Amendment No. 1 to PG&E Corporation Commitment Letter dated November 18, 2019
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. 383 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10179 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. BofA SECURITIES, INC. One Bryant Park New York, NY 10036 | ||||
BARCLAYS 745 Seventh Avenue New York, NY 10019 | CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. 388 Greenwich Street New York, NY 10013 | ||||
GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC 200 West Street New York, NY 10282 | BNP PARIBAS 787 Seventh Avenue New York, New York 10019 | ||||
CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH Eleven Madison Avenue New York, New York 10010 | MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A. 1585 Broadway New York, New York 10036 | ||||
MUFG Union Bank, N.A. 1221 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10020 | WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION 550 S Tryon St. Charlotte, NC 28202 |
PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL
November 18, 2019
PG&E Corporation
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
77 Beale Street
P.O. Box 77000
San Francisco, California 94177
Attention: Nicholas M. Bijur
PG&E Corporation
Amendment No. 1 to Commitment Letter
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Commitment Letter, dated as of October 4, 2019 (together with the annexes thereto, as supplemented by that certain Joinder Letter dated as of October 28, 2019 and as further amended from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “Commitment Letter”), between PG&E Corporation, a California corporation (“PG&E”) (together with any domestic entity formed to hold all of the assets of PG&E upon emergence from bankruptcy, the “Borrower”), Pacific Gas and Electric Company, a California corporation (or any domestic entity formed to hold all of the assets of Pacific Gas and Electric Company upon emergence from bankruptcy, the “Utility” and together with PG&E, the “Debtors” or “you”), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPMorgan”), Bank of America, N.A. (“BANA”), BofA Securities, Inc. (or any of its designated affiliates, “BofA”, and together with BANA, “Bank of America”), Barclays Bank PLC (“Barclays”), Citigroup Global Markets Inc. on behalf of Citi (as defined below), Goldman Sachs Bank USA (“GS Bank”) and Goldman Sachs Lending Partners LLC (“GSLP”, and together with GS Bank, “Goldman Sachs”) (JPMorgan, Bank of America, Barclays, Citi
and Goldman Sachs, collectively, the “Initial Commitment Parties”) and BNP Paribas (“BNP”), Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch (“Credit Suisse”), Morgan Stanley Bank, N.A. (“Morgan Stanley”), MUFG Union Bank, N.A. (“MUFG”) and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (“Wells Fargo”, collectively with BNP, Credit Suisse, Morgan Stanley, MUFG and the Initial Commitment Parties, the “Commitment Parties” , “we” or “us”), regarding a $7,000 million senior unsecured bridge facility defined therein as the Facility and the related transactions described therein. “Citi” shall mean Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Citibank N.A., Citicorp USA, Inc., Citicorp North America, Inc. and/or any of their affiliates as any of them shall determine to be appropriate to provide the services contemplated herein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are used with the meanings assigned to them in the Commitment Letter.
Each party to this Amendment No. 1 to Commitment Letter (this “Amendment”) hereby agrees that the first sentence of the third paragraph of Section 11 of the Commitment Letter is amended by replacing the text “November 20, 2019” with the text “December 20, 2019” where it appears.
Each party hereto agrees to maintain the confidentiality of this Amendment and the terms hereof, subject to the confidentiality provisions contained in the Commitment Letter. The provisions of the third paragraph of Section 9 of the Commitment Letter are incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis, as if the references to the Commitment Letter were to this Amendment. Each of the parties hereto (for itself and its affiliates) (a) waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Commitment Letter, this Amendment, or the transactions contemplated thereby or hereby, in any such New York State court or in any such Federal court and (b) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
Except as specifically amended by this Amendment, the Commitment Letter shall remain in full force and effect. This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and form part of the Commitment Letter, and any reference to the Commitment Letter shall be deemed to be a reference to the Commitment Letter as amended by this Amendment. Neither this Amendment nor the Commitment Letter (including the attachments hereto and thereto) may be amended or any term or provision hereof or thereof waived or modified except by an instrument in writing signed by each of the parties hereto. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when executed will be an original, and all of which, when taken together, will constitute one agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Amendment by telecopier, facsimile or other electronic transmission (e.g., “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof.
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We are pleased to have been given the opportunity to assist you in connection with the financing for the Transactions.
Very truly yours,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Sandeep S. Parihar | |||||||
Name: Sandeep S. Parihar | ||||||||
Title: Executive Director |
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BofA SECURITIES, INC. | ||||||||
By: | /s/ B. Timothy Keller | |||||||
Name: B. Timothy Keller | ||||||||
Title: Managing Director |
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Margaret A. Halleland | |||||||
Name: Margaret A. Halleland | ||||||||
Title: Vice President |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Commitment Letter (PG&E)]
BARCLAYS BANK PLC | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Sydney G. Dennis | |||||||
Name: | Sydney G. Dennis | |||||||
Title: | Director |
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CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Richard Rivera | |||||||
Name: | Richard Rivera | |||||||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
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GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Charles D. Johnston | |||||||
Name: | Charles D. Johnston | |||||||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
GOLDMAN SACHS LENDING PARTNERS LLC | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Charles D. Johnston | |||||||
Name: | Charles D. Johnston | |||||||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Commitment Letter (PG&E)]
BNP PARIBAS | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Nicole Rodriguez | |||||||
Name: | Nicole Rodriguez | |||||||
Title: | Director |
By: | /s/ Brenda Heneghan | |||||||
Name: | Brenda Heneghan | |||||||
Title: | Director |
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CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Vipul Dhadda | |||||||
Name: | Vipul Dhadda | |||||||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
By: | /s/ SoVonna Day-Goins | |||||||
Name: | SoVonna Day-Goins | |||||||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Commitment Letter (PG&E)]
MORGAN STANLEY BANK, N.A. | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Chance Moreland | |||||||
Name: | Chance Moreland | |||||||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Commitment Letter (PG&E)]
MUFG UNION BANK, N.A. | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Nietzsche Rodricks | |||||||
Name: | Nietzsche Rodricks | |||||||
Title: | Managing Director |
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION | ||||||||
By: | /s/ Gregory R. Gredvig | |||||||
Name: | Gregory R. Gredvig | |||||||
Title: | Director |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Commitment Letter (PG&E)]
ACCEPTED AND AGREED AS OF
THE DATE FIRST WRITTEN ABOVE:
PG&E CORPORATION | |||||
By: | /s/ Nicholas M. Bijur | ||||
Name: | Nicholas M. Bijur | ||||
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer |
PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY | |||||
By: | /s/ Nicholas M. Bijur | ||||
Name: | Nicholas M. Bijur | ||||
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer |
[Signature Page to Amendment No. 1 to Commitment Letter (PG&E)]