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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
September 19, 2006
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
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Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in
Its Charter; State of Incorporation;
Address of Principal Executive Offices;
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IRS Employer
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EXELON CORPORATION
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23-2990190 |
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(a Pennsylvania corporation) |
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10 South Dearborn Street 37th Floor |
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P.O. Box 805379 |
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Chicago, Illinois 60680-5379 |
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(312) 394-7398 |
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333-85496
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EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC
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23-3064219 |
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(a Pennsylvania limited liability company) |
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300 Exelon Way |
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Kennett Square, Pennsylvania 19348 |
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(610) 765-6900 |
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Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1
Registrants Business and Operations
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On September 19, 2006, Exelon Generation Company, LLC (Generation) entered into three separate
364-day revolving credit facilities (Credit Facilities) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Barclays
Bank PLC, and Wachovia Bank, N.A.. These Credit Facilities will provide for an aggregate
commitment of $1,000,000,000, which may be drawn down in the form of loans and/or letters of
credit. The Credit Facilities will be used principally to meet short-term financing needs at
Generation and requirements for letters of credit.
Loans outstanding under the new credit facilities will bear interest at a variable rate, determined
at the borrowers election, equal to (a) at any time a loan is a Libor Loan, the LIBO Rate for each
applicable interest period plus a specified margin and (b) at any time a loan is a Base Rate Loan,
the applicable lenders standard prime rate as in effect. In addition, Generation will pay a
facility fee, payable on the last day of each calendar quarter and on the date the commitments to
lend under the credit facility are reduced to zero, at a rate per annum equal to a specified
facility fee rate on the total amount of the Credit Facility regardless of usage.
Lending commitments under each Credit Facility will terminate 364 days after the effective date of
the facility, or earlier upon the effective date of substitute credit facilities.
The Credit Facilities include covenants generally similar to covenants in existing bi-lateral bank
credit facilities for Generation established in February 2006, including, among other covenants:
limitations on liens; limitations on mergers, consolidations and dispositions of assets; and
maintenance of a specified interest coverage ratio.
The Credit Facilities also include events of default generally similar to events of default in the
existing bi-lateral bank credit facilities for Generation established in February 2006, including
customary events of default for agreements of this type, such as: failure to pay outstanding
principal, interest, fees or other amounts due under the credit facilities; cross default to other
debt in excess of a specified amount; and the failure to observe or perform covenants.
The description of the Credit Facilities set forth above is not complete and is qualified in its
entirety by reference to the Credit Facilities, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits
99.1 through 99.3 and are incorporated herein by reference.
Section 2
Financial Information
Item 2.03(a). Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation
See Item 1.01 above for a description of Generations Credit Facilities with JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, and Wachovia Bank, N.A., copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits
99.1 through 99.3 and are incorporated herein by reference.
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This combined Form 8-K is being furnished separately by Exelon and Generation (Registrants).
Information contained herein relating to any individual Registrant has been furnished by such
Registrant on its own behalf. No Registrant makes any representation as to information relating to
any other Registrant.
Except for the historical information contained herein, certain of the matters discussed in this
Report are forward-looking statements, within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995, which are subject to risks and uncertainties. The factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements made by a Registrant
include those items discussed in (a) the Registrants 2005 Annual Report on Form 10-KITEM 1A. Risk
Factors, (b) the Registrants 2005 Annual Report on Form 10-KITEM 8. Financial Statements and
Supplementary Data: ExelonNote 20, and GenerationNote 17, and (c) other factors discussed in
filings with the SEC by the Registrants. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on
these forward-looking statements, which apply only as of the date of this Report. None of the
Registrants undertakes any obligation to publicly release any revision to its forward-looking
statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Report.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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Exhibit No. |
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99.1
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Bi-lateral Credit Facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
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99.2
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Bi-lateral Credit Facility with Barclays Bank PLC |
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99.3
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Bi-lateral Credit Facility with Wachovia Bank, N.A. |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each Registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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EXELON CORPORATION
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC
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/s/ John F. Young
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John F. Young |
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Executive Vice President, Finance and Markets,
and Chief Financial Officer
Exelon Corporation |
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September 20, 2006
EXHIBIT INDEX
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99.1
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Bi-lateral Credit Facility with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. |
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99.2
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Bi-lateral Credit Facility with Barclays Bank PLC |
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99.3
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Bi-lateral Credit Facility with Wachovia Bank, N.A. |
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Exhibit 99.1
September 19, 2006
Exelon Generation Company, LLC
10 South Dearborn, 37th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: Michael R. Metzner
Ladies and Gentlemen:
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (the Bank) is pleased to advise Exelon Generation Company,
LLC (the Borrower) that the Bank has approved a committed credit facility in an amount
not exceeding $333,333,334 (such amount, as reduced from time to time pursuant hereto, the
Commitment Amount). The facility shall be available on the terms and conditions set
forth below.
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION.
1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined in the introductory paragraph, (a)
capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the
Syndicated Agreement (as defined below) and (b) the following terms have the following meanings:
Agreement means this credit agreement, as amended, restated or otherwise modified from
time to time.
Applicable Margin see Schedule I.
Available Amount means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the maximum amount
available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit under any and all circumstances during the
remaining term thereof.
Base Rate means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum which rate per
annum shall at all times be equal to the higher of: (a) the Prime Rate; and (b) the sum of 0.5% per
annum plus the Federal Funds Rate in effect from time to time.
Base Rate Loan means a Loan that bears interest based upon the Base Rate.
Business Day means a day on which banks are not required or authorized to close in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Illinois or New York, New York, and, if the applicable
Business Day relates to any LIBOR Loan, on which dealings are carried on in the London interbank
market.
Commitment means the commitment of the Bank to make Loans and issue Letters of Credit
hereunder.
Credit Extension means the making of a Loan or the issuance, increase in the amount of
or extension of the term of a Letter of Credit.
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Default means any event described in Section 7.1.
Facility Fee Rate see Schedule I.
Federal Funds Rate means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal
for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day)
by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is
a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the
Bank from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
Interest Payment Date means (a) for any LIBOR Loan, the last day of each Interest
Period therefor and, in the case of any Interest Period that is longer than three months, each
three-month anniversary of the first day of such Interest Period; (b) for any Base Rate Loan, the
last day of each calendar quarter; and (c) for any Loan, any date on which such Loan is converted,
prepaid or repaid and, after maturity thereof, any date on which demand is made by the Bank.
Interest Period means, for any LIBOR Loan, the period commencing on the borrowing date
therefor or the date such Loan was continued for a new Interest Period as or converted to a LIBOR
Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter as the Borrower shall specify
pursuant to Section 2.2 or 2.3; provided that (i) no Interest Period shall
extend beyond the scheduled Termination Date; and (ii) the length of any Interest Period shall be
subject to the provisions of clauses (iii) and (iv) of the proviso to the definition of Interest
Period in the Syndicated Agreement.
LC Application means the Banks standard form for the issuance of a Letter of Credit
of the type requested by the Borrower at the time of such request or for an amendment to increase
the amount of, or extend the term of, a Letter of Credit, in each case appropriately adjusted, or
deemed to be adjusted, to conform to the terms of this Agreement (such as deleting all references
to collateral, deleting references to any default other than Defaults as defined herein, and
similar adjustments).
LC Fee Rate see Schedule I.
Letter of Credit see Section 2.1.
LIBO Rate means, for each Interest Period for each LIBOR Loan, the applicable British
Bankers Association LIBOR rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having a maturity equal to such
Interest Period, as reported by any generally recognized financial information service as of 11:00
A.M. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period;
provided that if no such British Bankers Association LIBOR rate is available to the Bank,
the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period shall instead be the rate determined by the Bank to be the
rate at which the Bank or one of its Affiliate banks offers to place deposits in U.S. dollars with
first-class banks in the London interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) two
Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, in the approximate amount of the
LIBOR Loan and having a maturity equal to such Interest Period.
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LIBOR Loan means a Loan that bears interest based upon the LIBO Rate.
Loan see Section 2.1.
Note means a promissory note of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit
A.
Prime Rate means a rate per annum equal to the prime rate of interest announced by the
Bank (which is not necessarily the lowest rate charged to any customer), changing when and as said
prime rate changes.
Syndicated Agreement means the Credit Agreement dated as July 16, 2004 among the
Borrower, various affiliates thereof, various financial institutions and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as administrative agent, as such Credit Agreement is in effect on the date hereof, without giving
effect to (a) any subsequent amendment thereof or waiver or consent thereunder unless the Bank is a
signatory, or otherwise consents, thereto or (b) any termination thereof. Wherever a portion of
the Syndicated Agreement is incorporated herein by reference, each reference in the incorporated
provision to the Administrative Agent, a Lender, the Majority Lenders or a similar term shall
be deemed to be a reference to the Bank.
Termination Date means the earliest to occur of (a) September 18, 2007, (b) the date
on which any new credit facility pursuant to which Exelon Corporation or the Borrower may borrow
(under any and all circumstances) up to at least $1,000,000,000 becomes effective, (c) the date on
which the Commitment Amount is reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.4 or (d) the date on
which all obligations of the Borrower hereunder become due and payable pursuant to Section
7.2.
Total Outstandings means the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Loans (and any unpaid reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit that
have not yet been deemed to be Loans pursuant to Section 2.12) and (b) the Available Amount
of all outstanding Letters of Credit.
Unmatured Default means an event which but for the lapse of time or the giving of
notice, or both, would, unless cured or waived, constitute a Default.
1.2 Interpretation. Sections 1.02 and 1.03 of the Syndicated Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference as if such Sections were set forth in full herein, mutatis
mutandis. Unless otherwise specified, references herein to a Section, an
Exhibit or a Schedule shall mean a Section hereof or an Exhibit or Schedule hereto.
2. THE CREDIT.
2.1 Availability. The Bank agrees to make loans (each a Loan and
collectively the Loans) to, and issue letters of credit (each a Letter of
Credit and collectively Letters of Credit) for the account of, the Borrower from
time to time before the Termination Date; provided that the Total Outstandings shall not at
any time exceed the Commitment Amount.
2.2 Loan Procedures. Each Loan (other than a Loan made pursuant to Section
2.12, shall be made on prior written notice from the Borrower received by the Bank not later
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(Chicago time) (a) in the case of a LIBOR Loan, three Business Days prior to the requested
date of such Loan, and (b) in the case of a Base Rate Loan, on the requested date of such Loan.
Each such notice shall specify (i) the borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day, (ii) the
amount of the requested Loan, (iii) whether such Loan is to be a LIBOR Loan or a Base Rate Loan and
(iv) in the case of a LIBOR Loan, the initial Interest Period therefor. Each LIBOR Loan shall be
in the amount of $5,000,000 or a higher integral multiple of $1,000,000. Each Base Rate Loan
(other than a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.12) shall be in a minimum amount of
$5,000,000 or the unused portion of the Commitment Amount.
2.3 Conversion/Continuation Procedures. The Borrower may from time to time convert
any Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Loan, or vice versa, or on the last day of the Interest Period for
any LIBOR Loan continue such LIBOR Loan for a new Interest Period, by prior written notice received
by the Bank not later than noon (Chicago time) on (a) in the case of conversion to or continuation
of a LIBOR Loan, three Business Days prior to the requested date of such conversion or
continuation, and (b) in the case of conversion to a Base Rate Loan, the requested date of such
conversion; provided that (i) after giving effect to any such conversion or continuation,
each outstanding LIBOR Loan shall be in the amount of $5,000,000 or a higher integral multiple of
$1,000,000; (ii) any conversion of a LIBOR Loan on a day other than the last day of an Interest
Period therefor shall be subject to Section 3.4; and (iii) if the Borrower does not timely
specify a new Interest Period for a LIBOR Loan (and such Loan is not paid in full on the last day
of the relevant Interest Period), such Loan shall convert to a Base Rate Loan on the last day of
the Interest Period therefor. Each notice of conversion or continuation of a Loan shall specify
(A) the Loan (or portion thereof) to be converted or continued, (B) the requested date for such
continuation or conversion, which shall be a Business Day, (C) the amount to be converted or
continued, (D) whether such Loan is to be converted to a Base Rate Loan or converted to or
continued as a LIBOR Loan; and (E) in the case of conversion to or continuation of a LIBOR Loan,
the new Interest Period for such Loan.
2.4 Reduction of the Commitment Amount. The Borrower may from time to time, upon two
Business Days notice to the Bank, reduce the Commitment Amount to an amount that is not less than
the Total Outstandings. Any such reduction shall be in the amount of $5,000,000 or an integral
multiple thereof (or such other amount as shall cause the Commitment Amount to be such an integral
multiple). Concurrently with any reduction of the Commitment Amount to zero, the Borrower shall
pay all accrued and unpaid commitment fees and all other amounts then payable by the Borrower
hereunder.
2.5 Repayment of Loans. The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Loans on the
Termination Date.
2.6 Prepayments. The Borrower may from time to time prepay any Loan in whole or in
part; provided that (i) each partial prepayment of a LIBOR Loan shall be in the amount of
(and, after giving effect thereto all LIBOR Loans shall be in an amount equal to) $5,000,000 or a
higher integral multiple of $1,000,000 and (ii) each partial prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be
in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 (or such lesser amount as shall be necessary to prepay all
outstanding Base Rate Loans). Any prepayment of a Loan shall be made on a Business Day and shall
include accrued and unpaid interest on the amount prepaid and shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 3.4.
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2.7 Interest. The unpaid principal amount of each Loan shall bear interest at a rate
per annum equal to (a) at any time such Loan is a LIBOR Loan, the LIBO Rate for each applicable
Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin as in effect from time to time; and (b) at any time such
Loan is a Base Rate Loan, the Base Rate as in effect from time to time; provided that if
any principal of any Loan is not paid when due, upon acceleration or otherwise, such Loan shall
bear interest from such due date to the date paid at a rate per annum equal to the greater of (i)
the rate otherwise applicable thereto plus 2% or (ii) the Base Rate as in effect from time to time
plus 2%. Interest shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date.
2.8 Facility Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay the Bank, for the period beginning on
the date hereof and continuing to the Termination Date, a facility fee at a rate per annum equal to
the Facility Fee Rate on the Commitment Amount regardless of usage (or, after the Termination Date,
on the Total Outstandings). Such fee shall be payable in arrears on the last day of each calendar
quarter and on the Termination Date (and thereafter on demand).
2.9 Utilization Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay the Bank, for each day on which the
Total Outstandings exceed 50% of the Commitment Amount, a utilization fee at 0.10% per annum on the
Total Outstandings on such day. Such fee shall be payable in arrears on the last day of each
calendar quarter and on the Termination Date.
2.10 Availability Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay the Bank (a) a non-refundable
availability fee in an amount equal to 0.010% of the Commitment Amount, payable on November 1, 2006
so long as the Termination Date has not occurred prior to such date and (b) a non-refundable
availability fee in an amount equal to 0.010% of the Commitment Amount, payable on March 19, 2007
so long as the Termination Date has not occurred prior to such date.
2.11 LC Credit Extensions. The Borrower shall deliver an LC Application to the Bank
not less than three Business Days prior to any requested Credit Extension with respect to a Letter
of Credit. Each such LC Application shall specify whether the requested Credit Extension is for
the issuance, increase in the amount of or extension of the term of the applicable Letter of Credit
and include such other information as the Bank may reasonably request. No Letter of Credit shall
have an expiration date later than five Business Days prior to the scheduled Termination Date.
2.12 LC Drawings. The Bank will give the Borrower prompt notice of any drawing under
a Letter of Credit. The Borrower may reimburse the Bank for any such drawing on the date of such
drawing. If the Borrower elects not to reimburse the Bank on such date, then the Borrower shall be
deemed to have requested, and the Bank shall be deemed to have made, a Base Rate Loan to the
Borrower on such date in the amount of the applicable drawing (without regard to whether any
condition set forth in Section 4 has been satisfied).
2.13 LC Applications. If there is any conflict between this Agreement and any LC
Application, the provisions of this Agreement shall control.
2.14 LC Fees. The Borrower shall pay the Bank a letter of credit fee at a rate per
annum equal to the LC Fee Rate on the average daily undrawn amount of each Letter of Credit. Such
fee shall be payable on the last day of each calendar quarter and on the Termination Date
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(and thereafter on demand). The Borrower also shall pay the Bank documentary and processing
charges in connection with the issuance and modification of, and any drawing under, any Letter of
Credit in accordance with the Banks standard schedule for such charges as in effect from time to
time.
2.15 Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest based upon the
Base Rate shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or, if applicable, 366 days. All other
computations of interest and fees shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days. Each
determination of an interest rate by the Bank shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower in
the absence of manifest error.
2.16 Payments. All payments to the Bank shall be made in immediately available funds,
without setoff, counterclaim or other deduction, at its principal office in Chicago, Illinois (or
at such other office as the Bank may reasonably specify) not later than noon, Chicago time, on the
date due (and funds received after that hour shall be deemed received on the next Business Day).
Whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such
payment shall be made on the immediately following Business Day; provided that if the
immediately following Business Day is the first Business Day of a calendar month, such payment
shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
2.17 Additional Interest on LIBOR Loans. If at any time the Bank is required under
regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to maintain reserves with
respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities, then the
Borrower will pay the Bank additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each LIBOR Loan in
accordance with, and subject to the limitations and requirements of, the terms of Section 2.07 of
the Syndicated Agreement as if such Section were set forth in full herein mutatis
mutandis.
2.18 Taxes. The Borrower agrees to pay, or to reimburse the Bank for, all Taxes on
the same basis as, and subject to the limitations and requirements of, the terms of Section 2.14 of
the Syndicated Agreement as if such Section were set forth in full herein mutatis
mutandis.
3. INCREASED COSTS; ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LIBOR LOANS.
3.1 Increased Costs. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Bank for any increase in
the cost to the Bank of, or any reduction in the amount of any sum receivable by the Bank in
respect of, making or maintaining any LIBOR Loan or issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit, in
each case in accordance with the terms of Section 2.11(a) of the Syndicated Agreement as if such
Section were set forth in full herein mutatis mutandis.
3.2 Changes in Law Rendering LIBOR Loans Unlawful. If the Bank makes any
determination of the type described in Section 2.12 of the Syndicated Agreement with respect to any
LIBOR Loan, such Loan shall automatically convert to a Base Rate Loan on the date required and, if
applicable, the availability of LIBOR Loans shall be suspended.
3.3 Increased Capital Costs. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Bank for all
increased capital costs of the type described in Section 2.11(b) of the Syndicated Agreement as if
such Section were set forth in full herein mutatis mutandis.
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3.4 Funding Losses. The Borrower will indemnify the Bank upon demand against any
loss, cost or expense which the Bank may sustain or incur (including any loss or expense sustained
or incurred in obtaining, liquidating or reemploying deposits or other funds acquired to fund or
maintain any Loan) as a consequence of (a) any failure of the Borrower to borrow, continue or
convert a Loan on a date specified therefor in a notice thereof or (b) any payment (including any
payment upon the Banks acceleration of the Loans), prepayment or conversion (including pursuant to
Section 3.2) of a Loan on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period therefor.
4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
4.1 Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of the Bank to make the initial Credit
Extension shall be subject to the conditions precedent that the Bank shall have received all of the
following, each duly executed and in form and substance (and dated a date) satisfactory to the
Bank:
(a) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower attaching
(i) resolutions of the sole member of the Borrower authorizing the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the Note by the Borrower; (ii) an incumbency certificate
that identifies by name and title and bears the signatures of the officers of the Borrower
authorized to sign this Agreement and the Note and documents related hereto, upon which
certificate the Bank shall be entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing by
the Borrower; (iii) copies of all governmental and regulatory authorizations and approvals
required for the due execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Note by
the Borrower (or a statement that no such authorizations and approvals are required); and
(iv) a copy of the Operating Agreement of the Borrower as in effect on the date of such
certificate.
(b) A certificate signed by the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer,
treasurer or assistant treasurer of the Borrower stating that (i) the representations and
warranties contained in Section 5 are true and correct as of the date of the initial
Credit Extension, as though made on and as of such date; and (ii) no Default or Unmatured
Default has occurred and is continuing or will result from such Credit Extension.
(c) A written opinion of counsel to the Borrower in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Bank.
(d) Such other approvals and documents as the Bank may reasonably request.
4.2 Each Credit Extension. The obligation of the Bank to make any Credit Extension
(including the initial Credit Extension) shall be subject to the conditions precedent that (a) all
of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 are true and correct as if
made on the date of such Credit Extension; provided that this clause (a) shall not
apply to the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 4.01(e)(iii)(B) or in the first
sentence of Section 4.01(f), in each case of the Syndicated Agreement as incorporated herein by
reference, with respect to a Loan if the proceeds of such Loan will be used exclusively to repay
the Borrowers maturing
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commercial paper (and, in the event of any such Loan, the Administrative Agent may require the
Borrower to deliver information sufficient to disburse the proceeds of such Loan directly to the
holders of such commercial paper or a paying agent therefor); and (b) no Default or Unmatured
Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the making of such Credit
Extension. Each request for a Loan shall be deemed a representation by the Borrower that the
conditions precedent set forth in this Section 4.2 have been satisfied.
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Borrower represents and warrants to the Bank that:
5.1 Organization. The Borrower is a limited liability company duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
5.2 Authorization; No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Borrower of this Agreement and the Note are within the Borrowers powers, have been duly authorized
by all necessary organizational action on the part of the Borrower, and do not and will not
contravene (i) the operating agreement or other organizational documents of the Borrower, (ii)
applicable law or (iii) any contractual or legal restriction binding on or affecting the properties
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
5.3 Governmental Approvals. No authorization or approval or other action by, and no
notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due
execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement or the Note, except the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which approval has been duly obtained and is in full force
and effect.
5.4 Enforceability. This Agreement is, and the Note and each LC Application when
delivered hereunder will be, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable
against the Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
equitable principles or bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally.
5.5 Regulation U. The Borrower is not engaged in the business of extending credit for
the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and no proceeds of any Loan will be used to
purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying any margin stock. Not more than 25% of the value of the assets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries is represented by margin stock.
5.6 Use of Proceeds. No proceeds of any Loan have been or will be used directly or
indirectly in connection with the acquisition of in excess of 5% of any class of equity securities
that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act or any transaction subject to the
requirements of Section 13 or 14 of the Exchange Act.
5.7 Representations and Warranties in Syndicated Agreement. Each representation and
warranty of the Borrower set forth in Section 4.01(e)(iii), (f), (i) and (j) of the Syndicated
Agreement is true and correct as if such representation and warranty and all related definitions
were set forth in full herein, mutatis mutandis.
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6. COVENANTS. The Borrower agrees that, so long as the Commitment has not been terminated, any
Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any obligation of the Borrower hereunder remains unpaid,
the Borrower will observe and perform each applicable covenant set forth in Article V of the
Syndicated Agreement (excluding, so long as no Loan or Letter of Credit is outstanding or has been
requested, Section 5.02(a) thereof) as if such covenants (and all related definitions) were set
forth herein, mutatis mutandis.
7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES.
7.1 Events of Default. The occurrence and continuance of any one or more of the
following events shall constitute a Default:
(a) The Borrower shall fail to pay (i) any principal of any Loan when the same becomes
due and payable; or (ii) any interest on any Loan, or any fee or other amount payable by the
Borrower under this Agreement within three Business Days after the same becomes due and
payable.
(b) Any representation or warranty made by the Borrower herein or by the Borrower (or
any of its officers) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall prove to have been
incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made.
(c) The Borrower shall fail to perform or observe (i) any term, covenant or agreement
contained in Section 5.01(a)(vii), Section 5.01(b)(i) or Section 5.02 of the Syndicated
Agreement as incorporated herein by reference; or (ii) any other term, covenant or agreement
contained in Article V of the Syndicated Agreement as incorporated herein by reference if
the failure to perform or observe such covenant or agreement shall remain unremedied for 30
days after written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by the Bank.
(d) Any Event of Default under and as defined in the Syndicated Agreement shall occur
and be continuing with respect to the Borrower under Section 6.01(d), (e), (f), (g) or (i)
of the Syndicated Agreement.
7.2 Remedies. Upon the occurrence of a Default resulting from an Event of Default
under Section 6.01(e) of the Syndicated Agreement with respect to the Borrower, the Commitment
shall automatically be terminated and all obligations hereunder shall automatically and immediately
become due and payable in full (including all contingent obligations with respect to Letters of
Credit), in each case without further presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of
which the Borrower hereby expressly waives; and upon the occurrence of any other Default, the
Commitment may be terminated by the Bank and/or the Bank may declare the principal of and accrued
interest on each Loan, and all other amounts payable hereunder, to be forthwith due and payable in
full, whereupon the outstanding principal amount of each Loan, all interest thereon and all other
amounts payable hereunder (including all contingent obligations with respect to Letters of Credit)
shall be forthwith due and payable, in each case without further presentment, demand, protest or
notice of any kind, all of which the Borrower hereby expressly waives.
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8. GENERAL.
8.1 Amendments and Waivers. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the definition
of Syndicated Agreement, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Note,
and no consent with respect to any departure by the Borrower therefrom, shall be effective unless
the same shall be in writing and signed by the Borrower and the Bank.
8.2 Severability; No Waiver; Remedies. The illegality or unenforceability of any
provision of this Agreement or the Note shall not in any way affect or impair the legality or
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement or the Note. No failure on the part
of the Bank to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative
and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
8.3 Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses of
the Bank (including reasonable attorneys fees and charges) arising out of, or in connection with,
(a) the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Note and any
amendment, waiver, consent or modification with respect hereto or thereto and (b) the protection or
enforcement of any rights hereunder or under the Note or any LC Application.
8.4 Indemnification. In consideration of the execution and delivery of this Agreement
by the Bank and the extension of credit hereunder, the Borrower hereby indemnifies the Bank and its
affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively the
Indemnified Parties) for, and agrees to hold each Indemnified Party harmless against, any
and all actions, causes of action, suits, losses, costs, liabilities and damages, and expenses
incurred in connection therewith, incurred by any Indemnified Party in connection with this
Agreement and the Credit Extensions hereunder, all to the same extent, on the same basis and
subject to the same limitations set forth for indemnified parties in Section 8.04(c) of the
Syndicated Agreement.
8.5 Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices, and other
communications hereunder shall be in writing, shall be directed to the applicable party at its
address below its signature hereto (or such other address as it shall have specified by notice to
the other party) and shall be deemed received in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.02 of
the Syndicated Agreement.
8.6 Survival. The obligations of the Borrower under Sections 2.17,
3, 8.3 and 8.4 shall, subject to the limitations set forth therein and in
the relevant provisions of the Syndicated Agreement that are incorporated therein by reference,
survive repayment of the Loans, expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit and the
termination of this Agreement.
8.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, and all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of a counterpart
hereof, or a signature page hereto, by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a
manually-signed counterpart hereof.
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8.8 Successors and Assigns. Neither the Borrower nor the Bank may assign any of its
rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party;
provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for any assignment by the Bank
during the existence of a Default.
8.9 Right of Set-off. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default,
the Bank is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or
final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by the Bank to or for the credit
or the account of the Borrower against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower now or
hereafter existing under this Agreement or the Note, whether or not the Bank shall have made any
demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The Bank agrees
promptly to notify the Borrower after any such set-off and application, provided that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The
rights of the Bank under this Section 8.9 are in addition to other rights and remedies
(including other rights of set-off) that the Bank may have.
8.10 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
8.11 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; CERTAIN WAIVERS. (a) THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND ANY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SITTING IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA IN ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTE AND THE BORROWER HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND
DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS
TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS
AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE BANK TO BRING PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST THE BORROWER IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
(b) EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO
CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTE ANY
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES OTHER THAN, OR IN ADDITION TO,
ACTUAL DAMAGES.
8.12 USA PATRIOT ACT NOTIFICATION. The following notification is provided to the
Borrower pursuant to Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act of 2001, 31 U.S.C. Section 5318:
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PROCEDURES FOR OPENING A NEW ACCOUNT. To help the government
fight the funding of terrorism and money
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laundering activities, Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify,
and record information that identifies each person or entity that opens an account,
including any deposit account, treasury management account, loan, other extension of credit,
or other financial services product. What this means for the Borrower: When a borrower
opens an account, if such borrower is an individual, the Bank will ask for such borrowers
name, residential address, tax identification number, date of birth, and other information
that will allow the Bank to identify such borrower; and, if such borrower is not an
individual, the Bank will ask for such borrowers name, tax identification number, business
address, and other information that will allow the Bank to identify such borrower. The Bank
may also ask, if such borrower is an individual, to see such borrowers drivers license or
other identifying documents; and, if such borrower is not an individual, to see such
borrowers legal organizational documents or other identifying documents.
[Signature pages follow]
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Please acknowledge your agreement to the foregoing by signing and returning a copy of this
Agreement.
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Attention: Michael R. Metzner
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SCHEDULE I
PRICING SCHEDULE
The Applicable Margin, the LC Fee Rate and the Facility Fee Rate for any day are the
respective percentages per annum set forth below in the applicable row under the column
corresponding to the Status that exists on such day:
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The Status in effect on any date is based on the Moodys Rating and S&P Rating in effect at
the close of business on such date.
For the purposes of the foregoing (but subject to the final paragraph of this Pricing
Schedule):
Level I Status exists at any date if, on such date, the Borrowers Moodys Rating is A2 or
better or the Borrowers S&P Rating is A or better.
Level II Status exists at any date if, on such date, (i) Level I Status does not exist and
(ii) the Borrowers Moodys Rating is A3 or better or the Borrowers S&P Rating is A- or better.
Level III Status exists at any date if, on such date, (i) neither Level I Status nor Level
II Status exists and (ii) the Borrowers Moodys Rating is Baa1 or better or the Borrowers S&P
Rating is BBB+ or better.
Level IV Status exists at any date if, on such date, (i) none of Level I Status, Level II
Status or Level III Status exists and (ii) the Borrowers Moodys Rating is Baa2 or better or the
Borrowers S&P Rating is BBB or better.
Level V Status exists at any date if, on such date, (i) none of Level I Status, Level II
Status, Level III Status or Level IV status exists and (ii) the Borrowers Moodys Rating is Baa3
or better or the Borrowers S&P Rating is BBB- or better.
Level VI Status exists at any date for Borrower if, on such date, none of Level I Status,
Level II Status, Level III Status, Level IV Status or Level V Status exists.
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Status means Level I Status, Level II Status, Level III Status, Level IV Status, Level V
Status or Level VI Status.
If the S&P Rating and the Moodys Rating for the Borrower create a split-rated situation and
the ratings differential is one level, the higher rating will apply. If the differential is two
levels or more, the intermediate rating at the midpoint will apply. If there is no midpoint, the
higher of the two intermediate ratings will apply. If Borrower has no Moodys Rating or no S&P
Rating, Level VI Status shall exist.
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTE
September 19, 2006
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited
liability company (the Borrower), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK, N.A. (the Bank), the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans made by
the Bank to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement (defined below).
The Borrower further promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan from
the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates, and
payable at such times, as are specified in the Credit Agreement. Both principal and interest are
payable in lawful money of the United States of America to the Bank in immediately available funds.
This Note is the Note referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the letter agreement
dated as of September 19, 2006 between the Borrower and the Bank (as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, the Credit Agreement). The Credit Agreement, among other
things, (i) provides for the making of Loans by the Bank to the Borrower from time to time in an
aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the Commitment Amount at such time and (ii)
contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated
events and also for prepayments on account of principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof upon
the terms and conditions therein specified.
The Borrower hereby waives presentment, demand, protest and notice of any kind. No failure to
exercise, and no delay in exercising, any rights hereunder on the part of the holder hereof shall
operate as a waiver of such rights.
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THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
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exv99w2
Exhibit 99.2
September 19, 2006
Exelon Generation Company, LLC
10 South Dearborn, 37th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: Michael R. Metzner
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Barclays Bank PLC (the Bank) is pleased to advise Exelon Generation Company, LLC
(the Borrower) that the Bank has approved a committed credit facility in an amount not
exceeding $333,333,333 (such amount, as reduced from time to time pursuant hereto, the
Commitment Amount). The facility shall be available on the terms and conditions set
forth below.
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION.
1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined in the introductory paragraph, (a)
capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the
Syndicated Agreement (as defined below) and (b) the following terms have the following meanings:
Agreement means this credit agreement, as amended, restated or otherwise modified from
time to time.
Applicable Margin see Schedule I.
Available Amount means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the maximum amount
available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit under any and all circumstances during the
remaining term thereof.
Base Rate means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum which rate per
annum shall at all times be equal to the higher of: (a) the Prime Rate; and (b) the sum of 0.5% per
annum plus the Federal Funds Rate in effect from time to time.
Base Rate Loan means a Loan that bears interest based upon the Base Rate.
Business Day means a day on which banks are not required or authorized to close in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Illinois or New York, New York, and, if the applicable
Business Day relates to any LIBOR Loan, on which dealings are carried on in the London interbank
market.
Commitment means the commitment of the Bank to make Loans and issue Letters of Credit
hereunder.
Credit Extension means the making of a Loan or the issuance, increase in the amount of
or extension of the term of a Letter of Credit.
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Default means any event described in Section 7.1.
Facility Fee Rate see Schedule I.
Federal Funds Rate means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal
for each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as
published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day)
by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is
a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the
Bank from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.
Interest Payment Date means (a) for any LIBOR Loan, the last day of each Interest
Period therefor and, in the case of any Interest Period that is longer than three months, each
three-month anniversary of the first day of such Interest Period; (b) for any Base Rate Loan, the
last day of each calendar quarter; and (c) for any Loan, any date on which such Loan is converted,
prepaid or repaid and, after maturity thereof, any date on which demand is made by the Bank.
Interest Period means, for any LIBOR Loan, the period commencing on the borrowing date
therefor or the date such Loan was continued for a new Interest Period as or converted to a LIBOR
Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter as the Borrower shall specify
pursuant to Section 2.2 or 2.3; provided that (i) no Interest Period shall
extend beyond the scheduled Termination Date; and (ii) the length of any Interest Period shall be
subject to the provisions of clauses (iii) and (iv) of the proviso to the definition of Interest
Period in the Syndicated Agreement.
LC Application means the Banks standard form for the issuance of a Letter of Credit
of the type requested by the Borrower at the time of such request or for an amendment to increase
the amount of, or extend the term of, a Letter of Credit, in each case appropriately adjusted, or
deemed to be adjusted, to conform to the terms of this Agreement (such as deleting all references
to collateral, deleting references to any default other than Defaults as defined herein, and
similar adjustments).
LC Fee Rate see Schedule I.
Letter of Credit see Section 2.1.
LIBO Rate means, for each Interest Period for each LIBOR Loan, the applicable British
Bankers Association LIBOR rate for deposits in U.S. dollars having a maturity equal to such
Interest Period which appears on the Telerate Page 3750 as of 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business
Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period; provided that if no such British
Bankers Association LIBOR rate is available to the Bank, the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period
shall instead be the rate determined by the Bank to be the rate at which the Bank or one of its
Affiliate banks offers to place deposits in U.S. dollars with first-class banks in the London
interbank market at approximately 11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days prior to the first day
of such Interest Period, in the approximate amount of the LIBOR Loan and having a maturity equal to
such Interest Period.
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LIBOR Loan means a Loan that bears interest based upon the LIBO Rate.
Loan see Section 2.1.
Note means a promissory note of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit
A.
Prime Rate means a rate per annum equal to the prime rate of interest announced by the
Bank (which is not necessarily the lowest rate charged to any customer), changing when and as said
prime rate changes.
Syndicated Agreement means the Credit Agreement dated as July 16, 2004 among the
Borrower, various affiliates thereof, various financial institutions and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as administrative agent, as such Credit Agreement is in effect on the date hereof, without giving
effect to (a) any subsequent amendment thereof or waiver or consent thereunder unless the Bank is a
signatory, or otherwise consents, thereto or (b) any termination thereof. Wherever a portion of
the Syndicated Agreement is incorporated herein by reference, each reference in the incorporated
provision to the Administrative Agent, a Lender, the Majority Lenders or a similar term shall
be deemed to be a reference to the Bank.
Termination Date means the earliest to occur of (a) September 18, 2007, (b) the date
on which any new credit facility pursuant to which Exelon Corporation or the Borrower may borrow
(under any and all circumstances) up to at least $1,000,000,000 becomes effective, (c) the date on
which the Commitment Amount is reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.4 or (d) the date on
which all obligations of the Borrower hereunder become due and payable pursuant to Section
7.2.
Total Outstandings means the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Loans (and any unpaid reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit that
have not yet been deemed to be Loans pursuant to Section 2.12) and (b) the Available Amount
of all outstanding Letters of Credit.
Unmatured Default means an event which but for the lapse of time or the giving of
notice, or both, would, unless cured or waived, constitute a Default.
1.2 Interpretation. Sections 1.02 and 1.03 of the Syndicated Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference as if such Sections were set forth in full herein, mutatis
mutandis. Unless otherwise specified, references herein to a Section, an
Exhibit or a Schedule shall mean a Section hereof or an Exhibit or Schedule hereto.
2. THE CREDIT.
2.1 Availability. The Bank agrees to make loans (each a Loan and
collectively the Loans) to, and issue letters of credit (each a Letter of
Credit and collectively Letters of Credit) for the account of, the Borrower from
time to time before the Termination Date; provided that the Total Outstandings shall not at
any time exceed the Commitment Amount.
2.2 Loan Procedures. Each Loan (other than a Loan made pursuant to Section
2.12, shall be made on prior written notice from the Borrower received by the Bank not later
than noon
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(Chicago time) (a) in the case of a LIBOR Loan, three Business Days prior to the requested
date of such Loan, and (b) in the case of a Base Rate Loan, on the requested date of such Loan.
Each such notice shall specify (i) the borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day, (ii) the
amount of the requested Loan, (iii) whether such Loan is to be a LIBOR Loan or a Base Rate Loan and
(iv) in the case of a LIBOR Loan, the initial Interest Period therefor. Each LIBOR Loan shall be
in the amount of $5,000,000 or a higher integral multiple of $1,000,000. Each Base Rate Loan
(other than a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.12) shall be in a minimum amount of
$5,000,000 or the unused portion of the Commitment Amount.
2.3 Conversion/Continuation Procedures. The Borrower may from time to time convert
any Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Loan, or vice versa, or on the last day of the Interest Period for
any LIBOR Loan continue such LIBOR Loan for a new Interest Period, by prior written notice received
by the Bank not later than noon (Chicago time) on (a) in the case of conversion to or continuation
of a LIBOR Loan, three Business Days prior to the requested date of such conversion or
continuation, and (b) in the case of conversion to a Base Rate Loan, the requested date of such
conversion; provided that (i) after giving effect to any such conversion or continuation,
each outstanding LIBOR Loan shall be in the amount of $5,000,000 or a higher integral multiple of
$1,000,000; (ii) any conversion of a LIBOR Loan on a day other than the last day of an Interest
Period therefor shall be subject to Section 3.4; and (iii) if the Borrower does not timely
specify a new Interest Period for a LIBOR Loan (and such Loan is not paid in full on the last day
of the relevant Interest Period), such Loan shall convert to a Base Rate Loan on the last day of
the Interest Period therefor. Each notice of conversion or continuation of a Loan shall specify
(A) the Loan (or portion thereof) to be converted or continued, (B) the requested date for such
continuation or conversion, which shall be a Business Day, (C) the amount to be converted or
continued, (D) whether such Loan is to be converted to a Base Rate Loan or converted to or
continued as a LIBOR Loan; and (E) in the case of conversion to or continuation of a LIBOR Loan,
the new Interest Period for such Loan.
2.4 Reduction of the Commitment Amount. The Borrower may from time to time, upon two
Business Days notice to the Bank, reduce the Commitment Amount to an amount that is not less than
the Total Outstandings. Any such reduction shall be in the amount of $5,000,000 or an integral
multiple thereof (or such other amount as shall cause the Commitment Amount to be such an integral
multiple). Concurrently with any reduction of the Commitment Amount to zero, the Borrower shall
pay all accrued and unpaid commitment fees and all other amounts then payable by the Borrower
hereunder.
2.5 Repayment of Loans. The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Loans on the
Termination Date.
2.6 Prepayments. The Borrower may from time to time prepay any Loan in whole or in
part; provided that (i) each partial prepayment of a LIBOR Loan shall be in the amount of
(and, after giving effect thereto all LIBOR Loans shall be in an amount equal to) $5,000,000 or a
higher integral multiple of $1,000,000 and (ii) each partial prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be
in a minimum amount of $5,000,000 (or such lesser amount as shall be necessary to prepay all
outstanding Base Rate Loans). Any prepayment of a Loan shall be made on a Business Day and shall
include accrued and unpaid interest on the amount prepaid and shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 3.4.
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2.7 Interest. The unpaid principal amount of each Loan shall bear interest at a rate
per annum equal to (a) at any time such Loan is a LIBOR Loan, the LIBO Rate for each applicable
Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin as in effect from time to time; and (b) at any time such
Loan is a Base Rate Loan, the Base Rate as in effect from time to time; provided that if
any principal of any Loan is not paid when due, upon acceleration or otherwise, such Loan shall
bear interest from such due date to the date paid at a rate per annum equal to the greater of (i)
the rate otherwise applicable thereto plus 2% or (ii) the Base Rate as in effect from time to time
plus 2%. Interest shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date.
2.8 Facility Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay the Bank, for the period beginning on
the date hereof and continuing to the Termination Date, a facility fee at a rate per annum equal to
the Facility Fee Rate on the Commitment Amount regardless of usage (or, after the Termination Date,
on the Total Outstandings). Such fee shall be payable in arrears on the last day of each calendar
quarter and on the Termination Date (and thereafter on demand).
2.9 Utilization Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay the Bank, for each day on which the
Total Outstandings exceed 50% of the Commitment Amount, a utilization fee at 0.10% per annum on the
Total Outstandings on such day. Such fee shall be payable in arrears on the last day of each
calendar quarter and on the Termination Date.
2.10 Availability Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay the Bank (a) a non-refundable
availability fee in an amount equal to 0.010% of the Commitment Amount, payable on November 1, 2006
so long as the Termination Date has not occurred prior to such date and (b) a non-refundable
availability fee in an amount equal to 0.010% of the Commitment Amount, payable on March 19, 2007
so long as the Termination Date has not occurred prior to such date.
2.11 LC Credit Extensions. The Borrower shall deliver an LC Application to the Bank
not less than three Business Days prior to any requested Credit Extension with respect to a Letter
of Credit. Each such LC Application shall specify whether the requested Credit Extension is for
the issuance, increase in the amount of or extension of the term of the applicable Letter of Credit
and include such other information as the Bank may reasonably request. No Letter of Credit shall
have an expiration date later than five Business Days prior to the scheduled Termination Date.
2.12 LC Drawings. The Bank will give the Borrower prompt notice of any drawing under
a Letter of Credit. The Borrower may reimburse the Bank for any such drawing on the date of such
drawing. If the Borrower elects not to reimburse the Bank on such date, then the Borrower shall be
deemed to have requested, and the Bank shall be deemed to have made, a Base Rate Loan to the
Borrower on such date in the amount of the applicable drawing (without regard to whether any
condition set forth in Section 4 has been satisfied).
2.13 LC Applications. If there is any conflict between this Agreement and any LC
Application, the provisions of this Agreement shall control.
2.14 LC Fees. The Borrower shall pay the Bank a letter of credit fee at a rate per
annum equal to the LC Fee Rate on the average daily undrawn amount of each Letter of Credit. Such
fee shall be payable on the last day of each calendar quarter and on the Termination Date
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(and thereafter on demand). The Borrower also shall pay the Bank documentary and processing
charges in connection with the issuance and modification of, and any drawing under, any Letter of
Credit in accordance with the Banks standard schedule for such charges as in effect from time to
time.
2.15 Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest based upon the
Base Rate shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or, if applicable, 366 days. All other
computations of interest and fees shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days. Each
determination of an interest rate by the Bank shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower in
the absence of manifest error.
2.16 Payments. All payments to the Bank shall be made in immediately available funds,
without setoff, counterclaim or other deduction, at its principal office in Chicago, Illinois (or
at such other office as the Bank may reasonably specify) not later than noon, Chicago time, on the
date due (and funds received after that hour shall be deemed received on the next Business Day).
Whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such
payment shall be made on the immediately following Business Day; provided that if the
immediately following Business Day is the first Business Day of a calendar month, such payment
shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
2.17 Additional Interest on LIBOR Loans. If at any time the Bank is required under
regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System to maintain reserves with
respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities, then the
Borrower will pay the Bank additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each LIBOR Loan in
accordance with, and subject to the limitations and requirements of, the terms of Section 2.07 of
the Syndicated Agreement as if such Section were set forth in full herein mutatis
mutandis.
2.18 Taxes. The Borrower agrees to pay, or to reimburse the Bank for, all Taxes on
the same basis as, and subject to the limitations and requirements of, the terms of Section 2.14 of
the Syndicated Agreement as if such Section were set forth in full herein mutatis
mutandis.
3. INCREASED COSTS; ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LIBOR LOANS.
3.1 Increased Costs. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Bank for any increase in
the cost to the Bank of, or any reduction in the amount of any sum receivable by the Bank in
respect of, making or maintaining any LIBOR Loan or issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit, in
each case in accordance with the terms of Section 2.11(a) of the Syndicated Agreement as if such
Section were set forth in full herein mutatis mutandis.
3.2 Changes in Law Rendering LIBOR Loans Unlawful. If the Bank makes any
determination of the type described in Section 2.12 of the Syndicated Agreement with respect to any
LIBOR Loan, such Loan shall automatically convert to a Base Rate Loan on the date required and, if
applicable, the availability of LIBOR Loans shall be suspended.
3.3 Increased Capital Costs. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Bank for all
increased capital costs of the type described in Section 2.11(b) of the Syndicated Agreement as if
such Section were set forth in full herein mutatis mutandis.
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3.4 Funding Losses. The Borrower will indemnify the Bank upon demand against any
loss, cost or expense which the Bank may sustain or incur (including any loss or expense sustained
or incurred in obtaining, liquidating or reemploying deposits or other funds acquired to fund or
maintain any Loan) as a consequence of (a) any failure of the Borrower to borrow, continue or
convert a Loan on a date specified therefor in a notice thereof or (b) any payment (including any
payment upon the Banks acceleration of the Loans), prepayment or conversion (including pursuant to
Section 3.2) of a Loan on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period therefor.
4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
4.1 Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of the Bank to make the initial Credit
Extension shall be subject to the conditions precedent that the Bank shall have received all of the
following, each duly executed and in form and substance (and dated a date) satisfactory to the
Bank:
(a) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower attaching
(i) resolutions of the sole member of the Borrower authorizing the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the Note by the Borrower; (ii) an incumbency certificate
that identifies by name and title and bears the signatures of the officers of the Borrower
authorized to sign this Agreement and the Note and documents related hereto, upon which
certificate the Bank shall be entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing by
the Borrower; (iii) copies of all governmental and regulatory authorizations and approvals
required for the due execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the Note by
the Borrower (or a statement that no such authorizations and approvals are required); and
(iv) a copy of the Operating Agreement of the Borrower as in effect on the date of such
certificate.
(b) A certificate signed by the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer,
treasurer or assistant treasurer of the Borrower stating that (i) the representations and
warranties contained in Section 5 are true and correct as of the date of the initial
Credit Extension, as though made on and as of such date; and (ii) no Default or Unmatured
Default has occurred and is continuing or will result from such Credit Extension.
(c) A written opinion of counsel to the Borrower in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Bank.
(d) Such other approvals and documents as the Bank may reasonably request.
4.2 Each Credit Extension. The obligation of the Bank to make any Credit Extension
(including the initial Credit Extension) shall be subject to the conditions precedent that (a) all
of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 are true and correct as if
made on the date of such Credit Extension; provided that this clause (a) shall not
apply to the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 4.01(e)(iii)(B) or in the first
sentence of Section 4.01(f), in each case of the Syndicated Agreement as incorporated herein by
reference, with respect to a Loan if the proceeds of such Loan will be used exclusively to repay
the Borrowers maturing
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commercial paper (and, in the event of any such Loan, the Administrative Agent may require the
Borrower to deliver information sufficient to disburse the proceeds of such Loan directly to the
holders of such commercial paper or a paying agent therefor); and (b) no Default or Unmatured
Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the making of such Credit
Extension. Each request for a Loan shall be deemed a representation by the Borrower that the
conditions precedent set forth in this Section 4.2 have been satisfied.
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Borrower represents and warrants to the Bank that:
5.1 Organization. The Borrower is a limited liability company duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
5.2 Authorization; No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Borrower of this Agreement and the Note are within the Borrowers powers, have been duly authorized
by all necessary organizational action on the part of the Borrower, and do not and will not
contravene (i) the operating agreement or other organizational documents of the Borrower, (ii)
applicable law or (iii) any contractual or legal restriction binding on or affecting the properties
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
5.3 Governmental Approvals. No authorization or approval or other action by, and no
notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due
execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement or the Note, except the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which approval has been duly obtained and is in full force
and effect.
5.4 Enforceability. This Agreement is, and the Note and each LC Application when
delivered hereunder will be, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable
against the Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
equitable principles or bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally.
5.5 Regulation U. The Borrower is not engaged in the business of extending credit for
the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and no proceeds of any Loan will be used to
purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying any margin stock. Not more than 25% of the value of the assets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries is represented by margin stock.
5.6 Use of Proceeds. No proceeds of any Loan have been or will be used directly or
indirectly in connection with the acquisition of in excess of 5% of any class of equity securities
that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act or any transaction subject to the
requirements of Section 13 or 14 of the Exchange Act.
5.7 Representations and Warranties in Syndicated Agreement. Each representation and
warranty of the Borrower set forth in Section 4.01(e)(iii), (f), (i) and (j) of the Syndicated
Agreement is true and correct as if such representation and warranty and all related definitions
were set forth in full herein, mutatis mutandis.
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6. COVENANTS. The Borrower agrees that, so long as the Commitment has not been terminated, any
Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any obligation of the Borrower hereunder remains unpaid,
the Borrower will observe and perform each applicable covenant set forth in Article V of the
Syndicated Agreement (excluding, so long as no Loan or Letter of Credit is outstanding or has been
requested, Section 5.02(a) thereof) as if such covenants (and all related definitions) were set
forth herein, mutatis mutandis.
7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES.
7.1 Events of Default. The occurrence and continuance of any one or more of the
following events shall constitute a Default:
(a) The Borrower shall fail to pay (i) any principal of any Loan when the same becomes
due and payable; or (ii) any interest on any Loan, or any fee or other amount payable by the
Borrower under this Agreement within three Business Days after the same becomes due and
payable.
(b) Any representation or warranty made by the Borrower herein or by the Borrower (or
any of its officers) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall prove to have been
incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made.
(c) The Borrower shall fail to perform or observe (i) any term, covenant or agreement
contained in Section 5.01(a)(vii), Section 5.01(b)(i) or Section 5.02 of the Syndicated
Agreement as incorporated herein by reference; or (ii) any other term, covenant or agreement
contained in Article V of the Syndicated Agreement as incorporated herein by reference if
the failure to perform or observe such covenant or agreement shall remain unremedied for 30
days after written notice thereof shall have been given to the Borrower by the Bank.
(d) Any Event of Default under and as defined in the Syndicated Agreement shall occur
and be continuing with respect to the Borrower under Section 6.01(d), (e), (f), (g) or (i)
of the Syndicated Agreement.
7.2 Remedies. Upon the occurrence of a Default resulting from an Event of Default
under Section 6.01(e) of the Syndicated Agreement with respect to the Borrower, the Commitment
shall automatically be terminated and all obligations hereunder shall automatically and immediately
become due and payable in full (including all contingent obligations with respect to Letters of
Credit), in each case without further presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of
which the Borrower hereby expressly waives; and upon the occurrence of any other Default, the
Commitment may be terminated by the Bank and/or the Bank may declare the principal of and accrued
interest on each Loan, and all other amounts payable hereunder, to be forthwith due and payable in
full, whereupon the outstanding principal amount of each Loan, all interest thereon and all other
amounts payable hereunder (including all contingent obligations with respect to Letters of Credit)
shall be forthwith due and payable, in each case without further presentment, demand, protest or
notice of any kind, all of which the Borrower hereby expressly waives.
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8. GENERAL.
8.1 Amendments and Waivers. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the definition
of Syndicated Agreement, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Note,
and no consent with respect to any departure by the Borrower therefrom, shall be effective unless
the same shall be in writing and signed by the Borrower and the Bank.
8.2 Severability; No Waiver; Remedies. The illegality or unenforceability of any
provision of this Agreement or the Note shall not in any way affect or impair the legality or
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement or the Note. No failure on the part
of the Bank to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative
and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
8.3 Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses of
the Bank (including reasonable attorneys fees and charges) arising out of, or in connection with,
(a) the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Note and any
amendment, waiver, consent or modification with respect hereto or thereto and (b) the protection or
enforcement of any rights hereunder or under the Note or any LC Application.
8.4 Indemnification. In consideration of the execution and delivery of this Agreement
by the Bank and the extension of credit hereunder, the Borrower hereby indemnifies the Bank and its
affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively the
Indemnified Parties) for, and agrees to hold each Indemnified Party harmless against, any
and all actions, causes of action, suits, losses, costs, liabilities and damages, and expenses
incurred in connection therewith, incurred by any Indemnified Party in connection with this
Agreement and the Credit Extensions hereunder, all to the same extent, on the same basis and
subject to the same limitations set forth for indemnified parties in Section 8.04(c) of the
Syndicated Agreement.
8.5 Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices, and other
communications hereunder shall be in writing, shall be directed to the applicable party at its
address below its signature hereto (or such other address as it shall have specified by notice to
the other party) and shall be deemed received in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.02 of
the Syndicated Agreement.
8.6 Survival. The obligations of the Borrower under Sections 2.17,
3, 8.3 and 8.4 shall, subject to the limitations set forth therein and in
the relevant provisions of the Syndicated Agreement that are incorporated therein by reference,
survive repayment of the Loans, expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit and the
termination of this Agreement.
8.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, and all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of a counterpart
hereof, or a signature page hereto, by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a
manually-signed counterpart hereof.
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8.8 Successors and Assigns. Neither the Borrower nor the Bank may assign any of its
rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party;
provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for any assignment by the Bank
during the existence of a Default.
8.9 Right of Set-off. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default,
the Bank is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or
final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by the Bank to or for the credit
or the account of the Borrower against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower now or
hereafter existing under this Agreement or the Note, whether or not the Bank shall have made any
demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The Bank agrees
promptly to notify the Borrower after any such set-off and application, provided that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The
rights of the Bank under this Section 8.9 are in addition to other rights and remedies
(including other rights of set-off) that the Bank may have.
8.10 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
8.11 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; CERTAIN WAIVERS. (a) THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA AND ANY
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SITTING IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA IN ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTE AND THE BORROWER HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND
DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS
TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS
AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE BANK TO BRING PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST THE BORROWER IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
(b) EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO
CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTE ANY
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES OTHER THAN, OR IN ADDITION TO,
ACTUAL DAMAGES.
8.12 USA PATRIOT ACT NOTIFICATION. The following notification is provided to the
Borrower pursuant to Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act of 2001, 31 U.S.C. Section 5318:
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PROCEDURES FOR OPENING A NEW ACCOUNT. To help the government
fight the funding of terrorism and money
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laundering activities, Federal law requires all financial institutions to obtain, verify,
and record information that identifies each person or entity that opens an account,
including any deposit account, treasury management account, loan, other extension of credit,
or other financial services product. What this means for the Borrower: When a borrower
opens an account, if such borrower is an individual, the Bank will ask for such borrowers
name, residential address, tax identification number, date of birth, and other information
that will allow the Bank to identify such borrower; and, if such borrower is not an
individual, the Bank will ask for such borrowers name, tax identification number, business
address, and other information that will allow the Bank to identify such borrower. The Bank
may also ask, if such borrower is an individual, to see such borrowers drivers license or
other identifying documents; and, if such borrower is not an individual, to see such
borrowers legal organizational documents or other identifying documents.
[Signature pages follow]
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Please acknowledge your agreement to the foregoing by signing and returning a copy of this
Agreement.
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Agreed to as of the date first above written:
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC
10 South Dearborn, 37th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: Michael R. Metzner
Fax: 312-394-5215
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SCHEDULE I
PRICING SCHEDULE
The Applicable Margin, the LC Fee Rate and the Facility Fee Rate for any day are the
respective percentages per annum set forth below in the applicable row under the column
corresponding to the Status that exists on such day:
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Level II |
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The Status in effect on any date is based on the Moodys Rating and S&P Rating in effect at
the close of business on such date.
For the purposes of the foregoing (but subject to the final paragraph of this Pricing
Schedule):
Level I Status exists at any date if, on such date, the Borrowers Moodys Rating is A2 or
better or the Borrowers S&P Rating is A or better.
Level II Status exists at any date if, on such date, (i) Level I Status does not exist and
(ii) the Borrowers Moodys Rating is A3 or better or the Borrowers S&P Rating is A- or better.
Level III Status exists at any date if, on such date, (i) neither Level I Status nor Level
II Status exists and (ii) the Borrowers Moodys Rating is Baa1 or better or the Borrowers S&P
Rating is BBB+ or better.
Level IV Status exists at any date if, on such date, (i) none of Level I Status, Level II
Status or Level III Status exists and (ii) the Borrowers Moodys Rating is Baa2 or better or the
Borrowers S&P Rating is BBB or better.
Level V Status exists at any date if, on such date, (i) none of Level I Status, Level II
Status, Level III Status or Level IV status exists and (ii) the Borrowers Moodys Rating is Baa3
or better or the Borrowers S&P Rating is BBB- or better.
Level VI Status exists at any date for Borrower if, on such date, none of Level I Status,
Level II Status, Level III Status, Level IV Status or Level V Status exists.
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Status means Level I Status, Level II Status, Level III Status, Level IV Status, Level V
Status or Level VI Status.
If the S&P Rating and the Moodys Rating for the Borrower create a split-rated situation and
the ratings differential is one level, the higher rating will apply. If the differential is two
levels or more, the intermediate rating at the midpoint will apply. If there is no midpoint, the
higher of the two intermediate ratings will apply. If Borrower has no Moodys Rating or no S&P
Rating, Level VI Status shall exist.
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTE
September 19, 2006
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited
liability company (the Borrower), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of Barclays Bank
PLC (the Bank), the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans made by the Bank
to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement (defined below).
The Borrower further promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan from
the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates, and
payable at such times, as are specified in the Credit Agreement. Both principal and interest are
payable in lawful money of the United States of America to the Bank in immediately available funds.
This Note is the Note referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the letter agreement
dated as of September 19, 2006 between the Borrower and the Bank (as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, the Credit Agreement). The Credit Agreement, among other
things, (i) provides for the making of Loans by the Bank to the Borrower from time to time in an
aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the Commitment Amount at such time and (ii)
contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated
events and also for prepayments on account of principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof upon
the terms and conditions therein specified.
The Borrower hereby waives presentment, demand, protest and notice of any kind. No failure to
exercise, and no delay in exercising, any rights hereunder on the part of the holder hereof shall
operate as a waiver of such rights.
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THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
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exv99w3
Exhibit 99.3
September 19, 2006
Exelon Generation Company, LLC
10 South Dearborn, 37th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: Michael R. Metzner
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Wachovia Bank, National Association (the Bank) is pleased to advise Exelon
Generation Company, LLC (the Borrower) that the Bank has approved a committed credit
facility in an amount not exceeding $333,333,333 (such amount, as reduced from time to time
pursuant hereto, the Commitment Amount). The facility shall be available on the terms
and conditions set forth below.
1. DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION.
1.1 Definitions. In addition to the terms defined in the introductory paragraph, (a)
capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the
Syndicated Agreement (as defined below) and (b) the following terms have the following meanings:
Agreement means this credit agreement, as amended, restated or otherwise modified from
time to time.
Applicable Margin see Schedule I.
Available Amount means, with respect to any Letter of Credit, the maximum amount
available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit under any and all circumstances during the
remaining term thereof.
Base Rate means, at any time, the higher of (a) the Prime Rate and (b) the Federal
Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1%; each change in the Base Rate shall take effect simultaneously
with the corresponding change or changes in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate.
Base Rate Loan means a Loan that bears interest based upon the Base Rate.
Business Day means a day on which banks are not required or authorized to close in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chicago, Illinois or New York, New York, and, if the applicable
Business Day relates to any LIBOR Loan, on which dealings are carried on in the London interbank
market.
Commitment means the commitment of the Bank to make Loans and issue Letters of Credit
hereunder.
Credit Extension means the making of a Loan or the issuance, increase in the amount of
or extension of the term of a Letter of Credit.
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Default means any event described in Section 7.1.
Facility Fee Rate see Schedule I.
Federal Funds Rate means, the rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the
next higher 1/100th of 1%) representing the daily effective federal funds rate as quoted by the
Bank and confirmed in Federal Reserve Board Statistical Release H.15 (519) or any successor or
substitute publication selected by the Bank. If, for any reason, such rate is not available, then
Federal Funds Rate shall mean a daily rate which is determined, in the opinion of the Bank, to be
the rate at which federal funds are being offered for sale in the national federal funds market at
9:00 a.m. Rates for weekends or holidays shall be the same as the rate for the most immediately
preceding Business Day.
Interest Payment Date means (a) for any LIBOR Loan, the last day of each Interest
Period therefor and, in the case of any Interest Period that is longer than three months, each
three-month anniversary of the first day of such Interest Period; (b) for any Base Rate Loan, the
last day of each calendar quarter; and (c) for any Loan, any date on which such Loan is converted,
prepaid or repaid and, after maturity thereof, any date on which demand is made by the Bank.
Interest Period means, for any LIBOR Loan, the period commencing on the borrowing date
therefor or the date such Loan was continued for a new Interest Period as or converted to a LIBOR
Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter as the Borrower shall specify
pursuant to Section 2.2 or 2.3; provided that (i) no Interest Period shall
extend beyond the scheduled Termination Date; and (ii) the length of any Interest Period shall be
subject to the provisions of clauses (iii) and (iv) of the proviso to the definition of Interest
Period in the Syndicated Agreement.
LC Application means the Banks standard form for the issuance of a Letter of Credit
of the type requested by the Borrower at the time of such request or for an amendment to increase
the amount of, or extend the term of, a Letter of Credit, in each case appropriately adjusted to
conform to the terms of this Agreement (such as deleting all references to collateral, deleting
references to any default other than Defaults as defined herein, and similar adjustments).
LC Fee Rate see Schedule I.
Letter of Credit see Section 2.1.
LIBOR means the rate of interest per annum determined on the basis of the rate for
deposits in Dollars in minimum amounts of at least $5,000,000 for a period equal to the applicable
Interest Period which appears on the Telerate Page 3750 at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time)
two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of the applicable Interest Period (rounded upward, if
necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1%). If, for any reason, such rate does not appear
on Telerate Page 3750, then LIBOR shall be determined by the Bank to be the arithmetic average of
the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars in minimum amounts of at least $5,000,000 would be
offered by first class banks in the London interbank market to the Bank at approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of
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the applicable Interest Period for a period equal to such Interest Period. Each calculation
by the Bank of LIBOR shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.
LIBO Rate means a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher
1/100th of 1%) determined by the Bank pursuant to the following formula:
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LIBOR Loan means a Loan that bears interest based upon the LIBO Rate.
Loan see Section 2.1.
Note means a promissory note of the Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit
A.
Prime Rate means, at any time, the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from
time to time by the Bank as its prime rate. Each change in the Prime Rate shall be effective as of
the opening of business on the day such change in such prime rate occurs. The parties hereto
acknowledge that the rate announced publicly by the Bank as its prime rate is an index or base rate
and shall not necessarily be its lowest or best rate charged to its customers or other banks.
Syndicated Agreement means the Credit Agreement dated as July 16, 2004 among the
Borrower, various affiliates thereof, various financial institutions and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.,
as administrative agent, as such Credit Agreement is in effect on the date hereof, without giving
effect to (a) any subsequent amendment thereof or waiver or consent thereunder unless the Bank is a
signatory, or otherwise consents, thereto or (b) any termination thereof. Wherever a portion of
the Syndicated Agreement is incorporated herein by reference, each reference in the incorporated
provision to the Administrative Agent, a Lender, the Majority Lenders or a similar term shall
be deemed to be a reference to the Bank.
Termination Date means the earliest to occur of (a) September 18, 2007, (b) the date
on which any new credit facility pursuant to which Exelon Corporation or the Borrower may borrow
(under any and all circumstances) up to at least $1,000,000,000 becomes effective, (c) the date on
which the Commitment Amount is reduced to zero pursuant to Section 2.4 or (d) the date on
which all obligations of the Borrower hereunder become due and payable pursuant to Section
7.2.
Total Outstandings means the sum of (a) the aggregate principal amount of all
outstanding Loans (and any unpaid reimbursement obligations with respect to Letters of Credit that
have not yet been deemed to be Loans pursuant to Section 2.12) and (b) the Available Amount
of all outstanding Letters of Credit.
Unmatured Default means an event which but for the lapse of time or the giving of
notice, or both, would, unless cured or waived, constitute a Default.
1.2 Interpretation. Sections 1.02 and 1.03 of the Syndicated Agreement are
incorporated herein by reference as if such Sections were set forth in full herein, mutatis
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mutandis. Unless otherwise specified, references herein to a Section, an
Exhibit or a Schedule shall mean a Section hereof or an Exhibit or Schedule hereto.
2. THE CREDIT.
2.1 Availability. The Bank agrees to make loans (each a Loan and
collectively the Loans) to, and issue letters of credit (each a Letter of
Credit and collectively Letters of Credit) for the account of, the Borrower from
time to time before the Termination Date; provided that the Total Outstandings shall not at
any time exceed the Commitment Amount.
2.2 Loan Procedures. Each Loan (other than a Loan made pursuant to Section
2.12, shall be made on prior written notice from the Borrower received by the Bank not later
than noon (Chicago time) (a) in the case of a LIBOR Loan, three Business Days prior to the
requested date of such Loan, and (b) in the case of a Base Rate Loan, on the requested date of such
Loan. Each such notice shall specify (i) the borrowing date, which shall be a Business Day, (ii)
the amount of the requested Loan, (iii) whether such Loan is to be a LIBOR Loan or a Base Rate Loan
and (iv) in the case of a LIBOR Loan, the initial Interest Period therefor. Each LIBOR Loan shall
be in the amount of $5,000,000 or a higher integral multiple of $1,000,000. Each Base Rate Loan
(other than a Loan made pursuant to Section 2.12) shall be in a minimum amount of
$5,000,000 or the unused portion of the Commitment Amount.
2.3 Conversion/Continuation Procedures. The Borrower may from time to time convert
any Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Loan, or vice versa, or on the last day of the Interest Period for
any LIBOR Loan continue such LIBOR Loan for a new Interest Period, by prior written notice received
by the Bank not later than noon (Chicago time) on (a) in the case of conversion to or continuation
of a LIBOR Loan, three Business Days prior to the requested date of such conversion or
continuation, and (b) in the case of conversion to a Base Rate Loan, the requested date of such
conversion; provided that (i) after giving effect to any such conversion or continuation,
each outstanding LIBOR Loan shall be in the amount of $5,000,000 or a higher integral multiple of
$1,000,000; (ii) any conversion of a LIBOR Loan on a day other than the last day of an Interest
Period therefor shall be subject to Section 3.4; and (iii) if the Borrower does not timely
specify a new Interest Period for a LIBOR Loan (and such Loan is not paid in full on the last day
of the relevant Interest Period), such Loan shall convert to a Base Rate Loan on the last day of
the Interest Period therefor. Each notice of conversion or continuation of a Loan shall specify
(A) the Loan (or portion thereof) to be converted or continued, (B) the requested date for such
continuation or conversion, which shall be a Business Day, (C) the amount to be converted or
continued, (D) whether such Loan is to be converted to a Base Rate Loan or converted to or
continued as a LIBOR Loan; and (E) in the case of conversion to or continuation of a LIBOR Loan,
the new Interest Period for such Loan.
2.4 Reduction of the Commitment Amount.
(a) The Borrower may from time to time, upon two Business Days notice to the Bank, reduce the
Commitment Amount to an amount that is not less than the Total Outstandings. Any such reduction
shall be in the amount of $5,000,000 or an integral multiple thereof (or such other amount as shall
cause the Commitment Amount to be such an integral multiple).
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(b) Concurrently with the receipt by the Borrower of any net cash proceeds from the issuance
of any long-term debt securities in the capital markets, the Commitment Amount shall be reduced by
an amount equal to such net cash proceeds (rounded down, if necessary to an integral multiple of
$1,000,000 or to such lesser amount as shall cause the Commitment Amount to be such an integral
multiple).
(c) Concurrently with any reduction of the Commitment Amount to zero, the Borrower shall pay
all accrued and unpaid commitment fees and all other amounts then payable by the Borrower
hereunder.
2.5 Repayment of Loans. The Borrower shall repay all outstanding Loans on the
Termination Date.
2.6 Prepayments.
(a) The Borrower may from time to time prepay any Loan in whole or in part; provided
that (i) each partial prepayment of a LIBOR Loan shall be in the amount of (and, after giving
effect thereto all LIBOR Loans shall be in an amount equal to) $5,000,000 or a higher integral
multiple of $1,000,000 and (ii) each partial prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a minimum
amount of $5,000,000 (or such lesser amount as shall be necessary to prepay all outstanding Base
Rate Loans).
(b) If on any date the Total Outstandings exceed the Commitment Amount as a result of a
reduction in the Commitment Amount pursuant to Section 2.4(b), the Borrower shall
immediately prepay Loans in an amount equal to such excess.
(c) Any prepayment of a Loan shall be made on a Business Day, shall include accrued and unpaid
interest on the amount prepaid and shall be subject to the provisions of Section 3.4.
2.7 Interest. The unpaid principal amount of each Loan shall bear interest at a rate
per annum equal to (a) at any time such Loan is a LIBOR Loan, the LIBO Rate for each applicable
Interest Period plus the Applicable Margin as in effect from time to time; and (b) at any time such
Loan is a Base Rate Loan, the Base Rate as in effect from time to time; provided that if
any principal of any Loan is not paid when due, upon acceleration or otherwise, such Loan shall
bear interest from such due date to the date paid at a rate per annum equal to the greater of (i)
the rate otherwise applicable thereto plus 2% or (ii) the Base Rate as in effect from time to time
plus 2%. Interest shall be payable on each Interest Payment Date.
2.8 Facility Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay the Bank, for the period beginning on
the date hereof and continuing to the Termination Date, a facility fee at a rate per annum equal to
the Facility Fee Rate on the Commitment Amount regardless of usage (or, after the Termination Date,
on the Total Outstandings). Such fee shall be payable in arrears on the last day of each calendar
quarter and on the Termination Date (and thereafter on demand).
2.9 Utilization Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay the Bank, for each day on which the
Total Outstandings exceed 50% of the Commitment Amount, a utilization fee at 0.10% per
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annum on the Total Outstandings on such day. Such fee shall be payable in arrears on the last
day of each calendar quarter and on the Termination Date.
2.10 Availability Fee. The Borrower agrees to pay the Bank (a) a non-refundable
availability fee in an amount equal to 0.010% of the Commitment Amount, payable on November 1, 2006
so long as the Termination Date has not occurred prior to such date and (b) a non-refundable
availability fee in an amount equal to 0.010% of the Commitment Amount, payable on March 19, 2007
so long as the Termination Date has not occurred prior to such date.
2.11 LC Credit Extensions. The Borrower shall deliver an LC Application to the Bank
not less than three Business Days prior to any requested Credit Extension with respect to a Letter
of Credit. Each such LC Application shall specify whether the requested Credit Extension is for
the issuance, increase in the amount of or extension of the term of the applicable Letter of Credit
and include such other information as the Bank may reasonably request. No Letter of Credit shall
have an expiration date later than five Business Days prior to the scheduled Termination Date.
2.12 LC Drawings. The Bank will give the Borrower prompt notice of any drawing under
a Letter of Credit. The Borrower may reimburse the Bank for any such drawing on the date of such
drawing. If the Borrower elects not to reimburse the Bank on such date, then the Borrower shall be
deemed to have requested, and the Bank shall be deemed to have made, a Base Rate Loan to the
Borrower on such date in the amount of the applicable drawing (without regard to whether any
condition set forth in Section 4 has been satisfied).
2.13 LC Applications. If there is any conflict between this Agreement and any LC
Application, the provisions of this Agreement shall control.
2.14 LC Fees. The Borrower shall pay the Bank a letter of credit fee at a rate per
annum equal to the LC Fee Rate on the average daily undrawn amount of each Letter of Credit. Such
fee shall be payable on the last day of each calendar quarter and on the Termination Date (and
thereafter on demand). The Borrower also shall pay the Bank documentary and processing charges in
connection with the issuance and modification of, and any drawing under, any Letter of Credit in
accordance with the Banks standard schedule for such charges as in effect from time to time.
2.15 Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest based upon the
Base Rate shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 or, if applicable, 366 days. All other
computations of interest and fees shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days. Each
determination of an interest rate by the Bank shall be conclusive and binding on the Borrower in
the absence of manifest error.
2.16 Payments. All payments to the Bank shall be made in immediately available funds,
without setoff, counterclaim or other deduction, at its principal office in Chicago, Illinois (or
at such other office as the Bank may reasonably specify) not later than noon, Chicago time, on the
date due (and funds received after that hour shall be deemed received on the next Business Day).
Whenever any payment hereunder shall be stated to be due on a day other than a Business Day, such
payment shall be made on the immediately following Business Day; provided that if
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the immediately following Business Day is the first Business Day of a calendar month, such
payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.
2.17 Taxes. The Borrower agrees to pay, or to reimburse the Bank for, all Taxes on
the same basis as, and subject to the limitations and requirements of, the terms of Section 2.14 of
the Syndicated Agreement as if such Section were set forth in full herein mutatis
mutandis.
3. INCREASED COSTS; ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LIBOR LOANS.
3.1 Increased Costs. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Bank for any increase in
the cost to the Bank of, or any reduction in the amount of any sum receivable by the Bank in
respect of, making or maintaining any LIBOR Loan or issuing or maintaining any Letter of Credit, in
each case in accordance with the terms of Section 2.11(a) of the Syndicated Agreement as if such
Section were set forth in full herein mutatis mutandis.
3.2 Changes in Law Rendering LIBOR Loans Unlawful. If the Bank makes any
determination of the type described in Section 2.12 of the Syndicated Agreement with respect to any
LIBOR Loan, such Loan shall automatically convert to a Base Rate Loan on the date required and, if
applicable, the availability of LIBOR Loans shall be suspended.
3.3 Increased Capital Costs. The Borrower agrees to reimburse the Bank for all
increased capital costs of the type described in Section 2.11(b) of the Syndicated Agreement as if
such Section were set forth in full herein mutatis mutandis.
3.4 Funding Losses. The Borrower will indemnify the Bank upon demand against any
loss, cost or expense which the Bank may sustain or incur (including any loss or expense sustained
or incurred in obtaining, liquidating or reemploying deposits or other funds acquired to fund or
maintain any Loan) as a consequence of (a) any failure of the Borrower to borrow, continue or
convert a Loan on a date specified therefor in a notice thereof or (b) any payment (including any
payment upon the Banks acceleration of the Loans), prepayment or conversion (including pursuant to
Section 3.2) of a Loan on a day other than the last day of an Interest Period therefor.
4. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT.
4.1 Initial Credit Extension. The obligation of the Bank to make the initial Credit
Extension shall be subject to the conditions precedent that the Bank shall have received all of the
following, each duly executed and in form and substance (and dated a date) satisfactory to the
Bank:
(a) A certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Borrower attaching
(i) resolutions of the sole member of the Borrower authorizing the execution, delivery and
performance of this Agreement and the Note by the Borrower; (ii) an incumbency certificate
that identifies by name and title and bears the signatures of the officers of the Borrower
authorized to sign this Agreement and the Note and documents related hereto, upon which
certificate the Bank shall be entitled to rely until informed of any change in writing by
the Borrower; (iii) copies of all governmental and regulatory authorizations and approvals
required for the due execution, delivery and performance of
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this Agreement and the Note by the Borrower (or a statement that no such authorizations
and approvals are required); and (iv) a copy of the Operating Agreement of the Borrower as
in effect on the date of such certificate.
(b) A certificate signed by the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer,
treasurer or assistant treasurer of the Borrower stating that (i) the representations and
warranties contained in Section 5 are true and correct as of the date of the initial
Credit Extension, as though made on and as of such date; and (ii) no Default or Unmatured
Default has occurred and is continuing or will result from such Credit Extension.
(c) A written opinion of counsel to the Borrower in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Bank.
(d) Such other approvals and documents as the Bank may reasonably request.
4.2 Each Credit Extension. The obligation of the Bank to make any Credit Extension
(including the initial Credit Extension) shall be subject to the conditions precedent that (a) all
of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5 are true and correct as if
made on the date of such Credit Extension; provided that this clause (a) shall not
apply to the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 4.01(e)(iii)(B) or in the first
sentence of Section 4.01(f), in each case of the Syndicated Agreement as incorporated herein by
reference, with respect to a Loan if the proceeds of such Loan will be used exclusively to repay
the Borrowers maturing commercial paper (and, in the event of any such Loan, the Administrative
Agent may require the Borrower to deliver information sufficient to disburse the proceeds of such
Loan directly to the holders of such commercial paper or a paying agent therefor); and (b) no
Default or Unmatured Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the making
of such Credit Extension. Each request for a Loan shall be deemed a representation by the Borrower
that the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 4.2 have been satisfied.
5. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. The Borrower represents and warrants to the Bank that:
5.1 Organization. The Borrower is a limited liability company duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
5.2 Authorization; No Conflict. The execution, delivery and performance by the
Borrower of this Agreement and the Note are within the Borrowers powers, have been duly authorized
by all necessary organizational action on the part of the Borrower, and do not and will not
contravene (i) the operating agreement or other organizational documents of the Borrower, (ii)
applicable law or (iii) any contractual or legal restriction binding on or affecting the properties
of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.
5.3 Governmental Approvals. No authorization or approval or other action by, and no
notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due
execution, delivery and performance by the Borrower of this Agreement or the Note, except the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which approval has been duly obtained and is in full force
and effect.
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5.4 Enforceability. This Agreement is, and the Note and each LC Application when
delivered hereunder will be, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Borrower, enforceable
against the Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
equitable principles or bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally.
5.5 Regulation U. The Borrower is not engaged in the business of extending credit for
the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by
the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and no proceeds of any Loan will be used to
purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or
carrying any margin stock. Not more than 25% of the value of the assets of the Borrower and its
Subsidiaries is represented by margin stock.
5.6 Use of Proceeds. No proceeds of any Loan have been or will be used directly or
indirectly in connection with the acquisition of in excess of 5% of any class of equity securities
that is registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act or any transaction subject to the
requirements of Section 13 or 14 of the Exchange Act.
5.7 Representations and Warranties in Syndicated Agreement. Each representation and
warranty of the Borrower set forth in Section 4.01(e)(iii), (f), (i) and (j) of the Syndicated
Agreement is true and correct as if such representation and warranty and all related definitions
were set forth in full herein, mutatis mutandis.
6. COVENANTS. The Borrower agrees that, so long as the Commitment has not been terminated, any
Letter of Credit remains outstanding or any obligation of the Borrower hereunder remains unpaid,
the Borrower will observe and perform each applicable covenant set forth in Article V of the
Syndicated Agreement (excluding, so long as no Loan or Letter of Credit is outstanding or has been
requested, Section 5.02(a) thereof) as if such covenants (and all related definitions) were set
forth herein, mutatis mutandis.
7. EVENTS OF DEFAULT; REMEDIES.
7.1 Events of Default. The occurrence and continuance of any one or more of the
following events shall constitute a Default:
(a) The Borrower shall fail to pay (i) any principal of any Loan when the same becomes
due and payable; or (ii) any interest on any Loan, or any fee or other amount payable by the
Borrower under this Agreement within three Business Days after the same becomes due and
payable.
(b) Any representation or warranty made by the Borrower herein or by the Borrower (or
any of its officers) pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall prove to have been
incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made.
(c) The Borrower shall fail to perform or observe (i) any term, covenant or agreement
contained in Section 5.01(a)(vii), Section 5.01(b)(i) or Section 5.02 of the Syndicated
Agreement as incorporated herein by reference; or (ii) any other term, covenant or agreement
contained in Article V of the Syndicated Agreement as
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incorporated herein by reference if the failure to perform or observe such covenant or
agreement shall remain unremedied for 30 days after written notice thereof shall have been
given to the Borrower by the Bank.
(d) Any Event of Default under and as defined in the Syndicated Agreement shall occur
and be continuing with respect to the Borrower under Section 6.01(d), (e), (f), (g) or (i)
of the Syndicated Agreement.
7.2 Remedies. Upon the occurrence of a Default resulting from an Event of Default
under Section 6.01(e) of the Syndicated Agreement with respect to the Borrower, the Commitment
shall automatically be terminated and all obligations hereunder shall automatically and immediately
become due and payable in full (including all contingent obligations with respect to Letters of
Credit), in each case without further presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of
which the Borrower hereby expressly waives; and upon the occurrence of any other Default, the
Commitment may be terminated by the Bank and/or the Bank may declare the principal of and accrued
interest on each Loan, and all other amounts payable hereunder, to be forthwith due and payable in
full, whereupon the outstanding principal amount of each Loan, all interest thereon and all other
amounts payable hereunder (including all contingent obligations with respect to Letters of Credit)
shall be forthwith due and payable, in each case without further presentment, demand, protest or
notice of any kind, all of which the Borrower hereby expressly waives.
8. GENERAL.
8.1 Amendments and Waivers. Except as otherwise expressly provided in the definition
of Syndicated Agreement, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the Note,
and no consent with respect to any departure by the Borrower therefrom, shall be effective unless
the same shall be in writing and signed by the Borrower and the Bank.
8.2 Severability; No Waiver; Remedies. The illegality or unenforceability of any
provision of this Agreement or the Note shall not in any way affect or impair the legality or
enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement or the Note. No failure on the part
of the Bank to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further
exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative
and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
8.3 Costs and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay all reasonable costs and expenses of
the Bank (including reasonable attorneys fees and charges) arising out of, or in connection with,
(a) the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Note and any
amendment, waiver, consent or modification with respect hereto or thereto and (b) the protection or
enforcement of any rights hereunder or under the Note or any LC Application.
8.4 Indemnification. In consideration of the execution and delivery of this Agreement
by the Bank and the extension of credit hereunder, the Borrower hereby indemnifies the Bank and its
affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively the
Indemnified Parties) for, and agrees to hold each Indemnified Party harmless
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against, any and all actions, causes of action, suits, losses, costs, liabilities and damages,
and expenses incurred in connection therewith, incurred by any Indemnified Party in connection with
this Agreement and the Credit Extensions hereunder, all to the same extent, on the same basis and
subject to the same limitations set forth for indemnified parties in Section 8.04(c) of the
Syndicated Agreement.
8.5 Notices. Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices, and other
communications hereunder shall be in writing, shall be directed to the applicable party at its
address below its signature hereto (or such other address as it shall have specified by notice to
the other party) and shall be deemed received in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.02 of
the Syndicated Agreement.
8.6 Survival. The obligations of the Borrower under Sections 3, 8.3
and 8.4 shall, subject to the limitations set forth therein and in the relevant provisions
of the Syndicated Agreement that are incorporated therein by reference, survive repayment of the
Loans, expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit and the termination of this Agreement.
8.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, and all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of a counterpart
hereof, or a signature page hereto, by facsimile shall be effective as delivery of a
manually-signed counterpart hereof.
8.8 Successors and Assigns. Neither the Borrower nor the Bank may assign any of its
rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party;
provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for any assignment by the Bank
during the existence of a Default.
8.9 Right of Set-off. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Default,
the Bank is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by
law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or
final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by the Bank to or for the credit
or the account of the Borrower against any and all of the obligations of the Borrower now or
hereafter existing under this Agreement or the Note, whether or not the Bank shall have made any
demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The Bank agrees
promptly to notify the Borrower after any such set-off and application, provided that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application. The
rights of the Bank under this Section 8.9 are in addition to other rights and remedies
(including other rights of set-off) that the Bank may have.
8.10 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA.
8.11 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION; CERTAIN WAIVERS. (a) THE BORROWER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
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AND ANY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SITTING IN THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA IN ANY ACTION
OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTE AND THE BORROWER HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND
DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS
TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS
AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE BANK TO BRING PROCEEDINGS
AGAINST THE BORROWER IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
(b) EXCEPT AS PROHIBITED BY LAW, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO
CLAIM OR RECOVER IN ANY LITIGATION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE NOTE ANY
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, PUNITIVE OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES OTHER THAN, OR IN ADDITION TO,
ACTUAL DAMAGES.
8.12 USA PATRIOT ACT NOTIFICATION. The following notification is provided to the
Borrower pursuant to Section 326 of the USA Patriot Act of 2001, 31 U.S.C. Section 5318:
IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PROCEDURES FOR OPENING A NEW ACCOUNT. To help the government
fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering activities, Federal law requires all
financial institutions to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person
or entity that opens an account, including any deposit account, treasury management account,
loan, other extension of credit, or other financial services product. What this means for
the Borrower: When a borrower opens an account, if such borrower is an individual, the Bank
will ask for such borrowers name, residential address, tax identification number, date of
birth, and other information that will allow the Bank to identify such borrower; and, if
such borrower is not an individual, the Bank will ask for such borrowers name, tax
identification number, business address, and other information that will allow the Bank to
identify such borrower. The Bank may also ask, if such borrower is an individual, to see
such borrowers drivers license or other identifying documents; and, if such borrower is
not an individual, to see such borrowers legal organizational documents or other
identifying documents.
[Signature pages follow]
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Please acknowledge your agreement to the foregoing by signing and returning a copy of this
Agreement.
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WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
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301 South College Street, 15th Floor, NC 5562 |
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Attention: Rick Price |
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Fax: 704-383-6647 |
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Operations Contact for Borrowing Notices and |
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Attention: Joe Feheley |
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Agreed to as of the date first above written:
EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC
10 South Dearborn, 37th Floor
Chicago, Illinois 60603
Attention: Michael R. Metzner
Fax: 312-394-5215
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SCHEDULE I
PRICING SCHEDULE
The Applicable Margin, the LC Fee Rate and the Facility Fee Rate for any day are the
respective percentages per annum set forth below in the applicable row under the column
corresponding to the Status that exists on such day:
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0.250 |
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0.250 |
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0.060 |
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Level II |
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0.300 |
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0.300 |
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0.070 |
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Level III |
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0.400 |
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0.400 |
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0.090 |
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Level IV |
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0.500 |
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0.500 |
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0.110 |
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The Status in effect on any date is based on the Moodys Rating and S&P Rating in effect at
the close of business on such date.
For the purposes of the foregoing (but subject to the final paragraph of this Pricing
Schedule):
Level I Status exists at any date if, on such date, the Borrowers Moodys Rating is A2 or
better or the Borrowers S&P Rating is A or better.
Level II Status exists at any date if, on such date, (i) Level I Status does not exist and
(ii) the Borrowers Moodys Rating is A3 or better or the Borrowers S&P Rating is A- or better.
Level III Status exists at any date if, on such date, (i) neither Level I Status nor Level
II Status exists and (ii) the Borrowers Moodys Rating is Baa1 or better or the Borrowers S&P
Rating is BBB+ or better.
Level IV Status exists at any date if, on such date, (i) none of Level I Status, Level II
Status or Level III Status exists and (ii) the Borrowers Moodys Rating is Baa2 or better or the
Borrowers S&P Rating is BBB or better.
Level V Status exists at any date if, on such date, (i) none of Level I Status, Level II
Status, Level III Status or Level IV status exists and (ii) the Borrowers Moodys Rating is Baa3
or better or the Borrowers S&P Rating is BBB- or better.
Level VI Status exists at any date for Borrower if, on such date, none of Level I Status,
Level II Status, Level III Status, Level IV Status or Level V Status exists.
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Status means Level I Status, Level II Status, Level III Status, Level IV Status, Level V
Status or Level VI Status.
If the S&P Rating and the Moodys Rating for the Borrower create a split-rated situation and
the ratings differential is one level, the higher rating will apply. If the differential is two
levels or more, the intermediate rating at the midpoint will apply. If there is no midpoint, the
higher of the two intermediate ratings will apply. If Borrower has no Moodys Rating or no S&P
Rating, Level VI Status shall exist.
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF NOTE
September 19, 2006
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC, a Pennsylvania limited
liability company (the Borrower), HEREBY PROMISES TO PAY to the order of WACHOVIA BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (the Bank), the aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Loans
made by the Bank to the Borrower pursuant to the Credit Agreement (defined below).
The Borrower further promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Loan from
the date of such Loan until such principal amount is paid in full, at such interest rates, and
payable at such times, as are specified in the Credit Agreement. Both principal and interest are
payable in lawful money of the United States of America to the Bank in immediately available funds.
This Note is the Note referred to in, and is entitled to the benefits of, the letter agreement
dated as of September 19, 2006 between the Borrower and the Bank (as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time, the Credit Agreement). The Credit Agreement, among other
things, (i) provides for the making of Loans by the Bank to the Borrower from time to time in an
aggregate amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the Commitment Amount at such time and (ii)
contains provisions for acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain stated
events and also for prepayments on account of principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof upon
the terms and conditions therein specified.
The Borrower hereby waives presentment, demand, protest and notice of any kind. No failure to
exercise, and no delay in exercising, any rights hereunder on the part of the holder hereof shall
operate as a waiver of such rights.
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THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE COMMONWEALTH
OF PENNSYLVANIA.
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EXELON GENERATION COMPANY, LLC
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