Common Terms Agreement
Common Terms Agreement
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EXPLANATORY NOTE
This template has been produced at the initiative of Infrastructure Asia to create a partially
standardised project finance common terms agreement which is suitable for use as a starting point for
negotiation in project finance transactions for different assets across multiple sectors in Asia, with the
objectives of shortening the time required for the negotiation of project finance loan documents and
improving regional projects' access to liquidity.
This template has been developed by Infrastructure Asia in conjunction with Clifford Chance LLP
and Allen & Gledhill LLP, after consultation with a group of project finance lenders and sponsors and
other legal practitioners in Asia.
This template incorporates loan mechanics from the Asia Pacific Loan Market Association Singapore
Law Primary Single Borrower, Single Guarantor, Single Currency Term Facility Agreement (dated 5
May 2020) and adds customary features for a project financing. It is intended to harmonise with the
Asia Pacific Loan Market Association Guidelines on Standardisation of Project Finance Loan
Documentation (dated 17 February 2020).
This template is intended to be used in conjunction with the template Term Sheet and the template
Mandate Letter which have also been developed as part of the same initiative and consultation
process.
Key assumptions
This template has been developed based on two key assumptions. If either of these assumptions do not
apply in a particular transaction, parties should make appropriate changes to the documentation.
1. Transaction structure assumption: The financing made available to the Borrower contemplated by
this template is a limited recourse, senior secured financing on a pari passu basis, provided by
lenders in the syndicated market.
2. Documentation structure assumption: This template forms part of a set of Finance Documents, all
of which are entered into and become effective before the financing becomes available to the
Borrower.
These two assumptions are described further below. Other more specific assumptions are noted in
footnotes in the template itself.
This template assumes that the financing made available to the Borrower has the following features:
Limited recourse: This template assumes that the financing is not on a full recourse basis (such as
the provision of a guarantee by the Sponsors/Shareholders or other creditworthy entities), but that
the claims of the finance parties in respect of the financing are principally against the Transaction
Security, the support made available by the Sponsors/Shareholders under the Shareholder
Contribution and Sponsor Support Agreement, and any contractual rights afforded to the finance
parties against third parties under the Direct Agreements or other agreements specific to the
transaction. In certain transactions, some finance parties may also benefit from additional credit
support, such as guarantee or insurance support provided by export credit agencies ("ECAs") in
respect of buyer credits (to take just one example). Additional provisions would need to be added
to this template, and other documents in the Finance Documents suite, to cater for such
arrangements.
Pari passu basis: This template has been prepared on the basis that the claims of the finance
parties are pari passu. Changes to this assumption would have significant impacts on the security
and intercreditor arrangements (not treated in this template) and could also have an impact on the
treatment of various sections of this template, including provisions relating to mandatory
prepayments, representations, undertakings and events of default among others.
Syndicated lenders: Project financing can be provided by a wide range of financiers, including
banks, funds, trusts, investors in different capital markets, insurers, multilateral finance
institutions ("IFIs"), development finance institutions ("DFIs"), and many other types of entities.
The inclusion of certain types of financiers can be critical to the bankability of Projects in
different sectors and jurisdictions. Since this template was developed with the objective of being
suitable for use as a starting point for negotiation in project finance transactions for different
assets across multiple sectors in Asia, it starts from the broad assumption that the financing is
sourced from the syndicated market. The documentation structure (described further in the next
section) would allow other types of senior secured debt (such as capital markets debt) to accede to
the intercreditor and security arrangements (on a pari passu basis with the syndicated financiers),
without acceding to the Common Terms Agreement. Where (as is commonly the case) financiers
outside the syndicated market participate in the financing, such as IFIs, DFIs or other types of
financiers, adjustments and additions will be required to the Common Terms Agreement and other
documents in the Finance Documents suite.
A consequence of the transaction structure assumption (described in the previous section) is that the
terms of a project financing are customarily split into a suite of Finance Documents. A "principle of
economy" applies to the allocation of provisions across the suite: provisions applying to all senior
secured creditors are located in the Finance Documents to which all senior secured creditors are party,
whereas provisions applying to only one, or a limited class, of senior secured creditors are located in
separate Finance Documents to which only those specific senior secured creditors (or their trustee or
agent) are party.
(a) a Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed under which one or more security trustees or
agents are appointed by the secured parties to hold the transaction security on behalf of
all secured parties, and the manner of applying security enforcement proceeds is set
out, and key arrangements between the senior secured creditors, such as voting on
common actions, restrictions on unilateral action by any individual senior secured
creditor, and sharing of payments are regulated;
(b) each of the Security Documents, under which each of the security grantors grants
security to the applicable security trustee or agent (who holds such security on behalf of
all secured parties);
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(c) one or more Accounts Agreements, under which payments into and out of the project
accounts, and the rights and obligations of the Account Banks, are regulated;
(d) one or more Subordination Agreements, under which the Sponsors/Shareholders will
agree to the subordination of their claims to the claims of the senior secured creditors;
and
(e) one or more Direct Agreements, under which contractual privity is created between one
or more representatives of the senior secured creditors and the counterparties to Project
Documents.
(a) a Shareholder Contribution and Sponsor Support Agreement, under which the
Sponsors/Shareholders will agree to certain contractual arrangements (including with
respect to equity contribution and (if applicable) share retention) and whose terms will
be subject to the requirements of a particular transaction;
(b) a Common Terms Agreement, under which terms that are common to each of the senior
secured lenders of the project company (but not other senior secured creditors, such as
hedge counterparties or noteholders) are documented;
(c) for each senior secured facility, a Facility Agreement under which the key terms for
utilising and servicing principal and interest under that facility are set out;
(d) for each hedge transaction (or set of hedge transactions) between the project company
and a hedge counterparty, a Hedging Agreement between the project company and that
hedge counterparty; and
(e) for each role undertaken by a senior secured party on behalf of all or a sub-set of the
senior secured parties (such as the Intercreditor Agent, the Security Agents, each
Facility Agent, etc.), a Fee Letter between the project company and that senior secured
party.
This is not a comprehensive list of Finance Documents. The documentation suite will need to be
tailored for each transaction.
What the list shows, however, is that the Common Terms Agreement does not (and is not
intended to) contain all the provisions required for a project financing. This principle is
fundamental to the documentation structure assumption on which this template is based. One
consequence of this is that the following security and intercreditor provisions (which are
applicable to all senior secured creditors) will not be found in this template, but will need to be
included in the other Finance Documents (which is the Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed
under this template):
(a) appointment of security agents and (if applicable) declaration of trust by the security
agents over secured property;
(j) voting mechanics among senior secured creditors, including the required threshold to
be met for different decisions, the way voting entitlements are calculated;
(q) contractual set-off rights of secured parties against matured obligations of obligors;
(w) accession mechanics relating to accession of additional obligors and senior secured
creditors1.
Please note that the list above is not exhaustive, and readers of this template should consider whether
other terms should be included in these Finance Documents (or other Finance Documents) on a case
by case basis. It may be useful to refer to templates published by APLMA and the Loan Market
Association for items (a), (c), (d), (g), (m), (p) to (t) and (w) as a starting point, although they should
be used with care to ensure all necessary adaptations are made for use in project finance transactions
generally and in the relevant transaction.
Readers should note that there are different ways of structuring project finance documentation.
Whilst this template has been prepared on the bases outlined above and some potential variations have
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There are different ways of documenting the accession mechanics. One approach is to have one
common accession deed for additional obligors and senior creditors to accede to all relevant finance
documents (to be attached to the Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed and the Shareholder
Contribution and Sponsor Support Agreement) and a transfer certificate/assignment agreement for
lenders (to be attached to each Facility Agreement).
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been mentioned above, careful consideration should be given to the structure that is the most
appropriate for use in the relevant transaction and the changes which need to be made to this template
to reflect any deviation of the relevant transaction from the present structure.
Securitisation
There has been increasing demand to customise project finance documentation in the Asia market to
facilitate any future securitisation of project finance loans. To the extent future securitisations of loans
made under documentation including this Common Terms Agreement, there are a number of areas
which readers should take into consideration at the origination/structuring stages of the project finance
transaction. As the structures of securitisations could vary, this template does not purport to create a
"one size fits all" approach but we set out below a non-exhaustive list of areas that may need to be
considered.
Transferability: The ability to assign or transfer a loan should be considered carefully if future
securitisations are intended. In such a scenario, readers may consider defining a new concept of a
"permitted securitisation" with assignment or transfers in relation to such permitted securitisation
being permitted under Clause 19.2 (Conditions of assignment or transfer) of this Common Terms
Agreement (together with any corresponding lender transfer restrictions in the Facility
Agreements) or adapting those provisions such that assignments and transfers are permitted if
prior notice is provided by the relevant Lender and no reasonable objection is received from the
borrower within a certain period of time.
An alternative structure for consideration is the use of an "originator trust", where a loan is not
assigned or transferred to the securitisation by the lending bank, but rather held on trust for the
securitisation vehicle by the lending bank. Parties will need to consider whether such a
declaration of trust without borrower consent or notification could be made under the lender
transfer restrictions in the Finance Documents, together with any additional lender transfer
restrictions in any credit enhancements (such as state guarantees and ECA cover).
Confidentiality: If future securitisations are intended, the list of persons to whom confidential
information could be disclosed by Finance Parties could be amended to cover counterparties to a
securitisation. Clause 30.2 (Disclosure of Confidential Information) provides a starting point and
allows disclosure to third parties providing services to the securitisation vehicle, the rating
agencies and the investors in a securitisation of the Finance Parties certain information, but the
relevant counterparties will differ from deal to deal and could include the following:
(a) arrangers and lead managers of the securitisation, who will need access to all material
information in respect of the project loans in order to ensure appropriate disclosure can be
made in a prospectus to investors;
(b) the servicer / collateral manager, who will generally need full access to everything which the
lending bank of the project loan has and will have access to as they will, broadly, fulfil the
administrative function of the lender after the assignment or transfer;
(c) investors, who will review the information contained in the prospectus as well as a data tape
setting out the historic data collected by the lending bank in respect of the project loan and all
future data collected about the project loans which is made available in frequent investor
reports; and
(d) trustees, who will (broadly) be provided with the same information as the investors.
Where limits are imposed which do not allow information to be freely shared with the
counterparties to a securitisation then it may be necessary to exclude that particular loan from a
securitisation, unless borrower consent is obtained.
Tax gross-up: Consideration should be given to the withholding tax treatment applicable to the
loan at the outset. Many banks benefit from zero, or low, withholding tax rates under double tax
treaties but securitisation vehicles – which are usually orphan companies, trusts or statutory
entities – do not benefit from those rates. The eligibility of non-bank lenders for withholding tax
relief in the applicable jurisdiction, and any features the project loan can include to benefit from
that eligibility, should be taken into account as part of the documentation process if future
securitisation is intended.
Set-off: To be eligible for inclusion in securitisations, it is often a requirement (of rating agencies
and investors) that loans exclude any rights of set-off which the underlying borrower may be able
to exercise against its obligation to repay the loan. The enforceability of restrictions on set-off
differs between jurisdictions and should be checked at origination. Set-off rights are contemplated
under this template to be included in the Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed and/or the
individual Facility Agreements.
Hedging: In the event that a lending bank sells its participation in the loan to a securitisation it
may no longer wish to leave the hedge outstanding. The cost of terminating such a hedge may
influence the overall cost of undertaking a securitisation. Some options for addressing this
include:
(a) allowing (without consent from the other lenders) the hedge to be moved to another financial
institution with a credit rating at least as high as the outgoing lender;
(b) the outgoing lender agreeing to pay the cost of implementing the new hedge; and/or
(c) if the hedge is "in the money", the incoming hedge counterparty paying the value to the
outgoing lender, or vice versa if the old hedge is "out of the money".
Readers may wish to adapt Schedule 8 ([Hedging) to reflect the above if future securitisations are
intended.
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Know your customer (KYC) provisions: Consideration should be given as to whether the KYC
provisions in Clause 15.16 ("Know your customer" checks) should be extended to allow the
various counterparties involved in that securitisation, such as the trustee, swap counterparties,
collateral manager, etc., to benefit from the KYC provisions in the project loan to allow them to
request information directly to satisfy their reasonable internal KYC requirements for future
securitisation purposes.
Closing remarks
Project financing transactions are typically bespoke and the terms vary depending on the sector, the
project jurisdiction, the level of recourse to the sponsors and other matters. As this template is
intended to be suitable for use for different assets across multiple sectors, the terms are not
customised to account for or to reflect practices or terms which are widely accepted by market
participants for a particular asset or a particular sector. Careful consideration should always be given
to the manner in which this template and any other suggested reference documents referred to in this
template should be adjusted to reflect the structure and the characteristics of the relevant transaction.
Readers should note that certain provisions in project finance transactions, in particular the
representations and warranties, covenants, events of default and financial covenants, are typically
heavily negotiated and customised, and the resulting position will be dependent on the particular
project, the particular asset, the parties involved (and their respective negotiation strength), specific
risk profiles and practicalities of each project. The position set out in this template is only intended to
serve as a starting point for discussion/negotiation.
Readers of this template acknowledge that all intellectual property rights associated with this template
are vested with Infrastructure Asia, the APLMA, Clifford Chance LLP and Allen & Gledhill LLP (as
applicable).
No representation or warranty is given by Infrastructure Asia, the APLMA, Clifford Chance LLP or
Allen & Gledhill LLP (or any of their affiliates):
Readers of this template should satisfy themselves as to its taxation, regulatory and accounting
aspects.
None of Infrastructure Asia, APLMA, Clifford Chance LLP or Allen & Gledhill LLP (or any of their
affiliates) is liable for any losses suffered by any person as a result of any contract made on the terms
of this template or which may arise from the presence of any errors or omissions in this template and
no proceedings shall be taken by any person in relation to such losses.
Readers choosing to use this template as the basis for preparing loan documentation for transactions
should note that in the absence of established market practice this template does not offer any
standardised position in relation to a number of fundamental structuring issues. Those issues will
require consideration and resolution by the relevant parties in the context of the relevant transaction.
Clause Page
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Part 2 [[ ] Facility................................................................................................................................150
Schedule 2 Conditions Precedent........................................................................................................151
Schedule 3 Form of Financial Report..................................................................................................157
Schedule 4 Form of Technical Adviser Certificate.............................................................................159
Schedule 5 Authorisations...................................................................................................................160
Schedule 6 Insurance...........................................................................................................................161
Schedule 7 Broker's Letter of Undertaking..........................................................................................162
Schedule 8 [Hedging............................................................................................................................165
Schedule 9 [Pre-Approved New Lender List].....................................................................................169
Schedule 10 Form of Transfer Certificate...........................................................................................170
Schedule 11 Form of Assignment Agreement.....................................................................................172
Schedule 12 Form of Accession Certificate........................................................................................175
Schedule 13 Notices.............................................................................................................................177
(1) [•], a [limited liability company] incorporated under the laws of [insert jurisdiction of
incorporation] with registration number [•] (the "Borrower");
(2) [•] and [•] as mandated lead arrangers (whether acting individually or together, the
"Mandated Lead Arrangers");
(3) THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Part 1 of Schedule 1 (Original Lenders) (in
such capacity, the "Original Term Loan A Facility Lenders");
(4) [THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Part 2 of Schedule 1 (Original Lenders) (in
such capacity, the "Original [ ] Facility Lenders");]2
(5) [•], in its capacity as agent of the other Finance Parties (in such capacity, the "Intercreditor
Agent"3);
(6) [•], in its capacity as agent of the Term Loan A Facility Lenders (in such capacity, the " Term
Loan A Facility Agent");4
(7) [[•], in its capacity as agent of the [ ] Facility Lenders (in such capacity, the "[ ] Facility
Agent");]
(8) [[•], in its capacity as offshore security [trustee][agent] 5 for the Secured Parties (in such
capacity, the "Offshore Security [Trustee][Agent]");]
(9) [[•], in its capacity as onshore security [trustee][agent] of the Secured Parties (in such
capacity, the "Onshore Security Agent"6);] and
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Delete or duplicate as necessary. This template Common Terms Agreement ("CTA") assumes that
there will be two or more term loan facilities, which will be used to partially fund Project Costs.
Additional changes would need to be included for the additional facilities such as working capital or
letter of credit facilities.
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Where there are a number of facilities with different funders, there is generally one overall agent
coordinating the facilities and then an individual Facility Agent for each separate facility. This
template CTA refers to the overall agent as the Intercreditor Agent throughout. If there is only one
facility in the transaction, there is no need for the Intercreditor Agent and the role of the Intercreditor
Agent can be played by the Facility Agent; and the references to the Intercreditor Agent in this
template CTA should be replaced by the Facility Agent.
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As per the above, if there are multiple facilities, insert the identity of each Facility Agent.
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This Agreement envisages that the Offshore Security Trustee/Agent will hold the Transaction
Security created under the Security Documents in respect of assets outside of the Project Jurisdiction
as trustee and this is reflected here. For simplicity, this Agreement refers to Offshore Security Agent
but readers could make a global change to refer to the term Offshore Security Trustee if preferred. If,
for any reason, the Offshore Security Agent is to hold the offshore Transaction Security as an agent, a
number of issues should be considered and the trustee provisions set out in the Security Trust and
Intercreditor Deed will need to reflect such considerations.
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Depending on the security package, it may be necessary to have an Onshore Security Agent and an
Offshore Security Agent (as an offshore entity might not have the required authorities to hold any
security in the Project Jurisdiction or enforce it in local courts).
IT IS AGREED as follows:
SECTION 1
INTERPRETATION
1.1 Definitions
In this Agreement:
(a) a bank or financial institution which has a rating for its long-term unsecured and non
credit-enhanced debt obligations of [•] or higher by S&P Global Ratings, a division of
S&P Global Inc., or Fitch Ratings Ltd or [•] or higher by Moody's Investors Service
Limited or a comparable rating from an internationally recognised credit rating
agency approved by the Intercreditor Agent; or
(b) any other bank or financial institution approved by the Intercreditor Agent.8
"Acceptable Credit Support" means a letter of credit or bank guarantee satisfying each of
the following conditions9:
(a) it is issued in favour of a Security Agent by an Acceptable Bank (as at the date of
issuance or renewal thereof);
(c) it is substantially in the form agreed by the Intercreditor Agent prior to its issuance;
(d) the issuer of such letter of credit or bank guarantee has no recourse to, or rights of
counter-indemnification or other rights against, the Borrower or any of its assets;
(e) the Borrower has no liability in respect of the cost of procuring and maintaining such
letter of credit or bank guarantee; and
(f) it has a minimum maturity of 364 days from the date of its issuance.
"Accession Certificate" means an undertaking substantially in the form set out in Schedule
12 (Form of Accession Certificate).
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Include other relevant parties and facilities, such as letter of credit, working capital, as applicable.
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This will typically be a Majority Lenders decision – also see footnote 46.
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Strong borrowers/Sponsors may also request the option of funding the DSRA through a Sponsor
guarantee in which case a minimum credit rating in respect of the Sponsor may be required for
such Sponsor guarantee to be accepted by lenders. If that is acceptable, revise this paragraph to
reflect as needed.
"Account Banks" means the Offshore Account Bank and the Onshore Account Bank, and
"Account Bank" means any of them. 10
"Accounts Agreements" means the Offshore Accounts Agreement and the Onshore
Accounts Agreement, and "Accounts Agreement" means any of them.11
"Advisers" means:
(f) [other adviser(s)] acting as adviser in that capacity to the Finance Parties,
and each other person appointed as Adviser to the Finance Parties in accordance with Clause
13.5 (Advisers), and "Adviser" means any of them.12
["Affected Communities" means local communities within the Project's [or the Associated
Facilities'] area of influence that are directly affected by the Project [or the Associated
Facilities (as applicable)].]
"Agents" means the Finance Agents and the Security Agents, and "Agent" means any of
them.
"Anti-Corruption Laws" means [the United Kingdom Bribery Act 2010,] the United States
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, and any similar laws or regulations in any jurisdiction
(including Singapore) relating to bribery, corruption or any similar practices.
An onshore/offshore account bank split has been assumed on the basis of there being both onshore
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and offshore accounts. However, this is subject to what is permissible in the relevant Project
jurisdiction, as some jurisdictions may limit the ability of the Borrower to maintain offshore accounts
in the absence of special permissions, which may or may not be readily obtainable.
Due to the differences between how different projects' revenue is structured along with the
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regulations applicable to accounts in each jurisdiction, account bank provisions are typically included
in separate accounts agreements – particularly where there is an onshore and offshore account bank
split as has been assumed here.
Depending on the project, other advisers may be appointed in areas such as: (1) market (e.g. where
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the revenues generated by the Project are dependent on a market); (2) fuel or raw material (e.g. where
inputs to the Project are not provided under a long-term contract); (3) traffic (e.g. for projects where
revenues are dependent on traffic flows); or (4) natural resources (e.g. on a mining or upstream oil and
gas project, a reserve report and feasibility report may be required; on a wind power project, advice on
energy yield may be required).
"Assignment Agreement" means an agreement substantially in the form set out in Schedule
11 (Form of Assignment Agreement) or any other form agreed between the relevant assignor
and assignee.
["Associated Facilities" means [include if required after environmental and social due
diligence].14]
"Assumptions" means the assumptions set out in the Original Base Case (including technical,
economic, accounting, timing and tax assumptions) on which the projections of Revenue,
Operating Costs, Debt Service and other amounts in the Original Base Case are based, as
updated from time to time in accordance with Clause 16.3 (Assumptions).
"Auditor" means an internationally recognised audit firm that the Borrower appoints as its
auditor from time to time in accordance with this Agreement following the approval of the
Intercreditor Agent.
"Availability Period" in respect of a Facility, has the meaning given to that term in the
Facility Agreement under which such Facility is made available.
"Available Cashflow" means, in relation to any period, the sum (without double counting) of:
These are facilities or activities that are not funded as part of the Project but are within the control or
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influence of the Borrower and, in the judgment of the Finance Parties, are: (a) directly and
significantly related to the Project; (b) carried out, or planned to be carried out, contemporaneously
with the Project; and (c) necessary for the Project to be viable and would not have been constructed,
expanded or conducted if the Project did not exist.
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Parties may wish to consider if any amount released or projected to be released from the MRA to
the Operating Account in the relevant period, to the extent such release is permitted in accordance
with the Finance Documents, should be included here. See paragraph (b)(iii) below.
(i) Operating Costs and Project Costs, in each case to the extent not funded by
way of the Loans or Equity, paid or payable during such period;
(ii) Fees, Costs [and Hedging Entry Costs] paid or payable during such period;
and
(iii) any amount transferred or projected to be transferred to the MRA from the
Operating Account in such period, to the extent such transfer is permitted in
accordance with the Finance Documents,
in each case, received, paid or payable by the Borrower (as the case may be) during that
period (or, in the case of the Projected DSCR, projected in good faith to be received, paid or
payable by the Borrower (as the case may be) during that period) and provided that, for the
purpose of determining Available Cashflow for any period, with respect to any amount
received or projected to be received by the Borrower in a currency other than the currency of
the Loans, only the amount in the currency of the Loans received or reasonably expected by
the Borrower to be received following conversion into the currency of the Loans shall be
taken into account, and otherwise such amount shall not be taken into account.
(a) the amount of its participation in any outstanding Loans under that Facility; and
(b) in relation to any proposed Utilisation, the amount of its participation in any Loans
that are due to be made under that Facility on or before the proposed Utilisation Date.
"Available Facility" means, in relation to a Facility, the aggregate for the time being of each
Lender's Available Commitment in respect of that Facility.
"Balance" means, in respect of an Account, the cash amount standing to the credit of such
Account [plus, in respect of the DSRA [or the MRA], the aggregate principal amounts
available for drawing under each Acceptable Credit Support in respect of that Account].
(b) if produced in accordance with Clause 16.2 (Updated Base Case), the most recently
agreed Updated Base Case.
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There are different ways in which Equity contribution can be structured. Generally, the following issues should be
considered:
(a) will all equity be funded "upfront", or will it be contributed pro rata with Utilisations of the Loans, or back-ended
(and if so, will it be backed by credit support, and can Lenders 'accelerate' equity payments following an Event of
Default) or in accordance with an equity contribution instalment schedule;
"Borrower's Legal Adviser[s]" means [•], [[•] and [•]] in [its capacity][their capacities] as
legal adviser[s] of the Borrower.
(a) the interest [excluding the applicable margin] which a Lender should have received
for the period from the date of receipt of all or any part of its participation in a Loan
or Unpaid Sum to the last day of the current Interest Period in respect of that Loan or
Unpaid Sum, had the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received been paid on the last
day of that Interest Period;
exceeds:
(b) the amount which that Lender would be able to obtain by placing an amount equal to
the principal amount or Unpaid Sum received by it on deposit with a leading bank in
the Relevant Market for a period starting on the Business Day following receipt or
recovery and ending on the last day of the current Interest Period.
"Budget" means, for any period, the current Construction Budget or (as applicable) the
current O&M Budget for that period.
"Budgeted Operating Costs" means, in any period, Operating Costs included in the current
O&M Budget for such period.
"Budgeted Project Costs" means, in any period, Project Costs included in the current Budget
for such period.
"Business Day" means a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for
general business in Singapore [and [other]]18.
(b) where equity is to be back-ended (i.e. contributed at the end of the construction period), will an equity bridge
structure be used (and if so, when and how will the equity bridge loan be repaid);
(c) will a portion of equity be on a standby basis (and if so, will it be backed by credit support); and
(d) can sponsors contribute equity in the form of any subordinated debt (shareholder loans) as well as true share capital
(if so, the arrangements will need to comply with thin capitalisation rules and technical insolvency concerns in the
relevant jurisdiction)?
This definition is used in Clause 5.10 (Restrictions) and Clause 6.4 (Break Costs). If the transaction
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involves fixed rate funding, there may be yield protection, swap or other unwind costs that need to be
captured here.
Definition may require further amendment depending on Loan currencies and requirements of the
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(a) [(for the purposes of calculating the Projected DSCR)] the period of [six/12] calendar
months starting from (and including) the date falling after such Calculation Date to
(and including) the [immediately following]21 Calculation Date[; and
(b) (for the purposes of calculating the Historic DSCR) the period of [six/12] calendar
months ending on (and including) such Calculation Date (or, in the case of the first
Calculation Date falling after the Project Completion Date, the period from (and
including) the Project Completion Date to (and including) that Calculation Date)].22
"Cash Waterfall" means the order of priority of withdrawals and payments from the
Operating Account set out in the [Onshore/Offshore] Accounts Agreement.
(a) an Original Lender, the amount specified in the relevant Facility Agreement as that
Lender's commitment in relation to such Facility on the date of signature of that
Facility Agreement and the amount of any other Lender's commitment under that
Facility transferred to it in accordance with the Finance Documents; and
(b) any other Lender, the amount of any commitment under that Facility transferred to it
in accordance with the Finance Documents,
to the extent not cancelled, reduced or transferred by it under the Finance Documents.
"Compensation" means the aggregate of all sums (other than Insurance Proceeds) paid or
payable to the Borrower or the [Sponsors][Shareholders]:
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For example, if required to determine whether to apply physical loss or damage insurance proceeds
in mandatory prepayment or in reinstatement and repair.
20
This will often coincide with the repayment dates. Typically, ratios are tested: (1) at signing or
financial close (conditions precedent ("CP")); (2) on the Project Completion Date; and (3) on
repayment dates.
21
Update as necessary to reflect the relevant Calculation Period and the amortisation schedule (e.g. if
the Calculation Period is 12 months and the Repayment Dates are semi-annual this will be the second
Calculation Date immediately following such Calculation Date).
Include bracketed words if there is a Historic DSCR in your transaction. If there will be more than
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one initial "stub period" shorter than the default [six/12] month Calculation Period, adjust the wording
in this paragraph (b) accordingly.
This definition is generally used to describe the commencement of the operation of the project. In
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certain transactions (e.g. ECA backed) it may affect the Availability Period and the First Repayment
Date.
(b) in respect of the proceeds of any claims against the Construction Contractor for
breach of warranty under the Construction Contract;
(c) in respect of the proceeds of any liquidated damages (other than delay liquidated
damages) paid or payable by the Construction Contractor under the Construction
Contract or any credit support relating thereto;
(e) as compensation for any Authorisations not being granted or renewed, revoked or
suspended or otherwise ceasing to be in full force and effect without modification;
(f) in return for any decrease in its rights (including the release, modification, suspension
or extinguishment of any rights) in relation to any assets of the Borrower, any
increase in its obligations (including the grant by it of rights or the modification of
them) under any Authorisations or any restriction affecting any asset of the Borrower
or the grant of and rights over the same; or
(g) the proceeds of any disposal of assets of the Borrower made in compliance with any
order of an Authority.
["Compensation and Insurance Proceeds Account" has the meaning given to that term in
the [Onshore/Offshore] Accounts Agreement.]
"Compliance Standards" means all Applicable Laws, the E&S Standards and Good Industry
Practice.
"Confidential Information" means all information relating to any Obligor, the Finance
Documents or a Facility of which a Finance Party becomes aware in its capacity as, or for the
purpose of becoming, a Finance Party or which is received by a Finance Party in relation to,
or for the purpose of becoming a Finance Party under, the Finance Documents or a Facility
from either:
(b) another Finance Party, if the information was obtained by that Finance Party directly
or indirectly from any Obligor or any of its advisers,
in whatever form, and includes information given orally and any document, electronic file or
any other way of representing or recording information which contains or is derived or copied
from such information but excludes information that:
"Construction Budget" means, for any period, the current construction budget for that period
under Clause 15.3 (Construction Budgets).
"Construction Period" means the period from the date of this Agreement to (but excluding)
the Commercial Operation Date.
"Construction Report" means each construction report that the Borrower delivers or is
required to deliver to the Intercreditor Agent under Clause 15.5 (Construction reports).
(a) the power (whether by way of ownership of shares, proxy, contract, agency or
otherwise) to:
(i) cast, or control the casting of, more than one-half of the maximum number of
votes that might be cast at a general meeting of that person; or
(ii) appoint or remove all, or the majority, of the directors or other equivalent
officers of that person; or
(iii) give directions with respect to the operating and financial policies of that
person which the directors or other equivalent officers of that person are
obliged to comply with; or
(b) the holding of more than [one-half] of the issued share capital of that person
(excluding any part of that issued share capital that carries no right to participate
beyond a specified amount in a distribution of either profits or capital).
"Costs" means any amount payable by the Borrower under Clause 13 (Costs and Expenses).
This Agreement assumes there will be a single construction contractor. Should there be multiple
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contractors, changes will be required across the draft including in relation to Project completion and
potentially additional sponsor support.
"Cure Amount" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 18.2 (Immediate Events of
Default).
"Debt Service" means, in respect of any period, the aggregate (without double counting) of:
(c) any principal, interest, fees, commissions, costs, expenses and any other payments in
respect of other Financial Indebtedness under the Finance Documents and any Taxes
paid or payable in respect thereof,
in each case, accruing or falling due (or, in the case of a projection, forecast to accrue or to
fall due) for payment during that period.
(a) the aggregate amount of outstanding Loans on that date plus the aggregate amount of
any Loans requested to be made on or before that date;
to
(b) the aggregate Equity actually contributed to the Borrower as at that date 25.
["Decommissioning Plan" means the plan for the decommissioning of the Project.]
(a) which has failed to make its participation in a Loan available (or has notified the
Intercreditor Agent or the Borrower (which has notified the Intercreditor Agent) that
it will not make its participation in a Loan available) by the Utilisation Date of that
Loan in accordance with the Facility Agreement to which it is party;
(c) with respect to which an Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing,]
Consider whether cost savings should be shared between debt and equity through the equity true-up.
25
If so, any resulting Restricted Payments funded by the equity true-up utilisation should be deducted
from the total Equity when applying the Debt to Equity Ratio to size the equity true-up utilisation.
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payment is made within [10] Business Days of its due date; or
"Delay Action Report" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 17.28 (Delay).
"Delay Liquidated Damages" means delay liquidated damages payable to the Borrower
under or pursuant to any Project Document (including any amount payable pursuant to any
guarantee issued in favour of the Borrower with respect to any liability for delay under such
Project Document).
"Delegate" means any delegate, agent, attorney or co-trustee appointed by a Security Agent.
(e) each other document designated as such by the Borrower and the Intercreditor Agent,
["Disbursement Account" has the meaning given to that term in the [Onshore/Offshore]
Accounts Agreement.]
"Discharged" means, in respect of any document or arrangement, that it has expired at the
end of its term (or if it has no express term, the obligations of all parties to that document or
arrangement have been performed in full) and that is not required, in order to carry out the
Project, or for the Borrower's or the Project's compliance with the Compliance Standards and
the Transaction Documents, to be renewed or replaced after such expiry or full performance.
["Discounted Cashflow for Debt Service" means, in relation to any Calculation Date, the
Available Cashflow projected in the current Base Case for such Calculation Period discounted
back to such Calculation Date on the basis that:
(a) the discount rate to be applied shall be the weighted average (calculated by the
Intercreditor Agent by reference to the amount outstanding under [each] Facility) of
the rates assumed in the current Base Case to be the rates at which interest will accrue
under the [Facilities] from such Calculation Date until the Final Maturity Date[, in
each case, taking into account any interest rate hedging applicable under the Hedging
Agreements]27; and
(b) the discounting shall be made on a [semi-annual/annual] basis and on the assumption
that cashflow for a [semi-annual/annual] period occurs at the end of that [semi-
annual/annual] period.]
The Borrower may benefit from assurances (rather than direct agreements) from relevant authorities
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"Discretion" means a right or remedy of the Borrower under a Project Document that the
Borrower:
(a) may or may not exercise at its discretion (including the making of a determination
and the granting of consent); or
(b) must exercise, but in respect of which the Borrower has discretion as to the manner of
its exercise,
"Dispute" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 34.1 ([Jurisdiction]/[Arbitration]).
(b) the occurrence of any other event which results in a disruption (of a technical or
systems-related nature) to the treasury or payments operations of a Party preventing
that, or any other Party:
(i) from performing its payment obligations under the Finance Documents; or
(ii) from communicating with other Parties in accordance with the terms of the
Finance Documents,
and which (in either such case) is not caused by, and is beyond the control of, the
Party whose operations are disrupted.
"Distribution Account" has the meaning given to that term in the [Onshore/Offshore]
Accounts Agreement.
"Distribution Tests" has the meaning given to that term in paragraph (b) of Clause 17.16
(Restricted Payments).
"DSRA" or "Debt Service Reserve Account" has the meaning given to that term in the
[Onshore/Offshore] Accounts Agreement.
"DSRA Required Balance" means, on each day (starting from the [Project Completion
Date]/[Financial Completion Date]), an amount equal to the aggregate [scheduled] Debt
Service payable during the [six] Month period starting from (but excluding) that day and (if
that day falls before the last day of the Availability Period) assuming each Facility is fully
utilised29.
"Environment" means the environment including the air (including the air within buildings
and the air within other natural or man-made structures above or below ground), water
This definition, together with the covenant in paragraph (g) of Clause 17.22 (Project Documents), is
28
Amend if DSRA balance is required to be a different sum (e.g. in some projects this may be the
29
average or the highest debt service instalment or the period may be greater).
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(including, territorial, coastal and inland waters, ground and surface water and water in drains
and sewers), land (including surface and sub-surface soil), animals, plants, natural habitats
and human health.
["Equator Principles" means the set of principles set out in the paper entitled "A financial
industry benchmark for determining, assessing and managing environmental and social risk in
projects" dated [July 2020] and adopted by certain financial institutions.] 30
(a) the amounts paid by the Shareholders to the Borrower in consideration for the issue
of one or more shares in the Borrower's capital to that Shareholder to the extent not
redeemed, reduced, repurchased or repaid at that time; [and]
(b) the principal amount of Shareholder Loans made to the Borrower to the extent not
reimbursed, repaid or prepaid at that time[; and
(c) Revenues in respect of the period prior to the [Project Completion Date], applied or to
be applied to the Project Costs].
"Equity Cure" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 18.2 (Immediate Events of
Default).
"Event of Default" means any event or circumstance specified as such in Clause 18 (Events
of Default).
"Excess Amount" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 3.4 ([Equity true-up).
"Expert" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 34.5 (Resolution Procedure).
["E&S Action Plan" means the plan prepared by the Borrower that describes and prioritises
the actions needed to be taken by the Borrower to address any gaps in the E&S Documents in
order to bring the Project [and Associated Facilities] in line with the E&S Standards.]
["E&S Adviser" means [•], in its capacity as environmental and social adviser to the Finance
Parties.]
(c) [others].31]
Refer to the current version of the Equator Principles as at the Signing Date. These are available
30
online at https://equator-principles.com/.
Certain projects may require the project company to undertake or procure (i) an assessment of
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potential adverse human rights impacts in accordance with the Guiding Principles on Business and
Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations "Protect, Respect and Remedy" Framework United
Nations, New York and Geneva, 2011 and/or (ii) an assessment of the potential adverse climate
change impacts in accordance with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures published
on 15 June 2017. These can be undertaken separately or included in the E&S Impact Assessment.
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["E&S Audit" means [•].]32
"E&S Authorisation" means any Authorisation and the filing of any notification, report or
assessment required under any E&S Law to carry out the Project [or in connection with the
Associated Facilities].
"E&S Claim" means any claim, proceeding or investigation by any person in respect of any
E&S Law.
(e) [others],
"E&S Impact Assessment" means the environmental and social impact assessment in respect
of the Project [and the Associated Facilities].
["E&S Management Plan" means the environmental and social management plan prepared
by the Borrower in respect of the Project [and the Associated Facilities] to manage on an
ongoing basis the risks identified in the E&S Impact Assessment.]
["E&S Management System" means an overarching environmental, social, health and safety
management system designed by the Borrower to identify, assess and manage risks and
impacts in respect of the Project [and the Associated Facilities] on an ongoing basis, which
includes a grievance mechanism for use by Stakeholders, as appropriate, to receive and
facilitate resolution of concerns and grievances about the Project's environmental and social
performance.]
"E&S Matters" means matters relating to the Environment or Social Fabric, including those
environmental and social aspects identified in the E&S Documents that are considered therein
to be relevant to the Project [or the Associated Facilities].
"E&S Report" means each environmental and social report that the Borrower delivers or is
required to deliver to the Intercreditor Agent under paragraph (a) of Clause 15.7 (E&S
matters).
No separate definition of E&S Audit is required if this will be covered within the scope of the E&S
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Impact Assessment.
The documentation listed here is what would typically be required by banks seeking to ensure that a
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project was in compliance with the Equator Principles and the World Bank Environmental and Social
Framework. DFIs and ECAs may have additional requirements in relation to environmental and social
matters.
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"E&S Standards" means, as applicable to the Borrower, the Project [and the Associated
Facilities], the Performance Standards[, the Equator Principles] and all E&S Laws.
"Facilities" means the Term Loan A Facility and the [ ] Facility 34, and "Facility" means any
of them.
["[ ] Facility" means the [term/revolving] loan facility made available under the [ ] Facility
Agreement.]
["[ ] Facility Agreement" means the facility agreement dated on or about the date of this
Agreement and made between the Borrower, the [ ] Facility Agent and each [ ] Facility
Lender pursuant which contains terms specific to the [ ] Facility.]
(b) any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become a party to
the [ ] Facility Agreement in accordance with the terms of the [ ] Facility Agreement
and a Party (in such capacity) in accordance with Clause 19 (Changes to the
Lenders),
which in each case has not ceased to be a party to the [ ] Facility Agreement in accordance
with the terms of the [ ] Facility Agreement and a Party (in such capacity) in accordance with
the terms of this Agreement, and "[ ] Facility Lender" means any of them.]
["[ ] Facility Loan" means a loan made or to be made under [ ] Facility or the principal
amount outstanding for the time being of that loan.]
"Facility Agents" means the Term Loan A Facility Agent and the [ ] Facility Agent, and
"Facility Agent" means any of them. 35
"Facility Office" means the office or offices notified by a Lender to the Intercreditor Agent in
writing on or before the date it becomes a Lender (or, following that date, by not less than
[five] Business Days' written notice) as the office or offices through which it will perform its
obligations under the Finance Documents.
"FATCA" means:
(c) any agreement pursuant to the implementation of any treaty, law or regulation
referred to in paragraphs (a) or (b) above with the US Internal Revenue Service, the
US government or any governmental or taxation authority in any other jurisdiction.
The template Term Sheet includes options to include other facilities, such as the working capital
34
facility, the standby facility, etc. Insert references to each additional facility (and related definitions)
as necessary. Additional adjustments to be made for specific facilities (e.g. ECA or DFI- specific
requirements).
35
To be used if there are multiple facilities.
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"FATCA Deduction" means a deduction or withholding from a payment under a Finance
Document required by FATCA.
"FATCA Exempt Party" means a Party that is entitled to receive payments free from any
FATCA Deduction.
"Fee" means any fees payable by the Borrower under Clause 8 (Fees) (including under any
Fee Letter referred to in that Clause) or under any other Finance Document.
"Fee Letter" means any letter or letters referring to this Agreement or any Facility
Agreement between one or more Finance Parties and the Borrower setting out any of the fees
referred to in Clause 8 (Fees) or any other fees payable by the Borrower under any other
Finance Document.
"Finance Agents" means the Intercreditor Agent and the Facility Agents, and "Finance
Agent" means any of them.
(p) [any other agreements in relation to the financing of the Project]; and
(q) any other document designated as such by the Intercreditor Agent and the Borrower,
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Consider whether this should be included for the relevant transaction.
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and "Finance Document" means any of them.
"Financial Close" means the date on which the Intercreditor Agent delivers the notification to
the Borrower and the Lenders referred to in paragraph (a) of Clause 3.1 (Initial conditions
precedent).
["Financial Completion Date" means the date on which the Intercreditor Agent confirms
that the Financial Completion Tests have been met to its satisfaction.]
(b) any amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or
dematerialised equivalent;
(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 which
would, in accordance with GAAP, be treated as a balance sheet liability [(other than
any liability in respect of a lease or hire purchase contract which would, in
accordance with GAAP in force [prior to 1 January 2019] 38/[prior to
[ ]]/[ ]39, have been treated as an operating lease)];
(e) receivables sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold
on a non-recourse basis);
(f) any derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against or
benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price (and, when calculating the value of any
derivative transaction, only the marked to market value (or, if any actual amount is
This Agreement assumes that there will be one Project Completion Date. Some transactions also
37
include a Financial Completion Date where additional requirements are included prior to the release
of sponsor support or the permitted payment of Restricted Payments.
38
Insert if including this exclusion and the applicable GAAP is IFRS.
If including this exclusion and the applicable GAAP is not IFRS, insert the appropriate reference
39
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due as a result of the termination or close-out of that derivative transaction, that
amount) shall be taken into account);
(i) any amount of any liability under an advance or deferred purchase agreement if one
of the primary reasons behind the entry into that agreement is to raise finance;
(j) any amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or
purchase agreement, any sale and sale back and sale and lease back) of a type not
referred to in any other paragraph of this definition having the commercial effect of a
borrowing; and
(k) (without double counting) the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee or
indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (j) above.
"Financial Model" means the Original Financial Model as amended, updated or replaced
from time to time in accordance with Clause 16.1 (Financial Model).
"Financial Report" means, for any period, the current report for that period under Clause
16.4 (Financial Report).
(a) all interest, fees, premiums, commissions, costs, expenses, indemnity amounts and
any other payments accrued, paid or payable by the Borrower to a Finance Party
under the Finance Documents;
(c) [all amounts accrued, paid or payable by the Borrower to a Finance Party under the
Finance Documents under any indemnity or in respect of any Increased Cost;] and
(d) any Taxes accrued, paid or payable by the Borrower in respect of any amount referred
to in paragraph (a), (b) or (c) above.
"Force Majeure" means, in respect of a Project Document, any event or circumstance (or
series of events or circumstances) beyond the reasonable control of a party to the Project
Document having the effect of suspending, excusing or limiting the performance of the
obligations of a party to the Project Document, including any event or circumstance described
as a force majeure in that Project Document.
["[Fuel]/[Feedstock]" means [insert any fuel or raw materials required to be supplied to the
project during the operating phase in order for the project to produce its output (e.g. gas for
a gas-fired power plant)].]40
Delete this concept throughout the document if not relevant for your transaction (e.g. on
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infrastructure projects, the project will simply need to be operated and maintained once built and will
not require a steady feed of fuel/feedstock/raw materials; this concept also will not be required on e.g.
wind and solar projects, since these natural inputs do not need to be contracted).
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"Funding Shortfall" means, at any time prior to the Project Completion Date/[Financial
Completion Date], the circumstance where the aggregate Project Costs not yet paid but
projected to be payable by the Borrower up to and including the Project Completion
Date/[Financial Completion Date] exceed the sum of:
(b) the aggregate Balances of the Accounts that are available in accordance with the
provisions of the Accounts Agreements to pay Project Costs41;
(c) the aggregate Equity not yet contributed but projected to be contributed by the end of
the Availability Period under the Shareholder Contribution and Sponsor Support
Agreement;
(d) any amounts permitted to be reinvested into the Project under a Reinvestment Plan;
(e) [any Revenues received by the Borrower on or prior to the Project Completion
Date/[Financial Completion Date] that are available in accordance with the provisions
of the Finance Documents to pay Project Costs]42; and
(f) any other amounts that the Intercreditor Agent is satisfied have been unconditionally
committed to the Borrower to pay Project Costs payable by the Borrower on or prior
to the Project Completion Date/[Financial Completion Date].
["FX Hedging Agreement" means the [2002] ISDA Master Agreement, a Schedule and each
confirmation containing a Hedge Transaction in respect of FX Risk entered into between the
Borrower and each Hedging Bank.
"FX Risk" means the risk of a devaluation of the currency of all or any of the Revenues
against the currency in which the Loans (or any other amounts payable under the Finance
Documents) are denominated.]
"Good Industry Practice" means standards, practices, methods and procedures complying
with Applicable Laws, E&S Standards and with that degree of skill, diligence, judgment,
prudence and foresight which would ordinarily be expected from an international skilled and
experienced owner, contractor, equipment manufacturer or, as the case may be, operator
engaged in designing, engineering, constructing, developing, commissioning, repairing,
refurbishing, operating, insuring and/or maintaining the same type of undertaking as the
Project.
["Hedge Transaction" means any currency, interest or commodity purchase, cap or collar
agreement, forward rate agreements, interest rate, currency or commodity future or option
contract, foreign exchange or currency purchase or sale agreement, interest rate swap,
currency swap, commodity swap or combined interest rate, commodity and/or currency swap
agreement and any other similar agreement.
These amounts are likely to include amounts in the Compensation and Insurance Proceeds Account,
41
This is only applicable to the extent there are any pre-completion Revenues that are available to be
42
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"Hedging Agreement" means each IRS Hedging Agreement and FX Hedging Agreement,
and each other Hedge Transaction entered into between the Borrower and a Hedging Bank
pursuant to Schedule 8 ([Hedging).
(b) any bank or financial institution, which has acceded to the Security Trust and
Intercreditor Deed as a Hedging Bank,
(i) has not ceased to be a party to the Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed in
that capacity; and
(B) each date it enters into a Hedge Transaction with the Borrower.
"Hedging Entry Costs" means any costs to the Borrower of entering into any Hedging
Agreements.43
"Hedging Termination Costs" means any amount that the Borrower is required to pay to a
Hedging Bank under a Hedging Agreement as a result of termination, close-out or total or
partial notional amount adjustment, whether due to the Borrower's default or otherwise.]
["Historic DSCR" (Historic Debt Service Cover Ratio) means, in relation to any Calculation
Date, the ratio of:
(a) Available Cashflow for the Calculation Period ending on that Calculation Date;
to
(b) Debt Service payable during the Calculation Period ending on that Calculation
Date.]44
"Holding Company" means, in relation to a person, any other person in respect of which it is
a Subsidiary.
["IFRS" means international accounting standards within the meaning of the IAS Regulation
1606/2002 to the extent applicable to the relevant financial statements.]
This is intended to capture up-front costs that may be payable for entering into a hedging
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arrangement. For most interest rate hedging, any costs tend to be amortised over the life of the hedge
and included in the periodic payments. If this is the case, this definition will not be required (as such
costs would not be expected to be prioritised in the cashflow waterfall).
44
Include if there is a Historic DSCR in your transaction.
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"Impaired Agent" means an Agent at any time when:
(a) it has failed to make (or has notified a Party that it will not make) a payment required
to be made by it under the Finance Documents by the due date for payment;
(c) (if it is also a Lender) it is a Defaulting Lender under paragraph (a), (b) [or (c)] of the
definition of "Defaulting Lender"; or
(d) an Insolvency Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to it;
"Increased Costs" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 10.1 (Increased Costs).
"Indemnified Liabilities" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 11.2 (Other
indemnities).
"Indemnified Persons" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 11.2 (Other
indemnities).
"Indirect Tax" means any goods and services tax, consumption tax, value added tax or any
tax of a similar nature.
["Information Memorandum" means (if any) the document in the form approved by the
Borrower concerning the Project which, at the Borrower's request and on its behalf, was
prepared in relation to this transaction and distributed by the Mandated Lead Arrangers to
selected financial institutions [during [ ]/before the date of this Agreement].]45
"Initial Financial Report" means the report, substantially in the form of Schedule 3 (Form of
Financial Report) or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Intercreditor Agent,
If the deal is to be syndicated after the Agreement is signed this definition may need to be amended
45
as follows: "Information Memorandum" means the document in the form approved by the
Borrower concerning the Project which, at the Borrower's request and on its behalf, is to be prepared
in relation to this transaction and distributed by the Mandated Lead Arranger prior to the Syndication
Date in connection with syndication. A new definition of "Syndication Date" should also be added.
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delivered or to be delivered to the Finance Parties as a condition to Financial Close under
Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent).
(b) becomes insolvent or is unable to pay its debts or fails or admits in writing its
inability generally to pay its debts as they become due;
(c) makes a general assignment, arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of its
creditors;
(d) institutes or has instituted against it, by a regulator, supervisor or any similar official
with primary insolvency, rehabilitative or regulatory jurisdiction over it in the
jurisdiction of its incorporation or organisation or the jurisdiction of its head or home
office, a proceeding seeking a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or any other
relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency law or other similar law affecting creditors'
rights, or a petition is presented for its winding-up or liquidation by it or such
regulator, supervisor or similar official;
(ii) is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained in each case within [30]
days of the institution or presentation thereof;
(f) has a resolution passed for its winding-up, official management or liquidation (other
than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger);
(h) has a secured party take possession of all or substantially all its assets or has a
distress, execution, attachment, sequestration or other legal process levied, enforced
or sued on or against all or substantially all its assets and such secured party
maintains possession, or any such process is not dismissed, discharged, stayed or
restrained, in each case within [30] days thereafter;
(i) causes or is subject to any event which, under any Applicable Law, has an analogous
effect to any of the events specified in paragraphs (a) to (h) above; or
(j) takes any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or
acquiescence in, any of the foregoing acts.
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"Instructing Parties" means:
(a) (in respect of the Intercreditor Agent) the instructing persons specified in the Security
Trust and Intercreditor Deed;46
(c) (in respect of a Facility Agent) the person or group of persons who are entitled to
instruct that Facility Agent as specified in the Facility Agreement to which it is party.
["Insurance Adviser" means [•], in its capacity as insurance adviser to the Finance Parties.]
"Insurance Proceeds" means all proceeds and amounts payable or paid in respect of any
claim under any of the Insurances other than Third Party Liability Insurance. 47
"Insurances" means each of the contracts of insurance or reinsurance taken out or maintained
(or required to be taken out or maintained) in accordance with this Agreement.
"Intellectual Property" means any patents, trademarks, service marks, designs, business and
trade names, copyrights, database rights, design rights, moral rights, inventions, confidential
information, knowhow and other intellectual property rights and interests, whether registered
or unregistered, and the benefit of all applications and rights to use such assets in which the
Borrower may from time to time have an interest.
"Interest Payment Date" means [•] and [•] of each calendar year.
"Interest Period" means, in relation to a Loan, each period determined in accordance with
Clause 7 (Interest Periods) and, in relation to an Unpaid Sum, each period determined in
accordance with Clause 6.2 (Default interest).
["Interest Rate Risk" means the risk of any increase in the floating rate of interest that
accrues on any Loan.
"IRS Hedging Agreement" means the [2002] ISDA Master Agreement, a Schedule and each
confirmation containing a Hedge Transaction in respect of Interest Rate Risk entered into
between the Borrower and each Hedging Bank.]
(a) the principle that equitable remedies may be granted or refused at the discretion of a
court and the limitation of enforcement by laws or regulations of general application
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, liquidation, reorganisation and other laws
generally affecting the rights of creditors generally;
(b) the time barring of claims under the Limitation Act, Chapter 163 of Singapore, and
defences of set-off or counterclaim; [and]
As outlined in the Explanatory Note, this template CTA contemplates that the intercreditor
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arrangements and voting mechanisms (including the definition of "Majority Lenders" and matters
which would be subject to all Lenders' decision) will be included in a Security Trust and Intercreditor
Deed.
Third party liability insurance proceeds are paid directly to the third party and so are not captured
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under this template CTA (as the Borrower will not receive the funds).
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(c) similar principles, rights and defences under the laws of any Relevant Jurisdiction[;
and
(d) any other matters which are set out as qualifications or reservations in each case as to
matters of law of general application in the legal opinions delivered to the
Intercreditor Agent under [Clause 3.1 (Initial conditions precedent)]]48.
"Lenders" means:
"Lenders' Legal Adviser[s]" means [•], [[•] and [•]] in [its capacity][their capacities] as legal
adviser[s] of the Lenders.
["LLCR" (Loan Life Cover Ratio) means, in relation to any Calculation Date, the ratio of:
(a) the sum of the Discounted Cashflow for Debt Service and any Balance of [the DSRA]
[and] [the Operating Account] (without double counting) on such Calculation Date;
to
(b) the aggregate principal amount outstanding under the Facilities [and any pari passu
Financial Indebtedness scheduled for repayment [or reduction] on or before the Final
Maturity Date] on such Calculation Date,
in each case, having taken into account all repayments to be made on such Calculation
Date.]49
"Loans" means the Term Loan A Facility Loans [and the [ ] Facility Loans], and " Loan"
means any of them.50
"Longstop Date" means the date falling [•] months after the Scheduled Project Completion
Date/[Scheduled Financial Completion Date].51
"Loss of Revenue Insurance" means the Insurances against loss of income or revenue
resulting from delays in start-up or business interruption.
48
This is used to limit certain representations in Clause 14 (Representations) and undertakings in
Clause 17 (General Undertakings). If it is to be included it is important to include all legal opinions
(including post-closing opinions) and consider all the terms of the relevant opinions.
To include if an LLCR test is required (usually for debt sizing purposes and as a Financial
49
To be used if there are multiple facilities. If there is only one facility, adopt the concept of "Facility
50
What the appropriate longstop date will be on a specific project is likely to be the subject of
51
negotiation and consideration will need to be given to various factors, including the contractual
framework and Financial Model.
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"Maintenance Costs" means the costs of maintenance and repair of the [Plant] or
replacement of any part of the [Plant] (and includes Major Maintenance).
"Major Maintenance" means, during the Operating Period, [Technical Adviser to describe
the major maintenance (if any) that will need to be undertaken during operations].
in respect of each of paragraphs (a) to (e)/[(f)] above, until each Project Document to
which it is party has been Discharged [or, in the case of the Construction Contractor,
the end of the [defects notification period] 53 under the Construction Contract] and all
warranty or performance guarantee periods (if any) under each Project Document to
which it is party have expired; and
(g) any other party which the Intercreditor Agent and the Borrower designate as a Major
Project Participant,
"Mandatory Prepayment" means any prepayment of all or part of a Loan made or required
to be made pursuant to Clause 5 (Prepayment and Cancellation) other than a Voluntary
Prepayment.
(a) the present or future business, operations, assets, property or condition (financial or
otherwise) of [the Borrower][an Obligor];
(b) the ability of any Major Project Participant to perform its [payment or other material]
obligations under:
(ii) any of the Project Documents [other than any Project Documents that have
been Discharged or Replaced]; or
Counterparties will only be classified as Major Project Participants for so long as they have material
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obligations under the Project Documents. Shareholders may require that they are also only Major
Project Participants for so long as they have obligations under the relevant equity support documents.
53
Terminology to be amended depending on the form of the Construction Contract.
54
This definition should be discussed among the parties.
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(c) (subject to the Legal Reservations and the applicable Perfection Requirements which
are not overdue) the validity or enforceability of, or the effectiveness or ranking of
any Transaction Security granted or purported to be granted pursuant to any of, the
Transaction Documents or the rights or remedies of any Finance Party under the
Transaction Documents [other than, in each case, any Project Documents that have
been Discharged or Replaced].
"Minor Change Order" means a change order (however described) issued or to be issued by
any party to a Project Document that if implemented (and taken together with all other change
orders issued or proposed to be issued under that Project Document during the period of 12
Months ending on the date of that change order) is not reasonably likely to result in a liability
to the Borrower exceeding [•]/[material effect on the Project].
"Model Auditor" means [•], in its capacity as model auditor to the Finance Parties.
"Month" means a period starting on one day in a calendar month and ending on the
numerically corresponding day in the next calendar month, except that:
(a) (subject to paragraph (c) below) if the numerically corresponding day is not a
Business Day, that period shall end on the next Business Day in that calendar month
in which that period is to end if there is one, or if there is not, on the immediately
preceding Business Day;
(b) if there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month in which that
period is to end, that period shall end on the last Business Day in that calendar month;
and
(c) if an Interest Period begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month, that Interest
Period shall end on the last Business Day in the calendar month in which that Interest
Period is to end.
The above rules will only apply to the last Month of any period.
["MRA" or "Maintenance Reserve Account" has the meaning given to that term in the
[Offshore] Accounts Agreement.]
["MRA Required Balance" means, on each day (starting from [the Project Completion
Date]), an amount equal to [•].]55
"New Lender" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 19 (Changes to the Lenders).
"Non-Consenting Lender" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 29.4 (Replacement
of Lender).
"Obligors" means:
(c) any other party which the Intercreditor Agent and the Borrower designate as an
Obligor,
55
Adjust to reflect Technical Adviser's recommendations. Typically, the MRA will be built up over
time.
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and "Obligor" means any of them.
"Offshore Account" has the meaning given to that term in the Offshore Accounts
Agreement.
"Offshore Account Bank" means [•] in its capacity as offshore account bank.
"Offshore Accounts Agreement" means the offshore account agreement dated on or about
the date of this Agreement between, among others, the Borrower[, the Intercreditor Agent, the
Offshore Security Agent] and the Offshore Account Bank.
"Offtake Contract[s]" means [each][the] contract entered or to be entered into between the
Borrower and [an][the] Offtaker for the offtake by [such][the] Offtaker of the Project
Output56[, and "Offtake Contract" means any of them].
"Onshore Account" has the meaning given to that term in the Onshore Accounts Agreement.
"Onshore Account Bank" means [•] in its capacity as onshore account bank.
"Onshore Accounts Agreement" means the onshore account agreement dated on or about
the date of this Agreement and made between, among others, the Borrower, the [Intercreditor
Agent, the Onshore Security Agent] and the Onshore Account Bank.
"Operating Account" has the meaning given to that term in the [Onshore/Offshore]
Accounts Agreement.
"Operating Costs" means, for any period on and from the Commercial Operation Date, the
following costs and expenses that are paid or payable by the Borrower during that period, in
connection with the operation and maintenance, administration and management of the
Project (without double counting):
(a) payments under or in relation to the [Supply Contract[s]], [O&M Contract], [Offtake
Contract], [insert others as appropriate such as land lease agreement];
(b) Tax and any Tax Deductions required by law related to the Project and the Borrower;
(c) insurance premia in respect of the Insurances for the Operating Period;
Adjust the definition and the description for the relevant project as appropriate (e.g. this will be
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changed to "Power Purchase Agreement" for power projects, or a more generic term e.g. "Revenue
Contract" can be used). Amend as necessary to reflect the structure of the project (e.g. in some
projects there may be multiple offtake contracts and in concession projects there may not be an
offtake/revenue contract).
Adjust the definition and the description of this term for consistency with the definition of "Offtake
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Contract".
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(e) administrative, accounting and professional costs;
(f) fees payable in respect of, including the costs of renewing, any Required
Authorisation;
(g) other fees, expenses and payments necessary for the continued operation and
maintenance of the Project;
(i) any other amounts which the Intercreditor Agent agrees shall be Operating Costs,
"Operating Period" means the period from the Commercial Operation Date to the Final
Maturity Date.
"Original Base Case" means the financial projections produced by the Original Financial
Model and the Assumptions used to prepare those financial projections.
"Original Construction Budget" means the construction budget in respect of the Project
delivered or to be delivered to the Finance Parties, and approved by the Intercreditor Agent,
as a condition to Financial Close under Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent).
"Original Financial Model" means the financial model in respect of the Project delivered or
to be delivered to the Finance Parties, and approved by the Intercreditor Agent, as a condition
to Financial Close under Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent).58
"Original Financial Statements" means, for any person, its financial statements for its
financial year that most recently ended prior to the date of this Agreement.
Delivery of the agreed and audited Financial Model will be a CP to financial close, but in practice
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the Lenders will require it to be agreed before signing the Finance Documents.
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"Original O&M Budget" means the O&M budget in respect of the Project delivered or to be
delivered to the Finance Parties, and approved by the Intercreditor Agent[, as a condition to
Financial Close under Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent)].
["Original Shareholders" means [•], [•] and [•], and "Original Shareholder" means any of
them.]
"Original Sponsors" means [•], [•] and [•], and "Original Sponsor" means any of them.
"O&M Budget" means, for any period, the current O&M budget for that period under Clause
15.4 (O&M Budgets).
"O&M Contract" means the contract entered or to be entered into between the Borrower and
the O&M Contractor for the operation and maintenance by the O&M Contractor of the
Project for the Borrower.60
"O&M Contract Direct Agreement" means the direct agreement entered or to be entered
into between the O&M Contractor[, insert guarantor], the Borrower and the Offshore
Security Agent containing terms with respect to, among others, the Finance Parties' rights and
remedies in respect of the O&M Contract.
"O&M Contractor" means [•] / [the operations and maintenance contractor to be appointed
by the Borrower in respect of the Project]61.
"O&M Report" means each O&M report that the Borrower delivers or is required to deliver
to the Intercreditor Agent under Clause 15.6 (O&M reports).
59
To be used if there are multiple facilities.
In some projects the project company may undertake the operation and management of the project
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and there may not be a separate O&M Contract/O&M Contractor, in which case an operating
management plan and additional covenants may be necessary. Consider any consequential
amendments which may be necessary to reflect such change.
If necessary, expand the definitions of "O&M Contractor" and "O&M Contract" to include any
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replacement O&M Contractor and O&M Contract. If such replacement concept is included, consider
whether such replacement would require the Intercreditor Agent's prior written consent or if a
replacement regime should be included in this Agreement.
62
This is used to limit certain representations in Clause 14 (Representations) and undertakings in
Clause 17 (General Undertakings). If it is to be included it is important to include all legal opinions
(including post-closing opinions) and consider all the terms of the relevant opinions.
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[any Project Document for failure to achieve any performance or quality standards (however
described) under a Project Document]63.
(b) the World Bank Group's Environmental and Social Standards as in force on the date
of this Agreement; and
(c) the World Bank Group's Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Guidelines relating
to [ ]64 as in force on the date of this Agreement.
"[Plant]" means the [insert details of the project to be constructed, e.g. if a power project, the
type of plant and its capacity; if a toll road, the type of road and its length, etc.].
["Pre-Approved New Lender List" means the list of entities set out in Schedule 9 ([Pre-
Approved New Lender List]).]
"Project" means the project to design, engineer, procure, construct, commission, [insert
further details as appropriate] test, complete, operate, maintain [and decommission] the
[Plant] and all ancillary works, infrastructure and utilisation whether on or off the Site.
"Project Completion" means each of the following requirements has been satisfied:
(a) the [insert completion, reliability and performance tests] (as defined in the
Construction Contract [and the Offtake Contract]) have been satisfied in accordance
with the Construction Contract [and the Offtake Contract[s], respectively];
(b) the [insert name of provisional/initial acceptance certificate] (as defined in the
Construction Contract) has been issued [without amendment, reservation or waiver
(other than in respect of any [Punch List Items] (as such term is defined in the
Construction Contract)) and any required warranty bond has been received by the
Borrower];
(c) the [insert relevant project authority] has confirmed acceptance of [ ] under [insert
relevant agreement];
(d) the [Plant and all associated infrastructure and utilities required for the Project] are
complete to the satisfaction of the Technical Adviser (including all outstanding
[Punch List Items] (as such term is defined in the Construction Contract)), have been
accepted by the Borrower and have been functioning in accordance with the design
and operating specifications set out in the Construction Contract [and the Offtake
Contract[s]];
(e) [insert any further technical or performance requirements of the Plant or associated
or required infrastructure and utilities whether on or off the Site];
There may be other contracts under which liquidated damages are payable – for instance, the
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concession agreement or offtake agreement – and where this is the case, such contracts should be
included here.
64
Insert reference to the relevant EHS Guidelines for this Project.
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(f) the Commercial Operation Date has occurred [without amendment, reservation or
waiver of any requirement in respect thereof];
(g) the [Supply Contract[s], the Offtake Contract[s] and the O&M Contract, [insert
others that are relevant]] are unconditional and in full force and effect and the parties
thereto are performing in accordance with their terms;
(h) there are no pending or outstanding actions, claims, disputes or proceedings against
the Borrower and all Project Costs which have become due and payable have been
paid in full or adequate reserves have been made therefor;
(i) any Delay Liquidated Damages and/or Performance Liquidated Damages payable
under the Construction Contract [and the Offtake Contract[s]] have been paid in full;
(j) the Updated Base Case and the O&M Budget have been prepared by the Borrower
and approved by the Intercreditor Agent in consultation with the Technical Adviser;
(k) [the most recently-delivered Financial Report (which shall be on a date no earlier than
[ ]) demonstrates that, on the most recent Calculation Date, each of the Ratios was at
least equal to the required level for such Ratio set out in the table below:
(m) all Required Authorisations are in full force and effect and not subject to conditions
to effectiveness (or, if they are issued subject to conditions, such conditions have
been satisfied or waived);
(n) the Balance of the DSRA is at least equal to the then applicable DSRA Required
Balance;
(o) [the Balance of the MRA is at least equal to the then applicable MRA Required
Balance;]
(p) all Insurances required under Schedule 6 (Insurance) for the Operating Period have
been effected and are in full force and effect, as certified by the Insurance Adviser;
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This Projected DSCR test may not be included in projects where any market risk is being taken (e.g.
traffic risk on a road project or pricing risk for a resource project). In such scenarios alternative
operational reliability tests may be required.
This LLCR test is useful/relevant where there is some cyclicality or particular volatility in the cost or
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revenue side of the project and financiers would like to test this to give some comfort in addition to
the level of minimum DSCR.
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(r) [insert any other conditions (e.g. E&S reports or updates) or performance,
documentary (e.g. defects/performance warranties) or financial requirements];
(s) the Technical Adviser has delivered to the Intercreditor Agent a report confirming
that the Borrower has satisfied each of the requirements in paragraphs [ ] and [ ]
above; and
(t) the Borrower has delivered to the Intercreditor Agent a notice, signed by a director,
certifying that the requirements of paragraphs [ ] and [ ] above have been satisfied
and the Intercreditor Agent has confirmed its acceptance of such notice.
"Project Completion Date" means the date upon which Project Completion has been
achieved.
(c) initial working capital (up to and including the [Commercial Operation Date]/[Project
Completion Date]/[Financial Completion Date]);
(d) [contingencies];
(e) Financing Costs, [Hedging Entry Costs,] [Fees and Costs] payable by the Borrower
during the Construction Period;
(f) [initial funding of the DSRA to the DSRA Required Balance [and the MRA to the
MRA Required Balance];]69
(g) reasonable costs and expenses arising under the Finance Documents, and closing and
administration costs related to the Project until [the Commercial Operation
Date]/[Project Completion Date]/[Financial Completion Date], legal fees and
expenses, financial advisory fees and expenses, technical fees and expenses;
(h) insurance premia and other costs (including deductibles) in respect of the Insurances
for the Construction Period;
(i) [costs and expenses incurred with respect to initial stocks of the [Fuel]/[Feedstock],
commissioning and initial spare parts;]70
(j) fees payable in respect of, including costs of obtaining, maintaining or renewing, any
Required Authorisations during the Construction Period;
This would cover, among other things, the Historic DSCR level not being less than the minimum
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Historic DSCR level that is required as set out in Clause 18.2 (Immediate Events of Default).
68
Definition to be adjusted depending on the specifics of the Fuel/Feedstock.
Assuming these are funded out of the debt and equity, MRA may be funded at a later date depending
69
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(l) [insert others as necessary];
(m) any other costs which the Intercreditor Agent agrees shall be Project Costs; and
but excluding:
(i) any costs and expenses payable by the Borrower in relation to the repair,
reinstatement or replacement of any asset, to the extent that such liabilities
are to be funded from any Insurance Proceeds (other than any proceeds of
any Loss of Revenue Insurance) in accordance with the Finance Documents;
(iii) any Scheduled Principal, Prepayment and any Hedging Termination Costs (or
payments of principal or similar amounts under any Financial Indebtedness);
and
(g) any credit support document required to be provided in respect of any of the above
documents; and
(h) any other document designated as such by the Intercreditor Agent and the Borrower,
"Project Output" means [insert details of what the project will produce when operational –
if there will be multiple outputs (e.g. in the case of a renewables project, the outputs may be
both electricity and green energy certificates), specify all of these]. 71
Amend as necessary to reflect the structure of the project (e.g. in concession projects there may not
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be a project output).
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"Projected DSCR" (Projected Debt Service Cover Ratio) means, in relation to any
Calculation Date, the ratio of:72
(a) Available Cashflow for the Calculation Period starting on the date falling after such
Calculation Date;
to
(b) Debt Service payable during the Calculation Period starting on the date falling after
such Calculation Date.73
"Quasi-Security" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 17.13 (Negative pledge).
"Ratio" means [each of the Historic DSCR, the Projected DSCR and the LLCR]74.
(a) any freehold, leasehold or immovable property (including the freehold or (as
applicable) leasehold property in respect of the Site); and
(b) any buildings, fixtures, fittings, fixed plant or machinery from time to time situated
on or forming part of that freehold, leasehold or immovable property.
"Reinstatement Plan" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 17.24 (Insurance).
"Reinvestment Plan" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 5.2 (Mandatory
prepayment – Compensation).
"Related Fund" in relation to a fund (the "first fund"), means a fund which is managed or
advised by the same investment manager or investment adviser as the first fund or, if it is
Parties to consider whether revolving facilities should be included or excluded from the Projected
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DSCR.
Include if there is a projected DSCR in your transaction. Whether or not the transaction also
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includes a projected (forward-looking) DSCR test in addition to the Historic DSCR test reproduced
here will be specific to the deal and the market but it is becoming common in every project for such
test to be included. Parties to consider whether this should be tested (i) either in 6 or 12 month periods
and (ii) if the latter, whether over two consecutive 6 month periods or one 12 month period (to allow
for smoothing to address seasonality, e.g. of renewable energy projects).
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Adjust for the ratios used in your transaction. The most common uses of ratios are as follows:
(1) financial/project completion test (will the project as built produce cashflows to meet original expectations?);
(2) distribution test (if not met, cash can be locked up or used to prepay debt);
(3) Event of Default.
Other examples of where ratios may be used are: (i) incurring additional debt (there may be a prohibition on incurring
additional debt unless, taking into account the additional debt servicing burden, specified ratios can be met) and also on
repayment (to either determine the repayment amount or trigger a cash sweep); (ii) partial refinancing (if such
refinancing is permitted at all, it may be subject to specified ratio tests being satisfied); (iii) reinstatement following
insurance claim (Lenders may require ratio tests following an insurance claim to demonstrate that insurance proceeds
should be applied in reinstatement as opposed to mandatory prepayment); and (iv) in conjunction with mandatory
prepayments.
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managed by a different investment manager or investment adviser, a fund whose investment
manager or investment adviser is an Affiliate of the investment manager or investment
adviser of the first fund.
"Relevant Facility Agent" means, in respect of any Facility or any Lender under that
Facility, the Facility Agent appointed under the Finance Documents as agent for the Lenders
under that Facility.
"Relevant Insurances" means any of the Insurances covering all risks relating to the physical
loss of, or damage to, any asset of the Project.
(b) the jurisdiction where any asset subject to or intended to be subject to the Transaction
Security is situated;
(c) the jurisdiction whose laws govern the validity, enforceability, admission in evidence,
or perfection of any [Transaction][Finance] Documents; and
"Repayment Date" means the First Repayment Date and each [Interest Payment
Date]/[[insert dates] of each calendar year] thereafter up to (and including) the Final Maturity
Date.
(a) (in respect of the Borrower) each representation and warranty that is expressed in
Clause 14.32 (Repetition) to be a Repeating Representation; and
(b) (in respect of any other Obligor) each representation and warranty made by that
Obligor set out in a Finance Document to which it is party that is expressed in that
Finance Document to be a "Repeating Representation".
"Replaced" means, in respect of any document or arrangement, that it has been renewed or
replaced prior to its expiry at the end of its term (or if it has no express term, prior to the full
performance of the obligations of all parties under that document or arrangement) by a
document or arrangement:
(a) under which the material unperformed obligations owed to the Borrower under the
renewed or replaced document or arrangement are assumed or replaced on
substantially equivalent terms (or on terms more favourable to the Borrower); and
(b) with the same counterparties as those parties to the renewed or replaced document or
arrangement, or with any new counterparties to which the Intercreditor Agent has
provided its prior written consent.
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Include if the interest rate of the Loan is to be determined by reference to SIBOR.
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"Replacement Lender" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 29.4 (Replacement of
Lender).
(a) to enable each Obligor to lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply with its
obligations under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party (including, to
open, maintain and operate the Accounts and make all required payments in
accordance with the terms of the Finance Documents);
(b) to make the Transaction Documents to which each Obligor is a party admissible in
evidence in each Relevant Jurisdiction; and
(c) to carry out the Project in accordance with the Transaction Documents and the
Compliance Standards.
"Resolution Procedure" means the procedure set out in Clause 34.5 (Resolution Procedure).
(a) any dividend, charge, fee, cash distribution or other distribution (or interest on any
unpaid dividend, charge, fee or other distribution) (whether in cash or in kind) on or
in respect of the shares of the Borrower (or any part or class thereof);
(b) any bonus issue or any redemption, reduction, repurchase, defeasance, retirement or
repayment of share capital, share premium or other capital reserves;
(d) any other payment of management, advisory or other fee or distribution of any kind
by the Borrower to any other Obligor or any Affiliates thereof (including any
payment or discharge by way of set-off, counterclaim or otherwise in respect of any
indebtedness made by the Borrower to any such person),
[but does not include [(i)] any Approved Development Costs [or (ii) any payments made
pursuant to the Project Documents which are not prohibited under paragraph (a) of Clause
17.23 (Project expenditure)]76].
"Revenue" means, in relation to any period, all amounts received (or, in the case of a
projection, projected to be received) by the Borrower during such period (without double
counting), comprising:
(a) revenues received from or in connection with [insert principal source of revenue(s)
for the Project]77;
76
See footnote 138.
In certain projects (e.g. power projects), the revenue stream will come from selling the production of
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the plant. In other projects (e.g. infrastructure projects), the revenue stream will instead come from
users of the infrastructure. There may also be an availability-style payment revenue stream. Adjust
this limb to suit your transaction.
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(b) Delay Liquidated Damages;78
(f) [(if a positive amount) net scheduled amounts paid (or, in the case of a projection,
projected to be paid) to the Borrower pursuant to the Hedging Agreements (other than
Hedging Termination Costs);] and
(g) other amounts which the Intercreditor Agent agrees shall be Revenue,
but Revenue shall not include the proceeds of any Financial Indebtedness, Equity (or amounts
received or projected to be received pursuant to any guarantee or other insurance in respect of
any Financial Indebtedness or Equity) or Compensation.
"Sanctions" means the economic or financial sanctions laws, regulations, trade embargoes,
export control, anti-boycott, executive orders or other restrictive measures enacted, imposed,
administered, implemented and/or enforced from time to time by any of the following (and
including through any relevant Sanctions Authority):
(a) [list any relevant jurisdiction for sanctions purposes, including the governments of
any relevant jurisdiction].
"Sanctions Authority" means any agency or person which is duly appointed, empowered or
authorised to enact, impose, administer, implement and/or enforce Sanctions, including
(without limitation):
["Scheduled Hedging Payments" means, in respect of any period, net amounts that are
payable by the Borrower under the Hedging Agreements on scheduled dates during that
period (and not any [Hedging Entry Costs] or Hedging Termination Costs).]
"Scheduled Principal" means, in respect of any period, amounts of the Loans that are
repayable by the Borrower under the Finance Documents on scheduled dates during that
period (and not Prepayments).
"Secured Obligations" has the meaning given to that term in the Security Trust and
Intercreditor Deed.
"Secured Parties" means each Finance Party and any Receiver or Delegate, and "Secured
Party" means any of them.
Delay Liquidated Damages, and Loss of Revenue Insurance proceeds, are seen as "revenue-
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replacing" (i.e. replacing the revenue that would have been received by the Borrower had the works
been completed on time/had the casualty event not occurred, and so they are treated as Revenue.
Performance Liquidated Damages, however, since they compensate for reduced performance/quality
levels, are treated as Compensation (and so are subject to the mandatory prepayment regime for
Compensation).
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"Secured Property" means all the assets which from time to time are, or are expressed to be,
the subject of the Transaction Security.
"Security Agents" means the Offshore Security Agent and the Onshore Security Agent, and
"Security Agent" means any of them.
(a) the security document dated on or about the date of this Agreement and made
between the Borrower and the Onshore Security Agent, pursuant to which Security is
granted by the Borrower over all its assets and rights in the Project Jurisdiction, other
than Real Property [and [insert others]]79;
(b) [the security document dated on or about the date of this Agreement and made
between the Borrower and the Onshore Security Agent, pursuant to which Security is
granted by the Borrower over all its Real Property;]
(c) [the security document dated on or about the date of this Agreement and made
between each [Sponsor][Shareholder] and the Onshore Security Agent, pursuant to
which Security is granted by each [Sponsor][Shareholder] over all its rights in the
Borrower's share capital;]
(d) [the security document dated on or about the date of this Agreement and made
between each [Sponsor][Shareholder] and the Onshore Security Agent pursuant to
which Security is granted by each [Sponsor][Shareholder] over all its rights in the
Shareholder Loans;]
(e) the security document dated on or about the date of this Agreement and made
between the Borrower and the Offshore Security Agent, pursuant to which Security is
granted by the Borrower over all its assets and rights outside the Project Jurisdiction;
(f) the reinsurance security document dated on or about the date of this Agreement and
made between the insurer, the Borrower and the Offshore Security Agent, pursuant to
which Security is granted by the insurer over its rights in any reinsurance;
(h) any other document designated as such by the Borrower and the Intercreditor Agent,
"Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed" means the security trust and intercreditor deed
dated on or about the date of this Agreement and made between the Borrower and each
Finance Party and which contains, among others, provisions relating to the appointment and
Include reference to any asset in the Project Jurisdiction captured by any additional security
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Seek advice from local counsel on whether additional security documents need to be entered into to
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take security over the assets in or outside of the Project Jurisdiction, or if security could be granted
under the general security documents referred to in paragraphs (a) or (e) of the definition of "Security
Documents".
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resignation of the Intercreditor Agent and the Security Agents, sharing of proceeds among
Finance Parties and the procedure for instructing the Intercreditor Agent 81.
["Shareholder" means each Original Shareholder and each other person who from time to
time owns any share in the capital of the Borrower.] 82
["Shareholder Loan" means the outstanding principal amount of each loan that a [Sponsor]
[Shareholder] makes to the Borrower, in accordance with the Shareholder Loan Agreement.]
["Shareholder Loan Agreement" means any agreement setting out the terms of a
Shareholder Loan made or to be made by the relevant [Sponsor][Shareholder] to the
Borrower, the terms of which are fully subordinated in accordance with the terms of the
Subordination Agreement.]
"Site" means [insert real property details where the [Plant] will be located].
"Social Fabric" means the social fabric including labour, social security, the regulation of
industrial relations (between government, employers and employees), the protection of
occupational as well as public health and safety, the regulation of public participation, the
protection and regulation of ownership of land rights (both formal and traditional), land use
planning and development, immovable goods and intellectual and cultural property rights, the
protection and empowerment of indigenous peoples or ethnic groups, the protection,
restoration and promotion of cultural heritage or archaeological artefacts, health, safety,
An alternative way of documenting these provisions is to enter into a separate Security Trust Deed
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(as between the Borrower and Finance Parties) and a separate Intercreditor Agreement (as between
the Finance Parties only). Consider what the preferred approach is and amend this Agreement
accordingly.
The concept of "Shareholders" should be included if the Sponsors do not directly own the Borrower.
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If the Sponsors directly own the Borrower, make corresponding changes to references to
"Shareholder" to "Sponsor".
If the Sponsors do not directly own the Borrower, the equity support provided by the Shareholders
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and the Sponsors may be contained in different agreements (e.g. the equity contribution agreement
and the sponsor support agreement). For the purpose of this Agreement, such agreement is referred to
as the Shareholder Contribution and Sponsor Support Agreement, but consider updating this term for
your transaction as necessary.
The provisions relating to Equity contribution (e.g. when such contributions are required to be made
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and any credit support)and any other customary support and undertakings provided by the
Sponsors/Shareholders in relation to the Project (e.g. share retention, subordination and other general
undertakings) are typically included in the Shareholder Contribution and Sponsor Support Agreement
and therefore are not included in this template CTA.
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quality of life and legal rights of the community and the protection of employees and citizens.
For the avoidance of doubt, "Social Fabric" shall include Affected Communities and
Workers.
"Sponsor" means each Original Sponsor and each other person who from time to time
becomes a sponsor pursuant to the terms of the Shareholder Contribution and Sponsor
Support Agreement.
(a) is affected, or likely to be affected, by the Project [or the Associated Facilities]; or
(b) may have an interest in the Project [or the Associated Facilities],
"Stakeholder Engagement Plan" means the plan prepared by the Borrower that, among
other things, shall describe the timing and methods of engagement with Stakeholders in
respect of the Project [and the Associated Facilities] throughout the life cycle of the Project.
["Stakeholder Engagement Process" means any process undertaken by the Borrower from
time to time in accordance with the Stakeholder Engagement Plan in respect of external
communication, environmental and social information disclosure, participation, informed
consultation and grievance mechanisms with Stakeholders[, including the Informed
Consultation and Participation Process].]
"Subordination Agreement" means the subordination agreement dated on or about the date
of this Agreement entered into between each [Sponsor][Shareholder] and the Intercreditor
Agent[ and the Offshore Security Agent], which contains, among others, terms pursuant to
which each [Shareholder Loan] made by each such [Sponsor][Shareholder] is fully
subordinated to [the liabilities of the Borrower to the Finance Parties under the Finance
Documents]/[the Secured Obligations].
(b) more than [half the] issued equity share capital of which is beneficially owned,
directly or indirectly, by the first mentioned company or corporation; or
and, for this purpose, a company or corporation shall be treated as being controlled by another
if that other company or corporation is able to direct its affairs and/or to control the
composition of its board of directors or equivalent body of that company or corporation.
"Supply Contract[s]" means [each][the] contract entered or to be entered into between the
Borrower and [a][the] Supplier for the supply by [such][the] Supplier of the
[Fuel]/[Feedstock][, and "Supply Contract" means any of them].
This is an important definition. It is used, in particular, in the definitions of Affiliate and Holding
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Company.
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"Supply Contract Direct Agreement[s]" means [[each][the] direct agreement entered or to
be entered into between [an][the] Supplier[, insert any guarantor], the Borrower and the
Offshore Security Agent containing terms with respect to, among others, the Finance Parties'
rights and remedies in respect of the [relevant] Supply Contract] [, and "Supply Contract
Direct Agreement" means any of them].
"Tax" means any tax, levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature
(including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure to pay or any delay
in paying any of the same).
["Tax Credit" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 9.1 (Definitions).]
"Tax Deduction" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 9.1 (Definitions).
"Tax Payment" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 9.1 (Definitions).
"Technical Adviser" means [•], in its capacity as technical adviser to the Finance Parties.
"Technical Adviser Certificate" means a certificate from the Technical Adviser to the
Intercreditor Agent substantially in the form set out in Schedule 4 (Form of Technical Adviser
Certificate) or any other form agreed between the Intercreditor Agent and the Technical
Adviser.
"Term Loan A Facility" means the term loan facility made available under the Term Loan A
Facility Agreement.
"Term Loan A Facility Agreement" means the facility agreement dated on or about the date
of this Agreement and made between the Borrower, the Term Loan A Facility Agent and each
Original Term Loan A Facility Lender which contains terms specific to the Term Loan A
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(b) any bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become a party to
the Term Loan A Facility Agreement in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan
A Facility Agreement and a Party (in such capacity) in accordance with Clause 19
(Changes to the Lenders),
which in each case has not ceased to be a party to the Term Loan A Facility Agreement in
accordance with the terms of the Term Loan A Facility Agreement and a Party (in such
capacity) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, and "Term Loan A Facility
Lender" means any of them.
"Term Loan A Facility Loan" means a loan made or to be made under Term Loan A Facility
or the principal amount outstanding for the time being of that loan.
"Third Parties Act" means the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act, Chapter 53B of
Singapore.
"Third Party Liability Insurance" means the Insurances to cover liability to third parties.
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The terms (such as interest rate, fees, availability period and specific conditions precedent) which are
specific to a Facility will be documented in the relevant Facility Agreement under which such Facility
is made available.
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"Total Commitments" means the aggregate of the Commitments under each Facility.
"Transaction Documents" means the Finance Documents and the Project Documents, and
"Transaction Document" means any of them.
"Transfer Certificate" means a certificate substantially in the form set out in Schedule 10
(Form of Transfer Certificate) or any other form agreed between the Intercreditor Agent and
the Borrower.
(a) the proposed Transfer Date specified in the relevant Assignment Agreement or
Transfer Certificate; and
(b) the first date on which both the Intercreditor Agent and the Relevant Facility Agent
have executed the relevant Assignment Agreement or Transfer Certificate.
"Updated Base Case" has the meaning given to that term in Clause 16.2 (Updated Base
Case).
"Unpaid Sum" means any sum due and payable but unpaid by the Borrower under the
Finance Documents.
(b) an Obligor if some or all of its payments under the Finance Documents are from
sources within the US for US federal income tax purposes.
"Utilisation Date" means the date of a Utilisation, being the date on which the relevant Loan
is to be made.
"Voluntary Prepayment" means any prepayment of all or part of a Loan made or permitted
to be made pursuant to Clause 5.7 (Voluntary prepayment) or pursuant to any clause
providing for voluntary prepayments under any Facility Agreement.
"Workers" means any workers engaged directly or indirectly by the Borrower to work at the
Site, including full-time and part-time workers, contractors, sub-contractors and temporary
workers.
1.2 Construction
(a) Unless a contrary indication appears, any reference in this Agreement to:
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(i) an "acquisition" shall be construed so as to include any purchase, taking of a
lease, assignment, conveyance, transfer or gift, acquisition of any form of
ownership, title, estate or interest, subscription for an investment and any
option or pre–emption right to do any of the foregoing and acquire shall be
construed accordingly;
(vii) "carry out the Project", "carrying out the Project" or "carried out the
Project" means to carry out all aspects of the Project;
(viii) "disposal" of assets includes a sale, transfer, grant, loan (other than of
money), lease and any other kind of disposal of, and the grant of any option
in respect of, any right or interest, legal or equitable, in such assets, and any
agreement for any of the foregoing (but excludes any salvage realised by any
insurers or reinsurers in the process of the settlement of any insured claims
pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Insurances), and "dispose" shall
be construed accordingly;
(ix) the "equivalent" on any given date in one currency (the "first currency") of
an amount denominated in another currency (the "second currency") is a
reference to the amount of the first currency which could be purchased with
the amount of the second currency at the prevailing spot rate of exchange at
the office of the Intercreditor Agent and quoted by it at or about [11:00 a.m.]
(local time) on such date for the purchase of the first currency with the
second currency;
(xi) "including" means including without limitation and the ejusdem generis
principle of construction shall not apply to this Agreement;
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(xii) "indebtedness" includes any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as
surety) for the payment or repayment of money, whether present or future,
actual or contingent;
(xiv) a "law" includes any law (including statutory and rule of common law or
equity), statute, constitution, decree, judgment, treaty, convention, regulation,
rule, by-law, order, official directive, ordinance, request or guideline, other
legislative measure (in each case, whether or not having the force of law) of
any Authority, and "lawful" and "unlawful" shall be construed accordingly;
(xv) any "obligation" of any person under this Agreement or any other agreement
or document shall be construed as a reference to an obligation expressed to be
assumed by or imposed on it under this Agreement or, as the case may be,
that other agreement or document, and "due", "owing", "payable" and
"receivable" shall be similarly construed;
(xvii) a "right" shall be construed as including any right, title, interest, claim,
remedy, discretion, power or privilege, in each case whether actual,
contingent, present or future;
(xviii) save as provided in the Finance Documents, phrases such as "satisfactory to"
any person, "approved by" any person, "acceptable to" any person, "at the
discretion" of any person, and similar phrases authorise and permit the
relevant person to approve, disapprove, act or decline to act in its sole
discretion;
(xx) a "year" is a year of 365 or, as the case may be, 366 days determined by
reference to the Gregorian calendar and "calendar year" is a year that begins
on 1 January;
(xxii) an Agent, a Mandated Lead Arranger, any Finance Party, any Secured Party,
any Lender, any Account Bank, any Hedging Bank, the Borrower, any
Obligor, any Party or any counterparty to a Transaction Document shall be
construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and
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permitted transferees to, or of, its rights and/or obligations under the Finance
Documents and, in the case of each Agent, any person for the time being
appointed as an Agent in accordance with the Finance Documents; and
(b) Section, Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only and Clauses,
Sections, paragraphs and Schedules are references to Clauses, Sections and
paragraphs of, and Schedules to, this Agreement.
(c) Unless a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document or
in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document has the same
meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this Agreement.
(d) A Default (other than an Event of Default) is "continuing" if it has not been remedied
or waived and an Event of Default is "continuing" if it has not been [remedied or
waived]/[waived].
(f) Use of the singular shall include the plural and vice versa.
(g) [If any E&S Standard imposes higher or more stringent requirements or standards to
those set out in any other E&S Standard, then the higher or more stringent
requirements or standards will prevail for the purposes of the Finance Documents.]
(h) In computing any period of time under this Agreement, the day of the act or event or
default from which such period begins to run shall be included unless otherwise
specified.
(i) When an expression is defined all related words and expressions shall be construed
accordingly.
[A person who is not a Party has no right under the Third Parties Act to enforce or to enjoy
the benefit of any term of this Agreement.]
OR
(a) [Unless expressly provided to the contrary in a Finance Document, a person who is
not a Party has no right under the Third Parties Act to enforce or to enjoy the benefit
of any term of this Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding any term of any Finance Document, the consent of any person who
is not a Party is not required to rescind or vary this Agreement at any time.]
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Other currencies referred to within the Finance Documents should also be defined.
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1.5 Independence of Finance Documents
The Borrower acknowledges that its obligation to pay amounts due under the Finance
Documents is unconditional and shall not be affected or discharged by any event or
circumstance relating to the Major Project Participants (including any insolvency event,
insolvency proceedings or creditors' process) or to the Project Documents (including any
Force Majeure, suspension, termination, cancellation, repudiation or failure to be legal, valid,
binding and enforceable).
(a) Any:
under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Finance Document by any Agent
shall be taken, exercised or, as the case may be, given by it acting in accordance with
the instructions given to it or authority granted to it by its Instructing Parties.
(b) Any provision in this Agreement or any other Finance Document which provides that
the prior written consent of an Agent is required and which provides that such
consent cannot be unreasonably withheld or which otherwise requires such Agent to
act reasonably or form a reasonable opinion, shall be construed as requiring the
Instructing Parties for that Agent to act reasonably or form a reasonable opinion when
providing instructions to it, but shall not fetter the ability of that Agent to act in
accordance with the instructions of its Instructing Parties.
(a) The obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are several.
Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations under the Finance Documents
does not affect the obligations of any other Party under the Finance Documents. No
Finance Party is responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the
Finance Documents.
(b) The rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance Documents
are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under the Finance
Documents to a Finance Party from an Obligor is a separate and independent debt in
respect of which a Finance Party shall be entitled to enforce its rights in accordance
with paragraph (c) below. The rights of each Finance Party include any debt owing
to that Finance Party under the Finance Documents and, for the avoidance of doubt,
any part of a Loan or other amount owed by an Obligor which relates to a Finance
Party's participation in a Facility or its role under a Finance Document (including any
such amount payable to any Agent on its behalf) is a debt owing to that Finance Party
by that Obligor.
(c) A Finance Party may, except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents,
separately enforce its rights under or in connection with the Finance Documents.
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reasonable opinion, constitute a breach of any Applicable Law, in any jurisdiction in
connection with the Finance Documents applicable to that Finance Party and relating
to anti-money laundering, counter-terrorism financing or economic or trade sanctions,
or imposing "know your customer" or other identification checks or procedures.
(a) This Agreement is subject to the Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed. In the event
of any inconsistency between this Agreement and the Security Trust and Intercreditor
Deed as among the Finance Parties, the Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed shall
prevail.
(b) In the case of any conflict or inconsistency between this Agreement and any other
Finance Document (other than the Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed and the
Facility Agreements), this Agreement shall prevail.
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SECTION 2
THE FACILITIES
2. PURPOSE
2.1 Purpose88
The Borrower shall apply the proceeds of each Utilisation as follows (in each case, only to the
extent permitted in accordance with the terms of the Facility Agreement for the Facility under
which such Utilisation is made):
(a) to pay Budgeted Project Costs due and payable by the Borrower89;
(b) towards initial funding of the DSRA up to the DSRA Required Balance [and the
MRA up to the MRA Required Balance];
(c) [in respect of the first Utilisation only of the Term Loan A Facility, to reimburse to
the [Sponsor][Shareholder] Approved Development Costs;]
(d) [(subject to satisfaction of the conditions set out in Clause 3.4 ([Equity true-up)]
towards the making of any Restricted Payment to a [Sponsor][Shareholder];] and
(e) for any other purpose approved in writing by the Intercreditor Agent.
2.2 Monitoring
No Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the application of any amount borrowed
pursuant to this Agreement.
3. CONDITIONS OF UTILISATION
(a) The Borrower may not deliver a Utilisation Request for the first Utilisation of any
Facility unless:
(i) the Intercreditor Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence
listed in Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) in form and substance
satisfactory to the Intercreditor Agent (or, if it has not received such
documents or other evidence, the Intercreditor Agent has waived such
requirement). The Intercreditor Agent shall notify the Borrower and the
Lenders in writing promptly upon being so satisfied[; and
(ii) each Relevant Facility Agent has received all of the documents and other
evidence listed as conditions precedent in the Facility Agreement for that
Facility in form and substance satisfactory to such Relevant Facility Agent
(or, if it has not received such documents or other evidence, such Relevant
Facility Agent has waived such requirement). Each Relevant Facility Agent
shall notify the Borrower, the Lenders under the Facility for which it is
This will vary. Check the Term Sheet. Note that the purpose of an ECA facility is likely to be more
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The Borrower will be permitted to pay Project Costs as long as these are in line with the relevant
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budgets (subject to permitted variances). Finance Parties will want to have approval rights if costs are
in excess of budget. Some payments may also be subject to approval by the Technical Adviser.
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Relevant Facility Agent and the Intercreditor Agent in writing promptly upon
being so satisfied]90.
(b) No Agent shall be liable for any damages, costs or losses whatsoever as a result of
giving any such notification.
The Lenders under any Facility will only be obliged to make or participate in any Utilisation
under that Facility if:
(a) the Borrower has delivered a duly completed Utilisation Request to the Intercreditor
Agent and the Relevant Facility Agent in accordance with the requirements of the
relevant Facility Agreement;
(b) on the date of the Utilisation Request and the proposed Utilisation Date:
(i) no Default has occurred and is continuing or would result from the proposed
Loan;
(ii) [each condition precedent set out in the relevant Facility Agreement under
which the Utilisation is to be made has been satisfied or waived;] 91
(iii) the Repeating Representations are true in all material respects; and
(iv) [no Force Majeure is continuing [that is reasonably likely to have a Material
Adverse Effect];]
(c) the Borrower has delivered all reports required to be provided by the Borrower under
Clause 15.5 (Construction reports);
(d) the Borrower has certified to the Intercreditor Agent [in the Utilisation Request] that:
(i) sufficient Equity has been (or will be) contributed so that the Debt to Equity
Ratio does not exceed (and the making of the Utilisation will not cause the
Debt to Equity Ratio to exceed) [•], together with reasonable supporting
evidence;92
(ii) the amounts specified in the Utilisation Request are in accordance with the
Construction Budget and are for the payment of Project Costs incurred [or
expected to be incurred in the next 90 days] or such amount will be used to
make the payments contemplated in paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) of Clause 2.1
(Purpose)93;
This paragraph will only be required if there are separate initial conditions precedent in any of the
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Facility Agreements. Ordinarily, there will be only one set of initial conditions precedent covering all
facilities, but separate lists of conditions precedent in individual facilities may be required if there are
institutions such as ECAs with requirements specific to their facilities.
As with initial conditions precedent, there should only be separate conditions to utilisation if there
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This assumes that equity will be contributed pro rata with Utilisations of the Facilities. Adjust to
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(iii) Project Completion will occur no later than the Longstop Date; and
(e) [the Technical Adviser has delivered to the Intercreditor Agent a duly completed and
signed Technical Adviser Certificate, dated no earlier than [two] Business Days prior
to the proposed Utilisation Date;] and
(f) [others].
3.3 Utilisations
(a) The Borrower may utilise a Facility in accordance with this Agreement and the
Facility Agreement under which the Utilisation is to be made.
(b) [Each Facility shall be utilised simultaneously and in amounts pro rata to the total
Commitments under all Facilities.]/[A Facility may be utilised without utilising the
other Facilities pro rata to the total Commitments under all Facilities.]
(c) Each Utilisation Request is irrevocable and shall not be given unless it complies with
this Agreement, the relevant Facility Agreement and satisfies the following additional
requirements:
(ii) in the case of the initial Utilisation under a Facility, all conditions precedent
set out in Clause 3.1 (Initial conditions precedent) and Clause 3.2 (Further
conditions precedent) have been satisfied or waived as at the date of such
Utilisation Request;
(iii) in the case of all other Utilisations under a Facility, all conditions precedent
set out in Clause 3.2 (Further conditions precedent) have been satisfied or
waived as at the date of such Utilisation Request;
(v) only one Utilisation Request may be delivered under each Facility in any
calendar month[, except that the Borrower may deliver Utilisation Requests
pursuant to Clause 3.4 ([Equity true-up) in the same month];
(vi) the aggregate amount of the requested Loans under the Facility must be a
minimum of [•] and in integral multiples of [•], or, if less, the aggregate of the
Available Commitments under that Facility;
(vii) the requested Utilisation Date is a Business Day falling within the
Availability Period for the relevant Facility and is no earlier than [•] 94
Business Days after the date of the Utilisation Request; and
(viii) it sets out details of each Utilisation requested under each other Facility and
the aggregate amount of all Utilisations requested under the Facilities, and
such details demonstrate compliance with paragraph (b) above.
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ECAs to advise minimum notice period for drawdowns.
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3.4 [Equity true-up95
(a) On the Financial Completion Date, if the Available Facility under a Facility exceeds
the remaining unpaid Project Costs (such amount, the "Excess Amount") [(as
certified by the Technical Adviser)], the Borrower may [request a Utilisation of that
Facility up to an amount not exceeding the Excess Amount and] apply the proceeds
of such Utilisation to make a Restricted Payment to any [Sponsor][Shareholder].
(b) A Restricted Payment may only be made under paragraph (a) above to the extent that,
immediately following the making of such Restricted Payment:
(i) the [Projected DSCR] for all Calculation Dates occurring after such
Utilisation will not be less than [•:•];
(iii) the Debt to Equity Ratio will not exceed [•:•]; [and]
(iv) no Default is continuing [or would result from the making of the Restricted
Payment][; and
(v) the Balance of the DSRA is at least equal to the DSRA Required Balance 96].
(c) For the avoidance of doubt, any Restricted Payment pursuant to this Clause 3.4 is not
subject to the satisfaction of the Distribution Tests.]
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Such a true-up may be appropriate to allow the Sponsors to take some or all of the benefit of any cost
saving during construction, particularly in circumstances where base equity has been funded upfront
(including through an equity bridge facility). Sponsors will have a disproportionate share of the cost
saving if the equity true-up allows a higher debt to equity ratio than in the base case, while if the same
debt to equity ratio is used, the cost savings will be shared proportionately between Sponsors and
Lenders.
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This is sometimes funded by Acceptable Credit Support.
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SECTION 3
REPAYMENT, PREPAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
4. REPAYMENT
(a) The Borrower shall repay each Loan in accordance with the Facility Agreement under
which such Loan was made.97
(b) The Borrower may not reborrow any part of the Loans which is repaid.98
(c) All repayments and Loans outstanding under the Facilities shall rank pari passu in all
respects with each other.99
If, in any applicable jurisdiction, [at any time, it is or will become unlawful]/[it becomes
unlawful] for any Lender to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by the Finance
Documents or to fund, issue or maintain its participation in any Loan [or [at any time, it is or
will become unlawful]/[it becomes unlawful] for any Affiliate of a Lender for that Lender to
do so]:
(a) that Lender shall promptly notify the Relevant Facility Agent and the Intercreditor
Agent upon becoming aware of that event;
(b) upon the Intercreditor Agent notifying the Borrower, each Available Commitment of
that Lender will be immediately cancelled; and
(c) to the extent that the Lender's participation has not been transferred pursuant to
paragraph (a)(ii) of Clause 29.4 (Replacement of Lender), the Borrower shall repay
that Lender's participation in the Loans made to the Borrower within [•] Business
Days after the Intercreditor Agent has notified the Borrower or, if earlier, the date
specified by the Lender in the notice delivered to the Intercreditor Agent [(being no
earlier than the last day of any applicable grace period permitted by Applicable
Law)].
5.2 100
Mandatory prepayment – Compensation
(a) The Borrower shall apply all Compensation (other than Performance Liquidated
Damages) received by it in prepayment of the Loans on the first Interest Payment
Date falling at least [three] Business Days after the date of receipt of any such
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Project finance facilities in Southeast Asia are typically long-term facilities which are repaid in
instalments (amortising) rather than in one lump sum (bullet). However the repayment clause may be
structured differently (e.g. as a bullet repayment at maturity) if, for example, a mini-perm structure is
used. If there is any Facility supported by an ECA, there may also be specific requirements relating to
the repayment profile that apply.
98
Amend this accordingly if any of the Facilities are revolving facilities.
99
Amend if necessary.
100
The mandatory prepayment events may differ from project to project.
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amount[, where such amount (together with the aggregate amounts of any other
Compensation received by it over the previous 12 calendar months, whether or not in
respect of the same events or circumstances) is equal to or greater than [•] (or its
equivalent in any currency or currencies)].
(b) Subject to paragraphs (c) and (e) below, the Borrower shall apply all Performance
Liquidated Damages received by it in prepayment of the Loans on the first Interest
Payment Date falling at least [three] Business Days after the date of receipt of any
such amount to the extent required to restore the Ratios for each Calculation Date up
to the Final Maturity Date to at least [●]/[the levels required at Financial Close].
(c) No prepayment of an amount shall be required under paragraph (b) above where the
amount received constitutes Performance Liquidated Damages and the Borrower has
satisfied each of the following conditions:
(i) within [three] Business Days of its receipt of such amount, it has notified the
Intercreditor Agent that it intends to reinvest such amount in the Project; and
(ii) within [30] days of receipt of such amount, it has delivered to the
Intercreditor Agent a reinvestment plan, approved by the Intercreditor Agent
acting on the advice of the Technical Adviser (such approved plan, a
"Reinvestment Plan"), for reinvestment of such amount into the Project so
that:
(A) the event or circumstance that gave rise to such payment is remedied;
and
(B) following such remedy, the Ratios for each Calculation Period
ending after the date of that remedy up to the Final Maturity Date are
at least equal to [•]/[the Ratios set out in the most recent Financial
Report delivered by the Borrower before the occurrence of the event
or circumstance that gave rise to such payment]/[the Ratios required
as at Financial Close]101,
provided that any such amount received by the Borrower in excess of the
amount required to be reinvested into the Project pursuant to the
Reinvestment Plan shall be applied towards prepayment in accordance with
paragraph (b) above.
(d) The Borrower shall procure that each Reinvestment Plan is promptly and diligently
implemented and on a [monthly/quarterly basis] report on the progress made against
such plan to the Intercreditor Agent and the Technical Adviser.
(e) If (i) the Borrower fails to deliver a Reinvestment Plan in accordance with paragraph
(c)(ii) above or (ii) the Reinvestment Plan delivered by the Borrower to the
Intercreditor Agent is not approved by the Intercreditor Agent, the Performance
Liquidated Damages shall be applied in prepayment in accordance with paragraph (b)
above [on the first Interest Payment Date falling after the date that the Intercreditor
Agent gives notice to the Borrower].
(a) Subject to paragraph (b) below, the Borrower shall apply the Relevant Insurance
Proceeds received by it in prepayment of the Loans [and to pay any due Hedging
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It may be preferable to specify the ratio levels required.
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Termination Costs resulting from such prepayment,] on the first Interest Payment
Date falling at least [three] Business Days after the date of receipt of any such amount
to the extent required to restore the Ratios for each Calculation Date up to the Final
Maturity Date to at least [●]/[the levels required at Financial Close]. 102
(b) No prepayment of an amount shall be required under paragraph (a) above where the
Borrower has satisfied each of the following conditions:
(i) [the aggregate amount of the Relevant Insurance Proceeds or value of the
damage to the Project to which such Relevant Insurance Proceeds relate is
not more than [•] (or its equivalent in any currency or currencies);]
(ii) within [30] days of [receipt of]/[the events giving rise to] such Relevant
Insurance Proceeds, the Borrower has delivered to the Intercreditor Agent a
reinstatement plan, and such plan is approved by the Intercreditor Agent
acting on the advice of the Technical Adviser (such approved plan, the
"Reinstatement Plan");
(v) following such repair, reinstatement or replacement, the Ratios for each
Calculation Period ending after the date of such repair, reinstatement and
replacement as to the Final Maturity Date are at least equal to [•]/[the Ratios
set out in the most recent Financial Report delivered by the Borrower before
the occurrence of the event or circumstance that gave rise to such
payment]/[the Ratios required as at Financial Close]103,
provided that any such amount received by the Borrower in excess of the amount
required to repair, reinstate or replace all or part of the Project pursuant to the
Reinstatement Plan shall be applied towards prepayment in accordance with
paragraph (a) above.
(c) The Borrower shall procure that each Reinstatement Plan is promptly and diligently
implemented and, on a [monthly/quarterly basis], report on the progress made against
such plan to the Intercreditor Agent and Technical Adviser.
(d) If (i) the Borrower fails to deliver a Reinstatement Plan in accordance with paragraph
(b)(ii) above or (ii) the Reinstatement Plan delivered by the Borrower to the
Intercreditor Agent is not approved by the Intercreditor Agent, the Performance
Liquidated Damages shall be applied in prepayment in accordance with paragraph (b)
102
This provides that the proportion of insurance proceeds that is required to be applied towards
mandatory prepayment is the portion required to restore the level of ratios to an agreed threshold / the
base case ratios. Some lenders may require 100% of the insurance proceeds to be applied toward
mandatory prepayment. Amend as necessary.
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It may be preferable to specify the ratio levels required.
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above [on the first Interest Payment Date falling after the date that the Intercreditor
Agent gives notice to the Borrower].
(a) The Borrower may, if it gives the Intercreditor Agent not less than [•] Business Days'
(or such shorter period as the Intercreditor Agent may agree) prior notice, cancel the
whole or any part (being a minimum amount of [insert currency][•]) of [the][an]
Available Facility105. Any cancellation of [the][an] Available Facility under this
Clause 5.6 shall reduce the Commitments of the Lenders rateably under that Facility.
(b) The Borrower may not make any cancellation under paragraph (a) above prior to the
Project Completion Date unless it has demonstrated to the reasonable satisfaction of
the Intercreditor Agent that, immediately following such cancellation:
(ii) the Project Completion Date will occur on or before the [Scheduled Project
Completion Date]; and
(c) [The Borrower shall pay to each Lender under the Facility to which the cancellation
relates, no later than the time that it cancels any Facility in whole or part under
paragraph (a) above, a cancellation fee in the amount set out below:
Prior to [insert date] [•] per cent. ([•]%) of the amount of that
Lender's Commitments cancelled
On or after [insert end date from above [•] per cent. ([•]%) of the amount of that
row] Lender's Commitments cancelled]106
Examples of these mandatory prepayment events include asset disposals above a certain threshold, a
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cash sweep sanctions event which does not constitute an illegality, transactions with a target and
mandatory repayment schedule, (if there is an ECA Facility) loss of ECA cover, and specific policy
matters for DFIs or ECAs to the extent they are involved in the financing. Some deals may,
depending on the sector to which the Project relates, also include a cash sweep. A cash sweep is a
form of mandatory prepayment which requires a proportion (which could be 100%) of surplus cash
flow from the project to be applied towards repayment of debt (when otherwise it would have been
used to provide sponsors with a return on their capital).
Where voluntary cancellation is permitted, consider whether cancellation must be pro rata across
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5.7 Voluntary prepayment
(a) The Borrower may, if it gives the Intercreditor Agent not less than [•] Business Days'
(or such shorter period as the Intercreditor Agent may agree) prior notice, prepay the
whole or any part of any Loans (but, if in part, being an amount that reduces the
amount of the Loans made by each Lender by a minimum amount of [•]) from funds
standing to the credit of the [Operating Account in accordance with the
[Onshore/Offshore] Accounts Agreement]107.
(i) if such prepayment is made following the Project Completion Date 108; and
(ii) [if such prepayment is to be made prior to the Project Completion Date, if the
Borrower has demonstrated to the reasonable satisfaction of the Intercreditor
Agent that, immediately following such prepayment:
(B) the Project Completion Date will occur on or before the [Scheduled
Project Completion Date]; and
[unless the prepayment is of the whole of the Loans under all Facilities in connection
with a refinancing of all Facilities and all Available Facilities are cancelled in full and
all other amounts due and payable to the Secured Parties under the Finance
Documents are paid no later than the date of that prepayment].
(c) [The Borrower shall pay to each Lender under the Facility to which the prepayment
relates, no later than the time that it is makes any prepayment of any Loans under
paragraph (a) above, a prepayment fee in the amount set out below:
Prior to [insert date] [•] per cent. ([•]%) of the Loans prepaid
to that Lender
On or after [insert end date from above [•] per cent. ([•]%) of the Loans prepaid
row] to that Lender]109
(a) If:
(i) any sum payable to any Lender by the Borrower is required to be increased
under paragraph (a) of Clause 9.2 (Tax gross-up); or
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Amend as necessary.
108
If this condition is included, the condition in sub-paragraph (ii) is not required.
109
Remove if there is no prepayment fee in your transaction.
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(ii) any Lender claims indemnification from the Borrower under Clause 9.3 (Tax
indemnity) or Clause 10.1 (Increased Costs),
the Borrower may, whilst the circumstance giving rise to the requirement for that
increase or indemnification continues, give the Intercreditor Agent notice of
cancellation of the Commitment(s) of that Lender and its intention to procure the
repayment of that Lender's participation in the Loans, provided in each case it has
demonstrated to the reasonable satisfaction of the Intercreditor Agent that
immediately following such repayment:
(B) the Project Completion Date will occur on or before the [Scheduled
Project Completion Date]; and
(b) On the satisfaction of the conditions set out in paragraph (a) above (as notified to the
Borrower and that Lender by the Intercreditor Agent), the Available Commitment(s)
of that Lender shall be immediately reduced to zero.
(c) On the last day of the Interest Period which ends after the Intercreditor Agent has
received notice under paragraph (a) above, the Borrower shall repay that Lender's
participation in that Loan together with all interest and other amounts accrued under
the Finance Documents and that Lender's corresponding Commitment shall be
immediately cancelled in the amount of the participations repaid.
(a) If any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, the Borrower may, at any time whilst the
Lender continues to be a Defaulting Lender, give the Intercreditor Agent [•] Business
Days' notice of cancellation of each Available Commitment of that Lender provided
in each case it has demonstrated to the reasonable satisfaction of the Intercreditor
Agent that immediately following such cancellation:
(ii) the Project Completion Date will occur on or before the [Scheduled Project
Completion Date]; and
(b) On the notice referred to in paragraph (a) above becoming effective, each Available
Commitment of the Defaulting Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero.
(c) The Intercreditor Agent shall as soon as practicable after receipt of a notice referred
to in paragraph (a) above, notify all the Lenders.
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5.10 Restrictions110
(a) Any notice of cancellation or prepayment given by any Party under this Clause 5
shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, shall
specify the date or dates upon which the relevant cancellation or prepayment is to be
made and the amount of that cancellation or prepayment.
(b) Any prepayment under this Agreement and the relevant Facility Agreement shall be
made together with (i) any Hedging Termination Costs; and (ii) accrued interest on
the amount prepaid and, subject to any Break Costs and any prepayment or
cancellation fee specified in this Agreement or the relevant Facility Agreement,
without other premium or penalty.
(c) The Borrower may not reborrow or request a Utilisation for any part of a Facility
which is prepaid.
(d) The Borrower shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the Loans or cancel all or
any part of the Commitments except at the times and in the manner expressly
provided for in this Agreement.
(e) No amount of the Total Commitments cancelled under this Agreement or the relevant
Facility Agreement may be subsequently reinstated.
(f) If the Intercreditor Agent receives a notice under this Clause 5 it shall promptly
forward a copy of that notice to either the Borrower or the affected Lender, as
appropriate.
(g) If all or part of any Lender's participation in a Loan under a Facility is repaid or
prepaid, an amount of that Lender's Commitment (equal to the amount of the
participation which is repaid or prepaid) in respect of that Facility will be deemed to
be cancelled on the date of repayment or prepayment.
(h) [Subject to paragraph (a) above, any Prepayment made under this Clause 5 [(other
than Clause 5.1 (Mandatory prepayment – Illegality)] will be applied pro rata among
the Facilities and the cancellation of the Available Commitments under this Clause 5
[(other than Clause 5.9 (Right of cancellation in relation to a Defaulting Lender))]
will take effect pro rata among the Lenders.]
The Lenders under the relevant Facility [that have requested a prepayment], shall apply any
prepayment under:
(b) paragraph (b) of Clause 5.2 (Mandatory prepayment – Compensation) and Clause 5.3
(Mandatory prepayment – Relevant Insurance Proceeds), in the minimum amount
required to ensure that the Ratios meet the requirement set out in paragraph (b) of
Clause 5.2 (Mandatory prepayment – Compensation) or, as the case may be,
110
In some transactions Lenders may require stapling rights in the case of any cancellation or
prepayment (other than in agreed circumstances e.g. a mandatory prepayment due to illegality
affecting a Lender or a cancellation in relation to a Defaulting Lender). Include wording to address
this if applicable.
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paragraph (a) of Clause 5.3 (Mandatory prepayment – Relevant Insurance Proceeds),
pro rata across the outstanding principal instalments under the relevant Facilities;
(c) Clause 5.7 (Voluntary prepayment), in [inverse order of maturity against]/[pro rata
across] the outstanding principal instalments under the relevant Facilities; and
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SECTION 4
COSTS OF UTILISATION
6. INTEREST
Interest on each Loan shall be calculated and paid in the manner set out in the Facility
Agreement under which the Loan was made.111
(a) If the Borrower fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document on
its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due date up to the
date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at a rate which, subject to
paragraph (b) below, is [•] per cent. per annum higher than the rate which would have
been payable if the overdue amount had, during the period of non-payment,
constituted a Loan in the currency of the overdue amount for successive Interest
Periods, each of a duration selected by the Intercreditor Agent (acting reasonably).
Any interest accruing under this Clause 6.2 shall be immediately payable by the
Borrower on demand by the Intercreditor Agent.
(b) If any overdue amount consists of all or part of a Loan which became due on a day
which was not the last day of an Interest Period relating to that Loan:
(i) the first Interest Period for that overdue amount shall have a duration equal to
the unexpired portion of the current Interest Period relating to that Loan; and
(ii) the rate of interest applying to the overdue amount during that first Interest
Period shall be [•] per cent. per annum higher than the rate which would have
applied if the overdue amount had not become due.
(c) Default interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be compounded with
the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that overdue
amount but will remain immediately due and payable.
The Intercreditor Agent shall promptly notify the Lenders and the Borrower of the
determination of a rate of interest under this Agreement.
(a) The Borrower shall, within [three] Business Days of demand by a Finance Party, pay
to that Finance Party its Break Costs attributable to all or any part of a Loan or
Unpaid Sum being paid by the Borrower on a day other than the last day of an
Interest Period for that Loan or Unpaid Sum.
Each Facility Agreement will set out the scheduled interest payable on the Loans made under that
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Facility Agreement, plus provisions relating to changes to the calculation of interest for any Interest
Period (e.g. due to market disruption). These provisions may vary among the different Facilities. If
these provisions are intended to be identical across all Facilities, they may be included in this
Agreement, to save duplication across the Facility Agreements.
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(b) Each Lender shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after a demand by the
Intercreditor Agent, provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Break Costs for
any Interest Period in which they accrue.
7. INTEREST PERIODS112
(a) Subject to this Clause 7.1, the Interest Period for each Loan shall be [six] Months (or
any other period agreed between the Borrower and the Intercreditor Agent).
(b) Each Interest Period for a Loan shall start on its Utilisation Date or (if already made)
on the last day of its preceding Interest Period and shall end on the next Interest
Payment Date.
(c) An Interest Period for a Loan shall not extend beyond the Final Maturity Date.
If an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day, that Interest
Period will instead end on the next Business Day in that calendar month (if there is one) or
the preceding Business Day (if there is not).
If two or more Interest Periods end on the same date, those Loans will be consolidated into,
and treated as, a single Loan on the last day of the Interest Period.
8. FEES113114
The Borrower shall pay to each Mandated Lead Arranger an arrangement fee in the amount
and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
The Borrower shall pay to the Intercreditor Agent (for its own account) an agency fee in the
amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
The Borrower shall pay to each Facility Agent (for its own account) an agency fee in the
amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
The Borrower shall pay to the Offshore Security Agent (for its own account) a security
agency fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
112
Amend this clause accordingly if any of the Facilities are revolving facilities.
113
Indirect tax is dealt with in Clause 9.6 (Indirect tax).
114
Insert any other fees payable (e.g. waiver fees).
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8.5 Onshore Security Agent Fee
The Borrower shall pay to the Onshore Security Agent (for its own account) a security agency
fee in the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
The Borrower shall pay to each Account Bank (for its own account) an account banking fee in
the amount and at the times agreed in a Fee Letter.
The Borrower shall pay to each Lender of a Facility a commitment fee in the amount and at
the times agreed in the relevant Facility Agreement.
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SECTION 5
ADDITIONAL PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS
9.1 Definitions
"Tax Credit" means a credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of any
Tax.
"Tax Payment" means either the increase in a payment made by the Borrower to a
Finance Party under Clause 9.2 (Tax gross-up) or a payment under Clause 9.3 (Tax
indemnity).
(a) All payments to be made by the Borrower to any Finance Party under the Finance
Documents shall be made free and clear of and without any Tax Deduction unless the
Borrower is required to make a Tax Deduction, in which case the sum payable by the
Borrower (in respect of which such Tax Deduction is required to be made) shall be
increased to the extent necessary to ensure that such Finance Party receives a sum net
of any deduction or withholding equal to the sum which it would have received had
no such Tax Deduction been made or required to be made.
(b) The Borrower shall promptly upon becoming aware that it must make a Tax
Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a Tax Deduction)
notify the Intercreditor Agent accordingly. Similarly, a Lender shall notify the
Intercreditor Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment payable to that
Lender. If the Intercreditor Agent receives such notification from a Lender it shall
notify the Borrower.
(c) If the Borrower is required to make a Tax Deduction, it shall make that Tax
Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax Deduction within
the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by law.
(d) Within [30] days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required in
connection with that Tax Deduction, the Borrower shall deliver to the Intercreditor
Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the payment evidence reasonably satisfactory
to that Finance Party that the Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any
appropriate payment paid to the relevant taxing authority.
Please refer to the "Securitisation" section of the Explanatory Note for tax considerations relating to
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9.3 Tax indemnity
(a) Without prejudice to Clause 9.2 (Tax gross-up), if any Finance Party is required to
make any payment of or on account of Tax on or in relation to any sum received or
receivable under the Finance Documents (including any sum deemed for the purposes
of Tax to be received or receivable by such Finance Party whether or not actually
received or receivable) or if any liability in respect of any such payment is asserted,
imposed, levied or assessed against any Finance Party, the Borrower shall, within
[three] Business Days of demand of the Intercreditor Agent, promptly indemnify the
Finance Party which suffers a loss or liability as a result against such payment or
liability, together with any interest, penalties, costs and expenses payable or incurred
in connection therewith, provided that this Clause 9.3 shall not apply to:
(i) any Tax imposed on and calculated by reference to the net income actually
received or receivable by such Finance Party (but, for the avoidance of doubt,
not including any sum deemed for the purposes of Tax to be received or
receivable by such Finance Party but not actually receivable) by the
jurisdiction in which such Finance Party is incorporated;
(ii) any Tax imposed on and calculated by reference to the net income of the
Facility Office of such Finance Party actually received or receivable by such
Finance Party (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not including any sum
deemed for the purposes of Tax to be received or receivable by such Finance
Party but not actually receivable) by the jurisdiction in which its Facility
Office is located; or
(b) A Finance Party making, or intending to make a claim under paragraph (a) above
shall promptly notify the Intercreditor Agent of the event which will give, or has
given, rise to the claim, following which the Intercreditor Agent shall notify the
Borrower.
(c) A Finance Party shall, on receiving a payment from the Borrower under this Clause
9.3, notify the Intercreditor Agent.
If the Borrower makes a Tax Payment and the relevant Finance Party determines that:
(a) a Tax Credit is attributable to an increased payment of which that Tax Payment forms
part, to that Tax Payment or to a Tax Deduction in consequence of which that Tax
Payment was required; and
(b) that Finance Party has obtained and utilised that Tax Credit,
the Finance Party shall pay an amount to the Borrower which that Finance Party determines
will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax position as it would have been in had
the Tax Payment not been required to be made by the Borrower.
The Borrower shall pay and, within [three] Business Days of demand, indemnify each
Secured Party against any cost, loss or liability that Secured Party incurs in relation to all
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stamp duty, registration and other similar Taxes paid or payable in respect of any Finance
Document.
(a) All amounts set out or expressed in a Finance Document to be payable by any Party
to a Finance Party shall be deemed to be exclusive of any Indirect Tax. If any
Indirect Tax is chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party to any Party in
connection with a Finance Document, that Party shall pay to the Finance Party (in
addition to and at the same time as paying the consideration for that supply) an
amount equal to the amount of the Indirect Tax.
(b) Where a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse or indemnify a Finance
Party for any costs or expenses, that Party shall also at the same time pay and
indemnify the Finance Party against all Indirect Tax incurred by that Finance Party in
respect of those costs or expenses to the extent that the Finance Party reasonably
determines that it is not entitled to a credit or repayment in respect of the Indirect
Tax.
(a) Subject to paragraph (c) below, each Party shall, within [ten] Business Days of a
reasonable request by another Party:
(ii) supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information
relating to its status under FATCA as that other Party reasonably requests for
the purposes of that other Party's compliance with FATCA; and
(iii) supply to that other Party such forms, documentation and other information
relating to its status as that other Party reasonably requests for the purposes of
that other Party's compliance with any other law, regulation, or exchange of
information regime.
(b) If a Party confirms to another Party pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) above that it is a
FATCA Exempt Party and it subsequently becomes aware that it is not or has ceased
to be a FATCA Exempt Party, that Party shall notify that other Party reasonably
promptly.
(c) Paragraph (a) above shall not oblige any Finance Party to do anything, and paragraph
(a)(iii) above shall not oblige any other Party to do anything, which would or might in
its reasonable opinion constitute a breach of:
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(d) If a Party fails to confirm whether or not it is a FATCA Exempt Party or to supply
forms, documentation or other information requested in accordance with paragraphs
(a)(i) or (a)(ii) above (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where paragraph (c)
above applies), then such Party shall be treated for the purposes of the Finance
Documents (and payments under them) as if it is not a FATCA Exempt Party until
such time as the Party in question provides the requested confirmation, forms,
documentation or other information.
(e) [If the Borrower is a US Tax Obligor or the Intercreditor Agent reasonably believes
that its obligations under FATCA or any other applicable law or regulation require it,
each Lender shall, within [ten] Business Days of:
(i) where the Borrower is a US Tax Obligor and the relevant Lender is an
Original Lender, the date of this Agreement;
(ii) where the Borrower is a US Tax Obligor on a Transfer Date and the relevant
Lender is a New Lender, the relevant Transfer Date; or
(iii) where the Borrower is not a US Tax Obligor, the date of a request from the
Intercreditor Agent,
(f) The Intercreditor Agent shall provide any withholding certificate, withholding
statement, document, authorisation or waiver it receives from a Lender pursuant to
paragraph (e) above to the Borrower.
(h) The Intercreditor Agent may rely on any withholding certificate, withholding
statement, document, authorisation or waiver it receives from a Lender pursuant to
paragraph (e) or (g) above without further verification. The Intercreditor Agent shall
not be liable for any action taken by it under or in connection with paragraphs (e), (f)
or (g) above.]116
Paragraphs (e), (f), (g) and (h) of Clause 9.7 (FATCA Information) may be used for loans entered
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into with US borrowers (or loans where a US borrower may become an additional borrower).
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9.8 FATCA Deduction
(a) Each Party may make any FATCA Deduction it is required to make by FATCA, and
any payment required in connection with that FATCA Deduction, and no Party shall
be required to increase any payment in respect of which it makes such a FATCA
Deduction or otherwise compensate the recipient of the payment for that FATCA
Deduction.
(b) Each Party shall promptly, upon becoming aware that it must make a FATCA
Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of such FATCA
Deduction), notify the Party to whom it is making the payment and, in addition, shall
notify the Borrower and the Intercreditor Agent and the Intercreditor Agent shall
notify the other Finance Parties.
(a) Subject to Clause 10.3 (Exceptions), the Borrower shall, within [three] Business Days
of a demand by the Intercreditor Agent, pay for the account of a Finance Party the
amount of any Increased Costs incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates
as a result of:
(ii) compliance with any law or regulation made after the date of this
Agreement[; or
(iii) the implementation or application of, or compliance with, Basel III [or CRD
IV] or any law or regulation that implements or applies Basel III [or CRD
IV]117.]
(C) a reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance
Document,
Also consider whether costs arising from CRD V (being (i) Regulation (EU) No 2019/876 of the
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European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 575/2013 and
Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 and (ii) Directive (EU) 2019/878 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 20 May 2019 amending Directive 2013/36/EU) and, at the end of the transition period
under the EU/UK Withdrawal Agreement, costs under the UK's equivalent regime should be included
or excluded from the scope of this clause.
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(ii) ["Basel III" means:
(a) A Finance Party (other than the Intercreditor Agent) intending to make a claim
pursuant to Clause 10.1 (Increased Costs) shall notify the Intercreditor Agent of the
event giving rise to the claim, following which the Intercreditor Agent shall promptly
notify the Borrower.
(b) Each Finance Party (other than the Intercreditor Agent) shall, as soon as practicable
after a demand by the Intercreditor Agent, provide a certificate confirming the
amount of its Increased Costs.
10.3 Exceptions
(a) Clause 10.1 (Increased Costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased Cost is:
(iii) compensated for by Clause 9.3 (Tax indemnity) (or would have been
compensated for under Clause 9.3 (Tax indemnity) but was not so
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compensated solely because any of the exclusions in paragraph (a) of Clause
9.3 (Tax indemnity) applied); or
(iv) attributable to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance Party or its Affiliates
of any law or regulation.
(b) In this Clause 10.3, a reference to a "Tax Deduction" has the same meaning given to
that term in Clause 9.1 (Definitions).
(a) If any sum due from the Borrower under the Finance Documents (a "Sum"), or any
order, judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted
from the currency (the "First Currency") in which that Sum is payable into another
currency (the "Second Currency"), the Borrower shall, as an independent obligation,
within [three] Business Days of demand, indemnify each Secured Party to whom that
Sum is due against any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a result of the
conversion including any discrepancy between (A) the rate of exchange used to
convert that Sum from the First Currency into the Second Currency and (B) the rate
or rates of exchange available to that person at the time of its receipt of that Sum.
(b) The Borrower waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount
under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that in which
it is expressed to be payable.
(a) The Borrower shall, within [three] Business Days of demand, indemnify each
Secured Party against any cost, loss or liability incurred by that Secured Party as a
result of:
(ii) a failure by an Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on
its due date, including, any cost, loss or liability arising as a result of the
sharing and redistribution provisions of the Finance Documents;
(iv) a Loan (or part of a Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of
prepayment given by the Borrower;
(vi) [the failure or alleged failure by the Borrower to carry out the Project in
accordance with the E&S Standards;]
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(vii) [the information produced or approved by the Borrower being or being
alleged to be misleading and/or deceptive in any respect;]
(viii) any enquiry, investigation, subpoena (or similar order) or litigation with
respect to any Obligor, or with respect to the transactions contemplated or
financed under this Agreement;
(x) exercising any rights under any Security Document or any Direct Agreement.
(b) The Borrower shall promptly indemnify each Secured Party and each of their
respective Affiliates and each officer and employee of each Secured Party and their
respective Affiliates, successors and permitted assigns (collectively, the
"Indemnified Persons") from and against any cost, loss or liability incurred by that
Indemnified Person in connection with or arising out of the Project or the funding of
the Project, including any E&S Claim (all of the foregoing, collectively, the
"Indemnified Liabilities"), provided that the Borrower shall have no obligation
under this Clause 11.2 to any such Indemnified Person with respect to Indemnified
Liabilities arising from the gross negligence or wilful misconduct of any such
Indemnified Person.
12.1 Mitigation
(a) Each Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Borrower, take all reasonable steps
to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would result in any Facility
ceasing to be available or any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or
cancelled pursuant to, any of Clause 5.1 (Mandatory prepayment – Illegality), Clause
9 (Tax Gross Up and Indemnities) or Clause 10 (Increased Costs) including (but not
limited to) transferring its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents to
another Affiliate or Facility Office.
(b) Paragraph (a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of the Borrower under
the Finance Documents.
(a) The Borrower shall promptly indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and expenses
reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of steps taken by it under Clause
12.1 (Mitigation).
(b) A Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 12.1 (Mitigation) if, in
the opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might be prejudicial to
it.
The Borrower shall promptly on demand pay each Finance Party the amount of all costs and
expenses (including legal fees) [reasonably][properly] incurred by any of them (and, in the
case of a Security Agent, by any Receiver or Delegate) in connection with:
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(a) the negotiation, preparation, printing, execution, implementation, translation,
syndication, perfection and registration of the Finance Documents and any other
document referred to in the Finance Documents;
(b) the protection of the Secured Parties' interests under the Finance Documents;
(c) the review and negotiation of any Project Document and any other Project Document
executed after the Signing Date and, in each case, any amendment thereto or consent
or waiver in respect thereof;
(d) (following consultation with the Borrower, and having regard to the cost and the
expertise of the advice required) administration of the Finance Documents and the
release of the Security under the Security Documents after the Final Maturity Date;
(f) any report prepared by, or review, audit, validation or valuation conducted by, or
other services contemplated by the Finance Documents and provided by, the Advisers
or any other adviser or consultant in relation to the Project, provided that, other than
where a Default is continuing or an event is likely to result in a Material Adverse
Effect, the scope of work of such Adviser's or any other adviser or consultant in
relation to the Project shall be approved by the Borrower (such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed);
(g) the giving of any legal opinions required by such Finance Party under the Finance
Documents;
(h) any Site visit made in accordance with Clause 15.8 (Access) or any Finance
Document; and
(i) any other Finance Documents executed after the date of this Agreement.
If the Borrower requests an amendment, waiver or consent, the Borrower shall, within [three]
Business Days of demand, reimburse each Finance Party for the amount of all costs and
expenses (including legal fees) reasonably incurred by that Finance Party (and in the case of a
Security Agent, by any Receiver or Delegate) in responding to, evaluating, negotiating or
complying with that request or requirement119.
The Borrower shall, within [three] Business Days of demand, pay to each Secured Party the
amount of all costs and expenses (including legal fees) incurred by that Secured Party in
connection with the enforcement of, or the preservation of any rights under, any Finance
Document and the Transaction Security and any proceedings instituted by or against a
Security Agent as a consequence of taking or holding the Transaction Security or enforcing
these rights.
Consideration should be given to the allocation of responsibility for the costs and expenses relating
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13.4 Other costs
The Borrower shall, within [three] Business Days of demand, pay to each Finance Party all
other fees, costs and expenses which the Borrower has agreed in writing to reimburse.
13.5 Advisers
(a) The Borrower acknowledges the appointment of each Adviser and the scope of work
set out in the terms of their respective appointments.
(b) The Borrower shall, within [three] Business Days of demand by the Intercreditor
Agent, pay to the Intercreditor Agent the amount of all fees, costs and expenses of
each Adviser appointed pursuant to this Clause 13.5 (subject to any separate fee
arrangement that the Borrower has agreed in writing with such Adviser).
(c) In addition to any existing Advisers, any Finance Agent may, at the cost of the
Borrower and (unless a Default is continuing) with the prior written approval of the
Borrower, from time to time appoint (and dismiss) market, technical, model, legal,
tax, insurance, social and environmental or other advisers or accountants (or modify
the scope of work of any Adviser) in connection with:
(ii) any breach by the Borrower of its obligations under the Transaction
Documents;
(iii) responding to, evaluating, negotiating or complying with any request from
the Borrower for an amendment, waiver or consent; or
(iv) any steps necessary or desirable in connection with any Default or any
proposal for remedying or otherwise resolving any Default.
13.6 Experts
The Borrower shall, within [three] Business Days of demand by the Intercreditor Agent, pay
to the Intercreditor Agent the amount of all fees, costs and expenses of each Expert appointed
pursuant to each Resolution Procedure.
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SECTION 6
REPRESENTATIONS, UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT
14. REPRESENTATIONS120
The Borrower makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause 14 to each
Finance Party on the date of this Agreement.122
14.2 Status
(a) It is a [limited liability company], duly incorporated and validly existing under the
law of [its jurisdiction of incorporation]. (Non-repeating)123
(b) It has the power to own its assets and carry out the Project and its business as
contemplated in the Transaction Documents. (Non-repeating)124
(a) Each Transaction Document to which it is a party has been duly executed and
delivered by it.
(b) Subject to the Legal Reservations and, in the case of any Security Document, the
applicable Perfection Requirements, the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in
each Transaction Document to which it is party are legal, valid, binding and
enforceable obligations.125
120
Additional materiality or other qualifications can be included as agreed among the parties on a
transaction by transaction basis.
Other representations may be relevant to the Borrower (and the Sponsors/Shareholders as the case
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Lenders and in particular ECAs will sometimes expect the Borrower to make representations on
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behalf of itself and, subject to a knowledge qualifier, the Sponsors/Shareholders and other project
parties (although these may also be contained in the Finance Documents to which the
Sponsors/Shareholders are parties or the Direct Agreements entered into by the relevant project
parties). Amend as necessary.
This does not need to repeat after day 1 provided that the undertaking to maintain its existence is
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This does not need to repeat after day 1 provided that the undertaking to maintain its power to own
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the assets and carry out the Project is retained in the undertakings.
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Check the limitations in the legal opinions.
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14.4 Non-conflict with other obligations126
The entry into and performance by it of, and the transactions contemplated by, the
Transaction Documents to which it is party do not and will not conflict with:
(a) any Applicable Laws or any Required Authorisation in any material respect;
(c) any agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its assets or constitute a default
or termination event (however described) under any such agreement or instrument.
It has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken all necessary action to
authorise its entry into, performance and delivery of, the Transaction Documents to which it
is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated by those Transaction Documents.
14.6 Authorisations
(a) Subject to the Legal Reservations and the applicable Perfection Requirements, all
Required Authorisations have been obtained or effected and are in full force and
effect [(or will be obtained or effected prior to [the date it enters into the relevant
Transaction Document])].
(b) To the best of its knowledge there are no facts or circumstances which could
reasonably be expected to lead to:
(ii) any Required Authorisation not being obtained, renewed or effected when
required.
(a) the choice of governing law of each Transaction Document will be recognised and
enforced in each Relevant Jurisdiction;
(b) the express submission by it to the dispute resolution forums contemplated by the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party is a legal, valid and binding submission
to their jurisdiction; and
(c) any judgment obtained in the jurisdiction specified in each Transaction Document
and (if applicable) any award obtained in an arbitration forum to which it has
submitted will be recognised and enforced in each Relevant Jurisdiction.
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If required, an additional representation may be included:
"Consents obtained
It has obtained all consents necessary to ensure that no other party to any agreement or arrangement entered into by it
becomes entitled to terminate that agreement or arrangement as a consequence of the Borrower entering into the
Transaction Documents."
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14.8 Compliance
It has performed its obligations in accordance with and observed (and the Project complies
with) all Compliance Standards in all [material] respects.
14.9 Insolvency
No:
(a) corporate action, legal proceeding or other procedure or step described in paragraph
(a) of Clause 18.7 (Insolvency proceedings); or
has been taken or threatened in respect of it or any of its assets and none of the circumstances
described in Clause 18.6 (Insolvency) applies to it.
(a) No Event of Default and, on the Signing Date and the date of Financial Close, no
Default is continuing or is reasonably likely to result from the making of any
Utilisation or the entry into, the performance of, or any transaction contemplated by,
any Transaction Document.
(b) It is not in breach of any provision of any Transaction Document and is not aware of
any outstanding material breach by any other party of any provision of any such
document to which it is a party, and it has not received any notice that any person has
disputed, repudiated or disclaimed liability under any such document to which it is a
party or evidenced an intention to do so.
(c) No other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes (or, with the expiry
of a grace period, the giving of notice, the making of any determination or any
combination of any of the foregoing, would constitute):
14.11 Taxation
(a) It has duly and punctually paid and discharged all Taxes imposed upon it or its assets
within the time period allowed without incurring penalties (except to the extent that
(i) payment is being contested in good faith, (ii) it has maintained adequate reserves
for those Taxes and (iii) payment can be lawfully withheld). (Non-repeating)
(b) No claims or investigations by any Tax authority are being or are reasonably likely to
be made or conducted against it which are reasonably likely to result in a liability of
or claim against it to pay any material amount of, or in respect of, Tax.
This may be extended to specifically refer to any key contracts in respect of which a material default
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(d) All Tax returns required to have been filed by it or on its behalf under any Applicable
Law have been filed when due (including any extensions granted) and contain the
information required by Applicable Law to be contained in them.
(e) It is not required to make any Tax Deduction (as defined in Clause 9.1 (Definitions))
from any payment it may make under any Finance Document. (Non-repeating)
(f) Subject to the Legal Reservations, under the law of each Relevant Jurisdiction it is
not necessary that the [Transaction]/[Finance] 128 Documents be filed, recorded or
enrolled with any court or other authority in that jurisdiction or that any stamp,
registration or similar tax be paid on or in relation to the [Transaction]/[Finance]
Documents or the transactions contemplated by them except for complying with the
applicable Perfection Requirements which will be made and/or paid promptly after
the date of the relevant [Transaction]/[Finance] Document. (Non-repeating) 129
14.12 Business
(a) It has not undertaken or had an interest in any trading, business or other activity other
than as contemplated by the Transaction Documents or incidental to the Project.
(b) It has no material rights against, or obligations to, any person other than under the
Transaction Documents to which it is party and any transactions that they expressly
contemplate.
(c) Each transaction or arrangement that it has entered into with any person is on an
arm's length basis.
14.13 Subsidiaries
It does not have any Subsidiaries and it does not legally or beneficially own or hold any
equity or ownership interests (or instruments convertible into an equity or ownership interest)
of any person. (Non-repeating)
14.14 Assets
(a) It has good, valid and marketable title to, or valid leases or licences of, and all
appropriate Authorisations to use, the assets necessary or desirable to carry out the
Project. (Non-repeating)130
(b) It has not sold or granted (or agreed to sell or grant) any right of pre-emption over, or
any lease or tenancy of or otherwise disposed of any of its interests in any of the
Secured Property, other than as permitted in Clause 17.14 (Disposals). (Non-
repeating)131
Consider whether this representation should extend to documents other than the Finance
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Documents.
This does not need to repeat after day 1 provided that the indemnity in respect of such filing and
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(c) It legally and beneficially owns (subject only to Transaction Security) all Real
Property required to carry out the Project at the Site. (Non-repeating) 132
(d) It is the absolute legal and beneficial owner of the assets over which it purports to
grant Security.
(e) In entering into, and exercising its rights and performing its obligations under, each
Finance Document, it does not act as trustee or agent for any other person.
Subject to the Legal Reservations, its payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank
at least pari passu with the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors,
except for obligations mandatorily preferred by law applying to companies generally. (Non-
repeating)
(a) It owns or has the legal right to use on an arm's length basis and free from any
Security all Intellectual Property that is necessary or desirable to carry out the Project
and its business.
(b) It has taken all necessary action (including payments of fees and the making of all
registrations) to safeguard, maintain in full force and effect, use, and preserve its
ability to enforce all Intellectual Property owned or used by it.
(c) Its ownership or use of the Intellectual Property does not infringe any rights of any
third party.
(d) It is not aware of any adverse circumstance relating to the validity, subsistence or use
of any Intellectual Property owned or used by it [which has or is reasonably likely to
have a Material Adverse Effect].
14.17 Shares
(a) As at the date of this Agreement, the [Sponsors][Shareholders] together Control it,
and legally and beneficially own fully paid shares in its share capital in the following
proportions:
[ ] [ ]
(Non-repeating)
(b) All its shares are subject to the Transaction Security, are fully paid and are not subject
to any option, warrant, trust, right of redemption, pre-emption, conversion or disposal
or similar rights. Its constitutional documents do not and could not restrict or inhibit
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This does not need to repeat after day 1 provided that the corresponding undertaking is retained.
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The representations in this Clause assumes that the project company owns all the intellectual
property for the Project. In some projects (particularly in the natural resources sector), this may not be
the case. Parties to consider and amend as necessary.
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any transfer of those shares on creation or on enforcement of the Transaction
Security.
(c) No person other than a [Sponsor][Shareholder] (and the [Onshore Security Agent]
[Offshore Security [Trustee][Agent]] under any Transaction Security) has any rights
(including voting and dividend rights), benefits and interests in respect of or derived
from its shares.
(d) It has not granted to any person any securities convertible into its share capital or
granted any rights to call for issuance of further shares in its capital.
14.18 Security
(a) No Security or Quasi-Security exists over all or any of its present or future assets
other than any Security or Quasi-Security permitted under Clause 17.13 (Negative
pledge).
(b) Subject to the Legal Reservations and any applicable Perfection Requirements, the
Transaction Security has or will have first ranking priority and it is not subject to any
prior ranking or pari passu ranking Security.
(c) Each Security Document to which it is a party validly creates, as Security for the
Secured Obligations, the Security which is expressed to be created over the Secured
Property by that Security Document[ and evidences the Security it is expressed to
evidence].
14.20 No proceedings
(b) No judgment or order of a court, tribunal, arbitral body, agency or other relevant
Authority or any order or sanction of any governmental or other regulatory body
which is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect has (to the best of its
knowledge and belief) been made against it or its assets (or against its directors) or in
relation to the Project.
(a) It has conducted its business and operations and carried out the Project in compliance
with Anti-Corruption Laws and laws relating to the financing of terrorism, money
This template CTA provides some suggested sanctions and anti-bribery and corruption provisions
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for the user's adaptation. However, the extent to which such provisions are required will be heavily
dependent on the identity of the Finance Parties (including ECAs and DFIs), the jurisdictions and the
industry sectors involved in the Project. A more tailored approach is likely required based on the
various parties' obligations under applicable law and regulation.
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laundering or similar activities and has instituted and maintained policies and
procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such laws.
(b) [It has not, nor [to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful
enquiry)] has any agent, director, employee or officer of the Borrower made or
received, or directed or authorised any other person to make or receive, any offer,
payment or promise to pay, of any money, gift or other thing of value, directly or
indirectly, to or for the use or benefit of any person, where this violates or would
violate, or creates or would create liability for it or any other person under, any Anti-
Corruption Laws or laws relating to the financing of terrorism, money laundering or
similar activities.]
(c) [[Save as disclosed in writing to the Intercreditor Agent prior to the date of this
Agreement [or in accordance with paragraph (a) of Clause 15.13 ([Anti-corruption
information, counter-terrorism financing, anti-money laundering),]/[it is not, nor [to
the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry)] is any
agent, director, employee or officer of the Borrower] being investigated by any
agency, or party to any proceedings, in each case in relation to any Anti-Corruption
Laws or laws relating to the financing of terrorism, money laundering or similar
activities.]
(d) It has not, nor [to the best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful
enquiry)] has any agent, director, employee or officer of the Borrower] made any
improper gifts for the purpose of influencing public officials and it has not been
involved in the financing of terrorism, money laundering or similar activities.
It is not, and none of its Affiliates is, and (to its knowledge) none of its and its Affiliates'
directors, officers, agents or employees is, currently a designated target of, or is otherwise a
subject of, Sanctions.
(a) It has performed and observed (and the Project complies with), in all material
respects, all E&S Standards, E&S Authorisations and E&S Documents and all other
material covenants, conditions, restrictions or agreements directly or indirectly
concerned with any contamination, pollution or waste or the release or discharge of
any toxic or hazardous substance in connection with any real property which is or
was at any time owned, leased or occupied by it or on which it has conducted any
activity. (Non-repeating)
(b) [The E&S Documents are in compliance with the E&S Standards and the E&S
Authorisations in all material respects.]137 (Non-repeating)
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One possible variation to the sanctions approach adopted in this Agreement (which provides for
sanctions representations and covenants which are given and binding on the Borrower and the breach
of which would give rise to an Event of Default) is to include the ability for certain lenders to opt out
of certain sanctions event being applicable to the relevant lender (e.g. where there is a conflict among
international sanctions authorities) and dealing with the mandatory prepayment of a single lender
affected by certain sanctions events on a "pay if you can" basis so as to balance the interests of
affected lenders and non-affected lenders.
Please refer to the "Securitisation" section of the Explanatory Note for sanctions considerations
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(c) [Any additional provisions relating to compliance of the Project and the E&S
Documents with the E&S Standards, and on the status of E&S Authorisations
required to be obtained, to be advised by the E&S Adviser following E&S due
diligence.]
(a) No E&S Claim has been commenced or is threatened against the Project or (to the
best of its knowledge and belief (having made due and careful enquiry)) any Major
Project Participant [where that claim would be reasonably likely, if determined
against it or (as applicable) the Project or that Major Project Participant, to have a
Material Adverse Effect].
(b) It is not aware of any event or circumstance likely to give rise to any E&S Claim
described in paragraph (a) above.
(a) Copies of the Transaction Documents have been delivered to the Intercreditor Agent
and such copies are true, complete and accurate and have not been amended, novated,
assigned (other than pursuant to a Security Document) or otherwise modified, other
than as disclosed to the Intercreditor Agent.
(b) The Transaction Documents contain all terms of the material contractual
arrangements relating to the Project.
(c) Its constitutional documents, the Shareholders Agreement[, each Shareholder Loan
Agreement] and each Finance Document to which both the Borrower and the
[Sponsors][Shareholders] are party contain all the material terms of the arrangements
between the Borrower and the [Sponsors][Shareholders] and their Affiliates. 138
14.26 Information139
(a) [Any factual information provided by an Obligor for the purposes of the Information
Memorandum or other factual information provided by an Obligor to a Finance Party
or any Adviser in connection with the Project was true and accurate in all material
respects, was not misleading in any material respect and did not omit any material
facts, in each case as at the date it was provided or as at the date (if any) at which it is
stated. (Non-repeating) 140]141
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Subject to input from the E&S Adviser.
Check whether there is any services agreement in place with the Sponsors, and ensure that any fee
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payable under it by the Borrower is either (1) treated wholly as a Restricted Payment or (2) regulated
through the covenants (to the extent that the fee is modelled and accepted by the Lenders) and any
additional/increased amount is treated as a Restricted Payment.
If primary syndication takes place after the agreement is signed, this representation needs to be
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amended so that paragraphs (a) and (c) are only given after the Information Memorandum has been
approved by the Borrower/Obligors.
This representation does not need to repeat after day 1 as it only relates to the original Information
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(b) The Financial Model has been prepared in good faith and on the basis of Assumptions
which were reasonable as at the date it was prepared and is consistent with the
budgets supplied under this Agreement.
(c) The financial projections, opinions, estimates and forecasts contained in the
Information Memorandum have been prepared on the basis of recent historical
information and on the basis of reasonable assumptions. (Non-repeating)
(d) All written information [(other than the Information Memorandum)] 142 (including any
document, certificate, notice, or request provided under the Finance Documents)
supplied by it is true, complete and accurate in all material respects as at the date it
was given and is not misleading in any respect, and any projections, opinions,
estimates and forecasts contained in such written information have been prepared on
the basis of recent historical information and on the basis of reasonable assumptions.
(a) Its Original Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied [unless expressly disclosed to the Intercreditor Agent in writing
to the contrary before the date of this Agreement]. (Non-repeating)143
(b) Its Original Financial Statements fairly represent its financial condition as at the end
of the relevant financial year and operations during the relevant financial year [unless
expressly disclosed to the Intercreditor Agent in writing to the contrary before the
date of this Agreement]. (Non-repeating)
(c) There has been no material adverse change in its business or financial condition since
[the date on which its Original Financial Statements are stated to have been
prepared].144 (Non-repeating)
14.28 Insurance
(a) It is in compliance with all of its obligations with respect to insurance under the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
(b) [All Insurances which are required to have been effected are in full force and effect,
and no event or circumstance has occurred (including any omission to disclose any
fact) which could validly entitle an insurer in respect of any of such Insurances to
terminate, vitiate, rescind or otherwise avoid or reduce its liability under any such
Insurances.]145
(a) Its execution of the Transaction Documents to which it is or will be party constitutes,
and its exercise of its rights and performance of its obligations under those
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Delete if there is no Information Memorandum.
This representation does not need to repeat after day 1 as it only relates to the Original Financial
143
This representation has been drafted on the assumption that it will not be repeating, as there is a
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Transaction Documents will constitute, private and commercial acts done and
performed for private and commercial purposes.
No Force Majeure [for a period lasting at least [●] days (whether or not consecutive)] has
occurred under any Project Document. [(Non-repeating)] 146
(a) [Any additional provisions relating to legal matters to be advised by the Lenders'
Legal Adviser(s) following legal due diligence.]
(b) [Any additional provisions relating to technical matters specific to the Project, or
relating more generally to projects in this sector, to be advised by the Technical
Adviser following technical due diligence.]147
14.32 Repetition
(b) The Repeating Representations are deemed to be made by the Borrower to each
Finance Party (by reference to the facts and circumstances then existing) on Financial
Close, the date of each Utilisation Request, each Utilisation Date and the first day of
each Interest Period.
The undertakings in this Clause 15 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for as
long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Commitment is in
force.
The Borrower shall supply to the Intercreditor Agent in sufficient copies for all the Finance
Parties:
(a) as soon as the same become available, but in any event by the date falling [•] days
after the end of each of its financial years, the audited consolidated financial
statements of [the Borrower][each Obligor] for that financial year; and
Lenders will sometimes require this to be a Repeating Representation so that it applies during the
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Certain projects may require the project company to prepare and maintain a pandemic business
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continuity plan.
This template CTA includes a suggested list of representations to be repeated but this is negotiated
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(b) as soon as the same become available, but in any event by the date falling [•] days
after the end of each half of each of its financial years, the unaudited consolidated
financial statements of the Borrower for that financial half year; [and]
(c) [as soon as the same become available, but in any event by the date falling [•] days
after the end of each [quarter of each of its financial years]/[month], the unaudited
consolidated financial statements (including cumulative management accounts for the
financial year to date) of the Borrower for that period.]
(a) Each set of financial statements delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Clause 15.1
(Financial statements) shall be certified by two directors of such person as giving a
true and fair view (as the case of audited financial statements) or as fairly
representing (in the case of the audited financial statements) its financial condition as
at the date at which those financial statements were drawn up.149
(b) The Borrower shall procure that each set of the financial statements delivered
pursuant to paragraph (a) of Clause 15.1 (Financial statements) shall:
(i) be audited by the Auditor (in the case of the Borrower) or (in any other case)
an auditor;
(ii) in the case of the Borrower, [reported on by the Auditor in the form agreed
by the Borrower and the Intercreditor Agent prior to the Signing
Date]/[signed by the Auditor]; and
(iii) in the case of the Borrower's financial statements, include a statement by the
Borrower of all transactions between the Borrower and each of its Affiliates,
if any, during the financial year, and a certification by the Auditor that those
transactions were on the basis of arm's length arrangements.
(c) [The Borrower shall procure that each set of financial statements delivered pursuant
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(d) The Borrower shall procure that each set of its financial statements delivered pursuant
to Clause 15.1 (Financial statements) is prepared using GAAP and accounting
practices and financial reference periods consistent with those applied in the
preparation of its Original Financial Statements unless, in relation to any set of
financial statements, it notifies the Intercreditor Agent that there has been a change in
GAAP, the accounting practices or reference periods, and the Auditor delivers to the
Intercreditor Agent:
(i) a description of any change necessary for those financial statements to reflect
GAAP, accounting practices and reference periods upon which its Original
Financial Statements were prepared; and
Certification by directors of financial statements may not be the usual practice in certain
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Paragraph (c) should be used where the Borrower's financial statements follow generally accepted
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accounting principles from time to time. Paragraph (d) should be used where the Borrower will
ensure that all financial statements apply the same GAAP, accounting practices and financial
reference periods as used for the Original Financial Statements (or, if there has been a change, provide
the Intercreditor Agent with updating information) - often referred to as the "frozen GAAP" provision.
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(ii) sufficient information, in form and substance as may be reasonably required
by the Intercreditor Agent, to enable the Lenders to:
(iii) [If the Borrower notifies the Intercreditor Agent of a change in accordance
with paragraph (i) above, then the Borrower and Intercreditor Agent shall
enter into negotiations in good faith with a view to agreeing:
(A) whether or not the change might result in any material alteration in
the commercial effect of any of the terms of this Agreement; and
and if any amendments are agreed they shall take effect and be binding on
each of the Parties in accordance with their terms.]
(e) [The Borrower shall (at its expense), upon the request of the Intercreditor Agent and
on reasonable notice, permit the Intercreditor Agent to communicate directly with the
Auditor concerning the financial position of the Borrower and shall ensure that the
Auditor is authorised to discuss the Borrower's financial position with the
Intercreditor Agent and to disclose any information the Intercreditor Agent may
reasonably request.]
(a) The Original Construction Budget shall be the current Construction Budget until
updated in accordance with this Clause 15.3.
(b) The Borrower may deliver to the Intercreditor Agent from time to time during the
Construction Period a draft revised construction budget, and shall do so if the total
Project Costs projected to be paid or payable during the Construction Period exceed
by [five] per cent. [(5%)] or more the total Project Costs projected to be paid or
payable during the Construction Period in the [current Construction Budget][Original
Construction Budget].
(c) Each draft revised construction budget shall be prepared substantially in the form of
the Original Construction Budget.
(d) Each Construction Budget (including the Original Construction Budget) shall set out
Project Costs that have been incurred to date (if any), projections for Project Costs to
As a general note, the provisions in Clause 15.3 (Construction Budgets) and Clause 15.4 (O&M
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be paid in each remaining calendar month during the Construction Period (including
the calendar month in which it is delivered) and the sources of funding to be used to
pay such Project Costs.
(e) [Any proposed draft revised construction budget delivered under paragraph (b) above
shall become the current Construction Budget only if approved in writing by the
Intercreditor Agent and after incorporating any amendments requested or required by
the Intercreditor Agent (in consultation with the Technical Adviser). If the
Intercreditor Agent approves part but not all of a proposed draft revised construction
budget, in respect of those portions of such draft revised construction budget that
have not been approved, the amounts set forth for such portions in the current
Construction Budget shall apply with respect to such portions until such time as the
unapproved portions of such draft revised construction budget are approved by the
Intercreditor Agent.]152
(f) [The Intercreditor Agent may challenge any draft revised construction budget
delivered under paragraph (b) above within [30] days of its delivery. Any draft
revised construction budget not challenged by that date shall become the current
Construction Budget.
(g) If any draft revised construction budget is challenged under paragraph (f) above and
not resolved between the Borrower and the Intercreditor Agent within [five] Business
Days, the matter shall be referred to the Resolution Procedure, and the construction
budget as determined pursuant to that procedure shall become the current
Construction Budget. Until such matter is resolved, the then current Construction
Budget shall continue to apply.]
(a) The Original O&M Budget shall be the current O&M Budget until updated in
accordance with this Clause 15.4.
(b) On the date falling [•] days prior to the start of each calendar year falling (in whole or
in part) within the Operating Period, the Borrower shall deliver to the Intercreditor
Agent a draft O&M budget for the immediately following calendar year, and shall
also promptly do so if at any point in the Operating Period (i) the total Operating
Costs paid or payable or projected to be paid or payable during any calendar month to
which the current O&M Budget relates exceeds by [five] per cent. ([5]%) or more the
total Operating Costs projected to be paid or payable during that calendar month in
the current O&M Budget or [(ii) there is or will be a variance (positive or negative) in
the actual Operating Costs paid or payable in any [six] month period in the then
current calendar year by [five] per cent ([5]%) or more of the total Operating Costs
projected to be paid or payable in that [six] month period, as contemplated in the
Financial Model].
(c) Each draft O&M budget shall be prepared substantially in the form of the Original
O&M Budget.
(d) Each O&M Budget (including the Original O&M Budget) shall set out projections
(for each calendar month of the budget period) of the Operating Costs and any other
Parties to discuss whether approval is required or the procedure in paragraphs (f) and (g) are
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acceptable. This may depend on the project structure and economics and the negotiating strength of
the parties. Some sponsors may ask for a deemed approval mechanism for budgets (or parts of
budgets) that are within a reasonable percentage of the budget assumed for a given budget period in
the Base Case (or otherwise for any part of a proposed budget that is not objected to).
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operating expenditures payable by it in each month during such period, together with
the Assumptions on which such projections are based.
(e) [Any proposed draft O&M budget delivered under paragraph (b) above shall become
the current O&M Budget only if approved in writing by the Intercreditor Agent and
after incorporating any amendments requested or required by the Intercreditor Agent
(in consultation with the Technical Adviser). If the Intercreditor Agent approves part
but not all of a proposed draft O&M budget, in respect of those portions of such
proposed draft O&M budget that have not been approved, the amounts set forth for
such portions in the current O&M Budget shall apply with respect to such portions
until such time as the unapproved portions of such proposed draft O&M budget are
approved by the Intercreditor Agent. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but without
prejudice to the Borrower's obligation to deliver the amended O&M Budget to the
Intercreditor Agent and the requirements of paragraph (b)(ii) above, where the
proposed amendment to the then current O&M Budget relates only to the reallocation
of all or a portion of the amount in respect of a particular line item from one month to
another month within that O&M Budget, then such amended O&M Budget shall
become effective without the need for the Intercreditor Agent's approval.] 153
(f) [The Intercreditor Agent may challenge any draft O&M budget delivered under
paragraph (b) above within [30] days of its delivery [include any exceptions]. Any
draft O&M budget not challenged by that date shall become the current O&M
Budget.
(g) If any draft O&M budget is challenged under paragraph (f) above and not resolved
between the Borrower and the Intercreditor Agent within [five] Business Days, the
matter shall be referred to the Resolution Procedure, and the O&M budget as
determined pursuant to that procedure shall become the current O&M Budget. Until
such matter is resolved, the then current O&M Budget shall continue to apply.]
By [•] in each calendar [month/quarter] (where such date falls within the Construction
Period), the Borrower shall deliver to the Intercreditor Agent a report [in the agreed form] for
the calendar [month/quarter] having most recently ended, setting out or addressing:
(a) a description in reasonable detail of the work carried out on the Project during such
reporting period (including under the Construction Contract and any related
infrastructure or facilities associated with the Project not otherwise covered under the
Construction Contract);
(b) the stage of construction achieved by the end of that reporting period and any delay in
achieving that stage by comparison with the construction schedule set out in the
Construction Contract;
(c) an updated estimate of the Project Completion Date (and if such estimate differs from
the Scheduled Project Completion Date, reasons for the difference);
(e) any Force Majeure or other event having or that might reasonably be expected to
have a [Material Adverse Effect]/[material adverse impact] on the Project that
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occurred during such reporting period (including any site, labour or supply chain,
technical, or Authorisations issues);
(f) any suspension of work and/or localised stop work orders (whether initiated by
parties under the Construction Contract or by the relevant Authorities) to the Project
during such reporting period;
(g) any (i) accidents or emergencies or (ii) other events or circumstances occurring
during such reporting period which might have a material adverse impact on the
construction schedule set out in the Construction Contract;
(h) the current status of construction of the Project's ancillary facilities and associated
infrastructure whether performed under the Construction Contract or otherwise (if
any);
(i) status, developments or issues relating to the Compliance Standards (including status
of any action required under any E&S Document);
(j) a comparison of the actually incurred Project Costs and funding used to meet such
Project Costs against the projections for those items in the then current Construction
Budget over the reporting period (and the reasons for any discrepancy between the
actual and projected amounts);154
(k) any requested change orders or material additional cost requests, a forecast of
remaining Project Costs and any Funding Shortfall;
(l) [any progress reports delivered to the Borrower by the Construction Contractor in
respect of the relevant period;]
(m) a copy of any Insurances, Authorisations or material notices received by the Borrower
during that period under or in relation to any Project Document;
(n) details of any factors that have or could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect (not otherwise reported on); and
(o) such other information concerning the Borrower and the Project as may be reasonably
requested by the Intercreditor Agent or the Technical Adviser.
By [•] in each calendar [month/quarter] (where such date falls within the Operating Period),
the Borrower shall deliver to the Intercreditor Agent a report [in the agreed form] for the
calendar [month/quarter] having most recently ended, setting out or attaching:
(a) a description, in reasonable detail, of the operation and maintenance activities of the
Project during such reporting period (including under the O&M Contract and any
related infrastructure or facilities associated with the Project or equipment forming
part of the Project which is not otherwise covered under O&M Contract);
(b) [the level of production of the Plant, consumption of [Fuel][Feedstock] and sales to
Offtaker[s] (including quantity and price) during such reporting period];
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Parties to consider whether it is necessary for a comparison from the start of the Construction
Period to the end of the reporting period is required and, if so, update this paragraph to reflect such
requirement.
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(c) a description of any major repairs to and maintenance of the Project undertaken by
the Borrower (or its contractors) during such period;
(e) any Force Majeure or other event having or that might reasonably be expected to
have a [Material Adverse Effect]/[material adverse impact] on the Project that
occurred during such reporting period (including any site, labour, supply, offtake,
technical or Authorisations issues);
(f) any suspension of work under the O&M Contract during such reporting period;
(g) any accidents or emergencies at the Project site during such reporting period;
(h) the current status of operation and maintenance of the Project's ancillary facilities (if
any);
(i) status, developments or issues relating to the Compliance Standards (including status
of any action required under any E&S Document);
(j) a breakdown of all Operating Costs expended (including any costs in respect of Major
Maintenance paid) during such reporting period, working capital requirements, and
Revenue and/or Compensation and/or Insurance Proceeds received during such
reporting period;
(k) a comparison of the actually incurred Operating Costs paid by it against the
projections of those items in the then current O&M Budget and the reporting period
(and the reasons for any discrepancy between the actual and projected amounts); 155
(l) [any progress reports delivered to the Borrower by the O&M Contractor in respect of
the relevant period;]
(m) a copy of any Insurances, Authorisations or material notices received by the Borrower
during that period under or in relation to any Project Document;
(n) details of any factors that have or could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect (not otherwise reported on); and
(o) such other information concerning the Borrower and the Project as may be reasonably
requested by the Intercreditor Agent or the Technical Adviser.
(a) By [•] and [•] in each calendar year, the Borrower shall deliver to the Intercreditor
Agent (copied to the Technical Adviser) a report for the calendar [half-year] having
most recently ended, confirming compliance in all material respects with the E&S
Documents and E&S Standards in respect of the Project [and the Associated
Facilities] or, as the case may be, detailing any non-compliance in any material
respect, and setting out the action being taken to ensure compliance.
Parties to consider whether it is necessary for a comparison from the start of the Operating Period
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to the end of the reporting period is required and, if so, update this paragraph to reflect such
requirement.
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(b) The Borrower shall take all reasonable steps to assist the Technical Adviser to verify
to the Finance Parties the contents of each report delivered by the Borrower in
accordance with paragraph (a) above within [30] days of the receipt of such report by
the Technical Adviser.
(c) The Borrower shall, as soon as possible but no later than [three] days after its
occurrence, notify the Intercreditor Agent of any incident or accident at the Project
[or the Associated Facilities] or change in the operations of the Project [or the
Associated Facilities] which has or is reasonably likely to have a material adverse
impact on the Environment or the Social Fabric or a material part thereof (including
explosions, spills or accidents which result in death, serious or multiple injury or
major pollution) specifying, in each case, the nature of the incident or accident and
the on-site and off-site impacts arising or likely to arise from such incident or
accident.
(d) The Borrower shall, as soon as possible but no later than [three] days after becoming
aware of its occurrence, notify the Intercreditor Agent of:
(i) the details of any material E&S Claim which is current, threatened or pending
against it or the Project [or the Associated Facilities] or against any other
counterparty to any Project Document;
(ii) any facts or circumstances which will or are reasonably likely to result in any
material E&S Claim being commenced or threatened against the Borrower or
any other counterparty to any Project Document; and
(e) Within [30] days of any notification by the Borrower under paragraph (c) or (d)
above, it shall deliver to the Intercreditor Agent a plan to address the events or
circumstances referred to in that notification, and it shall procure that such plan is
implemented (and shall keep the Intercreditor Agent informed of the ongoing
implementation of such plan).
(f) The Borrower will notify the Intercreditor Agent promptly of any proposed changes
to the scope, design, implementation or operation of the Project [or the Associated
Facilities] that are likely to cause an adverse change in the environmental or social
risks or impacts of the Project [or the Associated Facilities].
(g) [Any additional provisions relating to compliance of the Project and the E&S
Documents with the E&S Standards, and on the status of E&S Authorisations
required to be obtained, to be advised by the E&S Adviser following E&S due
diligence.]
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Access
[The Borrower shall (at its expense), upon the request of the Intercreditor Agent or any
Finance Party and on reasonable notice, permit the Intercreditor Agent and any Finance Party,
its advisors, and their Representatives during normal office hours to:
(a) visit any of the sites and premises where the business of the Borrower is conducted;
(b) inspect the Project and any of the Borrower's sites, facilities, plants and equipment;
and
(c) have access to those employees, agents, and workers of the Borrower who have or
may have knowledge of matters with respect to which the Intercreditor Agent or
Finance Party seeks information,
on up to [●] occasion(s) per calendar year before the Project Completion Date and on up to
[●] occasion(s) per calendar year after the Project Completion Date, and in addition when a
Default is continuing, provided that in each case such Intercreditor Agent, Finance Party,
advisor and Representative (as the case may be) complies with the health, safety, insurance,
security, confidentiality, legal and/or other requirements under Applicable Law.] 157
15.9 Insurance
The Borrower shall deliver to the Intercreditor Agent and the Insurance Adviser all such
information and documentation required under Schedule 6 (Insurance) at the times and in the
manner required therein.
15.10 [Copies of material information between the Borrower and Major Project Participants
The Borrower shall promptly (and in any event within [three] Business Days of its delivery or
receipt, as applicable) deliver to the Intercreditor Agent a copy of any material document,
notice report or information delivered between it and any Major Project Participant under the
Project Documents.]
15.11 [Presentations
Once in every financial year, [or more frequently if requested to do so by the Intercreditor
Agent if the Intercreditor Agent reasonably suspects a Default is continuing or may have
occurred or may occur], at least two [directors] of the Borrower (one of whom shall be the
chief financial officer or equivalent) must give a presentation to the Finance Parties about the
on-going business and financial performance of the Borrower and/or the Project.]
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The level of oversight that the lenders will have in relation to completion tests under the
Construction Contract can vary greatly from project to project. This optional paragraph represents a
reasonable minimum level of oversight that lenders would want – i.e. the Technical Adviser is
permitted to attend any tests (this may be covered by the general 'Access' undertaking, but it is likely
to be sensible to include a specific undertaking relating to the tests) and to comment on them, and the
Borrower must 'pay due regard' to its comments and obtain its countersignature to the certificate of
completion. It may be necessary to include provisions for referral to dispute resolution, particularly if
it is agreed that the lenders have the right to approve/reject a certificate.
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Parties to amend as appropriate any site access requirements (and any notice and information
requirements of or for certain events such as testing or compliance). These often are required at
regular intervals during the construction period and operation period or ad hoc in connection with
certification of construction progress, performance and quality testing, E&S compliance, if a Default
is continuing or suspected and/or for the purposes of taking, administering or enforcing Security.
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15.12 Other Project-related information
(a) The Borrower shall promptly (and in any event within [three] Business Days of
becoming aware of it) notify the Intercreditor Agent of any:
(v) new or renewed Insurances effected after the date of this Agreement (and
shall provide copies and related cover notes of any such Insurances to the
Intercreditor Agent at the same time);
(vi) incurrence of any Operating Costs not included in the Budget for the relevant
period but which relates directly to remedying the occurrence of an
emergency at the Project endangering the health and/or safety of others or the
Environment;
(viii) [loss or damage to all or any part of its assets if the initial estimated cost of
repair is greater than [ ] (or its equivalent in any other currency or
currencies) or the loss or damage (irrespective of the amount involved) has or
is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(ix) occurrence of any event for which Compensation is payable and the amount
of any Compensation payable or received by it;
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(x) change in the status of an Obligor or the composition of the shareholders of
an Obligor after the Signing Date;] [and]
(b) The Borrower shall supply to the Intercreditor Agent (in sufficient copies for all the
Finance Parties, if the Intercreditor Agent so requests):
(i) all documents dispatched by the Borrower to its shareholders (or any class of
them) or its creditors generally at the same time as they are dispatched;
(iii) promptly upon request from any Security Agent, any information that any
Security Agent may reasonably require relating to the Secured Property or the
compliance by any Obligor with any Security Document;
(iv) promptly, such further information regarding the Project or the financial
condition, business and operations of it[, any Obligor] or a person's
compliance with the terms of any Project Document or Authorisation, as any
Finance Party (through the Intercreditor Agent) may reasonably request; and
(v) promptly, notice of any change in the duly authorised representatives of the
Borrower [or any Obligor] signed by a director or company secretary of such
entity accompanied by specimen signatures of the new duly authorised
representatives.
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15.13 [Anti-corruption information, counter-terrorism financing, anti-money laundering
Unless such disclosure would constitute a breach of any Applicable Law, the Borrower shall
supply to the Intercreditor Agent (in sufficient copies for all the Finance Parties, if the
Intercreditor Agent so requests):
(a) promptly upon becoming aware of them, the details of any actual or potential
violation by, or creation of liability for, the Borrower or any of its agents, directors,
employees or officers (or any counterparty of any such persons in relation to any
transaction contemplated by a Transaction Document) or in relation to any Anti-
Corruption Laws or laws relating to the financing of terrorism, money laundering or
similar activities, or of any investigation or proceedings relating to the same;
(b) copies of any correspondence delivered to, or received from, any regulatory
authorities in relation to any matter referred to in paragraph (a) above at the same
time as they are dispatched or promptly upon receipt (as the case may be); and
(c) promptly upon request by any Finance Party (through the Intercreditor Agent), such
further information relating to any matter referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) above
as that Finance Party may reasonably require.]
(a) The Borrower shall notify the Intercreditor Agent of any Default (and the steps, if
any, being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its occurrence
(unless it is aware that a notification has already been provided by another Obligor).
(b) Promptly upon a request by the Intercreditor Agent, the Borrower shall supply to the
Intercreditor Agent a certificate signed by two of its directors or senior officers on its
behalf certifying that no Default is continuing (or if a Default is continuing,
specifying the Default and the steps, if any, being taken to remedy it).
15.15 Advisers
The Borrower acknowledges that the Advisers may be required under their respective
mandates to provide periodic reports, advice and opinions to the Finance Parties in connection
with or relating to the Project and/or any Transaction Document, and it shall take all
reasonable steps to cooperate with such Advisers in their preparation of those reports, advice
and opinions (including furnishing in reasonable detail information relating to the
implementation and operation of the Project during the relevant reporting period).
(a) If:
Lenders/ECAs/DFIs may require their KYC checks to extend to the Major Project Participants.
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Provisions for delivery of documents/information for such parties have been included as a CP to
Financial Close but consider whether an ongoing requirement to update KYC information even in the
absence of change to such information or the relevant party that is the object of such checks should be
included.
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(ii) any change in the status of an Obligor or the composition of the shareholders
of an Obligor after the date of this Agreement; or159
(iii) a proposed assignment or transfer by a Finance Party of any of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement or any other Finance Documents to a party
that is not a Finance Party prior to such assignment or transfer,
obliges the Intercreditor Agent or any other Finance Party 160 (or, in the case of
paragraph (iii) above, any prospective new Finance Party) to comply with "know
your customer" or similar identification procedures in circumstances where the
necessary information is not already available to it, the Borrower shall promptly upon
the request of the Intercreditor Agent or any other Finance Party supply, or procure
the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably requested by
the Intercreditor Agent (for itself or on behalf of any other Finance Party) or any
Finance Party (for itself or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (iii) above,
on behalf of any prospective new Finance Party) in order for the Intercreditor Agent,
such Finance Party or, in the case of the event described in paragraph (iii) above, any
prospective new Finance Party to carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all
necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all Applicable Laws
pursuant to the transactions contemplated in the Finance Documents.
(b) Each Finance Party shall promptly upon the request of the Intercreditor Agent supply,
or procure the supply of, such documentation and other evidence as is reasonably
requested by the Intercreditor Agent (for itself) in order for the Intercreditor Agent to
carry out and be satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or
other similar checks under all Applicable Laws pursuant to the transactions
contemplated in the Finance Documents.
(a) The Borrower shall maintain the Financial Model for the purpose of preparing
calculations and forecasts [(including each Updated Base Case)] in accordance with
this Agreement.
(b) The Borrower and the Intercreditor Agent shall each retain one copy of the Financial
Model as revised from time to time.
(c) The Borrower shall not make any [structural] changes to the Financial Model without
the Intercreditor Agent's prior written consent.
(d) Each of the Borrower and the Intercreditor Agent may propose structural changes to
the Financial Model (provided that in the case of the Intercreditor Agent, for the
purposes only to correct any error or deficiency or to adjust any formula, logic or
methodology for making calculations in accordance with the Finance Documents)
and any such proposals shall be accompanied by the reasons for such proposals.
If an Obligor is listed, the reference to changes in the composition of the shareholders of that
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Please refer to the "Securitisation" section of the Explanatory Note for KYC considerations relating
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(e) If the Borrower and the Intercreditor Agent agree on any proposed changes to the
Financial Model, it shall be updated accordingly and, if the Intercreditor Agent so
requires, shall be re-audited by the Model Auditor.
(a) The Original Base Case shall be the current Base Case until updated in accordance
with this Clause 16.2.
(b) The Borrower shall produce and deliver to the Intercreditor Agent a draft revised
Base Case using the Financial Model (each such revised Base Case, once agreed or
determined in accordance with this Clause 16.2, an "Updated Base Case") not less
than [●] Business Days before each Calculation Date (other than each Repayment
Date).
(c) The Borrower will ensure that, as at the delivery of any draft revised Base Case to the
Intercreditor Agent:
(i) all the factual information set out in such draft revised Base Case is true,
complete and accurate in all material respects and has been compiled in good
faith and with due care and attention; and
(ii) all projections, forecasts, estimates and opinions made by it in such draft
revised Base Case were made in good faith and prepared on the basis of the
values attributed to the Assumptions (as updated), and it was reasonable for it
to attribute those values.
(d) The Borrower shall, promptly upon request, deliver to the Intercreditor Agent such
information as the Intercreditor Agent may reasonably require in connection with its
review of the draft revised Base Case.
(e) The Intercreditor Agent may challenge the draft revised Base Case and, if it does so:
(i) the Intercreditor Agent and the Borrower shall discuss (for a period not to
extend beyond [●] Business Days prior to the Calculation Date to which the
Updated Base Case relates) any changes required to the draft revision to the
Base Case; and
(ii) if the Borrower and the Intercreditor Agent are unable to agree on any
changes required to the draft revised Base Case, the matter shall be referred
to the Resolution Procedure and resolved on or prior to [●] Business Days
prior to the Calculation Date to which the Updated Base Case relates, and the
revised Base Case as determined pursuant to that procedure shall become the
Updated Base Case with effect on and from the Calculation Date in respect of
which it was delivered and shall be conclusive (absent manifest error). Until
such matter is resolved, [the Intercreditor Agent's requirements in relation to
such draft revised Base Case shall prevail].
(f) If the Intercreditor Agent has not challenged the draft revised Base Case proposed by
the Borrower within [●] Business Days of its receipt of that draft revised Base Case,
that draft revised Base Case shall become the Updated Base Case. 161
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Commercial issue requiring discussion among the parties as to whether deemed approval is
acceptable.
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16.3 Assumptions
(a) At least [•] Business Days prior to the date on which the Updated Base Case is
required to be delivered to the Intercreditor Agent pursuant to Clause 16.2 (Updated
Base Case), the Borrower shall:
(B) a description of any material change to the value of any such updated
Assumptions when compared with the value of the Assumptions used
to prepare the then current Base Case, giving reasonable details of,
and where reasonably available, supporting information for, the
reasons for the change.
(b) The Updated Base Case shall reflect the updated relevant Assumptions in the manner
set out [below]:
[Insert protocol for (i) selecting the relevant Assumptions to be updated and (ii) the
mechanics of updating the Assumptions – these will include financing, technical, and
economic assumptions. In particular, which party provides the assumptions and how
they should be determined and at what time.]162
(c) The Intercreditor Agent may challenge any Assumptions that the Borrower proposes
to update, or that it believes the Borrower should have updated, at any time within [●]
Business Days of its receipt of the proposed updated Assumptions. If the
Intercreditor Agent challenges any Assumptions that the Borrower proposes to
update, or that it believes the Borrower should have updated:
(i) the Intercreditor Agent and the Borrower shall discuss (for a period not to
extend beyond [●] Business Days prior to the Calculation Date any changes
required to the Assumptions; and
(ii) if the Borrower and the Intercreditor Agent are unable to agree on the
updated Assumptions, the matter shall be referred to the Resolution
Procedure and resolved on or prior to [●] Business Days prior to the
Calculation Date to which the Assumptions relate, and the updated
Assumptions as determined pursuant to that procedure shall become the
updated Assumptions with effect on and from the Calculation Date in respect
of which the updated Assumptions were delivered and shall be conclusive
(absent manifest error). Until such matter is resolved, [the Intercreditor
Agent's requirements in relation to such Assumptions shall prevail].
(d) If the Intercreditor Agent has not challenged the proposed updated Assumptions or
requested that other Assumptions should have been updated by the Borrower within
[●] Business Days of its receipt of the proposed updated Assumptions from the
Borrower, the updated Assumptions proposed by the Borrower shall be used for the
purposes of producing the Updated Base Case in accordance with Clause 16.2
(Updated Base Case).163
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This protocol could also be included in a schedule to this Agreement.
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16.4 Financial Report
(a) No later than [ ] Business Days [before][after] each Calculation Date, the Borrower
shall deliver to the Intercreditor Agent a draft Financial Report.
(ii) attach the Updated Base Case and a list of all Assumptions on which it is
based;
(iii) specify any amount permitted under the Cash Waterfall to be transferred from
the Operating Account to the Distribution Account and [confirm][certify] that
the Distribution Tests have been met in respect of such transfer; and
(iv) set out, for the purposes of each Ratio set out below, reasonable details of the
nature and amounts of the items set opposite it:
Ratio Information
(c) Each draft Financial Report shall be substantially in the form of Schedule 3 (Form of
Financial Report) (or otherwise in form and substance satisfactory to the Intercreditor
Agent) and the contents of that draft Financial Report shall be consistent with the
Commercial issue requiring discussion among the parties as to whether deemed approval is
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acceptable.
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Updated Base Case and the Budget for the period to which that Financial Report
relates.
(d) The Intercreditor Agent may challenge the draft Financial Report (but not
Assumptions or Updated Base Case to the extent they have already been agreed or
determined) and if it does so:
(i) the Intercreditor Agent and the Borrower shall discuss for a period of not
more than [●] Business Days any changes required to the draft Financial
Report; and
(ii) if the Borrower and Intercreditor Agent are unable to agree on any changes
required to the draft Financial Report, the matter shall be referred to the
Resolution Procedure and resolved on or prior to [●] Business Days prior to
the Calculation Date to which the Financial Report relates, and the Financial
Report as determined pursuant to that procedure shall become the Financial
Report with effect on and from the date for which it was delivered and shall
be conclusive (absent manifest error). Until such matter is resolved, [the
Intercreditor Agent's requirements in relation to such draft Financial Report
shall prevail].
(e) If the Intercreditor Agent has not challenged the draft Financial Report within [●]
Business Days of its receipt, the draft Financial Report as proposed by the Borrower
shall become the Financial Report.164
(f) [On each Calculation Date]/[Within [●] Business Days of each Calculation Date], the
Borrower shall deliver to the Intercreditor Agent a finalised Financial Report, taking
into account any updates to the information provided in the draft Financial Report
delivered for that period under paragraph (b) above (as well as any other changes to
that draft Financial Report agreed between the Intercreditor Agent and the Borrower).
Each of the Ratios shall be tested by reference to the then current finalised Financial Report
delivered to the Intercreditor Agent in accordance with this Clause 16.
The undertakings in this Clause 17 remain in force from the date of this Agreement for as
long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance Document or any Commitment is in
force.
17.1 Status
(a) status as a [limited liability company], duly incorporated and validly existing under
the law of [its jurisdiction of incorporation]; and
Commercial issue requiring discussion among the parties as to whether deemed approval is
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acceptable.
Additional permitted baskets, carve-outs and/or qualifications can be included as agreed among the
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(b) its power, authority and right to conduct its business, own its assets, implement the
Project and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents.
17.2 Authorisations
Subject to the Legal Reservations and the applicable Perfection Requirements, the Borrower
shall promptly:
(a) obtain, comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and effect;
17.3 Compliance166
The Borrower shall comply, and shall ensure that the Project is implemented in accordance
with, and complies with, all Compliance Standards in all [material] respects.
17.4 Taxation
(a) duly and punctually pay and discharge all Taxes imposed upon it or its assets within
the time period allowed without incurring penalties (except to the extent that (i) such
payment is being contested in good faith, (ii) adequate reserves are being maintained
for those Taxes and (iii) such payment can be lawfully withheld);
(b) ensure that all Tax returns required to be filed by it or on its behalf under any
Applicable Law are filed when due (including any extensions granted) and contain
the information required by Applicable Law to be contained in them; and
(c) maintain its tax residence in [insert jurisdiction] and not become resident in any other
jurisdiction.
17.5 Business
The Borrower shall not engage in, carry on, or have any interest in, any business or activity
other than:
Alongside the general obligation to comply with Good Industry Practice (contained in the
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Compliance Standards), you may wish to consider the following additional undertakings:
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(c) as permitted by the Finance Documents.
(b) enter into any joint venture, shareholders agreement, partnership, profit sharing,
royalties agreement, or analogous arrangement; or
(c) create any Subsidiaries or purchase or acquire any shares or have any legal or
beneficial ownership interest (or instrument convertible into a legal or beneficial
ownership interest) in any person except as expressly permitted under the Finance
Documents.
17.7 Assets
(a) maintain and preserve all of its assets that are required for the carrying out of the
Project and its business, in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear
excepted;
(b) maintain good, valid and marketable title to, or valid leases or licences of, and all
appropriate Authorisations to use, the assets required to carry out the Project and the
assets subject to the Security created pursuant to any Security Documents, free from
all Security except the Security created pursuant to, or permitted by, the Finance
Documents; and
(c) not sell or grant (or agree to sell or grant) any right of pre-emption over, or any lease
or tenancy of, or otherwise dispose of, any of its interests in any of the Secured
Property, other than as permitted in Clause 17.14 (Disposals).
Subject to the Legal Reservations, the Borrower shall ensure that at all times its obligations
under the Finance Documents rank at least pari passu with the claims of all its other
unsecured and unsubordinated creditors except for claims mandatorily preferred by laws
applying to companies generally.
17.9 Security
(a) promptly (and in the case of registrations, within any applicable timelines), execute
and provide all such assurances, and do all such acts and things, as any Security
Agent may reasonably require:
(i) for registering any Security Documents and for perfecting or protecting the
Transaction Security; and
(ii) if the Security Documents have become enforceable, for facilitating the
realisation of all or any part of the Secured Property and the exercise of all
(b) promptly execute all transfers, conveyances, assignments and releases of the assets
subject to the Transaction Security, whether to any Security Agent or to its nominees,
and give all notices, orders and directions which any Security Agent may reasonably
think expedient in relation thereto; [and]
(c) take or cause to be taken all reasonable action required of it or necessary under
Applicable Law to preserve, maintain, register and perfect the Transaction Security as
valid, enforceable and perfected Security in favour of the Secured Parties under the
Security Documents enjoying the ranking contemplated in the Security Documents[;
[and]]
(a) legally and beneficially own at all times (subject only to the Transaction Security) all
Real Property required to carry out the Project at the Site;
(b) supply to any Security Agent on demand any information in relation to its Real
Property that such Security Agent reasonably requires;
(c) repair and keep in good and substantial repair to the reasonable satisfaction of each
Security Agent all buildings, trade and other fixtures, plant, machinery and chattels at
any time (and, prior to a Default, on reasonable notice) forming part of the Secured
Property and when necessary replace such items with others of similar quality and
value;
(d) not at any time without the prior written consent of a Security Agent (i) effect, carry
out or permit any demolition, reconstruction or rebuilding of or any structural
alteration or material change in the use of the Real Property, or (ii) sever or unfix or
remove any of the fixtures, fittings, plant or machinery (other than its stock in trade or
work in progress) on or in the Secured Property (except for the purpose and in the
course of making necessary repairs to that item or of replacing that item with new or
improved models or substitutes);
(e) observe and perform all restrictive and other covenants, stipulations and obligations
now or at any time affecting any of its Real Property to the extent that they are
subsisting and capable of being enforced;
(f) ensure that adequate security arrangements are in place to protect all Real Property
(to the extent reasonably practicable) from events of terrorism and sabotage; and
(g) duly and diligently enforce all restrictive or other covenants, stipulations and
obligations benefiting any of its Real Property and not waive, release or vary (or
agree so to do) the obligations of any other party thereto.
Consideration should be given as to whether any of the undertakings in paragraphs (d) to (f) should
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be qualified by materiality to avoid any hair-triggers arising from extensive covenants often contained
in property documents.
(i) ensure that it has available, by the appropriate time for the Project to be
implemented in accordance with the Transaction Documents, all rights with
respect to Intellectual Property and all other rights and interests required for
the lawful design, unimpeded construction and operation of the Project and
for the conduct of its business as necessary from time to time; and
(ii) take all necessary action to obtain, safeguard and maintain in full force and
preserve its ability to enforce the rights referred to in paragraph (a)(i) above,
including complying with all laws and contractual provisions to which it is
subject as registered proprietor, beneficial owner, user, licensor or licensee,
making all registrations and paying all renewal fees, licence fees or other
outgoings which are necessary for that purpose.
(b) Upon becoming aware, promptly notify the Intercreditor Agent of any infringement
or threatened or suspected infringement of or any challenge to the validity of any
Intellectual Property owned by or licenced to it, supply the Intercreditor Agent with
all information in its possession relating thereto and take all action as is reasonably
open to it (including enforcement action) to prevent third parties infringing any such
Intellectual Property.
17.12 Shares
(a) ensure that its shares are subject at all times to the Transaction Security, are fully paid
and are not subject to any option, warrant, trust, right of redemption, pre-emption,
conversion or disposal or similar rights. It shall ensure that its constitutional
documents do not and could not restrict or inhibit any transfer of those shares on
creation or on enforcement of the Transaction Security;
(b) only issue shares in its capital in accordance with the Shareholder Contribution and
Sponsor Support Agreement;
(c) ensure that no person other than a [Sponsor][Shareholder] has any rights (including
voting and dividend rights), benefits or interests in respect of or derived from its
shares;
(d) not grant to any person any securities convertible into its share capital or any rights to
call for issuance of further shares in its capital; and
(e) not reduce, cancel, buy back, repay, purchase or redeem any of its share capital
[except from the application of funds standing to the credit of the Distribution
Account in accordance with all Applicable Laws and the provisions of the Finance
Documents].
Consideration should be given as to whether the undertaking in paragraph (a) should be qualified
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by reference to materiality in projects where Intellectual Property is not a key asset. Also see footnote
133.
(a) The Borrower shall not create or permit to subsist any Security over any of its assets.
(i) sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its assets on terms whereby they
are or may be leased to or reacquired by it;
(ii) sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its receivables on recourse terms;
(iii) enter into any arrangement under which money or the benefit of a bank or
other account may be applied, set-off or made subject to a combination of
accounts; or
(iv) enter into any other preferential arrangement having a similar effect,
(c) Paragraphs (a) and (b) above do not apply to any Security or (as the case may be)
Quasi-Security, listed below:
(ii) any netting or set-off arrangement entered into by the Borrower under the
Finance Documents;
(iv) any lien arising by operation of law and in the ordinary course of trading (and
not arising as a result of any default or omission by it) and which does not
adversely affect the carrying out of the Project;
(v) any Security or Quasi-Security arising under any retention of title, hire
purchase or conditional sale arrangement or arrangements having similar
effect in respect of goods supplied to it in the ordinary course of trading and
on the supplier's standard or usual terms and not arising as a result of any
default or omission by it; or
17.14 Disposals
(a) The Borrower shall not enter into a single transaction or a series of transactions
(whether related or not) and whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, lease, transfer or
otherwise dispose of any asset in whole or in part.
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These provisions will be negotiated on a case by case basis.
(i) of [insert relevant offtake products/ project output and any other permitted
disposals] in accordance with the Project Documents170;
(ii) for cash on arm's length terms of any surplus, obsolete, redundant, defective
or worn-out assets and which:
(B) which are not necessary or desirable for the operation or maintenance
of the Project;
(iii) of any asset which is expressly permitted under or required pursuant to the
Finance Documents;
(a) The Borrower shall not make any loans, grant any credit or give any guarantee or
indemnity to or for the benefit of any person or otherwise voluntarily assume any
liability, whether actual or contingent, in respect of any obligation of any person.
(i) any credit provided or advance payment made in the ordinary course of
business under and in accordance with the express terms of any Project
Document to which it is party, or otherwise any trade credit provided under
normal trade terms and in the ordinary course of business to its creditworthy
suppliers and customers which trade credit does not exceed 90 days in length
(including extensions thereof);
(ii) any loan, credit, guarantee or indemnity required to be given or made in any
Finance Document;
(iii) [loans or investments made with moneys standing to the credit of the
Distribution Account];
(v) any other loan, credit, guarantee or indemnity which is otherwise approved in
writing by the Intercreditor Agent.
If there is no offtake agreement and the Borrower will be selling product on a spot or ad hoc basis
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then this undertaking must be amended to permit such disposals on an arm's length basis.
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These provisions will be negotiated on a case by case basis.
(a) The Borrower shall not pay, make or declare any Restricted Payment other than from
amounts standing to the credit of the Distribution Account, and shall not declare any
Restricted Payment in excess of amounts standing to the credit of the Distribution
Account on the date of that declaration.
(b) The Borrower shall not pay or transfer any amount into the Distribution Account,
except during the period from a Repayment Date to the date falling [30] Business
Days after that Repayment Date, and only provided that:
(i) each of the following tests (the "Distribution Tests") are met on that
Repayment Date and the date of such transfer:
(B) the First Repayment Date under the Term Loan A Facility has
occurred and the Borrower has paid all Debt Service due on such
date [from cash generated by the Project];
(E) the Balance of the DSRA is at least equal to the DSRA Required
Balance[, and the Balance of the MRA is at least equal to the MRA
Required Balance];
Lenders may, depending on the nature of the project, also require a Projected DSCR test particularly
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(ii) the amount so transferred may not exceed the lower of (A) the amount
standing to the credit of the Operating Account on that Repayment Date
(after effecting all payments with a higher priority in the Cash Waterfall) and
(B) the amount standing to the credit of the Operating Account on the date of
such transfer.
(c) [Paragraphs (a) and (b) above do not apply to any Restricted Payment made pursuant
to Clause 3.4 ([Equity true-up).]
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(a) The Borrower shall not incur, create or permit to subsist or have outstanding any
Financial Indebtedness or enter into any agreement or arrangement whereby it is
entitled to incur, create or permit to subsist any Financial Indebtedness.
(i) any Financial Indebtedness arising under the Finance Documents [or any
Shareholder Loans];174
(a) The Borrower shall not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the Facilities for any
purpose which would breach any Anti-Corruption Laws or laws relating to the
financing of terrorism, money laundering or similar activities.
(i) conduct its business and operations and carry out the Project in compliance
with applicable Anti-Corruption Laws and laws relating to the financing of
terrorism, money laundering or similar activities;
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If there is a refinancing strategy for the transaction (which could allow for a refinancing of part of
the financing with other parts remaining in place), any condition to incurring permitted refinancing
debt would need to be negotiated on a case by case basis.
Parties to consider whether to include any additional permitted debt e.g. for refinancings, funding
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(iv) not, nor shall it permit any agent, director, employee or officer of the
Borrower to, make or receive, or direct or authorise any other person to make
or receive, any offer, payment or promise to pay, of any money, gift or other
thing of value, directly or indirectly, to or for the use or benefit of any person,
where this violates or would violate, or creates or would create liability for it
or any other person under, any Anti-Corruption Laws or laws relating to the
financing of terrorism, money laundering or similar activities; and
17.19 [Sanctions
The Borrower shall not, directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of the Facilities (or lend,
contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any person):
(a) to fund or facilitate any activities or business of, with or related to (or otherwise make
funds available to or for the benefit of) any person who is a designated target of or
who is otherwise the subject of Sanctions; or
(ii) that would result in a violation of Sanctions by any Party or any of its
Affiliates.]176
(a) The Borrower shall comply in all [material] respects with, and shall carry out the
Project in compliance with, all E&S Standards, E&S Authorisations, E&S Documents
[and the E&S Management Systems], obtain and maintain any E&S Authorisations
and take all reasonable steps in anticipation of known or expected future changes to
or obligations under the same.
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Update this Clause to reflect the Lenders' policy requirements.
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Update this Clause to reflect the Lenders' policy requirements.
In a secured transaction where there are any risks of an environmental nature which could affect the
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liability of the Security Agents or the Lenders if the Transaction Security is enforced, consider
whether to qualify this Clause by reference to "Material Adverse Effect".
(c) The Borrower shall at all times maintain and implement each of the E&S
Management Plan, the E&S Action Plan and the Stakeholder Engagement Plan in all
[material] respects, and promptly update them as and when required (in each case
with the Intercreditor Agent's prior written consent) [in order to carry out the Project
at all times in compliance with all E&S Standards, E&S Authorisations and E&S
Documents in all material respects.]178
(d) The Borrower shall ensure that [summaries of] the E&S Assessment Documents:
(i) are accessible and available online in accordance with the Performance
Standards;
(ii) are made readily available to Stakeholders, in the local language(s) and in a
culturally appropriate manner; and
(iii) shall take into account and reflect the result of all Stakeholder Engagement
Processes, including any actions agreed resulting from such processes.
(e) The Borrower shall not carry out any activities or take any actions in relation to the
Project [or the Associated Facilities] that may cause material adverse environmental
or social risks or impacts until the relevant plans, measures or actions in respect of
such activities or actions in relation to the Project [or the Associated Facilities] have
been completed in accordance with the E&S Management Plan, the E&S Action Plan
and the Stakeholder Engagement Plan.
(f) The Borrower shall carry out periodic assessments and Stakeholder Engagement
Processes in accordance with the Stakeholder Engagement Plan, and propose
changes, for approval by the Intercreditor Agent, to the E&S Documents, as
appropriate, in accordance with the findings of such assessments and Stakeholder
Engagement Processes.
(g) [The Borrower undertakes to decommission the Project in accordance with, and when
required by, the terms of the Decommissioning Plan.]
(h) [Any additional provisions relating to compliance of the Project and the E&S
Documents with the E&S Standards, and on the status of E&S Authorisations
required to be obtained, to be advised by the E&S Adviser following E&S due
diligence.]
(a) The Borrower shall ensure that all the material terms of the arrangements between the
Borrower and the [Obligors] and their Affiliates are contained only in its
constitutional documents, the Shareholders Agreement[, each Shareholder Loan
Agreement] and each Finance Document to which both the Borrower and the
[Obligors] are party.179
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Subject to input from the E&S Adviser.
(c) The Borrower shall ensure that each agreement, transaction or arrangement that it
enters into or has entered into with or for the benefit of any person (including any
disposal to that person) is made in the ordinary course of business, for full value and
on an arm's length basis.
(a) The Borrower shall not enter into any contract or arrangement to carry out the Project
in whole or part other than the Project Documents.180
(i) duly and punctually perform and comply [in all material respects] with its
obligations under;
(ii) use its best endeavours to maintain and preserve the validity and
enforceability of; and
(iii) take all reasonable steps to preserve and enforce all its [material] rights and
pursue any claims and remedies under,
each Project Document to which it is a party (other than any Project Document that
has been Discharged), where failure to do so (other than in respect of [the
Construction Contract, the Supply Contract, the O&M Contract, [any][the] Offtake
Contract [or [insert others]]), is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect].
(c) The Borrower shall not terminate or repudiate, or allow the termination of, any:
(i) Project Document [except any Project Document (other than the Construction
Contract, the Supply Contract[s], the O&M Contract, [each][the] Offtake
Contract [and [insert others]]) where it has been Replaced]; or
(d) The Borrower shall not, and shall not agree to, amend, vary, novate, supplement,
modify, suspend, waive or release any term or condition under any:
Check whether there is any services agreement in place with the Sponsors, and ensure that any fee
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payable under it by the Borrower is either (a) treated wholly as a Restricted Payment or (b) regulated
through the covenants (to the extent that the fee is modelled and accepted by the Lenders) and any
additional/increased amount is treated as a Restricted Payment.
It may be unrealistic to impose an absolute prohibition on entering into other agreements, in which
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case the parties may agree on a threshold below which the Borrower can enter into such agreements
without lender consent, together with an information undertaking to inform the Intercreditor Agent of
any new agreements.
(e) The Borrower shall not assign, transfer, novate or delegate (in whole or in part), nor
consent to the assignment, transfer, novation or delegation (in whole or in part), of
any of its or any Major Project Participant’s rights or obligations under a Project
Document (other than pursuant to a Security Document).
(f) The Borrower shall not waive, settle, release or make any compromise of any claim
under any Project Document in an amount exceeding [•] (or its equivalent in any
currency or currencies).
(g) [If the Borrower's exercise of any Discretion is reasonably likely to result in a
Material Adverse Effect or a [material effect on the Project], the Borrower shall
provide the Intercreditor Agent with at least [10] Business Days' prior notice of its
exercise of that Discretion, and shall exercise that Discretion in accordance with any
instructions that the Intercreditor Agent gives to it during that period. If the
Intercreditor Agent does not give to the Borrower any instructions by the end of that
period, the Borrower may exercise that Discretion in accordance with the Transaction
Documents.]181
(h) The Borrower shall take all reasonable steps to mitigate the impact of any default or
Force Majeure under any Project Document.
(i) any Project Costs other than (A) Budgeted Project Costs, (B) Project Costs
not included in the Budget for the relevant period but for which the
Intercreditor Agent has given its prior written consent, [and (C) Project Costs
not exceeding [•] per cent. ([•]%) of the Budgeted Project Costs in
aggregate]; or
(ii) any Operating Costs other than (A) Budgeted Operating Costs, (B) Operating
Costs not included in the Budget for the relevant period but for which the
Intercreditor Agent has given its prior written consent, (C) Operating Costs
not included in the Budget for such period but which relates directly to
remedying the occurrence of an emergency at the Project endangering the
health and/or safety of others or the Environment [and (D) Operating Costs
not exceeding [•] per cent. ([•]%) of the Budgeted Operating Costs in
aggregate].
(b) The Borrower shall maintain proper books, accounts, records and procedures in
relation to its business and undertaking sufficient to record and monitor the progress
of the Project and to identify the assets, works and services financed by the Facilities,
and retain for at least one calendar year after the [Project Completion
Date]/[Financial Completion Date] all records evidencing expenditure on the Project.
This general undertaking is intended to replace the traditional reserved discretions schedule. If there
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are any particular discretions in the Project Documents in your transaction that do not fit within this
general covenant (i.e. over which the lenders want specific control whether or not they may result in
an MAE or a material effect on the Project) or the traditional approach is preferred, adjust this clause
accordingly.
The Borrower shall obtain, maintain and comply with the Insurances at all times and in all
respects in accordance with the requirements of Schedule 6 (Insurance).
17.25 Accounts
(a) not open and maintain any accounts other than the Accounts; and
(b) comply at all times in all respects with the requirements of each Accounts
Agreement.
The Borrower shall ensure that the construction, testing, operation and maintenance of the
Project is promptly and diligently carried out (and, in the case of the construction, completed)
in each case, in accordance with the Required Authorisations (and any conditions set out
therein), the Transaction Documents and the Compliance Standards.
The Borrower shall use its best efforts to achieve the Project Completion Date by the
Scheduled Project Completion Date.
17.28 Delay
(a) If the Borrower or the Intercreditor Agent (acting reasonably in conjunction with the
Technical Adviser) anticipates or determines at any time that the Project Completion
Date is reasonably likely to be delayed, or the Project Completion Date has in fact
been delayed, by more than [ ] beyond the Scheduled Project Completion Date, the
Borrower shall prepare a detailed report on the causes of such delay (and for any
subsequent incremental increase in such delay), the recommended actions and
mitigants to address such delay and a timetable for implementing such actions and
mitigants. The Borrower shall provide such report to Intercreditor Agent and the
Technical Adviser within [ ] days of the date on which the Borrower has, or could
reasonably be expected to have, knowledge of such delay or is otherwise notified by
the Intercreditor Agent.
(b) Upon receipt of the report referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Technical Adviser
shall review the report and provide a written opinion to the Intercreditor Agent. If the
Technical Adviser confirms in its written opinion, in consultation with the
Intercreditor Agent, that the following requirements are met:
(i) the Borrower is likely to achieve the Project Completion Date on or before
the Longstop Date;
(ii) the recommended actions and mitigants in the report include all appropriate
and commercially reasonable measures to avoid any additional delay in the
Project achieving the Project Completion Date; and
(iii) the proposed timetable for implementing such actions and mitigants is
reasonably likely to avoid any additional delay in the Project achieving the
Project Completion Date,
(c) The Borrower shall comply with all actions identified in the Delay Action Report, in
accordance with the timetable therein, and shall promptly provide such updates on
progress and access to the Project as the Technical Adviser may reasonably require to
monitor compliance with such Delay Action Report.
(a) If the Borrower or the Intercreditor Agent (acting reasonably in conjunction with the
Technical Adviser) determines at any time that a Funding Shortfall is reasonably
likely to exist on or after the date of the initial Utilisation Request, the Borrower
shall, within [ ] days from and including the date of such determination, deliver an
initial plan to the Intercreditor Agent setting forth in reasonable detail the Borrower’s
plan, including all actions to be taken by it, to rectify, avoid and eliminate such
potential or actual Funding Shortfall and a timetable for doing so.
(b) Within [ ] days from and including the date of delivery of such initial plan, the
Borrower shall deliver to the Intercreditor Agent, a final plan in form and substance
satisfactory to the Intercreditor Agent setting forth in reasonable detail the Borrower’s
final plan, including all actions to be taken by it to rectify, avoid and eliminate such
potential or actual Funding Shortfall and a timetable for doing so.
(c) The Borrower shall implement the final plan referred to in paragraph (b) above in
accordance with its terms, including meeting any progress milestones and eliminating
the potential or actual Funding Shortfall by the dates stipulated therein.
The Borrower shall not, and shall not agree to, waive, settle or compromise any disputes,
claims, litigation, arbitration or administrative proceedings to which it is a party for an
amount in excess of [●] (or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies) without the
consent of the Intercreditor Agent.
17.31 Abandonment
The Borrower shall not abandon, mothball, decommission, cancel, suspend or withdraw from
the Project or any part thereof.
(a) [Any additional provisions relating to legal matters to be advised by the Lenders'
Legal Adviser(s) following legal due diligence.]
(b) [Any additional provisions relating to technical matters specific to the Project, or
relating more generally to projects in this sector, to be advised by the Technical
Adviser following technical due diligence.]
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Parties should consider whether the Borrower should be given a remedy period to amend the
actions in the Delay Action Report with input from the Technical Adviser and the Intercreditor Agent
and re-submit to the Technical Adviser and the Intercreditor Agent for approval prior to constituting
an immediate Event of Default.
The Borrower shall not change, or allow any change to, any of the following without the
Intercreditor Agent's prior written consent (acting reasonably):
(b) its constitutional documents (other than in respect of minor administrative matters or
as required under Applicable Law);
(e) its Auditor (by way of replacement, dismissal or otherwise), except this paragraph (e)
shall not apply to the extent that such restriction on changing its Auditor is prohibited
by Applicable Law.
17.34 Access
(a) on request of the Intercreditor Agent, provide the Intercreditor Agent and any
Security Agent with any information the Intercreditor Agent or Security Agent may
reasonably require about the Borrower's business and affairs, the Secured Property
and its compliance with the terms of the Transaction Documents; and
(b) permit each Security Agent, the Intercreditor Agent and their respective
representatives, delegates, professional advisers and contractors, free access at all
reasonable times and on reasonable notice, at the cost of the Borrower, to (i) the
Borrower's offices, (ii) inspect and take copies and extracts from the books, accounts
and records of the Borrower and (iii) view the Site and the Secured Property (without
becoming liable as mortgagee in possession).
17.35 [Hedging
(a) The Borrower shall enter into and maintain in full force and effect Hedging
Agreements in accordance with, and otherwise implement Hedge Transactions
required by and comply with, the provisions of Schedule 8 ([Hedging).
(b) Except as provided in paragraph (a) above, no other Hedge Transactions shall be
undertaken by the Borrower.
(c) At or before the time that the Borrower enters into any Hedging Agreement with a
Hedging Bank, the Borrower shall ensure that the counterparty accedes as a Hedging
Bank to the Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed in accordance with the terms of
those documents.]
17.36 No immunity
The Borrower shall not claim for itself or any of its assets any right of immunity from set-off,
suit, judgment, execution, attachment or other legal process in any proceedings taken in
respect of any Finance Document to which it is a party.
The Borrower shall provide reasonable assistance to the Mandated Lead Arrangers in [the
preparation of the Information Memorandum and] the primary syndication of the Facilities
(including by making senior management available for the purpose of making presentations
to, or meeting, potential lending institutions) and will comply with all reasonable requests for
information from potential syndicate members prior to completion of syndication.] 183
Each of the events or circumstances set out in the following sub-clauses of this Clause 18
(other than Clause 18.23 (Acceleration)) is an Event of Default.
18.1 Non-payment
[The Borrower]/[Any Obligor]185 does not pay on the due date any amount payable pursuant to
a Finance Document at the place and in the currency in which it is expressed to be payable
unless:
(i) (in the case of paragraph (a)(i) above) [three] Business Days of its due date;
or
(ii) (in the case of paragraph (a)(ii) above) [three] Business Days of its due
date.]/
OR
(a) Subject to paragraph (d) below, on any Calculation Date, the Historic DSCR is less
than [ ].
(b) The proceeds of any Utilisation are not applied in accordance with the terms of the
Finance Documents.
(c) Any [Sponsor][Shareholder] does not comply at any time with its obligations (if any)
under the Shareholder Contribution and Sponsor Support Agreement, or any event or
circumstance occurs resulting in a [Sponsor][Shareholder] no longer meeting the
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Insert this undertaking if primary syndication is to take place after the agreement is signed.
Additional permitted baskets, carve-outs and/or qualifications can be included as agreed among the
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(iii) subordination of its claims against the Borrower to the claims of the Finance
Parties.
(d)
(i) If an Event of Default under paragraph (a) above has occurred or would occur
on any Calculation Date (or would occur but for this paragraph (d)) in respect
of any Calculation Period, the Borrower may prevent such Default or cure
such Event of Default by procuring the contribution of additional Equity
(excluding Base Equity) by the Shareholders and/or the Sponsors to the
Borrower (the amount of such additional Equity, the "Cure Amount") by
way of cash proceeds in accordance with the terms of the Shareholder
Contribution and Sponsor Support Agreement (the "Equity Cure").
(B) if the Historic DSCR for such Calculation Period or Calculation Date
(as calculated or recalculated in accordance with sub-paragraph (A)
above) is at least [ ], any Default or Event of Default under
paragraph (a) above shall be deemed to have been cured.
(iii) A Cure Amount may only be applied for the purpose of preventing or
effecting a cure of any Default or Event of Default arising from the Historic
DSCR being less than [ ] if each of the following conditions is satisfied:
(B) the Borrower receives the Cure Amount on or prior to the date falling
[•] days from the relevant Calculation Date;
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It will be a subject for negotiation whether the Equity Cure amounts are treated as (a) additional
revenue or (b) a reduction in debt – these will have different mathematical impacts on the
ratio(s). The application of Equity Cure towards a reduction of debt is far less common. If the
Equity Cure is applied to reduce debt, an additional mandatory prepayment event may be
included in this Agreement providing for the application of the Equity Cure to prepay the Loans
(typically on a pro rata basis). Stronger sponsors may negotiate for the Equity Cure sum to be
subject to security in favour of the banks but not actually applied towards prepayment, with an
option for the release of the Equity Cure once the relevant ratio is remedied in the subsequent
quarter(s).
(D) a Cure Amount may not be applied for the purpose of preventing or
effecting a cure of any Default or Event of Default arising from the
Historic DSCR being less than [ ] in respect of [•] consecutive
Calculation Periods; and
(e) [ ]187.
(a) A Major Project Participant does not comply with any provision of the Transaction
Documents (other than those referred to in Clause 18.1 (Non-payment), Clause 18.2
(Immediate Events of Default), paragraph (a) of Clause 18.13 (Transaction Security)
or Clause 18.17 (Insurance)).
(b) No Event of Default under paragraph (a) above will occur if the failure to comply is:
(B) in the case of any Project Document, is remedied within [•] Business
Days,
of the earlier of (1) the Intercreditor Agent giving notice to the Borrower and
(2) the Borrower becoming aware of the failure to comply; or188
(ii) [in the case of a Project Document (other than [the Construction Contract, the
Supply Contract, the O&M Contract, [any][the] Offtake Contract [or [insert
others]]), not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.]
18.4 Misrepresentation
Insert any other events or circumstances giving rise to an immediate Event of Default without a
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remedy period.
Any default related to key Project Documents should have a grace period shorter than, or in
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alignment with, the grace period in the relevant underlying key Project Document to preserve the
rights of the Lenders.
of the earlier of (1) the Intercreditor Agent giving notice to the Borrower and
(2) the Borrower becoming aware of the failure to comply[; or
(ii) in the case of a Project Document (other than [the Construction Contract, the
Supply Contract, the O&M Contract, [any][the] Offtake Contract [or [insert
others]]), not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect].
(a) Any Financial Indebtedness of [any Major Project Participant]/[the Borrower, any
Sponsor [or any Shareholder]] is not paid when due nor within any originally
applicable grace period.
(b) Any Financial Indebtedness of [any Major Project Participant]/[the Borrower, any
Sponsor [or any Shareholder]] is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and
payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however
described).
(c) Any commitment for any Financial Indebtedness of [any Major Project
Participant]/[the Borrower, any Sponsor [or any Shareholder]] is cancelled or
suspended by a creditor of [any Major Project Participant]/[the Borrower, any
Sponsor [or any Shareholder]] as a result of an event of default (however described).
(d) Any creditor of [any Major Project Participant]/[the Borrower, any Sponsor [or any
Shareholder]] becomes entitled to declare any Financial Indebtedness of any [Major
Project Participant]/[the Borrower, any Sponsor [or any Shareholder]] due and
payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default (however
described).
(e) No Event of Default will occur under this Clause 18.5 if the aggregate amount of
Financial Indebtedness or commitment for Financial Indebtedness falling within
paragraphs (a) to (d) above is less than:
(i) [•] for [insert Major Project Participant, Borrower, Sponsor, or Shareholder]
(or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies); or
(ii) [•] for [insert Major Project Participant, Borrower, Sponsor, or Shareholder]
(or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies).
(a) [A Major Project Participant]/[The Borrower, any Sponsor [or any Shareholder]]:
(i) is unable or admits inability to pay its debts as they fall due;
(ii) [is deemed to, or is declared to, be unable to pay its debts under applicable
law;]
(b) The value of the assets of [any Major Project Participant]/[the Borrower, any Sponsor
[or any Shareholder]] is less than its liabilities (taking into account contingent and
prospective liabilities).
(a) Any corporate action, legal proceedings or other procedure or step is taken in relation
to:
Pursuant to section 440 (Certain contractual rights limited) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and
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Dissolution Act 2018 ("IRDA"), a party to this Agreement may not, at any time after the
commencement, and before the conclusion, of any proceedings (as defined in that section) by any
obligor which is liable to be wound up under the IRDA (which would include Singapore companies
and (if there is sufficient nexus with Singapore such that insolvency proceedings can be established in
Singapore, for example by entry into a Singapore law governed common terms agreement) foreign
companies):
(a) terminate or amend, or claim an accelerated payment or forfeiture of the term under, this
Agreement to which such obligor is a party; or
(b) terminate or modify any right or obligation under this Agreement to which such obligor is a
party,
by reason only that the proceedings are commenced or that the obligor is insolvent. Any such
provision in this Agreement that has the effect of providing for, or permitting, anything that, in
substance, is contrary to that section is of no force or effect. Lenders should be aware that one of
the practical implications of this is that accelerating the Facilities based solely on the Insolvency
or the Insolvency Proceedings Events of Default of such obligor in Clauses 18.6 (Insolvency) or
18.7 (Insolvency proceedings) of this Agreement could be restricted under the IRDA. However,
acceleration on other grounds may not be affected.
(iv) enforcement of any Security over any assets of [any Major Project
Participant]/[the Borrower, any Sponsor [or any Shareholder]],
(b) Paragraph (a) above shall not apply to any winding-up petition which is frivolous or
vexatious and is discharged, stayed or dismissed within [•] days of commencement.
Any expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution [or any analogous process
in any jurisdiction] affects any asset or assets of [a Major Project Participant]/[the Borrower,
any Sponsor [or any Shareholder]] having an aggregate value of at least:
(a) [•] for [insert Major Project Participant, Borrower, Sponsor, or Shareholder] (or its
equivalent in any other currency or currencies); or
(b) [•] for [insert Major Project Participant, Borrower, Sponsor, or Shareholder] (or its
equivalent in any other currency or currencies).
(a) Any Major Project Participant fails to comply with any final judgment, final decree,
final award or final order made against it by any Authority, other than where its
liability under that judgment, decree, award or order is in an amount less than:
(i) [•] for [insert Major Project Participant, Borrower, Sponsor, or Shareholder]
(or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies); or
(ii) [•] for [insert Major Project Participant, Borrower, Sponsor, or Shareholder]
(or its equivalent in any other currency or currencies).
(b) For the purposes of paragraph (a) above, a judgment, decree, award or order is taken
to be final even though an appeal may be pending against it or it may still be subject
to appeal.
(a) It is or becomes unlawful for a Major Project Participant to perform any of its
obligations under the Transaction Documents, or any such obligations or any
Transaction Security created or expressed to be created or evidenced by the Security
Documents are not or cease to be (or are alleged by a Major Project Participant not to
be) legal, valid, binding and enforceable, or otherwise cease to be effective [or any
subordination created under the Subordination Agreement is or becomes unlawful or
invalid].
(c) No Event of Default under this Clause 18.10 will occur if the circumstance only
relates to any Transaction Document where it has been Discharged.
(a) Any Transaction Document is terminated (or an irrevocable notice of termination has
been issued in accordance with the terms thereunder), cancelled, rescinded prior to its
originally stated maturity or not renewed upon its expiry.
(b) A Major Project Participant repudiates a Transaction Document [or any of the
Transaction Security] or evidences an intention to repudiate a Transaction Document
[or any of the Transaction Security].
(c) No Event of Default under paragraph (a) or (b) above will occur if the event or
circumstance only relates to any Transaction Document where it has been Discharged
[or, in respect of a Project Document:
(i) such event or circumstance has not had, or would not result in, a Material
Adverse Effect in the opinion of the Intercreditor Agent; or
(ii)
(B)
(a) [the management of the Borrower is wholly or partially displaced or the authority of
the Borrower in the conduct of its business is wholly or partially curtailed;]
(b) any of the issued shares of the Borrower or the whole or any part of its revenues or
assets is seized, nationalised, expropriated or compulsorily acquired; or
(i) the conversion of any currency in which the Project revenues are
denominated into the currency in which any amount due to a Finance Party
under the Finance Documents is denominated; or
(a) Any Obligor fails to perform or comply with any of the obligations assumed by it in
the Security Documents.190
(b) At any time, any of the Transaction Security is or becomes unlawful or is not, or
ceases to be legal, valid, binding or enforceable or otherwise ceases to be effective.
(c) At any time, any of the Transaction Security fails to have first ranking priority or is
subject to any prior ranking or pari passu ranking Security.
The Borrower ceases to be under the Control of [insert name of controlling entity] OR [insert
name of controlling entity] ceases to own [•] per cent. of the issued share capital of the
Borrower.]192
(a) Any abandonment, suspension, localised stop work orders or shut down (other than
scheduled shutdowns) of the Project (in whole or in any material part) whether
initiated by the Borrower, any Major Project Participants or the relevant Authorities,
in each case for a period lasting at least [120] days (in each case, whether or not
consecutive).
(b) The Project is destroyed (in whole or in any material part) and is not reasonably likely
to be reinstated under a Reinvestment Plan so as to meet the current financial and
technical projections for the Project set out in the Budget and the Base Case and to
satisfy the other requirements of the Transaction Documents.
(c) The [Project Completion Date]/[Financial Completion Date] has not occurred [or, in
the [reasonable] opinion of the Technical Adviser, will not occur] by the Longstop
Date and the Technical Adviser (in its reasonable opinion) believes that the
requirements of a Delay Action Report have not been met193.
If this clause is not inserted, a breach will constitute an Event of Default under Clause 18.3 (Other
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obligations) so might be covered by a grace period if one is included in Clause 18.3 (Other
obligations).
Parties to check that this clause does not conflict with the share retention and other obligations in the
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Shareholder Contribution and Sponsor Support Agreement. Also consider whether restrictions on
changes of ownership of other Obligors (besides the Borrower) are required.
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In some transactions, sponsors/the project company may prefer this to be reflected as a change of
control mandatory prepayment event instead of an Event of Default – parties should consider what is
the appropriate position for the relevant transaction.
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See footnote 181.
(a) is not in full force and effect (whether through failure to obtain, revocation,
cancellation, termination or otherwise) at any time when required; or
(b) is modified in any way that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.
18.17 Insurance
(a) The Borrower fails to comply with all of its obligations with respect to insurance
under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party.
(b) Any of the Insurances which are required to be effected is not or ceases to be in full
force and effect.
(c) An event or circumstance has occurred (including any omission to disclose any fact)
which could validly entitle an insurer in respect of any of the Insurances which are
required to be effected to terminate, rescind or otherwise avoid or reduce its liability
under any such Insurances.
The Borrower ceases to have good, valid and marketable title to, or valid leases or licences of,
or all appropriate Authorisations to use, the assets required to carry out the Project.
(a) [Any E&S Claim is commenced against the Borrower or the Project that is reasonably
likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.]194
(b) [Any additional provisions relating to compliance of the Project and the E&S
Documents with the E&S Standards, and on the status of E&S Authorisations
required to be obtained, to be advised by the E&S Adviser following E&S due
diligence.]195
Any event or circumstance occurs which the Intercreditor Agent reasonably believes might
have a [Material Adverse Effect]/[material adverse effect on the ability of a Major Project
Participant to perform or comply with its obligations under the Transaction Documents].
194
Subject to input from the E&S Adviser.
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Parties will need to consider the consequences of breaches of E&S provisions (e.g. immediate event
of default, event of default subject to the general remedy period in Clause 18.3 (Other obligations) or
triggering a bespoke cure regime that would be subject to the parties agreeing a remedy plan).
(a) [Any additional provisions relating to legal matters to be advised by the Lenders'
Legal Adviser(s) following legal due diligence.]
(b) [Any additional provisions relating to technical matters specific to the Project, or
relating more generally to projects in this sector, to be advised by the Technical
Adviser following technical due diligence.]
18.23 Acceleration
[On and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default [which is continuing] 196 the
Intercreditor Agent may, and shall if so directed by the Instructing Parties:
(i) without prejudice to the participation of any Lender in any Loans then
outstanding:
(C) cancel any part of any Commitment (and reduce such Commitment
accordingly), whereupon the relevant part shall immediately be
cancelled (and the relevant Commitment shall be immediately
reduced accordingly); and/or
(ii) declare that all or part of the Loans, together with accrued interest, and all
other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be
immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall become immediately due
and payable; and/or
(iii) declare that all or part of the Loans be payable on demand, whereupon they
shall immediately become payable on demand by the Intercreditor Agent on
the instructions of its Instructing Parties; and/or
(b) set-off and apply all amounts standing to the credit of any Account (other than the
Distribution Account) towards the payment of any amounts outstanding under the
Finance Documents in the order of priority set out in clause [ ] of the Security Trust
and Intercreditor Deed;
(c) give notice to the Account Banks that (i) an Event of Default has occurred and give
any instructions to (or instruct the Security Agents to give any directions to) the
Account Banks in accordance with the Finance Documents or (ii) the Security Agents
are therefore entitled to give directions under any Security Document, including
without limitation, to block the Accounts;
(d) instruct the Security Agents to enforce the Transaction Security created pursuant to
the Security Documents; and/or
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See earlier definition of "continuing" and the two options provided.
to another bank or financial institution or to a trust, fund or other entity which is regularly
engaged in or established for the purpose of making, purchasing or investing in loans,
securities or other financial assets (the "New Lender").
(a) [Except where a Facility Agreement provides that no consent of the Borrower is
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(ii) if the Lender is a fund, to a fund which is a Related Fund of that Lender;
Project financings typically demand a higher level of engagement from Lenders during the life of
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the project than would be the case on less structured financings, and thus the departure from the
typically expected position that Lenders may freely transfer the participations. Lenders may be called
upon frequently to make decisions, and there may be significant decisions to be made by Lenders,
which means that the parties on a project financing often focus very minutely on issues relating to:
(a) the identity of the Lenders and the relationships between the individual Lenders, and between the lending group
and the borrower. Common points of discussion include the definition of permitted transferee entities (e.g.
concerns may be raised about the possibility that vulture funds or distressed debt specialists, for example, might
become Lenders). On some transactions, the parties may agree on a list of permitted transferees (e.g. a white list)
and/or a rating requirement.
(b) the decision making process (syndicate management) – including a "yank the bank" (see Clause 29.4 (Replacement
of Lender)) provision.
If there is an ECA facility, changes will need to be made to this Clause to permit transfers to an
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ECA.
Parties could consider modifications to the transfer restrictions on a project by project basis, such as
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including acceptable bank requirements and different deeming period for Clause 19.2(b).
Please refer to "Securitisation" section of the Explanatory Note for transferability considerations
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Adapt paragraphs (a) and (b) if Borrower consent is required. Adapt paragraph (c) if the Borrower
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has to be consulted before a transfer is made. The two options are mutually exclusive and therefore
should not both be included.
(b) The consent of the Borrower to an assignment or transfer must not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed. The Borrower will be deemed to have given its consent [five]
Business Days after the Existing Lender has requested it unless consent is expressly
refused by the Borrower within that time.] /
(c) [An Existing Lender shall consult with the Borrower for no more than [•] days before
it may make an assignment or transfer unless the assignment or transfer is:
(i) receipt by the Intercreditor Agent and the Relevant Facility Agent (whether in
the Assignment Agreement or otherwise) of written confirmation from the
New Lender (in form and substance satisfactory to the Intercreditor Agent)
that the New Lender will assume the same obligations to the other Finance
Parties and the other Secured Parties as it would have been under if it was an
Original Lender;
(ii) performance by the Intercreditor Agent and the Relevant Facility Agent of all
necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all Applicable
Laws in relation to such assignment to a New Lender, the completion of
which the Intercreditor Agent and that Facility Agent shall promptly notify to
the Existing Lender and the New Lender; and
(iii) satisfaction of any other conditions to such assignment set out in the relevant
Facility Agreement.
(f) A transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in Clause 19.5 (Procedure
for transfer) is complied with.
(g) If:
(i) a Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or obligations under the Finance
Documents or changes its Facility Office; and
then the New Lender or Lender acting through its new Facility Office is only entitled
to receive payment under [that Clause]/[those Clauses] to the same extent as the
Existing Lender or Lender acting through its previous Facility Office would have
been if the assignment, transfer or change had not occurred. [This paragraph (g) shall
(h) Each New Lender, by executing the relevant Transfer Certificate or Assignment
Agreement, confirms, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Intercreditor Agent and the
Relevant Facility Agent has authority to execute on its behalf any amendment or
waiver that has been approved by or on behalf of the requisite Lender or Lenders in
accordance with this Agreement on or prior to the date on which the transfer or
assignment becomes effective in accordance with this Agreement and that it is bound
by that decision to the same extent as the Existing Lender would have been had it
remained a Lender.
(a) Subject to paragraph (b) below, the New Lender shall, on the date upon which an
assignment or transfer takes effect, pay to the Intercreditor Agent (for its own
account) a fee of [•].
(a) Unless expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no representation
or warranty and assumes no responsibility to a New Lender for:
(iii) the performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations under the
Finance Documents or any other documents; or
(b) Each New Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties that
it:
(i) has made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and
assessment of the financial condition and affairs of the Borrower and its
related entities and any other person in connection with its participation in the
Finance Documents and has not relied exclusively on any information
provided to it by the Existing Lender or any other Finance Party in
connection with any Finance Document; and
(ii) will continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness
of the Borrower and its related entities and any other person whilst any
(i) accept a re-transfer or re-assignment from a New Lender of any of the rights
and obligations assigned or transferred under this Clause 19; or
(ii) support any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by
reason of the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under the
Finance Documents or otherwise.
(a) Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 19.2 (Conditions of assignment or transfer)
and any other conditions to such transfer set out in the relevant Facility Agreement, a
transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (c) below when the Intercreditor
Agent and the Relevant Facility Agent executes an otherwise duly completed
Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender. Each
of the Intercreditor Agent and the Relevant Facility Agent shall, subject to paragraph
(b) below, as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed
Transfer Certificate appearing on its face to comply with the terms of this Agreement
and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, execute that Transfer
Certificate.
(b) Each of the Intercreditor Agent and the Relevant Facility Agent shall only be obliged
to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New
Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your customer" or
other similar checks under all Applicable Laws in relation to the transfer to such New
Lender.
(c) [Subject to Clause 19.9 ([Pro rata interest settlement], on]/[On] the Transfer Date:
(i) to the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to
transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance Documents
and in respect of the Transaction Security, the Borrower and the Existing
Lender shall be released from further obligations towards one another under
the Finance Documents and in respect of the Transaction Security and their
respective rights against one another under the Finance Documents and in
respect of the Transaction Security shall be cancelled (being the "Discharged
Rights and Obligations")202;
(ii) the Borrower and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one
another and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the
Discharged Rights and Obligations only insofar as the Borrower and the New
Lender have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of the Borrower and
the Existing Lender;
(iii) the New Lender and the other Finance Parties (other than the Existing
Lender) shall acquire the same rights and assume the same obligations
between themselves as they would have acquired and assumed had the New
Lender been an Original Lender with the rights and/or obligations acquired or
assumed by it as a result of the transfer and to that extent the Existing Lender
If you have Obligors that are party to another Finance Document (e.g. the Security Trust and
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Intercreditor Deed), then you may require separate release provisions in that Finance Document.
(a) Subject to the conditions set out in Clause 19.2 (Conditions of assignment or
transfer), an assignment may be effected in accordance with paragraph (c) below
when each of the Intercreditor Agent and the Relevant Facility Agent executes an
otherwise duly completed Assignment Agreement delivered to it by the Existing
Lender and the New Lender. Each of the Intercreditor Agent and the Relevant
Facility Agent shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, as soon as reasonably practicable
after receipt by it of a duly completed Assignment Agreement appearing on its face to
comply with the terms of this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement, execute that Assignment Agreement.
(b) Each of the Intercreditor Agent and the Relevant Facility Agent shall only be obliged
to execute an Assignment Agreement delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the
New Lender once it is satisfied it has complied with all necessary "know your
customer" or other similar checks under all Applicable Laws in relation to the
assignment to such New Lender.
(c) [Subject to Clause 19.9 ([Pro rata interest settlement],] on the Transfer Date:
(i) the Existing Lender will assign absolutely to the New Lender the rights under
the Finance Documents expressed to be the subject of the assignment in the
Assignment Agreement;
(ii) the Existing Lender will be released by each Obligor and the other Finance
Parties from the obligations owed by it (the "Relevant Obligations") and
expressed to be the subject of the release in the Assignment Agreement; and
(iii) the New Lender shall become a Party as a "Lender" and will be bound by
obligations equivalent to the Relevant Obligations.203
(d) Lenders may utilise procedures other than those set out in this Clause 19.6 to assign
their rights under the Finance Documents (but not, without the consent of the relevant
Obligor or unless in accordance with Clause 19.5 (Procedure for transfer), to obtain a
release by each Obligor from the obligations owed to each Obligor by the Lenders
nor the assumption of equivalent obligations by a New Lender) provided that they
comply with the conditions set out in Clause 19.2 (Conditions of assignment or
transfer).
The Intercreditor Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it (and the Relevant
Facility Agent) has executed a Transfer Certificate or an Assignment Agreement send to the
Borrower a copy of that Transfer Certificate or Assignment Agreement.
If the Assignment Agreement is used in place of a Transfer Certificate in order to avoid a novation
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of rights/obligations for reasons relevant to a civil jurisdiction, local law advice should be sought to
check the suitability of the Assignment Agreement due to the assumption of obligations referred to in
paragraph (c)(iii) of Clause 19.6 (Procedure for assignment).
In addition to the other rights provided to Lenders under this Clause 19.8, each Lender may
without consulting with or obtaining consent from any Obligor at any time charge, assign or
otherwise create Security in or over (whether by way of collateral or otherwise) all or any of
its rights under any Finance Document to secure obligations of that Lender including:
(a) any charge, assignment or other Security to secure obligations to a federal reserve or
central bank; and
(b) any charge, assignment or other Security granted to any holders (or trustee or
representatives of holders) of obligations owed, or securities issued, by that Lender as
security for those obligations or securities,
(i) release a Lender from any of its obligations under the Finance Documents or
substitute the beneficiary of the relevant charge, assignment or Security for
the Lender as a party to any of the Finance Documents; or
(ii) require any payments to be made by any Obligor other than or in excess of,
or grant to any person any more extensive rights than, those required to be
made or granted to the relevant Lender under the Finance Documents.]
(a) If, in respect of any Facility, the Relevant Facility Agent has notified the Lenders
under that Facility that it is able to distribute interest payments on a "pro rata basis"
to Existing Lenders and New Lenders under that Facility then (in respect of any
transfer pursuant to Clause 19.5 (Procedure for transfer) or any assignment pursuant
to Clause 19.6 (Procedure for assignment) the Transfer Date of which, in each case,
is after the date of such notification and is not on the last day of an Interest Period):
(i) any interest or fees in respect of the relevant participation which are
expressed to accrue by reference to the lapse of time shall continue to accrue
in favour of the Existing Lender up to but excluding the Transfer Date
("Accrued Amounts") and shall become due and payable to the Existing
Lender (without further interest accruing on them) on the last day of the
current Interest Period (or, if the Interest Period is longer than six Months, on
the next of the dates which falls at six Monthly intervals after the first day of
that Interest Period); and
(ii) the rights assigned or transferred by the Existing Lender will not include the
right to the Accrued Amounts, so that, for the avoidance of doubt:
(B) the amount payable to the New Lender on that date will be the
amount which would, but for the application of this Clause 19.9,
have been payable to it on that date, but after deduction of the
Accrued Amounts.
(b) In this Clause 19.9 references to "Interest Period" shall be construed to include a
reference to any other period for accrual of fees.
(a) If any Agent or an Account Bank resigns under the Finance Documents, its
resignation shall only be effective when the Intercreditor Agent (or, where the
Intercreditor Agent is resigning, each Facility Agent) has received an Accession
Certificate duly completed and executed by that Agent's or Account Bank's successor.
(b) The Intercreditor Agent (or, where the Intercreditor Agent is resigning, each Facility
Agent) shall as soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed
and executed Accession Certificate appearing on its face to comply with the terms of
this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this Agreement execute
that Accession Certificate.
(c) Upon the appointment of a successor, the resigning Agent or Account Bank shall be
discharged from any further obligation in its capacity as that Agent or (as applicable)
Account Bank in respect of the Finance Documents, provided that such resignation
shall be without prejudice to any undischarged liabilities which that Agent or (as
applicable) Account Bank may have incurred as a result of its appointment and acting
as such prior to its resignation. Its successor and each of the other parties to the
Finance Documents shall have the same rights and obligations amongst themselves as
they would have had if such successor had been an original party to the Finance
Documents in that capacity.
The Borrower may not assign any of its rights or transfer any of its rights or obligations under
the Finance Documents.
Except as specifically provided in the Finance Documents, no Mandated Lead Arranger has
any obligations of any kind to any other Party under or in connection with any Finance
Document.
(a) Nothing in any Finance Document constitutes any Mandated Lead Arranger as a
trustee or fiduciary of any other person.
(b) No Mandated Lead Arranger shall be bound to account to any Lender for any sum or
the profit element of any sum received by it for its own account.
Each Mandated Lead Arranger may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally
engage in any kind of banking or other business with any Obligor.
Notwithstanding any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, no Mandated
Lead Arranger is obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would, or might in its reasonable
opinion, constitute a breach of any law or regulation or a breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of
confidentiality.
(a) the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any information (whether oral or written)
supplied by any Finance Agent, any Mandated Lead Arranger, an Obligor or any
other person in or in connection with any Transaction Document or the Information
Memorandum or the transactions contemplated in the Transaction Documents or any
other agreement, arrangement or document entered into, made or executed in
anticipation of, under or in connection with any Transaction Document;
Nothing in this Agreement shall oblige any Mandated Lead Arranger to carry out:
(a) any "know your customer" or other checks in relation to any person; or
on behalf of any Lender and each Lender confirms to each Mandated Lead Arranger that it is
solely responsible for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely on
any statement in relation to such checks made by any Mandated Lead Arranger.
Without affecting the responsibility of any Obligor for information supplied by it or on its
behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Lender confirms to each Mandated
Lead Arranger that it has been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making its own
independent appraisal and investigation of all risks arising under or in connection with any
Finance Document including:
(a) the financial condition, status and nature of each Obligor and other Major Project
Participants;
(c) whether that Lender has recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse, against
any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection with any Transaction
Document, the Transaction Security, the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered
into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Transaction
Document or the Transaction Security;
(d) the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of the Information Memorandum and any
other information provided by any Agent, any Party or by any other person under or
in connection with any Transaction Document, the transactions contemplated by any
Transaction Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered
into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any Transaction
Document; and
(e) the right or title of any person in or to, or the value or sufficiency of any part of the
Secured Property, the priority of any of the Transaction Security or the existence of
any Security affecting the Secured Property.
(a) interfere with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs (tax or otherwise) in
whatever manner it thinks fit;
(b) oblige any Finance Party to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or
repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim; or
(c) oblige any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax or
otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax.
(a) sharing among the Finance Parties, set out in the Security Trust and Intercreditor
Deed;
(b) payment mechanics, set out in the Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed;
(c) set-off, set out in the Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed;
(d) [parallel debt, set out in the Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed];
(e) application of proceeds, set out in the Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed,
This Clause is not strictly required on the assumption that these clauses would be included in other
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Finance Documents such as the Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed. Readers to consider if it may
be useful to include this Clause for reference only.
25. NOTICES
Any communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance Documents shall be
made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by fax or letter.
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The address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose attention the
communication is to be made) of each Party for any communication or document to be made
or delivered under or in connection with the Finance Documents is:
(a) in the case of each Party on the date of this Agreement, that identified with its name
in Schedule 13 (Notices)206; and
(b) in the case of any person becoming a Party after the date of this Agreement, that
notified in writing to the Intercreditor Agent on or prior to the date on which it
becomes a Party; and
or any substitute address or fax number or department or officer as the Party may notify to the
Intercreditor Agent (or the Intercreditor Agent may notify to the other Parties, if a change is
made by the Intercreditor Agent) by not less than [five] Business Days' notice.
25.3 Delivery
(a) Any communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under
or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be effective:
(ii) if by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or [five]
Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an
envelope addressed to it at that address,
(c) All notices from or to the Borrower shall be sent through (if the notice is from a
Lender) the Relevant Facility Agent or (otherwise) the Intercreditor Agent.
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Parties to consider whether to remove reference to faxes and shorten this Clause.
Parties to consider providing notice details as a separate document rather than including this as a
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Schedule.
Promptly upon changing its address or fax number, the Intercreditor Agent shall notify the
other Parties.
If a Finance Agent is an Impaired Agent, the Parties may, instead of communicating with
each other through that Finance Agent, communicate with each other directly and (while that
Finance Agent is an Impaired Agent) all the provisions of the Finance Documents which
require communications to be made or notices to be given to or by that Finance Agent shall be
varied so that communications may be made and notices given to or by the relevant Parties
directly. This provision shall not operate after a replacement of that Finance Agent has been
appointed.
(i) notify each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other
information required to enable the transmission of information by that means;
and
(ii) notify each other of any change to their address or any other such information
supplied by them by not less than [five] Business Days' notice.
(b) Any such electronic communication or delivery as specified in paragraph (a) above to
be made between the Borrower and a Finance Party may only be made in that way to
the extent that those two Parties agree that, unless and until notified to the contrary,
this is to be an accepted form of communication or delivery.
(c) Any such electronic communication or delivery as specified in paragraph (a) above
made or delivered by one Party to another will be effective only when actually
received (or made available) in readable form and in the case of any electronic
communication or document made or delivered by a Party to an Agent only if it is
addressed in such a manner as that Agent shall specify for this purpose.
Clause 25.5 (Communication when Finance Agent is Impaired Agent) provides an alternative to
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communicating through a Finance Agent at a time when that Finance Agent is an Impaired Agent and
before the appointment of a replacement Agent. In those circumstances the Clause allows the Parties
to communicate directly with each other notwithstanding any provision in any Finance Document
requiring such communications to be made through that Finance Agent.
The Borrower may satisfy its obligation under this Agreement to deliver any information in
relation to a Lender by delivering that information directly to that Lender in accordance with
Clause 25.6 (Electronic communication) to the extent that Lender and the Intercreditor Agent
agree to this method of delivery.
(a) Any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in
English.
(b) All other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document
must be:
(i) in English; or
26.1 Accounts
Any certification or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount under any Finance
Document is, in the absence of manifest error, conclusive evidence of the matters to which it
relates.
Any interest, commission or fee accruing under a Finance Document will accrue from day to
day and is calculated on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed and a year of
[360/365] days or, in any case where the practice in the Relevant Market differs, in
accordance with that market practice.
Check the applicable day count convention for the relevant currency. 365 days is the appropriate
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If, at any time, any provision of a Finance Document is or becomes illegal, invalid or
unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or
enforceability of the remaining provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such
provision under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or impaired.
No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any Secured Party, any right
or remedy under a Finance Document shall operate as a waiver of any such right or remedy or
constitute an election to affirm any of the Finance Documents. No election to affirm any
Finance Document on the part of any Secured Party shall be effective unless it is in writing.
No single or partial exercise of any right or remedy shall prevent any further or other exercise
or the exercise of any other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in each
Finance Document are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by
law.
(a) Subject to paragraph (b) below, any term of this Agreement may be amended or
waived only with the consent of the Intercreditor Agent and the Borrower and any
such amendment or waiver will be binding on all Parties.
(b) Any condition precedent to the making of a Utilisation set out in Clause 3.2 (Further
conditions precedent) or Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent) may be waived only with
the consent of the Intercreditor Agent (and the consent of the Borrower shall not be
required).
(c) The Intercreditor Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment
or waiver of any term of this Agreement permitted by this Clause 29.
(d) Any waiver of any term of a Finance Document other than this Agreement may be
amended or waived only in accordance with the terms of that Finance Document or
(as the case may be) the Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed.
(a) The Borrower acknowledges that that the Intercreditor Agent acts on the instructions
of the Instructing Parties pursuant to the Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed, to
which the Borrower is not party.
(b) [Any amendment to the Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed that changes the voting
requirements relating to the Instructing Parties who instruct the Intercreditor Agent
shall only be made with the Borrower's prior written consent (not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed).]
(a) For so long as a Defaulting Lender has any Available Commitment, in ascertaining:
has been obtained to approve any request for a consent, waiver, amendment
or other vote under the Finance Documents,
that Defaulting Lender's Commitment under the relevant Facility will be reduced by
the amount of its Available Commitment under the relevant Facility and to the extent
that that reduction results in that Defaulting Lender's Total Commitments being zero,
that Defaulting Lender shall be deemed not to be a Lender for the purposes of
paragraphs (i) and (ii) above.
(b) For the purposes of this Clause 29.3, the Intercreditor Agent may assume that the
following Lenders are Defaulting Lenders:
(i) any Lender which has notified the Intercreditor Agent that it has become a
Defaulting Lender;
(ii) any Lender in relation to which it is aware that any of the events or
circumstances referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) [or (c)]209 of the definition of
"Defaulting Lender" has occurred,
unless it has received notice to the contrary from the Lender concerned (together with
any supporting evidence reasonably requested by the Intercreditor Agent) or the
Intercreditor Agent is otherwise aware that the Lender has ceased to be a Defaulting
Lender.]210
(a) If:
(i) any Lender becomes a Non-Consenting Lender (as defined in paragraph (d)
below); or
(ii) [the Borrower] becomes obliged to repay any amount in accordance with
Clause 5.1 (Mandatory prepayment – Illegality) or to pay additional amounts
pursuant to Clause 10.1 (Increased Costs), Clause 9.2 (Tax gross-up) or
Clause 9.3 (Tax indemnity) to any Lender,
then the Borrower may, on [•] Business Days' prior written notice to the Intercreditor
Agent and such Lender, replace such Lender by requiring such Lender to (and, to the
extent permitted by law, such Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 19 (Changes
to the Lenders) all (and not part only) of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement to a Lender or other bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity
(a "Replacement Lender"), which confirms its willingness to assume and does
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Include to the extent that paragraph (c) is included in the definition of "Defaulting Lender".
To be considered if this should be included. This may be less acceptable to certain lenders (e.g.
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(b) The replacement of a Lender pursuant to this Clause 29.4 shall be subject to the
following conditions:
(ii) neither the Intercreditor Agent nor the Lender shall have any obligation to the
Borrower to find a Replacement Lender;
(iv) in no event shall the Lender replaced under this Clause 29.4 be required to
pay or surrender to such Replacement Lender any of the fees received by
such Lender pursuant to the Finance Documents; and
(v) the Lender shall only be obliged to transfer its rights and obligations pursuant
to paragraph (a) above once it is satisfied that it has complied with all
necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks under all Applicable
Laws in relation to that transfer.
(c) A Lender shall perform the checks described in paragraph (b)(v) above as soon as
reasonably practicable following delivery of a notice referred to in paragraph (a)
above and shall notify the Intercreditor Agent and the Borrower when it is satisfied
that it has complied with those checks.
(i) the Borrower or the Intercreditor Agent (at the request of the Borrower) has
requested the Lenders to give a consent in relation to, or to agree to a waiver
or amendment of, any provisions of the Finance Documents;
(ii) the consent, waiver or amendment in question requires the approval of all the
Lenders; and
(iii) Lenders whose Commitments aggregate more than [•] per cent. of the Total
Commitments (or, if the Total Commitments have been reduced to zero,
aggregated more than [•] per cent. of the Total Commitments prior to that
reduction) have consented or agreed to such waiver or amendment,
then any Lender who does not and continues not to consent or agree to such waiver or
amendment shall be deemed a "Non-Consenting Lender".]212
To be considered if this should be included. This may be less acceptable to certain lenders (e.g.
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(a) The Borrower may, at any time a Lender has become and continues to be a
Defaulting Lender, by giving [•] Business Days' prior written notice to the
Intercreditor Agent and such Lender replace such Lender by requiring such Lender to
(and to the extent permitted by law, such Lender shall) transfer pursuant to Clause 19
(Changes to the Lenders) all (and not part only) of its rights and obligations under the
Finance Documents to a Lender or other bank, financial institution, trust, fund or
other entity (a "Replacement Lender") selected by the Borrower, and which
confirms its willingness to assume and does assume all the obligations or all the
relevant obligations of the transferring Lender in accordance with Clause 19
(Changes to the Lenders) [for a purchase price in cash payable at the time of transfer
which is either:
(b) Any transfer of rights and obligations of a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this Clause
shall be subject to the following conditions:
(ii) neither any Finance Party nor the Defaulting Lender shall have any obligation
to the Borrower to find a Replacement Lender;
(iii) the transfer must take place no later than [10] Business Days 213 after the
notice referred to in paragraph (a) above;
(iv) in no event shall the Defaulting Lender be required to pay or surrender to the
Replacement Lender any of the fees received by the Defaulting Lender
pursuant to the Finance Documents; and
(v) the Defaulting Lender shall only be obliged to transfer its rights and
obligations pursuant to paragraph (a) above once it is satisfied that it has
complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks
under all Applicable Laws in relation to that transfer to the Replacement
Lender.
(c) The Defaulting Lender shall perform the checks described in paragraphs (b)(v) above
as soon as reasonably practicable following delivery of a notice referred to in
paragraph (a) above and shall notify the Intercreditor Agent and the Borrower when it
is satisfied that it has complied with those checks.]214
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Insert agreed time period.
To be considered if this should be included. This may be less acceptable to certain lenders (e.g.
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Each Finance Party agrees to keep all Confidential Information confidential and not to
disclose it to anyone, save to the extent permitted by Clause 30.2 (Disclosure of Confidential
Information) [and Clause 30.3 ([Disclosure to numbering service providers)], and to ensure
that all Confidential Information is protected with security measures and a degree of care that
would apply to its own confidential information.
Any Finance Party and its officers (as defined in the Banking Act) may disclose:
(a) to any of its Affiliates and Related Funds and any of its or their officers, directors,
employees, professional advisers, auditors,215 partners and Representatives216 such
Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider appropriate if any
person to whom the Confidential Information is to be given pursuant to this paragraph
(a) is informed in writing of its confidential nature and that some or all of such
Confidential Information may be price-sensitive information except that there shall be
no such requirement to so inform if the recipient is subject to professional obligations
to maintain the confidentiality of the information or is otherwise bound by
requirements of confidentiality in relation to the Confidential Information;
(i) to (or through) whom it assigns or transfers (or may potentially assign or
transfer) all or any of its rights and/or obligations under one or more Finance
Documents or which succeeds (or which may potentially succeed) it as Agent
and, in each case to any of that person's Affiliates, Related Funds,
Representatives and professional advisers;
(ii) with (or through) whom it enters into (or may potentially enter into), whether
directly or indirectly, any sub-participation in relation to, or any other
transaction under which payments are to be made or may be made by
reference to, one or more Finance Documents and/or one or more Obligors
and to any of that person's Affiliates, Related Funds, Representatives and
professional advisers;
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Some financial institutions may also require disclosures to be extended to service providers. Parties
to consider if this is necessary/acceptable.
Consider if disclosure should be extended to cover insurers, reinsurers and insurance brokers as
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(vii) [who is a person, or who belongs to a class of persons, specified in the second
column of the Third Schedule to the Banking Act in accordance with the
terms thereof;]
(viii) [to whom or for whose benefit that Finance Party charges, assigns or
otherwise creates Security (or may do so) pursuant to Clause 19.8 ([Security
over Lenders' rights)]219;
in each case, such Confidential Information as that Finance Party shall consider
appropriate if:
(A) in relation to paragraphs (b)(i), (b)(ii) and (b)(iii) above, the person to
whom the Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a
Confidentiality Undertaking except that there shall be no requirement
for a Confidentiality Undertaking if the recipient is a professional
adviser and is subject to professional obligations to maintain the
confidentiality of the Confidential Information;
Some financial institutions may also require this to be extended to cover any person to whom the
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Include this reference if the optional paragraph (b)(vii) of Clause 30.2 (Disclosure of Confidential
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Information) is included.
(c) to any person appointed by that Finance Party or by a person to whom paragraph (b)
(i) or (b)(ii) above applies to provide administration or settlement services in respect
of one or more of the Finance Documents including, in relation to the trading of
participations in respect of the Finance Documents, such Confidential Information as
may be required to be disclosed to enable such service provider to provide any of the
services referred to in this paragraph (c) if the service provider to whom the
Confidential Information is to be given has entered into a confidentiality agreement
substantially in the form of the LMA Master Confidentiality Undertaking for Use
With Administration/Settlement Service Providers or such other form of
confidentiality undertaking agreed between the Borrower and the relevant Finance
Party;
(d) to any rating agency (including its professional advisers) such Confidential
Information as may be required to be disclosed to enable such rating agency to carry
out its normal rating activities in relation to the Finance Documents and/or the
Borrower [if the rating agency to whom the Confidential Information is to be given is
informed of its confidential nature and that some or all of such Confidential
Information may be price-sensitive information]; and
(a) Any Finance Party may disclose to any national or international numbering service
provider appointed by that Finance Party to provide identification numbering services
in respect of this Agreement, the Facilities and/or the Borrower the following
information:
(v) the names of the Agents and the Mandated Lead Arrangers;
(vii) amounts of, and names of, the Facilities (and any tranches);
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(xiv) such other information agreed between such Finance Party and the Borrower,
to enable such numbering service provider to provide its usual syndicated loan
numbering identification services.
(b) The Parties acknowledge and agree that each identification number assigned to this
Agreement, the Facilities and/or one or more Obligors by a numbering service
provider and the information associated with each such number may be disclosed to
users of its services in accordance with the standard terms and conditions of that
numbering service provider.
(c) The Borrower represents that none of the information set out in paragraphs (i) to (xiv)
of paragraph (a) above is, nor will at any time be, unpublished price-sensitive
information.
(d) [The Intercreditor Agent shall notify the Borrower and the other Finance Parties of:
(i) the name of any numbering service provider appointed by the Intercreditor
Agent in respect of this Agreement, the Facilities and/or the Borrower; and
(ii) the number or, as the case may be, numbers assigned to this Agreement, the
Facilities and/or the Borrower by such numbering service provider.]223]
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Term/Revolver etc.
This requirement has been limited to the Intercreditor Agent on the assumption that if the
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Intercreditor Agent requests an identification number, it will, in any event, require all Parties to use
that number in communications etc. If this is not the case, this Clause can be deleted.
Banks should consider whether they have any specific internal requirements for the drafting of the
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provisions of the Personal Data Protection Act 2012. Alternatively, the following clause can be used
as a starting point for negotiations:
"(a) If any Obligor provides the Finance Parties with personal data of any individual as required by, pursuant to, or in
connection with the Finance Documents, that Obligor represents and warrants to the Finance Parties that it has, to
the extent required by law, (i) notified the relevant individual of the purposes for which data will be collected,
processed, used or disclosed; and (ii) obtained such individual's consent for, and hereby consents on behalf of such
individual to, the collection, processing, use and disclosure of his/her personal data by the Finance Parties, in each
case, in accordance with or for the purposes of the Finance Documents, and confirms that it is authorised by such
individual to provide such consent on his/her behalf.
This Clause 30 constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties in relation to the
obligations of the Finance Parties under the Finance Documents regarding Confidential
Information and supersedes any previous agreement, whether express or implied, regarding
Confidential Information.
Each of the Finance Parties acknowledges that some or all of the Confidential Information is
or may be price-sensitive information and that the use of such information may be regulated
or prohibited by applicable legislation including securities law relating to insider dealing and
market abuse and each of the Finance Parties undertakes not to use any Confidential
Information for any unlawful purpose.
Each of the Finance Parties agrees (to the extent permitted by law and regulation) to inform
the Borrower:
(b) upon becoming aware that Confidential Information has been disclosed in breach of
this Clause 30.
The obligations in this Clause 30 are continuing and, in particular, shall survive and remain
binding on each Finance Party for a period of [12] months from the earlier of:
(a) the date on which all amounts payable by the Obligors under or in connection with
the Finance Documents have been paid in full and all Commitments have been
cancelled or otherwise cease to be available; and
(b) the date on which such Finance Party otherwise ceases to be a Finance Party.
(b) Each Obligor agrees and undertakes to notify the Agent promptly upon its becoming aware of the withdrawal by
the relevant individual of his/her consent to the collection, processing, use and/or disclosure by any Finance Party
of any personal data provided by that Obligor to any Finance Party.
(c) Any consent given pursuant to this Agreement in relation to personal data shall, subject to all applicable laws and
regulations, survive death, incapacity, bankruptcy or insolvency of any such individual and the termination or
expiration of this Agreement."
(a) Notwithstanding any other term of any Finance Document or any other agreement,
arrangement or understanding between the Parties, each Party acknowledges and
accepts that any liability of any Party to any other Party under or in connection with
the Finance Documents may be subject to Bail-In Action by the relevant Resolution
Authority and acknowledges and accepts to be bound by the effect of:
(i) any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability, including (without
limitation):
(B) a conversion of all, or part of, any such liability into shares or other
instruments of ownership that may be issued to, or conferred on, it;
and
(ii) a variation of any term of any Finance Document to the extent necessary to
give effect to any Bail-In Action in relation to any such liability.
"Bail-In Action" means the exercise of any Write-down and Conversion Powers.
(a) in relation to an EEA Member Country which has implemented, or which at any time
implements, Article 55 BRRD, the relevant implementing law or regulation as
described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule from time to time [; and
(b) in relation to any state other than such an EEA Member Country or (to the extent that
the United Kingdom is not such an EEA Member Country) the United Kingdom, any
analogous law or regulation from time to time which requires contractual recognition
of any Write-down and Conversion Powers contained in that law or regulation].
"EEA Member Country" means any member state of the European Union, Iceland,
Liechtenstein and Norway.
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To consider whether a bail-in clause under the requirements of Article 55 of EU Directive 2014/59
EU (often referred to as the Bank Resolution and Recovery Directive or "BRRD") is to be included in
this Agreement. Article 55 of the BRRD is relevant to all transactions involving EEA banks
(including local branches of EEA banks) entering into or recurring liabilities under non-EEA law
documents (such as an EEA security agent entering into a security document governed by non-EEA
law).
The Loan Market Association has published a Users' Guide on this topic. Readers may refer to
such Users' Guide for more information.
"Resolution Authority" means any body which has authority to exercise any Write-down
and Conversion Powers.
"UK Bail-In Legislation" means (to the extent that the United Kingdom is not an EEA
Member Country which has implemented, or implements, Article 55 BRRD) Part I of the
United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 and any other law or regulation applicable in the United
Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other
financial institutions or their affiliates (otherwise than through liquidation, administration or
other insolvency proceedings).
(i) any powers under that Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute shares
issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial
institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution,
to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or
any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or
part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any
other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect
as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in
respect of that liability or any of the powers under that Bail-In Legislation
that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers; and
(ii) any similar or analogous powers under that Bail-In Legislation]; and
(i) any powers under that UK Bail-In Legislation to cancel, transfer or dilute
shares issued by a person that is a bank or investment firm or other financial
institution or affiliate of a bank, investment firm or other financial institution,
to cancel, reduce, modify or change the form of a liability of such a person or
any contract or instrument under which that liability arises, to convert all or
part of that liability into shares, securities or obligations of that person or any
other person, to provide that any such contract or instrument is to have effect
as if a right had been exercised under it or to suspend any obligation in
respect of that liability or any of the powers under that UK Bail-In
Legislation that are related to or ancillary to any of those powers; and
32. COUNTERPARTS
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this has the same effect
as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Agreement.
34.1 [Jurisdiction
(a) The courts of Singapore have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute arising out of
or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute relating to the existence,
validity or termination of this Agreement or the consequences of its nullity) (a
"Dispute").
(b) The Parties agree that the courts of Singapore are the most appropriate and
convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue to the
contrary.
(c) Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) and (b) above, any Finance Party [or Secured Party]
may take proceedings relating to a Dispute in any other courts with jurisdiction. To
the extent allowed by law, the Finance Parties [and Secured Parties] may take
concurrent proceedings in any number of jurisdictions.]228
OR
[Arbitration
(a) Any dispute arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, including any
question regarding its existence, validity or termination (a "Dispute"), shall be
referred to and finally resolved by arbitration administered by the Singapore
International Arbitration Centre in accordance with the Arbitration Rules of the
Singapore International Arbitration Centre for the time being in force, which rules are
deemed to be incorporated by reference in this Clause 34.1.
Subject to jurisdiction specific advice (e.g. where arbitration might be preferable such as for
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jurisdictions which do not have reciprocal enforcement of foreign judgments), parties should seek
specialist advice on arbitration provisions to the extent appropriate, depending on the relevant
jurisdiction(s) of the Project.
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Parties to consider whether to include a prior mediation step before further dispute proceedings and,
if so, amend this Clause to reflect the agreement (e.g. whether such recourse to mediation is
mandatory and thus a pre-condition to the further dispute proceedings under this Clause). If parties
agree to adopt mediation, one approach would be to incorporate the model clause on the SIAC-SIMC
Arb-Med-Arb Protocol – more information on the AMA Protocol, including the model clause, can be
found here: https://simc.com.sg /dispute-resolution/arb-med-arb/.
Delete as applicable. Parties to consider whether to include a prior mediation step before further
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dispute proceedings.
The Borrower agrees that the documents which start any proceedings in relation to any
Finance Document, and any other documents required to be served in connection with those
proceedings, may be served on it by being delivered to [[the Borrower]/[other person with a
registered office in Singapore] at] [its registered office or place of business in
Singapore]/[insert other address in Singapore], or to such other address in Singapore as the
Borrower may specify by notice in writing to the Intercreditor Agent. Nothing in this
paragraph shall affect the right of any Finance Party to serve process in any other manner
permitted by law. This Clause applies to proceedings in Singapore and proceedings
elsewhere.
The Borrower waives generally all immunity it or its assets or revenues may otherwise have
in any jurisdiction, including immunity in respect of:
(a) the giving of any relief by way of injunction or order for specific performance or for
the recovery of assets or revenues; and
(b) the issue of any process against its assets or revenues for the enforcement of a
judgment or, in an action in rem, for the arrest, detention or sale of any of its assets
and revenues.
These waivers extend to the property of [•] central bank which the Borrower accepts and
agrees is its property.]231
Most complex or high-value disputes will tend to be heard by a three-person (or, very occasionally,
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Parties to consider their preferred selection process for appointment of the tribunal bearing the existing appointment
process under prevailing SIAC rules in mind. Further, in the rare event that a five-person arbitral tribunal is preferred,
parties will need to provide for the selection process and/or expressly modify existing appointment process under SIAC
Rules in the event that it is not addressed under the prevailing set of rules.
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Delete as applicable.
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This Clause is not necessary if it is clear that the Borrower has no sovereign status.
If any matter is referred to the Resolution Procedure under the Finance Documents, the
following procedure shall apply to resolve the matter, and such procedure shall not constitute
a Dispute for so long as it is continuing in accordance with this Clause 34.5:
(a) The Borrower and the Intercreditor Agent shall discuss the challenged matter in good
faith for a period not exceeding [five] Business Days (or any longer period as the
Borrower and the Intercreditor Agent agree) with a view to agreeing the challenged
matter. If at the end of that period the Borrower and the Intercreditor Agent have:
(i) reached an agreement on the challenged matter, the Intercreditor Agent shall
notify the Borrower of such agreement in writing and such notification shall
(absent manifest error) be final and conclusive with respect to the challenged
matter; or
(ii) not reached an agreement on the challenged matter, the challenged matter
shall be referred to a person appointed in accordance with paragraph (b)
below (an "Expert") for determination in accordance with the remainder of
this Clause 34.5.
(i) a person having appropriate expertise with respect to, but no interest in the
outcome of, the challenged matter referred to it;
(c) The Expert shall be appointed in accordance with the following procedure:
(i) The Intercreditor Agent shall issue a notice in writing to the Borrower to
nominate a proposed Expert and reserve Expert to be appointed.
(ii) If the Borrower does not agree to appoint the proposed Expert or the reserve
Expert nominated by the Intercreditor Agent within [three] Business Days of
the notice in writing of the nomination of the Expert by the Intercreditor
Agent, the Borrower and the Intercreditor Agent shall discuss in good faith
for a period not exceeding [five] Business Days (or any longer period as the
Borrower and the Intercreditor Agent agree) with a view to agreeing the
appointment.
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This Clause provides a resolution procedure for certain matters referred to in this Agreement
(including any challenge to the draft construction/O&M budget, changes to the Base Case,
Assumptions or the draft Financial Report) by way of expert determination. Parties could amend this
to reflect discussions on the relevant transaction and to address additional considerations such as (1)
any pre-agreed procedure for the nomination of the Expert and (2) the manner in which the Expert
could conduct the determination process.
(iv) The Intercreditor Agent may select from any of the alternative Experts
nominated by the Borrower within [three] Business Days of the notice in
writing of the nomination of the Expert by the Borrower.
(v) If the Intercreditor Agent does not agree to appoint any of the alternative
Experts nominated by the Borrower within [three] Business Days of the
notice in writing of the nomination of the Expert by the Borrower, the
Intercreditor Agent or the Borrower may request the President for the time
being of the International Centre for Expertise (the International Chamber of
Commerce) [or an equivalent independent and internationally recognised
body to appoint an Expert]233, provided that such person has, prior to the date
of such appointment, confirmed in writing to the Borrower and the
Intercreditor Agent that it has no conflict in acting as an Expert, has no
interest in the outcome of the challenged matter and will remain neutral and
impartial at all times when considering such referral.
(i) not be bound to choose either the proposal made by the Borrower or that
made by the Intercreditor Agent but shall be free to make its own reasonable
determination of the point referred to it;
(iii) give its decision as soon as practicable and, in any event, no later than [15]
Business Days234 after the date of receipt of its terms of reference from the
Intercreditor Agent (acting in consultation with the Borrower).
(e) At all times during a dispute but prior to the decision of an Expert pursuant to this
Clause 34.5, the Assumptions, calculations or other determinations made by the
Intercreditor Agent shall prevail for the purposes of any calculations to be made
under the Finance Documents, provided that any Default that is continuing solely
due to a calculation based on Assumptions that are the subject of a challenge under
this Clause 34.5 (and which would not have occurred or be continuing if the relevant
calculation had been based on Assumptions determined by the Borrower) shall be
deemed not to be continuing until such time as the dispute relating to the relevant
Assumptions is resolved in accordance with this Clause 34.5. The Expert's decision
(when received) shall apply retrospectively to the relevant date to the extent that such
decision was not available on that date.
(f) An Expert's determination shall (absent manifest error) be final and binding on all the
Parties in respect of the subject matter referred to it. Any challenge to the Expert's
determination on the ground of manifest error shall constitute a Dispute and be
resolved in the manner set out in Clause 34.1 ([Jurisdiction]/[Arbitration]).
Parties to consider whether it is necessary to include other alternative bodies for making such
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nomination.
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Consider if this time period could be extended with the relevant parties' agreement.
(h) The costs of any reference to an Expert will be borne by the Borrower, subject to the
terms of reference agreed pursuant to this Clause 34.5.
THIS AGREEMENT has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this Agreement.
PART 1
TERM LOAN A FACILITY
PART 2
[[ ] FACILITY
Schedule 1
SCHEDULE 2
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Transaction Documents
(l) [others],
and each other Finance Document (if any) executed prior to Financial Close, in each
case duly executed and in full force and effect.
(f) [others],
and each other Project Document (if any) executed prior to Financial Close, in each
To the extent any of these contracts (e.g. the O&M Contract) will be entered into after Financial
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Close, remove from this Schedule and include a condition subsequent undertaking to require such
contract to be provided by a specified time.
Schedule 2
No. Condition precedent
3. Evidence that all taxes, stamp duties, notary fees, registration fees or other Taxes with
respect to the Transaction Documents (if any) have been paid.
4. A copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance which the
Intercreditor Agent considers to be necessary or desirable in connection with the entry
into and performance of the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or for
the validity, enforceability, perfection or admissibility in evidence in any Relevant
Jurisdiction of any Transaction Document, in each case in full force and effect. 236
Corporate approvals
5. A certificate of each Major Project Participant (signed by its director) dated on or after
the date of this Agreement:
(a) certifying that each copy document relating to it specified in this Schedule is
correct, complete and in full force and effect as at the date of that certificate;
(b) (in the case of the Borrower) confirming that borrowing the Total
Commitments would not cause any borrowing or similar limit binding on it to
be exceeded;
(c) (in the case of each [Sponsor][Shareholder]) confirming that performing its
obligations under the Shareholder Contribution and Sponsor Support
Agreement would not cause any guaranteeing or similar limit binding on it to
be exceeded; and
(d) setting out or attaching a specimen of the signature of each person authorised
by each resolution referred to below.
7. A copy of a resolution(s) of the board of directors [(and in addition, if required for any
Major Project Participant, the members)] of each Major Project Participant:
(a) approving the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party,
(c) authorising a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch
all documents and notices (including, if relevant, any Utilisation Request [and
Selection Notice]237) to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection
This may not be appropriate in all circumstances and may need to be removed once the conditions
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precedent have been agreed to avoid the last minute disagreement on how this condition precedent
should be satisfied.
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If applicable under the relevant term facility, include the following definition:
"Selection Notice" has the meaning given to that term in the [ ] Facility Agreement.
Schedule 2
No. Condition precedent
Legal opinions
8. A legal opinion of the Lenders' Legal Adviser[s] addressed to the Mandated Lead
Arrangers in respect of (among other things) the enforceability of the Finance
Documents and validity of security governed by [jurisdiction] law238.
9. A legal opinion of the [Borrower's] Legal Adviser[s] addressed to the Mandated Lead
Arrangers in respect of (among other things) the capacity and authority of each Obligor
to enter into the Finance Documents to which it is a party.
10. [A legal opinion of the Borrower's Legal Adviser[s] addressed to the Mandated Lead
Arrangers in respect of (among other things) the enforceability of the Project
Documents under the laws of [jurisdiction].]239
11. [A legal opinion of the Borrower's Legal Adviser[s] addressed to the Mandated Lead
Arrangers in respect of (among other things) the capacity and authority of each [Major
Project Participant] to enter into the Project Documents to which it is a party.] 240
Financial Statements
13. The [Equity which is required to be contributed by Financial Close in accordance with
the terms of the Shareholder Contribution and Sponsor Support Agreement has been
contributed in full] to the Borrower.
14. Evidence that all Fees and Costs then due from the Borrower (including legal fees and
costs) have been paid or will be paid [by/before] the first Utilisation Date from
proceeds of the [Term Loan A Facility]241.
16. The Original Base Case and the list of Assumptions to be used in the Original Base
Case agreed between the Borrower and the Intercreditor Agent (in consultation with the
Technical Adviser).
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Duplicate to cover each jurisdiction the laws by which a Finance Document is governed.
239
Lenders will not always seek legal opinions on the Project Documents.
Lenders will not always seek legal opinions on the capacity and authority of Major Project
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Participants.
This would be certified by the Borrower and may also be included in the Financial Model or a funds
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Schedule 2
No. Condition precedent
17. The Initial Financial Report containing the items that are required for each Financial
Report as set out in Clause 16.4 (Financial Report), showing compliance with the
following Ratios: (i) Projected DSCR on each Calculation Date at least equal to [ ]:1.0
and (ii) LLCR on that date at least equal to [ ]:1.0.
18. The Original Construction Budget for the Construction Period containing the items that
are required for each Construction Budget as set out in Clause 15 (Information
Undertakings), approved by the Technical Adviser.
19. [A form of O&M Budget][The Original O&M Budget] for the Operating Period
containing (to the extent projections are then available) the items that are required for
each O&M Budget as set out in Clause 15 (Information Undertakings), approved by
the Technical Adviser.
20. Each Construction Report that is required to be delivered prior to Financial Close.
21. Each E&S Report that is required to be delivered prior to Financial Close.
22. The form of O&M Report has been agreed with the Technical Adviser.
(a) on the compliance of the Project and the Associated Facilities, the E&S
Documents [and the E&S Management Systems] with the E&S Standards;
(c) confirming that the E&S Action Plan is capable of bringing the Project [and
Associated Facilities] into compliance with E&S Standards (or indicating that
there are justified deviations from the E&S Standards).
24. A report from the Insurance Adviser on compliance with the Schedule 6 (Insurance).
25. A report from the Model Auditor on the Financial Model and the Original Base Case.
26. A report from the Technical Adviser reviewing technical and operational aspects of the
Project.
27. A report from the Lenders' Legal Adviser[s] setting out legal due diligence in respect of
the Project.
Security
28. All Authorisations and other actions necessary or desirable for the effectiveness,
attachment, perfection and first ranking of the Transaction Security have been effected
or performed.
Certain projects may require the project company to prepare and maintain a pandemic business
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Schedule 2
No. Condition precedent
29. Delivery to the Security Agent of any item that is required under any Security
Document to be delivered to the Security Agent prior to Financial Close.
30. All deeds, documents and ancillary papers relating to the Borrower's Real Property and
the Site including site surveys, counterpart leases, licences, and any other deeds or
documents necessary or desirable to assist each Security Agent to enforce the
Transaction Security.243
31. A copy of each Authorisation that is required to be obtained by Financial Close under
the Transaction Documents, the Compliance Standards and/or Schedule 5
(Authorisations) (whichever is the earliest), in each case unconditional (or if
conditional, together with evidence that the conditions have been satisfied or waived)
and in full force and effect.
32. Each E&S Document, confirmed by the E&S Adviser to be in compliance with the
E&S Standards.
33. [Evidence that the Borrower has conducted an Informed Consultation and Participation
Process in respect of the Project.]/[Evidence that an initial Stakeholder Engagement
Process has been undertaken.]
35. [Schedule 6 (Insurance) agreed between the Borrower and the Intercreditor Agent
(acting on the advice of the Insurance Adviser).]
36. Copies of each policy of Insurance required to be effected during the Construction
Period under Schedule 6 (Insurance), each endorsed with the form of Lenders'
endorsement and applicable loss payee clause set out in Schedule 6 (Insurance) (or any
other form acceptable to the Intercreditor Agent) and confirmed by the Insurance
Adviser to be in full force and effect.
37. A Broker's Letter of Undertaking acceptable to the Intercreditor Agent in respect of the
Insurances.
38. [Certified copies of each Hedging Agreements that have been entered into prior to
Financial Close.]
39. Evidence that each of the Accounts has been opened, and account details of each
Account.
41. A copy of each Adviser's duly executed mandate letter (however described) for its
scope of work up to Financial Close, and any additional mandate of any Adviser
required by the Finance Parties for its scope of work after Financial Close.
42. Evidence that any process agent referred to in Clause 34.2 (Service of process) and
other Finance Documents entered into prior to Financial Close has accepted its
CP wording to be updated if required by Lenders' Legal Adviser(s) to reflect the Real Property title
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Schedule 2
No. Condition precedent
appointment.
43. [Any additional conditions precedent relating to legal matters to be advised by the
Lenders' Legal Adviser[s] following legal due diligence.]
44. [Any additional conditions precedent relating to technical matters specific to the
Project to be advised by the Technical Adviser following technical due diligence.]
Schedule 2
SCHEDULE 3
FORM OF FINANCIAL REPORT
Financial Report
[insert name of Borrower] – Common Terms Agreement
dated [ ] (the "Agreement")
1. We refer to the Agreement. This is a Financial Report. Terms defined in the Agreement have
the same meaning in this Financial Report unless given a different meaning in this Financial
Report.
2. We attach the Updated Base Case and set out below a list of all Assumptions on which the
Updated Base Case is based:
[Insert Assumptions.]
(a) each of the Ratio as at such date is at the level set out in the table below.
Ratio Level
[LLCR] [ ]:1.0
(b) the amount permitted under the Cash Waterfall to be transferred from the Operating
Account to the Distribution Account is [ ] and the Distribution Tests have been met
in respect of such transfer;
(c) for the purposes of each Ratio referred to in paragraph (a) above, set out below are
details of the nature and amounts of the items set opposite it:
Schedule 3
Revenue and Available Cashflow projected to be
received by it for [the][each] Calculation Period
commencing on the date falling after [that
Calculation Date].
Borrower
Schedule 3
SCHEDULE 4
FORM OF TECHNICAL ADVISER CERTIFICATE
1. We refer to the Agreement. This is a Technical Adviser Certificate. Terms defined in the
Agreement have the same meaning in this Technical Adviser Certificate unless given a
different meaning in this Technical Adviser Certificate.
2. We confirm that:
(a) the Borrower has delivered all reports to be provided by the Borrower under Clause
15.5 (Construction reports) of the Agreement;
(b) [the use of proceeds of the proposed Utilisation under the Utilisation Request dated
[ ] is in accordance with the most recent Construction Budget and are for the
payment of Project Costs incurred [or expected to be incurred in the next 90 days] or
such amount will be used to make the payments contemplated in paragraph (b),
paragraph (c) or paragraph (d) of Clause 2.1 (Purpose) of the Agreement;
(c) each of the construction milestones set out in the Construction Budget has been
achieved to date;
(d) we are not aware of the existence of any Funding Shortfall; and
(e) we are not aware of any reason why the [Project Completion Date]/[Financial
Completion Date] will not be achieved on or before the Longstop Date.
Technical Adviser
Schedule 4
SCHEDULE 5
AUTHORISATIONS
Schedule 5
SCHEDULE 6
INSURANCE244
The insurance requirements for a project will be negotiated on a case by case basis and will vary
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depending on a number of factors, including the nature of the project and the jurisdiction of the
project. This schedule should address, for example, (a) the required terms of the insurances in respect
of the project (including the types of insurances and when the insurances should be in place); and (b)
provisions in relation to endorsements, loss payee, and security in respect of insurances and
reinsurances.
Schedule 6
SCHEDULE 7
BROKER'S LETTER OF UNDERTAKING
To: [insert name of Intercreditor Agent] acting as Intercreditor Agent for the Finance Parties
(each as defined in the Common Terms Agreement referred to below)
2. Unless otherwise defined in this letter, capitalised terms used in this letter shall have the
meaning given to them in the common terms agreement dated [•] between, among others, you
and the Borrower (the "Common Terms Agreement").
3. We confirm that:
(a) all insurances and reinsurances (the "Insurances") currently required under
paragraph [•] ([•]) of Schedule 6 (Insurance) to the Common Terms Agreement (the
"Insurance Schedule") are in full force and effect and include all the requirements
specified in the Insurance Schedule;
(b) in placing the Insurances, we have reviewed the information presented to us by the
insureds and reinsured and all information furnished to us which was intended to be
disclosed and which it was appropriate for us to disclose has been duly disclosed to
the insurers and reinsurers;
(c) all premiums due to date in respect of the Insurances have been paid in full;
(d) the Insurances are, to the best of our knowledge and belief, placed with insurers [and
reinsurers] which, at the time of placement, are reputable and financially sound and
meet the other requirements of the Insurance Schedule; and
(e) a notice of security interest in substantially the form attached to this letter has been
served on each insurer [and reinsurer] in respect of the Insurances and we will use all
reasonable endeavours to ensure that each insurer [and reinsurer] acknowledges each
such notice as soon as reasonably practicable.
4. Pursuant to instructions received from the Borrower and in consideration of your approving
our appointment or continuing appointment as brokers in connection with the Insurances, we
hereby undertake:
(a) [to use all reasonable endeavours] to ensure that any insurance [or reinsurance]
policy, as and when it is issued or renewed, contains endorsements substantially in
the form set out in the Insurance Schedule;
Schedule 7
(B) of any changes which are proposed to be made in the terms of the
Insurances and which, if effected, would result in any reduction in
limits or coverage (including those resulting from extensions) or in
any increase in deductibles, exclusions or exceptions;
(ii) at least [30] days prior to the expiry of any of the Insurances if we have not
received instructions from the Borrower to negotiate renewal, and, in the
event of our receiving instructions to renew, to advise you of the details as
soon as reasonably practicable after receipt thereof;
(iii) to notify you at least [60] days prior to ceasing to act as brokers to the
Borrower (unless owing to circumstances beyond our control we are unable
to do so in which case we shall notify you as soon as reasonably practicable
after becoming aware that we shall cease, or that we have ceased, so to act);
and
(c) save as otherwise provided in the endorsements to the Insurances, to pay to the
Compensation and Insurance Proceeds Account of the Borrower, [account number [•]
with [•]] without any deduction of any kind any and all proceeds from the Insurances
(including refunds of premium) received by us from the insurers [or reinsurers];
(d) to disclose to the insurers [and reinsurers] all information made available to us by the
Borrower which should properly be disclosed to insurers [or reinsurers] as soon as
reasonably practicable after we become aware of such information;
(e) to hold the insurance slips or contracts, the policies and any renewals thereof or any
new or substitute policies (in each case, such new or substitute policies to be placed
only with the Intercreditor Agent's consent), to the extent held by us, to the order of
the Intercreditor Agent;
(f) to notify you, in the case of any renewal of any policy, if such renewal does not
comply with the requirements of the Insurance Schedule; and
(a) our lien, if any, on the policies referred to above for premiums due thereunder 245 and
subject to any insurer's [or reinsurer's] right of cancellation (if any) following default
in excess of [60 days] in payment of such premiums, but we undertake to advise you
immediately if any such premiums are not paid to us by the due date and to give you
a reasonable opportunity of paying any such outstanding amounts; and
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Such a lien would arise as a result of unpaid premiums or expenses due to it from the insured.
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(b) our continuing appointment for the time being as insurance [and reinsurance] brokers
to the Borrower.
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[insert name of broker]
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SCHEDULE 8
[HEDGING246
1. Requirements
(a) The Borrower may only enter into a Hedge Transaction with a Hedging Bank.
(b) A Hedging Bank may [only] be a Mandated Lead Arranger, a Lender or its
Affiliate]247[or any other person] which in each case has a rating for its long-term
unsecured and non credit-enhanced debt obligations of [•] or higher by S&P Global
Ratings, a division of S&P Global Inc. or Fitch Ratings Ltd or [•] or higher by
Moody's Investors Service Limited or a comparable rating from an internationally
recognised credit rating agency.
(c) The Borrower may only enter into a Hedge Transaction with a Hedging Bank that is
party to the Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed. A Hedging Bank who accedes to
the Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed will benefit from Transaction Security pari
passu with the Lenders.
(d) Each Hedge Transaction shall only be documented under a Hedging Agreement,
which shall be a [2002] ISDA Master Agreement together with a Schedule and any
Confirmations thereto (each as defined in the [2002] ISDA Master Agreement), or
any other document(s) agreed between the Borrower and the relevant Hedging Bank.
Each Hedging Agreement must comply with the requirements set out in the Security
Trust and Intercreditor Deed. The Borrower shall deliver a copy of each duly
executed Hedge Transaction to the Intercreditor Agent promptly (and in any event
within [three] Business Days) after its signature.
(e) Each Hedging Agreement will be governed by [insert governing law] and the
Borrower's claims under each Hedging Agreement shall be subject to the Transaction
Security. The Borrower and each Hedging Bank shall promptly take such action and
execute all documents (including assignments, transfers, mortgages, charges, notices
and instructions) as the Security Agent may reasonably specify (and in the form that
the Security Agent may reasonably require in favour of the Security Agent or its
nominee(s)) to perfect the Transaction Security over the Borrower's claims under
each Hedging Agreement.
To include if hedging will be required. The specifics of the hedging programme would depend on
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the transaction, including what is permissible in the jurisdiction of the Project. Key points to consider
in relation to any hedging strategy include, among others:
(a) what will be hedged (e.g. interest rate, exchange rate, input price (e.g. fuel), output price (e.g. metal ore));
(b) at what point will the hedging be entered into (e.g. at financial close, in stages following financial close);
(c) what will the profile (term) of the hedging be;
(d) what proportion of the debt (or other underlying) must be hedged;
(e) who will the hedging counterparties be (e.g. only Mandated Lead Arrangers or Lenders, or will Mandated Lead
Arrangers/Lenders have a 'right to match'; must they have a specified rating; must they exit the hedges if they exit
the debt);
(f) what security and voting rights will the hedging counterparties have; and
(g) form of hedging documentation.
Please refer to the "Securitisation" section of the Explanatory Note for hedging considerations
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(f) Scheduled Hedging Payments shall only fall due and payable under each Hedge
Transaction on an Interest Payment Date or Repayment Date.
(g) Each Hedging Agreement shall permit the Borrower (as an additional termination
event) to, as a result of any Prepayment, pay any Hedging Termination Costs and
reduce the notional amount hedged under that Hedge Transaction in connection with
that Hedging Termination Costs so that the Borrower complies with the hedging
levels specified in paragraph 2 (Levels and timing) below.
(h) The Borrower may not enter into any Hedge Transaction for speculative purposes and
shall only enter into Hedge Transactions against the risks specified in paragraph 2
(Levels and timing) below.
(i) Each Hedging Agreement shall provide that the Hedging Bank shall not be entitled to
terminate or close out any transaction under such Hedging Agreement prior to its
maturity date unless any of the following events occurs248:
(i) the Borrower has defaulted on a payment due under such Hedging Agreement
[and such default has continued for more than [five] Business Days after
notice of such default has been given to the Intercreditor Agent];
(ii) a Specified Insolvency Event (as defined in such Hedging Agreement) occurs
with respect to the Borrower;
(iv) an Illegality or Tax Event (as each term is defined in the [2002] ISDA Master
Agreement) has occurred;
(v) the Available Commitments under all of the Facilities have been cancelled
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(each, a "Hedge Termination Event") and such Hedging Bank shall be required to
promptly notify the Intercreditor Agent of any right to terminate or close-out it may
acquire under paragraphs (i), (ii) or (iv) above.
(j) Each Hedging Bank shall agree that it shall, at the request of the Intercreditor Agent,
promptly terminate or close out in full 251 any hedging transactions under all or any of
the Hedging Agreements to which it is a party prior to their maturity if any
acceleration action has been taken by the Intercreditor Agent under this Agreement or
The restrictions on the Hedging Bank's ability to terminate or close out any transactions under the
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Hedging Agreements help to avoid the Hedging Banks having significant leverage over negotiations
in the event the Borrower enters into financial difficulty.
Consideration should be given to whether to allow Hedging Banks to terminate if any Loan (rather
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than all the Loans, or the Loans that the Hedging Bank (or its affiliate) has made) has been
accelerated.
The Hedging Banks may require a time limit of, say one year, rather than have to wait for formal
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any enforcement action has been taken by any Lender pursuant to the Security Trust
and Intercreditor Deed.
(ii) it shall not commence any enforcement action, including the institution of
legal proceedings to recover any obligations under any Hedging Agreement,
the petition or application for the winding-up, dissolution or administration
of, or any similar action against the Borrower other than as requested by the
Intercreditor Agent pursuant to the Security Trust and Intercreditor Deed.
(l) Each Hedging Bank shall agree that it shall not have any right to participate in
decisions relating to the Finance Documents, except that:
(i) any decision that (A) relates to the rights or obligations of such Hedging
Bank in that capacity (including a right to, or priority of, any payment), (B)
expressly requires the consent of such Hedging Bank or (C) would impose a
new obligation or liability on such Hedging Bank may only be made with the
consent of such Hedging Bank; and
(ii) any decision relating to any enforcement action to be taken against the
Borrower and the manner any such enforcement action is conducted, in each
case provided that such Hedging Bank has terminated or closed out the
relevant transactions under the Hedging Agreement to which it is a party as
permitted in paragraphs (g) and (i) above or as required by paragraph (j)
above, and in such case the voting entitlement of such Hedging Bank shall be
the net amount payable (and unpaid) by the Borrower upon such termination
or close out252.
There are different approaches that can be taken in terms of the enforcement rights of the Hedging
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Banks. This provision takes the more balanced approach, which allows the Hedging Bank to take part
in a vote on the taking of enforcement action and vote in respect of how enforcement is conducted.
Consideration should be given as to whether a different approach should be taken in the relevant
transaction.
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2. Levels and timing
The Borrower shall effect Hedge Transactions in accordance with this Schedule in respect of
each risk specified below, and to the levels and at the times specified below:
Within the range of [ ]% to [ ]% of (during the At all times from [Financial Close]253 to
Availability Period) the principal amount of the Final Maturity Date
Loans subject to a floating rate of interest
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Update as necessary. If hedging is entered into after Financial Close, other changes may be required
to be made to other Finance Documents e.g. on debt sizing. Some hedging banks may push this back
to a date within an agreed period after Financial Close for comfort that the conditions precedent to the
utilisation of the facilities have been satisfied and lenders are committed to advance the facilities.
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SCHEDULE 9
[PRE-APPROVED NEW LENDER LIST254]
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Insert the agreed list of entities.
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SCHEDULE 10
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
[insert name of relevant Facility Agent] as [insert capacity] Agent (the "Relevant Facility
Agent")
From: [Existing Lender] (the "Existing Lender") and [New Lender] (the "New Lender")
Dated:
1. We refer to the Agreement. This is a Transfer Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement
have the same meaning in this Transfer Certificate unless given a different meaning in this
Transfer Certificate.
(a) The Existing Lender and the New Lender agree to the Existing Lender transferring to
the New Lender by novation, and in accordance with Clause 19.5 (Procedure for
transfer), all of the Existing Lender's rights and obligations under the Agreement and
the other Finance Documents which relate to that portion of the Existing Lender's
Commitment(s) and participations in Loans under the Facility or Facilities as
specified in the Schedule.
(c) The Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices of the
New Lender for the purposes of Clause 25.2 (Addresses) are set out in the Schedule.
(a) the limitations on the Existing Lender's obligations set out in paragraphs (a) and (c) of
Clause 19.4 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders); and
(b) that it is the responsibility of the New Lender to ascertain whether any document is
required or any formality or other condition requires to be satisfied to effect or perfect
the transfer contemplated by this Transfer Certificate or otherwise to enable the New
Lender to enjoy the full benefit of each Finance Document.
4. The New Lender confirms that it is a "New Lender" within the meaning of Clause 19.1
(Assignments and transfers by the Lenders) of the Agreement.
5. This Transfer Certificate may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the
same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Transfer
Certificate.
7. This Transfer Certificate has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this
Transfer Certificate.
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COMMITMENT/RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS TO BE TRANSFERRED
[insert relevant details, including the specific Facility or Facilities to which the transfer relates]
[Facility Office address, fax number and attention details for notices and account details for
payments,]
This Transfer Certificate is accepted by the Intercreditor Agent and the Relevant Facility Agent and
the Transfer Date is confirmed as [ ].
NOTE:
* Delete as applicable - each New Lender is required to confirm which of these three categories
it falls within.
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SCHEDULE 11
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AGREEMENT
[insert name of relevant Facility Agent] as [insert capacity] Agent (the "Relevant Facility
Agent")
From: [Existing Lender] (the "Existing Lender") and [New Lender] (the "New Lender")
Dated:
(a) The Existing Lender assigns absolutely to the New Lender all the rights of the
Existing Lender under the Agreement and the other Finance Documents which relate
to that portion of the Existing Lender's Commitment(s) and participations in Loans
under the Facility or Facilities specified in the Schedule.
(b) The Existing Lender is released from all the obligations of the Existing Lender which
correspond to that portion of the Existing Lender's Commitment(s) and participations
in Loans under the Finance Documents specified in the Schedule.
(c) The New Lender becomes a Party as a Lender and is bound by obligations equivalent
to those from which the Existing Lender is released under paragraph (b) above.255
4. On the Transfer Date, the New Lender becomes Party to the Finance Documents as a Lender.
5. The Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices of the New
Lender for the purposes of Clause 25.2 (Addresses) are set out in the Schedule.
(a) the limitations on the Existing Lender's obligations set out in paragraphs (a) and (c) of
Clause 19.4 (Limitation of responsibility of Existing Lenders); and
(b) that it is the responsibility of the New Lender to ascertain whether any document is
required or any formality or other condition requires to be satisfied to effect or perfect
the assignment contemplated by this Assignment Agreement or otherwise to enable
the New Lender to enjoy the full benefit of each Finance Document.
If the Assignment Agreement is used in place of a Transfer Certificate in order to avoid a novation
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of rights/obligations for reasons relevant to a civil jurisdiction, local law advice should be sought to
check the suitability of the Assignment Agreement due to the assumption of obligations contained in
paragraph 2(c). This issue should be addressed at primary documentation stage.
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7. This Assignment Agreement acts as notice to the Intercreditor Agent (on behalf of each
Finance Party) and, upon delivery in accordance with Clause 19.7 (Copy of Transfer
Certificate, Assignment Agreement to Borrower), to the Borrower of the assignment referred
to in this Assignment Agreement.
8. This Assignment Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the
same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Assignment
Agreement.
10. This Assignment Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this
Assignment Agreement.
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RIGHTS TO BE ASSIGNED AND OBLIGATIONS TO BE RELEASED AND UNDERTAKEN
[insert relevant details, including the specific Facility or Facilities to which the assignment relates]
[Facility office address, fax number and attention details for notices and account details for
payments]
This Assignment Agreement is accepted by the Intercreditor Agent and the Relevant Facility Agent
and the Transfer Date is confirmed as [ ].
Signature of this Assignment Agreement by the Intercreditor Agent constitutes confirmation by the
Intercreditor Agent of receipt of notice of the assignment referred to herein, which notice the
Intercreditor Agent receives on behalf of each Finance Party.
NOTE:
* Delete as applicable - each New Lender is required to confirm which of these three categories
it falls within.
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SCHEDULE 12
FORM OF ACCESSION CERTIFICATE
Dated:
1. We refer to the Common Terms Agreement. This is an Accession Certificate, and terms used
in this Accession Certificate have the same meaning as in the Common Terms Agreement.
2. This Accession Certificate is delivered to you pursuant to Clause 20 (Accession of New Agent
or Account Bank) of the Common Terms Agreement.
(a) intend to be party to the Finance Documents to which the retiring [insert capacity of
retiring Agent/Account Bank] was party as successor [insert capacity of acceding
Agent/Account Bank];
(b) undertake to perform all the obligations expressed in the Finance Documents to be
assumed by us as successor [insert capacity of acceding Agent/Account Bank]; and
(c) agree that we shall be bound by all the provisions of the Finance Documents to which
the retiring [insert capacity of retiring Agent/Account Bank] was party as if it had
been an original party to those documents as [insert capacity of acceding
Agent/Account Bank].
4. The address, fax number and attention details for notices to us as the Acceding Party for the
purposes of [Clause 25 (Notices) of the Common Terms Agreement]/[insert relevant notice
clause if the acceding party is not to be party to the Common Terms Agreement], and our
account details for payments to us as the Acceding Party, are set out below.
5. This Accession Certificate may be executed in any number of counterparts and this has the
same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a single copy of this Accession
Certificate.
Address to the Intercreditor Agent except where a successor Intercreditor Agent is acceding, in
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The Acceding Party
[Insert address, fax number and attention details of Acceding Party for notices and account details
for payments]
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SCHEDULE 13
NOTICES257
Borrower
[insert name] as
Mandated Lead
Arranger
[insert name] as
Mandated Lead
Arranger
Intercreditor Agent
[[ ] Facility Agent]
[insert name] as
Original Term Loan A
Facility Lender
[[insert name] as
Original [ ] Facility
Lender]]
Offshore Security
Agent
Onshore Security
Agent
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Insert additional parties as necessary.
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SIGNATURES258
THE BORROWER
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Local counsel to review and comment on signature blocks.
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Duplicate as necessary.
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Duplicate as necessary.