS DEED is made on 30 September 2004 
  
 BETWEEN: 
  

	(1)	EGGBOROUGH POWER LIMITED, a company incorporated in England and Wales (registered no. 03782700), whose registered office is at Barnett Way, Barnwood, Gloucester,
Gloucestershire, GL4 3RS (“EPL”); 

  

	(2)	EGGBOROUGH POWER (HOLDINGS) LIMITED, a company incorporated in Scotland (registered no. SC201083) whose registered office is at 3 Redwood Crescent, Peel Park, East Kilbride,
G74 5PR (“EPHL”); 

  

	(3)	BRITISH ENERGY GROUP PLC, a company incorporated in Scotland (registered no. SC270184) whose registered office is at 3 Redwood Crescent, Peel Park, East Kilbride, G74 5PR
(the “Parent”); 

  

	(4)	BRITISH ENERGY HOLDINGS PLC, a company incorporated in Scotland (registered no. SC270186) whose registered office is at 3 Redwood Crescent, Peel Park, East Kilbride, G74 5PR
(the “Issuer”); and 

  

	(5)	BARCLAYS BANK PLC, a company incorporated in England and Wales (registered no. 01026167) whose registered office is at 54 Lombard Street, London EC3P 3AH as agent and
security trustee for the Finance Parties (the “Security Trustee”). 

  
 WHEREAS: 
  
 The Parties have entered into
the following transactions as part of the solvent restructuring of British Energy plc: 
  

	(A)	The Issuer, the CTA Bondholder and the Security Trustee have agreed that immediately after an Asset Option Trigger Event, all the CTA Bonds shall be sold to the Issuer by the CTA
Bondholder in consideration for the issue of Deferred Shares by the Issuer to the CTA Bondholder; 

  

	(B)	The Issuer, EPL and the Security Trustee have agreed that immediately after a Share Option Trigger Event, all the CTA Bonds shall be sold to the Issuer by EPL in consideration for
the issue of Deferred Shares by the Issuer to EPL; 

  

	(C)	The Issuer, the CTA Bondholder and the Security Trustee have agreed that immediately after an Asset Security Trigger Event: 

  

	 	(1)	if the Ascertained Security Value is equal to or greater than the Principal Amount Outstanding of the CTA Bonds, all the CTA Bonds shall be sold to the Issuer by the CTA Bondholder
in consideration for the issue of Deferred Shares by the Issuer to the CTA Bondholder; or 

  

	 	(2)	if the Ascertained Security Value is less than the Principal Amount Outstanding of the CTA Bonds, CTA Bonds in an amount equal to the Ascertained Security Value shall be sold to the
Issuer by the CTA Bondholder in consideration for the issue of Deferred Shares by the Issuer to the CTA Bondholder; 

  

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	(D)	The Issuer, EPL and the Security Trustee have agreed that immediately after a Share Security Trigger Event: 

  

	 	(1)	if the Ascertained Security Value is equal to or greater than the Principal Amount Outstanding of the CTA Bonds, all the CTA Bonds shall be sold to the Issuer by EPL in
consideration for the issue of Deferred Shares by the Issuer to EPL; or 

  

	 	(2)	if the Ascertained Security Value is less than the Principal Amount Outstanding of the CTA Bonds, CTA Bonds in an amount equal to the Ascertained Security Value shall be sold to the
Issuer by EPL in consideration for the issue of Deferred Shares by the Issuer to EPL; 

  

	(E)	EPL, EPHL and the Security Trustee have agreed that on the Set-Off Date, any sums owed by EPHL to EPL under the Existing Intercompany Loan at such time shall be set-off against any
sums owed by EPL to EPHL under the Second Intercompany Loan at such time and, immediately after such set-off, EPHL shall issue to EPL at par such number of Deferred Shares in EPHL as have an issue price equal to the Post Set-Off Outstandings and in
consideration therefore EPL shall accept that an amount of the Existing Intercompany Loan equal to the Post Set-Off Outstandings has been repaid by EPHL; and 

  

	(F)	EPL, EPHL and the Security Trustee have agreed that immediately after the Share Security Trigger Event, EPHL shall issue to EPL at par such number of Deferred Shares in EPHL as have
an issue price equal to all amounts outstanding under the Existing Intercompany Loan at such time and in consideration therefore EPL shall accept that all amounts outstanding under the Existing Intercompany Loan at such time have been repaid by
EPHL. 

  

	1.	INTERPRETATION 

  

	1.1	In this Deed: 

  
 “Act” means the Companies Act 1985. 
  
 “Affiliate” means, in relation to a person, any other person controlling or controlled by or under common control with such person.

  
 “Ascertained Security Value” has the same
meaning as given to it in the New Bonds Terms and Conditions. 
  
 “Amendment and Restatement Agreement” has the same meaning as given to it in the Credit Agreement. 
  
 “Asset Break Option” has the same meaning as given to “Break Option” in the Asset Option Agreement. 
  

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 “Asset Enforcement Option” has the same meaning as given to “Enforcement
Option” in the Asset Option Agreement. 
  
 “Asset
Option Agreement” means the option agreement between the Security Trustee, EPL and BEPET, dated on or about the date of this Deed, under which EPL grants an option to the Security Trustee to acquire the Business and the Station Assets (each
as defined in that agreement). 
  
 “Asset Option Trigger
Event” means EPL ceasing to hold the CTA Bonds as a result of the completion of the Asset Break Option or the Asset Enforcement Option. 
  
 “Asset Security Trigger Event” means EPL ceasing to hold the CTA Bonds on or after the Determination Date as a result of enforcement of
all or any part of the security constituted by the Debentures and/or the operation of Clause 4.1.2. 
  
 “BEPET” means British Energy Power and Energy Trading Limited a company with registered number SC200887 whose registered office is at 3
Redwood Crescent, Peel Park, East Kilbride, G74 5PR. 
  
 “British Energy plc” means the company of that name with registered number SC162273 and whose registered office is at 3 Redwood Crescent, Peel Park, East Kilbride, G74 5PR. 
  
 “Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday or Sunday
or public holiday in England and Wales or Scotland. 
  
 “Credit Agreement” means the credit agreement originally dated 13 July 2000 as amended and restated on 8 September 2000, 24 October 2000, 12 December 2000, 5 February 2001, and on or about the date of this Deed between,
inter alios, the Security Trustee and EPL. 
  
 “CTA Bonds” means the £150,000,000 7% fixed rate guaranteed bonds due 2005-2022 issued by the Issuer on or about the date of this Deed as represented by the CTA Global Bond Certificate. 
  
 “CTA Bondholder” means the person who will be the holder of
the CTA Bonds immediately after an Asset Option Trigger Event or an Asset Security Trigger Event (as the case may be), as identified by the Security Trustee. 
  

“CTA Global Bond Certificate” means the certificate issued in respect of the CTA Bonds by the Issuer to EPL on or about the date of
this Deed. 
  
 “Debentures” has the same meaning
as given to it in the Credit Agreement. 
  
 “Deed” means this deed, together with the Schedules hereto. 
  
 “Deed of Accession” means a deed of accession substantially in the form of Schedule 1 (Deed of Accession). 
  

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 “Deferred Shares” means shares, each of a nominal share value of £1 issued with no
voting rights and on the following terms: 
  

	 	(a)	on return of capital, a right to the return of the amount paid up only and no right to share in any surplus; 

  

	 	(b)	the return of the amount paid up to be deferred until the return on each other share in the Issuer has been paid in full and has received a £1,000,000 per share liquidation
surplus; and 

  

	 	(c)	a dividend right of £1 per annum per £1,000,000 of nominal share capital. 

  
 “Determination Date” has the same meaning as given to it in the Intercreditor Agreement. 
  
 “Encumbrance” means a mortgage, charge, pledge, lien,
option, restriction, right of first refusal, right of pre-emption, third-party right or interest, other encumbrance or security interest of any kind, or another type of preferential arrangement (including a title transfer or retention arrangement)
having similar effect. 
  
 “Enforcement Event”
has the same meaning as given to it in the Intercreditor Agreement. 
  
 “EPL Shares” means all the shares in the capital of EPL registered in EPHL’s name immediately prior to a Share Trigger Event. 
  
 “EPHL Security Document” has the same meaning as given to it in the Credit Agreement. 
  
 “Existing Intercompany Loan” means the £550,000,000
intercompany loan agreement dated 8 September 2000 as amended and restated on or about the date of this Deed between EPL and EPHL. 
  
 “Finance Parties” has the same meaning as given to it in the Credit Agreement. 
  
 “Global Bond Certificate” has the same meaning as given to
it in the Trust Deed. 
  
 “Group” has the same
meaning as given to it in the Credit Agreement. 
  
 “Intercreditor Agreement” has the same meaning as given to it in the Credit Agreement. 
  
 “Individual Bond Certificate” has the same meaning as given to it in the Trust Deed. 
  
 “Long Stop Date” means the later of: 
  

	 	(a)	the date on which the Options cease to be exercisable; or 

  

	 	(b)	the Security Documents cease to be enforceable. 

  

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 “New Bonds Terms and Conditions” means the terms and conditions of the
£700,000,000 7% fixed rate guaranteed bonds due 2005-2022 issued on or about the date of this Deed by the Issuer. 
  
 “Options” means the Asset Break Option, the Asset Enforcement Option, the Share Break Option and the Share Enforcement Option.

  
 “Party” means a person who is party to this
Deed. 
  
 “Post Set-Off Outstandings” means all
amounts outstanding under the Existing Intercompany Loan immediately after the set-off described in Clause 6.1.3. 
  
 “Principal Amount Outstanding” has the same meaning as given to it in the New Bonds Terms and Conditions. 
  
 “Receiver” means an administrative receiver, a receiver and
manager or a receiver, in each case appointed under a Security Document. 
  
 “Restatement Date” has the same meaning as given to it in the Amendment and Restatement Agreement. 
  
 “Sale Restriction Period” means the period commencing on (and including) the date an Enforcement Event occurs and ending on (but not
including) the Determination Date. 
  
 “Second
Intercompany Loan” means the £150,000,000 intercompany loan agreement dated on or about the date of this Deed between EPL and EPHL. 
  
 “Security Documents” means the Debentures and the Share Security Documents. 
  
 “Senior Debt” has the same meaning as given to it in the
Intercreditor Agreement. 
  
 “Senior Discharge
Date” means the date on which all the Senior Debt has been unconditionally and irrevocably paid and/or discharged in full. 
  
 “Set-Off Date” means in the event that a Share Option Trigger Event has occurred, the Senior Discharge Date. 
  
 “Share Break Option” has the same meaning as given to
“Break Option” in the Share Option Agreement. 
  
 “Share Enforcement Option” has the same meaning as given to “Enforcement Option” in the Share Option Agreement. 
  
 “Share Option Agreement” means the option agreement between the Security Trustee, EPHL, EPL and BEPET, dated on or about the date of this
Deed, under which EPHL grants an option to the Security Trustee to acquire the Option Shares (as defined in that agreement). 
  
 “Share Option Trigger Event” means EPHL ceasing to hold the EPL Shares as a result of the completion of the Share Break Option or the
Share Enforcement Option. 
  

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 “Share Security Documents” means the Shares Pledge and the EPHL Security Document.

  
 “Share Security Trigger Event” means in the
event that EPL ceases to be a member of the Group on or at any time before the Determination Date as a result of the enforcement of all or any part of the security constituted by the Share Security Documents, the occurrence of the Determination
Date. 
  
 “Share Trigger Event” means a Share
Option Trigger Event or a Share Security Trigger Event. 
  
 “Shares Pledge” has the same meaning as given to it in the Credit Agreement. 
  
 “Trust Deed” has the same meaning as given to it in the New Bonds Terms and Conditions. 
  

	1.2	In this Deed, unless otherwise specified, a reference to: 

  

	 	1.2.1	a statute or treaty shall be construed as a reference to such statute or treaty as the same may have been, or may from time to time be, amended or, in the case of a statute,
re-enacted; 

  

	 	1.2.2	in circumstances where the CTA Bondholder or EPL (as the case may be) is not an Affiliate of the Security Trustee at the relevant time “the Security Trustee shall procure
that” shall be construed as meaning “the Security Trustee shall use its best endeavours to procure that”; 

  

	 	1.2.3	“control” shall be construed such that a company or corporation shall control another company or corporation if: 

  

	 	(a)	more than half the issued share capital of that other company or corporation is beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by the first company or corporation; or

  

	 	(b)	it is able to direct the affairs and/or control the composition of the board of directors or equivalent body of that company or corporation; 

  

	 	1.2.4	“disposal” shall be construed as any sale, lease, transfer, conveyance, assignment or other disposal and “dispose” shall be construed accordingly;

  

	 	1.2.5	a “person” includes a reference to any individual, firm, company, corporation or other body corporate, government, state or agency of a state or any joint venture,
association or partnership, works council or employee representative body (whether or not having separate legal personality) and includes a reference to that person’s legal personal representatives, permitted assignees (if any) and/or
successors in title; 

  

	 	1.2.6	a reference to this Deed, or to any other agreement or document, shall be construed as a reference to this Deed, or as the case may be, such other agreement or document as the same
may have been, or may from time to time be, amended, varied, novated or supplemented; 

  

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	 	1.2.7	“sale” shall be construed as a sale with full title guarantee and free from any Encumbrance and “sell” shall be construed accordingly;

  

	 	1.2.8	“£” is to the lawful currency of the United Kingdom; 

  

	 	1.2.9	a “Clause” or “Schedule”, unless the context otherwise requires, is a reference to a clause of, or schedule to, this Deed; and

  

	 	1.2.10	the terms “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be construed without limitation. 

  

	1.3	The Clause and Schedule headings in this Deed shall not affect its interpretation. 

  

	1.4	A person who is not a party to this Deed has no rights under the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce any term of this Deed. 

  

	2.	COMMENCEMENT 

  
 The provisions of this Deed shall only become effective on the occurrence of the Restatement Date. 
  

	3.	ISSUE OF DEFERRED SHARES FOLLOWING OPTION COMPLETION 

  

	3.1	Immediately after an Asset Option Trigger Event: 

  

	 	3.1.1	the CTA Bondholder shall, and the Security Trustee shall procure that the CTA Bondholder shall, sell all the CTA Bonds to the Issuer and shall deliver the CTA Global Bond
Certificate to the Issuer for cancellation; and 

  

	 	3.1.2	in consideration for the sale of all the CTA Bonds, the Issuer shall issue at par (and the CTA Bondholder shall, and the Security Trustee shall procure that the CTA Bondholder
shall, subscribe for) such number of Deferred Shares in the Issuer as have an issue price equal to the Principal Amount Outstanding of the CTA Bonds immediately prior to their sale in accordance with Clause 3.1.1 (together with any interest that has
accrued but not been paid under the CTA Bonds at such time). 

  

	3.2	Prior to the disposal of the CTA Bonds to the CTA Bondholder under the Asset Option Agreement, EPL and the Security Trustee shall procure that the CTA Bondholder delivers an
executed Deed of Accession to each of the Parties. 

  

	3.3	Immediately after a Share Option Trigger Event: 

  

	 	3.3.1	EPL shall, and the Security Trustee shall procure that EPL shall, sell all the CTA Bonds to the Issuer and shall deliver the CTA Global Bond Certificate to the Issuer for
cancellation; and 

  

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	 	3.3.2	in consideration for the sale of all the CTA Bonds, the Issuer shall issue at par (and EPL shall, and the Security Trustee shall procure that EPL shall, subscribe for) such number
of Deferred Shares in the Issuer as have an issue price equal to the Principal Amount Outstanding of the CTA Bonds immediately prior to their sale in accordance with Clause 3.3.1 (together with any interest that has accrued but not been paid under
the CTA Bonds at such time). 

  

	4.	ENFORCEMENT AND SALE OF CTA BONDS 

  

	4.1	Upon the occurrence of an Enforcement Event: 

  

	 	4.1.1	EPL shall not, and the Security Trustee shall procure that EPL and/or any Receiver of EPL shall not, dispose of all or any of the CTA Bonds at any time during the Sale Restriction
Period; and 

  

	 	4.1.2	in the event that EPL remains within the Group on the Determination Date, EPL shall, and the Security Trustee shall procure that EPL and/or any Receiver of EPL shall, sell (and the
CTA Bondholder shall, and the Security Trustee shall procure that the CTA Bondholder shall, buy) the CTA Bonds on the Determination Date in order that the provisions of Clause 5.1 may take effect. 

  

	4.2	Prior to any sale to the CTA Bondholder in accordance with Clause 4.1.2 and 5.1, EPL shall, and the Security Trustee shall procure that EPL and/or any Receiver of EPL shall, procure
that the CTA Bondholder delivers an executed Deed of Accession to each of the Parties. 

  

	5.	ISSUE OF DEFERRED SHARES FOLLOWING ENFORCEMENT 

  

	5.1	Immediately after an Asset Security Trigger Event: 

  

	 	5.1.1	if the Ascertained Security Value is equal to or greater than the Principal Amount Outstanding of the CTA Bonds at such time: 

  

	 	(a)	the CTA Bondholder shall, and the Security Trustee shall procure that the CTA Bondholder shall, sell all the CTA Bonds to the Issuer and shall deliver the CTA Global Bond
Certificate to the Issuer for cancellation; and 

  

	 	(b)	in consideration for the sale of all the CTA Bonds, the Issuer shall issue at par (and the CTA Bondholder shall, and the Security Trustee shall procure that the CTA Bondholder
shall, subscribe for) such number of Deferred Shares in the Issuer as have an issue price equal to the Principal Amount Outstanding of the CTA Bonds immediately prior to their sale in accordance with Clause 5.1.1(a) (together with any interest that
has accrued but not been paid under the CTA Bonds at such time); or 

  

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	 	5.1.2	if the Ascertained Security Value is less than the Principal Amount Outstanding of the CTA Bonds at such time: 

  

	 	(a)	the CTA Bondholder shall, and the Security Trustee shall procure that the CTA Bondholder shall, sell CTA Bonds with a Principal Amount Outstanding equal to the Ascertained Security
Value to the Issuer; and 

  

	 	(b)	in consideration for the sale of CTA Bonds with a Principal Amount Outstanding equal to the Ascertained Security Value, the Issuer shall issue at par (and the CTA Bondholder shall,
and the Security Trustee shall procure that the CTA Bondholder shall, subscribe for) such number of Deferred Shares in the Issuer as have an issue price equal to the Ascertained Security Value (together with any interest that has accrued but not
been paid under the CTA Bonds being sold in accordance with Clause 5.1.2(a)), 

  
 and, in order to effect the transactions described in Clauses 5.1.2(a) and 5.1.2(b) above, the CTA Bondholder shall, and the Security Trustee shall procure that the CTA Bondholder shall, deliver the CTA Global Bond
Certificate to the Issuer for cancellation and the Issuer shall either (i) issue a new Global Bond Certificate (or in the event that the existing Global Bond Certificate(s) have been exchanged for individual certificates, issue Individual Bond
Certificates); or (ii) write up the existing Global Bond Certificate(s), in each case, in an amount equal to the Principal Amount Outstanding under the CTA Bonds not sold in accordance with Clause 5.1.2(a). 
  

	5.2	Immediately after a Share Security Trigger Event: 

  

	 	5.2.1	if the Ascertained Security Value is equal to or greater than the Principal Amount Outstanding of the CTA Bonds at such time: 

  

	 	(a)	EPL shall, and the Security Trustee shall procure that EPL shall, sell all the CTA Bonds to the Issuer and deliver the CTA Global Bond Certificate to the Issuer for cancellation;
and 

  

	 	(b)	in consideration for the sale of all the CTA Bonds, the Issuer shall issue at par (and EPL shall, and the Security Trustee shall procure that EPL shall subscribe for) such number of
Deferred Shares in the Issuer as have an issue price equal to the Principal Amount Outstanding of the CTA Bonds immediately prior to their sale in accordance with Clause 5.2.1(a) (together with any interest that has accrued but not been paid under
the CTA Bonds at such time); or 

  

	 	5.2.2	if the Ascertained Security Value is less than the Principal Amount Outstanding of the CTA Bonds at such time: 

  

	 	(a)	EPL shall, and the Security Trustee shall procure that EPL shall, sell CTA Bonds with a Principal Amount Outstanding equal to the Ascertained Security Value to the Issuer; and

  

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	 	(b)	in consideration for the sale of CTA Bonds with a Principal Amount Outstanding equal to the Ascertained Security Value, the Issuer shall issue at par (and EPL shall, and the
Security Trustee shall procure that EPL shall, subscribe for) such number of Deferred Shares in the Issuer as have an issue price equal to the Ascertained Security Value (together with any interest that has accrued but not been paid under the CTA
Bonds being sold in accordance with Clause 5.2.2(a)), 

  
 and, in order to effect the transactions described in Clauses 5.2.2(a) and 5.2.2(b) above, EPL shall, and the Security Trustee shall procure that the EPL shall, deliver the CTA Global Bond Certificate to the Issuer for cancellation and the
Issuer shall either (i) issue a new Global Bond Certificate (or in the event that the existing Global Bond Certificate(s) have been exchanged for individual certificates, issue Individual Bond Certificates); or (ii) write up the existing Global Bond
Certificate(s), in each case, in an amount equal to the Principal Amount Outstanding under the CTA Bonds not sold in accordance with Clause 5.2.2(a). 
  

	6.	SET-OFF AND ISSUE OF DEFERRED SHARES 

  

	6.1	On the Set-Off Date and in the following order: 

  

	 	6.1.1	EPL hereby demands, and the Security Trustee hereby procures that EPL demands, payment in full by EPHL of all amounts outstanding under the Existing Intercompany Loan at such time
(and EPHL hereby agrees that, notwithstanding any provision of the Existing Intercompany Loan to the contrary, EPL may make such a demand under the Existing Intercompany Loan on the Set-Off Date); 

  

	 	6.1.2	EPHL hereby demands payment in full by EPL of all amounts outstanding under the Second Intercompany Loan at such time; 

  

	 	6.1.3	the amounts due and payable under the Existing Intercompany Loan shall be set-off against the amounts due and payable under the Second Intercompany Loan; and

  

	 	6.1.4	EPHL shall issue at par (and EPL shall, and the Security Trustee shall procure that EPL shall, subscribe for) such number of Deferred Shares in EPHL as have an issue price equal to
the Post Set-Off Outstandings and in consideration therefore EPL shall accept that an amount of the Existing Intercompany Loan equal to the Post Set-Off Outstandings has been repaid by EPHL. 

  

	6.2	Immediately after a Share Security Trigger Event, EPHL shall issue at par (and EPL shall, and the Security Trustee shall procure that EPL shall, subscribe for) such number of
Deferred Shares in EPHL as have an issue price equal to the amount outstanding under the Existing Intercompany Loan at such time and in consideration therefore EPL shall accept that an amount of the Existing Intercompany Loan equal to the amount
outstanding under the Existing Intercompany Loan as such time has been repaid by EPHL. 

  

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	7.	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES 

  

	7.1	EPL, EPHL and the Issuer each make the following representations and warranties on the date of this Deed acknowledging that the other Parties are entering into this Deed in reliance
upon the same: 

  

	 	7.1.1	it is duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation; 

  

	 	7.1.2	it has the power to enter into this Deed and comply with its obligations hereunder in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and has taken all necessary action to authorise
the entry into and delivery of this Deed and the transactions contemplated by this Deed; and 

  

	 	7.1.3	its obligations under this Deed are legal, valid, binding and enforceable in accordance with the terms of this Deed. 

  

	8.	UNDERTAKINGS 

  

	8.1	From the Date of this Deed until the Long Stop Date: 

  

	 	8.1.1	the Parent and the Issuer undertake: 

  

	 	(a)	to take all action reasonably required under the provisions of the Act and the Issuer’s articles of association to permit the issue and allotment of Deferred Shares by the
Issuer in accordance with Clauses 2 and 4; and 

  

	 	(b)	to do all such further things as may be reasonably required to enable the CTA Bondholder or EPL, as the case may be, to become the registered holder of any Deferred Shares issued to
it by the Issuer in accordance with Clauses 3 and 5. 

  

	 	8.1.2	EPHL and the Issuer undertake: 

  

	 	(a)	to take all action reasonably required under the provisions of the Act and EPHL’s articles of association to permit the issue and allotment of Deferred Shares by EPHL in
accordance with Clause 6; and 

  

	 	(b)	to do all such further things as may be reasonably required to enable EPL to become the registered holder of any Deferred Shares issued to it by EPHL in accordance with Clause 6.

  

	9.	ASSIGNMENT 

  

	9.1	Subject to Clause 9.2, no Party may (nor purport to) assign, transfer, novate or declare a trust of the benefit of or in any other way dispose of its rights and/or obligations under
this Deed in whole or in part without first having obtained the other Parties prior written consent. 

  

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	9.2	The Security Trustee may transfer or novate all (but not part of) its rights and obligations under this Deed to a third party, provided that such third party has first executed and
delivered to each of the Parties a Deed of Accession. 

  

	10.	POWER OF ATTORNEY 

  
 Each of EPL and the CTA Bondholder by way of security for its obligations under this Deed, irrevocably appoint the Parent as its attorney to do anything
which it is obliged to do under this Deed but have failed to so do. Each of EPL and the CTA Bondholder ratify and confirm whatever any attorney does or purports to do under or pursuant to this Clause 10. 
  

	11.	ENTIRE AGREEMENT 

  

	11.1	This Deed (together with the agreements and other documents referred to herein) constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties in relation to its subject matter.

  

	11.2	No Party is liable to any other (in equity, contract or tort (including negligence), under the Misrepresentation Act 1967 or in any other way) for a representation, statement,
assurance, covenant, undertaking, indemnity, guarantee or commitment (whether contractual or otherwise) that is not set out in this Deed or any document referred to in it. 

  

	11.3	Each Party acknowledges and represents that it has not entered into this Deed in reliance on any representation, statement, assurance, covenant, undertaking, indemnity, guarantee or
commitment (whether contractual or otherwise) other than those contained in this Deed or any document referred to in it. 

  

	11.4	Nothing in this Clause 11 shall have the effect of limiting or restricting any liability arising as a result of any fraud. 

  

	12.	GENERAL 

  

	12.1	A variation of this Deed is only valid if it is in writing and executed as a deed by or on behalf of each Party. 

  

	12.2	The failure to exercise or delay in exercising a right or remedy provided by this Deed or by law does not impair or constitute a waiver of the right or remedy or an impairment of or
a waiver of other rights or remedies. No single or partial exercise of a right or remedy provided by this Deed or by law prevents further exercise of the right or remedy or the exercise of another right or remedy. 

  

	12.3	The rights and remedies contained in this Deed are cumulative and not exclusive of rights or remedies provided by law. 

  

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	12.4	Save as otherwise provided herein, any payment to be made by any Party under this Deed shall be made in full without any set off, restriction, condition or deduction for or on
account of any counterclaim. 

  

	12.5	If at any time any provision of this Deed is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable under the laws of any jurisdiction, that shall not affect or impair:

  

	 	12.5.1	the legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other provision of this Deed; or 

  

	 	12.5.2	the legality, validity or enforceability under the law of any other jurisdiction of that or another provision of this Deed. 

  

	12.6	This Deed may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed and delivered is an original and all of which together evidence the same agreement.

  

	13.	NOTICES 

  

	13.1	A notice or other communication under or in connection with this Deed (a “Notice”) shall be: 

  

	 	13.1.1	in writing; and 

  

	 	13.1.2	delivered personally or sent by first class post pre-paid recorded delivery (and air mail if overseas) or by fax to the Party due to receive the Notice to the address set out in
Clause 13.3 or to another address, person or fax number specified by that Party by written notice to the other Party received before the Notice was despatched. 

  

	13.2	Unless there is evidence that it was received earlier, a Notice is deemed given if: 

  

	 	13.2.1	delivered personally, when left at the address referred to in Clause 13.1.2; 

  

	 	13.2.2	sent by mail, except air mail, two Business Days after posting it; 

  

	 	13.2.3	sent by air mail, six Business Days after posting it; and 

  

	 	13.2.4	sent by fax, when confirmation of its transmission has been recorded by the sender’s fax machine. 

  

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	13.3	The address referred to in Clause 13.1.2 is: 

  

			
	 Name of Party

	  	 Address

	EPL	  	 Eggborough Power Limited
 Barnett Way
 Barnwood
 Gloucester
 Gloucestershire, GL4 3RS
  
 Attention: Corporate Affairs Director and Company Secretary
 Fax: 01355 594 022

		
	EPHL	  	 Eggborough Power (Holdings) Limited
 3 Redwood
Crescent
 Peel Park
 East Kilbride, G74 5PR
  
 Attention: Corporate Affairs Director and Company Secretary
 Fax: 01355 594 022

		
	Parent	  	 British Energy Group plc
 3 Redwood
Crescent
 Peel Park
 East Kilbride, G74 5PR
  
 Attention: Corporate Affairs Director and Company Secretary
 Fax: 01355 594 022

		
	Issuer	  	 British Energy Holdings plc
 3 Redwood
Crescent
 Peel Park
 East Kilbride, G74 5PR
  
 Attention: Corporate Affairs Director and Company Secretary
 Fax: 01355 594 022

		
	Security Trustee	  	 Barclays Bank PLC
 5 The North Colonnade
 Canary Wharf
 London E14 4BB
  
 Attention: Head of Agency
 Fax: **** ****

  

	14.	GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION 

  

	14.1	This Deed and any dispute, controversy, proceedings or claim of whatever nature arising out of or in any way relating to this Deed and its formation (a “Dispute”)
shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. 

  

	14.2	The parties irrevocably agree that the courts of England shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any suit, action or proceedings arising out of or connected with
this Deed (“Proceedings”) and/or to settle any Dispute including a dispute regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Deed or the consequences of its nullity, and for the purpose of enforcement of any judgment against
their respective assets. 

  

	(****)	indicates material omitted and filed separately with the Commission. 

  

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	14.3	The parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and convenient courts to hear and determine any Proceedings and/or to settle any Dispute and, accordingly, that
they will not argue to the contrary. 

  

	14.4	The parties agree that the documents which start any Proceedings and any other documents required to be served in relation to those Proceedings may be served on the parties in
accordance with Clause 13. These documents may, however, be served in any other manner allowed by law. This Clause 14.4 applies to all Proceedings wherever started. 

  

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 SCHEDULE 1 
  
 DEED OF ACCESSION 
  

			
	To:	  	Eggborough Power Limited
	 	  	Barnett Way
	 	  	Barnwood
	 	  	Gloucester
	 	  	Gloucestershire, GL4 3RS
	 	  	Attention: Corporate Affairs Director and Company Secretary
		
	 	  	Eggborough Power (Holdings) Limited
	 	  	3 Redwood Crescent
	 	  	Peel Park
	 	  	East Kilbride G74 5PR
	 	  	Attention: Corporate Affairs Director and Company Secretary
		
	 	  	British Energy Group plc
	 	  	[3 Redwood Crescent
	 	  	Peel Park
	 	  	East Kilbride, G74 5PR]
	 	  	Attention: Corporate Affairs Director and Company Secretary
		
	 	  	British Energy Holdings plc
	 	  	3 Redwood Crescent
	 	  	Peel Park
	 	  	East Kilbride, G74 5PR
	 	  	Attention: Corporate Affairs Director and Company Secretary
		
	 	  	Barclays Bank PLC as Security Trustee
	 	  	5 The North Colonnade
	 	  	Canary Wharf
	 	  	London E14 4BB
	 	  	Attention: Head of Agency

  
 Dear Sirs 
  
 THIS DEED dated [insert date] is supplemental to a share subscription deed
(the “Share Subscription Deed”) dated on or about 24 September 2004 between, Eggborough Power Limited, Eggborough Power (Holdings) Limited, British Energy Group plc, British Energy Holdings plc and Barclays Bank PLC, as Security
Trustee. 
  
 Words and expressions defined in the Share Subscription Deed have the
same meaning when used in this Deed. 
  
 [Name of new Security Trustee/CTA
Bondholder] of [registered office] hereby agrees with each other person who is or who becomes a party to the Share Subscription Deed that with effect on and from the date hereof it will be bound by the Share Subscription Deed as the
[Security Trustee]/[CTA Bondholder] [delete as applicable] as if it had been party originally to the Share Subscription Deed in that capacity. 
  

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 [We confirm that we are a company which is within the charge to UK corporation tax and which is not entitled to an
exemption from tax in respect of interest paid to us on the CTA Bonds.] [Add if person is acceding as the CTA Bondholder] 
  
 The address for notices of the [Name of new Security Trustee/CTA Bondholder] for the purposes of Clause [·] (Notices) of the Share Subscription Deed is: 
  
 [Insert address for notices] 
  
 This Deed is governed by English law. 
  
 EXECUTED AS A DEED 
 By [insert name] 
 in
the presence of [insert name] 
 and [insert name] 
  

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 IN WITNESS HEREOF this Deed has been executed as a deed by the parties hereto and is intended to be and is hereby
delivered by the parties hereto as a deed on the date written at the start of this Deed. 
  
 EXECUTED as a DEED by 

			
	EGGBOROUGH POWER LIMITED
		
	Director	  	NEIL O’HARA
		
	Director/Secretary	  	ROBERT ARMOUR
	
	EXECUTED as a DEED by
	EGGBOROUGH POWER (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
		
	Director	  	NEIL O’HARA
		
	Secretary	  	JEAN MACDONALD
	
	EXECUTED as a DEED by
	BRITISH ENERGY GROUP PLC
		
	Director	  	MIKE ALEXANDER
		
	Director/Secretary	  	ROBERT ARMOUR
	
	EXECUTED as a DEED by
	BRITISH ENERGY HOLDINGS PLC
		
	Director	  	MIKE ALEXANDER
		
	Director/Secretary	  	ROBERT ARMOUR

  

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	 EXECUTED as a DEED by

	BARCLAYS BANK PLC
		
	 acting by its attorney
	  	SIMON DEAVES
		
	 in the presence of
	  	 
		
	 Signature of witness
	  	 
		
	 Name of witness
	  	SHABAB DITTA
		
	 Address:
	  	5c Camden Square
	 	  	Camden
	 	  	NW1 9UY
		
	 Occupation:
	  	Solicitor

  

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