Form of Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

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EX-10.1 2 k11478exv10w1.htm FORM OF AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT exv10w1
 

Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT
          THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FIVE-YEAR CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”) is made as of January 10, 2007, by and among DTE ENERGY COMPANY (the “Borrower”), the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders listed on the signature pages hereof (the “Lenders”), CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and BARCLAYS BANK PLC and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Co-Syndication Agents, under that certain Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2005, by and among the Borrower, the banks, financial institutions and other institutional lenders from time to time parties thereto, the Administrative Agent and the Co-Syndication Agents (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”). Defined terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning given to them in the Credit Agreement.
WITNESSETH
          WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Co-Syndication Agents are parties to the Credit Agreement; and
          WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested that the Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication Agents and the Lenders amend the Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
          WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication Agents and the requisite number of Lenders have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein;
          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the terms and conditions contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto have agreed to the following amendments to the Credit Agreement:
1.   Amendments to the Credit Agreement. Effective as of December 31, 2006 (the “Effective Date”) and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2 below, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
  1.1.   Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended to insert the following new definitions of “Excluded Pension Effects”, “Excluded Short-Term Debt”, “Funded Debt”, “Guaranteed Obligations”, “Hybrid Equity Securities”, “Mandatorily Convertible Securities”, and “Total Funded Debt” alphabetically therein:
     Excluded Pension Effects” means the non-cash effects on Consolidated Net Worth resulting from the implementation of FASB Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 158, Employers’ Accounting for Defined Benefit

 


 

Pension and Other Postretirement Plans, an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R), dated September 2006.
     Excluded Short-Term Debt” means Debt of MichCon or any of its Subsidiaries having an original maturity of not more than 365 days in an aggregate amount of not more than $450,000,000.
     Funded Debt” means, as to any Person, without duplication: (a) all Debt of such Person for borrowed money or which has been incurred in connection with the acquisition of assets (excluding (i) contingent reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances, (ii) Nonrecourse Debt, (iii) Junior Subordinated Debt, (iv) Mandatorily Convertible Securities, and (v) Hybrid Equity Securities), (b) all capital lease obligations of such Person and (c) all Guaranteed Obligations of Funded Debt of other Persons.
     Guaranteed Obligations” has the meaning specified in clause (h) of the definition of “Debt”.
     Hybrid Equity Securities” means any securities issued by the Borrower or its Subsidiary or a financing vehicle of the Borrower or its Subsidiary that (i) are classified as possessing a minimum of “intermediate equity content” by S&P, Basket C equity credit by Moody’s, and 50% equity credit by Fitch and (ii) require no repayments or prepayments and no mandatory redemptions or repurchases, in each case, prior to at least 91 days after the later of the termination of the Commitments and the repayment in full of the Revolving Credit Advances and all other amounts due under this Agreement.
     Mandatorily Convertible Securities” means any mandatorily convertible equity-linked securities issued by the Borrower or its Subsidiary, so long as the terms of such securities require no repayments or prepayments and no mandatory redemptions or repurchases, in each case prior to at least 91 days after the later of the termination of the Commitments and the repayment in full of the Revolving Credit Advances and all other amounts due under this Agreement.
     Total Funded Debt” means all Funded Debt of the Borrower and its Consolidated Subsidiaries, on a consolidated basis, as determined in accordance with GAAP.
  1.2.   Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended to delete the definition of “Excluded Hedging Debt” in its entirety.
 
  1.3.   Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended to delete the definition of “Capitalization” in its entirety and to substitute the following therefor:
     Capitalization” means the sum of (a) Total Funded Debt plus (b) Consolidated Net Worth.

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  1.4.   Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended to delete the definition of “Consolidated Net Worth” in its entirety and to substitute the following therefor:
     Consolidated Net Worth” means, as of any date of determination, the consolidated total stockholders’ equity, including capital stock (but excluding treasury stock and capital stock subscribed and unissued), additional paid-in capital and retained earnings (but excluding the Excluded Pension Effects) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined in accordance with GAAP.
  1.5.   Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended to insert at the end of clause (h) of the definition of “Debt” the following: “(all such obligations under this clause (h) being “Guaranteed Obligations”).
 
  1.6.   Section 6.01(i) of the Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
     (i) The Borrower and its Subsidiaries, on a Consolidated basis, shall, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Borrower, have a ratio of (a) Total Funded Debt to (b) Capitalization in excess of .65:1; provided that for purposes of calculating the foregoing ratio as of the last day of any fiscal quarter other than any fiscal quarter ending on June 30, “Total Funded Debt” for purposes of clauses (a) and (b) above shall be calculated exclusive of all Excluded Short-Term Debt outstanding as of such date; or
  1.7.   Exhibit F of the Credit Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as set forth in the form attached hereto.
2.   Conditions of Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the conditions precedent that the Administrative Agent shall have received:
  (a)   duly executed originals of this Amendment from each of the Borrower, the requisite number of Lenders required pursuant to Section 8.01 and the Administrative Agent; and
 
  (b)   such other documents, instruments and agreements as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request.
3.   Representations and Warranties and Reaffirmations of the Borrower.
  3.1.   The Borrower hereby represents and warrants that (i) this Amendment and the Credit Agreement as previously executed and as modified hereby constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Borrower and are enforceable against the Borrower in accordance with their terms (except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally), and (ii) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

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  3.2.   Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment and after giving effect hereto, the Borrower hereby reaffirms all covenants, representations and warranties made in the Credit Agreement as modified hereby, and agrees that all such covenants, representations and warranties shall be deemed to have been remade as of the Effective Date, except that any such covenant, representation, or warranty that was made as of a specific date shall be considered reaffirmed only as of such date.
4.   Reference to the Effect on the Credit Agreement.
  4.1.   Upon the effectiveness of Section 1 hereof, on and after the date hereof, each reference in the Credit Agreement (including any reference therein to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” “herein” or words of like import referring thereto) or in any other Loan Document shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified hereby.
 
  4.2.   Except as specifically modified above, the Credit Agreement and all other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith shall remain in full force and effect, and are hereby ratified and confirmed.
 
  4.3.   The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Administrative Agent or the Lenders, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Credit Agreement or any other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or delivered in connection therewith.
 
  4.4.   Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 2 hereof and the execution hereof by the Borrower and the Required Lenders, this Amendment shall be binding upon all parties to the Credit Agreement.
5.   GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
 
6.   Headings. Section headings in this Amendment are included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Amendment for any other purpose.
 
7.   Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Amendment on any number of separate counterparts and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been duly executed as of the day and year first above written.
             
    DTE ENERGY COMPANY, as the Borrower
 
           
 
  By:   /s/David R. Murphy    
 
           
 
  Name:   David R. Murphy    
 
  Title:   Assistant Treasurer    
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

             
    CITIBANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent, as a Lender and as an LC Issuer
 
           
 
  By:   /s/Amit Vasani    
 
           
 
  Name:   Amit Vasani    
 
  Title:   Vice President    
 
           
    BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as Co-Syndication Agent, as a Lender and as an LC Issuer
 
           
 
  By:   /s/David Barton    
 
           
 
  Name:   David Barton    
 
  Title:   Associate Director    
 
           
    JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Co-Syndication Agent, as a Lender and as an LC Issuer
 
           
 
  By:   /s/Nancy R. Barwig    
 
           
 
  Name:   Nancy R. Barwig    
 
  Title:   Vice President    
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

             
    KEYBANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co-Documentation Agent and as a Lender
 
           
 
  By   /s/Sherrie I. Manson    
 
           
 
  Name:   Sherrie I. Manson    
 
  Title:   Sr. Vice President    
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

             
    THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND plc, as Co-Documentation Agent and as a Lender
 
           
 
  By   /s/Andrew N. Taylor    
 
           
 
  Name:   Andrew N. Taylor    
 
  Title:   Vice President    
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

             
    BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
 
           
 
  By   /s/Kevin Bertelsen    
 
           
 
  Name:   Kevin Bertelsen    
 
  Title:   Senior Vice President    
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

             
    BNP PARIBAS, as a Lender
 
           
 
  By   /s/Leonardo Osorio    
 
           
 
  Name:   Leonardo Osorio    
 
  Title:   Director    
 
           
 
  By   /s/Jerome Guttieres    
 
           
 
  Name:   Jerome Guttieres    
 
  Title:   Vice President    
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

         
    COMERICA BANK, as a Lender
 
       
 
  By   /s/Steven J. McCormack
 
       
 
  Name:   Steven J. McCormack
 
  Title:   Vice President
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

         
    THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Lender and as an LC Issuer
 
       
 
  By   /s/Thane A. Rattew
 
       
 
  Name:   Thane A. Rattew
 
  Title:   Managing Director
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

         
    UBS LOAN FINANCE LLC, as a Lender
 
       
 
  By   /s/Richard L. Tavrow
 
       
 
  Name:   Richard L. Tavrow
 
  Title:   Director
 
       
 
  By   /s/Irja R. Otsa
 
       
 
  Name:   Irja R. Otsa
 
  Title:   Associate Director
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

         
    WACHOVIA BANK, N.A., as a Lender
 
       
 
  By    
 
       
 
  Name:    
 
  Title:    
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

         
    THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as a Lender
 
       
 
  By   /s/Richard Fronapfel, Jr.
 
       
 
  Name:   Richard Fronapfel, Jr.
 
  Title:   Vice President
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

         
    UNION BANK OF CALIFORNIA, N.A., as a Lender
 
       
 
  By   /s/Dennis G. Blank
 
       
 
  Name:   Dennis G. Blank
 
  Title:   Vice President
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

         
    CREDIT SUISSE, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as a Lender
 
       
 
  By   /s/Sarah Wu
 
       
 
  Name:   Sarah Wu
 
  Title:   Director
 
       
 
  By   /s/Shaheen Malik
 
       
 
  Name:   Shaheen Malik
 
  Title:   Associate
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

         
    DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Lender
 
       
 
  By   /s/Marcus Tarkington
 
       
 
  Name:   Marcus Tarkington
 
  Title:   Director
 
       
 
  By   /s/Rainer Meier
 
       
 
  Name:   Rainer Meier
 
  Title:   Vice President
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

         
    FIFTH THIRD BANK, A MICHIGAN BANKING CORPORATION, as a Lender
 
       
 
  By   /s/Brian Jelinski
 
       
 
  Name:   Brian Jelinski
 
  Title:   Officer
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

         
    THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH (successor-by-merger to UFJ Bank Limited), as a Lender
 
       
 
  By   /s/Chi-Cheng Chen
 
       
 
  Name:   Chi-Cheng Chen
 
  Title:   Authorized Signatory
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

             
    MELLON BANK, N.A., as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By   /s/Thomas J. Tarasovich, Jr.
 
   
 
  Name:   Thomas J. Tarasovich, Jr.    
 
  Title:   Vice President    
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

             
    LASALLE BANK MIDWEST NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By        
 
  Name:  
 
   
 
  Title:        
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

             
    MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD., as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By   /s/Raymond Ventura
 
   
 
  Name:   Raymond Ventura    
 
  Title:   Deputy General Manager    
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

             
    MORGAN STANLEY BANK, as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By        
 
  Name:  
 
   
 
  Title:        
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

             
    THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, as a Lender    
 
           
 
  By   /s/Alex Nikorov
 
   
 
  Name:   Alex Nikorov    
 
  Title:   Second – Vice President    
Signature Page to
DTE Energy Company
Amendment No. 1 to Five-Year Credit Agreement

 


 

EXHIBIT F — FORM OF
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
     
To:
  The Lenders parties to the
 
  Credit Agreement Described Below
          This Compliance Certificate is furnished pursuant to that certain Five-Year Credit Agreement, dated as of October 17, 2005 (as amended or modified from time to time, the “Agreement”) among DTE Energy Company, a Michigan corporation (the “Borrower”), the lenders parties thereto, and Citibank, N.A., as Agent for the lenders. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Compliance Certificate have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Agreement.
          THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT:
          1. I am the duly elected                                          of the Borrower;
          2. I have reviewed the terms of the Agreement and I have made, or have caused to be made under my supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and conditions of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements;
          3. The examinations described in paragraph 2 did not disclose, and I have no knowledge of, the existence of any condition or event which constitutes an Event of Default or Default during or at the end of the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements or as of the date of this Certificate, except as set forth below; and
          4. Schedule 1 attached hereto sets forth financial data and computations evidencing the Borrower’s compliance with certain covenants of the Agreement, all of which data and computations are true, complete and correct.
          Described below are the exceptions, if any, to paragraph 3 by listing, in detail, the nature of the condition or event, the period during which it has existed and the action which the Borrower has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect to each such condition or event:
          The foregoing certifications, together with the computations set forth in Schedule I hereto and the financial statements delivered with this Certificate in support hereof, are made and delivered this                       day of                                             ,                       .
             
    DTE ENERGY COMPANY    
 
           
 
  By        
 
  Name:  
 
   
 
  Title:        

 


 

SCHEDULE 1 TO COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
Compliance as of ___, ___ with
Provisions of Section 5.01(h) of
the Agreement
FINANCIAL COVENANT
Ratio of Total Funded Debt to Capitalization (Section 6.01(i)).
         
(A) Numerator (Total Funded Debt):
       
(i) Debt for borrowed money or which has been incurred in connection with the acquisition of assets (exclusive of contingent reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances):
  $                       
(ii) Minus: Nonrecourse Debt:
  -$                       
(iii) Minus: Junior Subordinated Debt:
  -$                       
(iv) Minus: Mandatorily Convertible Securities:
  -$                       
(v) Minus: Hybrid Equity Securities:
  -$                       
(vi) Minus: For any fiscal quarter other than the fiscal quarter ending on June 30, Excluded Short-Term Debt:
  -$                       
(vii) Plus: Capital lease obligations:
  +$                       
(viii) Plus: Guaranty Obligations of Funded Debt of other Persons:
  +$                       
(ix) Numerator: (A)(i) minus (A)(ii) through (A)(vi) plus (A)(vii) plus (A)(viii):
  $                       
 
       
(B) Denominator (Capitalization):
       
(i) Total Funded Debt: (A)(ix)
  $                       
(ii) Plus: Consolidated Net Worth:
  +$                       
(iii) Denominator: (B)(i) plus (B)(ii):
  $                       
 
       
(C) State whether the ratio of (A)(ix) to (B)(iii) was not greater than .65:1:
  YES/NO