SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2016-08-04

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<DESCRIPTION>FORM OF 2016 THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
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<div><a name="sCDD3224AB0765EE73B372D4575BA9C27"></a></div><div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;"><br></font></div><div style="line-height:120%;text-align:right;font-size:10pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:10pt;">Exhibit 10.1</font></div></div><div><br></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of June 13, 2016 (this &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;) is entered into among Great Plains Energy Incorporated, a Missouri corporation (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Borrower</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;), and the lenders party hereto (the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Lenders</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;). All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement (defined below).</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:center;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">RECITALS</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">WHEREAS, the Borrower, the lenders party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as successor to Bank of America, N.A., as Administrative Agent, entered into that certain Credit Agreement dated as of August 9, 2010 (as amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 9, 2011, by the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2013, and by the First Extension and Waiver, dated as of December 17, 2014, the &#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Credit Agreement</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8221;)&#894; and</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Lenders amend the Credit Agreement as set forth below.</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-left:0px;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:48px;"><font style="padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;padding-right:48px;">1.</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Amendments</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">. The Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:96px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The definition of &#8220;Eurodollar Base Rate&#8221; in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 1.1</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#32;of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to insert the following proviso at the end of clause (b) thereof:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;padding-left:96px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8220;notwithstanding the foregoing, in each of clauses (a) and (b), if Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or any applicable successor page) shall be less than zero, such rate shall be deemed to be zero for purposes of this Agreement.&#8221;</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:justify;text-indent:96px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The definition of &#8220;Shareholders&#8217; Equity &#8221; in </font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Section 1.1</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#32;of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:</font></div><div style="line-height:120%;padding-bottom:16px;text-align:left;padding-left:96px;font-size:11pt;"><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;">&#8220;&#8220;</font><font style="font-family:inherit;font-size:11pt;text-decoration:underline;">Shareholders&#8217; Equity</font><font style="font-family:inheri