Fourth Amended and Restated Rent Supplement (ERCOT Transmission Lease) December 31, 2015
Exhibit 10.5
Fourth Amended and Restated Rent Supplement
(ERCOT Transmission Lease)
December 31, 2015
This Fourth Amended and Restated Rent Supplement (this “Fourth Amended Supplement”) between Sharyland Distribution and Transmission Services, L.L.C. (“Lessor”) and Sharyland Utilities, L.P. (“Lessee”) is executed and delivered on December 31, 2015, to memorialize supplements to the ERCOT Transmission Lease (as defined below), effective as of January 1, 2016. Capitalized terms used herein that are not otherwise defined will have the meanings assigned to them in the ERCOT Transmission Lease.
WHEREAS, Lessor and Lessee are Parties to a Lease Agreement (ERCOT Transmission Assets) dated December 1, 2014 (as amended from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “ERCOT Transmission Lease”);
WHEREAS, on March 13, 2015 the Parties executed a Third Amended and Restated Rent Supplement (ERCOT Transmission Lease) (the “Third Amended Supplement”), which the Parties now wish to amend and restate pursuant to Section 3.2(b) of the ERCOT Lease; and
WHEREAS, the Parties intend to memorialize in this Fourth Amended Supplement the Incremental CapEx the Parties expect during 2016.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree to the following:
1. The Third Amended Supplement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth below.
2. The ERCOT Transmission Lease, except as supplemented by this Fourth Amended Supplement, shall remain in full force and effect.
Incremental CapEx:
| 2014 | $ | 18,470,677 | ||
| 2015 | $ | 17,000,000 | * | |
| 2016 | $ | 9,237,495 | ** |
| * | Represents the amount of transmission Incremental CapEx that was expected to be placed in service in 2015, with a weighted average in service date of September 1, 2015. Rent supplements with respect to this transmission Incremental CapEx were agreed to and memorialized as part of the Amended and Restated Rent Supplement (ERCOT Transmission Lease) dated January 1, 2015. |
| ** | Represents the aggregate amount of transmission Incremental CapEx the Parties expect to be placed in service in 2016. Of the 2016 Incremental CapEx, an aggregate of $4,244,655 is expected to be in service as of the balance sheet date reflected in Lessee’s first 2016 Regulatory Order (“First 2016 CapEx”), an aggregate of $2,086,871 is expected to be in service as of the balance sheet date reflected in Lessee’s second 2016 Regulatory Order (“Second 2016 CapEx”), and an aggregate of $2,905,968 is expected to be placed in service throughout the remainder of 2016 (“2016 Stub-Year CapEx”). A “Regulatory Order” is defined as either (i) the PUCT’s approval of Lessee’s application for updated wholesale transmission rates or (ii) final resolution or settlement of a rate case applicable to Lessee’s transmission rates. The Parties expect the First 2016 CapEx, Second 2016 CapEx, and 2016 Stub-Year CapEx, collectively, to have a weighted average in-service date of June 1, 2016. The Parties expect the first 2016 Regulatory Order to be effective on June 1, 2016, the second 2016 Regulatory Order to be effective on October 1, 2016, and the first 2017 Regulatory Order to be effective on March 1, 2017. |
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The Parties agree that any Rent Validation (within the meaning of the ERCOT Lease) with respect to First 2016 CapEx, Second 2016 CapEx, or 2016 Stub-Year CapEx will use the actual effective dates of the applicable Regulatory Order (to the extent known), but will otherwise be determined in accordance with Section 3.2(c) of the ERCOT Lease.
Lessee CapEx:
| 2014 | $ | 0 | ||
| 2015 | $ | 0 | ||
| 2016 | $ | 0 |
Base Rent:
| 2014 | $ | 484,276 | ||
| 2015 | $ | 2,219,582 | # | |
| 2016 | $ | 3,895,809 | ## | |
| 2017 | $ | 4,176,532 | ### | |
| 2018 | $ | 4,062,820 | ||
| 2019 | $ | 3,912,353 | ||
| 2020 | $ | 3,771,276 | ||
| 2021 | $ | 3,637,213 | ||
| 2022 | $ | 3,506,636 |
| # | The amount of 2015 Base Rent included in the Third Amended Supplement was $2,219,582, comprised of 2015 Base Rent payments of $158,795 paid on the 15th day of each month beginning on March 15, 2015 through May 15, 2015 (with respect to January 2015 through March 2015) and payments of $160,497 on the 15th day of each month beginning on June 15, 2015 through December 15, 2015 (with respect to April 2015 through October 2015). Lessee is scheduled to make a monthly 2015 Base Rent payment of $309,857 on each of January 15, 2016 and February 15, 2016 (with respect to November and December 2015). |
| ## | Lessee will make a monthly 2016 Base Rent payment of $300,851 on the 15th day of each month beginning on March 15, 2016 through August 15, 2016 (with respect to January 2016 through June 2016). Lessee will then make a monthly 2016 Base Rent payment of $341,748 on the 15th day of each month beginning on September 15, 2016 through December 15, 2016 (with respect to July 2016 through October 2016), with the increase in monthly Base Rent reflecting First 2016 CapEx and commencing July 1, 2016, which is 30 days after approval of Lessee’s first 2016 Regulatory Order. Lessee will then make a monthly 2016 Base Rent payment of $361,855 on each of January 15, 2017 and February 15, 2017 (with respect to November 2016 and December 2016), with the increase in monthly Base Rent reflecting Second 2016 CapEx and commencing November 1, 2016, which is 30 days after approval of Lessee’s second 2016 Regulatory Order. |
| ### | Lessee will make a monthly 2017 Base Rent payment of $327,983 on the 15th day of each month beginning on March 15, 2017 through May 15, 2017 (with respect to January 2017 through March 2017). Lessee will then make a 2017 Base Rent payment of $354,731 on the 15th day of each month beginning on June 15, 2017 through February 15, 2018 (with respect to April 2017 through December 2017), with the increase in monthly Base Rent reflecting 2016 Stub-Year CapEx and commencing April 1, 2017, which is 30 days after approval of Lessee’s first 2017 Regulatory Order. |
Percentage Rent Percentages:
| 2014 | 35.8 | % | ||
| 2015 | 35.1 | % | ||
| 2016 | 31.1 | % | ||
| 2017 | 28.2 | % | ||
| 2018 | 27.2 | % | ||
| 2019 | 26.2 | % | ||
| 2020 | 25.3 | % | ||
| 2021 | 24.4 | % | ||
| 2022 | 23.5 | % |
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Annual Percentage Rent Breakpoints:
| 2014 | $ | 484,276 | ||
| 2015 | $ | 2,219,582 | ||
| 2016 | $ | 3,956,809 | * | |
| 2017 | $ | 4,204,836 | ** | |
| 2018 | $ | 4,062,820 | ||
| 2019 | $ | 3,912,353 | ||
| 2020 | $ | 3,771,276 | ||
| 2021 | $ | 3,637,213 | ||
| 2022 | $ | 3,506,636 |
| * | The 2016 Annual Percentage Rent Breakpoint reflects the assumptions set forth above regarding the timing of the first 2016 Regulatory Order and the second 2016 Regulatory Order, as well as the amount of First 2016 CapEx and Second 2016 CapEx. |
| ** | The 2017 Annual Percentage Rent Breakpoint reflects the assumptions set forth above regarding the timing of the first 2016 Regulatory Order, the second 2016 Regulatory Order, and the first 2017 Regulatory Order, as well as the amount of First 2016 CapEx, Second 2016 CapEx, and 2016 Stub-Year CapEx. |
Revenues Attributable to Lessee CapEx:
| 2014 | $ | 0 | ||
| 2015 | $ | 0 | ||
| 2016 | $ | 0 | ||
| 2017 | $ | 0 | ||
| 2018 | $ | 0 | ||
| 2019 | $ | 0 | ||
| 2020 | $ | 0 | ||
| 2021 | $ | 0 | ||
| 2022 | $ | 0 |
| ERCOT Transmission Rate | ||
| Allocation | before October 3, 2014: 0% | |
| between October 3, 2014 and March 31, 2015: 2.1% | ||
| between April 1, 2015 and October 31, 2015: 2.1% | ||
| between November 1, 2015 and June 1, 2016: 3.6% | ||
| between June 1, 2016 and October 1, 2016: 4.4% | ||
| starting October 1, 2016: 4.5% | ||
| Term of Rent Supplement: | Expires 12/31/22 | |
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The Parties have executed this Fourth Amended Supplement to the ERCOT Transmission Lease as of the date set forth above.
| SHARYLAND UTILITIES, L.P. | ||
| By: | /s/ Greg Wilks | |
| Name: | Greg Wilks | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
| SHARYLAND DISTRIBUTION & | ||
| TRANSMISSION SERVICES, L.L.C. | ||
| By: | /s/ Brant Meleski | |
| Name: | Brant Meleski | |
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
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