Document:

Historic Liabilities Funding Agreement, Dated 14, January 2005

 Exhibit 4.23 
  
 DATED 14 January, 2005 
  

THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY 
  
 BRITISH ENERGY GENERATION (UK) LIMITED 
  
 BRITISH ENERGY GENERATION LIMITED 
  
 BRITISH ENERGY GROUP PLC 
  
 AND 
  
 BRITISH ENERGY HOLDINGS PLC 
  

  
 HISTORIC LIABILITIES FUNDING AGREEMENT 
  

  
 Slaughter and May 
 One Bunhill Row 
 London EC1Y 8YY 
 (CDR/JEZS)

  
 PI040680093 

 CONTENTS 

					
	Clause

	  	Page

	1.	  	INTERPRETATION	  	2
			
	2.	  	SECRETARY OF STATE PAYMENTS	  	9
			
	3.	  	EXCLUDED HISTORIC LIABILITIES	  	14
			
	4.	  	MINIMUM CONTRACTING STANDARD AND MINIMUM PERFORMANCE STANDARD	  	16
			
	5.	  	EXERCISE OF RIGHTS BY LICENSEE	  	18
			
	6.	  	COMPENSATION FOR SECRETARY OF STATE EXERCISE OF RIGHTS AND NET COST OF EXERCISE OF RIGHTS	  	23
			
	7.	  	ESCALATION	  	24
			
	8.	  	INTEREST	  	24
			
	9.	  	AMENDMENTS TO THE BNFL HISTORIC CONTRACTS	  	25
			
	10.	  	TITLE TO FUEL AT SELLAFIELD	  	26
			
	11.	  	EVENTS OF DEFAULT	  	28
			
	12.	  	EFFECT OF DEFAULT EVENT	  	30
			
	13.	  	DEDUCTION OR WITHHOLDING	  	33
			
	14.	  	LIABILITY	  	34
			
	15.	  	REMEDIES AND WAIVERS	  	34
			
	16.	  	INVALIDITY	  	35
			
	17.	  	NO PARTNERSHIP	  	35
			
	18.	  	CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999	  	35
			
	19.	  	FURTHER ASSURANCE	  	35
			
	20.	  	ENTIRE AGREEMENT	  	35
			
	21.	  	ASSIGNMENT	  	36
			
	22.	  	CONDUCT OF PROCEEDINGS	  	39

					
	23.	  	ACCESS TO INFORMATION	  	40
			
	24.	  	NOTICES	  	41
			
	25.	  	ANNOUNCEMENTS	  	42
			
	26.	  	CONFIDENTIALITY	  	43
			
	27.	  	COSTS AND EXPENSES	  	45
			
	28.	  	COUNTERPARTS	  	45
			
	29.	  	CHOICE OF GOVERNING LAW	  	45
			
	30.	  	DISPUTE RESOLUTION	  	45
			
	31.	  	JURISDICTION	  	47
			
	32.	  	AGENT FOR SERVICE	  	48
			
	33.	  	VARIATION	  	48
		
	Schedule 1 BNFL Historic Contracts	  	49
		
	Schedule 2 Power Stations	  	50
		
	Schedule 3 Strategic Exercises of Rights	  	51
		
	Schedule 4 Determination of Licensee Historic Compensation Amount	  	55
		
	Schedule 5 Deeds of Adherence and Release	  	57

 HISTORIC LIABILITIES FUNDING AGREEMENT 
  
 DATE: 14 January, 2005 
  
 PARTIES: 
  

	(1)	THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY of One Victoria Street, London SW1V 0ET (the “Secretary of State”); 

  

	(2)	BRITISH ENERGY GENERATION (UK) LIMITED of Systems House, Alba Campus, Livingston EH54 7EG (registered in Scotland No. SC117121) (“BEG(UK)”);

  

	(3)	BRITISH ENERGY GENERATION LIMITED of Barnett Way, Barnwood, Gloucester, England GL4 7RS (registered in England No. 03076445) (“BEG”);

  

	(4)	BRITISH ENERGY GROUP PLC Systems House, Alba Campus, Livingston EH54 7EG (registered in Scotland No. SC270184) (“BE plc”); AND 

  

	(5)	BRITISH ENERGY HOLDINGS PLC, of Systems House, Alba Campus, Livingston EH54 7EG (registered in Scotland No. SC270186) (“Holdings”). 

 
 BACKGROUND 
  

	(A)	In 1996, the Secretary of State privatised certain parts of the nuclear generation industry through a sale of shares in British Energy Plc (“British Energy”).

  

	(B)	In September 2002, British Energy initiated discussions with the Secretary of State with a view to seeking immediate financial support and to enable a longer term restructuring of
British Energy to take place. 

  

	(C)	In November 2002, British Energy announced the principles of a restructuring of the British Energy group with its significant financial creditors which, together with other
proposals agreed between British Energy and the Secretary of State, were intended to lead to a solvent restructuring of British Energy. 

  

	(D)	The proposals agreed between the Secretary of State and British Energy in connection with the restructuring of British Energy included a proposal for the funding of the liabilities
of certain members of the British Energy group to BNFL under the BNFL Historic Contracts (as defined below). 

  

	(E)	British Energy, certain other members of the British Energy group and its significant financial creditors entered into a creditors’ restructuring agreement dated as of 30
September 2003 (the “Creditor Restructuring Agreement”), under the terms of which a solvent restructuring of the British Energy group would be effected. The solvent restructuring of the British Energy group to be thereby effected
involved, inter alia, the creation of a new ultimate parent company, BE plc and a new wholly-owned subsidiary of BE plc, Holdings. BE plc and Holdings are the holding companies of British Energy, BEG and BEG (UK). 

	(F)	On 1 October 2003, British Energy, BEG, BEG (UK), certain other members of the British Energy group, NLF and the Secretary of State entered into an agreement (the
“Government Restructuring Agreement”) under the terms of which they agreed to enter into the agreements that constitute the Liabilities Documents (as defined herein) including, amongst other agreements, this Agreement.

  

	(G)	Subject to the conditions set out in the Government Restructuring Agreement (which have been satisfied in full or waived in accordance with the terms thereof), the parties to this
agreement have agreed, inter alia, to enter into this Agreement in order to give effect to the proposal for the funding of the liabilities of certain members of the British Energy group to BNFL under the BNFL Historic Contracts.

  

	(H)	The undertaking to make payments given by the Secretary of State in this Agreement is given to the extent permitted by (a) paragraph 1 of Schedule 12 to the Electricity Act 1989,
and (b) section 1 of the Electricity (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003. 

  
 THE PARTIES AGREE as follows: 
  

	1.	INTERPRETATION 

  

	1.1	In this Agreement (including the recitals): 

  

			
	“1995 Agreement”	 	means the agreement dated 31st March 1995 (as amended from time to time, including by way of a deed of amendment dated 16th May 2003) and entered into by BNFL and Nuclear Electric plc (as
novated to Nuclear Electric Limited, now BEG) for the storage and reprocessing of irradiated oxide fuel and related services;
		
	“BE Parties”	 	means each of the Licensees, BE plc and Holdings and any other company that is, from time to time, party to this Agreement and that in any case is also a member of the Group;
		
	“BNFL”	 	means British Nuclear Fuels plc (company number 1002607) whose registered office is at Risley, Warrington, Cheshire WA3 6AS or its successors or permitted assignees, including any person to
whom British Nuclear Fuels plc (or its successors or permitted assignees) may assign or transfer any of its rights or obligations under the BNFL Historic Contracts in accordance with the terms thereof;
		
	“BNFL Ancillary Agreements”	 	has the meaning given in paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 (BNFL Historic Contracts);

  

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	“BNFL Historic Contracts”	  	has the meaning given in paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 (BNFL Historic Contracts). For the purposes of this Agreement, “BNFL Historic Contracts” includes only those terms set
out on the face of the BNFL Historic Contracts and any terms implied therein by law, and excludes any pre-contractual statements not set out therein and any collateral warranties or contracts;
		
	“BNFL Historic Fuel Contracts”	  	has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 (BNFL Historic Contracts);
		
	“British Energy”	  	has the meaning given in Recital (A);
		
	“Contribution Agreement”	  	means the contribution agreement entered into on the same date as this Agreement between the Secretary of State, NLF, BEG(UK), BEG, BE plc and Holdings pursuant to which BEG and BEG(UK) agree to
make the British Energy Contributions;
		
	“Creditor Restructuring Agreement”	  	has the meaning given in Recital (E);
		
	“Deed of Adherence”	  	means a deed of adherence in the form or substantially in the form set out in Part 1 of Schedule 5 (Deeds of Adherence and Release);
		
	“Deed of Release”	  	means a deed of release in the form or substantially in the form set out in Part 3 of Schedule 5 (Deeds of Adherence and Release);
		
	“Default Event”	  	has the meaning given in clause 11 (Events of Default);
		
	“Defaulting Party”	  	has the meaning given in clause 11 (Events of Default);
		
	“Delivered”	  	has the meaning given in the BNFL Historic Contracts;
		
	“Dispute”	  	has the meaning given in clause 30.1;
		
	“Excluded Historic Liabilities”	  	has the meaning given in clause 3.1;
		
	“Exercise of Rights”	  	means the exercise of (or refraining from exercise of) any right or discretion by a Licensee under a BNFL Historic Contract or the agreement in writing by a Licensee of any future course of
conduct, action, cost, rebate, or other matter with BNFL in accordance with the terms of a BNFL

  

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	 	 	His toric Contract which will or is reasonably expected to give rise to an Incremental Historic Liability;
		
	“Expert”	 	means an expert appointed in accordance with clause 30 (Dispute Resolution);
		
	“Fixed Historic Liabilities”	 	means the amounts payable under clause 12.3 (as adjusted for inflation pursuant to clause 12.7) of the 1995 Agreement and clause 12.3 (as adjusted for inflation pursuant to clause 12.7) of
the SNL Agreement;
		
	“Fixed Payment Criteria”	 	has the meaning given in clause 2.3;
		
	“Government Restructuring Agreement”	 	has the meaning given in Recital (F);
		
	“Historic Fuel”	 	has the meaning ascribed to “Fuel” in the 1995 Agreement and the SNL Agreement;
		
	“Historic Liabilities”	 	means the Fixed Historic Liabilities and the Incremental Historic Liabilities;
		
	“Incremental Historic Liabilities”	 	means all amounts due and owing under and in accordance with the terms of the BNFL Historic Contracts but excluding Fixed Historic Liabilities;
		
	“Incremental Payment Criteria”	 	has the meaning given in clause 2.4;
		
	“Key Exercise of Rights”	 	 means:
  
 (a)    a Strategic Exercise of Rights; or
  
 (b)    a Non-Strategic Exercise of Rights which:
  
 (i)     results in an
increase in Historic Liabilities of £15,000 (on an undiscounted basis) or more; or
  
 (ii)    when the increase in Historic Liabilities arising as a result of that Exercise of Rights is
aggregated with all other increases in Historic Liabilities arising as a result of other Exercises of Rights in that Financial Period, results in an increase in the Net Present Value of Historic Liabilities of £50,000 or
more;

  

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	“Licensee”	 	 means from time to time each of:
  
 (A)   BEG and BEG(UK); and
  
 (B)   any person who satisfies the criteria set out in clause 21.2 and who
has executed a Deed of Adherence; and
  
 (C)   any person deemed to be a Licensee for the purposes of this Agreement in accordance with clause 21.3;

		
	“Licensee Historic Compensation Amount”	 	has the meaning given in clause 6 (Compensation for Secretary of State Exercise of Rights and Net Cost Exercise of Rights);
		
	“Minimum Contracting Standard”	 	 means, in relation to an Exercise of Rights:
  
 (a)    the exercise of such discretion in such manner; and
  
 (b)    the agreement of such
matters,
  
 in each case with reasonable care, in compliance with Applicable Law
and Accepted Standards, and in a similar manner as if the Licensee was bearing the Historic Liabilities and all other decommissioning liabilities, uncontracted and contracted liabilities and other nuclear-related liabilities arising in connection
with the Operation of each Power Station;

		
	“Net Cost”	 	means the sum of:
		
	 	 	 (A)   costs and expenses, including attributable overheads;

		
	 	 	 (B)   reductions in income; and

		
	 	 	 (C)   any Value Added Tax referable to (A) and (B) to the extent that such Value Added Tax is reasonably expected to be not
recoverable (whether by a Licensee or the representative member of its Value Added Tax group registration);

  

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	“Net Cost Exercise of Rights”	  	means an Exercise of Rights (other than a Secretary of State Exercise of Rights) which will result in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a decrease in Historic Liabilities but which
will also result in, or could reasonably be expected to result in, a Licensee incurring a net cost;
		
	“Net Present Value” or “NPV”	  	has the meaning given in clause 1.2(O);
		
	“New Fuel”	  	has the meaning given in the BNFL Historic Contracts;
		
	“NLF”	  	means Nuclear Generation Decommissioning Fund Limited (to be renamed Nuclear Liabilities Fund Limited) of 16 Rothesay Place, Edinburgh EH3 7SQ (registered in Scotland No.
SC164685);
		
	“NLFA”	  	means the nuclear liabilities funding agreement of even date between the Secretary of State, NLF, BEG(UK), BEG, BE plc and Holdings;
		
	“NLF Bonds”	  	means £275,000,000 bonds to be issued by BE plc to NLF under the Contribution Agreement;
		
	“Non-Standard Fuel”	  	has the meaning given in the BNFL Historic Fuel Contracts;
		
	“Non-Strategic Exercise of Rights”	  	means an Exercise of Rights other than a Strategic Exercise of Rights;
		
	“Notice of Dispute”	  	has the meaning given in clause 30.1;
		
	“Option Agreement”	  	means the option agreement dated the same date as this Agreement, between the Secretary of State, BEG, BEG(UK), BE plc and Holdings pursuant to which BEG and BEG(UK) each grant an option to the
Secretary of State to acquire the Power Stations;
		
	“Power Stations”	  	means each nuclear power station described in Parts 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 (Power Stations) and references to a Power Station or Power Stations of a Licensee are to the Power
Station or Power Stations listed under the Licensee’s name in Schedule 2 (Power Stations) and references to a Licensee of a Power Station are to the relevant Licensee listed in Schedule 2 (Power Stations) (including Schedule
2 (Power Stations) as it may be amended from time to time pursuant to paragraph 6 of Part 1 of Schedule 5 (Deeds of Adherence and Release);

  

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	“Proceedings”	 	means any proceeding, suit or action arising out of or in connection with this Agreement;
		
	“Reconciliation Statement”	 	has the meaning given in clause 3.2(C);
		
	 “Secretary of State Exercise
 of Rights”
	 	means an Exercise of Rights (other than a Net Cost Exercise of Rights) which the Secretary of State requires a Licensee to make in accordance with clause 5.4;
		
	“Service Document”	 	has the meaning given to it in clause 32.4;
		
	“SNL Agreement”	 	means the agreement dated 30th March 1995 (as amended from time to time, including by way of a deed of amendment dated 16th May 2003) entered into by BNFL and Scottish Nuclear Limited (now
BEG(UK)) for the storage and reprocessing of irradiated oxide fuel and related services; and
		
	“Strategic Exercise of Rights”	 	means an Exercise of Rights under any of the provisions listed in Schedule 3 (Strategic Exercises of Rights).

  

	1.2	Unless otherwise stated: 

  

	 	(A)	words importing the singular only shall include the plural and vice versa; 

  

	 	(B)	references to any “party” shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees; 

  

	 	(C)	references to a “company” shall be construed so as to include any company, corporation or other body corporate, wherever and however incorporated or established;

  

	 	(D)	references to a “person” shall be construed so as to include any individual, firm, company, government, state or agency of a state, local or municipal authority or
government body or any joint venture, association or partnership (whether or not having separate legal personality); 

  

	 	(E)	any reference to a “day” (including within the phrase “Business Day”) shall mean a period of 24 hours running from midnight to midnight;

  

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	 	(F)	references to times are to London time; 

  

	 	(G)	a reference to any statute or statutory provision shall be construed as a reference to the same as it may have been, or may from time to time be, amended, modified or re-enacted;

  

	 	(H)	a reference to any other document referred to in this Agreement is a reference to that other document as amended, varied, novated or supplemented at any time;

  

	 	(I)	the schedules form part of this Agreement and shall have the same force and effect as if expressly set out in the body of this Agreement, and reference to this Agreement shall
include the schedules; 

  

	 	(J)	a reference to a clause, paragraph or a schedule is a reference to a clause, sub-clause or paragraph of, or a schedule to, this Agreement; 

  

					
	 (K)
	  	(i)	  	the rule known as the ejusdem generis rule shall not apply and accordingly general words introduced by the word “other” shall not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of the
fact that they are preceded by words indicating a particular class of acts, matters or things;
			
	 	  	(ii)	  	general words shall not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of the fact that they are followed by particular examples intended to be embraced by the general words;

  

	 	(L)	references to any English legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, official, or any legal concept or thing shall in
respect of any jurisdiction other than England and Wales be deemed to include what most nearly approximates in that jurisdiction to the English legal term; 

  

	 	(M)	a reference to “cost” or “expense” of any person shall not include any amount paid or payable in respect of Value Added Tax that is recoverable by
that person or the representative member of its Value Added Tax group registration; 

  

	 	(N)	references to Value Added Tax being “recoverable” shall mean credit (as input tax) being allowable in respect of the relevant amount of Value Added Tax, in
accordance with the Value Added Tax Act 1994 and any regulations made thereunder, or (in the case of any other tax on value or turnover which is enacted in addition to or in substitution of value added tax charged in accordance with that Act) relief
having corresponding economic effect being allowable; 

  

	 	(O)	where any provision of this Agreement requires the calculation of a “Net Present Value” or “NPV”, the amount shall be calculated in accordance with
this Agreement using generally accepted methodologies for the calculation of net present values. Where this Agreement does not specify who is to perform the calculation and the parties are unable to agree the calculation, the calculation shall be
referred to an Expert for determination; 

  

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	 	(P)	words importing any gender shall include all other genders; 

  

	 	(Q)	words importing natural persons shall include corporations; and 

  

	 	(R)	with effect from the date (if any) that the United Kingdom adopts the Euro as its lawful currency in substitution for sterling: 

  

	 	(i)	payments falling due under this Agreement shall be made by the payer to the recipient in Euros; 

  

	 	(ii)	no payments which would have been payable in sterling under this Agreement but for the adoption of the Euro by the United Kingdom as its lawful currency shall be made in sterling or
national currency units; 

  

	 	(iii)	all amounts stated in sterling shall be converted into Euros at the fixed conversion rate provided for by the laws of England; and 

  

	 	(iv)	all amounts required to be calculated in sterling shall be calculated in Euros. 

  

	 	1.3	All headings and titles are inserted for convenience only. They are to be ignored in the interpretation of this Agreement. 

  

	 	1.4	Capitalised terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the NLFA. 

  

	2.	SECRETARY OF STATE PAYMENTS 

  
 Undertaking 
  

	2.1	The Secretary of State undertakes to each Licensee to make payments in respect of Historic Liabilities of the Licensee (other than Excluded Historic Liabilities) and Licensee
Historic Compensation Amounts on the terms of this Agreement and otherwise to comply with the terms of this Agreement. 

  

	2.2	The undertaking given by the Secretary of State to make payments under this Agreement is given, as the case may be: 

  

	 	(A)	to the extent permitted by paragraph 1 of Schedule 12 to the Electricity Act 1989, under that paragraph; and 

  

	 	(B)	to the extent permitted by section 1 of the Electricity (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2003, under that section. 

  

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 Application Procedure 
  

	2.3	Any application by a Licensee for payment in respect of Fixed Historic Liabilities must satisfy the following criteria (the “Fixed Payment Criteria”) as at the date
of the application and at the date of payment, namely that the application is accompanied by an invoice addressed to the Licensee from BNFL for the amount in respect of which the application is made, and such amount (excluding any Value Added Tax
thereon or other Tax required by legislation thereon) (save for payments made under clause 6.1 below): 

  

	 	(A)	is equal to the sum of (a) the relevant amount listed in the relevant payment schedule in which the Fixed Historic Liabilities are set out and (b) any adjustment for inflation in
accordance with the terms of the relevant BNFL Historic Contract; and 

  

	 	(B)	has not already been paid by the Secretary of State. 

  

	2.4	Any application by a Licensee for payment in respect of Incremental Historic Liabilities must satisfy the following criteria (the “Incremental Payment Criteria”) as
at the date of the application and at the date of payment, namely: 

  

	 	(A)	the application is made to the Secretary of State in writing and for a specified sum, excluding any Value Added Tax and/or any other Tax required by legislation thereon and
referable to such Incremental Historic Liabilities (unless the application is accompanied by written confirmation from the applicant satisfactory to the Secretary of State that such Value Added Tax and/or other Tax is not recoverable by the
applicant (or the representative of its Value Added Tax group registration) in which case it shall be included); and 

  

	 	(B)	the application is accompanied by written or permanent materials reasonably satisfactory to the Secretary of State (including, where applicable, copies of any invoices in respect of
the sums which are the subject of the application) substantiating: 

  

	 	(i)	the calculation of the sum in respect of which the application is made; 

  

	 	(ii)	(a) the date on which the sum in respect of which the application is made is due and payable, or (b) that the sum represents an amount which has been paid or incurred by the
applicant; 

  

	 	(iii)	confirmation that none of the amounts that are the subject of the application are in dispute or, to the extent that there is a dispute between the applicant Licensee and BNFL
regarding any Incremental Historic Liability invoiced by BNFL under the BNFL Historic Contracts in an invoice or invoices the subject of this application, details of the dispute and a breakdown, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Secretary of State, of the relevant invoices into disputed and undisputed amounts. Any undisputed amounts shall be treated as due and payable for the purposes of this Agreement and any disputed amounts shall not be treated as due and payable for the

  

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 purposes of this Agreement unless and until the applicant Licensee provides the Secretary of State with
evidence, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Secretary of State, that the dispute has been resolved and the relevant amounts are due and payable; 
  

	 	(iv)	the basis on which the Incremental Historic Liability for which payment is required has arisen, including a description of any works (from which such Incremental Historic Liability
derives) carried out or to be carried out; 

  

	 	(v)	confirmation by an appropriate and authorised employee or officer of the applicant Licensee that, in his or her reasonable opinion, the Incremental Historic Liability in respect of
which the application is made does not constitute an Excluded Historic Liability; and 

  

	 	(vi)	confirmation by an appropriate and authorised employee or officer of the applicant Licensee that, in his or her reasonable opinion, no part of the Incremental Historic Liability is
recoverable from BNFL (and the parties agree that any amounts so recoverable by the Licensee from BNFL shall be Excluded Historic Liabilities). 

  
 Disputes 
  

					
	 2.5
	    	(A)	  	Subject to clause 2.5(B):

  

	 	(i)	if the Secretary of State disputes a confirmation made under clause 2.4(B)(v) or (vi) and such confirmation was given in respect of Incremental Historic Liabilities
already approved by her as at the date of such confirmation, she shall give notice of such dispute to the relevant Licensee within 20 Business Days after such confirmation is given; or 

  

	 	(ii)	if the Secretary of State disputes a confirmation made under clause 2.4(B)(v) or (vi) and such confirmation was given in respect of Incremental Historic Liabilities
not previously approved by her as at the date of such confirmation, she shall give notice of such dispute to the relevant Licensee within 40 Business Days after such confirmation is given, 

  
 and, if the disputed matter cannot be resolved by discussion between the
Secretary of State and the applicant Licensee, the Secretary of State may refer the disputed matter to the Expert, and, on the basis of the Expert’s determination of such question, the Expert shall determine, pursuant to clauses 30.4 to
30.11, whether or not the confirmation so disputed was correctly given. If the Expert determines that the confirmation so disputed was incorrectly given, the liabilities in respect of which such confirmation was made shall be Excluded
Historic Liabilities. If the Expert determines that such confirmation was correctly given, then, provided that the other Incremental Payment Criteria have been met, the Secretary of State shall make payment of such Incremental Historic Liabilities
in accordance with this clause 2 (Secretary of State Payments). 
  

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	 	(B)	The Secretary of State shall make payment to BNFL or the Licensee (as the case may be) in respect of Incremental Historic Liabilities which arise or result from a Non-Strategic
Exercise of Rights which is not a Key Exercise of Rights if the Incremental Payment Criteria are met, notwithstanding that the Secretary of State may, pursuant to clause 2.5(A), be disputing a confirmation made under clause 2.4(B)(v)
or (vi). If it is determined pursuant to clause 2.5(A) that the liabilities the subject of such application were Excluded Historic Liabilities or were recoverable from BNFL, the Licensee, within 10 Business Days, shall reimburse the
Secretary of State for such sum wrongly paid, together with interest calculated from day to day at LIBOR plus 2 per cent. per annum on that sum from (and including) the date of payment by the Secretary of State to (but excluding) the date of
reimbursement. 

  
 Payment 
  

					
	 2.6
	    	(A)	 	Subject to clause 2.5(B), an application made under clause 2.3 or 2.4 shall lead to a payment by the Secretary of State on a non-discretionary basis only
if:

  

	 	(i)	in the case of a Fixed Historic Liability, the application meets the Fixed Payment Criteria; or 

  

	 	(ii)	in the case of an Incremental Historic Liability, the application meets the Incremental Payment Criteria, 

  
 and, where the Fixed Payment Criteria or Incremental Payment Criteria (as
the case may be) are met, the Secretary of State shall make such payment no later than the date on which the sum which is the subject of the application is due and payable under the BNFL Historic Contracts or, if later, 10 Business Days after the
Fixed Payment Criteria or Incremental Payment Criteria (as the case may be) are met. 
  

	 	(B)	Any payment made by the Secretary of State pursuant to clause 2.6(A) shall be made exclusive of any Value Added Tax and/or any other Tax required by legislation and referable
to such Historic Liabilities (unless the application made pursuant to clause 2.3 or 2.4 is accompanied by written confirmation from the applicant satisfactory to the Secretary of State that such Value Added Tax and/or any other Tax
required by legislation and referable to such Historic Liabilities is not recoverable (or is not recoverable in part) by the applicant (or the representative of its Value Added Tax group registration) in which case such payment shall be increased by
an amount equal to the Value Added Tax and/or any other Tax) (or part thereof, as the case may be) which has been confirmed as not recoverable in accordance with this clause 2.6(B). To the extent that such confirmation is not satisfactory to
the Secretary of State then the provisions of clause 30 (Dispute Resolution) shall apply. 

  

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 Payment Procedures 
  

	2.7	Where a payment is to be made by the Secretary of State in respect of an Historic Liability: 

  

	 	(A)	that has already been incurred and paid by a Licensee, the Secretary of State will make payment of the relevant sum by transfer of cleared funds to the nominated account of the
Licensee; or 

  

	 	(B)	that has been incurred but not yet paid by a Licensee, the Secretary of State will make payment of the relevant sum direct to BNFL and inform the Licensee that she has done so.

  

	2.8	Notwithstanding any other terms of this Agreement, each Licensee acknowledges and agrees that it will not in any circumstances or at any time: 

  

	 	(A)	have any right in, or right to receive, any sum payable or paid by the Secretary of State to BNFL under clause 2.7(B); or 

  

	 	(B)	demand that any sum payable or paid by the Secretary of State to BNFL under clause 2.7(B) be paid directly to it; or 

  

	 	(C)	make any claim or take or initiate any action to require or compel the Secretary of State to pay to it any sum due to BNFL under clause 2.7(B); or 

 

	 	(D)	apply any amounts paid to it by the Secretary of State, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement in respect of Historic Liabilities which it has not already paid, for any
purpose other than for the purpose of discharging such Historic Liabilities and, pending or in default of their application for such purpose, each Licensee undertakes to hold such amounts, together with any amounts recovered by it from BNFL which
are payable to the Secretary of State, on trust for the Secretary of State in a separate account in which such amounts shall not be commingled with the Licensee’s property. 

  
 Excluded Historic Liabilities 
  

	2.9	Each Licensee acknowledges that the payment of any amount by the Secretary of State under the foregoing provisions of this clause 2 (Secretary of State Payments) which is
subsequently agreed or determined to have been paid in respect of an Excluded Historic Liability shall not be treated as an acceptance or admission by the Secretary of State that such amount was not an Excluded Historic Liability, and shall not
affect a Licensee’s obligation under this Agreement to indemnify the Secretary of State in respect of any such Excluded Historic Liability. 

  

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	3.	EXCLUDED HISTORIC LIABILITIES 

  

	3.1	“Excluded Historic Liabilities” comprise: 

  

	 	(A)	liabilities arising under the BNFL Ancillary Agreements in relation to New Fuel as determined in accordance with clause 3.2 below; 

  

	 	(B)	Incremental Historic Liabilities arising as a result of a breach by a Licensee of the terms of a BNFL Historic Contract after the Restructuring Principles Date including any and all
liabilities representing liquidated damages under the terms of a BNFL Historic Contract (except to the extent that such liabilities result or arise from an act or omission of the Secretary of State (acting solely in her capacity as a party to the
Liabilities Documents) after the Restructuring Date); 

  

	 	(C)	except as provided in clause 3.3 below: 

  

	 	(i)	Incremental Historic Liabilities deriving from Non-Standard Fuel where the event that caused the fuel to become Non-Standard Fuel was a failure by a Licensee to comply with the
Minimum Performance Standard; or 

  

	 	(ii)	Incremental Historic Liabilities deriving from a Licensee opting to package Non-Standard Fuel in 5” cans; 

  

	 	(D)	Incremental Historic Liabilities arising out of a Non-Strategic Exercise of Rights (whether or not such Exercise of Rights is a Key Exercise of Rights) which does not comply with
the Minimum Contracting Standard; 

  

	 	(E)	Incremental Historic Liabilities arising as a result of the occurrence of: 

  

	 	(i)	a Licensee failing (or being deemed to fail by this Agreement or the NLFA) to comply with the Minimum Performance Standard; or 

  

	 	(ii)	a Licensee implementing a Licensee Change; and 

  

	 	(F)	any other liability described as, or deemed to be, an Excluded Historic Liability in or by any provision of this Agreement. 

  

	3.2	To the extent that liabilities arising under the BNFL Ancillary Agreements are in relation to both New Fuel and Historic Fuel, such liabilities shall be pro-rated between New Fuel
and Historic Fuel on the following basis: 

  

	 	(A)	no longer than 20 Business Days prior to the start of a Financial Period, each Licensee shall provide the Secretary of State with its good faith estimate of the ratio of New Fuel to
Historic Fuel to be Delivered from its Power Stations in the forthcoming Financial Period, based on its reasonable estimates of the quantity of New Fuel and the quantity of Historic Fuel to be so Delivered; 

  

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	 	(B)	during a Financial Period, liabilities arising under the BNFL Ancillary Agreements that relate to both New Fuel and Historic Fuel shall be pro-rated between New Fuel and Historic
Fuel, and paid by the relevant Licensee and Secretary of State respectively, according to the estimated ratio provided to the Secretary of State pursuant to clause 3.2(A); 

  

	 	(C)	no later than 30 Business Days following the end of each Financial Period, each Licensee shall provide the Secretary of State with a reconciliation statement
(“Reconciliation Statement”) showing: 

  

	 	(i)	the actual quantity of New Fuel and Historic Fuel Delivered in the previous Financial Period; 

  

	 	(ii)	the ratio of New Fuel to Historic Fuel Delivered in the previous Financial Period, based on the actual quantities referred to in clause 3.2(C)(i); 

 

	 	(iii)	the amount of liabilities arising under the BNFL Ancillary Agreements that, based on the ratio referred to in clause 3.2(C)(ii) above, should have been attributed to each of
(a) New Fuel and (b) Historic Fuel, and payable by each of the relevant Licensee and Secretary of State respectively, had the actual quantities of New Fuel and Historic Fuel Delivered in the previous Financial Period been known at the time of
payment to BNFL; 

  

	 	(iv)	the difference between those amounts calculated pursuant to clause 3.2(C)(iii) and the sums actually paid by each of the relevant Licensee and Secretary of State to BNFL in
relation to those liabilities in the previous Financial Period; and 

  

	 	(v)	whether the difference referred to in clause 3.2(C)(iv) represents an amount payable by the relevant Licensee to the Secretary of State or by the Secretary of State to the
relevant Licensee, 

  
 provided that where the
Excluded Historic Liabilities arising in a Financial Period under the BNFL Ancillary Agreements are in excess of £15,000, such amount (which shall include such excess amount) shall be included in the Reconciliation Statement as being to the
relevant Licensee’s account; 
  

	 	(D)	payment by the relevant Licensee or the Secretary of State of the amount referred to in clause 3.2(C)(v) shall be due 20 Business Days after the receipt by the Secretary of
State of the Reconciliation Statement; 

  

	 	(E)	if the Secretary of State gives notice to the relevant Licensee that she disputes any of the estimates, calculations or information provided by a Licensee pursuant to this clause
3.2, the relevant Licensee and the Secretary of State shall meet within 10 Business Days to discuss the Secretary of State’s objection. If the relevant Licensee and Secretary of State are unable to resolve the dispute within 10 Business
Days, either party may refer the dispute for Expert resolution pursuant to clauses 30.4 to 30.11; and 

  

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	 	(F)	either party acting reasonably and having regard to the viability of the administration of the pro-rating provisions set out in this clause 3.2 may, from time to time,
request modifications to such provisions. 

  

	3.3	Notwithstanding clause 3.1(C) above, liabilities deriving from Non-Standard Fuel shall not be Excluded Historic Liabilities if the event which caused the fuel to become
Non-Standard Fuel occurred prior to the Restructuring Principles Date. 

  

	3.4	Except to the extent that the Secretary of State (with the approval of Her Majesty’s Treasury) (i) assumes responsibility for any Excluded Historic Liabilities in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, or (ii) otherwise agrees with a Licensee that it will assume responsibility for any Excluded Historic Liabilities, including pursuant to the Option Agreement: 

  

	 	(A)	any and all Excluded Historic Liabilities shall be for the account of the Licensees; 

  

	 	(B)	the Secretary of State shall not have any liability in respect of any Excluded Historic Liabilities; and 

  

	 	(C)	the Licensees shall keep the Secretary of State indemnified from and against any loss, cost, expense, liability, claim or damage which the Secretary of State properly and reasonably
incurs or suffers, directly or indirectly, as a result of the Licensees not meeting or discharging an Excluded Historic Liability, including any costs incurred or suffered by the Crown in relation to an Excluded Historic Liability upon the
acquisition by it or any other person of any Power Station or other property of a Licensee or any costs incurred or suffered by the Crown in relation to an Excluded Historic Liability upon the acquisition by it by operation of law of any Power
Station or any other property of a Licensee following a Default Event. 

  

	4.	MINIMUM CONTRACTING STANDARD AND MINIMUM PERFORMANCE STANDARD 

  
 Compliance with Standard 
  

	 	4.1	Unless specifically permitted by the terms of this Agreement not so to comply, each Licensee undertakes to the Secretary of State that, for so long as any Historic Liabilities or
any other payments under this Agreement remain to be paid, settled or discharged, it shall comply with the Minimum Contracting Standard with respect to any Non-Strategic Exercise of Rights. 

  

	 	4.2	Notwithstanding clause 15 (Remedy and Waivers), except in the case of fraud, where a Licensee fails to comply with the Minimum Contracting Standard or Minimum Performance
Standard, its liability under this Agreement for such failure shall be limited solely to the liabilities expressed in this Agreement to arise upon the occurrence of such a failure. 

  

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 Deemed Compliance and Non-Compliance 
  

	4.3	Subject to clause 4.4, for the purposes of this Agreement, each Licensee shall be deemed to have complied, or be in compliance, with the Minimum Contracting Standard in
respect of each of the BNFL Historic Contracts: 

  

	 	(A)	at any time up to but excluding the Restructuring Principles Date; and 

  

	 	(B)	to the extent that it makes an Exercise of Rights on or after the Restructuring Principles Date which is consistent with or equivalent to an Exercise of Rights it made prior to the
Restructuring Principles Date. 

  

	4.4	Notwithstanding clause 4.3, a Licensee shall not be deemed to have complied with the Minimum Contracting Standard by virtue of the fact that it makes an Exercise of Rights
which is consistent with an Exercise of Rights it made prior to the Restructuring Principles Date if: 

  

	 	(A)	there is or was a change in circumstance or there occurs or occurred any event after the Restructuring Principles Date as a result of which, in order to maintain its compliance with
the Minimum Contracting Standard, the Licensee should not make or should not have made such an Exercise of Rights; or 

  

	 	(B)	the making of the Exercise of Rights prior to the Restructuring Principles Date, was in breach of any Applicable Law, any Accepted Standard, or the terms of a BNFL Historic
Contract, 

  
 and a Licensee shall be deemed to be
failing to comply with the Minimum Contracting Standard if and to the extent it implements an Exercise of Rights, on or after the Restructuring Principles Date, in breach of any Applicable Law or Accepted Standard or in breach of this Agreement or
of the terms of a BNFL Historic Contract. 
  

	4.5	When a Licensee is deemed pursuant to the NLFA to have complied, or to have failed to comply, with the Minimum Performance Standard, the Licensee shall be so deemed for the purposes
of this Agreement. 

  

	4.6	The parties agree that failure to comply with the Minimum Contracting Standard by reason of the Secretary of State not approving a Key Exercise of Rights shall not constitute a
failure to comply with the Minimum Contracting Standard for the purposes of this Agreement. 

  
 Emergencies, Applicable Law and Regulatory Requirements 
  

	4.7	Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the parties acknowledge and agree that: 

  

	 	(A)	nothing in this Agreement shall prevent a Licensee from taking such action as it considers necessary: 

  

	 	(i)	in an emergency to prevent, mitigate or remedy any event that may prejudice the safety of employees or the public or may harm the environment; or 

  

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	 	(ii)	to comply with any Applicable Law including (without limitation) to prevent, mitigate or remedy any breach of a limitation or condition of a Licence or of an authorisation issued
under the Radioactive Substances Act 1993, 

  
 provided that, if the occurrence of the emergency or the taking of any action under paragraph (i) or (ii) above gives rise to an increase in Historic Liabilities, the terms of this Agreement shall apply in determining
whether the increase constitutes an Excluded Historic Liability or not; and 
  

	 	(B)	the Licensees are not required, pursuant to this Agreement, to do any act or omit to do any act if: 

  

	 	(i)	any Regulator would consider such act or omission unacceptable; or 

  

	 	(ii)	the act or omission would cause the Licensee to be in breach of any Licence condition or Applicable Law; and 

  

	 	(C)	nothing in this Agreement shall oblige the Secretary of State to monitor a Licensee’s compliance with the Minimum Contracting Standard or the Minimum Performance Standard.

  

	5.	EXERCISE OF RIGHTS BY LICENSEE 

  
 Restriction on Implementing Exercise of Rights 
  

	5.1	Except as otherwise permitted by the following provisions of this clause 5 (Exercise of Rights by Licensee), each Licensee undertakes to the Secretary of State not to make or
implement any Key Exercise of Rights unless: 

  

	 	(A)	if the Key Exercise of Rights is a Non-Strategic Exercise of Rights, the Licensee has complied with the provisions of clause 5.2; or 

  

	 	(B)	if the Key Exercise of Rights is a Strategic Exercise of Rights, the Licensee has complied with the provisions of clause 5.3; or 

  

	 	(C)	the Key Exercise of Rights is otherwise agreed by the Licensee and the Secretary of State on such terms as the Licensee and Secretary of State may agree, provided that the Secretary
of State shall not be obliged to agree any proposed Exercise of Rights under this clause 5.1(C), including (in particular) if the proposed Exercise of Rights falls within the scope of clauses 5.1(A) or 5.1(B).

  

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 Non-Strategic Exercises of Rights 
  

	5.2	In relation to a proposed Key Exercise of Rights which is a Non-Strategic Exercise of Rights, a Licensee is entitled either to: 

  

	 	(A)	give notice in writing to the Secretary of State specifying in reasonable detail the proposed Non-Strategic Exercise of Rights and the reasons therefor, in which case:

  

	 	(i)	within 20 Business Days of receipt of such notice, the Secretary of State shall give notice in writing to the Licensee confirming whether or not she approves the proposed
Non-Strategic Exercise of Rights. If the Secretary of State gives notice that she approves such Exercise of Rights, or gives no notice, any increase in Historic Liabilities arising as a result of the Non-Strategic Exercise of Rights shall then
constitute Incremental Historic Liabilities and shall not constitute Excluded Historic Liabilities; and 

  

	 	(ii)	if the Secretary of State gives notice to the Licensee in accordance with clause 5.2(A)(i) that she objects to the proposed Non-Strategic Exercise of Rights (either in whole
or part) on the grounds that it is not in compliance with the Minimum Contracting Standard, the Secretary of State and the Licensee shall meet as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any event no later than 20 Business Days following receipt of
the notice of the Licensee, to discuss the proposed Non-Strategic Exercise of Rights and the reasons for the Secretary of State’s objection thereto; and 

  

	 	(iii)	if, following compliance with clause 5.2(A)(ii), the Secretary of State still objects to the proposed Non-Strategic Exercise of Rights, the matter in dispute may be referred
by either party to the Expert for resolution as to whether the Non-Strategic Exercise of Rights is in compliance with the Minimum Contracting Standard; or 

  

	 	(B)	implement the Non-Strategic Exercise of Rights and pay BNFL in respect thereof without notice to the Secretary of State and without prejudice to the Secretary of State’s right
pursuant to clause 2.5(A), on application by the Licensee under clause 2 (Secretary of State Payments) for reimbursement of such payment, to dispute a confirmation given pursuant to clause 2.4(B)(v) or (vi).

  
 The Licensee may withdraw any notice given
under clause 5.2(A) at any time prior to implementing the Non-Strategic Exercise of Rights in question and elect to proceed under clause 5.2(B). 
  

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 Strategic Exercises of Rights 
  

	5.3	In relation to a Key Exercise of Rights which is a Strategic Exercise of Rights, the Licensee shall: 

  

	 	(A)	give notice in writing to the Secretary of State specifying in reasonable detail the proposed Strategic Exercise of Rights and the reasons therefor, in which case:

  

	 	(i)	within 20 Business Days of receipt of such notice, the Secretary of State shall give notice in writing to the Licensee confirming whether or not she approves the proposed Strategic
Exercise of Rights. If the Secretary of State gives notice that she approves such Strategic Exercise of Rights, any increase in Historic Liabilities arising as a result thereof shall then constitute Incremental Historic Liabilities and shall not
constitute Excluded Historic Liabilities; and 

  

	 	(ii)	if the Secretary of State gives notice to the Licensee in accordance with clause 5.3(A)(i) that she does not approve the proposed Strategic Exercise of Rights (either in
whole or part), the Secretary of State and the Licensee shall meet as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any event no later than 20 Business Days following receipt of the notice of the Licensee, to discuss the proposed Strategic Exercise of
Rights and the reasons for the Secretary of State’s objection thereto; and 

  

	 	(iii)	if, following compliance with clause 5.3(A)(ii), the Secretary of State still objects to the proposed Strategic Exercise of Rights the Licensee shall not implement it; and

  

	 	(iv)	notwithstanding clause 5.3(A)(ii) or (iii), where clause 4.7 applies in relation to a proposed Strategic Exercise of Rights, the Secretary of State shall
approve such Strategic Exercise of Rights and the terms of this Agreement shall apply in determining whether any resulting increase in Historic Liabilities shall constitute Excluded Historic Liabilities or not. 

  
 Secretary of State Exercise of Rights 
  

					
	5.4	    	(A)	  	If (i) the Secretary of State so requests (with the approval of Her Majesty’s Treasury), and (ii) the Secretary of State has complied with this clause 5.4, a Licensee shall, subject
to the provisions of this clause 5.4, implement a Secretary of State Exercise of Rights. Subject to the provisions of this clause 5.4, there shall be no limitations on the nature of a Secretary of State Exercise of Rights requested by
the Secretary of State.

  

	 	(B)	In relation to a proposed Secretary of State Exercise of Rights, the Secretary of State shall give notice in writing to the Licensee specifying in reasonable detail the proposed
Secretary of State Exercise of Rights and the reasons therefor, including details of the reduction in Historic Liabilities which would arise, or could reasonably be expected to arise, as a result of the proposed Exercise of Rights being implemented.

  

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	 	(C)	Except as set out below, the Licensee shall be required to implement the proposed Secretary of State Exercise of Rights following the agreement or determination of the compensation
to be paid by the Secretary of State to the Licensee in accordance with clause 6 (Compensation for Secretary of State Exercise of Rights and Net Cost Exercise of Rights). The Licensee shall not be required to implement a Secretary of State
Exercise of Rights if: 

  

	 	(i)	the proposed Secretary of State Exercise of Rights is a Non-Strategic Exercise of Rights and will not result in, or could not reasonably be expected to result in, a reduction of
£10,000,000 or more, expressed in Net Present Value terms, in respect of the Costs of Discharging Liabilities; or 

  

	 	(ii)	the proposed Secretary of State Exercise of Rights is a Non-Strategic Exercise of Rights and a reasonable and prudent operator who was responsible for implementing the proposed
Secretary of State Exercise of Rights and who stood to bear all Historic Liabilities arising in connection with BNFL Historic Contracts would, acting reasonably and taking account of any compensation or other amounts receivable in connection
therewith, not implement the proposed Secretary of State Exercise of Rights; or 

  

	 	(iii)	a Regulator objects to the proposed Secretary of State Exercise of Rights; or 

  

	 	(iv)	BNFL’s agreement is necessary to implement the proposed Secretary of State Exercise of Rights and such agreement is not reached with BNFL, provided that the Licensee has used
its reasonable endeavours to obtain such BNFL agreement. 

  

	 	(D)	If a Licensee refuses to implement a Secretary of State Exercise of Rights on the basis of one of the reasons set out in clause 5.4(C), the Secretary of State does not agree
with the reason for such refusal, and the Secretary of State and the Licensee are unable to resolve the dispute within 40 Business Days, the matter in dispute may be referred by the Licensee or the Secretary of State to the Expert for resolution
pursuant to clauses 30.4 to 30.11, provided that no determination by the Expert may require the Licensee to carry out a Secretary of State Exercise of Rights to which a Regulator objects. 

  

	 	(E)	Subject to clause 5.4(C), if, following compliance with clause 5.4(B) and agreement or resolution pursuant to 5.4(D), it is found that the Licensee has no
grounds to refuse to implement the Secretary of State Exercise of Rights and the Licensee fails to implement the same, any Historic Liabilities which would not have arisen had the Licensee implemented the proposed Secretary of State Exercise of
Rights shall be deemed to be Excluded Historic Liabilities. 

  

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 Net Cost of Exercise of Rights 
  

					
	 5.5
	    	(A)	  	A Licensee shall not be required to implement a Net Cost Exercise of Rights but may propose to the Secretary of State that a Net Cost Exercise of Rights be implemented by giving notice in
writing to the Secretary of State, specifying in reasonable detail the proposed Net Cost Exercise of Rights and the reasons therefor, including details of the reduction in Historic Liabilities and the Net Cost to the Licensee which would arise, or
could reasonably be expected to arise, as a result of the proposed Net Cost Exercise of Rights being implemented.

  

	 	(B)	The Secretary of State (with the approval of Her Majesty’s Treasury) may require the Licensee to implement the proposed Net Cost Exercise of Rights following:

  

	 	(i)	agreement by the Licensee and the Secretary of State to the proposed Net Cost Exercise of Rights; and 

  

	 	(ii)	the agreement of the Licensee and the Secretary of State of the compensation to be paid by the Secretary of State to the Licensee in accordance with clause 6 (Compensation
for Secretary of State Exercise of Rights and Net Cost Exercise of Rights); and 

  

	 	(iii)	where applicable, acceptance of the proposed Net Cost Exercise of Rights by the Regulators; and 

  

	 	(iv)	where applicable, BNFL’s agreement being obtained in respect of such proposed Net Cost Exercise of Rights, and the Licensee shall use its reasonable endeavours to obtain such
BNFL agreement. 

  

	 	(C)	If the Licensee fails to implement the proposed Net Cost Exercise of Rights following satisfaction of clause 5.5(B), any Historic Liabilities which would not have arisen had
the Licensee implemented the same shall be Excluded Historic Liabilities. 

  
 Disputes 
  

	5.6	In relation to any dispute arising under this clause 5 (Exercise of Rights by Licensee) regarding whether or not a proposed Exercise of Rights will result in an increase or
decrease in Historic Liabilities or in a Net Cost to a Licensee, or regarding the quantum of any such increase or decrease in Historic Liabilities or of any such Net Cost, any party to the dispute may refer the dispute to the Expert for resolution
pursuant to clauses 30.4 to 30.11. 

  

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 Licensee Undertakings 
  

	5.7	Each Licensee undertakes to the Secretary of State, subject to the Licensee’s obligations under the Licence and to the confidentiality restrictions under the BNFL Historic
Contracts: 

  

	 	(A)	to give access to records of all Exercises of Rights made on or after the Restructuring Principles Date. Each Licensee shall procure that sufficient details are included in its
records to enable the Secretary of State and any Expert to whom a dispute is referred under the preceding provisions of this clause 5 (Exercise of Rights by Licensee): 

  

	 	(i)	to determine whether or not the Licensee has complied with the provisions of this clause 5 (Exercise of Rights by Licensee); and 

  

	 	(ii)	to assess the impact on the Historic Liabilities and on the Net Cost to a Licensee of any Exercise of Rights that has been or is proposed to be made; and 

 

	 	(B)	without charge to make such records (and copies or extracts thereof) available to the Secretary of State and any such Expert as they may reasonably require in such form and at such
times as the Secretary of State and any such Expert may reasonably require. 

  
 Review 
  

	5.8	At the request of any party and in any event no later than the third anniversary of the Restructuring Date, the Secretary of State and the Licensees shall review how this clause
5 (Exercise of Rights by Licensee) has operated in practice. Each of them shall use their reasonable endeavours to complete the review within three months of such request or the third anniversary of the Restructuring Date (as the case may be)
and shall, in the conduct of the review: 

  

	 	(A)	submit a paper to the other parties detailing the implementation of clause 5 (Exercise of Rights by Licensee) in the period since the Restructuring Date and any proposals for
improving the operation of clause 5 (Exercise of Rights by Licensee); and 

  

	 	(B)	shall meet not less than twice to discuss in good faith the papers prepared under this clause 5.8 and any proposals for improving the operation of clause 5 (Exercise
of Rights by Licensee). 

  

	5.9	The parties agree that the carrying out of a review pursuant to clause 5.8 does not prevent a party requesting a further review thereafter (in which case the provisions of
clause 5.8 shall apply mutatis mutandis), provided that a review may not be requested within three years after completion of the previous review. 

  

	6.	COMPENSATION FOR SECRETARY OF STATE EXERCISE OF RIGHTS AND NET COST OF EXERCISE OF RIGHTS 

  

	6.1	Where a Secretary of State Exercise of Rights or a Net Cost Exercise of Rights is proposed and the Secretary of State is required to compensate the Licensee, the amount of
compensation (if any) payable by the Secretary of State to the Licensee (the “Licensee Historic Compensation Amount”) and the timing of the payment of such Licensee Historic Compensation Amount 

  

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 shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Schedule 4 (Determination of Licensee
Historic Compensation Amount) and shall be paid direct to an account notified to the Secretary of State. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions of clauses 2.3 to 2.8 shall not apply to payments made under this clause 6.1).

  

	7.	ESCALATION 

  
 Unless expressly stated otherwise, all monetary amounts referred to in this Agreement are stated in March 2003 money values and shall be escalated in
accordance with the following formula: 
  

					
	 Am
	 	=	 	Ao x Rm
	 	 	 	 	Ro    

  
 where: 
  
 “Am” is the relevant amount as escalated; 
  
 “Ao” is the relevant amount in March 2003 money values;

  
 “Ro” is the Retail Price Index for the month
of March 2003, and is 179.9 ; 
  
 “Rm” is the
Retail Price Index for the month in which (i) payment is due, (ii) the event occurs which gives rise to the relevant amount, or (iii) calculation of the relevant amount is required (in each case the “relevant month”) and shall be estimated
as follows if the Retail Price Index is not available: 
  
 

 
  
 where: 
  
 “m” is the month for which the index number is to be
estimated; 
  
 “N” is the number of months
between the relevant month and the month in which the index number has been most recently published; 
  
 “Rm-n ” is the Retail Price Index for the month in which the index has been most recently published; and 
  
 “Rm-n-3” is the Retail Price Index for the month three months prior to Rm-n.

  

	8.	INTEREST 

  

	8.1	If a party fails to pay any sum payable by it under this Agreement on the due date for payment, it shall pay interest at LIBOR plus 2 per cent. per annum on that sum for the period
from and including the due date up to the date of actual payment (after as well as before judgment). 

  

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	8.2	Interest on each sum shall accrue from day to day and shall be compounded on each anniversary of the due date for payment. 

  

	8.3	Without limiting clause 15 (Remedies and Waivers), the right to receive interest under this clause in respect of any unpaid sum is not exclusive of any rights, powers and
remedies provided by law in respect of the failure to pay the relevant sum on the due date or at all. 

  

	8.4	For the avoidance of doubt, Historic Liabilities shall include any interest on late payment where such late payment occurs other than through an act or omission of a Licensee.

  

	9.	AMENDMENTS TO THE BNFL HISTORIC CONTRACTS 

  

	9.1	Subject to clause 9.5, no Licensee shall amend, vary, modify or alter any term of a BNFL Historic Contract or otherwise agree with BNFL to do the same except:

  

	 	(A)	with the written consent of the Secretary of State, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld if the amendment, variation, modification or alteration will result in either:

  

	 	(i)	no increase in Historic Liabilities or the Costs of Discharging Liabilities; or 

  

	 	(ii)	an increase in the amount of Historic Liabilities or the Costs of Discharging Liabilities which, when taken together with all previous amendments, variations, modifications or
alterations does not exceed £50,000; or 

  

	 	(iii)	an increase in the amount of Historic Liabilities or Costs of Discharging Liabilities which, when taken together with all previous amendments, variations, modifications or
alterations does exceed £50,000 and the Secretary of State is satisfied that the Minimum Contracting Standard has been properly complied with in respect of the amendment, variation, modification or alteration; or 

  

	 	(B)	where the amendment, variation, modification or alteration is minor or required to correct a typographical error. 

  
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Licensee may amend, vary, modify or alter
any term of a BNFL Ancillary Agreement in a manner that does not affect the terms on which any service is provided under the BNFL Ancillary Agreement in respect of Historic Fuel and does not affect any Historic Liabilities. 
  

	9.2	Except with the prior written consent of the Secretary of State, no Licensee shall amend, vary, modify or alter any term of any other contract with BNFL if to do so would increase
or would reasonably be expected to result in an increase in the amount of 

  

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 Historic Liabilities. For this purpose, the agreement of any project pursuant to the terms of the 1996
agreements for oxide miscellaneous services between BNFL and BEG and BEG(UK) shall be treated as an amendment to a BNFL Historic Fuel Contract, but only to the extent that such project relates to services carried out in respect of Historic Fuel.

  

	9.3	The Secretary of State will use her reasonable endeavours to respond to any proposed amendment, variation, modification or alteration notified to her by a Licensee within a period
of 30 Business Days after such notification is received. If the Secretary of State has not (a) given her consent to the proposed amendment, variation, modification or alteration, or (b) notified the Licensee of her objection thereto (giving
reasons), in either case within the period specified above, the Licensee shall be free to make the proposed amendment, variation, modification or alteration without such consent. Notwithstanding the notice period referred to above, the Licensee
shall give the Secretary of State as much notice of a proposed amendment as is reasonably practicable where the amendment can reasonably be expected to have an impact on the amount of Cost of Discharging Liabilities of £50,000 or more.

  

	9.4	The parties agree that failure to amend, vary, modify or alter a BNFL Historic Contract by reason of the Secretary of State not agreeing to such amendment, variation, modification
or alteration shall not constitute failure to comply with the Minimum Contracting Standard or the Minimum Performance Standard. 

  

	9.5	Where an amendment, variation, modification or alteration is required by a Regulator or to take account of a change in regulation the Licensee will consult with the Secretary of
State and respond to proposals by the Secretary of State in good faith in the same manner as if any consequential Incremental Historic Liabilities were to be funded by the Licensee and not the Secretary of State. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
unless: 

  

	 	(A)	the amendment, variation, modification or alteration is necessary to comply with a specification, direction or other formal requirement made by a Regulator to a Licensee or BNFL; or

  

	 	(B)	failure by a Licensee to make the amendment, variation, modification or alteration within 6 months would result in the Licensee being in breach of Applicable Law or the BNFL
Historic Contract, 

  
 the Licensee will not make
such amendment, variation, modification or alteration without obtaining the prior written consent of the Secretary of State. If the Licensee fails to give reasonable notice to the Secretary of State to enable reasonable consultation to take place,
any Incremental Historic Liabilities resulting from the amendment, variation, modification or alteration will be Excluded Historic Liabilities. 
  

	10.	TITLE TO FUEL AT SELLAFIELD 

  

	10.1	Each of BEG(UK) and BEG (each a “Transferor”) hereby grants to the Secretary of State an option to require that: 

  

	 	(A)	on the Effective Date the Transferor transfers to the Secretary of State or a person nominated by the Secretary of State (the “Transferee”) the Title Rights to all
of its Sellafield Fuel and Fuel Products that are held by the Sellafield Operator on the Effective Date; and 

  

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	 	(B)	the Transferor enters into such amendments to the BNFL Historic Fuel Contracts, and such other documents, as are necessary to provide that on Delivery of Sellafield Fuel to BNFL
after the Effective Date, the Transferee acquires the Title Rights to that Sellafield Fuel and to all Fuel Products relating to such Sellafield Fuel. 

  

	10.2	The consideration payable for the transfer of the Title Rights to the Sellafield Fuel and Fuel Products referred to in clause 10.1 shall be £1.

  

	10.3	The option shall not be exercisable unless each of the following conditions is satisfied: 

  

	 	(A)	the Transferee has agreed the terms on which the Sellafield Fuel and Fuel Products will be held by the Sellafield Operator; 

  

	 	(B)	all necessary regulatory consents, authorisations and approvals to the transfer to the Transferee of the Title Rights to the Sellafield Fuel and Fuel Products have been duly
obtained and remain in force; and 

  

	 	(C)	BNFL, the Secretary of State and the Transferor have agreed the necessary documents: 

  

	 	(i)	to give effect to the transfer of Title Rights referred to in clause 10.1; and 

  

	 	(ii)	to ensure that the Transferor is relieved from all liability to BNFL in respect of the Sellafield Fuel and Fuel Products to be transferred to the Transferee (other than liability to
make payments under the BNFL Historic Fuel Contracts), and the Transferee assumes all such liability, as from the transfer of the Title Rights in respect of those Sellafield Fuel and Fuel Products in accordance with this clause 10 (Title to
Fuel at Sellafield). 

  
 If the Secretary of State
so requires, the Transferor shall use all reasonable endeavours to agree such amendments. 
  

	10.4	Provided that the conditions set out in clause 10.3 have been fulfilled, the Secretary of State may exercise the option granted by a Transferor by giving notice in writing to
the Transferor, specifying the Effective Date. On the Effective Date: 

  

	 	(A)	the Transferor and the Transferee will execute the documents referred to in clause 10.3(C); and 

  

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	 	(B)	the Secretary of State shall pay, or procure the payment of, the consideration referred to in clause 10.2 to the Transferor. 

  

	10.5	In this clause: 

  

	 	(A)	“Effective Date” means a Business Day specified in the notice given by the Secretary of State under clause 10.4, which shall not be less than one month nor
more than 3 months after the date on which the notice is given; 

  

	 	(B)	“Fuel Products” means uranium trioxide, plutonium dioxide and Wastes and Residues relating to Fuel and Non-Standard Fuel delivered to BNFL under the BNFL Historic
Fuel Contracts; 

  

	 	(C)	“Sellafield Fuel” means Fuel and Non-Standard Fuel delivered to BNFL under the BNFL Historic Fuel Contracts; 

  

	 	(D)	“Sellafield Operator” means BNFL or such other person as may for the time being be the operator of the Reprocessing Site; 

  

	 	(E)	“Title Rights” means all title of the relevant Transferor to Sellafield Fuel and Fuel Products and all rights of the relevant Transferor under the BNFL Historic
Fuel Contracts to acquire title to Sellafield Fuel and Fuel Products, including rights of the relevant Transferor to require that the Sellafield Fuel and Fuel Products are Made Available to the Transferor; and 

  

	 	(F)	capitalised terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings given to them in the BNFL Historic Fuel Contracts. 

  

	10.6	For the avoidance of doubt, this Agreement shall continue unaffected notwithstanding the exercise of an option pursuant to this clause 10 (Title to Fuel at Sellafield).

  

	11.	EVENTS OF DEFAULT 

  

	11.1	Each of the events described below in this clause constitutes a “Default Event” in relation to a Licensee or a Guarantor (the “Defaulting Party”):

  

	 	(A)	the Defaulting Party fails to pay an amount due under this Agreement or any other Liabilities Document within 10 Business Days of the due date therefor, and such Default Event shall
continue until such payment (together with interest thereon) is made; or 

  

	 	(B)	it is proved that monies provided to the Defaulting Party (excluding a Guarantor for the purposes of this clause 11.1(B)) by the Secretary of State following an application
pursuant to clause 2 (Secretary of State Payments): 

  

	 	(i)	have, prior to payment of Historic Liabilities in relation to which the application was made, been the subject of an assignment or security interest effected by the Defaulting Party
in favour of a third party not previously approved by the Secretary of State in writing; or 

  

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	 	(ii)	have not been applied in payment of such Historic Liabilities within 15 Business Days of receipt by the Defaulting Party or of the due date for payment thereof, whichever shall be
the later or held by that person for payment of Tax or Value Added Tax to the extent such monies have been provided in respect of Tax, or as the case may be, Value Added Tax obligations of the Licensee; or 

  

	 	(C)	the Defaulting Party is in material or persistent breach of any other provisions of this Agreement or any other Liabilities Document and such breach, if capable of remedy, has not
been remedied: 

  

	 	(i)	where the remedy incorporates an Operational Change, within 60 Business Days; or 

  

	 	(ii)	in the case of any other matter, within 20 Business Days, after receipt by the Defaulting Party of notice from the Secretary of State requiring such remedy; or

  

	 	(D)	if by reason of the Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1964 any option granted to the Secretary of State under the Option Agreement (or any replacement option as referred to in this
paragraph) would become void if not exercised within 21 years of its grant, a Licensee does not grant a replacement option to the Secretary of State on the same terms as those contained in the Option Agreement within 3 months of receiving a request
in writing to do so from the Secretary of State made within the final year of such 21 year period; or 

  

	 	(E)	the Defaulting Party fails: 

  

	 	(i)	within 10 Business Days after being called upon to do so by the Secretary of State, to provide a certificate signed by two of its directors certifying (without personal liability
except in the event of fraud or wilful default) that it is not then unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123(1)(e) of the Insolvency Act 1986; or 

  

	 	(ii)	within 40 Business Days, after being called upon to do so by the Secretary of State to provide a certificate signed by two of its directors certifying (without personal liability
except in the event of fraud or wilful default) that it is not then unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986, provided that: 

  

	 	(a)	if the Restructuring Date is on or prior to 31 March 2005, the Secretary of State may not require such a certificate prior to the publication of the Accounts in relation to the
Financial Period ending on 31 March 2005; and 

  

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	 	(b)	if the Restructuring Date is after 31 March 2005, the Secretary of State may not require such a certificate prior to the date which is the later of: (1) two months following the
publication of the Accounts in relation to the Financial Period ending on 31 March 2005; and (2) two months after the Restructuring Date, 

  
 and such Default Event shall continue for so long as no such certificate is provided; or 
  

	 	(F)	the Defaulting Party passes a resolution for its winding up (other than in the context of a solvent amalgamation or reconstruction in either case on terms previously approved in
writing by the Secretary of State or notified in writing to NLF and the Secretary of State prior to the date of this Agreement) or a court of competent jurisdiction makes an order for its winding up or dissolution, and such Default Event shall
continue thereafter without limitation in time; or 

  

	 	(G)	the appointment of an administrative receiver, receiver and manager or receiver over all or a material part of the Defaulting Party’s assets and such a Default Event shall
continue until there is no administrative receiver, receiver and manager or receiver in office in relation to those assets; or 

  

	 	(H)	the appointment of a provisional liquidator or administrator in relation to the Defaulting Party, and such a Default Event shall continue until the provisional liquidator or
administrator ceases to hold that office; or 

  

	 	(I)	the making of an administration order in relation to the Defaulting Party, and such a Default Event shall continue until the administration order is discharged; or

  

	 	(J)	other than in the context of a solvent amalgamation or reconstruction in either case on terms previously approved in writing by the Secretary of State or notified in writing to the
Secretary of State prior to the date of this Agreement, the Defaulting Party convenes a meeting for a creditors’ voluntary liquidation, or for a creditors’ meeting following a members’ voluntary liquidation or for the consideration by
creditors of a voluntary arrangement or scheme of arrangement, and such a Default Event shall continue unless and until the relevant resolution or resolutions are voted on and not passed or are withdrawn; or 

  

	 	(K)	the Defaulting Party is subject to any proceeding or in a position analogous to that in clauses 11.1(E), (F), (G), (H), (I) or (J) in its
jurisdiction of incorporation. 

  

	12.	EFFECT OF DEFAULT EVENT 

  

	12.1	Without prejudice to clause 12.3, if a Default Event is continuing (or, in the case of a Default Event within clause 11.1(B) or (C), for the period of 30
Business Days following receipt by the Secretary of State of written notice of the breach from the Defaulting Party after which such Default Event shall be deemed to have ceased) in relation to a Licensee or Guarantor which 

 

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 has not been waived in writing by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State may give notice in
writing to the Licensees that some or all of the following provisions apply: 
  

	 	(A)	the Licensees’ rights to receive any payment under clause 6 (Compensation for Secretary of State Exercise of Rights and Net Cost Exercise of Rights) shall be suspended,
provided that a Licensee shall be entitled to receive suspended payments (without any additional amount in respect of interest for deferred payment) on cessation or waiver of the Default Event; 

  

	 	(B)	the Licensees shall not be entitled to take part in the exercise of rights given to the Licensees under the following clauses of this Agreement: any rights of the Licensee to apply
for payment in the circumstances referred to in clause 5.2(B); clause 5.5; clause 6 and clause 21 (except for clauses 21.3 and 21.4 (Assignment)); or 

  

	 	(C)	the Secretary of State may, by notice in writing to the Licensees, elect that such Excluded Historic Liabilities for which the Secretary of State has not otherwise assumed
responsibility under the Liabilities Documents (including pursuant to the Option Agreement) as are designated in the notice shall be discharged by the Secretary of State. In such event, the Licensees shall indemnify and keep indemnified the
Secretary of State from and against any loss, cost, expense, liability, claim or damage which the Secretary of State properly and reasonably incurs or suffers, directly or indirectly, in discharging those Excluded Historic Liabilities, including:

  

	 	(i)	any costs incurred or suffered by the Crown upon the acquisition by it or any other person of any Power Station or other property of a Licensee; and 

  

	 	(ii)	any costs incurred or suffered by the Crown upon the acquisition by it by operation of law of any Power Station or any other property of a Licensee following a Default Event.

  
 For the avoidance of doubt, the parties
acknowledge and agree that, subject to clause 12.3 and except as expressly set out at paragraph (A) above, payments under this Agreement (including, without limitation, pursuant to clause 2) shall continue on the terms of this
Agreement, notwithstanding the occurrence or continuation of a Default Event or a breach of any other Liabilities Document. 
  

	12.2	The parties acknowledge that, notwithstanding the occurrence of an Default Event under clause 11.1 (E) to (K) (inclusive) in respect of a Licensee or Guarantor:

  

	 	(A)	the Secretary of State shall remain liable to perform her obligations under this Agreement and the other Liabilities Documents; and 

  

	 	(B)	without prejudice to any obligations of the Licensees or Guarantors arising under the terms of the Liabilities Documents or the terms of any other agreement or instrument, the
Secretary of State shall not be entitled to any claim or remedy by 

  

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 reason of the Default Event, nor shall the relevant Licensee or Guarantor have any liability to the
Secretary of State solely by reason of the Default Event, whether for damages, set-off, counterclaim or otherwise. 
  

	12.3	Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a Default Event occurs under clause 11.1(D) and is continuing, the Secretary of State shall make no further payments to any Licensee except
to the extent that the Secretary of State otherwise agrees. 

  

	12.4	If a Default Event falling within clause 11.1(E) to 11.1(K) is continuing in relation to a Licensee or Guarantor which has not been waived: 

 

	 	(A)	the Licensee and the Guarantors shall promptly produce such information in respect of Historic Liabilities as the Secretary of State may reasonably require; and

  

	 	(B)	the Secretary of State may deliver a notice to the relevant Licensees and/or Guarantors requiring payment of any amount accrued and payable by the Licensees and/or Guarantors to it
under this Agreement (whether or not such amount has become due and owing), including any amount accrued and payable by the Licensee to the Secretary of State in respect of Excluded Historic Liabilities (together with any interest thereon). Within
two Business Days of receipt of such notice, all such amounts (together with any interest thereon) shall become immediately due and payable and the relevant Licensees and/or Guarantors shall pay all amounts specified in the notice to the Secretary
of State (together with any interest thereon). 

  

	12.5	If a BNFL Historic Contract terminates (whether in whole or in part) as a result of the passing of a resolution for the winding up of, or the making of a court order for the winding
up of, or the appointment of a liquidator in respect of BEG, BEG (UK), British Energy or the Ultimate Parent Company, the Secretary of State shall be obliged to make payments to BNFL in respect of Historic Liabilities accrued up to and including the
date of such termination of the BNFL Historic Contract. Such accrued Historic Liabilities shall include amounts invoiced but as yet unpaid or amounts accrued but not yet invoiced at the date of such termination and the Secretary of State shall make
such payment within 30 calendar days of such termination or, if later, 30 calendar days of BNFL’s invoice or, where any accrued amounts are the subject of a dispute between BNFL and a Licensee, as soon as practicable following determination of
the disputed amount as an Historic Liability. The Secretary of State shall have no obligation to make payments in respect of Historic Liabilities to the extent that such Historic Liabilities arise after the date of such termination of the BNFL
Historic Contract or would have arisen after such date but for the termination of such BNFL Historic Contract. 

  

					
	 12.6
	    	(A)	  	Notwithstanding clause 15 (Remedies and Waivers) this Agreement may not be terminated by any party to it and each party hereby waives any rights it may have at law to terminate this
Agreement. Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, the Secretary of State shall not be entitled to rely on any breach or future breach (including any anticipated breach or future breach) by a

  

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 Licensee or Guarantor of this Agreement or any other Liabilities Document or on any Default Event
(including any anticipated Default Event) occurring in relation to a Licensee or Guarantor under any Liabilities Document in order to: 
  

	 	(i)	terminate or rescind this Agreement; or 

  

	 	(ii)	claim that this Agreement is repudiated or that the Secretary of State’s obligations under this Agreement are discharged, 

  
 and in such circumstances the Secretary of State shall not be relieved of
her obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent that this Agreement expressly so provides; and 
  

	 	(B)	Except as set out in the Liabilities Documents, no Licensee or Guarantor shall be liable to the Secretary of State by reason of the Secretary of State entering into or performing
the Liabilities Documents, and all rights of indemnity or subrogation of the Secretary of State that might otherwise be implied by law as a result of her entering into or performing the Liabilities Documents are hereby excluded.

  

	 	(C)	Notwithstanding clause 15 (Remedies and Waivers), except as expressly stated in this Agreement, this Agreement and the obligations of the Secretary of State shall be
continuing obligations and shall not be impaired, discharged, void, subject to avoidance or set-off, suspended, terminated or otherwise affected by any circumstances or for any reason whatsoever (including any breach by a Licensee or Guarantor of
the terms of any Liabilities Document or any principle of equity or law). 

  

	13.	DEDUCTION OR WITHHOLDING 

  

	13.1	Subject to any contrary provisions in any of the other Liabilities Documents, all payments to be made to a party by another party under this Agreement or any other Liabilities
Document shall be made in full except to the extent a deduction or withholding is permitted under clause 13.2. All such payments will be free and clear of any right of set-off and from any restriction, condition or deduction because of any
counterclaim. 

  

	13.2	Where such a deduction or withholding is required in relation to a payment referred to in clause 13.1 in respect of Tax and is also required by law, the Licensee shall be
permitted to make such deduction or withholding. 

  

	13.3	If a Licensee becomes or will become required by law to make any deduction or withholding under clause 13.2 or there is or will be any change in the requirement to make any
such deduction or withholding, the Licensee will give notice to the Secretary of State of any such requirement or change in requirement as soon as the Licensee becomes aware of it. 

  
  

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	 13.4
	    	(A)	  	If, notwithstanding clause 2.8 and the foregoing provisions of this clause 13 (Deduction or Withholding), any mandatory set-off in administration, winding-up or other insolvency of
a Licensee (including a set-off under Rule 2.85 or Rule 4.90 of the Insolvency Rules 1986) (a “Mandatory Set-off”) would arise in respect of any amount that would, but for this clause 13 (Deduction or Withholding), be owed by
the Secretary of State (the “Recipient”) to the Licensee under any of the Liabilities Documents (the “Recipient Payment”) against any amount that would, but for this clause 13 (Deduction or Withholding), be
owed by the Licensee to the Recipient on any account and that would, but for this clause 13 (Deduction or Withholding), be subject to the Mandatory Set-off (the “Licensee Payment”), then the provisions of paragraph (B)
shall apply.

  

	 	(B)	The Licensee Payment shall not be due, owing or payable (or capable of Mandatory Set-off or proof) in the insolvency until arrangements have been put in place (which the Secretary
of State undertakes that, so far as lies within her reasonable control, she will put in place) ensuring that the Recipient Payment will be applied without reduction on account of the Mandatory Set-off towards discharging Historic Liabilities (where
applicable) or otherwise in accordance with the provisions of the Liabilities Documents, and in particular in accordance with clause 2 (Secretary of State Payments). 

  

	14.	LIABILITY 

  

	14.1	The liabilities of the Licensees under this Agreement are assumed jointly and severally. If any liability of one or some but not all of the Licensees is, or becomes, illegal,
invalid or unenforceable in any respect, that shall not affect or impair the liabilities of the other Licensees under this Agreement. 

  

	14.2	The Secretary of State may release or compromise the liability of one or more of the Licensees or grant time or other indulgence to one or more of the Licensees without releasing or
reducing the liability of any other party. 

  

	15.	REMEDIES AND WAIVERS 

  

	15.1	No delay or omission by any party to this Agreement in exercising any right, power or remedy provided by law or under this Agreement or any other document referred to in it shall
affect that right, power or remedy or operate as a waiver of it. 

  

	15.2	The single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy provided by law or under this Agreement shall not preclude any other or further exercise of it or the exercise of any
other right, power or remedy. 

  

	15.3	The rights, powers and remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, powers and remedies provided by law. 

  

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	15.4	The parties acknowledge and agree that in the event of non-performance by the Secretary of State of her obligations under this Agreement the loss or damage suffered by a Licensee by
reason of such non-performance will be such that damages will not be an adequate remedy. Accordingly a Licensee, and, if the Licensee is subject to a Default Event under clause 11.1(E) to (K) (inclusive), the relevant insolvency
officer shall have the right to specific performance of the Secretary of State’s obligations. Such remedy shall be in addition to, and not in lieu of other remedies available to a Licensee or insolvency officer at law or in equity.

  

	16.	INVALIDITY 

  
 If at any time any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction, that
shall not affect or impair: 
  

	 	(A)	the legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other provision of this Agreement; or 

  

	 	(B)	the legality, validity or enforceability under the law of any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision of this Agreement. 

  

	17.	NO PARTNERSHIP 

  
 Nothing in this Agreement and no action taken by the parties shall constitute a partnership, association, joint venture or other co-operative entity
between any of the parties. 
  

	18.	CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999 

  
 The parties to this Agreement do not intend that any term of this Agreement should be enforceable, by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties)
Act 1999, by any person who is not a party to this Agreement. 
  

	19.	FURTHER ASSURANCE 

  
 Each party shall at its own cost, from time to time on request, do or procure the doing of all acts and/or execute or procure the execution of all
documents in a form reasonably satisfactory to the other parties which any party may reasonably consider necessary for giving full effect to this Agreement and securing the full benefit of the rights, powers and remedies conferred upon it in this
Agreement. 
  

	20.	ENTIRE AGREEMENT 

  

	20.1	This Agreement and the other Liabilities Documents constitute the whole and only agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement and the other
Liabilities Documents. 

  

	20.2	Each party acknowledges that in entering into this Agreement and the other Liabilities Documents it is not relying upon any pre-contractual statement which is not set out in one or
more of the Liabilities Documents. 

  

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	20.3	Except in the case of fraud, no party shall have any right of action against any other party to this Agreement arising out of or in connection with any pre-contractual statement
except to the extent that it is repeated in one or more of the Liabilities Documents. 

  

	20.4	For the purposes of this clause 20 (Entire Agreement), “pre-contractual statement” means any draft, agreement, undertaking, representation, warranty,
promise, assurance or arrangement of any nature whatsoever, whether or not in writing, relating to the subject matter of one or more of the Liabilities Documents made or given by any person at any time prior to the date of this Agreement.

  

	21.	ASSIGNMENT 

  
 Prohibition on Assignment 
  

	21.1	Subject to the provisions of this Agreement, no party may, at any time: 

  

	 	(A)	assign all or any part of the benefit of, or its rights or benefits under, this Agreement or a BNFL Historic Contract; or 

  

	 	(B)	make a declaration of trust in respect of or enter into any arrangement whereby it agrees to hold in trust for any other person all or any part of the benefit of, or its rights or
benefits under, this Agreement or a BNFL Historic Contract; or 

  

	 	(C)	sub-contract or enter into any arrangement whereby another person is to perform any or all of its obligations under this Agreement or a BNFL Historic Contract.

  
 Intra-Group Assignment 
  

					
	 21.2
	    	(A)	  	A Licensee may assign and transfer all or any part of its rights, benefits and obligations under this Agreement or under a BNFL Historic Contract to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Group or to
the Ultimate Parent Company of the Group if:

  

	 	(i)	the assignee has a Power Station transferred to it by the Licensee; 

  

	 	(ii)	the assignee holds all necessary licences and other regulatory consents, authorisations and approvals for (a) undertaking the Operation of the Power Station and (b) Decommissioning
and the Discharge of Uncontracted Liabilities in relation to that Power Station (if the nuclear reactors at the Power Station have Closed); 

  

	 	(iii)	the assignee delivers to the Secretary of State a duly completed and executed Deed of Adherence; 

  

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	 	(iv)	the Secretary of State has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part 2 of Schedule 5 (Deeds of Adherence and Release) in relation to that
assignee; 

  

	 	(v)	the assignee has entered into a deed of adherence in respect of, and in accordance with the terms of, the Contribution Agreement, the Option Agreement and the NLFA; and

  

	 	(vi)	the assignee has become an Additional Guarantor in accordance with the Guarantee and has delivered all documents required in connection therewith. 

  

	 	(B)	The transferring Licensee hereby undertakes to the Secretary of State to procure that any assignee referred to in clause 21.2(A) holds the necessary Licenses and other
consents, authorisations and approvals referred to in clause 21.2(A)(ii). 

  

	 	(C)	Where a Licensee assigns or transfers all or any part of its rights, benefits and obligations under this Agreement in accordance with clause 21.2(A) above but that Licensee
retains any rights or obligations under a BNFL Historic Contract, then, notwithstanding such assignment or transfer, the Licensee shall remain a party to this Agreement and shall not be permitted to execute a Deed of Release unless otherwise agreed
by the Secretary of State. 

  

	 	(D)	The Licensees at the date of any Deed of Adherence hereby accept and agree that any new Licensee executing a Deed of Adherence shall thereafter be treated for all purposes as if the
new Licensee had executed this Agreement subject only to the provisions of the Deed of Adherence. 

  

	 	(E)	Where a Licensee no longer has any rights or obligations under any of the BNFL Historic Contracts (or where the Secretary of State otherwise agrees), the parties agree, if requested
by the relevant Licensee, to execute a Deed of Release. 

  
 Assignment to Third Parties 
  

	21.3	A Licensee may assign and transfer rights, benefits and obligations under this Agreement or under a BNFL Historic Contract to a third party to whom a Power Station is transferred in
accordance with clause 33.3 of the NLFA to the extent reasonably necessary to facilitate the transfer of that Power Station and to enable the third party to operate the Power Station and clause 33.3(C) of the NLFA shall apply
mutatis mutandis in respect of such assignment or transfer under this Agreement. 

  
 Successor Government Entity 
  

					
	 21.4
	    	(A)	 	If the Secretary of State considers that it is expedient in order to facilitate the public sector’s administration and performance of this Agreement, the Secretary of State may notify the
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 Secretary of State’s rights and obligations under this Agreement as are specified in the notice
(the “Substituted Rights and Obligations”) are to be assumed by another Government Entity (the “Successor Government Entity”). 
  

	 	(B)	If the Secretary of State issues a notice under paragraph (A), the Secretary of State shall, except where the Successor Government Entity is a Minister of the Crown or a
government department, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee the due and punctual performance by any Successor Government Entity of such obligations as are assumed by it. 

  

	 	(C)	If a notification complying with the foregoing requirements is given by the Secretary of State, the parties to this Agreement shall enter into such further agreements as the
Secretary of State may reasonably consider necessary in order to substitute the Successor Government Entity for the Secretary of State in respect of the Substituted Rights and Obligations and to make any consequential modifications to the
Liabilities Documents that are necessary to give effect to the substitution. 

  

	 	(D)	The Secretary of State may not require any assumption of Substituted Rights and Obligations or the making of any consequential modifications to the Liabilities Documents under this
sub-clause that will adversely affect any rights of any other party to this Agreement or that will impose any additional obligations on any other party to this Agreement. 

  

	 	(E)	In this sub-clause, “Government Entity” means: 

  

	 	(i)	a Minister of the Crown; 

  

	 	(ii)	a government department; 

  

	 	(iii)	a non-departmental government body; 

  

	 	(iv)	a body exercising functions on behalf of the Crown; or 

  

	 	(v)	a body corporate established by statute, some or all of the members of which are appointed by a Minister of the Crown. 

  

	21.5	A Licensee may disclose to a proposed assignee information in its possession relating to the provisions of this Agreement and the other Liabilities Documents and the other parties
which it is necessary to disclose for the purposes of the proposed assignment, notwithstanding the provisions of clause 26 (Confidentiality). 

  

	21.6	Where a party becomes a Licensee pursuant to clause 21.2, Schedule 2 (Power Stations) shall be amended to reflect the new ownership of the Power Stations.

  

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	22.	CONDUCT OF PROCEEDINGS 

  

	22.1	Within 10 Business Days of a Licensee becoming aware of (i) any material claim, action or demand, (each, a “Claim”) made against it or any other member of the Group
by BNFL, or (ii) any right it or any other member of the Group may have to make a material claim or demand, or commence an action against BNFL, in either case relating to Historic Liabilities or in respect of a BNFL Historic Contract, the Licensee
shall notify the Secretary of State of the Claim. 

  

	22.2	Following notification of the Claim, the Licensee shall, or shall procure that the relevant member of the Group shall: 

  

	 	(A)	take such action and give such information and access to personnel, premises, documents and records to the Secretary of State and its professional advisers as the Secretary of State
may reasonably request and the Secretary of State shall be entitled to require the Licensee to take, or procure the relevant member of the Group to take, such action and give such information and assistance in relation to the Claim as the Secretary
of State, acting reasonably and with a view to keeping Historic Liabilities to a minimum, deems fit; 

  

	 	(B)	at the request of the Secretary of State, allow the Secretary of State to take the sole conduct of proceedings relating to the Claim as the Secretary of State, acting reasonably,
deems appropriate in connection with any such claim, action or demand in the name of the Licensee or the relevant member of the Group. In that connection the Licensee shall, or shall procure that the relevant member of the Group shall, give to the
Secretary of State all such assistance as the Secretary of State may reasonably require in conducting the proceedings and shall, or shall procure that the relevant member of the Group shall, instruct such solicitors or other professional advisers as
the Secretary of State may nominate to act on behalf of the Licensee or the relevant member of the Group, but to act in accordance with the Secretary of State’s sole instructions provided that, where the Secretary of State has elected to take
the sole conduct of the proceedings, the Secretary of State shall, in respect of the proceedings: 

  

	 	(i)	provide regular written updates to the Licensee and/or relevant member of the Group; and 

  

	 	(ii)	consult with the Licensee and/or relevant member of the Group on a monthly basis for the duration of the proceedings (or on such other basis as is agreed by the Secretary of State
and the Licensee and/or relevant member of the Group (as the case may be)) in respect of future strategy for handling the proceedings and take reasonable account of any representations made by the Licensee and/or member of the Group in respect of
such future strategy; and 

  

	 	(C)	make no admission of liability, agreement, settlement or compromise with any third party in relation to any such Claim without the prior written consent of the Secretary of State.

  

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	22.3	In any event, the Secretary of State shall be entitled at any stage and in her absolute discretion to settle any such Claim provided that she consults the Licensee and, if
applicable, the relevant member of the Group prior to settling such Claim and such consultation shall include a reasonable opportunity for the Licensee and/or relevant member of the Group to make representations to the Secretary of State in respect
of the settlement of such Claim. The Secretary of State shall take reasonable account of such representations in making her decision to settle any Claim. 

  

	22.4	If at any time the Secretary of State makes payment in respect of Historic Liabilities of a Licensee and, following such payment, the Licensee or any other member of the Group
recovers from BNFL any amount in respect of such of Historic Liabilities (whether or not pursuant to any Material Claim), the Licensee shall, or shall procure that the relevant member of the Group shall, pay to the Secretary of State forthwith the
amount recovered and pending payment of that amount to the Secretary of State hold the amount recovered on trust for the Secretary of State in a segregated account. 

  

	22.5	In this clause 22 (Conduct of Proceedings) “Material Claim” means any claim, action of demand for an amount which represents or is reasonably likely to
represent Historic Liabilities of more than £1,000,000. 

  

	23.	ACCESS TO INFORMATION 

  

	23.1	Upon being given reasonable notice, BE plc, Holdings and the Licensees shall give, or procure that there is given, to the Secretary of State, and any persons authorised by her
(subject to any such person giving such confidentiality undertaking as is reasonable in the circumstances, and to the Licensees’ obligations under the Licences) full access to: 

  

	 	(A)	the Power Stations and the books, records and papers of the Licensees, the Guarantors and, if appropriate, any other member of the Group; 

  

	 	(B)	the directors and employees of the Licensees, the Guarantors and, if appropriate, any other member of the Group, who shall be instructed to give promptly all information and
explanations to the Secretary of State, or any such persons as they may request; and 

  

	 	(C)	the SERS database for audit purposes, 

  
 in each case in order to enable the Secretary of State to exercise her rights and powers, and to perform her obligations, under this Agreement and the
other Liabilities Documents to which she is a party. 
  

	23.2	Each Licensee shall use its reasonable endeavours to make available to the Secretary of State or any persons authorised by her (subject to any such person giving such
confidentiality undertaking as is reasonable in the circumstances, and to the Licensees’ obligations under the Licences) the advice, records and papers of any of its advisers to enable the Secretary of State to verify that amounts paid by the
Secretary of State under this Agreement are properly expended in meeting Historic Liabilities or otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. 

  

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	23.3	The parties acknowledge and agree that nothing in this clause 23 (Access to Information) permits the Secretary of State and/or any persons authorised by her to have:

  

	 	(A)	any access to information held on NUPER; or 

  

	 	(B)	any on-line access to SERS. 

  

	24.	NOTICES 

  

	24.1	A notice under this Agreement shall only be effective if it is in writing. Telexes and e-mail notices are not permitted but faxes are permitted. 

  

	24.2	Notices under this Agreement shall be sent to a party at its address or number and for the attention of the individual set out below: 

  

							
	 Party

	    	 Address

	    	 Facsimile No.

	    	 Attention:

	The Secretary of State	    	 One Victoria Street
 London
 SW1V 0ET
	    	020 7215 0138	    	Head of BE Team, Energy Group, Department of Trade and Industry
				
	BEG	    	 c/o the Company Secretary,
 British Energy Group
plc,
 Systems House,
 Alba Campus, Livingston EH54
7EG
	    	*****	    	 c/o Company Secretary,
 British Energy Group
plc

				
	BEG(UK)	    	 c/o the Company Secretary,
 British Energy Group
plc,
 Systems House,
 Alba Campus, Livingston EH54
7EG
	    	*****	    	 c/o Company Secretary,
 British Energy Group
plc

				
	BE plc	    	 c/o the Company Secretary,
 British Energy Group
plc,
 Systems House,
 Alba Campus, Livingston EH54
7EG
	    	*****            	    	 c/o Company Secretary,
 British Energy Group
plc

	***	Indicates materials omitted and filed separately with the Commission. 

  

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	 Party

	    	 Address

	    	 Facsimile No.

	    	 Attention:

	 Holdings
	    	 c/o the Company Secretary, British Energy
 Group
plc, Systems House, Alba Campus,
 Livingston EH54 7EG
	    	*****            	    	 c/o Company Secretary, British Energy
 Group
plc

  
 provided that a party
may change its notice details on giving notice to the other parties of the change in accordance with this clause 24 (Notices). That notice shall only be effective on the date falling five clear Business Days after the notification has been
received or such later date as may be specified in the notice. 
  

	24.3	Any notice given under this Agreement shall, in the absence of earlier receipt, be deemed to have been duly given as follows: 

  

	 	(A)	if delivered personally, on delivery; 

  

	 	(B)	if sent by first class post from the United Kingdom to a United Kingdom address, two clear Business Days after the date of posting; 

  

	 	(C)	if sent by first class airmail to an address outside the United Kingdom, five clear Business Days after the date of posting; and 

  

	 	(D)	if sent by facsimile, when clearly received in full. 

  

	24.4	Any notice given under this Agreement outside Working Hours in the place to which it is addressed shall be deemed not to have been given until the start of the next period of
Working Hours in such place. 

  

	24.5	The provisions of this clause shall not apply in relation to the service of Service Documents. 

  

	25.	ANNOUNCEMENTS 

  

	25.1	Subject to clauses 25.2 and 25.3, no announcement concerning the transaction contemplated by this Agreement or any ancillary matter shall be made by either party
without the prior written approval of the other, that approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. 

  

	25.2	A party may, after consultation with the other parties, make an announcement concerning the transaction contemplated by this Agreement or any ancillary matter if required by:

  

	 	(A)	law; or 

	***	Indicates materials omitted and filed separately with the Commission. 

  

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	 	(B)	any securities exchange or regulatory or governmental body to which that party is subject or submits, wherever situated, including (amongst other bodies) the UK Listing Authority,
the London Stock Exchange, the Financial Services Authority or the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, whether or not the requirement has the force of law. 

  

	25.3	The Secretary of State may make an announcement to Parliament concerning the subject matter of this Agreement or any ancillary matter if she considers that it is appropriate to do
so pursuant to her duty to Parliament but, when reasonably practicable, shall consult with BE plc prior to such announcement. 

  

	25.4	The restrictions contained in this clause 25 shall continue to apply without limit in time. 

  

	26.	CONFIDENTIALITY 

  

	26.1	Each party shall treat as confidential all information obtained as a result of entering into or performing this Agreement which relates to: 

  

	 	(A)	the provisions of this Agreement; 

  

	 	(B)	the negotiations relating to this Agreement; 

  

	 	(C)	the subject matter of this Agreement; 

  

	 	(D)	the business and operations, assets, liabilities and financial position of the Group; or 

  

	 	(E)	another party. 

  

	26.2	Each party shall: 

  

	 	(A)	not disclose any such confidential information to any person other than any of its directors or employees or those of any of the Group who needs to know such information in order to
discharge his or her duties; and 

  

	 	(B)	procure that any person to whom any such confidential information is disclosed by it complies with the restrictions contained in this clause 26 (Confidentiality) as if such
person were a party to this Agreement. 

  

	26.3	Notwithstanding the other provisions of this clause 26 (Confidentiality), a party may disclose any such confidential information: 

  

	 	(A)	if and to the extent required by law or for the purpose of any judicial proceedings; 

  

	 	(B)	if and to the extent required by any securities exchange or regulatory or governmental body to which that party is subject or submits, wherever situated, including (amongst other
bodies) the UK Listing Authority, the London Stock Exchange, the Financial Services Authority or the UK Panel on Take-overs or Mergers, whether or not the requirement for information has the force of law; 

  

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	 	(C)	if and to the extent required to vest the full benefit of this Agreement in that party; 

  

	 	(D)	if and to the extent required for the purpose of any Expert Determination or arbitration pursuant to clause 30 (Dispute Resolution); 

  

	 	(E)	to its professional advisers, auditors and bankers; 

  

	 	(F)	if and to the extent the information has come into the public domain through no fault of that party; 

  

	 	(G)	if and to the extent required to perform its obligations under this Agreement and under the BNFL Historic Contracts; 

  

	 	(H)	if and to the extent the other parties have given prior written consent to the disclosure, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; 

  

	 	(I)	pursuant to clause 21.5; or 

  

	 	(J)	to any of the following: 

  

	 	(i)	the Bondholders and the Consenting Bondholders (each as defined in the Creditor Restructuring Agreement); 

  

	 	(ii)	Enron Capital and Trade Resources International Corporation, Total Gas & Power Limited and Teesside Power Limited; or 

  

	 	(iii)	the EPL Lenders (as defined in the Creditor Restructuring Agreement); 

  
 and their respective actual or potential transferees, their respective professional advisers, auditors and bankers, and, if and to the extent required by
any regulatory body or governmental body to which any of the entities referred to above respectively is subject or submits, whether or not the requirement for information has the force of law. 
  
 Any information to be disclosed pursuant to paragraphs (A),
(B) and (C) shall be disclosed only after notice to the other parties. 
  

	26.4	Notwithstanding any other provisions of this clause 26 (Confidentiality), the Secretary of State may disclose information to Parliament to the extent that she considers that
it is appropriate to do so pursuant to her duty to Parliament but, where reasonably practicable, shall consult with BE plc prior to such disclosure. 

  

	26.5	The restrictions contained in this clause 26 (Confidentiality) shall continue to apply without limit in time. 

  

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	27.	COSTS AND EXPENSES 

  
 Except as otherwise agreed in writing or as stated in this Agreement, each party shall pay its own costs and expenses in relation to the negotiation,
preparation, execution and carrying into effect of this Agreement and all other documents referred to in it. 
  

	28.	COUNTERPARTS 

  

	28.1	This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the parties on separate counterparts, but shall not be effective until each party has executed at least one
counterpart. 

  

	28.2	Each counterpart shall constitute an original of this Agreement, but all the counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

  

	29.	CHOICE OF GOVERNING LAW 

  
 This Agreement is to be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. 
  

	30.	DISPUTE RESOLUTION 

  
 Negotiation 
  

	30.1	Save in relation to provisions of this Agreement containing express procedures for resolution of a disagreement or dispute between the parties, in relation to which
clauses 30.2 and 30.3 shall not apply, if a party becomes aware of a disagreement, dispute or controversy (a “Dispute”) arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, including any Dispute regarding the
existence, validity or termination of this Agreement, it shall provide the other parties to the Dispute with a notice (a “Notice of Dispute”) including full particulars of the Dispute and any proposal for resolution of the Dispute.

  

	30.2	Upon delivery of a Notice of Dispute, the relevant parties (the “Disputing Parties”) shall promptly meet and in good faith use their reasonable endeavours to
resolve that Dispute. 

  

	30.3	If the Disputing Parties are unable to reach agreement under clause 30.2 within 20 Business Days of delivery of a Notice of Dispute (the “Initial Resolution
Period”), the Dispute shall be referred for resolution: 

  

	 	(A)	by an Expert in circumstances in which this Agreement expressly provides for reference of the Dispute to an Expert; and 

  

	 	(B)	by arbitration in all other circumstances. 

  

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 Expert determination 
  

	30.4	If, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, a Dispute requires resolution by an Expert, the Disputing Parties shall use their reasonable endeavours to agree the type and identity
of the Expert to be appointed. 

  

	30.5	If the Disputing Parties do not agree, within 10 Business Days of the expiry of the Initial Resolution Period: 

  

	 	(A)	as to the type of Expert to be appointed, the matter shall be referred to the Chairman of the City Disputes Panel (“CDP”) who shall be requested to determine, as
soon as practicable after such referral, the appropriate type of Expert to resolve the Dispute; or 

  

	 	(B)	as to the identity of the Expert to be appointed, the matter shall be referred to the President, Chairman or other senior representative of the appropriate professional body who
shall be requested to determine, as soon as practicable after such referral, the identity of the Expert to resolve the Dispute. 

  
 If clause 30.5(A) applies, the Disputing Parties shall use their reasonable endeavours to agree the identity of the Expert within 10 Business Days
of the CDP’s determination. If agreement on the identity of the Expert is not reached within such period, clause 30.5(B) shall apply. Any Expert identified pursuant to this clause 30.5 shall be an “Expert” for the
purposes of the remaining provisions of this clause 30 (Dispute resolution). 
  

	30.6	The procedure to be followed in order to resolve the Dispute shall be decided by the Expert, save that such procedure shall include the taking of submissions from each of the
Disputing Parties. 

  

	30.7	Each Disputing Party shall provide or procure the provision to the Expert of all such information as the Expert shall reasonably require, including provision of such information by
its advisers, and shall give all such assistance to the Expert as the Expert shall reasonably require and as shall be required to allow the Expert to reach a decision as soon as reasonably practicable. 

  

	30.8	The Expert shall be instructed to make a determination in respect of the Dispute within the shortest practical time from his appointment and to deliver a report to the Disputing
Parties stating his or her opinion as to the matters under dispute. 

  

	30.9	Any Expert shall act as an expert and not as an arbitrator. 

  

	30.10	The decision of the Expert shall, in the absence of fraud or manifest error, be final and binding on the parties in dispute. 

  

	30.11	The costs of the Expert shall be paid by the parties in dispute equally or as otherwise determined by the Expert. 

  

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 Arbitration 
  

	30.12	If a Dispute arises which is not expressly required by this Agreement to be referred to Expert determination and it is not resolved by the Disputing Parties within the Initial
Resolution Period (or such longer period as the parties may mutually agree), the Dispute shall be referred to arbitration in accordance with clause 30.13. 

  

	30.13	Any Dispute to be referred to arbitration under this Agreement shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration under the Rules of the London Court of International
Arbitration, which rules are deemed to be incorporated into this clause 30.13. The tribunal shall consist of one arbitrator. The seat of arbitration shall be London. The language of arbitration shall be English. 

  
 Interlocutory relief 
  

	30.14	Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent a party from applying to the court for interlocutory relief to preserve the position of the parties pending the resolution of a Dispute in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement unless the application for such relief is intended to impede the procedures detailed in this clause 30 (Dispute Resolution). 

  

	31.	JURISDICTION 

  

	31.1	The courts of England are to have jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement: Any Proceedings may be brought in the English courts.

  

	31.2	Any Proceedings may also be brought in the courts of Scotland. 

  

	31.3	Any party may bring Proceedings in any court which has jurisdiction other than by virtue of clause 32 (Agent for Service). 

  

	31.4	This clause 31 (Jurisdiction) shall not limit the right or any party to bring Proceedings, to the extent permitted by law, in the courts of more than one jurisdiction at the
same time. 

  

	31.5	Each party waives (and agrees not to raise) any objection, on the ground of forum non conveniens or on any like ground, to the taking of Proceedings by anther party in any
court in accordance with this clause. Each party also agrees that a judgment against it in Proceedings brought in any jurisdiction in accordance with this clause 31 (Jurisdiction) shall be conclusive and binding upon it and may be enforced in
any other jurisdiction. 

  

	31.6	Each party irrevocably submits and agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the English courts and of any other court in which Proceedings may be brought in accordance with this
clause. 

  

	31.7	This clause 31 (Jurisdiction) is subject to the provisions of clause 30 (Dispute Resolution). 

  

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	32.	AGENT FOR SERVICE 

  

	32.1	BEG(UK), and BE plc and Holdings (the “Appointing Parties”) irrevocably appoint BEG to be their agent for the receipt of Service Documents and each of them agrees
that any Service Document may be effectively served on it in connection with Proceedings in England and Wales by service on its agent effected in any manner permitted by the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (as amended). 

  

	32.2	If an agent at any time ceases for any reason to act as such for one, some or all of the Appointing Parties, such Appointing Parties shall appoint a replacement agent having an
address for service in England and Wales and shall notify the other parties of the name and address of the replacement agent. Failing such appointment and notification, the Secretary of State shall be entitled by notice to appoint a replacement
agent to act on behalf of the Appointing Parties. The provisions of this clause 32 (Agent for Service) applying to service or an agent apply equally to service on a replacement agent. 

  

	32.3	A copy of any Service Document served on an agent shall be sent by post to the relevant Appointing Party or Parties. Failure or delay in so doing shall not prejudice the
effectiveness of service of the Service Document. 

  

	32.4	“Service Document” means a claim form, application notice, order, judgment or other document relating to any Proceedings. 

  

	33.	VARIATION 

  
 Subject to any other provision of this Agreement, this Agreement shall not be varied unless such variation shall have been expressly agreed in writing by
each of the parties to this Agreement (or one of its duly authorised representatives). 
  

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 Schedule 1 
 BNFL Historic Contracts 
  

	1.	The “BNFL Historic Contracts” are comprised of the BNFL Historic Fuel Contracts and the BNFL Ancillary Agreements, in each case as amended and restated by the
parties pursuant to a deed of amendment entered into between BNFL and BEG or BEG(UK) (as the case may be) on 16th May 2003 and as amended and/or supplemented from time to time. 

  

	2.	The following contracts comprise the “BNFL Historic Fuel Contracts”: 

  

	 	(a)	the 1995 agreement between BEG and BNFL for the storage and reprocessing of Historic Fuel; 

  

	 	(b)	the 1997 agreement between BEG and BNFL for spent fuel management services in relation to Historic Fuel; 

  

	 	(c)	the 1995 agreement between BEG(UK) and BNFL for the reprocessing and storage of Historic Fuel; and 

  

	 	(d)	the 1995 agreement between BEG(UK) and BNFL for the long-term storage of Historic Fuel and related services. 

  

	3.	The following contracts comprise the “BNFL Ancillary Agreements”: 

  

	 	(a)	the 1996 agreement between BEG and BNFL for flask maintenance services; 

  

	 	(b)	the 1996 agreement between BEG(UK) and BNFL for flask maintenance services; 

  

	 	(c)	the 1997 new agreement between BEG and BNFL for flask maintenance services; 

  

	 	(d)	the 1997 new agreement between BEG(UK) and BNFL for flask maintenance services; 

  

	 	(e)	the 1996 agreement between BEG and BNFL for oxide miscellaneous services; 

  

	 	(f)	the 1996 agreement between BEG(UK) and BNFL for oxide miscellaneous services; 

  

	 	(g)	the 1997 agreement between BEG and BNFL for rail transport services for irradiated nuclear fuel in the UK; and 

  

	 	(h)	the 1997 agreement between BEG(UK) and BNFL for rail transport services for irradiated nuclear fuel in the UK. 

  

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 Schedule 2 
 Power Stations 
  
 Part
1: BEG Power Stations 
  

	1.	The land described in Part 1 of and the nuclear installations described in Part II of Schedule 1 to Nuclear Site Licence No. 61 dated on or after 25th March 1996 and known as
Dungeness “B” station. 

  

	2.	The land described in Part 1 of and the nuclear installations described in Part II of Schedule 1 to Nuclear Site Licence No. 59 dated on or after 25th March 1996 and known as
Hartlepool nuclear power station. 

  

	3.	The land described in Part 1 of and the nuclear installations described in Part II of Schedule 1 to Nuclear Site Licence No. 60 dated on or after 25th March 1996 and known as
Heysham 1 station. 

  

	4.	The land described in Part 1 of and the nuclear installations described in Part II of Schedule 1 to Nuclear Site Licence No. 60 dated on or after 25th March 1996 and known as
Heysham 2 station. 

  

	5.	The land described in Part 1 of and the nuclear installations described in Part II of Schedule 1 to Nuclear Site Licence No. 62 dated on or after 25th March 1996 and known as
Hinkley Point “B” station. 

  

	6.	The land described in Part 1 of and the nuclear installations described in Part II of Schedule 1 to Nuclear Site Licence No. 63 dated on or after 25th March 1996 and known as
Sizewell “B” station. 

  
 Part 2: BEG
(UK) Power Stations 
  

	1.	The land described in Part 1 of and the nuclear installations described in Part II of Schedule 1 to Nuclear Site Licence No. Sc 11 dated on or after 25th March 1996 and known as
Hunterston “B” station. 

  

	2.	The land described in Part 1 of and the nuclear installations described in Part II of Schedule 1 to Nuclear Site Licence No. Sc 10 dated on or after 25th March 1996 and known as
Torness nuclear power station. 

  

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 Schedule 3 
 Strategic Exercises of Rights 
  

	1.	Agreement for the storage and reprocessing or irradiated oxide fuel and related services dated 31 March 1995 between BNFL and Nuclear Electric plc dated 31 March 1995, as novated
and as amended and restated by a deed of amendment dated 16 May 2003 

  

	 	1.1	Clause 8.25 

  

	 	1.2	Clause 8.27 

  

	 	1.3	Clause 8.38 

  

	 	1.4	Clause 8.39 

  

	 	1.5	Clause 9.3.2 

  

	 	1.6	Clause 10.20 

  

	 	1.7	Clause 10.21 

  

	 	1.8	Clause 10.23 

  

	 	1.9	Clause 10.35 

  

	 	1.10	Clause 10.36 

  

	 	1.11	Clause 10.38 

  

	 	1.12	Clause 10.39 

  

	 	1.13	Clause 10.40A 

  

	 	1.14	Clause 10.40B 

  

	 	1.15	Clause 10.41 

  

	 	1.16	Appendix 7, Clause 5 

  

	 	1.17	Appendix 9, Clause 5 

  

	2.	Agreement for Spent Fuel Management Services between BNFL and Nuclear Electric Limited dated 3 June 1997, as amended and restated by a deed of amendment dated 16 May 2003

  

	 	2.1	Clause 9.24 

  

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	 	2.2	Clause 9.26 

  

	 	2.3	Clause 9.40 

  

	 	2.4	Clause 9.41 

  

	 	2.5	Clause 11.9 

  

	 	2.6	Clause 11.16 

  

	 	2.7	Clause 11.17 

  

	 	2.8	Clause 13.6 

  

	 	2.9	Clause 13.9 

  

	 	2.10	Clause 13.10 

  

	 	2.11	Clause 14.17 

  

	 	2.12	Clause 14.23 

  

	 	2.13	Clause 14.25 

  

	 	2.14	Clause 14.26 

  

	 	2.15	Clause 16.3.4 

  

	 	2.16	Clause 25.3 

  

	 	2.17	Appendix 10, clause 5 

  

	 	2.18	Appendix 12, clause 5 

  

	3.	Agreement for the Storage and Reprocessing of Irradiated Oxide Fuel and Related Services between BNFL and Scottish Nuclear Limited dated 30 March 1995 as amended and restated by
a deed of amendment dated 16 May 2003 

  

	 	3.1	Clause 8.25 

  

	 	3.2	Clause 8.27 

  

	 	3.3	Clause 8.38 

  

	 	3.4	Clause 8.39 

  

	 	3.5	Clause 9.3 

  

	 	3.6	Clause 10.20 

  

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	 	3.7	Clause 10.21 

  

	 	3.8	Clause 10.22 

  

	 	3.9	Clause 10.23 

  

	 	3.10	Clause 10.24 

  

	 	3.11	Clause 10.35 

  

	 	3.12	Clause 10.35A 

  

	 	3.13	Clause 10.35B 

  

	 	3.14	Clause 10.36 

  

	 	3.15	Clause 10.38 

  

	 	3.16	Clause 10.39 

  

	 	3.17	Clause 10.41 

  

	 	3.18	Appendix 7, clause 5 

  

	 	3.19	Appendix 9, clause 5 

  

	4.	Agreement for the Long Term Storage of Irradiated Oxide Fuel and Related Services dated 30 March 1995 between BNFL and Scottish Nuclear Limited as amended and restated by a deed
of amendment dated 16 May 2003 

  

	 	4.1	Clause 5.4.2 

  

	 	4.2	Clause 5.5 

  

	 	4.3	Clause 6.8 

  

	 	4.4	Clause 7.3.6 

  

	 	4.5	Clause 7.3.7 

  

	 	4.6	Clause 16.3 

  

	5.	Agreement for Oxide Flask Maintenance Services between BNFL and Nuclear Electric plc dated 31 March 1996, as novated and as amended and restated by a deed of amendment dated 16
May 2003 

  

	 	5.1	Clause 19.6 

  

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	6.	New agreement for Oxide Flask Maintenance between BNFL and Nuclear Electric Limited dated 3 June 1997, as amended and restated by a deed of amendment dated 16 May 2003

  

	 	6.1	Clause 18.6 

  

	7.	Agreement for Rail Transport Services of Irradiated Nuclear Fuel in the United Kingdom between BNFL and Nuclear Electric dated 3 June 1997, as amended and restated by a deed of
amendment dated 16 May 2003 

  
 Not applicable

  

	8.	Agreement for Oxide Flask Maintenance Services between BNFL and Scottish Nuclear Limited dated 29 March 1996, as novated and as amended and restated by a deed of amendment dated
16 May 2003 

  

	 	8.1	Clause 19.6 

  

	9.	New agreement for Oxide Flask Maintenance between BNFL and Scottish Nuclear Limited dated 3 June 1997, as amended and restated by a deed of amendment dated 16 May 2003

  

	 	9.1	Clause 19.6 

  

	10.	Agreement for Rail Transport Services of Irradiated Nuclear Fuel in the United Kingdom between BNFL and Scottish Nuclear Limited dated 3 June 1997, as amended and restated by a
deed of amendment dated 16 May 2003 

  

	 	Not	applicable. 

  

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 Schedule 4 
 Determination of Licensee Historic Compensation Amount 
  

	1.	DETERMINATION OF LICENSEE HISTORIC COMPENSATION AMOUNT 

  

	1.1	Where a Secretary of State Exercise of Rights or a Net Cost Exercise of Rights (referred to in this paragraph as an “Exercise”) is proposed, the Licensee shall,
within 30 Business Days after the Exercise is proposed: 

  

	 	(A)	provide the Secretary of State with the written estimate of the expected costs (including attributable overheads) and revenues resulting from the Exercise referred to in
paragraph 1.2; and 

  

	 	(B)	elect whether it wishes to be compensated on the Actual Basis referred to in paragraph 1.3 or the Estimated Basis referred to in paragraph 1.4 and, if the Licensee
elects to be compensated on the Actual Basis, specify the Licensee’s proposals for assessing costs and revenues and reflecting them in compensation payments by the Secretary of State. 

  

	1.2	The estimate of costs and revenues to be provided by the Licensee will either: 

  

					
	 (A)
	  	(i)	    	be prepared using expected values (i.e. the amounts that take account of all possible outcomes using probabilities to weight the outcomes);

  

	 	(ii)	so far as practicable, take account of all effects, including effects on Tax and interest costs; and 

  

	 	(iii)	estimate the costs and revenues by Financial Period; or 

  

	 	(B)	be prepared on such other basis as the Licensee and the Secretary of State may agree. 

  

	1.3	The “Actual Basis” of compensation requires the Secretary of State to pay to the Licensee compensation measured on the basis of the actual costs (including
attributable overheads) or reductions in revenues, adjusted for actual reductions in such costs or increases in revenues as a result of the Exercise. Such compensation payments will be made as and when the costs or reductions in revenues are
incurred. 

  

	1.4	The “Estimated Basis” of compensation requires the Secretary of State to pay to the Licensee compensation measured on the basis of the estimated costs (including
attributable overheads) or reductions, adjusted for expected reductions in such costs or increases in revenues as a result of the Exercise. Such compensation payments will be made at the times when the increases in costs or reductions in revenues
are expected to be incurred. 

  

	1.5	In the case of a Net Cost Exercise of Rights, the compensation payment to the Licensee shall be increased by an incentivisation margin, to be proposed by the Licensee acting
reasonably, that reflects the risk incurred by the Licensee in connection with the Net Cost Exercise of Rights. 

  

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	2.	Information 

  
 The Licensee shall provide and shall use reasonable endeavours to procure that the Group and the Licensee’s accountants and advisers provide without
charge such reasonable access to their personnel, books and records, calculations and working papers as the Secretary of State or her advisers may request in connection with their consideration of any estimates or proposals under this Schedule
4. 
  

	3.	Disputes 

  

	3.1	The Secretary of State may dispute any estimate or proposal provided by the Licensee in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Schedule 4 by notice in writing to
the Licensee within 30 Business Days of receiving that estimate or proposal. The notice shall specify which items are disputed and the reasons therefor (the “Disputed Items”). 

  

	3.2	If the Secretary of State does not serve a notice under paragraph 3.1 within the 30 Business Day period, the estimate or proposal shall be deemed to have been accepted by the
Secretary of State. 

  

	3.3	If the Secretary of State serves a notice under paragraph 3.1, then the Licensee and the Secretary of State shall use their reasonable endeavours to resolve the Disputed
Items and either: 

  

	 	(A)	if the Licensee and the Secretary of State reach agreement on the Disputed Items within 20 Business Days of the notice being served (or such longer period as the Licensee and the
Secretary of State may agree in writing), the estimate or proposal shall be amended to reflect such agreement; or 

  

	 	(B)	if the Licensee and the Secretary of State do not reach agreement in accordance with paragraph (A), the Licensee or the Secretary of State may refer the Disputed Items to an
Expert. 

  

	3.4	In any reference to the Expert in accordance with paragraph 3.3: 

  

	 	(A)	the Expert shall be directed to determine any dispute by reference to the principles and methodologies set out in this Schedule; 

  

	 	(B)	the estimate or proposal shall be adjusted as necessary to reflect the decision of the Expert and, as amended, shall be signed by the Expert; and 

  

	 	(C)	the Secretary of State and the Licensee shall use their reasonable endeavours to procure that the Expert is able to make a final determination within 20 Business Days of the
referral of the dispute to him or her. 

  

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 Schedule 5 
 Deeds of Adherence and Release 
  
 Part 1: Form of Deed of Adherence 
  
 THIS DEED POLL is
made on [                    ] by
[                    ], a company incorporated [in/under the laws of] [            ]
under registered number [            ], whose registered office is at [            ] (the “New Licensee”).

  
 WHEREAS: 
  

	(A)	By an agreement dated [                    ],
[                    ] [transferred/novated] to the New Licensee its rights [and obligations] under the [describe relevant BNFL Historic Contracts]
(the “Contracts”). 

  

	(B)	This Deed Poll is entered into in compliance with the terms of clause 21 (Assignment) of the Historic Liabilities Funding Agreement dated January, 2005 between (1) the Secretary of
State for Trade and Industry, (2) British Energy Generation (UK) Limited, (3) British Energy Generation Limited, (4) BE plc and (5) Holdings (as such agreement shall have been or may be amended, supplemented or novated from time to time) (the
“Agreement”). 

  
 THIS DEED POLL WITNESSES
as follows:- 
  

	1.	Words and expressions defined in the Agreement shall have the same meaning in this Deed Poll unless given a different meaning in this Deed Poll. 

  

	2.	The New Licensee undertakes to adhere to and be bound by the provisions of the Agreement, and to perform the obligations imposed by the Agreement which are to be performed on or
after the date of this Deed Poll, in all respects as if the New Licensee were a party to the Agreement and named therein as a Licensee. 

  

	3.	The New Licensee represents and warrants to the persons referred to in paragraph 4 of this Deed Poll that as at the date hereof: 

  

	 	(a)	it has all the necessary regulatory consents and approvals for undertaking: 

  

	 	(i)	the Operation of [the]/[each] Power Station (but only to the extent that the nuclear reactors at such Power Stations have not permanently ceased generating electricity), and

  

	 	(ii)	the Decommissioning of [the]/[each] Power Station and the Discharge of Uncontracted Liabilities in relation to [the]/[each] Power Station (if the nuclear reactors at such Power
Station[s] have permanently ceased generating electricity); and 

  

	 	(b)	it is the [owner/operator] of the Power Station. 

  

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	4.	The New Licensee also represents warrants and covenants on the terms of clause 20 (Representations and Warranties) and clause 21 (Covenants) of the NLFA.

  

	5.	This Deed Poll is made for the benefit of (a) the original parties to the Agreement and (b) any other person or persons who after the date of the Agreement (and whether or not prior
to or after the date of this Deed Poll) adheres to the Agreement. 

  

	6.	References in Schedule 2 (Power Stations) of the Agreement to a Power Station being licensed to the Licensee shall be construed as a reference to the Power Station being
licensed to the New Licensee and Schedule 2 shall be amended to show the New Licensee as Licensee of the Power Station. 

  

	7.	The address and facsimile number of the New Licensee for the purposes of clause 26 (Notices) of the Agreement are as follows: 

  

							
	 Party and title of individual

	 	 Address

	 	 Facsimile no.

	 	 Attention

	·	 	[Its registered office from time to time]	 	·	 	·

  

	8.	This Deed Poll shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. 

  

	9.	The provisions of clause 31 (Jurisdiction) of the HLF Agreement shall apply equally to this Deed Poll. 

  

	10.	The agent for receipt of Service Documents on behalf of the New Licensee for the purposes of clause 32 (Agent for Service) of the HLF Agreement is · of ·. 

  
 IN WITNESS of which this Deed Poll has been executed and delivered by the New Licensee on the
date which first appears above. 
  
 [Appropriate execution clause]

  

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 Part 2: Additional information to be delivered by an assignee 
  

	1.	A certified copy of the constitutional documents of the assignee. 

  

	2.	A certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the assignee: 

  

	 	(a)	approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Deeds of Adherence and Release and the Liabilities Documents and resolving that it execute the Deeds of Adherence
and Release; and 

  

	 	(b)	authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Deeds of Adherence and Release on its behalf. 

  

	3.	A copy of any other authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Secretary of State considers to be necessary or desirable in connection with the entry into and
performance of the transactions contemplated by the Deeds of Adherence and Release or for the validity and enforceability of any Liabilities Document. 

  

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 Part 3: Form of Deed of Release 
  
 THIS DEED is made on
[                    ] by: 
  

	(1)	THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY of One Victoria Street, London SW1V 0HT (the “Secretary of State”); 

  

	(2)	[THE TRANSFERRING LICENSEE] of [            ] (registered in
[            ] No. [            ]) (“New Licensee”); 

  

	(3)	[THE NEW LICENSEE] of [            ] (registered in
[            ] No. [            ]) (“New Licensee”); 

  

	(4)	[[THE OTHER LICENSEES], being at the date of this Deed the persons listed in Schedule 1 to this Deed;] 

  

	(5)	BRITISH ENERGY GROUP PLC, of Systems House, Alba Campus, Livingston, EH54 7EG (registered in Scotland No. SC270184) (“BE plc”); 

  
 AND 
  

	(6)	BRITISH ENERGY HOLDINGS PLC, of Systems House, Alba Campus, Livingston, EH54 7EG (registered in Scotland No. SC270186) (“Holdings”) 

 
 WHEREAS: 
  

	(A)	By an agreement dated [                    ], the Transferring Licensee
transferred to the New Licensee the nuclear power generating station[s] at [                    ] (the “Power Station[s]”).

  

	(B)	The Transferring Licensee wishes to be released and discharged from the HLF Agreement (as defined below) and the Secretary of State has agreed to release and discharge the
Transferring Licensee from the HLF Agreement upon the terms of this Deed. 

  

	(C)	This Deed is entered into in compliance with the terms of clause 21 (Assignment) of the historic liabilities funding agreement
dated        January, 2005 between (1) the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, (2) British Energy Generation (UK) Limited, (3) British Energy Generation Limited, (4) BE plc and (5) Holdings (as such
agreement shall have been or may be amended, supplemented or novated from time to time) (the “HLF Agreement”). 

  
 THIS DEED WITNESSES as follows:- 
  

	1.	Words and expressions defined in the HLF Agreement shall have the same meaning in this Deed unless given a different meaning in this Deed. 

  

	2.	With effect from the date hereof and in consideration of the New Licensee entering into a deed of adherence [on or about the date hereof] by which it agrees to be bound by the terms
of the HLF Agreement as a Licensee, the parties to this Deed (other 

  

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 than the Transferring Licensee) hereby release and discharge the Transferring Licensee from its
obligations under the HLF Agreement, except for the Transferring Licensee’s obligations in respect of, and liability for, any amount payable by the Licensee to the Secretary of State in connection with any Excluded Historic Liabilities.

  

	3.	Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 2, nothing in this Deed shall affect or prejudice any claim or demand whatsoever which the Secretary of State may have against the
Transferring Licensee in relation to the HLF Agreement and arising out of matters prior to the date hereof. 

  

	4.	With effect from the date hereof and in consideration of the undertakings given by the Secretary of State in paragraph 2, the Transferring Licensee hereby releases and
discharges the Secretary of State from all obligations to observe, perform, discharge and be bound by the HLF Agreement. Notwithstanding this undertaking and release, nothing in this agreement shall affect or prejudice any claim or demand whatsoever
which the Transferring Licensee may have against the Secretary of State in relation to the HLF Agreement and arising out of matters prior to the date hereof. 

  

	5	This agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the parties on separate counterparts, but shall not be effective until each party has executed at least one
counterpart. Each counterpart shall constitute an original of this agreement, but all the counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. 

  

	6.	This Deed shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. 

  

	7.	The provisions of clause 31 (Jurisdiction) of the HLF Agreement shall apply equally to this Deed. 

  

	8.	The agent for receipt of Service Documents on behalf of the New Licensee for the purposes of clause 32 (Agent for Service) of the HLF Agreement is · of ·. 

  
 IN WITNESS of which this Deed has been executed and delivered by the parties on the date
which first appears above. 
  
 [Execution clause] 
  

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 Schedule 1 
 (Other Licensees) 
  

					
	 Name

	 	 Registered Address

	 	 Registered Number

			
	[Details to be inserted.]	 	 	 	 

  

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	 SECRETARY OF STATE
 SIGNED by a senior official of
the Department of Trade and Industry duly authorised to sign on behalf of the Secretary of State:
	 	 	 	 
			
	 SIGNED by
 as attorney for
 BRITISH ENERGY GENERATION
 (UK) LIMITED
	 	 	 	 
			
	 SIGNED by
 as attorney for
 BRITISH ENERGY
GENERATION LIMITED
	 	 	 	 
			
	 SIGNED by
 as attorney for
 BRITISH ENERGY
GROUP PLC
	 	 	 	 
			
	 SIGNED by
 as attorney for
 BRITISH ENERGY HOLDINGS PLC
	 	 	 	 

  

 63Contribution Agreement, Dated January 2005

 Exhibit 4.24 
  
 DATED: 14 January, 2005 
  
 THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY 
  
 NUCLEAR GENERATION DECOMMISSIONING FUND LIMITED 
 (to be renamed Nuclear Liabilities Fund Limited) 
  
 BRITISH ENERGY GENERATION (UK) LIMITED 
  
 BRITISH ENERGY GENERATION LIMITED 
  
 BRITISH ENERGY GROUP PLC 
  
 - AND - 
  
 BRITISH ENERGY HOLDINGS PLC

  

  
 CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT 
  

  
 Slaughter and May 
 One Bunhill Row 
 London EC1Y 8YY

 (CDR/JPW/TP) 

 CONTENTS 
  

					
	 1.
	 	 INTERPRETATION
	  	2
			
	 2.
	 	 PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS AND ISSUE OF BONDS
	  	12
			
	 3.
	 	 DECOMMISSIONING PAYMENTS
	  	12
			
	 4.
	 	 PWR FUEL PAYMENTS
	  	15
			
	 5.
	 	 ISSUE OF BONDS
	  	16
			
	 6.
	 	 NLF PAYMENTS
	  	16
			
	 7.
	 	 NLF CASH FLOW STATEMENTS
	  	18
			
	 8.
	 	 CASH RESERVES
	  	20
			
	 9.
	 	 TARGET AMOUNT
	  	21
			
	 10.
	 	 FORECAST EXPENDITURE RESERVE
	  	22
			
	 11.
	 	 NLF CONVERSION RIGHTS
	  	24
			
	 12.
	 	 COVENANTS
	  	28
			
	 13.
	 	 CONTRACT REVIEW
	  	28
			
	 14.
	 	 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
	  	29
			
	 15.
	 	 SET-OFF AND WITHHOLDING; TAX ADJUSTMENT
	  	29
			
	 16.
	 	 INTEREST AND ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION
	  	30
			
	 17.
	 	 DEFAULT EVENTS
	  	32
			
	 18.
	 	 DISPUTE RESOLUTION
	  	35
			
	 19.
	 	 LIABILITY
	  	37
			
	 20.
	 	 RELEASE OF BE PARTIES
	  	37
			
	 21.
	 	 REMEDIES AND WAIVERS
	  	37
			
	 22.
	 	 ASSIGNMENT
	  	37
			
	 23.
	 	 ENTIRE AGREEMENT
	  	39
			
	 24.
	 	 NOTICES
	  	40

					
	 25.
	 	 ANNOUNCEMENTS
	  	41
			
	 26.
	 	 CONFIDENTIALITY
	  	42
			
	 27.
	 	 COSTS AND EXPENSES
	  	43
			
	 28.
	 	 COUNTERPARTS
	  	44
			
	 29.
	 	 INVALIDITY
	  	44
			
	 30.
	 	 CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999
	  	44
			
	 31.
	 	 CHOICE OF GOVERNING LAW
	  	44
			
	 32.
	 	 JURISDICTION
	  	44
			
	 33.
	 	 AGENT FOR SERVICE
	  	45

 SCHEDULES 
  

			
	Schedule 1 Power Stations	  	47
		
	Schedule 2 Calculation of NLF Payment Percentage	  	49
		
	Schedule 3 Covenants	  	60
		
	Schedule 4 Form of NLF Cash Flow Statement	  	67
		
	Schedule 5 Decommissioning Payments	  	68
		
	Schedule 6 Form of Deed of Adherence	  	74

 CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT 
  
 DATE:        January, 2005 
  
 PARTIES: 
  

	(1)	THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR TRADE AND INDUSTRY, of One Victoria Street, London SW1H 0ET (the “Secretary of State”); 

  

	(2)	NUCLEAR GENERATION DECOMMISSIONING FUND LIMITED, of 16 Rothesay Place, Edinburgh EH3 7SQ (registered in Scotland No. SC164685) (to be renamed Nuclear Liabilities Fund
Limited) (“NLF”); 

  

	(3)	BRITISH ENERGY GENERATION (UK) LIMITED, of Systems House, Alba Campus, Livingston EH54 7EG (registered in Scotland No. SC117121) (“BEG(UK)”);

  

	(4)	BRITISH ENERGY GENERATION LIMITED, of Barnett Way, Barnwood, Gloucester GL4 3RS (registered in England No. 03076445) (“BEG”); 

  

	(5)	BRITISH ENERGY GROUP PLC, of Systems House, Alba Campus, Livingston EH54 7EG (registered in Scotland No. SC270184) (“BE plc”); and 

 

	(6)	BRITISH ENERGY HOLDINGS PLC, of Systems House, Alba Campus, Livingston EH54 7EG (registered in Scotland No. SC270186) (“Holdings”). 

 
 BACKGROUND 
  

	(A)	In 1996 the Secretary of State privatised certain parts of the nuclear generation industry in the United Kingdom through a sale of shares in British Energy Plc (“British
Energy”). 

  

	(B)	To facilitate the privatisation, a segregated fund was established for the purpose of providing arrangements for funding certain nuclear decommissioning liabilities of BEG and
BEG(UK), and for this purpose the Nuclear Trust and NLF were established. 

  

	(C)	In September 2002, British Energy initiated discussions with the Secretary of State with a view to seeking immediate financial support and to enable a longer term restructuring of
the Group to take place. 

  

	(D)	In November 2002, British Energy announced the principles of a restructuring of the Group with its significant financial creditors which, together with other proposals agreed
between British Energy and the Secretary of State, were intended to lead to a solvent restructuring of British Energy. 

  

	(E)	British Energy, certain other members of the British Energy group and its significant financial creditors entered into a creditors’ restructuring agreement (the
“Creditor Restructuring Agreement”) dated as of 30 September 2003 under the terms of which a solvent restructuring of the British Energy group would be effected. The solvent restructuring of the British Energy group thereby effected
involved, inter alia, the creation of a new ultimate parent company, BE plc and a new wholly-owned subsidiary of BE plc, Holdings. BE plc and Holdings will become the holding companies of BEG and BEG(UK). 

	(F)	The proposals agreed between the Secretary of State and British Energy in connection with the restructuring of British Energy included a change to the manner in which the
decommissioning liabilities of the Group are to be funded and a proposal for the funding of the contracted nuclear liabilities of the Group and certain of the uncontracted nuclear liabilities of the Group, with British Energy agreeing to make
additional contributions to NLF to meet such liabilities. 

  

	(G)	On 1 October 2003, British Energy, BEG, BEG(UK), certain other members of the British Energy group, NLF and the Secretary of State entered into an agreement (the “Government
Restructuring Agreement”) under the terms of which they agreed to enter into the agreements that constitute the Liabilities Documents (as defined below), including, amongst other agreements, this Agreement. 

  

	(H)	Subject to the conditions set out in the Government Restructuring Agreement (which have been satisfied in full or waived in accordance with the terms thereof), the parties have
agreed, inter alia, to enter into this Agreement, in order to record the provisions to effect the transactions described in Recital (F). 

  
 THE PARTIES AGREE as follows: 
  

	1.	INTERPRETATION 

  

	1.1	In this Agreement (including the Recitals): 

  

			
	 “Accelerated
 Decommissioning Payment”
	 	has the meaning set out in clause 3.3;
		
	“Accounts”	 	means, in respect of a Financial Period, the annual consolidated audited accounts of the Group;
		
	 “Additional Payment”
	 	has the meaning set out in paragraph 2(B) of Schedule 2 (Calculation of NLF Payment Percentage);
		
	 “Adjusted Net Cash Flow”
	 	means, in respect of any Financial Period, the cash flow of the Group for that Financial Period as calculated in accordance with clause 7.3;
		
	 “Adjustment Amount”
	 	has the meaning set out in clause 6.5(B)(iii);
		
	 “Agreed Collateral Purposes”
	 	means providing collateral for, and for operations ancillary to, the generation, sale and purchase by the Group of electricity;
		
	 “Auditors”
	 	means the auditors for the time being of BE plc or, in the event of their being unable or unwilling to carry out any action requested of them pursuant to this Agreement, such other firm of
auditors or financial

  

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	 	 	advisers as BE plc may select for that purpose and NLF may in writing approve (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or, failing selection by BE plc within 15
Business Days of BE plc becoming aware that its auditors are so unable or unwilling, as NLF, in consultation with the Secretary of State, may select;
		
	 “BEG Entity”
	 	means each of BEG and BEG(UK);
		
	 “BE Party”
	 	means each of BEG, BEG(UK), BE plc and Holdings;
		
	 “Board”
	 	means the board of directors from time to time of the BE Party in the relevant provision;
		
	 “Bonds”
	 	means the £550,000,000 of 7 per cent. guaranteed bonds due 2005-2022 to be issued by Holdings pursuant to the terms of the Trust Deed;
		
	 “Capital Distribution”
	 	means any non-cash dividend or distribution by a member of the Group (other than to another member of the Group), whether of assets or other property, and whenever paid or made and
however described, provided that where a Cash Distribution is announced which is to be, or may at the election of a holder or holders of Ordinary Shares be, satisfied by the issue or delivery of Ordinary Shares or other non-cash property or assets,
then the Cash Distribution in question shall be treated as a Capital Distribution of the Fair Market Value of such Ordinary Shares or other property or assets issued or delivered in satisfaction of such Cash Distribution;
		
	 “Cash”
	 	means:
			
	 	 	 (A)
	 	cash in hand and deposits repayable on demand with any qualifying financial institution;
			
	 	 	 (B)      
	 	 any other cash deposits, regardless of their repayment maturity;

			
	 	 	 (C)      
	 	 current asset investments held as readily disposable stores of value, being investments which are disposable by the holder without curtailing or
disrupting its or any member of the Group’s business and which are either readily convertible into known amounts of cash at or close to their carrying amount or traded in an active market; and

  

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	 	  	 (D)
	 	any investment permitted under clause 8.2;
		
	 	  	but:
			
	 	  	 (E)
	 	excluding cash or deposits subject to escrow or similar restrictions; and
			
	 	  	 (F)
	 	deducting overdrafts from any qualifying financial institution repayable on demand;
		
	 “Cash Distribution”
	  	means any Cash payment made by any member of the Group to its ordinary shareholders or any other shareholders of that Group member in their capacity as shareholders of that Group
member (other than Cash payments made to a shareholder which is itself a Group member), whether by means of dividend, purchase or redemption of share capital by or on behalf of BE plc or any other member of the Group, or otherwise;
		
	 “Cash Reserves”
	  	means:
			
	 	  	(A)	 	Cash within the Group; and
			
	 	  	(B)	 	cash applied to the Agreed Collateral Purposes,
		
	 	  	in an amount up to the Target Amount, but excludes the Forecast Expenditure Reserve;
		
	 “Collateral Amount”
	  	means the amount of cash which is applied to the Agreed Collateral Purposes;
		
	 “Committed Facilities”
	  	means facilities for borrowing (excluding facilities repayable on demand) made available to any member of the Group by third party financial institutions:
			
	 	  	(A)	 	which have a remaining term of at least 18 months; and
			
	 	  	(B)	 	which are available unconditionally to the entity in question subject only to customary conditions precedent relating to exercise of drawdown, which conditions immediately prior to such
exercise, in the opinion of the Board acting reasonably, will be met and will continue to be met for at least 18 months thereafter;
		
	 “Conversion”
	  	has the meaning set out in clause 11.1;

  

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	“Conversion Date”	 	means, in respect of any Conversion, the date on which NLF’s right to receive NLF Payments is converted into Conversion Shares following the exercise of the NLF Conversion Rights
pursuant to, and in accordance with, clause 11.1;
		
	“Conversion Shares”	 	has the meaning set out in clause 11.1;
		
	“CTA Global Bond”	 	means the £150,000,000 7 per cent. guaranteed bonds to be represented by a global bond certificate and issued by Holdings;
		
	“Current Market Price”	 	has the meaning set out in paragraph 6 of Schedule 2 (Calculation of NLF Payment Percentage);
		
	“Dealing Day”	 	means a day on which the London Stock Exchange is open for business and Ordinary Shares may be dealt in;
		
	“Decommissioning Default Payment”	 	has the meaning set out in clause 17.2;
		
	“Decommissioning Payment Date”	 	means each of the dates set out in Schedule 5 (Decommissioning Payments);
		
	“Decommissioning Payments”	 	means the payments to be made to NLF by the BEG Entities in connection with the costs of decommissioning the Power Stations pursuant to, and in accordance with, clause 3
(Decommissioning Payments), as set out in Schedule 5 (Decommissioning Payments);
		
	“Deed of Adherence”	 	means a deed of adherence in the form or substantially the form set out in Part 1 of Schedule 6 (Form of Deed of Adherence);
		
	“Default Event”	 	has the meaning set out in clause 17.6;
		
	“Dispute”	 	has the meaning set out in clause 18.1;
		
	“Eggborough”	 	means the 2000MW coal-fired power station located at Eggborough, Yorkshire;
		
	“Expert”	 	has the meaning given in clause 18.6;
		
	“Expert Resolution”	 	means resolution of a Dispute by an Expert pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms of, clause 18 (Dispute Resolution);

  

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	“Fair Market Value”	 	means, with respect to any property on any date, the fair market value of that property as determined by the Investment Bank, provided that:
			
	 	 	(A)	  	the fair market value of an Ordinary Share on any date shall be the Current Market Price of an Ordinary Share on that date;
			
	 	 	 (B)
	  	the fair market value of a cash dividend paid or to be paid per Ordinary Share shall be the amount of such cash dividend per Ordinary Share determined as at the date of announcement of such
dividend; and
			
	 	 	(C)	  	where options, warrants or other rights are publicly traded in a market of adequate liquidity (as determined by such investment bank) the fair market value of such options, warrants or other
rights shall equal the arithmetic mean of the daily closing prices of such options, warrants or other rights during the period of five trading days on the relevant market commencing on the first such trading day such options, warrants or other
rights are publicly traded,
		
	 	 	in each case converted into pounds sterling (if expressed in a currency other than pounds sterling) at such rate of exchange as may be determined in good faith by the Investment Bank
to be the spot rate ruling at the close of business on that date (or if no such rate is available on that date, the equivalent rate on the immediately preceding day on which such a rate is available);
		
	“Financial Period”	 	means an accounting period for the Accounts, as adopted by BE plc from time to time in accordance with the Companies Act 1985;
		
	“Forecast Expenditure Reserve”	 	has the meaning set out in clause 10.1;
		
	“Group Borrowings”	 	means the aggregate indebtedness of the Group for or in respect of:
			
	 	 	 (A)
	  	moneys borrowed;
			
	 	 	 (B)
	  	any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility;

  

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	 	 	 (C)
	  	any amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar instrument;
			
	 	 	 (D)
	  	the amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract;
			
	 	 	 (E)
	  	any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or purchase agreement) having the commercial effect of borrowing;
			
	 	 	 (F)
	  	any counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond, standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by a bank or financial institution;
and
			
	 	 	 (G)
	  	the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (A) to (F) above;
		
	“Incremental Collateral Amount”	 	means the amount from time to time by which the Collateral Amount exceeds £200 million;
		
	“Initial Resolution Period”	 	has the meaning given in clause 18.3;
		
	“Investment Bank”	 	has the meaning given in clause 18.18;
		
	“Investment Grade Rating”	 	means a credit rating for the long-term, unsecured, unguaranteed and unsubordinated debt of the Group of:
			
	 	 	(C)	  	Baa3 or higher from Moody’s; or
			
	 	 	(D)	  	BBB- or higher from Standard & Poor’s; or
			
	 	 	(E)	  	BBB- or higher from Fitch; or
			
	 	 	(F)	  	if all of those rating agencies have ceased business, the minimum rating recognised generally in international capital markets as being an investment grade rating from another rating agency
of international repute;
		
	“Issue”	 	means the issue to NLF of certain of the Bonds pursuant to clause 2(B);

  

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	“Issue Date”	 	has the meaning given in the terms and conditions of the Bonds;
		
	“New Bonds”	 	means the £700,000,000 7 per cent. guaranteed bonds due 2005-2022 to be issued by Holdings pursuant to the Trust Deed, comprising the Bonds and the CTA Global Bond;
		
	“NLFA”	 	means the Nuclear Liabilities Funding Agreement of even date between the Secretary of State, NLF and each of the BE Parties;
		
	“NLF Cash Flow Statement”	 	means the cash flow statement for each Financial Period to be prepared by BE plc pursuant to, and in accordance with, clause 7 (NLF Cash Flow Statements) and Schedule 4
(Form of NLF Cash Flow Statement);
		
	“NLF Conversion Right”	 	means the right of NLF to convert its right to receive the NLF Payments into convertible ordinary shares issued by BE plc in accordance with, and subject to, clause 11 (NLF
Conversion Rights);
		
	“NLF Payment Date”	 	has the meaning set out in clause 6.1;
		
	“NLF Payment Percentage”	 	means the percentage from time to time calculated in accordance with clause 11 (NLF Conversion Rights) and Schedule 2 (Calculation of NLF Payment
Percentage);
		
	“NLF Payments”	 	means the payments to be made to NLF by BE plc or the Nominee pursuant to, and in accordance with clause 6 (NLF Payments);
		
	“Nominee”	 	has the meaning given in clause 6.1;
		
	“Notice of Dispute”	 	has the meaning given in clause 18.1;
		
	“Ordinary Shareholders”	 	means the holders from time to time of the Ordinary Shares;
		
	“Ordinary Shares”	 	means ordinary shares in BE plc;
		
	“Proceedings”	 	means any proceeding, suit or action arising out of or in connection with this Agreement;
		
	“PWR Fuel”	 	means the fuel from time to time loaded into the Sizewell B Power Station reactor and such fuel shall be treated as being loaded when it has been placed within the reactor’s pressure
vessel and detached from the fuelling mast;

  

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	“PWR Fuel Payments”	 	means the payments to be made to NLF by the BEG Entities pursuant to, and in accordance with, clause 4 (PWR Fuel Payments) in connection with the costs of managing PWR
Fuel;
		
	“PWR Fuel Payment Date”	 	means, in relation to each loading of PWR Fuel, the date falling four Business Days after such loading has been completed, as certified by an executive director of BEG;
		
	“Record Date”	 	means, in respect of any Cash Distribution, the date by reference to which the entitlement of the relevant shareholders to such Cash Distribution is determined;
		
	“Relevant Period”	 	has the meaning set out in clause 7.3;
		
	“Securities”	 	includes, without limitation, shares in the capital of BE plc, Treasury Shares and options, warrants or other rights to subscribe or purchase shares in the capital of BE plc;
		
	“Service Document”	 	means a claim form, application notice, order, judgment or other document relating to any Proceedings;
		
	“Share Offering”	 	has the meaning set out in clause 11.9;
		
	“Target Amount”	 	means the aggregate of £490 million, as altered from time to time by BE plc pursuant to clause 9.1, and the Incremental Collateral Amount;
		
	“Trading Policies”	 	means those trading policies (including, without limitation, in respect of the level of speculative trading conducted by the relevant member of the Group) from time to time agreed by the
Board in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 2(D) of Schedule 3 (Covenants);
		
	“Treasury Shares”	 	means shares in the capital of BE plc held by BE plc as treasury shares pursuant to The Companies (Acquisition of Own Shares) (Treasury Shares) Regulations 2003;
		
	“Trust Deed”	 	means the trust deed constituting the New Bonds between Holdings (as Issuer), the Trustee (as Trustee) and certain members of the Group (as Guarantors);

  

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	“Trustee”	 	means the Law Debenture Trust Corporation p.l.c.;
		
	“UKLA”	 	means the UK Listing Authority; and
		
	“Weighted Average Payment Percentage”	 	means, in respect of any Financial Period, the aggregate of the NLF Payment Percentage for each day in that Financial Period (calculated to four decimal places) divided by the number of days
in that Financial Period (rounded to four decimal places).

  

	1.2	In this Agreement, unless otherwise stated or the context requires otherwise: 

  

	 	(A)	words importing the singular only shall include the plural and vice versa; 

  

	 	(B)	words importing any gender shall include all other genders; 

  

	 	(C)	words importing natural persons shall include corporations; 

  

	 	(D)	references to any “party” shall be construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and permitted transferees; 

	 	(E)	references to a “company” shall be construed so as to include any company, corporation or other body corporate, wherever and however incorporated or established;

  

	 	(F)	references to a “person” shall be construed so as to include any individual, firm, company, government, state or agency of a state, local or municipal authority or
government body or any joint venture, association or partnership (whether or not having separate legal personality); 

  

	 	(G)	a reference to any statute or statutory provision shall be construed as a reference to the same as it may have been, or may from time to time be, amended, modified or re-enacted;

  

	 	(H)	any reference to a “day” (including within the phrase “Business Day”) shall mean a period of 24 hours running from midnight to midnight;

  

	 	(I)	a reference to any other document referred to in this Agreement is a reference to that other document as amended, varied, novated or supplemented at any time;

  

	 	(J)	any reference to a “qualifying financial institution” shall have the meaning given to that expression in Financial Reporting Standard 1 (Revised 1996) issued by the
Accounting Standards Board; 

  

					
	 (K)    
	 	(i)	    	the rule known as the ejusdem generis rule shall not apply and accordingly general words introduced by the word “other” shall not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of
the fact that they are preceded by words indicating a particular class of acts, matters or things;

  

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	 	(ii)	general words shall not be given a restrictive meaning by reason of the fact that they are followed by particular examples intended to be embraced by the general words;

  

	 	(L)	the Schedules form part of this Agreement and shall have the same force and effect as if expressly set out in the body of this Agreement, and reference to this Agreement shall
include the Schedules; 

  

	 	(M)	references to any English legal term for any action, remedy, method of judicial proceeding, legal document, legal status, court, official, or any legal concept or thing shall in
respect of any jurisdiction other than England be deemed to include what most nearly approximates in that jurisdiction to the English legal term; 

  

	 	(N)	a reference to a “clause” or a “Schedule” is a reference to a clause of, or a schedule to, this Agreement; and 

  

	 	(O)	a reference to a “paragraph” is a reference to a paragraph within a clause or a Schedule. 

  

	1.3	All headings and titles are inserted for convenience only. They are to be ignored in the interpretation of this Agreement. 

  

	1.4	Capitalised terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings ascribed to them in the NLFA. 

  

	1.5	Any payment to be made pursuant to this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Accelerated Decommissioning Payments, NLF Payments and PWR Fuel Payments) shall be made in
cleared funds to such account or accounts as the recipient specifies or as the recipient shall otherwise direct, in each case by giving reasonable prior notice to the payer. 

  

	1.6	If any payment to be made pursuant to this Agreement becomes due and payable on a day which is not a Business Day (including, without limitation, in respect of a Decommissioning
Payment Date, PWR Fuel Payment Date or NLF Payment Date), the due date for such payment shall be deemed to fall on the immediately preceding Business Day. 

  

	1.7	With effect from the date (if any) that the United Kingdom adopts the Euro as its lawful currency in substitution for sterling: 

  

	 	(A)	payments falling due under this Agreement shall be made by the payer to the recipient in Euros; 

  

	 	(B)	no payments which would have been payable in sterling under this Agreement but for the adoption of the Euro by the United Kingdom as its lawful currency shall be made in sterling or
national currency units; 

  

	 	(C)	all amounts stated in sterling shall be converted into Euros at the fixed conversion rate provided for by the laws of England and Wales; and 

  

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	 	(D)	all amounts required to be calculated in sterling shall be calculated in Euros. 

  

	1.8	Unless otherwise stated, any certificate to be provided by a BE Party pursuant to this Agreement may be certified by an executive director or the company secretary of the relevant
BE Party, without personal liability for the individual other than for fraud or wilful default. 

  

	2.	PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS AND ISSUE OF BONDS 

  
 In consideration of the Secretary of State and NLF entering into the Liabilities Documents: 
  

	 	(A)	with effect from the Restructuring Date: 

  

	 	(i)	BEG and BEG(UK) shall make the Decommissioning Payments; 

  

	 	(ii)	BEG shall make the PWR Fuel Payments; and 

  

	 	(iii)	BE plc shall (or shall procure that its Nominee shall) make the NLF Payments; and 

  

	 	(B)	on the Issue Date Holdings shall issue to NLF £275,000,000 in principal amount of Bonds, credited as fully paid, 

  
 each in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. 
  

	3.	DECOMMISSIONING PAYMENTS 

  
 Decommissioning Payments 
  

	3.1	BEG and BEG(UK) shall make the Decommissioning Payments (adjusted for inflation in accordance with clause 16 (Interest and Adjustment for Inflation)) to NLF on the
Decommissioning Payment Dates. 

  
 Accelerated
Decommissioning Payments 
  

	3.2	Prior to any early redemption (whether in whole or in part) of the New Bonds or any market purchase (whether in whole or in part) of the New Bonds prior to their due date for
repayment, in each case by or on behalf of any member of the Group, BEG and BEG(UK) shall pay to NLF an Accelerated Decommissioning Payment. The obligations under this clause 3.2 shall not apply in relation to: 

  

	 	(A)	any buyback of the CTA Global Bond pursuant to the Share Subscription Agreement (as defined in the terms and conditions of the Bonds) and the subsequent cancellation of such CTA
Global Bond by Holdings; or 

  

	 	(B)	 an early redemption or market purchase as permitted under the Trust Deed and resulting from or financed by a contemporaneous refinancing of the whole or part of the
New Bonds in issue from time to time. In the event of any such refinancing or any subsequent refinancing (each, a “Refinancing”), the 

  

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obligations under this clause 3.2 shall apply to any prepayment or repayment (whether in whole or in part) of that Refinancing if the date of such
prepayment or repayment is prior to the due date for redemption of the New Bonds as if the references: 
  

	 	(i)	above in this clause 3.2 to the New Bonds were to the Refinancing; and 

  

	 	(ii)	to the New Bonds in clause 3.3(B) were to the aggregate of any New Bonds and any Refinancing to be redeemed, purchased or repaid (as the case may be) as a proportion of the
total amount of the New Bonds. 

  

	3.3	For the purposes of clause 3.2, an “Accelerated Decommissioning Payment” is an amount equal to the product of: 

  

	 	(A)	the net present value of the Decommissioning Payments due in the five year period following the date or intended date of such early redemption or market purchase (as the case may
be) indexed up to that date but not thereafter; and 

  

	 	(B)	an amount (rounded to four decimal places) calculated by application of the following formula: 

  

	
	A
	B

  
 where: 

 

	 	A	is the amount proposed to be paid in redeeming or purchasing (as the case may be) the New Bonds (whether in whole or in part); and 

  

	 	B	the total principal amount of the New Bonds in issue immediately following the Issue Date. 

  
 The “net present value” of the Decommissioning Payments shall be calculated by BE plc using a discount rate
equal to: 
  

	 	(i)	6.8 per cent.; 

  
 less 
  

	 	(ii)	the average Retail Price Index for the three years prior to the date on which the Accelerated Decommissioning Payment becomes due 

  
 and the resulting Accelerated Decommissioning Payment shall be notified by
BE plc to NLF. 
  

	3.4	The proportion of any Accelerated Decommissioning Payment referable to any future Decommissioning Payment and paid to NLF pursuant to this clause 3 (Decommissioning
Payments) shall be deducted, after reversing the effect of the net present value calculation, from that Decommissioning Payment when that Decommissioning Payment becomes due and payable under clause 3.1. 

  

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 Review and adjustment of Accelerated Decommissioning Payments 
  

	3.5	BE plc shall, as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within 10 Business Days of making a decision to redeem or purchase all or any of the New Bonds prior to their due
date for redemption, provide NLF with evidence (certified in writing by one of its executive directors as being true and complete) necessary to calculate the corresponding Accelerated Decommissioning Payment. NLF and its professional advisers shall
be entitled to review such evidence and BE plc and its advisers shall, within 10 Business Days of a request (or, if not possible within this period, as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter), give all such information and explanations as NLF may
reasonably request in connection therewith. 

  

	3.6	If NLF disagrees with any matter set out in the evidence referred to in clause 3.5, it must notify BE plc in writing of such disagreement within two months of the receipt of
such evidence (the “Accelerated Decommissioning Payment Notification Period”). If NLF: 

  

	 	(A)	does not notify BE plc in writing within the Accelerated Decommissioning Payment Notification Period, NLF shall be deemed to have accepted the stated amount of the Accelerated
Decommissioning Payment which shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be conclusive, final and binding on NLF and the BE Parties save in the event of manifest or proven error; or 

  

	 	(B)	does notify BE plc in writing within the Accelerated Decommissioning Payment Notification Period, such notification will constitute a Notice of Dispute and the matter shall be
referred for Expert Resolution (save where such Dispute is resolved by agreement within the Initial Resolution Period). 

  

	3.7	Any additional payment required to be made by BEG and BEG(UK) following Expert Resolution shall be made to NLF within five Business Days of such Dispute being resolved. Interest at
the rate of LIBOR plus 1 (one) per cent. shall be payable on such additional amount for the period from and including the relevant date on which the Accelerated Decommissioning Payment became due and payable up to (but excluding) the date of actual
payment of such additional amount. 

  
 Defeasance
Decommissioning Deposit 
  

	3.8	Prior to any Legal Defeasance or Covenant Defeasance (each as defined in the Trust Deed) of the New Bonds (other than as permitted under the Trust Deed and resulting from or
financed by a contemporaneous refinancing of the whole or part of the New Bonds in issue from time to time), Holdings shall irrevocably deposit with the Trustee, in trust, for the benefit of the NLF a Defeasance Decommissioning Deposit (as defined
in and calculated in accordance with the terms of the Trust Deed). 

  

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	4.	PWR FUEL PAYMENTS 

  
 PWR Fuel Payments 
  

	4.1	BEG shall make the PWR Fuel Payments to NLF on the PWR Fuel Payment Dates being a payment in consideration for the NLF bearing any liability relating to the spent PWR Fuel.

  

	4.2	A PWR Fuel Payment shall be made in respect of each loading of PWR Fuel into the Sizewell B power station reactor and shall be a sterling amount equal to the product of:

  

	 	(A)	£150,000 (adjusted for inflation in accordance with clause 16 (Interest and Adjustment for Inflation)); and 

  

	 	(B)	the number of tonnes of uranium (or part thereof expressed as a decimal to two decimal places) comprised in PWR Fuel. 

  
 Review and adjustment of PWR Fuel Payments 
  

	4.3	BE plc shall, as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within 10 Business Days of each loading of PWR Fuel, provide NLF with evidence (certified in writing by one of its
executive directors as being true and complete) necessary to calculate the tonnage of PWR Fuel used in each loading of the Sizewell B Power Station reactor. NLF and its professional advisers shall be entitled to review such evidence and BE plc and
its advisers shall, within 10 Business Days of a request (or, if not possible within this period, as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter), give all such information and explanations as NLF may reasonably request in connection therewith.

  

	4.4	If NLF disagrees with any matter set out in the evidence referred to in clause 4.3 it must notify BE plc in writing of such disagreement within two months of the receipt of
such evidence (the “PWR Notification Period”). If NLF: 

  

	 	(A)	does not notify BE plc in writing within the PWR Notification Period, NLF shall be deemed to have accepted the stated tonnage of PWR Fuel which shall, for the purposes of this
Agreement, be conclusive, final and binding on NLF and BE plc save in the event of manifest or proven error; or 

  

	 	(B)	notifies BE plc in writing within the PWR Notification Period, such notification will constitute a Notice of Dispute and the matter shall be referred for Expert Resolution (save
where such Dispute is resolved by agreement within the Initial Resolution Period). 

  

	4.5	Any additional payment required to be made by BEG following Expert Resolution shall be made to NLF within five Business Days of such Dispute being resolved. Interest at the rate of
LIBOR plus 1 (one) per cent. shall be payable on such additional amount for the period from and including the relevant PWR Fuel Payment Date up to (but excluding) the date of actual payment of such additional amount. 

  

	4.6	NLF and the Secretary of State acknowledge and agree that the obligations of BEG to make the PWR Fuel Payments, save for any PWR Fuel Payments due and payable immediately prior to
such transfer, shall cease with effect from the transfer of the Sizewell B Power Station to a third party in accordance with the Liabilities Documents. 

  

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	5.	ISSUE OF BONDS 

  
 On the Issue Date, Holdings shall issue to NLF £275,000,000 in principal amount of Bonds, credited as fully paid. 
  

	6.	NLF PAYMENTS 

  
 NLF Payments 
  

	6.1	BE plc shall make an NLF Payment to NLF in respect of each Financial Period. The NLF Payments shall be made, subject to clause 6.3, 15 Business Days after the delivery of
each NLF Cash Flow Statement by BE plc pursuant to clause 7.4 (each, an “NLF Payment Date”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, BE plc may, by prior notice in writing to NLF, from time to time nominate any member of the Group
(the “Nominee”) to make all or part of any NLF Payment in its place, provided that payment by such Nominee does not in any way adversely affect or impact upon the position of NLF, including in respect of the exercise of the NLF
Conversion Rights. NLF may, at its discretion (acting reasonably), accept or reject such nomination by notice in writing to BE plc. Any reference in this Agreement to the making of any NLF Payment by BE plc shall be deemed to include payment by the
Nominee if the nomination of that Nominee is accepted by NLF in accordance with the provisions of this clause 6.1. 

  

	6.2	The NLF Payment for each Financial Period shall be an amount equal to the product (expressed in pounds sterling) of: 

  

	 	(A)	the greater of zero and the Adjusted Net Cash Flow for that Financial Period; and 

  

	 	(B)	the Weighted Average Payment Percentage for that Financial Period. 

  
 Waiver of NLF Payments 
  

	6.3	If the receipt by NLF of an NLF Payment would result in the reduction of the NLF Payment Percentage, NLF may waive its right to such NLF Payment in whole or in part but NLF may not
waive an NLF Payment if and to the extent that such waiver would result in an increase in the NLF Payment Percentage above the lower of: 

  

	 	(A)	65 per cent.; and 

  

	 	(B)	P (expressed as a percentage), where: 

  
 P = 65 × (1 – B); and 
  

	 	B	is the proportion (expressed as a decimal) of the NLF Conversion Rights exercised by NLF since the Restructuring Date. 

  

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 NLF shall notify BE plc (or, if a Nominee has been appointed, the Nominee) in writing of any such waiver
at least two Business Days prior to the relevant NLF Payment Date. 
  
 Review and adjustment of NLF Payments 
  

	6.4	If an NLF Cash Flow Statement is adjusted pursuant to clause 7.6 after the relevant NLF Payment Date an appropriate adjustment amount shall be paid to NLF by BE plc (or its
Nominee) within five Business Days of such adjustment being resolved. Interest at the rate of LIBOR plus 1 (one) per cent. shall be payable on such amount for the period from and including the relevant NLF Payment Date up to (but excluding) the date
of actual payment. 

  

	6.5	If from time to time during the term of this Agreement any of the BE Parties or the Auditors discover any error in an NLF Cash Flow Statement for a prior Financial Period that is
sufficiently material to require a prior period adjustment to the cash flow statement of any Accounts: 

  

	 	(A)	BE plc shall notify the Secretary of State and NLF of such error within two Business Days of becoming aware of the same and shall provide promptly, or procure the prompt provision,
to the Secretary of State and NLF of such information and details about the error as NLF may reasonably require; 

  

	 	(B)	BE plc shall: 

  

	 	(i)	complete, within 20 Business Days following the preliminary announcement of its results for the period to which such Accounts relate or (if earlier) within three months following
the end of the Financial Period to which such Accounts relate (or such longer period as the parties shall agree) (the “Preparation Period”) a revised NLF Cash Flow Statement for the Financial Period to which such error relates
together with an appropriate reconciliation calculation (a “Revised NLF Cash Flow Statement”); 

  

	 	(ii)	procure that, not later than 10 Business Days after expiry of the Preparation Period, the Revised NLF Cash Flow Statement and the Adjustment Amount shall be reported on by the
Auditors (at BE plc’s cost) and delivered to each of the Secretary of State and NLF by BE plc; and 

  

	 	(iii)	calculate and notify to NLF and the Secretary of State, at the same time as delivery of the Revised NLF Cash Flow Statement, an amount (the “Adjustment Amount”)
equal to the product of: 

  

	 	(a)	the amount by which the Adjusted Net Cash Flow for that prior Financial Period was understated or overstated as a consequence of such error; and 

  

	 	(b)	the Weighted Average Payment Percentage for such prior Financial Period; 

  

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	 	(C)	if the error resulted in an understatement of the Adjusted Net Cash Flow for that prior Financial Period BE plc (or, if a Nominee has been appointed, the Nominee) shall pay an
amount in aggregate equal to the resulting Adjustment Amount to NLF on the immediately following NLF Payment Date in addition to the NLF Payment payable on that date; and 

  

	 	(D)	if the error resulted in an overstatement of the Adjusted Net Cash Flow for that prior Financial Period an amount equal to the resulting Adjustment Amount shall be deducted, subject
to clause 6.6, from the NLF Payment payable on the immediately following NLF Payment Date and, to the extent such Adjustment Amount exceeds that NLF Payment, such excess shall be deducted to the greatest extent possible from subsequent NLF
Payments until deducted in full. 

  

	6.6	Subject to clause 11.10, NLF shall not be required under this Agreement to make any payment to any member of the Group, whether as a result of any deduction to an NLF Payment
pursuant to clause 6.5(D) or otherwise. 

  

	6.7	NLF and its professional advisers shall be entitled to review the Revised NLF Cash Flow Statement and the calculation of the Adjustment Amount, and BE plc shall, and shall use its
reasonable endeavours to procure that the Auditors shall, in each case within 10 Business Days of a request (or, if not possible within this period, as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter), give all such information and explanations as NLF may
reasonably request in connection with the same, including the provision if required of the working papers relating to the basis of preparation of either or both of the Revised NLF Cash Flow Statement and the calculation of the Adjustment Amount.

  

	6.8	If NLF disagrees with the Adjustment Amount or any matters set out in the Revised NLF Cash Flow Statement it must notify BE plc in writing of such disagreement within two months of
receipt of the Revised NLF Cash Flow Statement or, if later, of the receipt of the information and explanations referred to in clause 6.7 (the “Revised Cash Flow Notification Period”). If NLF: 

  

	 	(A)	does not notify BE plc in writing within the Revised Cash Flow Notification Period, then NLF shall be deemed to have accepted the Revised NLF Cash Flow Statement and the Adjustment
Amount which shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be conclusive, final and binding save in the event of manifest or proven error; or 

  

	 	(B)	notifies BE plc within the Revised Cash Flow Notification Period, such notification will constitute a Notice of Dispute and the matter shall be referred for Expert Resolution (save
where such Dispute is resolved by agreement within the Initial Resolution Period). 

  

	7.	NLF CASH FLOW STATEMENTS 

  
 Preparation and form of NLF Cash Flow Statements 
  

	7.1	Subject to clause 7.4, the NLF Cash Flow Statement for each Financial Period shall be prepared by BE plc in conjunction with the preparation of the cash flow statement for
the Accounts for that Financial Period. 

  

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	7.2	Each NLF Cash Flow Statement shall be in the same or in substantially similar form to that set out in Schedule 4 (Form of NLF Cash Flow Statement) and BE plc shall
ensure that: 

  

	 	(A)	the NLF Cash Flow Statement presents, as a separate note, an analysis of the movements on available Cash within the Group which is invested in accordance with clause 8.2 and
cash applied to the Agreed Collateral Purposes (both above and below the Target Amount), the Collateral Amount and the Forecast Expenditure Reserve for the Financial Period to which it relates; and 

  

	 	(B)	the Accounts present, as a separate note, an analysis of the movements on available Cash within the Group which is invested in accordance with clause 8.2 and cash applied to
the Agreed Collateral Purposes both above and below the Target Amount and the Collateral Amount for the Financial Period to which it relates. 

  

	7.3	The Adjusted Net Cash Flow of the Group for any Financial Period (the “Relevant Period”) shall be the amount reported by the Auditors to BE plc, the Secretary of
State and NLF, on the basis of the NLF Cash Flow Statement for the Relevant Period, to be the aggregate of the items set out in Schedule 4 (Form of NLF Cash Flow Statement). 

  

	7.4	BE plc shall complete the NLF Cash Flow Statement (comprising the Adjusted Net Cash Flow) for each Financial Period not later than 5 Business Days after the date of publication of
the Accounts for that Financial Period and shall procure that not later than 5 Business Days thereafter the NLF Cash Flow Statement shall be reported on by the Auditors and delivered by BE plc to each of the Secretary of State and NLF.

  
 Review and adjustment of NLF Cash Flow
Statement 
  

	7.5	NLF and its professional advisers shall be entitled to review the NLF Cash Flow Statement (including, without limitation, movements on Cash Reserves, the Collateral Amount and the
allocation of amounts to the Forecast Expenditure Reserve) and BE plc shall, and shall use its reasonable endeavours to procure that the Auditors shall, within 10 Business Days of a request (or, if not possible within this period, as soon as
reasonably practicable thereafter), provide all such information and explanations as NLF may reasonably request to satisfy NLF (acting reasonably) that the NLF Cash Flow Statement (including, without limitation, movements on Cash Reserves, the
Collateral Amount and the allocation of amounts to the Forecast Expenditure Reserve) is correct in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Such information may include the working papers relating to the basis of preparation of the relevant NLF
Cash Flow Statement. 

  

	7.6	If NLF disagrees with any matters set out in the NLF Cash Flow Statement (including, without limitation, the allocation of amounts to the Forecast Expenditure Reserve) then NLF must
notify BE plc in writing of such disagreement within two months of receipt of the NLF Cash Flow Statement or, if later, of the receipt of the information and explanations referred to in clause 7.5 (the “Cash Flow Notification
Period”), provided that NLF shall not be entitled to disagree with any amount allocated to the Forecast Expenditure Reserve on the basis of a disagreement as to a decision or judgement of the Board made in good faith pursuant to clause
10.1(B). If NLF: 

  

	 	(A)	does not notify BE plc in writing within the Cash Flow Notification Period, then NLF shall be deemed to have accepted the NLF Cash Flow Statement which shall, for the purposes of
this Agreement, be conclusive, final and binding save in the event of manifest or proven error; or 

  

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	 	(B)	notifies BE plc in writing within the Cash Flow Notification Period, such notification will constitute a Notice of Dispute and the matter shall be referred for Expert Resolution
(save where such Dispute is resolved by agreement within the Initial Resolution Period). 

  

	7.7	If an NLF Cash Flow Statement is adjusted pursuant to clause 7.6 (whether as a result of rectification of a misallocation of amounts to the Forecast Expenditure Reserve in
breach of clause 10 (Forecast Expenditure Reserve) or otherwise) an additional payment shall be made by BE plc (or its Nominee) in accordance with clause 6.4. 

  

	8.	CASH RESERVES 

  

	8.1	The Cash Reserves may only be: 

  

	 	(A)	applied to the Agreed Collateral Purposes in accordance with the Trading Policies; 

  

	 	(B)	applied in the manner specified in any of paragraphs 2(B)(ii) to (iv) inclusive of Schedule 3 (Covenants); or 

  

	 	(C)	invested in accordance with clause 8.2. 

  
 Investment Policy 
  

	8.2	Cash comprised in the Cash Reserves may only be invested by the Group: 

  

	 	(A)	in accordance with the Group’s treasury policy on investments in effect at the Restructuring Date with such modifications as the Board, acting reasonably and prudently and with
the purpose of optimising returns consistent with maintenance of the principal amount of the Group’s Cash Reserves, may subsequently adopt from time to time (the “Investment Policy”); and 

  

	 	(B)	subject to the prior written consent of the Secretary of State, in investments falling outside the Investment Policy, 

  
 Reporting 
  

	8.3	BE plc shall provide NLF and the Secretary of State, within 10 Business Days following the end of each quarter of each Financial Period, with a written summary (in such form as NLF
may reasonably request) of the Cash Reserves investments as at the end of the last Business Day of that quarter, and such other information as either or both of NLF and the Secretary of State may reasonably request relating thereto.

  

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	9.	TARGET AMOUNT 

  
 Target amount and right of reduction 
  

	9.1	The Target Amount at the Restructuring Date shall be £490 million plus the Incremental Collateral Amount at that date. BE plc may at any time after the Restructuring Date by
notice to the Secretary of State and NLF: 

  

	 	(A)	subject to clause 9.2, reduce the Target Amount to less than £490 million plus the Incremental Collateral Amount or to zero; or 

  

	 	(B)	increase the Target Amount to an amount not more than £490 million plus the Incremental Collateral Amount. 

  
 The right to reduce or increase the Target Amount pursuant to this clause
9.1 shall be available to BE plc from time to time and is not restricted to a single exercise of such right. Any increase or decrease in the Incremental Collateral Amount shall automatically increase or decrease the Target Amount by the same
amount. 
  

	9.2	BE plc shall only be permitted to reduce the Target Amount: 

  

	 	(A)	if the Group achieves an Investment Grade Rating; or 

  

	 	(B)	to the extent Committed Facilities raised by BE plc are available for, and are intended and expected by the Board to be used or maintained for, the same purposes for which the Cash
Reserves may be applied. 

  
 The Target Amount may
also be changed pursuant to a review under clause 13 (Contract Review). 
  

	9.3	If the Group achieves an Investment Grade Rating and BE plc reduces the Target Amount pursuant to clause 9.2(A), the Target Amount shall be automatically and immediately
increased by the amount of such reduction if the Group ceases to have an Investment Grade Rating. 

  

	9.4	If BE plc wishes to reduce the Target Amount pursuant to clause 9.2(B), such reduction shall not be effective at any time during which any of the New Bonds are in issue and
have not been redeemed or repaid if and to the extent that the availability of, or drawdown under, those Committed Facilities, breaches condition 8.1 (Limitation on Financial Indebtedness) of the terms and conditions of the New Bonds.

  
 Restrictions relating to Target Amount
reduction 
  

	9.5	If at any time the Target Amount is reduced in reliance on the Group having achieved an Investment Grade Rating, BE plc shall not (nor shall it allow any member of the Group to):

  

	 	(A)	announce or pay any Cash Distribution; 

  

	 	(B)	make any Capital Distribution; or 

  

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	 	(C)	make or make any legally binding commitment to make any acquisition of any undertaking or participating interest in an undertaking, 

  
 if it (or any member of the Group) knows or has reasonable grounds to
believe (whether as a result of the relevant rating agency’s guidance and conditions to grant of the Investment Grade Rating or otherwise) that (i) the announcement or payment of the Cash Distribution, (ii) the making of the Capital
Distribution or (iii) making or making a legally binding commitment to make such an acquisition would or would be likely to result in the loss of such Investment Grade Rating, save to the extent such Cash Distribution or Capital Distribution or
acquisition would not reduce the aggregate (as at the end of the then current Financial Period) of: 
  

	 	(i)	the Cash Reserves; and 

  

	 	(ii)	any Committed Facilities which are available for, and intended and expected by the Board to be used or maintained for, the same purposes for which the Cash Reserves may be applied,

  
 below the Target Amount as at the end of the
then current Financial Period. If required to do so by NLF, BE plc shall seek from the relevant rating agency or agencies appropriate guidance as to whether or not the announcement or payment of any such Cash Distribution or the making of any
Capital Distribution or acquisition would or would be likely to result in the loss of the Investment Grade Rating. 
  
 Increase of Target Amount 
  

	9.6	If any member of the Group raises Committed Facilities and reduces the Target Amount pursuant to clause 9.2(B), the Target Amount shall be automatically and immediately
increased if and to the extent that: 

  

	 	(A)	such Committed Facilities cease to be available for, or the Board no longer intends or expects such Committed Facilities to be available for, the purposes for which the Cash
Reserves may be applied; 

  

	 	(B)	a member of the Group repays (whether upon maturity or by way of early repayment) or cancels some or all of such Committed Facilities; or 

  

	 	(C)	a member of the Group for whatever reason is unable to draw down, or is required to repay by reason of a default, some or all of such Committed Facilities. 

 

	10.	FORECAST EXPENDITURE RESERVE 

  
 Permitted allocations 
  

	10.1	If and to the extent that available Cash within the Group exceeds the Target Amount as at the end of a Financial Period, within 10 Business Days after the end of that Financial
Period, BE plc may by notice to the Secretary of State and NLF allocate some or all of such excess Cash to an additional notional reserve (the “Forecast Expenditure Reserve”) for the following purposes: 

  

	 	(A)	to meet capital expenditure commitments and any non-recurring maintenance and repair of a capital nature incurred by any member of the Group in that Financial Period which is due
and payable in the following Financial Period; 

  

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	 	(B)	to fund capital expenditure (as determined in accordance with the accounting standards and policies used in the preparation of the Accounts) on an acquisition or financing of a
specifically identified fixed asset, undertaking or shares in a company by any member of the Group, where: 

  

	 	(i)	the amount to be reserved will be the amount BE plc reasonably expects the Group to fund from Cash and not from borrowings or other third party funds; 

  

	 	(ii)	the Board of BE plc (as certified in writing by its secretary or an executive director) has: 

  

	 	(a)	approved the acquisition or financing in principle, including the approval of an appropriately detailed financing plan for funding the acquisition or financing, and

  

	 	(b)	has reasonable grounds for believing that the acquisition or financing has a reasonable prospect of completing in a specified Financial Period; and 

  

	 	(C)	to reserve funds to the extent they are raised for the general purpose of carrying on the business of the Group through the issue by BE plc or any other member of the Group of
securities (of any kind) listed on a Recognised Investment Exchange (within the meaning of section 285 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000), 

  
 provided that BE plc shall only be entitled to allocate Cash to the Forecast Expenditure Reserve for transactions falling
under paragraphs (A) and (B) above if and to the extent that the aggregate of BE plc’s potential commitments and costs in relation to such transactions exceeds the aggregate amount of Cash which under paragraph (C) above
has been allocated to, and remains standing to the credit of, the Forecast Expenditure Reserve. 
  
 Other allocations 
  

	10.2	BE plc may not allocate Cash to the Forecast Expenditure Reserve for a purpose other than those specified in clause 10.1 without obtaining the prior written consent of NLF.
NLF shall be under no obligation to give such consent but may, in its sole discretion and on such terms as it sees fit, agree that Cash may be allocated for the purpose or purposes specified by BE plc. 

  
 Accounting treatment 
  

	10.3	Save for any amounts re-allocated to the Forecast Expenditure Reserve pursuant to clause 10.4, the expenditure in any Financial Period of Cash allocated to the Forecast
Expenditure Reserve together with the amount standing to the credit of the Forecast Expenditure Reserve at the end of such Financial Period shall be deemed to be a Cash receipt for the purposes of calculating the Adjusted Net Cash Flow for that
Financial Period. 

  

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 Re-allocations 
  

	10.4	BE plc may, within 10 Business Days after the end of a Financial Period, by notice in writing to the Secretary of State and NLF, re-allocate to the Forecast Expenditure Reserve
amounts standing to the credit of the Forecast Expenditure Reserve at the end of that Financial Period for the following Financial Period, provided that: 

  

	 	(A)	such amounts are re-allocated for the purpose of any acquisition or financing of the type referred to in clause 10.1(B) or are funds of the type referred to in clause
10.1(C); and 

  

	 	(B)	in the case of amounts re-allocated for an acquisition or financing of the type referred to in clause 10.1(B), the Secretary of State and NLF have received, prior to such
re-allocation, confirmation (as certified in writing by the secretary or an executive director of BE plc) that BE plc continues to approve such purpose and has reasonable grounds for believing that the acquisition or financing has a reasonable
prospect of completing in the specified Financial Period. 

  

	11.	NLF CONVERSION RIGHTS 

  
 NLF Conversion Rights 
  

	11.1	Subject to the following provisions of this clause 11 (NLF Conversion Rights), NLF may, from time to time, by notice in writing to BE plc, notify BE plc that it
intends to convert all or part of the right to receive the NLF Payments from BE plc into a number of shares (“Conversion Shares”) to be calculated in accordance with clause 11.6 (a “Conversion”).

  
 Restrictions on exercise 
  

	11.2	NLF may not exercise its NLF Conversion Rights or dispose of any Conversion Shares resulting from such exercise if such exercise or disposal will require BE plc to have produced
listing particulars or a prospectus more than five times in any consecutive period of 7.5 years. If NLF gives a notice to BE plc under clause 11.1 or notifies BE plc of its intention to dispose of any or all of its Conversion Shares in either
case within the three month period immediately following NLF becoming aware of a breach by a member of the Group of any of the covenants contained in Schedule 3 (Covenants), the exercise of the NLF Conversion Rights or the disposal of
the corresponding Conversion Shares pursuant to such notice shall not be taken into consideration for the purposes of the limitation contained in this clause 11.2, provided that NLF has promptly given notice to BE plc upon becoming aware of
such a breach. 

  

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 Conversion Shares; Voting limitations 
  

	11.3	Subject to the remaining provisions of this clause 11 (NLF Conversion Rights), any Conversion Shares required to be issued pursuant to a Conversion, will be issued by
BE plc to NLF (or its nominee) as a class of convertible ordinary shares which will be credited as fully paid and will rank pari passu in all respects with Ordinary Shares in issue on the date of the Conversion, except that any such
Conversion Shares may only be voted as to the lesser of: 

  

	 	(A)	the maximum percentage of voting rights attributable to the share capital of BE plc which are exercisable at a general meeting of BE plc which may, from time to time, be held
without triggering a mandatory offer for BE plc under the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers (being, as at the Restructuring Date, 29.9 per cent. and, for this purpose, taking into account the voting rights attributable to any other Ordinary Shares
held or acquired by any person acting in concert with the NLF); and 

  

	 	(B)	the number of Conversion Shares which NLF would otherwise be entitled to vote if the Conversion Shares were Ordinary Shares. 

  
 Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions on voting the Conversion
Shares detailed in this clause 11.3 shall not apply to any resolution: 
  

	 	(i)	for the winding up of BE plc; or 

  

	 	(ii)	to modify, vary or abrogate the rights attaching to the Ordinary Shares or any class of shares held by NLF. 

  

	11.4	Conversion Shares shall automatically be converted into Ordinary Shares on a transfer of those Conversion Shares by NLF (or its nominee) to a third party (except transfer to
NLF’s permitted assignees and successors in title under clause 22.8). Neither the NLF nor, if applicable, its nominee may otherwise convert any Conversion Shares into Ordinary Shares. 

  
 Issue of Conversion Shares 
  

	11.5	Subject to clause 11.7, BE plc will, at NLF’s election, issue the Conversion Shares to NLF or its nominee: 

  

	 	(A)	within five Business Days of the notice of the Conversion being given pursuant to clause 11.1; or 

  

	 	(B)	on the Business Day immediately preceding the date on which the Conversion Shares are to be disposed of pursuant to clause 11.8. 

  

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	11.6	Subject to clause 11.7, the number of Conversion Shares to be issued on a Conversion shall be: 

  

											
	 	 	 	 	N = (P × E)	 	(	 	    A    	 	)
	 	 	 	 	 	 	  1 – A	 

  
 where: 
  
 N is the number of shares to be issued (rounded up to the nearest
integer); 
  
 P is the proportion of the NLF Conversion
Right being exercised (expressed as a decimal); 
  
 A is
the NLF Payment Percentage as at the Conversion Date (expressed as a decimal); and 
  
 E is the number of Ordinary Shares in issue as at the Conversion Date (excluding any Ordinary Shares held by BE plc as Treasury Shares). 
  
 Exercise Mechanism 
  

	11.7	If a Conversion cannot be lawfully effected as a conversion into shares (whether because any necessary report cannot be obtained under section 103 of the Companies Act 1985 or
otherwise), BE plc shall use all reasonable endeavours to procure that the Conversion is effected by other means agreed with NLF, whether by the issuance of different classes of shares, shares of different nominal value or otherwise.

  
 Disposals 
  

	11.8	Except pursuant to a general offer or partial offer, open to all shareholders, for the acquisition of all or not less than 14.9 per cent. of the ordinary share capital of BE plc, if
NLF intends to dispose of any interest in any Conversion Shares which will, when converted into Ordinary Shares, constitute more than 10 per cent. of BE plc’s issued share capital, NLF may not do so until the earlier of:

  

	 	(A)	three months (or such shorter period as BE plc may from time to time permit) after notice of such intended disposal has been given to BE plc by NLF; and 

  

	 	(B)	the admission to the Official List of the UKLA and to trading on the London Stock Exchange of the Ordinary Shares which will result from the disposal by the NLF of its interest in
the relevant Conversion Shares. 

  
 If NLF intends
to dispose of any interest in any Conversion Shares which will, when converted into Ordinary Shares, constitute more than 3 per cent. but less than 10 per cent. of BE plc’s issued share capital, NLF shall only do so following prior reasonable
consultation with BE plc as to the timing and manner of such proposed disposal. If, following a Conversion, an intended disposal under this clause 11.8 is not effected within the earlier of the dates notified by NLF to BE plc under
paragraphs (A) and (B) and no Conversion Shares have been issued to NLF or its nominee pursuant to clause 11.5, NLF may elect to revoke its notice of Conversion and NLF shall remain entitled to the NLF Payments which would
otherwise have become due and payable but for the exercise of the NLF Conversion Rights. 
  

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	11.9	BE plc undertakes that, if NLF from time to time wishes to offer (whether by way of a public offer, private placing or otherwise, and whether to persons located in the United
Kingdom and/or in any other jurisdiction) some or all of the Conversion Shares (a “Share Offering”), upon receipt of a notice from NLF that it wishes to make such an offer BE plc shall and, if applicable, shall procure that each
member of the Group shall: 

  

	 	(A)	make available to NLF, with respect to any investor presentations or similar exercises conducted by or on behalf of NLF in connection with a Share Offering, such directors and
senior management of the Group as NLF may reasonably request, provided that BE plc shall be under no obligation to comply with this paragraph (A) in respect of any offer of shares constituting less that 10 per cent. of BE plc’s issued
share capital; 

  

	 	(B)	give prior written notification to NLF and the Secretary of State of any proposed offer by or on behalf of any member of the Group within the following 6 months (whether by way of a
public offer, private placing or otherwise, and whether to persons located in the United Kingdom and/or in any other jurisdiction) of securities issued or to be issued by BE plc or any other member of the Group and, in connection with such proposed
offer, consult with NLF with a view to ensuring that: 

  

	 	(i)	any prospectus, listing particulars or other marketing document required by, or to be produced in connection with, such offer are consistent with any prospectus, listing particulars
or other marketing document produced, or to be produced in connection with, a Share Offering; and 

  

	 	(ii)	duplication of process and costs and expenses are, as far as practicable, eliminated or reduced; and 

  

	 	(C)	take all such steps and do all such other things as NLF may reasonably request in connection with the registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission of some or all of
any shares to be offered pursuant to any Share Offering, provided that BE plc shall be under no obligation to comply with this paragraph (C) if, at the scheduled date of such Share Offering, the registration of Ordinary Shares and any other
equity Securities with the US Securities and Exchange Commission will have ceased wholly or in all material respects. 

  
 Reimbursement of expenses 
  

	11.10	NLF shall pay BE plc any reasonable out of pocket costs and expenses incurred by any member of the Group in complying with that member’s obligations under clause 11.9
and in preparing any listing particulars required to be prepared pursuant to the exercise of the NLF Conversion Rights or the conversion of Conversion Shares into Ordinary Shares. To the extent that any such costs and expenses would have been
incurred by the Group in the absence of any such Share Offering the amount of such costs and expenses shall be agreed by NLF and BE plc acting in good faith and shall be borne by BE plc. 

  

	11.11	If during the term of this Agreement any member of the Group in connection with an offer referred to in clause 11.9(B) incurs lower costs and expenses than it would otherwise
have done as a result of a Share Offering being proposed or made (whether as a result of the production by or on behalf of NLF of a prospectus, other marketing document or otherwise), the amount of such reduction shall be agreed by NLF and BE plc
acting in good faith as soon as practicable and BE plc shall pay NLF (within three Business Days of such agreement) an amount equal to half such reduction. 

  

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	11.12	If NLF and BE plc are unable to reach agreement as to the amount of any reduction pursuant to clause 11.11 or costs and expenses pursuant to clause 11.10 within 30
Business Days of the disagreement being notified by the party or parties in disagreement to the other party, any matter in dispute shall be referred for Expert Resolution. 

  

	12.	COVENANTS 

  

	12.1	At all times prior to NLF’s right to receive NLF Payments being satisfied in full by exercise of the NLF Conversion Rights, BE plc shall comply with the covenants set out in
paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 (Covenants). 

  

	12.2	Each BE Party shall comply with the covenants set out in paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 (Covenants) at all times during which a BE Party owns any Power Station which
has not Closed. 

  

	13.	CONTRACT REVIEW 

  
 Following the second anniversary of the Restructuring Date, each of the parties shall review how this Agreement has operated in practice. Each of them
shall use its reasonable endeavours to complete its review within three months of the second anniversary of the Restructuring Date and shall, in the conduct of the review: 
  

	 	(A)	submit a paper to the other parties detailing the implementation of this Agreement in the period since the Restructuring Date and any proposals for improving the operation of this
Agreement; and 

  

	 	(B)	shall meet not less than twice to discuss in good faith the papers prepared under this clause 13 (Contract Review) and any proposals for improving the operation of
this Agreement. 

  
 In addition, and without
prejudice to the preceding provisions of this clause 13 (Contract Review), at any time after four Power Stations have ceased operating or have been disposed of by the Group and for each Power Station which ceases to operate or is
disposed of by the Group thereafter, each party may require a review of the operation of this Agreement for the purposes of determining whether or not a change to the Target Amount is appropriate and, if agreed, the mechanism by which such change
should be implemented and the consequential amendments required to this Agreement and any of the other Liabilities Documents. 
  

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	14.	ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 

  

	14.1	Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the parties acknowledge and agree that no BE Party is required, pursuant to this Agreement, to do any act or omit to do any
act if: 

  

	 	(A)	any Regulator would consider such act or omission unacceptable; or 

  

	 	(B)	the act or omission would cause any such BE Party to be in breach of any Applicable Law. 

  

	14.2	Except as set out in the Liabilities Documents, no Licensee shall be liable to the Secretary of State or NLF by reason of the Secretary of State or NLF entering into or performing
the Liabilities Documents, and all rights of indemnity or subrogation of the Secretary of State or NLF that might otherwise be implied by law as a result of their entering into and/or performing the Liabilities Documents are hereby excluded.

  

	15.	SET-OFF AND WITHHOLDING; TAX ADJUSTMENT 

  

	15.1	All payments to be made to the Secretary of State or NLF by a BE Party or by the Secretary of State or NLF to a BE Party under this Agreement shall be made in full except to the
extent a deduction or withholding is permitted under clause 15.2. All such payments will be free and clear of any right of set-off and from any restriction, condition or deduction because of any counterclaim other than as provided in
clause 3.4 and 6.5(D). 

  

	15.2	All payments to be made to the Secretary of State or NLF by a BE Party under this Agreement shall be made in full without deduction or withholding of or in respect of any Tax,
unless this is required by law. Where such a deduction or withholding is so required, the relevant BE Party shall be permitted to make such deduction or withholding. 

  

	15.3	If a BE Party becomes or will become required by law to make any deduction or withholding under clause 15.2 or there is or will be any change in the requirement to make any
such deduction or withholding, such BE Party will give notice to NLF of any such requirement or change in requirement as soon as that BE Party becomes aware of it. 

  

	15.4	Each BE Party undertakes to NLF and the Secretary of State that neither it nor any other member of the same group of companies as any BE Party for tax purposes will claim any Relief
in respect of a Payment or the Issue. 

  

	15.5	Each BE Party also undertakes to NLF and the Secretary of State that it will notify NLF and the Secretary of State as soon as possible after it becomes aware that either (i) the
Assumption is or is likely to become incorrect or (ii) the undertaking contained in clause 15.4 has been breached. 

  

	15.6	If (i) the Assumption is or becomes incorrect and (ii) any BE Party and/or any other company which is a member of the same group of companies for tax purposes as any BE Party
obtains any economic benefit as a consequence of any Relief in respect of a Payment or the Issue (including, without limitation, a reduction of any tax liability), BE plc shall make a payment (an “Equalisation Payment”) to NLF. The
Equalisation Payment shall be such amount as will ensure that after the payment of such amount to NLF, the Group will be in the same economic position as it would have been in had it not benefited from the Relief in respect of the Payment or Issue,
as the case may be, and paid the Equalisation Payment pursuant to this clause 15 (Set-off and Withholding; Tax Adjustment). 

  

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	15.7	Any Equalisation Payment shall be due and payable ten Business Days following the receipt of the economic benefit by the recipient. Without prejudice to the generality of the
foregoing, where the benefit is a reduction in a tax liability, such benefit shall be taken for the purposes of this clause 15 (Set-off and Withholding; Tax Adjustment) to have been received by the recipient on the date or dates upon
which the recipient’s liability to pay tax or an installment of tax is reduced as a result of such Relief. 

  

	15.8	Any dispute arising between the parties regarding the correctness of the Assumption and/or the amount of the Equalisation Payment shall be referred for Expert Resolution.

  

	15.9	For the purposes of this clause 15 (Set-off and Withholding; Tax Adjustment), the “Assumption” means the assumption that the following will not give
rise to an allowance, relief or credit in respect of Tax or a deduction in computing income, profits or gains for the purposes of any Tax (a “Relief”): 

  

	 	(A)	save for the PWR Fuel Payments, any additional payments made pursuant to clause 4.5 and payments of interest, payments made by a BE Party to NLF pursuant to this Agreement
(each a “Payment”) including, without limitation: 

  

	 	(i)	the Decommissioning Payments; 

  

	 	(ii)	the Accelerated Decommissioning Payment (if any); 

  

	 	(iii)	the NLF Payments; and 

  

	 	(iv)	the Additional Payment (if any); and 

  

	 	(B)	the Issue. 

  

	16.	INTEREST AND ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION 

  

	16.1	If a BE Party fails to pay any sum payable by it under this Agreement on the due date for payment, it shall pay interest at the rate of LIBOR plus 2 (two) per cent. on that sum for
the period from and including the due date up to (but excluding) the date of actual payment (after as well as before judgment). 

  

	16.2	Interest on each sum shall accrue from day to day and shall be compounded on each anniversary of the due date for payment. 

  

	16.3	Without limiting clause 21 (Remedies and Waivers), the right to receive interest under this clause 16 (Interest and Adjustment for Inflation) in respect
of any unpaid sum is not exclusive of any rights, powers and remedies provided by law in respect of the failure to pay the relevant sum on the due date for payment or at all. 

  

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	16.4	For the purposes of any calculation of interest payable under this Agreement, “LIBOR” shall be deemed to refer to LIBOR prevailing on the due date for payment (the
“Due Date”). If the relevant amount remains unpaid on the twentieth Business Day after the Due Date, subsequent interest shall be calculated by reference to the LIBOR prevailing on such date and thereafter LIBOR shall be
recalculated on the last Business Day of each subsequent 20 Business Day period until the date of actual payment of the amount due. 

  

	16.5	Any amount specified in this Agreement which is expressed to be adjusted for inflation is stated in March 2003 money values (unless expressly stated to the contrary) and shall be
adjusted in accordance with the following formula: 

  

					
	Am =	 	Ao × Rm	 	 
	 	    Ro	 	 

  
 where: 
  
 Am is the relevant amount as adjusted; 
  
 Ao is the relevant amount in March 2003 money values; 
  
 Ro is the Retail Price Index for the month of March 2003, and is
179.9; 
  
 Rm is the Retail Price Index for the month in
which (i) payment is due, (ii) the event occurs which gives rise to the relevant amount, or (iii) calculation of the relevant amount is required (in each case the “relevant month”) and shall be estimated as follows if the Retail
Price Index is not available: 
  

							
	Rm = Rm-n + n	 	(	 	Rm-n –Rm-n-3	 	)
	 	 	          3	 

  
 where: 
  
 m is the month for which the index number is to be estimated;

  
 n is the number of months between the relevant month
and the month in which the index number has been most recently published; 
  
 Rm-n is the Retail
Price Index for the month in which the index has been most recently published; and 
  
 Rm-n-3 is the Retail
Price Index for the month three months prior to Rm-n. 
  

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	17.	DEFAULT EVENTS 

  
 Capital Contributions and Cash Contributions 
  

	17.1	If a BE Party has made any Cash Distribution or Capital Distribution since the immediately preceding NLF Payment Date (other than a final dividend declared in a general meeting)
following a Default Event, NLF may, if instructed to do so by the Secretary of State, declare (by written notice to that BE Party) that an amount equal to a proportion (the “Distribution Proportion”) of such Cash Distribution or
Capital Distribution (as the case may be) has become owing to NLF with immediate effect. The Distribution Proportion shall be equal to the product of: 

  

	 	(A)	the Cash Distribution or Fair Market Value of the Capital Distribution (as the case may be); and 

  

	 	(B)	P/(1-P) 

  
 where P is the NLF Payment Percentage prevailing at the date of such Cash Distribution or Capital Distribution (as the case may be). The Distribution Proportion shall be payable within 2 Business Days of such
notification to, or to the order of, NLF. Any such amount paid to NLF shall be deducted from the next due NLF Payment and, to the extent such amount exceeds that NLF Payment, such excess shall be deducted to the greatest extent possible from
subsequent NLF Payments until deducted in full. 
  
 Default 
  

	17.2	If in any Financial Period (i) a BE Party, (ii) any other member of the Group which is a restricted subsidiary and/or a guarantor in respect of all or any of the New Bonds (where
all of any of the New Bonds have not been redeemed or repaid), or (iii) any Guarantor (where all of the New Bonds have been redeemed or repaid), is subject to one of the Default Events NLF may, if instructed to do so by the Secretary of State,
declare (by written notice to BE plc) that the Decommissioning Default Payment shall become immediately due and payable. The “Decommissioning Default Payment” for the purposes of this clause 17.2 is an amount equal to the net
present value at the time of the Default Event of the aggregate Decommissioning Payments remaining to be paid by BEG and BEG(UK) pursuant to clause 3 (Decommissioning Payments). The “net present value” of those
aggregate Decommissioning Payments shall be calculated by BE plc using a discount rate equal to: 

  

	 	(i)	6.8 per cent.; 

  
 less 
  

	 	(ii)	the average Retail Price Index for the three years prior to the date on which the Default Event occurred 

  
 and the resulting Decommissioning Default Payment shall be notified by BE plc to NLF. Any such notification shall be
conclusive, final and binding save in the case of manifest or proven error. 
  

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 Review and adjustment of Decommissioning Default Payments 
  

	17.3	BE plc shall, as soon as reasonably practicable and in any event within 10 Business Days of the occurrence of a Default Event, provide NLF with evidence (certified in writing by one
of its executive directors as being true and complete) necessary to calculate any Decommissioning Default Payment. NLF and its professional advisers shall be entitled to review such evidence and BE plc and its advisers shall, within 10 Business Days
of a request (or, if not possible within this period, as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter), give all such information and explanations as NLF may reasonably request in connection therewith. 

  

	17.4	If NLF disagrees with any matter set out in the evidence referred to in clause 17.3, it must notify BE plc in writing of such disagreement within two months of the receipt of
such evidence (the “Decommissioning Default Payment Notification Period”). If NLF: 

  

	 	(A)	does not notify BE plc in writing within the Decommissioning Default Payment Notification Period, NLF shall be deemed to have accepted the stated amount of the Decommissioning
Default Payment which shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be conclusive, final and binding on NLF and the BE Parties save in the event of manifest or proven error; or 

  

	 	(B)	does notify BE plc in writing within the Decommissioning Default Payment Notification Period, such notification will constitute a Notice of Dispute and the matter shall be referred
for Expert Resolution (save where such Dispute is resolved by agreement within the Initial Resolution Period). 

  

	17.5	Any additional payment required to be made by either of the BEG Entities following Expert Resolution shall be made to NLF within five Business Days of such Dispute being resolved.
Interest at the rate of LIBOR plus 1 (one) per cent. shall be payable on such additional amount for the period from and including the relevant date on which the Decommissioning Default Payment became due and payable up to (but excluding) the date of
actual payment of such additional amount. 

  

	17.6	For the purposes of this clause 17 (Default Events) “Default Event” means, in relation to a person: 

  

	 	(A)	that person passing a resolution for its winding up (other than in the context of a solvent amalgamation or reconstruction in either case on terms previously approved in writing by
NLF or notified in writing to NLF by BE plc prior to the Restructuring Date) or a court of competent jurisdiction making an order for its winding up or dissolution; or 

  

	 	(B)	the appointment of an administrative receiver, receiver and manager, receiver or similar official over all or a material part of that person’s assets; or

  

	 	(C)	the appointment of a provisional liquidator or administrator in relation to the person; or 

  

	 	(D)	the making of an administration order in relation to that person; or 

  

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	 	(E)	that person convening a meeting for a creditors’ voluntary liquidation, or for a creditors’ meeting following a members’ voluntary liquidation or for the
consideration by creditors of a voluntary arrangement or scheme of arrangement (other than in the context of a solvent amalgamation or reconstruction in either case on terms previously approved in writing by NLF or notified in writing to NLF by BE
plc prior to the Restructuring Date); or 

  

	 	(F)	that person (i) being declared insolvent, being unable (or admitting inability) to pay its debts as they fall due (within the meaning of section 123(1) of the Insolvency Act 1986),
(ii) fails within 40 Business Days after being called upon to do so by the NLF, to provide a certificate signed by two of its directors certifying (without personal liability except in the event of fraud or wilful default) that it is not then unable
to pay its debts within the meaning of section 123(2) of the Insolvency Act 1986, provided that if the Restructuring Date is on or prior to 31 March 2005, the NLF may not require such a certificate prior to the publication of the Accounts in
relation to the Financial Period ending on 31 March 2005 and if the Restructuring Date is after 31 March 2005, the NLF may not require such a certificate prior to the date which is the later of two months following the publication of the Accounts in
relation to the Financial Period ending on 31 March 2005 and two months after the Restructuring Date, or (iii) stops, suspends or threatens to stop payment of its debts generally; or 

  

	 	(G)	a distress, execution or other process is enforced in respect of that person, or an encumbrancer takes possession of the whole or a substantial part of the undertaking or assets of
that person, and, in any such case, the same is not paid out or discharged within 90 days (or such longer period as the NLF permits); or 

  

	 	(H)	that person being subject to any proceeding or in a position analogous to that in paragraphs (A) to (G) in its jurisdiction of incorporation. 

 
 Winding up 
  

	17.7	Subject to clause 17.8, on a winding up of BE plc, BE plc shall, in addition to any amounts due to NLF in respect of New Bonds, Decommissioning Payments, NLF Payments and PWR
Fuel Payments, pay an additional amount to NLF equal to the amount NLF would have received on a winding up of BE plc in its capacity as a holder of Conversion Shares if NLF had exercised in full the NLF Conversion Rights and Conversion Shares had
been issued to NLF pursuant to such exercise immediately prior to the commencement of the winding up. 

  

	17.8	If, on a winding up of BE plc, BE plc has paid the NLF Payments referred to in clause 17.7, following such payment the NLF Payment Percentage shall be subject to adjustment
required pursuant to paragraph 2 of Schedule 2 (Calculation of NLF Payment Percentage). Any additional amount which NLF is entitled to receive pursuant to clause 17.7 in its capacity as a holder of Conversion Shares shall
then be made by reference to the NLF Payment Percentage after such adjustment is made. 

  

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	18.	DISPUTE RESOLUTION 

  
 Negotiation 
  

	18.1	If a party becomes aware of a disagreement, dispute or controversy (a “Dispute”) arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, including any Dispute
regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement, it shall provide the other parties to the Dispute with a notice (a “Notice of Dispute”) including full particulars of the Dispute and any proposal for resolution of
the Dispute. 

  

	18.2	Upon delivery of a Notice of Dispute, the relevant parties (the “Disputing Parties”) shall promptly meet and in good faith use their reasonable endeavours to
resolve that Dispute. 

  

	18.3	If the Disputing Parties are unable to reach agreement under clause 18.2 within 20 Business Days of delivery of a Notice of Dispute (the “Initial Resolution
Period”), the Dispute shall be referred for resolution: 

  

	 	(A)	by an Expert in circumstances in which this Agreement expressly provides for resolution by an Expert or the Dispute relates to clause 11.12, an NLF Cash Flow Statement or the
calculation of an NLF Payment, Decommissioning Payment, PWR Fuel Payment, NLF Payment Percentage or Adjustment Amount; and 

  

	 	(B)	by arbitration in all other circumstances. 

  
 Expert Resolution 
  

	18.4	If, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, a Dispute requires resolution by an Expert, the Disputing Parties shall use their reasonable endeavours to agree upon a firm of
accountants to be appointed as Expert to resolve the Dispute. 

  

	18.5	If the Disputing Parties do not agree, within 10 Business Days of the expiry of the Initial Resolution Period, upon the Expert to be appointed, the matter shall be referred to the
President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales who shall be requested to determine, as soon as practicable after such referral, the identity of the Expert to resolve the Dispute. 

  

	18.6	The person appointed pursuant to clause 18.4 or, as the case may be, clause 18.5, shall be an “Expert” for the purposes of this Agreement.

  

	18.7	The procedure to be followed in order to resolve the Dispute shall be decided by the Expert, save that such procedure shall include the taking of submissions from each of the
Disputing Parties. 

  

	18.8	Each Disputing Party shall provide or procure the provision to the Expert of all such information as the Expert shall reasonably require, including provision of such information by
its advisers, and shall give all such assistance to the Expert as the Expert shall reasonably require and as shall be required to allow the Expert to reach a decision as soon as reasonably practicable. 

  

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	18.9	The Expert shall be instructed to make a determination in respect of the Dispute within the shortest practical time from his appointment and to deliver a report to the Disputing
Parties stating his opinion as to the matters under dispute. 

  

	18.10	Any Expert shall act as an expert and not as an arbitrator. 

  

	18.11	The decision of the Expert shall, in the absence of fraud or manifest error, be final and binding on the Disputing Parties. 

  

	18.12	The costs of the Expert shall be paid by the parties in dispute equally or as otherwise determined by the Expert. 

  
 Arbitration 
  

	18.13	If a Dispute arises which is not expressly required by this Agreement to be referred to Expert determination and it is not resolved by the Disputing Parties within the Initial
Resolution Period (or such longer period as the parties may mutually agree), the Dispute shall be referred to arbitration in accordance with clause 18.14. 

  

	18.14	Any Dispute to be referred to arbitration under this Agreement shall be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration under the Rules of the London Court of International
Arbitration, which rules are deemed to be incorporated into this clause 18.14. The tribunal shall consist of one arbitrator. The seat of arbitration shall be London. The language of arbitration shall be English. 

  
 Interlocutory relief 
  

	8.15	Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent a party from applying to the court for interlocutory relief pending the resolution of a matter in dispute in accordance with the provisions
of this Agreement. 

  
 Investment Bank

  

	18.16	If, pursuant to this Agreement, a matter requires resolution by an Investment Bank, BE plc and NLF shall use their reasonable endeavours to agree upon the appointment of an
investment bank of international repute. 

  

	18.17	If BE plc and NLF do not agree on such appointment within 10 Business Days of the matter which requires resolution arising, the matter shall be referred to the City Disputes Panel
who shall be requested to determine, as soon as practicable after such referral, the identity of the Investment Bank. 

  

	18.18	The person appointed pursuant to clause 18.16 or, as the case may be, clause 18.17, shall be an “Investment Bank” for the purposes of this Agreement.

  

	18.19	Any Investment Bank shall act as an expert and not as an arbitrator. 

  

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	19.	LIABILITY 

  

	19.1	The obligations of each BE Party under this Agreement are joint and several. If any liability of any of those BE Parties is, or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any
respect, that shall not affect or impair the liabilities of the other under this Agreement. 

  

	19.2	Where NLF exercises any discretion granted to it, or makes any decisions or judgment which it is entitled or obliged to make, or complies with its obligations, or otherwise takes
any action, in each case, in accordance with, or as contemplated by, this Agreement, NLF may in respect of any such matter: 

  

	 	(A)	seek the advice of one or more Advisers on any aspect of such performance; and 

  

	 	(B)	rely on the advice received from any such Adviser unless NLF knows (without being obliged to make any further enquiries) such advice is wrong, 

  
 and the parties agree and acknowledge that NLF shall not be liable under
clauses 3.6, 4.4, 6.8, 7.6, 10.2, 11.1 and 17.4 for any judgment, decision or discretion exercised or taken by it in good faith in reliance on such advice. 
  

	20.	RELEASE OF BE PARTIES 

  

	20.1	NLF or the Secretary of State may release or compromise the liability of any of the BE Parties or grant time or other indulgence to the same under or in connection with this
Agreement without releasing or reducing the liability of any other party. 

  

	20.2	Where a liability of either of the BE Parties is released or compromised, the others shall continue to be liable in respect of that obligation. 

  

	21.	REMEDIES AND WAIVERS 

  

	21.1	No delay or omission by any party to this Agreement in exercising any right, power or remedy provided by law or under this Agreement or any other documents referred to in it shall
affect that right, power or remedy or operate as a waiver thereof. 

  

	21.2	The single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy provided by law or under this Agreement shall not preclude any other or further exercise of such right, power or remedy
or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. 

  

	21.3	The rights, powers and remedies provided in this Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, powers and remedies provided by law. 

  

	22.	ASSIGNMENT 

  
 Prohibition on Assignment 
  

	22.1	Subject to the remaining provisions of this clause 22 (Assignment), no BE Party may at any time: 

  

	 	(A)	assign all or any part of the benefit of, or its rights or benefits under, this Agreement; or 

  

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	 	(B)	make a declaration of trust in respect of or enter into any arrangement whereby it agrees to hold in trust for any other person all or any part of the benefit of, or its rights and
benefits under, this Agreement; or 

  

	 	(C)	sub-contract or enter into any arrangement whereby another person is to perform any or all of its obligations under this Agreement. 

  
 Intra-Group Assignment 
  

	22.2	Each BE Party may assign and transfer all or any part of its rights, benefits and obligations under this Agreement to a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Group or to the Ultimate
Parent Company if: 

  

	 	(A)	the assignee has a Power Station transferred to it by a BEG Entity; 

  

	 	(B)	the assignee holds all necessary regulatory consents and approvals for (a) undertaking the Operation of that Power Station and (b) Decommissioning and Discharging Uncontracted
Liabilities in relation to that Power Station if the nuclear reactors at the Power Station have permanently ceased generating electricity; 

  

	 	(C)	the assignee delivers to NLF and the Secretary of State a duly completed and executed Deed of Adherence; 

  

	 	(D)	NLF and the Secretary of State have received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part 2 of Schedule 6 (Form of Deed of Adherence) in relation to
that assignee; 

  

	 	(E)	the assignee has entered into a deed of adherence in respect of, and in accordance with the terms of, the NLFA, the Option Agreement and the Historic Liabilities Funding Agreement;
and 

  

	 	(F)	the assignee has become an Additional Guarantor in accordance with the Guarantee and has delivered all documents in connection therewith. 

  

	22.3	The transferring party hereby undertakes to NLF and the Secretary of State to procure that any assignee referred to in clause 22.2 shall hold all the necessary regulatory
consents and approvals referred to in clause 22.2(B). 

  

	22.4	Each BE Party hereby accepts and agrees that any new party executing a Deed of Adherence shall upon execution of that deed be treated for all purposes as if the new party had
executed this Agreement subject only to the provisions of the Deed of Adherence. 

  

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 Assignment to Third Parties 
  

	22.5	Each BE Party may assign and transfer all or any part of its rights, benefits and obligations under this Agreement to any person which is not a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Group
or the Ultimate Parent Company. Any such assignment or transfer must be effected pursuant to, and in accordance with, the provisions of clause 33.3 of the NLFA, such provisions to apply mutatis mutandis to an assignment or transfer under this
Agreement. 

  
 Disclosure of Information 
  

	22.6	Each BE Party may disclose to a proposed assignee information in its possession relating to the provisions of this Agreement and the other parties which it is necessary to disclose
for the purposes of the proposed assignment, notwithstanding the provisions of clause 26 (Confidentiality). That disclosure shall be made with the prior approval in writing of the other parties where the information is not publicly
available. 

  
 Successor Government Entity 
  

	22.7	The Secretary of State may at any time assign all or any part of the benefit of her rights or benefits under this Agreement and/or any causes of action arising in connection with
this Agreement to their successors in title, a Minister of the Crown, the Treasury, a department, non-departmental body or other agency of the Crown, any body corporate established by statute some or all of the members of which are appointed by a
Minister of the Crown or other government entity or any person directly or indirectly wholly owned by, or held on trust for, the Secretary of State or other Minister of the Crown. 

  

	22.8	The NLF may (subject to receipt of the prior written consent of the Secretary of State) at any time assign all or any part of the benefit of its rights or benefits under this
Agreement and/or any causes of action arising in connection with this Agreement to their successors in title, a Minister of the Crown, the Treasury, a department, non-departmental body or other agency of the Crown, any body corporate established by
statute some or all of the members of which are appointed by a Minister of the Crown or other government entity or any person directly or indirectly wholly owned by, or held on trust for, the Secretary of State or other Minister of the Crown.

  

	23.	ENTIRE AGREEMENT 

  

	23.1	This Agreement and the other Liabilities Documents constitute the whole and only agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter of this Agreement and the other
Liabilities Documents. 

  

	23.2	Each party acknowledges that in entering into this Agreement and the other Liabilities Documents it is not relying upon any pre-contractual statement which is not set out in this
Agreement and the other Liabilities Documents. 

  

	23.3	Except in the case of fraud, no party shall have any right of action against any other party to this Agreement arising out of or in connection with any pre-contractual statement
except to the extent that it is repeated in one or more of the other Liabilities Documents. 

  

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	23.4	For the purposes of this clause 23 (Entire Agreement), “pre-contractual statement” means any draft agreement, undertaking, representation, warranty,
promise, assurance or arrangement of any nature whatsoever, whether or not in writing, relating to the subject matter of one or more of the other Liabilities Documents made or given by any person at any time prior to the execution of this Agreement
by all parties to it. 

  

	24.	NOTICES 

  

	24.1	A notice under this Agreement shall only be effective if it is in writing. Telexes and e-mail notices are not permitted but faxes are permitted. 

  

	24.2	Notices under this Agreement shall be sent to a party at its address or facsimile number and for the attention of the individual set out below: 

  

							
	 Party

	 	 Address

	 	 Facsimile No.

	 	 Attention

	The Secretary of State	 	 One Victoria Street,
 London
 SW1H 0ET
	 	*****	 	 Head of British
 Energy Team,
 Energy Group

				
	NLF	 	 78 Hatton Garden
 London
 EC1N 8JA
	 	*****	 	Company Secretary
				
	BEG	 	 c/o The Company Secretary,
 British Energy Group
plc,
 Systems House,
 Alba Campus,
 Livingston EH54 7EG
	 	*****	 	 Company Secretary,
 British Energy
 Group plc

				
	BEG(UK)	 	 c/o The Company Secretary,
 British Energy Group
plc,
 Systems House,
 Alba Campus,
 Livingston EH54 7EG
	 	*****            	 	 Company Secretary,
 British Energy
 Group plc

				
	BE plc	 	 c/o The Company Secretary,
 British Energy Group
plc,
 Systems House,
 Alba Campus,
 Livingston EH54 7EG
	 	*****	 	 Company Secretary,
 British Energy
 Group plc

				
	Holdings	 	 c/o The Company Secretary,
 British Energy Group
plc,
 Systems House,
 Alba Campus,
 Livingston EH54 7EG
	 	*****	 	 Company Secretary,
 British Energy
 Group plc

  

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 provided that a party may change its notice details on giving notice to the other parties of the change
in accordance with this clause 24 (Notices). That notice shall only be effective on the day falling five clear Business Days after the notification has been received or such later date as may be specified in the notice. 
  

	24.3	Any notice given under this Agreement shall, in the absence of earlier receipt, be deemed to have been duly given as follows: 

  

	 	(A)	if delivered personally, on delivery; 

  

	 	(B)	if sent by first class post from the UK to a UK address, two clear Business Days after the date of posting; 

  

	 	(C)	if sent by first class post to an address abroad, five clear Business Days after the date of posting; and 

  

	 	(D)	if sent by facsimile, when clearly received in full. 

  

	24.4	Any notice given under this Agreement outside Working Hours in the place to which it is addressed shall be deemed not to have been given until the start of the next period of
Working Hours in such place. 

  

	24.5	The provisions of this clause 24 (Notices) shall not apply in relation to the service of Service Documents. 

  

	25.	ANNOUNCEMENTS 

  

	25.1	Subject to clause 25.2 and 25.3, no announcement concerning the subject matter of this Agreement or any ancillary matter shall be made by any party without the prior
written approval of the others, that approval not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. 

  

	25.2	A party may, after consultation with the other parties, make an announcement concerning the subject matter of this Agreement or any ancillary matter if required by:

  

	 	(A)	law; or 

  

	 	(B)	any securities exchange or regulatory or governmental body to which that party is subject or submits, wherever situated, including (amongst other bodies) the London Stock Exchange,
the UK Listing Authority, the Financial Services Authority or the UK Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, whether or not the requirement has the force of law. 

  

	25.3	The Secretary of State may make an announcement to Parliament concerning the subject matter of this Agreement or any ancillary matter if she considers that it is appropriate to do
so pursuant to her duty to Parliament, but where reasonably practicable shall consult with BE plc prior to such announcement. 

  

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	25.4	The restrictions contained in this clause 25 (Announcements) shall continue to apply without limit in time. 

  

	26.	CONFIDENTIALITY 

  

	26.1	Each party shall treat as confidential all information obtained as a result of entering into or performing this Agreement which relates to: 

  

	 	(A)	the provisions of this Agreement; 

  

	 	(B)	the negotiations relating to this Agreement; 

  

	 	(C)	the subject matter of this Agreement; 

  

	 	(D)	the business and operations, assets, liabilities and financial position of the Group; or 

  

	 	(E)	another party. 

  

	26.2	Each party shall: 

  

	 	(A)	not disclose any such confidential information to any person other than any of its directors or employees or those of any of the Group who needs to know such information in order to
discharge his duties; and 

  

	 	(B)	procure that any person to whom any such confidential information is disclosed by it complies with the restrictions contained in this clause 26 (Confidentiality) as if
such person were a party to this Agreement. 

  

	26.3	Notwithstanding the other provisions of this clause 26 (Confidentiality), any party may disclose confidential information: 

  

	 	(A)	if and to the extent required by law (including, for the purposes of this clause 26.3(A), applicable accounting standards) or for the purpose of any judicial proceedings;

  

	 	(B)	if and to the extent required by any securities exchange or regulatory or governmental body to which that party is subject or submits, wherever situated, including (amongst other
bodies) the UK Listing Authority, the London Stock Exchange, the Financial Services Authority or the UK Panel on Takeovers and Mergers, whether or not the requirement for information has the force of law; 

  

	 	(C)	if and to the extent required to vest the full benefit of this Agreement in that party; 

  

	 	(D)	if and to the extent required for the purpose of any dispute resolution pursuant to clause 18 (Dispute Resolution); 

  

	 	(E)	to its professional advisers, auditors and bankers; 

  

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	 	(F)	if and to the extent the information has come into the public domain through no fault of that party; 

  

	 	(G)	to the extent necessary to enable the party to perform its obligations under this Agreement; 

  

	 	(H)	if and to the extent the other parties have given prior written consent to the disclosure, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; 

  

	 	(I)	pursuant to clause 22.6; or 

  

	 	(J)	to any of the following: 

  

	 	(i)	the Bondholders and the Consenting Bondholders (each as defined in the Creditor Restructuring Agreement); 

  

	 	(ii)	Enron Capital and Trade Resources International Corporation, Total Gas & Power Limited and Teesside Power Limited; 

  

	 	(iii)	the EPL Lenders (as defined in the Creditor Restructuring Agreement); 

  
 and their respective actual or potential transferees, their respective professional advisers, auditors and bankers, and, if and to the extent required by
any regulatory body or governmental body to which any of the entities referred to above respectively is subject or submits, whether or not the requirement for information has the force of law. 
  
 Any information to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph (A), (B) or
(C) shall be disclosed only after notice to the other parties. 
  

	26.4	NLF acknowledges that it may receive price-sensitive information pursuant to this Agreement and that the use of such information may be regulated or prohibited by law. NLF shall not
unlawfully disclose any such information to another person or otherwise unlawfully make use or take advantage of such information. 

  

	26.5	Notwithstanding any other provision of this clause 26 (Confidentiality), the Secretary of State may disclose information to Parliament to the extent that she considers
that it is appropriate to do so pursuant to her duty to Parliament but where reasonably practicable shall consult with BE plc prior to such disclosure. 

  

	26.6	The restrictions contained in this clause 26 (Confidentiality) shall apply without limit in time. 

  

	27.	COSTS AND EXPENSES 

  
 Except as otherwise agreed in writing or as stated in this Agreement, each party shall pay its own costs and expenses in relation to the negotiation,
preparation, execution and carrying into effect of this Agreement and all other documents referred to in it. 
  

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	28.	COUNTERPARTS 

  

	28.1	This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and by the parties on separate counterparts, but shall not be effective until each party has executed at least one
counterpart. 

  

	28.2	Each counterpart shall constitute an original of this Agreement, but all the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. 

  

	29.	INVALIDITY 

  
 If at any time any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction, that
shall not affect or impair: 
  

	 	(A)	the legality, validity or enforceability in that jurisdiction of any other provision of this Agreement; or 

  

	 	(B)	the legality, validity or enforceability under the law of any other jurisdiction of that or any other provision of this Agreement. 

  

	30.	CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD PARTIES) ACT 1999 

  
 The parties to this Agreement do not intend that any term of this Agreement should be enforceable, by virtue of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties)
Act 1999, by any person who is not a party to this Agreement. 
  

	31.	CHOICE OF GOVERNING LAW 

  
 This Agreement is to be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. 
  

	32.	JURISDICTION 

  

	32.1	The courts of England are to have jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement. Any Proceedings may be brought in the English courts.

  

	32.2	Any Proceedings may also be brought in the courts of Scotland. 

  

	32.3	Any party may bring Proceedings in any court which has jurisdiction other than by virtue of clause 33 (Agent for Service). 

  

	32.4	This clause 32 (Jurisdiction) shall not limit the right of any party to bring Proceedings, to the extent permitted by law, in the courts of more than one jurisdiction
at the same time. 

  

	32.5	Each party waives (and agrees not to raise) any objection, on the ground of forum non conveniens or on any like ground, to the taking of Proceedings by another party in any
court in accordance with this clause 32 (Jurisdiction). Each party also agrees that a judgment against it in Proceedings brought in any jurisdiction in accordance with this clause 32 (Jurisdiction) shall be conclusive and
binding upon it and may be enforced in any other jurisdiction. 

  

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	32.6	Each party irrevocably submits and agrees to submit to the jurisdiction of the English courts and of any other court in which Proceedings may be brought in accordance with this
clause 32 (Jurisdiction). 

  

	32.7	This clause 32 (Jurisdiction) is subject to the provisions of clause 18 (Dispute Resolution). 

  

	33.	AGENT FOR SERVICE 

  

	33.1	Each of BEG(UK), BE plc and Holdings (the “Appointing Parties”) irrevocably appoints BEG to be its agent for the receipt of Service Documents and each agrees that
any Service Document may be effectively served on it in connection with Proceedings in England and Wales by service on its agent effected in any manner permitted by the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (as amended). 

  

	33.2	If the agent of the Appointing Parties at any time ceases for any reason to act as such for any of the Appointing Parties, that or those Appointing Parties shall appoint a
replacement agent having an address for service in England and Wales and shall notify the other parties of the name and address of the replacement agent. Failing such appointment and notification, the Secretary of State shall be entitled by notice
to appoint a replacement agent to act on behalf of the Appointing Parties. The provisions of this clause 33 (Agent for Service) applying to service on an agent apply equally to service on a replacement agent. 

 

	33.3	A copy of any Service Document served on an agent of one or both of the Appointing Parties shall be sent by post to the relevant Appointing Party or Parties. Failure or delay in so
doing shall not prejudice the effectiveness of service of the Service Document. 

  

	33.4	NLF irrevocably appoints PKF of 78 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8JA (Attn: David Venus) to be its agent for the receipt of Service Documents and agrees that any Service Document may
be effectively served on it in connection with Proceedings in England and Wales by service on its agent effected in any manner permitted by the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 (as amended). 

  

	33.5	If the agent of NLF at any time ceases for any reason to act as such NLF shall appoint a replacement agent having an address for service in England and Wales and shall notify the
other parties of the name and address of the replacement agent. Failing such appointment and notification, BE plc shall be entitled by notice to appoint a replacement agent to act on behalf of NLF. The provisions of this clause 33 (Agent
for Service) applying to service on an agent apply equally to service on a replacement agent. 

  

	33.6	A copy of any Service Document served on an agent of NLF shall be sent by post to NLF. Failure or delay in so doing shall not prejudice the effectiveness of service of the Service
Document. 

  

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 Schedule 1 
 Power Stations 
  
 Part
1: Power Stations 
  

	1.	The land described in Part 1 of and the nuclear installations described in Part II of Schedule 1 to Nuclear Site Licence No. 61 dated on or after 25 March 1996 and known as
Dungeness “B” station. 

  

	2.	The land described in Part 1 of and the nuclear installations described in Part II of Schedule 1 to Nuclear Site Licence No. 59 dated on or after 25 March 1996 and known as
Hartlepool nuclear power station. 

  

	3.	The land described in Part 1 of and the nuclear installations described in Part II of Schedule 1 to Nuclear Site Licence No. 60 dated on or after 25 March 1996 and known as Heysham
1 station. 

  

	4.	The land described in Part 1 of and the nuclear installations described in Part II of Schedule 1 to Nuclear Site Licence No. 60 dated on or after 25 March 1996 and known as Heysham
2 station. 

  

	5.	The land described in Part 1 of and the nuclear installations described in Part II of Schedule 1 to Nuclear Site Licence No. 62 dated on or after 25 March 1996 and known as Hinkley
Point “B” station. 

  

	6.	The land described in Part 1 of and the nuclear installations described in Part II of Schedule 1 to Nuclear Site Licence No. 63 dated on or after 25 March 1996 and known as Sizewell
“B” station. 

  

	7.	The land described in Part 1 of and the nuclear installations described in Part II of Schedule 1 to Nuclear Site Licence No. Sc 11 dated on or after 25 March 1996 and known as
Hunterston “B” station. 

  

	8.	The land described in Part 1 of and the nuclear installations described in Part II of Schedule 1 to Nuclear Site Licence No. Sc 10 dated on or after 25 March 1996 and known as
Torness nuclear power station. 

 Part 2: Scheduled Closure Dates 
  

			
	 Station

	 	 Scheduled Closure Date

	Dungeness B	 	31 March, 2008
	Hartlepool	 	31 March, 2014
	Heysham 1	 	31 March, 2014
	Heysham 2	 	31 March, 2023
	Hinkley Point B	 	31 March, 2011
	Sizewell B	 	31 March, 2035
	Hunterston B	 	31 March, 2011
	Torness	 	31 March, 2023

  
  

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 Schedule 2 
 Calculation of NLF Payment Percentage 
  
 The NLF Payment Percentage will be 65 per cent. as at the Restructuring Date and will be subject to the adjustments detailed in this Schedule 2 (Calculation of NLF Payment Percentage) thereafter. 
  

	1.	ISSUE OF ORDINARY SHARES 

  
 If and wherever BE plc: (i) issues Ordinary Shares or sells Ordinary Shares held as Treasury Shares after the Restructuring Date other than an issue or sale (as the case
may be) at less than 95 per cent. of the Current Market Price as at the date of such issue or sale; or (ii) issues Ordinary Shares after the Restructuring Date as a result of the exercise of rights, granted on or after the Restructuring Date, of
conversion into, exchange or subscription for, or purchase of, such Ordinary Shares (including Ordinary Shares issued for cash pursuant to rights to subscribe for or purchase such Ordinary Shares under the Warrants (as defined in the Creditors
Restructuring Agreement)) (each, a “Share Issue”), the NLF Payment Percentage shall be reduced as follows from the date of the Share Issue: 
  

					
	 P
	 	=	 	    x × y      
	 	 	 y + z(1 – x)

  
 where: 
  

	 	P	is the new NLF Payment Percentage expressed as a decimal; 

  

	 	x	is the NLF Payment Percentage previously in effect expressed as a decimal; 

  

	 	y	is the number of Ordinary Shares and Conversion Shares in issue prior to the Share Issue (excluding any Ordinary Shares held by BE plc as Treasury Shares); and

  

	 	z	is the number of Ordinary Shares issued or sold out of treasury by BE plc pursuant to the Share Issue. 

  

	2.	PAYMENT OF CASH DISTRIBUTIONS AND NLF PAYMENTS 

  

	(A)	If and whenever BE plc makes any Cash Distribution or an NLF Payment is made the NLF Payment Percentage shall be adjusted on the relevant Record Date for that Cash Distribution or
the relevant NLF Payment Date (as the case may be) as follows: 

  

	
	                                   (A × B)/(1
–
A)                                    

	 B /(1 – A) + (((1 – G)/G × C) + ((1 – A)/A × F) –
D)/ E

  
 where: 
  

	 	A	is the current NLF Payment Percentage expressed as a decimal; 

  

	 	B	is the number of Ordinary Shares and Conversion Shares in issue at the relevant Record Date or NLF Payment Date (as the case may be); 

  

	 	C	is the NLF Payment, if any; 

	 	D	is an amount equal to such Cash Distribution, if any; 

  

	 	E	is the average of the middle market quotation for an Ordinary Share derived from the Daily Official List of the London Stock Exchange for the 60 days immediately preceding the date
of the Cash Distribution or NLF Payment Date; 

  

	 	F	is any Additional Payment made pursuant to paragraph 2(B) below; and 

  

	 	G	is the Weighted Average Payment Percentage as at the relevant Record Date or NLF Payment Date (as the case may be). 

  

	(B)	If BE plc makes any Cash Distribution which is more than: 

  

			
	 (1 – G)
	 	× C
	     G    
	 

  
 BE plc may elect to
make a further payment to the NLF (an “Additional Payment”), at the same time as such Cash Distribution, equal or up to: 
  

															
	  (A × D)	 	– C ×	 	(	 	1 – G	 	×	 	    A    	 	 	 	)
	  (1 – A)	 	 	 	  G  	 	 	 1 – A	 	 	 

  
 where A, D
and G have the same meanings as in paragraph 2(A) above and C is the NLF Payment (if any) made at the same time as such Cash Distribution, provided that BE plc shall not make any Additional Payment to the extent it reduces
the NLF Payment Percentage to less than the NLF Payment Percentage prevailing immediately prior to the Cash Distribution being made. 
  

	3.	PARTIAL EXERCISE OF NLF CONVERSION RIGHTS 

  
 Any partial exercise by NLF of the NLF Conversion Rights shall reduce the NLF Payment Percentage as follows from the date of exercise: 
  
 P = B – (A × B) 
  
 where: 
  

	 	P	is the new NLF Payment Percentage expressed as a percentage; 

  

	 	A	is the percentage of the NLF Conversion Rights available to NLF immediately prior to such exercise exercised by NLF expressed as a decimal; and 

  

	 	B	is the NLF Payment Percentage in effect immediately prior to such partial exercise expressed as a percentage. 

  

	4.	FURTHER ADJUSTMENTS TO THE NLF PAYMENT PERCENTAGE 

  
 If any of the events described in paragraphs (A) to (G) below (each an “Adjustment Event”) occur the NLF Payment Percentage
shall be adjusted. Adjustments will be by reference to C, where C is a nominal “Conversion Factor” per Ordinary Share, being 100 as at the Restructuring Date, as adjusted from time to time pursuant to paragraphs (A) to
(G) below. 
  

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 The NLF Payment Percentage immediately following an Adjustment Event shall be equal to: 
  

	
	     N     (expressed as a percentage)
 E + N

  
 where: 
  

	 	E	is the number of Ordinary Shares and Conversion Shares in issue immediately following the Adjustment Event; and 

  

	 	N	is the number of Conversion Shares to be issued to NLF upon exercise in full of the NLF Conversion Rights immediately following the Adjustment Event and is equal to:

  

	
	 Nt × Ct

	     C

  
 where: 
  

	 	Nt	is the number of Conversion Shares to be issued to NLF upon exercise in full of the NLF Conversion Rights immediately prior to the Adjustment Event; 

 

	 	Ct	is the Conversion Factor immediately prior to the Adjustment Event; and 

  

	 	C	is the Conversion Factor immediately following the Adjustment Event. 

  
 The adjustments to the Conversion Factor described in paragraphs (A) to (G) below will result in adjustments to C (and consequently the NLF
Payment Percentage) in accordance with the above. 
  

	(A)	Capital Distributions 

  
 Subject to paragraph (H) below, if and whenever BE plc pays or makes any Capital Distribution to the Ordinary Shareholders, the Conversion Factor
shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor in force immediately prior to such Capital Distribution by the following fraction: 
  

													
	A –	 	(	 	B –	 	   D    	 	 	 	)	 	 
	 	 	 	  Nt	 	 	 	 	 
	A	 	 
	 

  

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 where: 
  

	 	A	is the Current Market Price of one Ordinary Share on the Dealing Day last preceding the date on which the Capital Distribution is publicly announced; 

  

	 	B	is the Fair Market Value on the date of such announcement of the portion of the Capital Distribution attributable to one Ordinary Share; and 

  

	 	D	is the amount of any payment notified and paid to NLF by BE plc prior to or at the same time as such Capital Distribution (where 

 does not exceed B). 

  
 Any payments referred to in D above shall be at the discretion of BE plc, shall be made in addition to any other payment obligations of any member of the Group under this Agreement and must not result in a reduction
to the NLF Payment Percentage below the NLF Payment Percentage prevailing immediately prior to such Capital Distribution. Any adjustment to the NLF Payment Percentage as a result of such payment shall become effective on the Record Date of the
Capital Distribution to which it relates is made. 
  

	(B)	Issue by Way of Rights 

  
 If and whenever BE plc issues Ordinary Shares to Ordinary Shareholders as a class by way of rights, or grants to Ordinary Shareholders as a class by way
of rights, options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any Ordinary Shares, in each case at a price per Ordinary Share which is less than 95 per cent. of the Current Market Price per Ordinary Share on the Dealing Day last
preceding the date of the announcement of the terms of the issue or grant of such Ordinary Shares, options, warrants or other rights, the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor in force immediately prior to such
issue or grant by the following fraction: 
  

	
	 A + B

	 A + C

  
 where: 
  

	 	A	is the number of Ordinary Shares and Conversion Shares in issue immediately before such announcement; 

  

	 	B	is the number of Ordinary Shares which the aggregate consideration (if any) payable for the Ordinary Shares issued by way of rights, or for the options or warrants or other rights
issued by way of rights and for the total number of Ordinary Shares comprised therein would purchase at such Current Market Price per Ordinary Share; and 

  

	 	C	is the number of Ordinary Shares issued or, as the case may be, comprised in the issue or grant. 

  

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 Such adjustment shall become effective on the first date on which the Ordinary Shares are traded
ex-rights, ex-options or ex-warrants on the London Stock Exchange. 
  

	(C)	Issue of Securities 

  
 Subject to paragraph (H) below, if and whenever BE plc issues any Securities (other than Ordinary Shares or options, warrants or other rights to
subscribe for or purchase any Ordinary Shares) to Ordinary Shareholders as a class by way of rights or grants to Ordinary Shareholders as a class by way of rights any options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any Securities
(other than Ordinary Shares or options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any Ordinary Shares), the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor in force immediately prior to such issue or grant by the
following fraction: 
  

													
	A –	 	(	 	B –	 	   D    	 	 	 	)	 	 
	 	 	 	  Nt	 	 	 	 	 
	A	 	 

  
 where: 
  

	 	A	is the Current Market Price of one Ordinary Share on the Dealing Day immediately preceding the date on which the terms of such issue or grant are publicly announced;

  

	 	B	is the Fair Market Value on the date of such announcement of the portion of the rights attributable to one Ordinary Share; and 

  

	 	D	is the amount of any payment notified and paid to NLF by BE plc prior to or at the same time as such issue of Securities (where 

 does not exceed B). 

  
 Any payments referred to in D above shall be at the discretion of BE plc, shall be made in addition to any other payment obligations of any member of the Group under this Agreement and must not result in a reduction
to the NLF Payment Percentage below the NLF Payment Percentage prevailing immediately prior to such issue of Securities. Any adjustment to the NLF Payment Percentage as a result of such payment shall become effective on the first date on which the
Ordinary Shares are traded ex-rights, ex-options or ex-warrants on the London Stock Exchange. 
  

	(D)	Issue of Ordinary Shares 

  
 If and whenever BE plc (i) issues (otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (B) above) wholly for cash any Ordinary Shares (other than Conversion
Shares issued on the exercise of the NLF Conversion Rights or on the exercise of the Warrants (as defined in the Creditors Restructuring Agreement) or of any other rights of conversion into, or exchange or subscription for, or purchase of, Ordinary
Shares), or (ii) grants (otherwise than as mentioned in paragraph (B) above) wholly for cash any options, warrants or other rights to subscribe for or purchase any Ordinary Shares, or sell any Ordinary Shares previously held as Treasury
Shares wholly for cash in each case at a price per Ordinary Share in respect of which the aggregate consideration receivable (whether at the time of grant or upon exercise of the rights to subscribe for or purchase such Ordinary Shares) is less than
95 per cent. of the Current Market Price per Ordinary Share on the Dealing Day last preceding the date of announcement of the terms of such issue or grant, the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor in force
immediately prior to such issue or grant by the following fraction: 
  

	
	A + B
	A + C

  

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 where: 
  

	 	A	is the number of Ordinary Shares and Conversion Shares in issue immediately before the issue of such additional Ordinary Shares or the grant of such options, warrants or rights or
the sale of such Treasury Shares; 

  

	 	B	is the number of Ordinary Shares which the aggregate consideration (if any) receivable for the issue of such Ordinary Shares or, as the case may be, for the Ordinary Shares to be
issued or otherwise made available upon the exercise of any such options, warrants or rights would purchase at such Current Market Price per Ordinary Share; and 

  

	 	C	is the maximum number of Ordinary Shares to be issued pursuant to such issue of such additional Ordinary Shares or upon exercise of such options, warrants or rights or to be sold
pursuant to the sale of the Treasury Shares. 

  
 Such adjustment shall become effective on the Record Date for such issue of additional Ordinary Shares or, as the case may be, the grant of such options, warrants or rights. 
  

	(E)	Issue of Convertible Securities 

  
 If and whenever BE plc or any Subsidiary or (at the direction or request of or pursuant to any arrangements with BE plc or any Subsidiary) any other
company, person or entity issues wholly for cash (otherwise than as mentioned in paragraphs (B), (C) or (D) above) any Securities (other than the New Bonds or the Conversion Shares) which by their terms of issue carry rights of
conversion into, or exchange or subscription for, or purchase of, Ordinary Shares issued or to be issued by BE plc (or shall grant any such rights in respect of existing Securities so issued) or carry rights which may entitle such Securities to be
redesignated as Ordinary Shares (other than the Conversion Shares), and the consideration per Ordinary Share receivable upon conversion, exchange, subscription or redesignation is less than 95 per cent. of the Current Market Price per Ordinary Share
on the Dealing Day last preceding the date of announcement of the terms of issue of such Securities (or the terms of such grant), the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor in force immediately prior to such issue
(or grant) by the following fraction: 
  

	
	A + B
	A + C

  

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 where: 
  

	 	A	is the number of Ordinary Shares and Conversion Shares in issue immediately before such issue or grant; 

  

	 	B	is the number of Ordinary Shares which the aggregate consideration (if any) receivable for the Ordinary Shares to be issued upon conversion or exchange or upon exercise of the right
of subscription or purchase attached to such Securities or, as the case may be, for the Ordinary Shares to be issued or to arise from any such redesignation would purchase at such Current Market Price per Ordinary Share; and

  

	 	C	is the maximum number of Ordinary Shares to be issued upon conversion or exchange of such Securities or upon the exercise of such rights of subscription or purchase attached thereto
at the initial conversion, exchange, subscription or purchase price or rate or, as the case may be, the maximum number of Ordinary Shares to be issued or to arise from any such redesignation. 

  
 Such adjustment shall become effective on the date of issue or grant.

  

	(F)	Modification of Rights 

  
 If and whenever there shall be any modification of the rights of conversion, exchange, subscription or purchase attaching to any such Securities as are
mentioned in paragraph (E) above (other than in accordance with the terms (including terms as to adjustment) applicable to such Securities) so that following such modification the consideration per Ordinary Share receivable upon conversion,
exchange, subscription or purchase is less than 95 per cent. of the Current Market Price per Ordinary Share on the Dealing Day last preceding the date of announcement of the proposals for such modification, the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by
multiplying the Conversion Factor in force immediately prior to such modification by the following fraction: 
  

	
	A + B
	A + C

  
 where: 
  

	 	A	is the number of Ordinary Shares and Conversion Shares in issue immediately before such modification; 

  

	 	B	is the number of Ordinary Shares which the aggregate consideration (if any) receivable by BE plc for the Ordinary Shares to be issued upon conversion or exchange or upon
exercise of the right of subscription or purchase attached to such Securities, in each case as so modified, would purchase at such Current Market Price per Ordinary Share or, if lower, the existing conversion, exchange, subscription or purchase
price of such Securities; and 

  

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	 	C	is the maximum number of Ordinary Shares to be issued upon conversion or exchange of such Securities or upon the exercise of such rights of subscription or purchase attached thereto
at the modified conversion, exchange, subscription or purchase price or rate but giving credit in such manner as an independent investment bank of international repute, selected by BE plc and approved in writing by NLF, shall, acting as an expert,
consider appropriate for any previous adjustment under this paragraph or paragraph (E) above. 

  
 Such adjustment shall become effective on the date of modification of the rights of conversion, exchange, subscription or purchase attaching to such
Securities. 
  

	(G)	Offer of Securities 

  
 Subject to paragraph (H) below, if and whenever BE plc or any of the Subsidiaries or (at the direction or request of, or pursuant to any
arrangements with, BE plc or any of the Subsidiaries) any other company, person or entity shall offer any Securities in connection with which offer Ordinary Shareholders as a class are entitled to participate in arrangements whereby such Securities
may be acquired by them (except where the Conversion Factor falls to be adjusted under paragraph (B) (or would fall to be so adjusted if the relevant issue or grant was at a price less than 95 per cent. of the Current Market Price per
Ordinary Share on the relevant Dealing Day) or paragraph (C) above) the Conversion Factor shall be adjusted by multiplying the Conversion Factor in force immediately before the making of such offer by the following fraction: 
  

													
	A –	 	(	 	B –	 	   D	 	 	 	)	 	 
	 	 	 	  Nt	 	 	 	 	 
	        A	 	 

  
 where: 
  
  

					
	A	    	is the Current Market Price of one Ordinary Share on the Dealing Day immediately preceding the date on which the terms of such offer are publicly announced;	 	 
			
	B	    	is the Fair Market Value on the date of such announcement of the portion of the relevant offer attributable to one Ordinary Share; and	 	 
			
	D	    	is the amount of any payment notified and paid to NLF by BE plc prior to or at the same time as such offer of
 Securities	 	 

					
	 (where
	  	  D  	  	does not exceed B).
	  	  Nt  	  

  
 Any payments referred
to in D above shall be at the discretion of BE plc, shall be made in addition to any other payment obligations of any member of the Group under this Agreement and must not result in a reduction to the NLF Payment Percentage below the NLF Payment
Percentage prevailing immediately prior to such offer of Securities. 

  

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Any adjustment to the NLF Payment Percentage as a result of such payment shall become effective on the first date on which the Ordinary Shares are traded
ex-rights on the London Stock Exchange. 
  

	(H)	Further Adjustments 

  

	 	(i)	If either: 

  

	 	(a)	any party determines that an adjustment should be made to the NLF Payment Percentage as a result of one or more events or circumstances not referred to in paragraphs (A) to
(G) above (even if the relevant event or circumstance is specifically excluded from the operation of paragraphs (A) to (G) above); or 

  

	 	(b)	paragraph (A), (C) or (G) would otherwise apply but the value of 

									
	(	 	B  -	 	D	 	 )   
	 	would equal or exceed A,
	 	 	Nt	 	 

  
 NLF and BE plc shall
request the Investment Bank to determine as soon as practicable what adjustment (if any) to the Conversion Factor is fair and reasonable to take account thereof and the date on which such adjustment should take effect. 
  

	 	(ii)	Upon such determination such adjustment (if any) shall be made and shall take effect in accordance with such determination, provided that an adjustment shall only be made pursuant
to this paragraph (H) if such investment bank is so requested to make such a determination not more than 50 Business Days after the date on which the relevant event or circumstance arises, and provided that where the circumstances giving rise
to any adjustment pursuant to this Schedule 2 (Calculation of NLF Payment Percentage) have already resulted or will result in an adjustment to the Conversion Factor or where the circumstances giving rise to any adjustment arise by
virtue of any other circumstances which have already given or will give rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Factor, such modification (if any) shall be made to the operation of the provisions of this Schedule 2 (Calculation of NLF
Payment Percentage) as may be advised by the Investment Bank to be in their opinion appropriate to give the intended result. 

  

	 	(iii)	The fees charged by the Investment Bank for making such a determination shall be shared equally by NLF and BE plc. 

  

	5.	SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS RELATING TO ADJUSTMENT OF THE CONVERSION FACTOR 

  

	(A)	Where more than one event which gives or may give rise to an adjustment to the Conversion Factor occurs within such a short period of time that in the opinion of the Investment Bank
the foregoing provisions would need to be operated subject to some modification in order to give the intended result, such modification shall be made to the operation of the foregoing provisions as may be advised by such Investment Bank to be in its
opinion appropriate in order to give such intended result. 

  

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	(B)	No adjustment will be made to the Conversion Factor where Ordinary Shares or other Securities (including rights, warrants and options) are issued, offered, exercised, allotted,
appropriated, modified or granted to, or for the benefit of, employees or former employees (including directors holding or formerly holding executive office) of BE plc or any of its Subsidiaries or any associated company or to trustees to be held
for the benefit of any such person, in any such case pursuant to any employees’ share scheme (as defined in section 743 Companies Act 1985). 

  

	(C)	If any doubt shall arise as to the appropriate adjustment to the Conversion Factor, a certificate of the Investment Bank shall be conclusive and binding on all concerned, save in
the case of manifest or proven error. 

  

	(D)	On any adjustment, the resultant Conversion Factor shall be rounded down to two decimal places. Any amount by which the Conversion Factor has been rounded down, shall be carried
forward and taken into account in any subsequent adjustment. 

  

	6.	DEFINITIONS 

  
 For the purposes of this Agreement “Current Market Price” means, in respect of an Ordinary Share at a particular date, the average of the
bid and offer quotations published in the London Stock Exchange Daily Official List for one Ordinary Share for the five consecutive Dealing Days (in respect of which such quotations are published) ending on the Dealing Day (in respect of which such
quotations are published) immediately preceding such date, provided that if at any time during the said five day period the Ordinary Shares shall have been quoted ex-dividend or ex-any other entitlement and during some other part of that period the
Ordinary Shares shall have been quoted cum-dividend or cum-any other entitlement then: 
  

	 	(i)	if the Ordinary Shares to be delivered do not rank for the dividend or entitlement in question, the quotations on the dates on which the Ordinary Shares shall have been quoted
cum-dividend or cum-any other entitlement shall for the purpose of this definition be deemed to be the amount thereof reduced by an amount equal to the amount of that dividend or other cash entitlement or, as the case may be, the value (as
determined by the Investment Bank) of any entitlement or dividend (where that is other than cash) per Ordinary Share (excluding, in the case of a dividend in cash, any associated tax credit and less the tax (if any) falling to be deducted on payment
thereof to a resident of the United Kingdom); or 

  

	 	(ii)	if the Ordinary Shares to be delivered do rank for the dividend or entitlement in question, the quotations on the dates on which the Ordinary Shares shall have been quoted
ex-dividend or ex-any other entitlement shall for the purpose of this definition be deemed to be the amount thereof increased by such similar amount, 

  

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 and provided further that if the Ordinary Shares on each of the said five Dealing Days have been quoted
cum-dividend or cum-any other entitlement in respect of a dividend or entitlement which has been declared or announced but the Ordinary Shares to be delivered do not rank for that dividend or entitlement, the quotations on each of such dates shall
for the purposes of this definition be deemed to be the amount thereof reduced by an amount equal to the amount of that dividend or other cash entitlement, or as the case may be, the value (as determined by the Investment Bank) of any entitlement or
dividend (where that is other than cash) per Ordinary Share (excluding, in the case of a dividend in cash, any associated tax credit and less the tax (if any) falling to be deducted on payment thereof to a resident of the United Kingdom).

  

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 Schedule 3 
 Covenants 
  

	1.	BE plc covenants to the Secretary of State and NLF that, prior to NLF’s entitlement to NLF Payments being satisfied in full by the exercise of the NLF Conversion Rights, it
shall: 

  

	 	(A)	not issue any shares other than Ordinary Shares save as contemplated by the terms of the restructuring referred to in the recitals to this Agreement without the prior written
consent of NLF; 

  

	 	(B)	keep available for issue, free from pre-emptive rights or other similar rights out of its authorised but unissued share capital such number and class of shares as would enable the
NLF Conversion Right and all rights of subscription and exchange for and conversion into Ordinary Shares to be satisfied in full; 

  

	 	(C)	use all reasonable endeavours to obtain and deliver to NLF any necessary report under section 103 of the Companies Act 1985 upon exercise of the NLF Conversion Rights;

  

	 	(D)	use all reasonable endeavours to procure that any Ordinary Shares to be issued upon, or resulting from conversion of the Conversion Shares (including any shares issued under
clause 11.7), are admitted to the Official List of the UKLA and to trading on the London Stock Exchange as soon as reasonably practicable after the date on which NLF notifies BE plc that it intends to dispose of Conversion Shares pursuant to
clause 11.8, and in relation to the preparation for such admission, shall consult with NLF and provide such information relating thereto as NLF may reasonably request; 

  

	 	(E)	if (i) any offer is made to (a) all (or as nearly as may be practicable all) Ordinary Shareholders or (b) all (or as nearly as may be practicable all) Ordinary Shareholders other
than the offeror and/or any associate of the offeror (as defined in section 430E(4) of the Companies Act 1985) to acquire the whole or any part of the issued ordinary share capital of BE plc, or (ii) if any person proposes a scheme with regard to
such acquisition, give notice of such offer or scheme to NLF at the same time as any notice thereof is sent to its Ordinary Shareholders (or as soon as practicable thereafter) and use reasonable endeavours to ensure that NLF is given the opportunity
of exercising the NLF Conversion Rights prior to expiry of the offer and that the offer extends to the shares issued to NLF upon conversion; 

  

	 	(F)	not make any Cash Distribution or Capital Distribution in respect of Ordinary Shares to the extent that the aggregate of the Cash Distributions paid and Capital Distributions made
in respect of the Ordinary Shares since the Restructuring Date would exceed the aggregate of A x (1-P) for each Financial Period since the Restructuring Date, where, in respect of each Financial Period: 

  

	 	A	is the greater of zero and the Adjusted Net Cash Flow for that Financial Period; and 

	 	P	is the Weighted Average Payment Percentage for that Financial Period, 

  
 unless at or prior to the date on which the Cash Distribution or Capital Distribution is made, an Additional Payment is made to NLF equal or up to:

  

															
	  (A × D)	 	–   C  ×	 	(	 	1 – G	  	× 	 	    A	 	 	 	)
	  (1 – A)	 	 	 	    G	  	 	 1 – A	 	 	 

  
 as provided for in
paragraph 2(B) of Schedule 2 (Calculation of NLF Payment Percentage); 
  

	 	(G)	make additional payments to NLF pursuant to Schedule 2 (Calculation of NLF Payment Percentage) and do or desist from doing any other act to the extent necessary to
prevent the NLF Payment Percentage exceeding 65 per cent.; 

  

	 	(H)	not in any way modify the rights attaching to the Ordinary Shares with respect to voting, dividends or liquidation nor issue any other class of equity share capital carrying any
rights which are more favourable than such rights but so that, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, nothing in this paragraph (H) shall prevent: 

  

	 	(i)	any consolidation, reclassification or subdivision of the Ordinary Shares or the conversion of any Ordinary Shares into stock or vice versa; or 

  

	 	(ii)	any issue of equity share capital where the issue of such equity share capital results in an appropriate adjustment to the NLF Payment Percentage in accordance with Schedule
2 (Calculation of NLF Payment Percentage); 

  

	 	(I)	procure that no Securities (other than Ordinary Shares), whether (i) issued by BE plc or any of its Subsidiaries or procured by BE plc or any of its Subsidiaries to be issued or
(ii) issued without rights to convert into or exchange or subscribe for Ordinary Shares, shall subsequently be granted such rights exercisable at a consideration per Ordinary Share which is less than 95 per cent. of the Current Market Price per
Ordinary Share at the close of business on the last Dealing Day preceding the date of the announcement of the proposed inclusion of such rights unless the same gives rise to an appropriate adjustment to the NLF Payment Percentage in accordance with
Schedule 2 (Calculation of NLF Payment Percentage); 

  

	 	(J)	not reduce its issued share capital, or any uncalled liability in respect thereof, or any non-distributable reserves, except: 

  

	 	(i)	pursuant to the terms of issue of the relevant share capital; 

  

	 	(ii)	by means of a purchase or redemption of share capital to the extent permitted by applicable law; 

  

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	 	(iii)	by way of transfer to reserves as permitted under applicable law; 

  

	 	(iv)	as permitted by section 130(2) of the Companies Act; or 

  

	 	(v)	where the reduction is permitted by applicable law and results in an appropriate adjustment to the NLF Payment Percentage in accordance with Schedule 2 (Calculation of NLF
Payment Percentage); and 

  

	 	(K)	provide NLF with sufficient prior written notice of any event or offer effected by or on behalf of BE plc or any member of the Group which affects or is available to Ordinary
Shareholders, so as to ensure that NLF has adequate time to consider carefully, and, if it so decides, to exercise the NLF Conversion Rights (whether wholly or in part) in order to participate in, such offer or event. 

  

	2.	Each BE Party covenants to the Secretary of State and NLF that, for so long as any member of the Group owns and operates any Power Station: 

  

	 	(A)	it shall not announce or pay any Cash Distributions or make any Capital Distributions or make or enter into a legally binding commitment to make (or allow any member of the Group to
make or enter into a legally binding commitment to make) any acquisitions of any undertaking or participating interest in an undertaking unless: 

  

	 	(i)	as at the end of the immediately preceding Financial Period the amount of Cash and Collateral Amounts (each as disclosed in the Accounts in that Financial Period) equalled or
exceeded the aggregate of: 

  

	 	(a)	the NLF Payment (if any) for such preceding Financial Period; 

  

	 	(b)	the amount allocated to the Forecast Expenditure Reserve for the current Financial Period; 

  

	 	(c)	the aggregate amount of such Cash Distributions, Capital Distributions and the aggregate consideration for such acquisitions (less any amount allocated to the Forecast Expenditure
Reserve in respect of any such acquisitions); and 

  

	 	(d)	the Target Amount on the date on which such Cash Distribution is declared, Capital Distribution is made or acquisition (or legally binding commitment to make such acquisition) is
made; and 

  

	 	(ii)	as at the end of the then current Financial Period the amount of Cash and Collateral Amounts (each to be disclosed in the Accounts in that Financial Period) would or would be likely
to equal or exceed the aggregate of: 

  

	 	(a)	the aggregate amount of such Cash Distributions, Capital Distributions and the consideration for such acquisitions; and 

  

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	 	(b)	the Target Amount as at the end of the then current Financial Period. 

  

	 	(B)	it shall not incur or enter into any legally binding commitment to incur expenditure (and shall procure that no member of the Group shall incur or enter into any legally binding
commitment to incur expenditure) for any purpose other than: 

  

	 	(i)	the Agreed Collateral Purposes in accordance with, and subject to, the Trading Policies; 

  

	 	(ii)	covering lost revenue and costs from outages of generating stations; 

  

	 	(iii)	meeting: 

  

	 	(a)	working capital requirements (including the provision of collateral for such purposes); 

  

	 	(b)	payments or repayments of principal and interest due in respect of outstanding Group Borrowings including, for the avoidance of doubt, any amounts to be paid under a Mandatory
Repurchase Offer, as described in the terms applying to the New Bonds; and 

  

	 	(c)	operating costs and expenses of the Group; and 

  

	 	(iv)	funding expenditure in respect of any or all of the Power Stations and/or Eggborough, the primary purpose of which is any of the following: 

  

	 	(a)	maintenance of the Power Stations and/or Eggborough; 

  

	 	(b)	non-recurring maintenance of the Power Stations and/or Eggborough; 

  

	 	(c)	repair of a capital nature to the Power Stations and/or Eggborough; 

  

	 	(d)	enabling aggregate annual output of the Power Stations at a level which is around the highest annual output of the Power Stations in any one of the immediately preceding five
Financial Periods (subject to a minimum of 68 TWh), such annual output calculation to be appropriately adjusted as Power Stations are Closed, provided that, without prejudice to the foregoing paragraphs of this paragraph 2(B), this
paragraph (d) does not permit capital investment in excess of £20 million per annum (or such higher amount as the Secretary of State may, in her absolute discretion, agree from time to time) where the principal purpose of such capital
investment is to enable the extension of the Scheduled Closure Date of one or more of the Power Stations; and/or 

  

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	 	(e)	enabling output at Eggborough at a level which is consistent with historical performance levels. 

  
 (any such expenditure incurred or to be incurred for purposes other than those set out in paragraph (i), (ii),
(iii) or (iv) above being “Restricted Expenditure”) unless either: 
  

					
	(i)	  	(a)	  	as at the end of the immediately preceding Financial Period the amount of Cash and Collateral Amounts disclosed in the Accounts equalled or exceeded the aggregate of:

  

	 	(1)	the NLF Payment (if any) for such preceding Financial Period; 

  

	 	(2)	the amount allocated to the Forecast Expenditure Reserve for the current Financial Period; and 

  

	 	(3)	the Target Amount applying on the date on which the proposed expenditure is to be incurred (or the legally binding commitment to incur such expenditure is made); and

  

	 	(b)	as at the end of the then current Financial Period the amount of Cash and Collateral Amounts (each to be disclosed in the Accounts in that Financial Period) would or would be likely
to equal or exceed the aggregate of: 

  

	 	(1)	the amount of Restricted Expenditure incurred or to be incurred in the then current Financial Period; and 

  

	 	(2)	the Target Amount as at the end of the then current Financial Period; or 

  

	 	(ii)	the Restricted Expenditure is already provided for in the Forecast Expenditure Reserve; 

  

	 	(C)	it shall not use, and shall procure that no member of the Group shall use, amounts allocated to the Forecast Expenditure Reserve for any purposes other than those set out in
clause 10.1; and 

  

	 	(D)	it shall (and shall procure that each member of the Group shall): (i) only adopt Trading Policies which are prudent in light of the Group’s on-going financial resources and
obligations; and (ii) endeavour to comply with such Trading Polices. 

  

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	3.	A BE Party will not be deemed to be in breach of: 

  

	 	(A)	paragraph 2(A) if, on the date on which it makes an acquisition of an undertaking or participating interest in an undertaking, it would otherwise be in breach of paragraph
2(A) but, at the time on which it made a legally binding commitment to make that acquisition, it was in compliance with the requirements of that paragraph. 

  

	 	(B)	paragraph 2(B) if, on the date on which it incurs expenditure, it would otherwise be in breach of paragraph 2(B) but, at the time on which it made a legally binding
commitment to incur that expenditure, it was in compliance with the requirements of that paragraph. 

  

	4.	No member of the Group shall be restricted by paragraph 2 from: 

  

	 	(A)	incurring expenditure, up to a maximum amount of: 

  

	 	(i)	£2,000,000 for the Financial Period ending 31 March 2005; 

  

	 	(ii)	£1,500,000 for the Financial Period ending 31 March 2006; and 

  

	 	(iii)	£1,000,000 for each Financial Period thereafter, 

  
 on the development of renewable energy projects (a) identified and agreed by BE plc and the Secretary of State as at the Restructuring Date and (b) which
would qualify for ROCs (as defined in Article 2 of The Renewables Obligation Order 2002), including costs incurred in the sale of such projects but excluding any costs of construction; 
  

	 	(B)	exercising one or more options, identified and agreed by BE plc and the Secretary of State as at the Restructuring Date, to purchase wind farm developments pursuant to the
“Option to Purchase and Development Services in Relation to Wind Farm Sites” dated 20 November 2001 between British Energy Renewables Ltd and Amec Services Ltd, subject to the aggregate exercise fees paid since 29 November 2002 not
exceeding £10,000,000; or 

  

	 	(C)	complying with its obligations under the agreed forms of each of the following: 

  

	 	(i)	the New CTA; 

  

	 	(ii)	the Amended EPL Facility Agreement; 

  

	 	(iii)	the Share Option; and 

  

	 	(iv)	the Asset Option, 

  
 (each as defined in the Creditors Restructuring Agreement). 
  

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	5.	Nothing in this Schedule 3 (Covenants) shall prevent any member of the Group from complying with its obligations under the Liabilities Documents or from implementing
the restructuring in accordance with or as contemplated by the Creditors Restructuring Agreement. 

  

	6.	As used in this Schedule 3 (Covenants): 

  
 “agreed form” has the meaning given to that expression in the Creditors Restructuring Agreement; 
  
 “equity share capital” means, in relation to BE plc its
issued share capital excluding any part of that capital which, neither as regards dividends nor as regards capital carries any right to participate beyond a specified amount in a distribution; and 
  
 “ordinary share capital” means, in relation to BE plc, its
issued share capital other than capital in respect of which the holders have a right to a dividend at a fixed rate but have no other right to share in the profits of BE plc. 
  

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 Schedule 4 
 Form of NLF Cash Flow Statement 
  
 The
basis for consolidation of the NLF Cash Flow Statement will be the same as for the Accounts, save that any partly owned subsidiary undertakings or undertaking which NLF has at any time agreed in writing, in its absolute discretion, not being
unreasonably withheld, and on such terms as it may specify, shall be excluded from such consolidation. Each NLF Cash Flow statement shall be in the same or a substantially similar form to the following: 
  

					
	 Increase/decrease in cash (as per the Accounts)
	    	l	    	 
	 [Reconciling Items]1
	    	l	    	 
	 Increase/decrease in Cash
	    	l	    	 
	 Plus:  Payments to NLF2
	    	l	    	 
	 Prior period transfer to Forecast Expenditure Reserve3
	    	l	    	 
	 Reduction in Target Amount4
	    	l	    	 
	 Cash Distributions paid in the Relevant Period5
	    	l	    	 
	 Less: Amounts received from issue or sale of Ordinary Shares6
	    	l	    	 
	 Transfer to Forecast Expenditure Reserve in Relevant Period7
	    	l	    	 
	 Cash required to be retained to meet Target Amount8
	    	l	    	 
	 	    	
	    	 
			
	Adjusted Net Cash Flow	    	l	    	 
	 	    	
	    	 
			
	Weighted Average Payment Percentage	    	l	    	 
	 	    	
	    	 
	NLF Payment	    	l	    	 
	 	    	
	    	 
	
	    	 	    	 

	1	Description of the items to reconcile cash as per the Accounts to Cash. 

	2	These are the aggregate of any payments made by or on behalf of the Group to or to the order of NLF during the Relevant Period (excluding Decommissioning Payments
and PWR Fuel Payments). 

	3	This is the amount allocated or reallocated to the Forecast Expenditure Reserve in respect of the calculation of the Adjusted Net Cash Flow for the preceding
period by notice given pursuant to clause 10.1 or 10.4 within the first 10 Business Days of the Relevant Period. 

	4	This is the lesser of (a) the net reduction (if any) to the Target Amount during the Relevant Period made pursuant to clause 9.1(A) and (b) the amount of
Cash as at the end of the Financial Period immediately preceding the Relevant Period (as disclosed in the NLF Cash Flow Statement for that Financial Period) less the Target Amount as reduced pursuant to clause 9.1(A).

	5	This is the aggregate amount paid to shareholders by BE plc by way of Cash Distribution during the Relevant Period. 

	6	This is the aggregate amount received as a result of the issue of Ordinary Shares (including any subscription monies received in respect of the exercise of
warrants) or any sale of Ordinary Shares held by BE plc as Treasury Shares out of treasury during the Relevant Period. 

	7	This is the amount allocated or reallocated to the Forecast Expenditure Reserve in respect
of the calculation of the Adjusted Net Cash Flow for the Relevant Period by notice given pursuant to clause 10.1 or 10.4 within the first 10 Business Days of the financial period following the Relevant Period.

	8	This is the net increase in Cash Reserves (if any) in the Relevant Period up to an amount not more than the Target Amount. 

 Schedule 5 
 Decommissioning Payments 
  

			
	 Decommissioning Payments

	  	 Decommissioning Payment Dates

	 £5,000,000
	  	31 March 2005
	 £5,000,000
	  	30 June 2005
	 £5,000,000
	  	30 September 2005
	 £5,000,000
	  	31 December 2005
	 £5,000,000
	  	31 March 2006
	 £5,000,000
	  	30 June 2006
	 £5,000,000
	  	30 September 2006
	 £5,000,000
	  	31 December 2006
	 £5,000,000
	  	31 March 2007
	 £5,000,000
	  	30 June 2007
	 £5,000,000
	  	30 September 2007
	 £5,000,000
	  	31 December 2007
	 £5,000,000
	  	31 March 2008
	 £5,000,000
	  	30 June 2008
	 £5,000,000
	  	30 September 2008
	 £5,000,000
	  	31 December 2008
	 £5,000,000
	  	31 March 2009
	 £5,000,000
	  	30 June 2009
	 £5,000,000
	  	30 September 2009
	 £5,000,000
	  	31 December 2009
	 £5,000,000
	  	31 March 2010
	 £4,375,000
	  	30 June 2010

  

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	 Decommissioning Payments

	  	 Decommissioning Payment Dates

	 £4,375,000
	  	30 September 2010
	 £4,375,000
	  	31 December 2010
	 £4,375,000
	  	31 March 2011
	 £4,375,000
	  	30 June 2011
	 £4,375,000
	  	30 September 2011
	 £4,375,000
	  	31 December 2011
	 £4,375,000
	  	31 March 2012
	 £4,375,000
	  	30 June 2012
	 £4,375,000
	  	30 September 2012
	 £4,375,000
	  	31 December 2012
	 £4,375,000
	  	31 March 2013
	 £3,125,000
	  	30 June 2013
	 £3,125,000
	  	30 September 2013
	 £3,125,000
	  	31 December 2013
	 £3,125,000
	  	31 March 2014
	 £3,125,000
	  	30 June 2014
	 £3,125,000
	  	30 September 2014
	 £3,125,000
	  	31 December 2014
	 £3,125,000
	  	31 March 2015
	 £3,125,000
	  	30 June 2015
	 £3,125,000
	  	30 September 2015
	 £3,125,000
	  	31 December 2015
	 £3,125,000
	  	31 March 2016

  

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	 Decommissioning Payments

	  	 Decommissioning Payment Dates

	 £1,875,000
	  	30 June 2016
	 £1,875,000
	  	30 September 2016
	 £1,875,000
	  	31 December 2016
	 £1,875,000
	  	31 March 2017
	 £1,875,000
	  	30 June 2017
	 £1,875,000
	  	30 September 2017
	 £1,875,000
	  	31 December 2017
	 £1,875,000
	  	31 March 2018
	 £1,875,000
	  	30 June 2018
	 £1,875,000
	  	30 September 2018
	 £1,875,000
	  	31 December 2018
	 £1,875,000
	  	31 March 2019
	 £1,875,000
	  	30 June 2019
	 £1,875,000
	  	30 September 2019
	 £1,875,000
	  	31 December 2019
	 £1,875,000
	  	31 March 2020
	 £1,875,000
	  	30 June 2020
	 £1,875,000
	  	30 September 2020
	 £1,875,000
	  	31 December 2020
	 £1,875,000
	  	31 March 2021
	 £1,875,000
	  	30 June 2021
	 £1,875,000
	  	30 September 2021
	 £1,875,000
	  	31 December 2021

  

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	 Decommissioning Payments

	  	 Decommissioning Payment Dates

	 £1,875,000
	  	31 March 2022
	 £1,875,000
	  	30 June 2022
	 £1,875,000
	  	30 September 2022
	 £1,875,000
	  	31 December 2022
	 £1,875,000
	  	31 March 2023
	 £1,875,000
	  	30 June 2023
	 £1,875,000
	  	30 September 2023
	 £1,875,000
	  	31 December 2023
	 £1,875,000
	  	31 March 2024
	 £1,875,000
	  	30 June 2024
	 £1,875,000
	  	30 September 2024
	 £1,875,000
	  	31 December 2024
	 £1,875,000
	  	31 March 2025
	 £625,000
	  	30 June 2025
	 £625,000
	  	30 September 2025
	 £625,000
	  	31 December 2025
	 £625,000
	  	31 March 2026
	 £625,000
	  	30 June 2026
	 £625,000
	  	30 September 2026
	 £625,000
	  	31 December 2026
	 £625,000
	  	31 March 2027
	 £625,000
	  	30 June 2027
	 £625,000
	  	30 September 2027

  

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	 Decommissioning Payments

	  	 Decommissioning Payment Dates

	 £625,000
	  	31 December 2027
	 £625,000
	  	31 March 2028
	 £625,000
	  	30 June 2028
	 £625,000
	  	30 September 2028
	 £625,000
	  	31 December 2028
	 £625,000
	  	31 March 2029
	 £625,000
	  	30 June 2029
	 £625,000
	  	30 September 2029
	 £625,000
	  	31 December 2029
	 £625,000
	  	31 March 2030
	 £625,000
	  	30 June 2030
	 £625,000
	  	30 September 2030
	 £625,000
	  	31 December 2030
	 £625,000
	  	31 March 2031
	 £625,000
	  	30 June 2031
	 £625,000
	  	30 September 2031
	 £625,000
	  	31 December 2031
	 £625,000
	  	31 March 2032
	 £625,000
	  	30 June 2032
	 £625,000
	  	30 September 2032
	 £625,000
	  	31 December 2032
	 £625,000
	  	31 March 2033
	 £625,000
	  	30 June 2033

  

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	 Decommissioning Payments

	  	 Decommissioning Payment Dates

	 £625,000
	  	30 September 2033
	 £625,000
	  	31 December 2033
	 £625,000
	  	31 March 2034
	 £625,000
	  	30 June 2034
	 £625,000
	  	30 September 2034
	 £625,000
	  	31 December 2034
	 £625,000
	  	31 March 2035
	 £625,000
	  	30 June 2035
	 £625,000
	  	30 September 2035
	 £625,000
	  	31 December 2035
	 £625,000
	  	31 March 2036
	 £625,000
	  	30 June 2036
	 £625,000
	  	30 September 2036
	 £625,000
	  	31 December 2036
	 £625,000
	  	31 March 2037

	

  
  

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 Schedule 6 
 Form of Deed of Adherence 
  
 Part 1: Form of Deed of Adherence 
  
 THIS DEEDPOLL
is made on [            ] by [            ], a company incorporated [in/under the laws of]
[            ] under registered number [            ], whose registered office is at
[            ] (the “Acceding Party”). 
  
 WHEREAS: 
  

	(A)	By an agreement dated [            ], [            ]
transferred to the Acceding Party the nuclear power generating station[s] at [            ] and the electricity generating business relating thereto (the “Power
Station[s]”). 

  

	(B)	This Deed Poll is entered into in compliance with the terms of clause 22 (Assignment) of the Contribution Agreement dated ·, 2004 between (1) the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, (2) Nuclear Liabilities Fund Limited, (3) British Energy Generation (UK) Limited, (4) British Energy Generation
Limited, (5) BE plc and (6) Holdings (as such agreement shall have been or may be amended, supplemented or novated from time to time) (the “Contribution Agreement”). 

  

	THIS	DEED POLL WITNESSES as follows: 

  

	1.	Words and expressions defined in the Contribution Agreement shall have the same meanings in this Deed Poll unless given a different meaning in this Deed Poll.

  

	2.	The Acceding Party undertakes to adhere to and be bound by the provisions of the Contribution Agreement, and to perform the obligations imposed by the Contribution Agreement which
are to be performed on or after the date of this Deed Poll, in all respects as if the Acceding Party were a party to the Contribution Agreement and named therein as a party. 

  

	3.	The Acceding Party represents and warrants to the persons referred to in paragraph 4 of this Deed Poll that as at the date hereof: 

  

	 	3.1	it has all necessary regulatory consents and approvals for undertaking (i) the Operation of [the]/[each] Power Station (but only to the extent that the nuclear reactors at each such
Power Station have not permanently ceased generating electricity), and (ii) the Decommissioning of [the]/[each] Power Station and the Discharge of Uncontracted Liabilities in relation to [the]/[each] Power Station; 

  

	 	3.2	it is the [owner/operator] of the Power Station; 

  
 The Acceding Party also represents, warrants and covenants on the terms set out in clause 20 and 21 of the NLFA. 
  

	4.	This Deed Poll is made for the benefit of (a) the original parties to the Contribution Agreement and (b) any other person or persons who after the date of the Contribution Agreement
(and whether or not prior to or after the date of this Deed Poll) adheres to the Contribution Agreement. 

	5.	References in Schedule 1 (Power Stations) of the Contribution Agreement to a power station being licensed to BEG or BEG(UK) shall be construed as a reference to the
Power Station being licensed to the Acceding Party. 

  

	6.	The address and facsimile number of the Acceding Party for the purposes of clause 24 (Notices) of the Contribution Agreement are as follows: 

 

							
	 Party

	 	 Address

	 	 Facsimile no.

	 	 Attention

	 ·
	 	[Its registered office from time to time]	 	·	 	·

  

	7.	This Deed Poll shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law. 

  

	8.	The provisions of clause 32 (Jurisdiction) of the Contribution Agreement shall apply equally to this Deed Poll. 

  

	9.	[The agent for the receipt of Service Documents on behalf of the Acceding Party for the purposes of clause 33 (Agent for Service) of the Contribution Agreement is
· of ·.] 

  
 IN WITNESS of which this Deed Poll has been executed and delivered by the Acceding
Party on the date which first appears above. 
  
 [Appropriate execution
clause] 
  

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 Part 2: Additional information to be delivered by a New Party 
  

	1.	A certified copy of the Constitutional Documents of the assignee. 

  

	2.	A certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the assignee: 

  

	 	(A)	approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Deed of Adherence and the Liabilities Documents and resolving that it execute the Deed of Adherence; and

  

	 	(B)	authorising a specified person or persons to execute the Deed of Adherence on its behalf. 

  

	3.	A copy of any other authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the Secretary of State considers to be necessary or desirable in connection with the entry into and
performance by the New Party of the transactions contemplated by the Deed of Adherence or for the validity and enforceability of any Liabilities Document. 

  

	4.	Security documentation granting valid first ranking fixed and floating security in favour of NLF, in form and substance reasonably comparable to the security granted in favour of
the Secretary of State under or in connection with the Credit Facility Agreement (with such amendments as NLF may reasonably require), to secure the Decommissioning Default Payment, together with all consents and approvals required for the creation
of that security and/or such other security documentation as NLF may reasonably require for the purpose of creating security interests in favour of NLF over any or all of the assets and undertaking of the assignee, on such terms as NLF may
reasonably require for the purposes of securing the Decommissioning Default Payment. 

  

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	SIGNATORIES	

  

					
	 SECRETARY OF STATE
 SIGNED by a senior official of
the
 Department of Trade and Industry duly
 authorised to sign on
behalf of the Secretary of State:
	 	  
  
  

 
  

	 	 
			
	 SIGNED for and on behalf of
 NUCLEAR GENERATION
DECOMMISSIONING FUND LIMITED
 acting by:
	 	  
  

	 	 
			
	 SIGNED by
 as attorney for
 BRITISH ENERGY GENERATION
 (UK) LIMITED
	 	  

	 	 
			
	 SIGNED by
 as attorney for
 BRITISH ENERGY GENERATION
 LIMITED
	 	  

	 	 
			
	 SIGNED by
 as attorney for
 BRITISH ENERGY GROUP PLC
	 	  

	 	 
			
	 SIGNED by
 as attorney for
 BRITISH ENERGY HOLDINGS PLC
	 	  

	 	 

  

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