BY AND AMONG INTERMOUNTAIN RENEWABLE POWER, LLC, THERMO NO. 1, BE-01, LLC AND

EX-10.3 4 dex103.htm EQUITY CAPITAL CONTIRBUTION AGREEMENT DATED AS OF AUGUST 31, 2008 Equity Capital Contirbution Agreement Dated as of August 31, 2008

Exhibit 10.3

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

EQUITY CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

BY AND AMONG

INTERMOUNTAIN RENEWABLE POWER, LLC,

THERMO NO. 1, BE-01, LLC

AND

MERRILL LYNCH L.P. HOLDINGS INC.

 

 

Dated as of

August 31, 2008

Equity Capital Contribution Agreement


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         

Page

ARTICLE I

   DEFINED TERMS    1

SECTION 1.1

  

DEFINED TERMS

   1

SECTION 1.2

  

INTERPRETATION

   2

ARTICLE II

   INVESTMENT IN THE COMPANY    2

SECTION 2.1

  

AGREEMENT TO INVEST

   2

SECTION 2.2

  

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

   2

ARTICLE III

   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE COMPANY    3

SECTION 3.1

  

ORGANIZATION; POWERS

   3

SECTION 3.2

  

AUTHORITY; ENFORCEABILITY

   3

SECTION 3.3

  

APPROVALS; NO CONFLICTS

   3

SECTION 3.4

  

FINANCIAL CONDITION; NO MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT

   4

SECTION 3.5

  

LITIGATION AND OTHER GOVERNMENTAL PROCEEDINGS

   4

SECTION 3.6

  

ENVIRONMENTAL MATTERS

   4

SECTION 3.7

  

COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS AND AGREEMENTS; PERMITS; NO CREDIT AGREEMENT DEFAULTS

   5

SECTION 3.8

  

TAX MATTERS

   6

SECTION 3.9

  

ERISA

   6

SECTION 3.10  

  

DISCLOSURE; NO MATERIAL MISSTATEMENTS

   6

SECTION 3.11

  

INSURANCE

   7

SECTION 3.12

  

EQUITY INTERESTS

   7

SECTION 3.13

  

PROPERTIES; TITLE, ETC

   7

SECTION 3.14

  

MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTIES

   8

SECTION 3.15

  

ACCESS TO UTILITIES, ROADS, ETC

   8

SECTION 3.16

  

PROJECT DOCUMENTS, OPERATIVE DOCUMENTS

   8

SECTION 3.17

  

REGULATORY MATTERS

   8

SECTION 3.18

  

QUALIFYING FACILITY

   9

SECTION 3.19

  

REC QUALIFICATION

   9

SECTION 3.20

  

FUNDING UNDER THE FINANCING DOCUMENTS

   9

SECTION 3.21

  

NO CONDEMNATION

   9

SECTION 3.22

  

NO UNITIZATION AGREEMENT

   9

SECTION 3.23

  

INTANGIBLE DRILLING COSTS

   9

SECTION 3.24

  

NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS

   9

ARTICLE IV

   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF IRP    10

SECTION 4.1

  

ORGANIZATION; POWERS

   10

SECTION 4.2

  

AUTHORITY; ENFORCEABILITY

   10

SECTION 4.3

  

NO VIOLATION

   10

SECTION 4.4

  

LITIGATION

   10

SECTION 4.5

  

NO CONSENTS OR APPROVALS

   10

SECTION 4.6

  

TAX MATTERS

   11

SECTION 4.7

  

INVESTMENT INTENT: RESTRICTED SECURITIES

   11

SECTION 4.8

  

NO BROKERS

   11

SECTION 4.9

  

NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS

   11

 

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ARTICLE V

   REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF MLE    11

SECTION 5.1

  

ORGANIZATION; POWERS

   11

SECTION 5.2

  

AUTHORITY; ENFORCEABILITY

   12

SECTION 5.3

  

NO VIOLATION

   12

SECTION 5.4

  

LITIGATION

   12

SECTION 5.5

  

NO CONSENTS OR APPROVALS

   12

SECTION 5.6

  

INVESTMENT INTENT: RESTRICTED SECURITIES

   12

SECTION 5.7

  

ACCREDITED INVESTOR

   13

SECTION 5.8

  

BROKERS

   13

SECTION 5.9

  

TAX MATTERS

   13

SECTION 5.10

  

NO OTHER REPRESENTATIONS

   13

ARTICLE VI

   CERTAIN COVENANTS    13

SECTION 6.1

  

FURTHER ASSURANCES

   13

SECTION 6.2

  

TRANSFER TAXES

   13

SECTION 6.3

  

DRILLING PLAN AND BUDGET

   13

SECTION 6.4

  

DRILLING ESCROW CERTIFICATE

   14

SECTION 6.5

  

PLACED IN SERVICE CERTIFICATE

   14

ARTICLE VII

   AGREEMENT TO DELIVER DOCUMENTS    14

SECTION 7.1

  

COMPANY DELIVERABLES

   14

SECTION 7.2

  

IRP DELIVERABLES

   15

SECTION 7.3

  

MLE DELIVERABLES

   15

ARTICLE VIII

   SECOND FUNDING DATE    16

SECTION 8.1

  

MLE CONSENTS; OPINIONS IN FAVOR OF LENDERS

   16

SECTION 8.2

  

MLE RIGHTS PENDING SECOND FUNDING DATE

   16

ARTICLE IX

   INDEMNIFICATION    17

SECTION 9.1

  

INDEMNIFICATION BY IRP

   17

SECTION 9.2

  

DIRECT CLAIMS

   17

SECTION 9.3

  

THIRD PARTY CLAIMS

   17

SECTION 9.4

  

INDEMNIFICATION PAYMENTS

   18

SECTION 9.5

  

TAX DISPUTES

   19

SECTION 9.6

  

AFTER TAX BASIS

   19

SECTION 9.7

  

SURVIVAL

   19

SECTION 9.8

  

FINAL DATE FOR ASSERTION OF INDEMNITY CLAIMS

   19

SECTION 9.9

  

LIMITATIONS ON LIABILITY

   20

SECTION 9.10  

  

EXCLUSIVE REMEDY

   20

ARTICLE X

   GENERAL PROVISIONS    21

SECTION 10.1

  

NOTICES

   21

SECTION 10.2

  

REMEDIES

   21

SECTION 10.3

  

EXPENSES

   21

SECTION 10.4

  

COMPLETE AGREEMENT

   21

SECTION 10.5

  

GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION

   22

SECTION 10.6

  

SEVERABILITY

   22

SECTION 10.7

  

SECTION HEADINGS: CONSTRUCTION

   22

SECTION 10.8

  

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS

   22

SECTION 10.9

  

ASSIGNABILITY AND PARTIES IN INTEREST

   22

 

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SECTION 10.10

  

COUNTERPARTS

   23

SECTION 10.11

  

AMENDMENT AND MODIFICATION; WAIVERS

   23

SECTION 10.12

  

CONFIDENTIALITY

   23

SECTION 10.13

  

DELIVERY OF REPORTS, NOTICES, CERTIFICATES AND OTHER DOCUMENTS

   23

 

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LIST OF SCHEDULES

 

Schedule 3.4:

   Financial Statements

Schedule 3.5:

   Litigation

Schedule 3.7:

   Governmental Approvals

Schedule 3.12:

   Equity Interests

Schedule 10:

   Confidentiality Agreement

Schedule Z:

   Definitions
LIST OF EXHIBITS

Exhibit A:

   Form of Drilling Plan and Budget

Exhibit B:

   Form of Drilling Escrow Certificate

Exhibit C:

   Form of Factual Certificate re: Placed in Service

Exhibit Z-A:

   Form of Schedule Z Amendment

 

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EQUITY CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

This EQUITY CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of August 31, 2008 (the “Effective Date”), is made and entered into by and among Intermountain Renewable Power, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“IRP”), and Thermo No. 1 BE-01, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), on the one hand, and Merrill Lynch L.P. Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (“MLE”), on the other hand.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company was formed by filing its certificate of formation pursuant to the LLC Act on August 29, 2007; and

WHEREAS, immediately prior to the Effective Date, IRP owns all of the membership interests in the Company and Raser owns all of the membership interests in IRP; and

WHEREAS, the Company’s assets are comprised of: (a) all of the rights and interests in a proposed 10.35 megawatt net nameplate geothermal power plant and related systems designed to use 50 B280 gross PureCycle© geothermal power system turbines provided by UTC Power Corporation, and to be located in Beaver County, Utah, and (b) the other Assets (as defined below); and

WHEREAS, prior to the Effective Date, IRP has or will have contributed capital to the Company and caused the Company to finance development of the Facility; and

WHEREAS, on the Effective Date, IRP intends to cause the Company to issue additional membership interests in the Company to MLE; and

WHEREAS, the additional membership interests in the Company to be issued to MLE on the Effective Date shall be designated the Class A Interests, and the membership interest held by IRP on the Effective Date shall be designated the Class B Interests; and

WHEREAS, the Parties intend to provide for the issuance of the Class A Interests, and IRP and MLE intend to make their respective Capital Contributions to the Company, each as provided herein.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises and the mutual representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINED TERMS

Section 1.1 Defined Terms.

1.1.1 Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this Agreement have the meanings given such terms in Schedule Z.

 

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1.1.2 The Parties hereto agree that Schedule Z attached hereto shall be deemed amended upon any amendment, modification, revisions or restatement thereof pursuant to any Schedule Z Document, whereupon Schedule Z shall be removed and replaced by such amended, modified, revised or restated form of Schedule Z without any further action required by the Parties hereto; provided, however, that no such amendment, modification, revisions or restatement thereof shall be effective as against any Party unless such Party has provided its prior written consent to such amendment, modification, revision or restatement, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

Section 1.2 Interpretation.

1.2.1 The words “Equity Capital Contribution Agreement”, “this Agreement”, “herein”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “hereby”, or other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision hereof.

1.2.2 Unless the context requires otherwise, in this Agreement (a) words singular or plural in number shall be deemed to include the other and pronouns having a masculine, feminine or neuter gender shall be deemed to include the other, (b) any reference to any Person shall include its permitted successors and assigns, (c) any reference to Governmental Authority shall include any Person succeeding to its functions and capacities, (d) any reference to any Article, Section, Exhibit or Schedule shall mean and refer to the Article or Section contained in or the Exhibit or Schedule attached to this Agreement, (e) Exhibits and Schedules attached hereto are part of this Agreement, (f) all the agreements, documents, exhibits, schedules and other instruments defined or referenced herein shall mean such agreements, documents, exhibits, schedules and other instruments as the same may from time to time be amended, revised, modified or supplemented or the terms and conditions thereof waived to the extent permitted by, and in accordance with the terms thereof and of the other Operative Documents, (g) the words “include” and “including” shall mean to include, without limitation, (h) all times are Eastern Standard Time or Eastern Daylight Time, as the case may be, and (i) all amounts to be paid hereunder are referenced in Dollars and are to be paid by wire transfer in immediately available funds.

ARTICLE II

INVESTMENT IN THE COMPANY

Section 2.1 Agreement to Invest. MLE will make a Capital Contribution to the Company on the Effective Date and commit to make an additional Capital Contribution on the Second Funding Date in the amounts described in Section 2.2.1 and Section 2.2.2 in exchange for the Class A Interests. IRP will make the Capital Contributions described in Section 2.2.3 in connection with its ownership of the Class B Interests.

Section 2.2 Capital Contributions.

2.2.1 On the Effective Date, notwithstanding anything else to the contrary, including a breach of any representations, warranties and covenants hereunder, MLE will contribute to the capital of the Company cash in an amount equal to 15 percent of its Capital Contribution Commitment.

 

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2.2.2 On the Second Funding Date, notwithstanding anything else to the contrary, including a breach of any representations, warranties and covenants hereunder, MLE will contribute to the capital of the Company cash in an amount equal to the remainder of its Capital Contribution Commitment.

2.2.3 No later than the Effective Date, IRP will have contributed the Facility, Facility Site, Leases, related Assets and all other rights related to any of the foregoing to the Company, to the extent such Property is not then owned by the Company. On the 10th day of each calendar month, commencing with the first full calendar month after the Effective Date and continuing until the last full calendar month prior to Final Completion, IRP will make Capital Contributions to the Company to fund any Drilling Shortfall then existing.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE COMPANY

IRP represents and warrants to MLE that the following statements are true and correct as of the Effective Date and, except as otherwise provided below, as of the Second Funding Date, as follows:

Section 3.1 Organization; Powers. The Company is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, has all requisite limited liability company power and authority necessary to own its assets and to carry on its business as now conducted, and is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.

Section 3.2 Authority; Enforceability. The Equity Transactions and the issuance of the Class A Interests to MLE are within the Company’s limited liability company powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action and, if required, member action (including, without limitation, any action required to be taken by any class of members of the Company or any other Person, whether interested or disinterested, in order to ensure the due authorization of the Equity Transaction and the issuance of the Class A Interests). This Agreement and each other Operative Document to which the Company is a party has been duly executed and delivered by the Company and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, as applicable, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity and public policy, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

Section 3.3 Approvals; No Conflicts. The Equity Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority or any other third Person (including members, partners directors or stockholders, whether interested or disinterested, of the Company or any other Person), nor is any such consent, approval, registration, filing or other action necessary for the validity or enforceability of this Agreement and each other Tax Equity Document or the consummation of the Equity Transactions, except (i) such as have been obtained or made and are in full force and effect, are not yet required to be obtained or could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect as to the Company, and (ii) the recording and filing of the Security Instruments as required to perfect the

 

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Collateral Agent’s Liens; (b) will not violate any Applicable Law or regulation or the Organizational Documents of the Company or any order of any Governmental Authority; (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Company or its Properties, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Company; and (d) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any Property of the Company (other than the Liens created by the Financing Documents).

Section 3.4 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Effect.

3.4.1 The financial statements for the Company attached hereto as Schedule 3.4 (a) are in accordance with the books and records of the Company, which have been maintained in such manner as to permit the preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP; (b) have been prepared in conformity with GAAP, subject in the case of unaudited financial statements only to year-end adjustments and the absence of footnote disclosures; and (c) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition and results of operation of the Company as of the date thereof and for the period covered thereby.

3.4.2 The Company has no material obligations or liabilities that are not reflected in the financial statements that have been delivered to the Lenders.

Section 3.5 Litigation and other Governmental Proceedings. Except as set forth on Schedule 3.5, there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the Knowledge of IRP, threatened against or affecting the Company (a) that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect as to the Company, or (b) that involve this Agreement, any Financing Document, any Project Document or the Transactions. To the Knowledge of IRP, there are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending or threatened against or affecting any Project Party that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect as to the Company.

Section 3.6 Environmental Matters.

3.6.1 The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with, and at all times have complied with, all Environmental Laws applicable to the operations associated with its business, each of its owned or leased real properties, and each of the Former Real Property.

3.6.2 The Company has obtained or has taken appropriate steps to obtain all EHS Permits, all EHS Permits are in good standing, and the Company and its Subsidiaries are currently and have at all times been in compliance with all terms and conditions of EHS Permits. No material change in the facts or circumstances reported or assumed in the applications for or the granting of the EHS Permits exists. There are no proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of IRP, threatened in writing which would jeopardize the validity of any of the EHS Permits.

3.6.3 The Company is not subject to any pending investigation or, to the Knowledge of IRP, any investigation threatened in writing, or any judicial or administrative proceeding, notice, order, judgment, decree or settlement, alleging or addressing in connection with the Company’s operations, its business, its real property or Former Real Property (a) any

 

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violation of any Environmental Laws, (b) any Remedial Work, (c) any liabilities and costs arising from a Release or threatened Release at its real property, Former Real Property or any other location, or (d) any liabilities and costs for personal injury or threatened personal injury related to exposure to Hazardous Materials, or injury or threatened injury to property or natural resources related to the Release or disposal of Hazardous Materials.

3.6.4 None of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of IRP, any other Person has ever caused or allowed any Hazardous Material to be constructed, deposited, Released, stored, or disposed onto or underneath any real property owned by the Company or Former Real Property in violation of any applicable Environmental Laws or in a manner that could give rise to any remedial or corrective action pursuant to applicable Environmental Laws.

Section 3.7 Compliance with Laws and Agreements; Permits; No Credit Agreement Defaults.

3.7.1 The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all Applicable Law applicable to it or its Property and all agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its Property, and possesses all licenses, permits, franchises, exemptions, approvals and other governmental authorizations necessary for the ownership of its Property and the conduct of its business other than where non-compliance or non-possession could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect as to the Company.

3.7.2 There are no permits under existing law as the Facility is currently designed that are or will become Governmental Approvals other than the permits described in Schedule 3.7. Each permit described in Schedule 3.7 is either: (a) in full force and effect and is not subject to any appeals or further proceedings or to any unsatisfied condition that may allow material modification or revocation, in the case of those permits listed in Part I of Schedule 3.7; or (b) of a type that is routinely granted on application and that would not normally be obtained before the commencement of a construction or reconstruction in the case of those permits listed in Part II of Schedule 3.7. The Company has no reason to believe that any material permit so indicated on Part II of Schedule 3.7 will not be obtained before or at the time it becomes a Governmental Approval.

3.7.3 Each of the Project Parties possesses all licenses, permits, franchise, patents, copyrights, trademarks and trade names, or rights thereto necessary to perform its duties under the Project Documents to which it is a party and such Project Party is not in violation of any valid rights of others with respect to any of the foregoing; provided that this representation shall be to the Knowledge of IRP for all Project Parties other than the Company and the Raser Entities.

3.7.4 The Company is not in default nor has any event or circumstance occurred which, but for the expiration of any applicable grace period or the giving of notice, or both, would constitute a default or would require the Company to Redeem or make any offer to Redeem under any indenture, note, credit agreement or instrument pursuant to which any Material Indebtedness is outstanding or by which the Company or any of its Properties is bound, except where, in each case, such default or event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect as to the Company.

 

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3.7.5 No Credit Agreement Default or Credit Agreement Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

Section 3.8 Tax Matters.

3.8.1 The Company has been treated since its formation either as a partnership or a disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes, and no elections have been filed with the IRS to treat the Company as a corporation.

3.8.2 The Company has timely, completely and accurately filed all material Tax Returns required to be filed by or with respect to it with the appropriate taxing authorities, the Company has paid or withheld all material taxes as required. The Company is not currently the beneficiary of any extension of time within which to file any Tax Returns, or the assessment or collection of any tax. No Company Tax Returns have been audited or examined by any taxing authority. There are no ongoing or pending or, to the Knowledge of IRP, threatened, audits, examinations, claims, or assessments against the Company and no proposed assessments in respect of Taxes. The Company has not waived or agreed to any extension of any statute of limitations for any Taxes.

3.8.3 No taxing authority in a jurisdiction where the Company does not file a Tax Return has made a claim or assertion or, to the Knowledge of IRP, threatened, that the Company is or may be subject to Taxes in such jurisdiction.

3.8.4 No private letter rulings have been requested with respect to the Company or the Facility.

3.8.5 Raser, IRP and the Company have not benefited in connection with the Facility from any government grant, tax-exempt financing, subsidized energy financing or other federal tax credits within the meaning of Section 45(b)(3) of the Code.

3.8.6 None of the assets of the Company is tax-exempt use property within the meaning of Section 168(h) of the Code (assuming that MLE is not a tax-exempt entity within the meaning of Section 168(h)(6) of the Code).

3.8.7 No sales and use taxes are owed in connection with construction of the Facility and its transfer from UTC or the Contractor to the Company.

Section 3.9 ERISA. The Company does not have and does not employ any employees and has no plans to hire or employ any employees. The Company has not and does not maintain any Plan.

Section 3.10 Disclosure; No Material Misstatements. The Company has disclosed to MLE all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect as to the Company. None of the other reports, financial statements, certificates or other information furnished (other than financial projections and estimates) by or on behalf of the Company to MLE or any of its Affiliates hereunder or under any other Financing Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) taken as a

 

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whole contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading.

Section 3.11 Insurance. The Company has all insurance policies required under the Credit Agreement, or (if the Credit Agreement has been terminated) as required under the LLC Operating Agreement.

Section 3.12 Equity Interests. Set forth on Schedule 3.12 is a complete and accurate description of the authorized Equity Interests of the Company, by class, and, a description of the number of shares, interests, units or other Equity Interests of each such class that are issued and outstanding and the record owner or holder thereof immediately prior to the issuance of the Class A Interests to MLE. Such Equity Interests held by Raser or any of its Affiliates are not subject to any Liens other than the Liens granted pursuant to the Financing Documents or as provided in the Tax Equity Documents. Other than as described on Schedule 3.12, there are no subscriptions, options, warrants, or calls granted by the Company relating to any shares of any such Person’s Equity Interests, including any right of conversion or exchange under any outstanding security or other instrument. Except as otherwise set forth on Schedule 3.12, the Company is not subject to any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to repurchase or otherwise acquire or retire any shares of its Equity Interests or any security convertible into or exchangeable for any of its Equity Interests. All of the outstanding Equity Interests of the Company have been validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. The Company has no Subsidiaries.

Section 3.13 Properties; Title, etc.

3.13.1 The Company has good, marketable and indefeasible title to the Facility and all its Properties, in each case, free and clear of all Liens except Permitted Liens.

3.13.2 All Leases are valid and subsisting, in full force and effect, and, to the Knowledge of IRP, no default or event or circumstance which with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would give rise to a default under any such lease or leases exists.

3.13.3 The rights and Properties presently owned, leased or licensed by the Company including, without limitation, all easements and rights of way, include all rights and Properties necessary to permit the Company to conduct its business in all material respects in the same manner as its business has been conducted prior to the Effective Date and as contemplated to be conducted.

3.13.4 The Company owns, is licensed or otherwise has the right to use, all trademarks, tradenames, copyrights, patents and other Intellectual Property material to its business, and the use thereof by the Company does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect as to the Company. The Company either owns or has valid licenses or other rights to use all technical information used in its businesses as presently conducted, subject to the limitations contained in the agreements

 

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governing the use of the same, which limitations are customary for companies engaged in the business similar to that of the Company.

Section 3.14 Maintenance of Properties. As of the Effective Date: (a) the Properties of the Company have been maintained, operated and developed in a good and workmanlike manner and in conformity with all Applicable Laws in all material respects and in conformity with the provisions of all contracts related to such Properties in all material respects; and (b) all Property owned in whole or in part by the Company that is necessary to conduct normal operations of the Company is being maintained in a state adequate to conduct such normal operations.

Section 3.15 Access to Utilities, Roads, etc. All utility services necessary for the construction and the operation of the Facility for its intended purposes are or, prior to Final Completion, will be available at the Facility Site. All roads necessary for the construction and full utilization of the Facility for its intended purpose under the Project Documents have either been completed or the necessary rights of way therefor have been acquired. All necessary easements, rights of way, agreements and other rights for the construction, interconnection and utilization of the interconnection lines have been acquired.

Section 3.16 Project Documents, Operative Documents. The Company has delivered true, correct and complete copies of all Project Documents to the Administrative Agent. To the Knowledge of IRP, the representations and warranties of the other Project Parties contained in the Project Documents were true, correct and complete when made. Other than those that can be reasonably expected to be commercially available when and as required, the services to be performed, the materials to be supplied and the real property interests, and other rights granted pursuant to the Project Documents (a) comprise all of the property interests necessary to secure any right material to the acquisition, leasing, development, construction, installation, completion, operation and maintenance of the Facility in accordance with all Applicable Law, all without reference to any propriety information not owned by the Company or available to the Company under the Project Documents, (b) are sufficient to enable the Facility to be located, constructed and operated on the Facility Site, and (c) provide adequate ingress and egress for any reasonable purpose in connection with the construction and operation of the Facility under the Project Documents. There are no material services, materials or rights required for the construction or operation of the Facility other than those held by the Company or available under the Project Documents. Each Operative Document is in full force and effect, and the Company is not in default under any material term of any of the Operative Documents. No default or event, which would, by passage of time or notice or both, become an event of default under a Operative Document has occurred and, to the Knowledge of IRP, no Material Project Party is in default under any material term of any Operative Document and no default or event which would, by the passage of time or notice or both, become an event of default by a Material Project Party under a Operative Document has occurred. To the Knowledge of IRP, no event, act, circumstance or condition exists which constitutes, or, with the passage of time would constitute, an event of force majeure under any Operative Document.

Section 3.17 Regulatory Matters. The Company is not a “holding company” or a “subsidiary company” of a “holding company,” or a “public-utility company,” within the meaning of the PUHCA and is not subject to accounting or cost-allocation regulation under the PUHCA. The Company is not a “public utility” under the FPA and is not subject to regulation by the FERC

 

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thereunder. The Company does not own, manage, operate or control any physical or other facilities for the production, transmission, distribution or sale of electricity in interstate commerce, or of natural gas. The Company is not subject to regulation by the United States Surface Transportation Board. The Interconnection Agreement is in effect, is valid, is enforceable by the Company, and provides for the interconnection of the Facility’s entire electrical generating capacity and delivery of the Facility’s entire net electrical output to the interconnection point for the entire term of the Interconnection Agreement. MLE shall not become subject to regulation by the FERC under either the FPA or the PUHCA, solely as a result of the execution, delivery and performance of the Tax Equity Documents, to which MLE is party, or the consummation of the Transactions, as contemplated thereby.

Section 3.18 Qualifying Facility. The Facility is a duly certified Qualifying Facility, and the Facility’s status as such has been finally determined in accordance with all applicable regulations and is not subject to any actual or threatened challenge.

Section 3.19 REC Qualification. The Facility has been precertified by the California Energy Commission as eligible for the California renewable portfolio standard, which precertification has not been withdrawn.

Section 3.20 Funding under the Financing Documents. All conditions to funding under the Financing Documents to be satisfied to date have been satisfied and all amounts contemplated by the Equity Base Case Model to be advanced under the Financing Documents to date have been funded to the Company in accordance with the terms of the Financing Documents.

Section 3.21 No Condemnation. Neither IRP nor the Company has received notice of condemnation of the Facility or the Facility Site and no condemnation is pending or, to the Knowledge of IRP, threatened with respect to the Facility or the Facility Site, or any portion thereof material to the ownership or operation and maintenance of the Facility and the sale of power therefrom.

Section 3.22 No Unitization Agreement. The Leases are not subject to a unitization agreement that makes calculation of royalties not only a function of output from the SITLA and Minersville tracts, but also from other properties.

Section 3.23 Intangible Drilling Costs. All intangible drilling and development costs incurred by Raser, IRP or the Company before the Effective Date have been or will be expensed by Raser for federal income tax purposes. None of Raser, IRP or the Company has elected or will elect to capitalize or amortize any such costs for such tax purposes.

Section 3.24 No Other Representations. The Company acknowledges that it is not relying on any representations or warranties whatsoever, express, implied, at common law, statutory or otherwise, except for the representations or warranties expressly set out in this Agreement, the LLC Operating Agreement, the other Tax Equity Documents and any certification delivered in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

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ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF IRP

IRP represents and warrants to MLE that the following statements are true and correct as of the Effective Date and, except as otherwise provided below, as of the Second Funding Date, as follows:

Section 4.1 Organization; Powers. IRP is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with all requisite limited liability company power and authority to carry on its business as such business is now conducted, and as proposed to be conducted.

Section 4.2 Authority; Enforceability. IRP has full power and authority to execute and deliver each Tax Equity Document to which it is a party and to consummate the Equity Transactions. The execution and delivery by IRP of the Tax Equity Documents to which it is a party and the consummation by IRP of the Equity Transaction have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action required on its part. This Agreement and each other Tax Equity Document to which IRP is a party has been duly executed and delivered by it. This Agreement and each other Tax Equity Document to which IRP is a party constitutes the valid and binding obligation of it, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such terms may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, or (ii) general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

Section 4.3 No Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by IRP of this Agreement and each other Tax Equity Document to which it is a party and the consummation of the Equity Transaction do not and will not (a) violate or conflict with any provision of its governance documents, (b) violate or require any filing or notice under any provision or requirement of any federal, state or local law, statute, judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, award, rule, or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to it, (c) violate, result in a breach of, constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default or cause any obligation, penalty, premium or right of termination to arise or accrue under, any agreement or instruments to which it is a party or by which any of its assets are bound, or (d) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien, in each case, which violation, breach, default or Lien would materially adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Tax Equity Documents to which it is a party.

Section 4.4 Litigation. There are no claims, actions, suits, investigations or proceedings (including any arbitration proceeding) of any nature, at law or in equity, pending or, to the Knowledge of IRP, threatened by or against it or its directors, officers, employees, agents, or any of its Affiliates which would materially adversely affect its ability to execute, deliver and perform each Tax Equity Document to which it is a party and consummate the Equity Transactions.

Section 4.5 No Consents or Approvals. There is no requirement applicable to IRP to make any filing with, or to obtain the consent or approval of any Person as a condition to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and each other Tax Equity Document to

 

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which it is a party or the consummation of the Equity Transactions that has not already been obtained.

Section 4.6 Tax Matters.

4.6.1 IRP is wholly-owned by Raser and is a disregarded entity for federal income tax purposes.

4.6.2 IRP is an Unrelated Person.

4.6.3 Raser is a “United States person” (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) not subject to withholding under Section 1446 of the Code.

Section 4.7 Investment Intent: Restricted Securities.

4.7.1 IRP is acquiring its Class B Interest for investment for its own account and not as a nominee or agent. IRP understands that the Class B Interests have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act and is being acquired in a transaction not involving a public offering by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act, the availability of which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of IRP’s investment intent and the accuracy of IRP’s representations as expressed herein.

4.7.2 IRP understands that no public market now exists for the Class B Interest or any of the securities of the Company and that the Company has not made any assurances that a public market will ever exist for the Class B Interest or the Company’s securities.

Section 4.8 No Brokers. Neither IRP, nor any of its Affiliates, has retained any broker, agent or finder or incurred any liability or obligation for any brokerage fees, commissions or finder fees with respect to this Agreement or the Equity Transactions.

Section 4.9 No Other Representations. IRP acknowledges that it is not relying on any representations or warranties whatsoever, express, implied, at common law, statutory or otherwise, except for the representations or warranties expressly set out in this Agreement, the LLC Operating Agreement, the other Tax Equity Documents and any certification delivered in connection with any of the foregoing.

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF MLE

MLE represents and warrants to the Company and IRP that the following statements are true and correct as of the Effective Date and, except as otherwise provided below, as of the Second Funding Date, as follows:

Section 5.1 Organization; Powers. MLE is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, with all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as such business is now conducted, and as proposed to be conducted.

 

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Section 5.2 Authority; Enforceability. MLE has full power and authority to execute and deliver each Tax Equity Document to which it is a party and to consummate the Equity Transactions. The execution and delivery by MLE of the Tax Equity Documents to which it is a party and the consummation by MLE of the Equity Transactions have been duly authorized by all necessary action required on the part of MLE. This Agreement and each other Tax Equity Document to which MLE is a party has been duly executed and delivered by MLE. This Agreement and each other Tax Equity Document to which MLE is a party constitutes the valid and binding obligation of MLE, enforceable against MLE in accordance with its terms except as such terms may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, or (ii) general principles of equity, whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

Section 5.3 No Violation. The execution, delivery and performance by MLE of this Agreement and each other Tax Equity Document to which it is a party and the consummation of the Equity Transactions do not and will not (a) violate or conflict with any provision of the governance documents of MLE, (b) violate or require any filing or notice under any provision or requirement of any federal, state or local law, statute, judgment, order, writ, injunction, decree, award, rule, or regulation of any Governmental Authority applicable to MLE (it being understood that no representation is made as to the PURPA, the FPA, the PUHCA or any rules or regulations of FERC except as set forth in Section 3.17 hereof), (c) violate, result in a breach of, constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default or cause any obligation, penalty, premium or right of termination to arise or accrue under, any agreement or instruments to which it is a party or by which any of its assets are bound, or (d) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien, in each case, which violation, breach, default or Lien would materially adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under the Tax Equity Documents to which it is a party.

Section 5.4 Litigation. There are no claims, actions, suits, investigations or proceedings (including any arbitration proceeding) of any nature, at law or in equity, pending or, to the knowledge of MLE, threatened by or against MLE, the directors, officers, employees, agents of MLE, or any of its Affiliates which would materially adversely affect MLE’s ability to execute, deliver and perform each Tax Equity Document to which it is a party and consummate the Equity Transactions.

Section 5.5 No Consents or Approvals. There is no requirement applicable to MLE to make any filing with, or to obtain the consent or approval of any Person as a condition to the execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement and each other Tax Equity Document to which it is a party or the consummation of the Equity Transactions that has not yet been obtained.

Section 5.6 Investment Intent: Restricted Securities.

5.6.1 MLE is acquiring the Class A Interests for investment for its own account and not as a nominee or agent. MLE understands that the Class A Interests have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act and is being acquired in a transaction not involving a public offering by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act, the availability of which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide

 

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nature of MLE’s investment intent and the accuracy of MLE’s representations as expressed herein.

5.6.2 MLE understands that no public market now exists for the Class A Interest or any of the securities of the Company and that neither the Company nor IRP has made any assurances that a public market will ever exist for the Class A Interest or the Company’s securities.

Section 5.7 Accredited Investor. MLE is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of the Securities Act, and is able to bear the economic risk of losing its entire investment in the Company.

Section 5.8 Brokers. Neither MLE nor any of its Affiliates has retained any broker, agent or finder or incurred any liability or obligation for any brokerage fees, commissions or finder fees with respect to this Agreement or the Equity Transactions.

Section 5.9 Tax Matters.

5.9.1 MLE is an Unrelated Person.

5.9.2 MLE is a “United States person” (as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) not subject to withholding under Section 1446 of the Code.

Section 5.10 No Other Representations. MLE acknowledges that it is not relying on any representations or warranties whatsoever, express, implied, at common law, statutory or otherwise, except for the representations or warranties expressly set out in this Agreement, the LLC Operating Agreement, the other Tax Equity Documents and any certification delivered in connection with any of the foregoing.

ARTICLE VI

CERTAIN COVENANTS

Section 6.1 Further Assurances. Each of the Parties agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all action and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate, as promptly as practicable, the Equity Transactions, including obtaining all necessary consents, waivers, authorizations, orders and approvals of Third Parties, whether private or governmental, required of it.

Section 6.2 Transfer Taxes. All transfer, documentary, sales, use, real property transfer, recording, gains, registration and other similar taxes and fees (“Transfer Taxes”) incurred in connection with the issuance of the Class A Interests pursuant to this Agreement shall be borne by the Company, whether imposed on MLE or the Company, and the Company, at its own expense, shall file (to the extent required or permitted by applicable law) all necessary Tax Returns and other documentation with respect to all such Transfer Taxes.

Section 6.3 Drilling Plan and Budget. On the Effective Date and, thereafter, on the fifth day of each calendar month, commencing with the first full calendar month occurring after the Effective Date and continuing until the last full calendar month prior to the Final Completion

 

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Date, IRP shall deliver to MLE a Drilling Plan and Budget, as prepared, amended and updated by IRP each calendar month, in the form of Exhibit A. The Drilling Plan and Budget shall discuss updates to the current plan, as amended and updated from time to time, for geothermal resource drilling to achieve Final Completion at the Target Capacity Rating in accordance with the EPC Agreement and the aggregate budget related thereto necessary to achieve Final Completion at the Target Capacity Rating.

Section 6.4 Drilling Escrow Certificate. On the Effective Date and, thereafter, on the fifth day of each calendar month, commencing with the first full calendar month occurring after the Effective Date and continuing until the last full calendar month prior to the Final Completion Date, IRP shall instruct the Geothermal Engineer to deliver to MLE a Drilling Escrow Certificate in the form of Exhibit B.

Section 6.5 Placed in Service Certificate. Promptly after the Facility is placed in service for federal income tax purposes, IRP will deliver to MLE a certificate containing representations as to facts supporting a determination regarding placed in service, such certificate to be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit C.

ARTICLE VII

AGREEMENT TO DELIVER DOCUMENTS

Section 7.1 Company Deliverables. The Company shall deliver to each other Party hereto the following items on or before the Effective Date:

7.1.1 a secretary’s certificate duly authorized by the secretary or other authorized officer of the Company certifying the (i) resolutions or other corporate authorization relating to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a Party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and, in each case, such resolutions or other corporate authorization shall be in full force and effect and not revoked as of the Effective Date, and (ii) Organizational Documents of the Company;

7.1.2 a good standing certificate (or its equivalent) for the Company issued by the secretary of state of the jurisdiction of organization of the Company;

7.1.3 true, correct and complete copies of each of the Transaction Documents to which the Company is a Party, including all attachments thereto, other than the Tax Equity Documents;

7.1.4 duly executed counterparts of this Agreement and all Tax Equity Documents to which it is a party, including all attachments thereto;

7.1.5 copies of the Reports then available or otherwise required to be produced and delivered pursuant to any Transaction Document;

7.1.6 legal opinions of counsel to the Company with respect to customary matters in form and substance acceptable to MLE;

 

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7.1.7 unaudited financial statements of the Company for the most recent year reviewed by the Accounting Firm, unaudited financial statements of the Company for the most recent quarter and the current unaudited balance sheet of the Company; and

7.1.8 true, correct and complete copies of all insurance certificates from the insurance broker with respect to the insurance policies relating to the Facility that are described in Schedule 8.9 of the LLC Operating Agreement as construction period insurance which insurance is required to be in place on the Effective Date, or such other evidence reasonably satisfactory to MLE in consultation with the Insurance Consultant that such insurance policies are in full force and effect as of the Effective Date and include the terms and conditions set forth in such Schedule 8.9.

Section 7.2 IRP Deliverables. IRP shall deliver to each other Party hereto the following items on or before the Effective Date:

7.2.1 a secretary’s certificate duly authorized by the secretary or other authorized officer of IRP certifying the (i) resolutions or other corporate authorization relating to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a Party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and, in each case, such resolutions or other corporate authorization shall be in full force and effect and not revoked as of the Effective Date, and (ii) Organizational Documents of IRP;

7.2.2 a good standing certificate (or its equivalent) for IRP issued by the secretary of state of the jurisdiction of organization of IRP;

7.2.3 true, correct and complete copies of each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a Party, including all attachments thereto, other than the Tax Equity Documents;

7.2.4 duly executed counterparts of this Agreement and all Tax Equity Documents to which it is a party, including all attachments thereto;

7.2.5 legal opinions of counsel to IRP with respect to customary matters in form and substance acceptable to MLE;

7.2.6 unaudited financial statements of IRP for the most recent year reviewed by the Accounting Firm, unaudited financial statements of IRP for the most recent quarter and the current unaudited balance sheet of IRP; and

7.2.7 the Raser Guaranty.

Section 7.3 MLE Deliverables. MLE shall deliver to each other Party hereto the following items on or before the Effective Date:

7.3.1 a secretary’s certificate duly authorized by the secretary or other authorized officer of MLE certifying the (i) resolutions or other corporate authorization relating to the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a Party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and, in

 

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each case, such resolutions or other corporate authorization shall be in full force and effect and not revoked as of the Effective Date, and (ii) Organizational Documents of MLE;

7.3.2 a good standing certificate (or its equivalent) for MLE issued by the secretary of state of the jurisdiction of organization of the MLE;

7.3.3 true, correct and complete copies of each of the Transaction Documents to which MLE is a Party, including all attachments thereto, other than the Tax Equity Documents;

7.3.4 duly executed counterparts of this Agreement and all Tax Equity Documents to which it is a party, including all attachments thereto; and

7.3.5 legal opinions of counsel to MLE with respect to customary matters in form and substance acceptable to IRP.

ARTICLE VIII

SECOND FUNDING DATE

Section 8.1 MLE Consents; Opinions in Favor of Lenders. MLE shall upon the request of the Company deliver to the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent, as applicable, (i) the Class A Consent, (ii) the Class A Investor Pledge Agreement, and (iii) legal opinions of MLE’s counsel in form and substance required under the Financing Documents.

Section 8.2 MLE Rights Pending Second Funding Date.

8.2.1 Prior to the Second Funding Date, IRP shall not, shall cause the Company not to, and the Company shall not, materially amend, supplement or modify any of the Operative Documents or enter into any Operative Document or any additional Operative Document not in effect on the date of this Agreement without the prior written consent of MLE, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

8.2.2 If, prior to the Second Funding Date, a Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred with respect to the Company or IRP, any change in Applicable Law or proposed change in Applicable Law occurs, IRP shall promptly notify MLE thereof and shall, upon request and without limiting any other remedy available to MLE, timely participate in discussions with MLE concerning such matters and any proposed resolution thereof. No later than five Business Days, prior to the Second Funding Date, IRP shall, and shall cause the Company to, provide to MLE copies of all of the consultants’ bring-downs, updates or supplements to any of the Reports that are received by IRP or any Affiliate that were not previously provided to MLE directly from the applicable consultant. The Company shall, and IRP shall cause the Company to, deliver fully signed copies of each of the certificates required to be delivered to achieve Facility Substantial Completion and Final Completion in accordance with the EPC Agreement to MLE upon receipt of the same.

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the Facility, regardless of stage of construction, to inspect the properties of the Company and to audit, examine and make copies of the books of account and other records of the Company, including for the purpose of determining compliance with Environmental Laws.

8.2.4 Prior to the Second Funding Date, the Company shall promptly furnish to MLE all material documents and information that it acquires in connection with the Facility. The Company shall, upon request of MLE, promptly furnish to MLE and its representatives such other reports and information in connection with the affairs, business, financial condition, operations, prospects or management of the Company or the Facility as MLE may reasonably request from time to time, all in reasonable detail.

ARTICLE IX

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 9.1 Indemnification by IRP. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Article IX, IRP shall indemnify, defend, reimburse and hold harmless MLE and its Affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, employees, attorneys, contractors and agents (collectively, the “MLE Indemnified Parties”), from and against any and all claims, actions, causes of action, demands, assessments, losses, damages, liabilities, judgments, settlements, taxes, penalties, costs, and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, including such fees and expenses at trial and on any appeal), of any nature whatsoever (collectively, “MLE Indemnified Costs”), asserted against, resulting to, imposed upon, or incurred by any or all of the MLE Indemnified Parties, directly or indirectly, by reason of or resulting from or in connection with the breach by IRP (whether by IRP in the capacity of a Class B Investor, Managing Member, or Tax Matters Member, or otherwise) of the IRP representations (including Exhibit C), warranties, covenants, obligations or other agreements contained in this Agreement and the LLC Operating Agreement (collectively, “Indemnified Claims”).

Section 9.2 Direct Claims. In any case in which an MLE Indemnified Party seeks indemnification under Section 9.1 and that is not subject to Section 9.3 because no Third Party Claim is involved, the MLE Indemnified Party shall notify IRP in writing of the amount of MLE Indemnified Costs the MLE Indemnified Party claims are subject to indemnification under the terms of this Article IX. The failure of the MLE Indemnified Party to exercise promptness in such notification shall not amount to a waiver of such claim, except as provided in Section 9.8 and except to the extent the resulting delay materially and adversely prejudices the position of IRP with respect to such claim.

Section 9.3 Third Party Claims.

9.3.1 Notice of Claim. Within 15 days after obtaining actual knowledge of a Third Party Claim in respect of which an MLE Indemnified Party may seek indemnification under Section 9.1, such MLE Indemnified Party shall give written notice of the claim to IRP (“Indemnification Notice”). The Indemnification Notice shall state, to the extent known, the nature, basis, and status of the Third Party Claim and the amount of MLE Indemnified Costs claimed. Any failure to deliver an Indemnification Notice to IRP with respect to a Third Party Claim shall not relieve IRP from any liability that IRP may have to the MLE Indemnified Party under this Article IX, except as provided in Section 9.8 and except to the extent the failure to

 

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give timely notice results in an increase in the amount of MLE Indemnified Costs included in the Indemnified Claim, and IRP shall not be liable for any such increase.

9.3.2 Defense by IRP. IRP shall be entitled to participate in and, subject to Section 9.3.3, to assume the defense of, any Third Party Claim for which an MLE Indemnified Party intends to seek indemnification, with counsel selected by IRP and reasonably satisfactory to the MLE Indemnified Party; provided, however, that such claim shall be investigated and defended, and such counsel shall be retained, at IRP’s sole expense and, provided further, the MLE Indemnified Party shall continue to be entitled to participate in such defense with counsel of its choice at its sole cost and expense unless otherwise specified in this Agreement. Prior to assuming the defense of any Third Party Claim, IRP shall give the MLE Indemnified Party written notice of its election to defend or settle a Third Party Claim (“Defense Election”) within 15 days of receiving an Indemnification Notice with respect to such claim. The MLE Indemnified Party shall cooperate to the extent commercially reasonable with IRP in connection with any defense or negotiation of any such action or claim by IRP. IRP shall keep the MLE Indemnified Party fully apprised at all times as to the status of the defense or any settlement negotiations with respect thereto.

9.3.3 Defense by MLE Indemnified Party. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that (i) IRP advises an MLE Indemnified Party that IRP will not contest a claim for indemnification hereunder, or (ii) IRP fails to notify the MLE Indemnified Party of its election to defend a Third Party Claim within 15 days of receipt of an Indemnification Notice to notify, in writing, such MLE Indemnified Party of its election, to defend, settle or compromise, at its sole cost and expense, any such Third Party Claim (or discontinues its defense at any time after it commences such defense), then the MLE Indemnified Party may, at its option, defend, settle or otherwise compromise or pay such Third Party Claim in each case, and all costs and expenses thereof shall constitute Indemnified Claims hereunder. In any event, unless and until IRP delivers a Defense Election to MLE Indemnified Party, IRP shall be liable for the MLE Indemnified Party’s reasonable costs and expenses arising out of the defense, settlement or compromise of any Third Party Claim subject to indemnification hereunder. If IRP does not assume such defense, the MLE Indemnified Party shall keep IRP apprised at all times as to the status of the defense; provided, however, that the failure to keep the MLE Indemnifying Party so informed shall not affect the obligations of IRP hereunder.

9.3.4 No Settlement Without Consent. IRP shall not be liable for any settlement of any action, claim or proceeding effected without its written consent; provided, however, that IRP shall not unreasonably withhold, delay or condition any such consent. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 9.3 to the contrary, IRP shall not, without the MLE Indemnified Party’s prior written consent, settle or compromise any claim or consent to entry of judgment in respect thereof which involves any condition other than payment of money by the MLE Indemnified Party, or that does not include, as an unconditional term thereof, the giving by the claimant or the plaintiff to the MLE Indemnified Party, a full and complete release from all liability in respect of such claim.

Section 9.4 Indemnification Payments. Any dispute between the Parties about Indemnified Claims made under this Article IX will be resolved by resort to the mechanism in Section 11.11 of the LLC Operating Agreement. Payments for Indemnified Claims shall be made within 10

 

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Business Days after IRP receives notice of the claim or, if later, after resolution of any dispute about the claim under Section 11.11 of the LLC Operating Agreement, in the case of direct claims under Section 9.2, and promptly after the amount of the claim is (i) finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction, (ii) agreed upon in a settlement agreement or other compromise with the claimant, or (iii) agreed upon by IRP and the MLE Indemnified Parties, in the case of Third Party Claims under Section 9.3. All payments made pursuant to this Section 9.4 shall be paid by IRP in immediately available funds in U.S. dollars.

Section 9.5 Tax Disputes. Nothing in this Article IX shall permit IRP to control or participate in any Tax contest or dispute involving MLE or any Affiliate of MLE, or permit MLE to control or participate in any Tax contest or dispute involving IRP or any Affiliate of IRP other than the Company. The Parties agree that the handling of any Tax contests involving the Company will be governed by Section 7.10 of the LLC Operating Agreement.

Section 9.6 After Tax Basis. For tax reporting purposes, to the maximum extent permitted by the Code, each Party will agree to treat all amounts paid under any of the provisions of this Article IX as an adjustment to the Capital Contribution made in exchange for the Class A Interests (or otherwise as a non taxable reimbursement, contribution or return of capital, as the case may be). To the extent any such indemnification payment is includable as income of an MLE Indemnified Party as determined by agreement of the Parties, or if there is no agreement, by an opinion of a nationally-recognized tax counsel selected jointly by the Parties that such amount is “more likely than not” includable as income of the recipient, the amount of the payment shall be increased by the amount of any United States federal income tax required to be paid by the MLE Indemnified Party or its Affiliates on the receipt or accrual of the indemnification payment, including, for this purpose, the amount of any such Tax required to be paid by the MLE Indemnified Party on the receipt or accrual of the additional amount required to be added to such payment pursuant to this Section 9.6, assuming full taxability, using the same assumptions about taxability and tax rates as relating to the calculation of Internal Rate of Return in the LLC Operating Agreement. If an opinion is delivered in accordance with the foregoing sentence, the MLE Indemnified Party shall report the relevant indemnification payments as income consistent with such opinion and otherwise act in a manner consistent with such opinion. Any payment made under this Article IX shall be reduced by the present value (as determined on the basis of a discount rate equal to the Target IRR and the same assumptions about taxability and tax rates) of any United States federal income tax benefit to be realized by the MLE Indemnified Party or its Affiliates by reason of the facts and circumstances giving rise to such indemnification.

Section 9.7 Survival. All representations, warranties, covenants and obligations made or undertaken by a Party in this Agreement or the LLC Operating Agreement are material, have been relied upon by the other Parties and shall survive until the final date for any assertion of claims in Section 9.8.

Section 9.8 Final Date for Assertion of Indemnity Claims. All representations and warranties of IRP in Article III and Article IV and in connection with any certificate given under Section 6.6 shall survive for a period of nine months following the applicable date when made, provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) the representations and warranties in Section 3.8 (Tax Matters) shall survive until that date which is 90 days after the applicable statute of limitations

 

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expires (taking into account any waivers or extensions thereof), (b) the representations and warranties in Section 3.1 (Organization; Powers), Section 3.2 (Authority; Enforceability), Section 3.3 (Approvals; No Conflicts), Section 3.12 (Equity Interests), Section 4.1 (Organization; Powers), Section 4.2 (Authority; Enforceability) and Section 4.3 (No Violation) shall survive forever; and (c) the representations and warranties in Section 3.6 (Environmental Matters) shall survive for a period of two years after the applicable date when made; provided, further that if written notice of a claim for indemnification has been given by an MLE Indemnified Party on or prior to the last day of the respective foregoing period, then the obligation of IRP to indemnify such MLE Indemnified Party pursuant to this Article IX shall survive with respect to such claim until such claim is finally resolved. The covenants in Article VI will survive without any time limit. Notwithstanding anything in Section 9.7 or 9.8, any claim against IRP for gross negligence, bad faith, fraud or willful misconduct shall not be subject to any time limitations.

Section 9.9 Limitations on Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement:

9.9.1 Net of Insurance Benefits. The amount of MLE Indemnified Costs IRP is required to pay to indemnify any MLE Indemnified Party with respect to any Indemnified Claim shall be reduced to the extent that such MLE Indemnified Party actually receives any amounts pursuant to the terms of the insurance policies obtained and maintained by the Company (if any) covering such claim. In no instance shall any MLE Indemnified Costs be reduced, pursuant to this Section 9.9.1, by the amount of insurance proceeds from policies obtained and maintained by any MLE Indemnified Party.

9.9.2 No Consequential Damages. IRP’s indemnification obligations pursuant to this Article IX shall be limited to actual MLE Indemnified Costs and shall not include special, incidental, consequential, indirect, punitive, or exemplary MLE Indemnified Costs (including lost profits and damages for a lost opportunity); provided, however, that any special, incidental, consequential, indirect, punitive, or exemplary MLE Indemnified Costs recovered by a third party (including Governmental Authorities) against an MLE Indemnified Party shall be treated as actual MLE Indemnified Costs for purposes of this Section 9.9.2; and provided, further, that the disallowance of Production Tax Credits shall not be considered special, incidental, consequential, indirect, punitive or exemplary MLE Indemnified Costs for purposes of this Section 9.9.2.

9.9.3 MLE Indemnified Party Negligence or Misconduct; Breach. No MLE Indemnified Party shall be indemnified for MLE Indemnified Costs suffered by such Person to the extent that such MLE Indemnified Costs are attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person or the breach by MLE of its obligations under the Tax Equity Documents.

Section 9.10 Exclusive Remedy. The indemnities provided for in this Article IX shall be the exclusive remedy for money damages for the breach by IRP of its obligations under this Agreement and the LLC Operating Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE X

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Section 10.1 Notices. All notices and other communications given hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed duly given when sent by confirmed facsimile transmission, by overnight courier or by personal delivery. All notices shall be delivered or sent to the Parties at their respective address(es) or number(s) shown below or to such other address(es) or number(s) as a Party may designate by prior written notice given in accordance with this provision to the other Party:

If to the Company or IRP to:

Raser Technologies

5152 N. Edgewood Drive

Provo, UT ###-###-####

Attention: Richard Clayton, Executive Vice President and General Counsel

Fax number: (801)  ###-###-####

Email: ***@***

If to MLE, to:

Investment Banking Corporate Finance Group

Merrill Lynch & Company, Inc.

4 World Financial Center

28th Floor

New York, NY 10080

Attention: Roy Piskadlo, Managing Director

Fax number: (212 ###-###-####

Email: ***@***

Section 10.2 Remedies. Except as expressly set forth herein, each Party shall be free to pursue all its rights at law or in equity or otherwise to enforce its rights under this Agreement.

Section 10.3 Expenses. Transaction Expenses incurred through the date of this Agreement have been paid by IRP or an Affiliate thereof pursuant to the Equity Commitment Letters. Transaction Expenses incurred from the Effective Date through the Second Funding Date will be paid by Raser or an Affiliate thereof and reimbursed as provided in the Account and Security Agreement. Raser shall pay for all Transaction Expenses incurred after the date of this Agreement if the Equity Transactions do not close for any reason.

Section 10.4 Complete Agreement. The Tax Equity Documents, the exhibits and schedules hereto and thereto, and the other documents executed and delivered in accordance with the Tax Equity Documents, contain the entire agreement between the Parties hereto with respect to the Equity Transactions, and shall supersede all previous oral and written and all contemporaneous

 

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oral negotiations, commitments, understandings and representations pertaining to the subject matter hereof.

Section 10.5 Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall in all respects be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice of law rules thereof which may permit or require the application of the laws of another jurisdiction. The Parties hereby irrevocably submit to the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York in the county of New York or of the United States of America in the Southern District of New York and hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue in an such action or proceeding in any such court.

Section 10.6 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement shall be held void, voidable, invalid or inoperative, no other provision of this Agreement shall be affected as a result thereof, and, accordingly, the remaining provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect as though such void, voidable, invalid or inoperative provision had not been contained herein.

Section 10.7 Section Headings: Construction. The Article and Section headings herein have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not in any manner affect the construction, meaning or effect of anything herein contained nor govern the rights and liabilities of the Parties.

Section 10.8 Public Announcements. The Parties shall consult with one another before issuing any public announcement, statement or other disclosure with respect to this Agreement or the other Tax Equity Documents or the Equity Transactions and no party shall issue any such public announcement, statement or other disclosure without the prior written consent of the other Parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) unless such action is required by Applicable Law. Each Party, upon the request of any other Party, shall provide to such other Party, and such other Party shall have the right to review in advance all information relating to this Agreement or the other Tax Equity Documents or the Equity Transactions that appear in any filing made in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

Section 10.9 Assignability and Parties in Interest. This Agreement and the rights, interests or obligations hereunder may not be assigned by any of the Parties hereto without the prior written consent of the other Parties hereto; provided, however, that (a) the Company may assign its rights under this Agreement to the Collateral Agent as collateral security for the obligations of the Company under the Credit Agreement and (b) IRP may assign its rights hereunder to the Collateral Agent as collateral security for the obligations of the Company under the Credit Agreement and (c) MLE may assign its rights under this Agreement to the Collateral Agent as collateral security for the obligations of the Company under the Credit Agreement, and (d) each of the Parties may assign its rights under this Agreement to the same extent and in conjunction with the Transfer of such Party’s Equity Interest pursuant to Article IX of the LLC Operating Agreement; provided, however, that each such assignee pursuant to this Section 10.9(d) shall execute and deliver an assignment and assumption agreement, assuming all obligations relating to the rights assigned. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon MLE, the Company, IRP and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, nothing in this Agreement will confer upon any person or entity not

 

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a party to this Agreement, or the legal representatives of such person or entity, any rights or remedies of any nature or kind whatsoever under or by reason of this Agreement.

Section 10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

Section 10.11 Amendment and Modification; Waivers. No term, provision or condition of this Agreement, including Schedules and Exhibits attached hereto, may be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument duly executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Party against which enforcement is sought. The waiver of any term, condition or provision hereof shall be limited to, unless expressly stated otherwise, specific facts or circumstances for which waiver shall have been granted and such waiver shall not be construed as, or otherwise constitute, a general waiver of any term, condition or provision hereof. Except as may be specifically agreed in writing, the failure of Owner or Contractor to insist in any one or more instances upon the strict performance of any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement or to exercise any right herein contained or provided hereunder, shall not be construed as, or constitute in any way, a waiver, modification or relinquishment of the performance of such provision or right(s), or of the right to subsequently demand such strict performance or exercise such right(s), and such rights shall continue unchanged and remain in full force and effect.

Section 10.12 Confidentiality. The Parties agree to comply with the terms of the confidentiality agreement attached hereto as Schedule 10.

Section 10.13 Delivery of Reports, Notices, Certificates and Other Documents. For any purpose hereunder, no report, notice or certificate, a form of which is attached as an Exhibit in any Operative Document, shall be deemed provided hereunder unless such report, notice or certificate is substantially in the form required thereby and duly executed by each signatory thereto.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Party has caused this Agreement to be signed on its behalf as of the date first written above.

 

INTERMOUNTAIN RENEWABLE POWER, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
By:  

/s/ Richard D. Clayton

   
Name:   Richard D. Clayton    
Title:   Manager    

 

THERMO NO. 1 BE-01, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Company
By:   Intermountain Renewable Power, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
Its:   Managing Member  
  By:  

/s/ Richard D. Clayton

 
  Name:   Richard D. Clayton  
  Title:   Manager  

 

MERRILL LYNCH L.P. HOLDINGS INC., as Class A Investor

By:  

/s/ Joseph S. Valenti

   
Name:   Joseph S. Valenti    
Title:   Vice President    

Equity Capital Contribution Agreement Signature Page


SCHEDULE 3.4

Financial Statements

[To be attached separately]

 

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SCHEDULE 3.5

Litigation

NONE

 

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SCHEDULE 3.7

Governmental Approvals

 

PERMIT

  

Issued By

  

Grantee

  

Date Issued

Air Quality Permit    State of Utah Department of Environmental Quality Division of Air Quality    Intermountain Renewable Power, LLC    1/30/2008
California Energy Commission REC Pre-Certification    California Energy Commission    Thermo No.1 via Intermountain    2/26/2008
Conditional Use Permit    Beaver County Planning and Zoning Commission    Intermountain Renewable Power, LLC    3/10/2008
Building Permit    Beaver County    Raser Technologies    5/7/2008
FERC - QF Filing    Federal Energy Regulatory Commission    Thermo No. 1 BE-01, LLC    9/13/2007
Hazardous Materials    Beaver County Fire District #2    Intermountain Renewable Power, LLC    3/18/2008
Transmission Line Rights of Way from BLM and SITLA    Bureau of Land Management & State of Utah School & Institutional Trust Land Administration    Intermountain Renewable Power, LLC & Thermo No. 1, BE-01, LLC    4/14/2008 and 8/5/05
State Well Drilling Permit    State of Utah Department of Natural Resources    Intermountain Renewable Power, LLC    10/29/2007
SITLA Site Approval    State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration    Raser Technologies    3/31/2008
SITLA Surface Use Authorization    State of Utah School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration    Intermountain Renewable Power, LLC    2/6/2008
Storm Water Discharge Permit    State of Utah, Department of Environmental Quality, Division of Water Quality    Thermo No. 1 BE-01, LLC    3/19/2008
Underground Injection Control Permit    State of Utah Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Quality    Intermountain Renewable Power, LLC    2/25/2008
Geothermal Water Appropriation    State of Utah Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Quality    Intermountain Renewable Power, LLC    4/9/2008
Cooling Water Temporary Change of Use and Change of Point of Diversion Approval    State of Utah Department of Environmental Quality Division of Water Quality    Intermountain Renewable Power, LLC   

 

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SCHEDULE 3.12

Equity Interests

Class A Interest (99%): Merrill Lynch L.P. Holdings Inc.

Class B Interest (1%): Intermountain Renewable Power, LLC

 

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SCHEDULE 10

Confidentiality Agreement

Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Agreement to which this Schedule is attached.

Each Party receiving Confidential Information (as defined herein) (the “Receiving Party”) with respect to another Party (the “Disclosing Party”) hereby acknowledges and agrees as follows:

1. Such Confidential Information is being, or has been, provided on the condition that the terms and conditions of this Schedule are adhered to by the Receiving Party and its Representatives;

2. Such Confidential Information will be used solely for the purpose of engaging in the transactions contemplated by the Agreement (the “Transactions”), and that such Confidential Information will be kept confidential by the Receiving Party and its Representatives; provided, however, that (i) any of such Confidential Information may be disclosed to the Representatives of the Receiving Party who need to know such information in connection with the Transactions (it being understood that such Representatives shall be informed by you of the confidential nature of such Confidential Information and shall be directed by the Receiving Party to treat such Confidential Information confidentially and to take precautions to maintain such confidentiality), and (ii) any disclosure of such Confidential Information may be made to which the Disclosing Party consents in writing;

3. The Receiving Party will undertake, and to cause its Representatives to undertake, reasonable precautions to safeguard and protect the confidentiality of the Confidential Information and the Receiving Party shall be responsible for any breach of the terms and conditions of this Schedule by the Receiving Party or its Representatives;

4. In the event that the Receiving Party is requested pursuant to, or required by, Applicable Law to disclose any Confidential Information, the Receiving Party shall provide the Disclosing Party with prompt notice of such request or requirement in order to enable the Disclosing Party to seek an appropriate protective order or other remedy, to consult with the Receiving Party with respect to the Disclosing Party taking steps to resist or narrow the scope of such request or legal process, or to waive compliance, in whole or in part, with the terms and conditions of this Schedule; provided, that in event that no such protective order or other remedy is obtained before disclosure is required or the Disclosing Party waives compliance with the terms and conditions of this Schedule, the Receiving Party shall furnish only that portion of Confidential Information which the Receiving Party is advised by legal counsel is legally required and the Receiving Party will use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that all Confidential Information that is so disclosed will be accorded confidential treatment or otherwise kept confidential, in each case, to the maximum extent possible; provided, further that the Receiving Party may comply with any request or requirement by a regulatory of self-regulatory authority or agency to disclose any Confidential Information; provided, further that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, to comply with Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(3), each Party (and any employee, representative or other agent of such Party) may disclose to any and all persons, without limitation of any kind, the U.S. federal income tax treatment and tax structure of the Transactions;

5. To the extent that any Confidential Information includes materials or information subject to the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or any other applicable privilege concerning pending or threatened legal proceedings or governmental investigations, the Receiving Party and the Disclosing Party understand and agree that each such Party has a commonality of interest with respect to Transactions and it is each such Parties’ desire, intention and mutual understanding that the sharing of

 

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such material is not intended to, and shall not, waive or diminish in any way the confidentiality of such material or its continued protection under the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or other applicable privilege; provided, further, that all such material that is entitled to protection under the attorney-client privilege, work product doctrine or other applicable privilege shall remain entitled to such protection under these privileges and under the joint defense doctrines and you may not waive any such privileges unless required by Applicable Law;

6. Money damages would not be a sufficient remedy for any breach of the terms and conditions of this Schedule and that the Disclosing Party shall be entitled to equitable relief, including injunction and specific performance, as a remedy for any such breach, and the Receiving Party shall not oppose the seeking or granting of such relief; provided, further, that such remedies shall not be deemed to be the exclusive remedies for a breach of the terms and conditions of this Schedule but shall be in addition to all other remedies available at law or equity to the Disclosing Party;

7. In the event of litigation relating to enforcement of the terms and conditions of this Schedule, the prevailing Party shall be entitled to receive from the other Party the reasonable costs and expenses, including reasonable attorney fees, relating to the prosecution or defense in such litigation;

8. No failure or delay by the Disclosing Party in exercising any right, power or privilege it has hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder;

9. The Receiving Party shall be entitled, including following termination of the Agreement, to retain one copy of any Confidential Information as may be required to comply with internal record-keeping procedures of the Receiving Party or Applicable Law; provided, the Receiving Party shall use commercially reasonable efforts, at the Receiving Party’s option, either to destroy or return all other remaining copies of Confidential Information to the Disclosing Party within sixty (60) calendar days of termination of the Agreement; and

10. As used in this Schedule:

A. The term “Confidential Information”, with respect to any Disclosing Party, means all information with respect to or otherwise relating to the Disclosing Party provided at any time, whether before or after the Effective Date, but does not include information which (i) was already in the possession of the Receiving Party prior to the date hereof, which possession the Receiving Party can reasonably substantiate, provided that such information was not known by the Receiving Party to be subject to another confidentiality agreement or arrangement with or other obligation of secrecy to the Disclosing Party or another Person, or (ii) becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by the Receiving Party or a Representatives of the Receiving Party (for purposes of this Schedule, no information disclosed by the Receiving Party or any of the Representatives of the Receiving Party shall be deemed generally available to the public), or (iii) becomes available to the Receiving Party on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Disclosing Party or its Representatives, Affiliates, legal counsel, accountants, and other professional advisors; provided, that such source is not known by the Receiving Party or the Representatives of the Receiving Party to be bound by a confidentiality agreement or arrangement with or other obligation of secrecy to the Disclosing Party or another Person; provided, that upon becoming aware of any such confidentiality agreement or arrangement or other obligation of secrecy, then such information shall be deemed to be Confidential Information and no further disclosure or use thereof may occur by the Receiving Party or the Representatives of the Receiving Party except in accordance with the terms of this Schedule.

 

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B. The term “Representative” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and its and their directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors (including, without limitation, financial advisors, counsel, accountants, engineers and other advisors).

 

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Final Version

SCHEDULE Z

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings for all purposes, and the following definitions are equally applicable both to the singular and plural forms and the feminine, masculine and neuter forms of the terms defined. Any term defined below by reference to any Operative Document shall have such meaning whether or not such Operative Document has been terminated or otherwise remains in effect on the date of usage. This Schedule Z is comprised of three parts: (i) General Definitions; (ii) Parties; and (iii) Documents.

GENERAL DEFINITIONS

Account(s)” means all “accounts” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC. [ASA, CA]

Account Bank” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as bank with respect to the Deposit Accounts and within the meaning of Section 9-102 of the UCC. [ASA]

Account Debtor” means each Person who is obligated on a Receivable or any Supporting Obligation related thereto. [ASA]

Accounting Firm” means any of Company’s primary independent accounting firm which shall be Hein & Associates LLP or such other nationally or regionally recognized firm certified public accountants, in each case, selected by the Manager and approved by a Class Majority Vote. [LLCA]

Actual Availability Rating” means the net electrical output of the Facility during full operation, represented as a percentage of the Actual Capacity Rating, demonstrated pursuant to the Availability Prove-Out and set forth on the Notice of Facility Substantial Completion. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Actual Capacity Rating” means lesser of (i) Demonstrated Operational Capacity and (ii) Demonstrated Geothermal Capacity. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Actual Debt Investment” means the amount identified as “Term Loan” in the Recalculated Equity Base Case Model. [Schedule Z]

Actual Efficiency” means the product of (i) the Actual Capacity Rating, multiplied by (ii) the Actual Availability Rating, reflected as a numerical value. [Schedule Z]

Schedule Z


Actual Equity Investment” means the amount identified as “Tax Equity Prepayment” in the Recalculated Equity Base Case Model. [Schedule Z]

Actual Facility Characteristics” means the following characteristics actually achieved by the Facility upon Facility Substantial Completion: (i) the Actual Capacity Rating, (ii) the Actual Availability Rating, and (iii) the Actual PIS Turbines. [EPC]

Actual PIS Turbines” means the number of Turbines comprising the Facility that achieve Turbine Substantial Completion on or before the Required Turbine Substantial Completion Date. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Additional Operative Document” means (a) any agreement replacing or superseding an existing Operative Document, (b) any agreement for the sale of energy, capacity or ancillary services, or (c) any other agreement (i) relating to obligations in excess of $500,000 for any single fiscal year and $2,000,000 over the term of such agreement, and (ii) relating to the development of the Project entered into by the Company and any other Person subsequent to the Effective Date. [CA]

Adjusted Capital Account” means the Capital Account of a Member (a) increased by the amount of potential deficit that the Member is deemed obligated to restore, calculated as described in the last sentence of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(g)(1) and the last sentence of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(i)(5) and (b) decreased by expected items described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)(4), (5) and (6). [LLCA]

Administrative Agent’s Account” means a non-interest bearing trust account established by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders for the purpose of receiving Debt Service payments from the Company for the further payment to the Agents and the Lenders. [CA]

Advance” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1 of the Credit Agreement. [ASA, CA, Schedule Z]

Advance Date” means the time and Business Day on which all the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.1 and 3.2 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied or waived and the Company receives an Advance under the Credit Agreement. [CA]

Advance Request” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2.1 of the Credit Agreement. [ASA, CA]

Affected Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12.3. of the Credit Agreement. [CA]

Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is Controlled by or is under common Control with such Person. For purposes of any Transaction Document, (i) the Company shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Lenders or the Lenders’ Affiliates and (ii) solely for purposes of Section 9.1.2 of the Credit Agreement, the Company shall not be deemed an Affiliate of Raser and Raser’s Affiliates. The Company shall be deemed to be an Affiliate of IRP prior to the Closing

 

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(for purposes of representations and warranties in the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement), but shall not be deemed to be an Affiliate of any Member from and after the Closing. [ASA, CA ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

After-Tax Payout” means (A) the Class A Investors reaching an Internal Rate of Return equal to the Target IRR on the same date as in the Equity Base Case Model originally agreed when the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement was signed, (B) the Class A Investors reaching a pre-tax return through the assumed 20- year useful life of the Project of at least 2%, treating the Production Tax Credits the Class A Investors are expected to be allocated as equivalent to cash (the “Target Pre-Tax Return”), and (C) the allocations and distributions of the Class A Investors after the Flip Date decreasing to no less than 5% or such greater percentage as is necessary for the Class A Investors to achieve the Target Pre-Tax Return. [Schedule Z]

Agent Parties” has the meaning specified in Section 14.3 of the Credit Agreement. [CA]

Agents” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, as applicable, together with their successors and assigns to the extent permitted by the terms of the Credit Agreement. [ASA, CA, Schedule Z]

Agreement” means, as used in any agreement, instrument or other document, such agreement, instrument or other document. [ASA, CA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M Schedule Z]

Annual Operating Plan and Budget” means the Facility Plan and Budget and Wellfield Plan and Budget; provided, that with respect to the Annual Operating Plan and Budget for any period occurring on or before December 31, 2009, Annual Operating Plan and Budget means the Annual Operating Plan and Budget referenced in Section 6.1.6 of the O&M Agreement. Where “Annual Operating Plan and Budget” is referenced as a numerical quantity, it shall equal the sum of the total budgets set forth in the Facility Plan and Budget and Wellfield Plan and Budget. [ASA, CA, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Anti-Terrorism Order” means Executive Order No. 13,224 of September 24, 2001, Blocking Property and Prohibiting Transactions with Persons Who Commit, Threaten to Commit or Support Terrorism, 66 U.S. Fed. Reg. 49, 079 (2001), as amended. [CA]

Applicable Law” means, as used in any Transaction Document or with respect to any Party to such Transaction Document, means all common laws, customary laws, constitutional laws, statutes, directives, codes, resolutions, enactments, treaties, ordinances, judgments, decrees, injunctions, writs and orders of any Governmental Authority and rules, regulations, orders, interpretations and Governmental Approvals of any Governmental Authority, in each case, having jurisdiction over or with respect to such Transaction Document, such Party or the transactions contemplated thereby and the performance thereunder. [ASA, CA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Applied Drilling Escrow Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8 of the Account and Security Agreement. [ASA, EPC]

 

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Appraisal Method” means an appraiser selected jointly by the Class A Investors and the Class B Investors. However, if they cannot agree on an appraiser within 15 days of a party invoking the procedure described in this definition, then the Class A Investors and the Class B Investors will each appoint its own appraiser; provided, that if either the Class A Investors or the Class B Investors fail to appoint an appraiser within five days after the end of such fifteen (15) day period, the determination of the appraiser appointed by the other class of Members (if so appointed within such period) shall be conclusive and binding on the Members. If the appraisers appointed by the Class A Investors and the Class B Investors are unable to agree upon the fair market value within 30 days after the appointment of the second of such appraisers, the fair market value will be the average of the market values reported by each appraiser. The fair market value determined by this Appraisal Method will be conclusive and binding on the Members. [LLCA]

Appraisal Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.7 of the LLC Operating Agreement. [LLCA]

Approved Reserve Letter of Credit” means a letter of credit issued by a bank or other financial institution and containing terms and conditions satisfactory to the Required Lenders in their sole discretion, which letter of credit shall at all times be in the stated amount equal to at least the Minimum Debt Service Reserve and shall not expire until the Final Maturity Date (giving effect to any automatic renewal periods contained therein). [Schedule Z]

Approved Transferee” means, in the case of a Transfer of a Class A Interest, any Person that is (i) either (A) an Affiliate of such transferring Class A Investors, (B) an institutional investor with a tangible net worth of at least $50,000,000 at the time of such Transfer, or (C) a Person whose obligations under this Agreement are guaranteed by an institutional investor with a tangible net worth of at least $50,000,000 at the time of such Transfer, (ii) not a Competitor, and (iii) not a Disqualified Transferee; and, in the case of a Transfer of a Class B Interest, any Person that is (i) an experienced geothermal company with a national or international reputation with experience owning and operating commercial geothermal plants with an aggregate capacity of at least 50 megawatts (or undertakes to engage such an experienced geothermal company to manage the Company), (ii) either (A) an Affiliate of such transferring Class B Investors, or (B) a Person with a tangible net worth of at least $50,000,000 or whose obligations as Class B Investors are guaranteed by an entity having such a tangible net worth, and (iii) is not a Disqualified Transferee. [LLCA]

ASA Intellectual Property” means, collectively, the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks, the Trademark Licenses, the Trade Secrets, and the Trade Secret Licenses. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Asset Manager” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2 of the O&M Agreement. [O&M]

Assets” means all right, title and interest of the Company in land, properties, buildings, improvements, fixtures, foundations, assets and rights of any kind, whether tangible or intangible, real, personal or mixed, including contracts, equipment, systems, books, data, reports, studies and records, proprietary rights, intellectual property, the Leases, Interconnection Asset,

 

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easements, Licenses and Permits, rights under or pursuant to all warranties, representations and guarantees, cash, accounts receivable, deposits and prepaid expenses, including the Project and any and all of the foregoing pertaining thereto. [LLCA, Schedule Z]

Assigned Agreements” means all agreements and contracts to which (a) the Company is a party as of the effective date of the Credit Agreement, including, without limitation, each Project Document and each Operative Document, or to which (b) the Company becomes a party after the effective date of the Credit Agreement, as each such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent permitted by the terms of the Credit Agreement. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Authorized Representative” means, as used in any Agreement, the natural Person appointed by each Party to such Agreement pursuant to the terms thereof to act on such Party’s behalf with respect to such Party’s rights and obligations under such Agreement. [EPC, LLCA, O&M]

Availability Period” means the period beginning on the Effective Date of the Credit Agreement and ending on the Final Completion Date. [CA]

Availability Prove-Out” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1 of the EPC Agreement. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Available Contingency Amount” means, as of any date, the sum of (i) the product of (x) the Contingency Amount, multiplied by (y) the result of (A) the aggregate amount of Milestone Payments requested prior to and including on such date, divided by (B) the Contract Price, minus (ii) the aggregate amount of the Contingency Amount paid to Contractor by Owner pursuant to Section 5.1.3 of the EPC Agreement prior to such date. [EPC]

Bankruptcy” means, with respect to any Person, a situation in which (i) such Person shall file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or shall be adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, or shall file any petition or answer or consent seeking any reorganization, arrangement, moratorium, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief for itself under any present or future Applicable Laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or other relief for debtors, or shall seek or consent to or acquiesce in the appointment of any trustee, receiver, conservator or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of its properties (the term “acquiesce”, as used in this definition, includes the failure to file a petition or motion to vacate or discharge any order, judgment or decree within fifteen (15) calendar days after entry of such order, judgment or decree); (ii) a court of competent jurisdiction shall enter an order, judgment or decree approving a petition filed against such Person seeking a reorganization, arrangement, moratorium, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any present or future Applicable Laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or other relief for debtors, and such Person shall acquiesce and such decree shall remain unvacated and unstayed for an aggregate period of sixty (60) calendar days (whether or not consecutive) from the date of entry thereof, or a trustee, receiver, conservator or liquidator of such Person shall be appointed with the consent or acquiescence of such Person and such appointment shall remain unvacated and unstayed for an aggregate period of sixty (60) calendar days, whether or not consecutive; (iii) such Person shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature; (iv) such Person

 

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shall give notice to any Governmental Authority of insolvency or pending insolvency, or suspension or pending suspension of operations; or (v) such Person shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or take any other similar action for the protection or benefit of creditors. [ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as in effect from time to time. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Base Fee” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2 of the O&M Agreement. [O&M, Schedule Z]

Board” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America or any successor Governmental Authority. [CA, Schedule Z]

Bonus Payments” means bonus, incentive or similar special payments required to be made by the Company under the EPC Agreement, O&M Agreement or any other Project Document (other than payments with respect to a Borrower Indemnification Event).

Book-Entry Security” means a security maintained in the form of entries (including, without limitation, the security entitlements in, and the financial assets based on, such security) in the commercial book-entry system of the Federal Reserve System. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Borrower Indemnification Event” means any event or occurrence or directly related series of events or occurrences giving rise to the obligation of the Company to make payments in respect of damages or indemnifications under any of the Project Documents. [Schedule Z]

Budget Commitment” means the amount identified as the “Budget Commitment” on Schedule E to the EPC Agreement. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Business Day” means any calendar day, except Saturdays, Sundays and days on which the Federal Reserve Bank in New York are closed or authorized to be closed. [ASA, CA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Buy-Down CA Redemption Amount” means the sum of (i) the Buy-Down Debt Overage, plus (ii) any interest accrued but unpaid under the Credit Agreement, as of the Guaranteed Final Completion Date, applicable to an aggregate principal amount of Advances equal to the Buy-Down Debt Overage, plus (iii) the Make-Whole Amount with respect to an aggregate principal amount of Advances equal to the Buy-Down Debt Overage. [CA, Schedule Z]

Buy-Down Debt Overage” means the sum of (i) the Target Debt Investment, minus (ii) the Actual Debt Investment. [CA, Schedule Z]

Buy-Down Equity Overage” means the sum of (i) the Target Equity Investment, minus (ii) the Actual Equity Investment. [ECCA, Schedule Z]

Buy-Down Liquidated Damages” means the sum of (i) the Buy-Down CA Redemption Amount, plus (ii) the Buy-Down LLC Redemption Amount. [ASA, EPC]

 

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Buy-Down LLC Redemption Amount” means the sum of (i) the Buy-Down Equity Overage, plus, (ii) an amount sufficient to achieve the After-Tax Payout on an amount of Class A Interests equal to the Buy-Down Equity Overage for the period to the Guaranteed Final Completion Date, plus (iii) 2% of the Buy-Down Equity Overage. [LLCA, Schedule Z]

Buy-Down Trigger Event” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.1 of the EPC Agreement. [ASA, CA, EPC, Schedule Z]

Called Principal” means, with respect to any Advance, the principal amount of such Advance that is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 2.5 or 2.6 of the Credit Agreement or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 8 of the Credit Agreement, as the context requires. [Schedule Z]

Capacity Prove-Out” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.2 of the EPC Agreement. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Capital Account” means an account for each Member established and maintained as described in Section 4.2 of the LLC Operating Agreement. [LLCA]

Capital Contribution” means, with respect to any Member, the amount of money and the initial Gross Asset Value of any property contributed to the Company with respect to the Interests in the Company held or acquired by such Member. [ECCA, Schedule Z]

Capital Contribution Commitment” means, with respect to the Class A Investors, $24,500,000. [ECCA, Schedule Z]

Capital Investment Proceeds” means the proceeds received by Owner in connection with the sale of equity to Contractor or other capital investments made by Contractor to Owner in connection with Contractor’s membership interests therein. [EPC]

Capital Leases” means, in respect of any Person, all leases which shall have been, or should have been, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capital leases on the balance sheet of the Person liable (whether contingent or otherwise) for the payment of rent thereunder. [CA, Schedule Z]

Cash Equivalent Investments” means, at any time, (a) any evidence of Debt, maturing not more than one year after the acquisition thereof, issued or guaranteed by the United States Government, or any agency thereof, (b) any evidence of Debt, maturing not more than one year after the acquisition thereof, issued or guaranteed by any state, any political subdivision thereof, or any public instrumentality thereof, rated at least A-l by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or P-l by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., (c) commercial paper, or corporate demand notes, in each case (unless issued by a Lender or its holding company) rated at least A-l by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group or P-l by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., (d) any certificate of deposit (or time deposit represented by a certificate of deposit) or banker’s acceptance maturing not more than one year after the acquisition thereof, or any overnight Federal Funds transaction that is issued or sold by any Lender (or by a commercial banking institution that is a member of the Federal Reserve System and has a combined capital and surplus and undivided profits of not less than $500,000,000), (e) any repurchase agreement with a term of not more than seven (7) days

 

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entered into with any Lender (or commercial banking institution of the nature referred to in clause (d) above) which (i) is secured by a fully perfected security interest in any obligation of the type described in any of clauses (a) through (d) above, and (ii) has a market value at the time such repurchase agreement is entered into of not less than 100% of the repurchase obligation of such Lender (or other commercial banking institution) thereunder and (f) money market accounts or mutual funds which invest exclusively in assets in securities of the types described in clauses (a) through (e) above. [ASA, CA]

Cash Difference” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(d) of the LLC Operating Agreement. [LLCA]

Cash Proceeds” means, collectively, all proceeds of any Collateral received by the Company consisting of cash, checks and other near-cash items. [ASA]

Casualty Event” means any loss, casualty or other damage to, or any nationalization, taking under power of eminent domain or by condemnation or similar proceeding of, any Property of the Company. [ASA, CA, EPC, O&M, Schedule Z]

Certificate of Formation” has the meaning set forth in the preliminary statements of the LLC Operating Agreement. [LLCA]

Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the Effective Date, (b) any change in any Applicable Law or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the Effective Date, or (c) a request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of a Governmental Authority made or issued after the Effective Date which requires compliance by the affected Party. [CA]

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(a) before the Facility Substantial Completion Date:

(i) the consummation of a merger or consolidation of Raser with any other company, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of Raser outstanding immediately prior thereto continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by the voting securities of Raser or such surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation;

(ii) the consummation of a plan of liquidation of Raser;

(iii) the consummation of the sale or disposition by Raser of all or substantially all of Raser’s assets;

(iv) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) becoming the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rule 13d-3 under said Act), directly or indirectly, of securities of Raser representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power represented by Raser’s then outstanding voting securities;

 

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(v) Raser shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Equity Interests of IRP;

(vi) Raser shall cease to possess, directly or indirectly, the power to Control and direct the management of the Company pursuant to the LLC Operating Agreement; provided, however, no Change of Control shall be deemed to occur under this clause (vi) if (A) (1) the Class A Investors replace IRP as the managing member pursuant to the exercise of remedies by such Class A Investors under the LLC Operating Agreement and (2) the Class A Investors have and continue to have experience reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders in the management of entities owning geothermal energy generating facilities in the United States or retain the services of an Affiliate or Person to act as managing member having and continuing to have such experience; provided that in the case of a Person which is not an Affiliate of the Class A Investors, such Person shall be reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders, (B) solely as a result of the Class A Investors having exercised their cure rights under Section 4.4 under the LLC Operating Agreement and receiving Class C Interests in accordance with the LLC Operating Agreement, or (C) solely as a result of UTC exercising its rights to direct Raser and Company in accordance with Section 2 of the UTC Step-In Agreement; or

(b) before or after the Facility Substantial Completion Date:

(i) IRP shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, one hundred percent (100%) of the Class B Interests, except in the case of a transfer to an Approved Transferee or a transferee that has been approved by the Class A Investors and, in each case which transferee has executed and delivered a pledge agreement substantially in the form of the Class B Pledge Agreement, or as otherwise acceptable to the Required Lenders, and, after giving effect to such transfer, IRP shall own, directly or indirectly, at least fifty percent (50%) of the Class B Interests; or

(ii) IRP shall cease to possess the power, directly or indirectly, to Control and direct the management of the Company pursuant to the LLC Operating Agreement; provided, however, no Change of Control shall be deemed to occur under this clause (ii) if (A) (1) the Class A Investors replace IRP as the managing member pursuant to the exercise of remedies by such Class A Investors under the LLC Operating Agreement and (2) the Class A Investors have and continue to have experience reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders in the management of entities owning geothermal energy generating facilities in the United States or retain the services of an Affiliate or Person to act as managing member having and continuing to have such experience; provided that in the case of a Person which is not an Affiliate of the Class A Investors, such Person shall be reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders or (B) solely as a result of the Class A Investors having exercised their cure rights under Section 4.4 under the LLC Operating Agreement and receiving Class C Interests in accordance with the LLC Operating Agreement. [CA]

Change of Member Control” means with respect to any Member, an event (such as a transfer of voting securities, liquidation or merger) that causes such Member to cease to be Controlled by such Member’s Parent; provided, however, that an event that causes a Member’s Parent to be Controlled by another Person is not a Change of Member Control unless such event causes a termination of the Company pursuant to Section 708(b)(1)(B) of the Code or could

 

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require the Company to pay the Redemption Amount under Section 2.6.2 of the Credit Agreement. [LLCA]

Chattel Paper” means all “chattel paper” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Claims” means, with respect to any Person, any and all suits, actions, sanctions, notices of violation, legal proceedings, claims, losses, judgments, settlements, demands, injury, obligation, liabilities, out-of-pocket costs, direct damages, liquidated damages, expenses, fines and penalties of whatsoever kind or character, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, civil fines or penalties or other expenses incurred, assessed, asserted or sustained by or against such Person, whether based on contract, warranty, guarantee, indemnity, tort (including negligence), strict liability, breach of statute or otherwise. [ASA, EPC, O&M, Schedule Z]

Class A Interests” means membership interests in the Company that are held initially by MLE and have the rights described in the LLC Operating Agreement. [ECCA, EPC, LLCA, Schedule Z]

Class B Interests” means membership interests in the Company that are held initially by IRP and have the rights described in the LLC Operating Agreement. [ECCA, LLCA, Schedule Z]

Class C Interests” means membership interests in the Company that initially are authorized, but not issued, and that may be issued to MLE in exchange for additional Capital Contributions as described in Section 4.4 of the LLC Operating Agreement. [LLCA, Schedule Z]

Class Majority Vote” means approval by a majority of the Class A Investors and the Class B Investors, with each voting separately as a class. [LLCA, Schedule Z]

Closing” means the time at which all the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.1 of the Credit Agreement are satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the initial Advance has been made to the Company. [CA, Schedule Z]

Closing Date” means the date on which Closing occurs or has occurred, as the case may be. [CA, Schedule Z]

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute. [CA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA, Schedule Z]

Collateral Parcels” has the meaning specified in Article XI of the Account and Security Agreement. [ASA]

Collateral” has the meaning assigned in Section 4.1 of the Account and Security Agreement. [ASA, CA, Schedule Z]

 

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Collateral Assignment Agreements” means the Class A Consent, Class B Consent, Class B Guarantor Consent, PPA Consent, Raser Consent, Raser Power Consent, SITLA Consent and UTC Consent. [ASA]

Collateral Support” means all property (real or personal) assigned, hypothecated or otherwise securing any Collateral and shall include any security agreement or other agreement granting a lien or security interest in such real or personal property. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Commercial Tort Claims” means all “commercial tort claims” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, including, without limitation, all commercial tort claims listed on Schedule 6.7 of the Account and Security Agreement (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time). [ASA]

Commitment” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make the Advances, as such commitment may be modified from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 16 of the Credit Agreement. [CA]

Commodities Accounts” (a) means all “commodity accounts” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and (b) includes, without limitation, all of the accounts listed on Schedule 6.4 of the Account and Security Agreement under the heading “Commodities Accounts” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time). [ASA, Schedule Z]

Communications” has the meaning specified in Section 14.2 of the Credit Agreement. [CA]

Company Items” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.10(b) of the LLC Operating Agreement. [LLCA]

Company Minimum Gain” means the amount of minimum gain there is in connection with nonrecourse liabilities of the Company, calculated in the manner described in Treasury Regulation Sections 1.704-2(b)(2) and 1.704-2(d). [LLCA]

Competitor” means any Person that directly or indirectly, through one or more subsidiaries, Affiliates or joint ventures, actively operates, manages or develops geothermal power plants or other renewable energy projects with an aggregate capacity of more than 50 MW in the geographic area of the regional transmission organizations or the NERC control area, or their equivalent, in which the Facility participates; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, banks, insurance companies and other financial institutions and Affiliates or joint ventures thereof (i) regularly involved in making passive investments in alternative energy facilities similar to an investment in the Class A Interest or (ii) that do not regularly actively operate, manage or develop geothermal power plants, shall not be deemed a “Competitor.” [ECCA, LLCA]

Completion Certificate” means a Facility Substantial Completion Certificate or a Final Completion Certificate. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Compliance Certificate” means a Compliance Certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 5.1.3 of the Credit Agreement. [ASA, CA]

 

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Consent of the Class A Investors” means the consent or approval of the Class A Investors who own in the aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the Class A Interests in the Company. [LLCA]

Consents” means, collectively, the SITLA Consent, UTC Consent and the PPA Consent. [CA, LLCA]

Consistent Return” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.9 of the LLC Agreement. [LLCA]

Contingency Amount” means the amount identified as the “Contingency Amount” in Schedule E of the EPC Agreement. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Contract Price” means the sum of the Milestone Payments paid and to be paid pursuant to the EPC Agreement. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Contractor Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.1.2 of the EPC Agreement. [EPC]

Contractor Indemnitees” means, collectively, Contractor and its respective shareholders, partners, Affiliates, employees, Subcontractors, representatives and agents, together with their successors and assigns. [EPC]

Contractor Termination Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.2.2 of the EPC Agreement. [EPC]

Contractor’s Personnel” means, collectively, Contractor, its employees, agents, Affiliates, any Person acting under or at the direction of the Contractor and any Subcontractors and their respective employees, agents and subcontractors, together with their successors and assigns. [EPC]

Contractor’s Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.13 of the EPC Agreement. [EPC]

Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise. For the purposes of this definition, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any Person that owns directly or indirectly 50% (provided, that with respect to Section 6.14 of the Credit Agreement, Section 3.2.1.5, Section 3.2.1.6 and Section 3.2.2.5 of the Account and Security Agreement and the definition of Required Lenders, 10%) or more of the Equity Interests having ordinary voting power for the election of the directors or other governing body of a Person (other than as a limited partner of such other Person) will be deemed to “control” such other Person. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto. [CA, Schedule Z]

Controlled Foreign Corporation” means “controlled foreign corporation” as defined in the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time. [ASA]

 

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Consultation” or “Consult” means to confer with, and reasonably consider and take into account the reasonable suggestions, comments or opinions of another Person. [LLCA]

Consistent Return” shall have the meaning specified in Section 7.9 of the LLC Operating Agreement. [LLCA]

Construction Account” means the Construction Account set forth in Section 2.1.1 of the Account and Security Agreement. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Copyright Licenses” means any and all agreements providing for the granting of any right in or to Copyrights (whether the Company is licensee or licensor thereunder) including, without limitation, each agreement referred to in Schedule 6.6 of the Account and Security Agreement (as amended or supplemented from time to time). [ASA, Schedule Z]

Copyrights” means all United States, state and foreign copyrights, all mask works fixed in semi-conductor chip products (as defined under 17 U. S.C. 901 of the U.S. Copyright Act), whether registered or unregistered, now or hereafter in force throughout the world, all registrations and applications therefore including, without limitation, the applications referred to in Schedule 6.6 of the Account and Security Agreement (as amended or supplemented from time to time), all rights corresponding thereto throughout the world, all extensions and renewals of any thereof, the right to sue for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing, and all proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Cost Overrun” means, as of the Termination Payment Date, the amount by which (i) the sum of (w) the Budget Commitment, plus (x) the Contract Price, plus (y) the aggregate amount of any Contingency Amounts requested and received by Contractor pursuant to Section 5.1.3 of the EPC Agreement, plus (z) the aggregate amount of all other capitalized fees, costs and expenses of constructing and completing the Facility (without duplication of any amounts), in each case, as of such date, exceeds (ii) the Project Budget. [EPC]

CPI” means the nonseasonally adjusted Consumer Price Index for urban wage earners and clerical workers as published by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics. [Schedule Z]

CPI Adjustment” means the sum of: (i) one; plus (ii) the percentage change (expressed in decimal form) from the prior year in the CPI or such other equivalent index as may be mutually agreed upon by the parties from time to time. [O&M, LLC]

Credit Agreement Default” means an event or condition the occurrence or existence of which would, with the lapse of time or the giving of notice or both, becomes a Credit Agreement Event of Default; provided, that to the extent that such event or condition expressly provides for a specified period of time or time for performance or completion under the Credit Agreement (excluding any grace periods), such event or condition shall not be a Credit Agreement Default until such specified time period has expired or time has passed. [ASA, CA, ECCA, Schedule Z]

Credit Agreement Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 7 of the Credit Agreement. [ASA, CA, Schedule Z]

 

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Curative Flip Allocation” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5(e) of the LLC Operating Agreement. [LLCA]

Debt” means, for any Person, the sum of the following (without duplication): (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money or evidenced by bonds, bankers’ acceptances, debentures, notes or other similar instruments; (b) all obligations of such Person (whether contingent or otherwise) in respect of letters of credit, surety or other bonds and similar instruments; (c) all accounts payable and all accrued expenses, liabilities or other obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of Property or services; (d) all obligations under Capital Leases; (e) all obligations under Synthetic Leases; (f) all Debt (as defined in the other clauses of this definition) of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Debt has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) a Lien on any Property of such Person, whether or not such Debt is assumed by such Person; (g) all Debt (as defined in the other clauses of this definition) of others guaranteed by such Person or in which such Person otherwise assures a creditor against loss of the Debt (howsoever such assurance shall be made) to the extent of the lesser of the amount of such Debt and the maximum stated amount of such guarantee or assurance against loss; (h) all obligations or undertakings of such Person to maintain or cause to be maintained the financial position or covenants of others or to purchase the Debt or Property of others (other than purchases of materials and equipment in the ordinary course of business); (i) obligations to deliver commodities, goods or services in consideration of one or more advance payments; (j) any Debt (as defined in other clauses of this definition) of a partnership for which such Person is liable either by agreement, by operation of law or by requirement of a Governmental Authority but only to the extent of such liability; (k) Disqualified Capital Stock; and (l) any purchase money security interest in any property, or interest therein created or; assumed contemporaneously with the purchase of such property, or interest therein, to secure or provide for the payment or financing of any part of the purchase price thereof. The Debt of any Person shall include all obligations of such Person of the character described above to the extent such Person remains legally liable in respect thereof notwithstanding that any such obligation is not included as a liability of such Person under GAAP. [ASA, CA, EPC, LLCA, Schedule Z]

Debt Service” means, with respect to any measurement period, the aggregate amount of scheduled principal, interest and fees required to be paid on or in connection with the Obligations during such measurement period. [ASA, CA, Schedule Z]

Debt Service Account” means the Debt Service Account set forth in Section 2.1.1 of the Account and Security Agreement. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Debt Service Reserve Account” means the Debt Service Reserve Account set forth in Section 2.1.1 of the Account and Security Agreement. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Default Rate” has the meaning specified in Section 2.9 of the Credit Agreement. [CA]

Defense Election” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(b) of the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement. [ECCA]

 

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Delivery” or “Delivering” means delivery in a form and manner pursuant to which the intended recipient thereof is capable of readily receiving, distributing or otherwise utilizing the subject matter of such delivery for its intended purpose. [CA, EPC, Schedule Z]

Delivery Point” means the PacifiCorp substation at Mona, Utah or such other location where the electric energy generated by the Facility is to be Delivered in order for the Facility to generate revenues. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Demonstrated Geothermal Capacity” means the lesser of 10.35 and the maximum generating capacity of the Facility (measured in MW) as supported by a Geothermal Resource and Energy Assessment Certificate. [Schedule Z]

Demonstrated Operational Capacity” means the greatest amount of aggregate net MW of electrical output demonstrated by the Facility during full operation pursuant to the Capacity Prove-Out and set forth on the Notice of Facility Substantial Completion. [Schedule Z]

Deposit Accounts” (a) means all “deposit accounts” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and (b) includes, without limitation, all of the accounts listed on Schedule 6.4 of the Account and Security Agreement under the heading “Deposit Accounts” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time). [ASA, Schedule Z]

Development Account” means the Development Account set forth in Section 2.1.1 of the Account and Security Agreement. [ASA, CA, Schedule Z]

Development Account Overage” means, as of any date, the amount by which the balance of the Development Account as of such date exceeds the Development Account Minimum Balance. [EPC]

Development Account Minimum Balance” means the Development Account Target Balance; provided, that if a Buy-Down Trigger Event occurs, then Development Account Minimum Balance shall mean the product of (i) the Development Account Target Balance, multiplied by (ii) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Actual Efficiency and the denominator of which is 9.614. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Development Account Target Balance” means $5,000,000. [Schedule Z]

Discounted Value” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Advance, the amount obtained by discounting all Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to such Called Principal from their respective scheduled due dates to the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal, in accordance with accepted financial practice and at a discount factor (applied on the same periodic basis as that on which interest on the Obligations is payable) equal to the Reinvestment Yield with respect to such Called Principal. [Schedule Z]

 

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Disputes” has the meaning specified in the applicable Agreement in which such term is used. [EPC, O&M]

Disqualified Capital Stock” means any Equity Interest that, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event, matures or is mandatorily redeemable for any consideration other than other Equity Interests (which would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is convertible or exchangeable for Debt or redeemable for any consideration other than other Equity Interests (which would not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock) at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, on or prior to the date that is one year after the earlier of (a) the Final Maturity Date and (b) the date on which there are no obligations outstanding under the Credit Agreement. [CA, Schedule Z]

Disqualified Transferee” means any Person, which is, or whose Affiliate is, then (a) a party adverse in any pending or threatened action, suit or proceeding to the Company or any Member or an Affiliate thereof, if (i) the Company (with the Consent of the Members) or such Member (in its sole and absolute discretion), as applicable, shall not have consented to the Transfer to such Person and (ii) the matter at stake in such action, suit or proceeding is material to the Company or Member, as applicable, or (b) a Person to whom electricity is sold prior to the end of the PTC Period or is not an Unrelated Person. [LLCA]

Distributable Cash” means, as of any date, all cash, cash equivalents and liquid investments (excluding Capital Contributions) held by the Company as of such date less all reserves that, in the reasonable judgment of the Managing Member, are necessary or appropriate for the operation of the Company or the Facility consistently with the Annual Operating Plan and Budget and Prudent Practices, less amounts necessary to repay Working Capital Loans, and less the Management Fee. Reasonable reserves shall consist of any combination of the following reserves as reasonably determined by the Managing Member: (i) necessary for payment of expenses included in the Annual Operating Plan and Budget, (ii) necessary to prevent or mitigate an emergency situation, (iii) established with the prior written consent of the Members (by Class Majority Vote), (iv) necessary to allow the Company to meet expenses that are clearly identified and expected with reasonable certainty to become due, but that are not included in the Annual Operating Plan and Budget, or (v) necessary to ensure sufficient spare parts or the payment of operational and maintenance costs for the Facility. [LLCA]

Distribution Conditions” means:

(a) no Credit Agreement Default or Credit Agreement Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

(b) the Final Completion Date has occurred;

(c) (x) the Debt Service Reserve Account is funded in an amount not less than the Minimum Debt Service Reserve and (y) the Maintenance Reserve Account is funded in an amount not less than the Maintenance Reserve Required Balance; and

(d) the Historical DSCR that corresponds to the Payment Quarterly Transfer Date on which such distribution is being contemplated under Section 3.2.1.8 of the Account and

 

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Security Agreement (as calculated under Section 5.2 of the Credit Agreement) is no less than the Minimum DSCR; and provided, however, that the Distribution Conditions set forth in clause (d) and (e) above shall not be deemed to have been satisfied if the Company has exercised the option to make an equity payment pursuant to Section 5.2.2 of the Credit Agreement. [ASA, CA]

Distribution Date” means dates selected by the Managing Member at least monthly. [LLCA]

Documents” means all “documents” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC. [ASA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Dollars” or “$” refers to the lawful currency of the United States of America. [CA, EPC, O&M]

Drilling Account” means the Drilling Account set forth in Section 2.2.3 of the Account and Security Agreement. [ASA, CA, EPC, LLCA]

Drilling Deposit” means the Capital Contributions as required under Section 2.2.3 of the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement and as may be made pursuant to Section 4.4 of the LLC Operating Agreement. [ASA, CA]

Drilling Reserve Target” means, as of any date, the greater of (i) the amount identified as the “Required Drilling Escrow” set forth in the most recent Drilling Plan and Budget as of such date in accordance with Section 4.3 of the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement, and (ii) the amount identified as the “Drilling Reserve Amount” set forth in the most recently issued Drilling Escrow Certificate as of such date in accordance with Section 4.4 of the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement. [Schedule Z]

Drilling Services” means all Services that are necessary or appropriate for the purpose of production and reinjection of the geothermal resource to be obtained and maintained in connection with the operation of the Facility. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Drilling Shortfall” means, as of any date, the amount by which (i) the Drilling Reserve Target as of such date, exceeds (ii) the aggregate amount of capital contributions made by the Class B Investors immediately prior to such date. [ECCA]

DSCR” means for any period, the ratio of (a) Gross Project Revenues received by the Company during such period, less the aggregate amount of the sum of (i)Reimbursable Costs, plus (ii) Base Fee, plus (iii) Owner Maintenance Agreement Payments, plus (iv) O&M Site Document Payments, plus (v) O&M Other Payments, during such period to (b) Fixed Charges required to be paid during such period. [CA, LLCA, Schedule Z]

Effective Date” means, as used in any Agreement, the Effective Date as defined in such Agreement. [ASA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z, CA]

 

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Effective Date Capital Contributions means the capital contributions by the Class A Investors on the Effective Date, as determined in accordance with Section 2.1 of the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement. [CA, LLCA]

EHS Permits” has the meaning specified in Section 4.6.2 of the Credit Agreement. [CA, ECCA]

Eligible Assignee” means (a) any Lender, and any Affiliate of any Lender; (b) a Person that is (i) a commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America, or any state thereof, and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000, (ii) a commercial bank organized under the laws of any other country which is a member of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (the “OECD”), or a political subdivision of any such country, and having a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000; provided, that such bank is acting through a branch or agency located in the United States, (iii) a finance company, insurance company or other financial institution or fund which is engaged in making, purchasing or otherwise investing in commercial loans for its own account in the ordinary course of business, (iv) a Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in the business of commercial banking or lending and that is (A) a Subsidiary of a Lender, (B) a Subsidiary of a Person of which a Lender is a Subsidiary, (C) a Person of which a Lender is a Subsidiary or (v) that is administered or managed by (A) a Lender, (B) an Affiliate of a Lender or (C) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender; provided, that notwithstanding any of the foregoing, none of the Company nor any of its Affiliates shall qualify as an Eligible Assignee under this definition. In addition, unless an Credit Agreement Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, no Energy Company may be an Eligible Assignee unless approved by the Company (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). [CA, Schedule Z]

Eligible Facility” means an “eligible facility” as that term has the meaning set forth under 18 C.F.R. § 366.1 (2007). [ECCA]

Emergency Condition” means the occurrence or significant risk of imminent occurrence of an event that materially adversely affects the safety or protection of Persons or materially adversely affects, in whole or in part, the Facility, the Facility Site or other property located at or adjacent to the Facility Site or materially adversely affects, in whole or in part, any natural resources located on or adjacent to the Facility Site. [O&M]

Energy Company” means any Person, including such Person’s Affiliates and Subsidiaries that is engaged in the development, ownership, operation or management of renewable energy production and facilities. [Schedule Z]

Environmental Claim” means, with respect to any Person, any and all Claims by or against such Person arising under, pursuant to or with respect to any violation, including alleged violations, of an Environmental Law or the Release, or alleged Release, of any Hazardous Material. [CA, EPC, O&M]

Environmental Law” means any Applicable Laws, including all rules and regulations, relating to the environment, pollution, protection of life, health or safety as affected by the

 

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environment or natural resources or any Hazardous Material, in each case, as may be in effect from time to time, including the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq.; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, 42 U.S.C. § 6901 et seq.; the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, 33 U.S.C. § 1251 et seq.; the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. § 7401 et seq.; the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act, 49 U.S.C. § 1471 et seq.; the Toxic Substances Control Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2601 et seq.; the Oil Pollution Act, 33 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.; the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, 42 U.S.C. § 11001 et seq.; the Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300f through 300j-26; the Occupational Safety and Health Act, 29 U.S.C. § 651 et seq. [CA, ECCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

EPC Assets” means all Equipment and Materials comprising the Facility, satisfying the technical specifications set forth in the Project Design Book with respect thereto, other than the Owner-Supplied Assets; provided, that if any Equipment and Materials could be deemed to be both EPC Assets and Owner-Supplied Assets, such Equipment and Materials shall be deemed EPC Assets for any purposes under the EPC Agreement. [EPC, Schedule Z]

EPC Other Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.3 of the EPC Agreement. [EPC]

EPC Site Document Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.2 of the EPC Agreement. [EPC]

Equipment” means: (a) all “equipment” as defined in the UCC, (b) all machinery, manufacturing equipment, data processing equipment, computers, office equipment, furnishings, furniture, appliances, fixtures and tools (in each case, regardless of whether characterized as equipment under the UCC) and (c) all accessions or additions thereto, all parts thereof, whether or not at any time of determination incorporated or installed therein or attached thereto, and all replacements therefor, wherever located, now or hereafter existing, including any fixtures. [ASA, EPC, Schedule Z]

Equipment and Materials” means all equipment, machinery, apparatus, materials, articles, components, raw materials, supplies, parts, systems, structures and any other equipment or items comprising or otherwise necessary or appropriate to be incorporated or integrated into, based on the design, engineering, construction, development, operation and maintenance of, as applicable, a geothermal power plant facility of a similar nature, size and complexity as the Facility, in each case, based on the technical specifications and requirements set forth in the Project Design Book. [EPC, O&M, Schedule Z]

Equity Base Case Model” means the Original Equity Base Case Model; provided, that if a Buy-Down Trigger Event occurs, then “Equity Base Case Model” means the Recalculated Equity Base Case Model. [ECCA, EPC, LLCA, Schedule Z]

Equity Interests” means shares of capital stock in a corporation, partnership interests in a partnership, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such Equity Interest. [CA, ECCA, Schedule Z]

 

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Equity Investors” means collectively, the Class A Investors, the Class B Investors and the Class C Investor. [O&M, Schedule Z]

Equity Transactions” the transactions contemplated by the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement. [ECCA]

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute. [CA, LLCA, Schedule Z]

ERISA Affiliate” means each trade or business (whether or not incorporated) which together with the Company would be deemed to be a “single employer” within the meaning of section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA or subsections (b), (c), (m) or (o) of section 414 of the Code. [Schedule Z, CA]

ERISA Event” means (a) a “Reportable Event” described in section 4043 of ERISA and the regulations issued thereunder, except for any such events for which the 30-day notice to the PBGC has been waived, (b) the withdrawal of the Company or any ERISA Affiliate from a Plan during a plan year in which it was a “substantial employer” as defined in section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA, (c) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate a Plan or the treatment of a Plan amendment as a termination under section 4041 of ERISA, (d) the institution of proceedings to terminate a Plan by the PBGC, (e) receipt of a notice of withdrawal liability pursuant to section 4202 of ERISA or (f) any other event or condition which is likely to result in the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Plan under section 4042 of ERISA. [CA]

Event of Abandonment” means the cessation of operation of the Project or abandonment of development and/or construction of the Project for more than thirty (30) consecutive days, (which period (a) shall be measured from the first occurrence of a work stoppage and continuing until work of a substantial nature is resumed and thereafter diligently continued and (b) shall be extended to the extent any cessation of operations or other abandonment results from any Force Majeure Event, a Casualty Event, Prudent Practice or pursuant to Section 4.3 or Section 4.4 of the EPC Agreement). [CA]

Excepted Liens” means: (a) Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges or levies which are not delinquent or which are being contested in accordance with the requirements of the Credit Agreement; (b) Liens in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance or other social security, old age pension or public liability obligations which are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP; (c) statutory landlord’s liens, operators’, vendors’, carriers’, warehousemen’s, repairmen’s, mechanics’, suppliers’, workers’, materialmen’s, construction or other like Liens arising by operation of law in the ordinary course of business each of which is in respect of obligations that are not delinquent or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate action and for which adequate reserves have been maintained in accordance with GAAP and are bonded or pledged or enforcement of which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; (d) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies and burdening only deposit accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution; provided, that no such deposit

 

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account is a dedicated cash collateral account or is subject to restrictions against access by the depositor in excess of those set forth by regulations promulgated by the Board and no such deposit account is intended by the Company to provide collateral to the depository institution; (e) easements, restrictions, servitudes, permits, conditions, covenants, exceptions or reservations in any Property of the Company for the purpose of roads, pipelines, transmission lines, transportation lines, distribution lines for the removal of gas, oil, coal, geothermal water or steam or other minerals or timber, and other like purposes, or for the joint or common use of real estate, rights of way, facilities and equipment, that do not secure any monetary obligations and which in the aggregate do not materially impair the use of such Property for the purposes of which such Property is held by the Company or materially impair the value of such Property subject thereto; (f) Liens on cash or securities pledged to secure performance of tenders, surety and appeal bonds, government contracts, performance and return of money bonds, bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, regulatory obligations and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business; (g) judgment and attachment Liens not giving rise to a Credit Agreement Event of Default; (h) matters identified in that certain title policy as such policy has been approved by the Required Lenders, and (i) Capital Leases to the extent permitted by Section 6.1.7 of the Credit Agreement; provided, that any appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceeding may be initiated shall not have expired and no action to enforce such Lien has been commenced; provided, further, that Liens described in clauses (a) through (d) shall remain “Excepted Liens” only for so long as no action to enforce such Lien has been commenced. [ASA, CA]

Excess Distributable Cash” means Distributable Cash for any given quarter (before taking into account the Management Fee Bonus for such quarter) above the amount of Distributable Cash set forth for said quarter in Schedule Y to the LLC Operating Agreement.

Excluded Taxes” means, with respect to any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Company hereunder or under any Financing Document, (a) sales, capital gain, income or franchise taxes imposed on it by the United States of America or such other jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which the Company is located, and (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender, any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to the Credit Agreement (or designates a new lending office) or is attributable to such Foreign Lender’s failure to comply with Section 2.13.7 of the Credit Agreement except to the extent that such Foreign Lender (or its assignor, if any) was entitled, at the time of designation of a new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.13 of the Credit Agreement. [CA, Schedule Z]

Expert” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.2 of the EPC Agreement. [EPC, LLCA]

Extended Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1 of the O&M Agreement. [O&M, Schedule Z]

 

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Facility” means a geothermal electricity generating plant with a net nameplate capacity rating of at least the Minimum Capacity Rating and all components related thereto, including fifty (50) PureCycle© 225 System geothermal power system turbines, components for the extraction and gathering of geothermal resources used in the operation of the Facility and components for the Delivery of electricity generated by the Facility to the Delivery Point. For the avoidance of doubt, the Facility shall be comprised of the Equipment and Materials included within the EPC Assets and the Owner-Supplied Assets. [CA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Facility Objectives” means (i) having at all times, in all material respects, the capacity and functional ability to perform, on a continuing basis, the functions for which the Facility was designed and in accordance with the Project Design Book and Prudent Practices, (ii) satisfying the performance criteria set forth on Schedule C to the O&M Agreement, as may be amended from time to time, (iii) having, procuring or otherwise obtaining the geothermal resources necessary to operate the Facility in accordance with the performance criteria set forth on Schedule C to the O&M Agreement, and (iv) Delivering the electric energy generated by the Facility to the Delivery Point. [O&M]

Facility Plan and Budget” means, with respect to the applicable Operating Year, an annual operating budget and capital budget, broken down on a monthly basis, setting forth in detail the following matters related to the Facility: (A) anticipated operations, repairs and capital improvements (including any teardowns and major overhauls as separate budget items), (B) routine maintenance and overhaul schedules (including major maintenance), (C) procurement (including equipment acquisitions and spare parts and consumable inventories indicating a breakdown of capital items and expense items), (D) staffing, personnel and labor activities (including unit rates for labor, hourly rates for consultants who are not employees of the Operator or its Affiliates, and holidays to be observed), (E) administrative activities, and (F) data regarding other work proposed to be undertaken by Operator, together with an itemized estimate, in detail reasonably acceptable to Owner, of all Reimbursable Costs to be incurred in connection therewith, together an annual operating plan setting forth underlying assumptions and implementation plans. [O&M]

Facility Site” means the Permanent Parcels. [ASA, CA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Facility Substantial Completion” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2.1 of the EPC Agreement. [ASA, CA, EPC, Schedule Z]

Facility Substantial Completion Certificate” means the certificate substantially in the form attached to the EPC Agreement as Exhibit D, as may be amended, restated or supplemented from time to time. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Facility Substantial Completion Date” means the date upon which Facility Substantial Completion occurs in accordance with the requirements of the EPC Agreement. [CA, EPC, Schedule Z]

 

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Federal Book-Entry Regulations” means (a) the federal regulations contained in Subpart B (“Treasury/Reserve Automated Debt Entry System (TRADES)” governing Book-Entry Securities consisting of U.S. Treasury bonds, notes and bills) and Subpart D (“Additional Provisions”) of 31 C.F.R. Part 357, 31 C.F.R. § 357.10 through § 357.14 and § 357.41 through § 357.44 (including related defined terms in 31 C.F.R. § 357.2); and (b) to the extent substantially identical to the federal regulations referred to in clause (a) above (as in effect from time to time), the federal regulations governing other Book-Entry Securities. [ASA]

Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if that rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas Federal funds broker rate of recognized standing selected by it. [CA]

FERC” means the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission or any successor thereto. [ECCA, LLCA, Schedule Z, CA]

Final Completion” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.1 of the EPC Agreement. [ASA, ECCA, EPC, O&M, Schedule Z, CA]

Final Completion Certificate” means the certificate substantially in the form attached to the EPC Agreement as Exhibit E, as may be amended, restated or supplemented from time to time. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Final Completion Date” means the date upon which Final Completion occurs in accordance with the requirements of the EPC Agreement. [ASA, CA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Final Development Account Distribution Date” has the meaning assigned in Section 3.9.3.5 of the Account and Security Agreement. [ASA, CA]

Final Maturity Date” means December 31, 2026 or such earlier date on which a Credit Agreement Event of Default occurs and the Obligations are accelerated pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Credit Agreement. [CA, Schedule Z]

Financial Officer” means, for any Person, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references in the Credit Agreement to a Financial Officer means a Financial Officer of the Company. [CA, Schedule Z]

Financing Conversion Date” means the date on which the Lenders obtain all right, title and interest of the Class B Investors in the membership interests of the Company pursuant to the Class B Investors Pledge Agreement. [EPC, O&M]

Financing Expiration Date” means (a) when used in the EPC Agreement and the O&M Agreement, the later of (i) the date on which the aggregate principal amount, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and any other amount due and payable under the

 

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Credit Agreement has been repaid in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof and the Commitments and the Financing Documents have been terminated and (ii) the Flip Date and (b) when used in the Financing Documents, the date on which the aggregate principal amount, together with any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and any other amount due and payable under the Credit Agreement has been repaid in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof and the Commitments. [ASA, EPC, O&M]

Fiscal Quarter” means any of the fiscal quarterly accounting periods of the Company, ending March 31, June 30, September 30, and December 31. [CA, Schedule Z]

Fixed Charges” means, for any period, the sum, for the Company, of the following items during such period: (a) Interest Expense to the extent actually paid in cash, (b) scheduled payments of principal of Debt, including under the Credit Agreement and (c) the portion of payments, other than optional payments, made under Capital Leases that should be treated as payment of principal in accordance with GAAP. [Schedule Z]

Fixed Tax Assumptions” means the following assumptions: (1) the Class A Investors are and will be fully taxable at a thirty five percent (35%) federal income tax rate (and any state, local, foreign or other income taxes are inapplicable) and will be able to utilize fully all regular federal income tax benefits allocated to them from the Company, (2) the Company is and will be the sole owner of the Project for federal income tax purposes, (3) the applicable depreciation periods, methods and conventions are as set forth in the Equity Base Case Model; provided that such depreciation periods, methods and conventions shall not include the amounts allocated to particular assets, (4) the Company is classified as a partnership for federal income tax purposes for all periods after the Effective Date, (5) so long as it is still a Member, the Class A Investors will be treated as partners for federal income tax purposes for all periods after the Effective Date and will be subject to tax as partners, under Code Section 702 and subchapter K of Chapter 1 of the Code, upon their distributive shares of Company income, gain, loss, deduction and credit, and (6) the allocation of items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit among the Members shall be respected for federal income tax purposes; provided that this is an assumption only that the allocations in Article V of the LLCA will be respected under subchapter K of the Code and not an assumption about the actual amounts and timing of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit, not an assumption about the opening Capital Account balances of the Members, not an assumption about how payments or distributions by the Company will be characterized for tax purposes and their resulting effects on the Capital Accounts and outside bases of the Members, and not an assumption about the proper book recovery methods in cases where there is a book-tax disparity. [LLCA]

Flip Date” means the last day of the month in which the Class A Investors achieve an Internal Rate of Return equal to or greater than the Target IRR. [LLCA]

Flip Purchase Option” means the purchase option under Section 9.7 of the LLC Operating Agreement.

Force Majeure” or “Force Majeure Event” means, with respect to any Agreement, an event or circumstance that affects a Party’s ability to perform its obligations under such Agreement to the extent such event or circumstance (a) intentionally omitted, (b) was beyond the

 

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reasonable control of such Party, (c) the effects of which are incapable of being prevented, overcome or mitigated by the reasonable efforts of such Party and (d) did not result from the fault or negligence of the Party claiming Force Majeure. Such events or circumstances may include, but are not limited to, action or inaction of a governmental authority, acts of nature, drought, flood, earthquake, tornado, hurricane, storm, fire, lightning, or other unusually severe weather, epidemic, war, riot, civil disturbance, unavailability of or disruption to transportation or transportation systems, or other natural disasters, embargo, blockade, sabotage, terrorism, or the threat of such acts, explosions, strikes, boycotts, work slowdowns, or other labor disputes (it is understood that a strike, boycott, work slowdown, or other labor dispute directed at a Party shall not be deemed a Force Majeure Event with respect to such Party), the existence of Hazardous Substance not caused by the Party claiming Force Majeure (which existence is not otherwise a violation or breach of such Agreement, including a breach of the representations and warranties made herein), order or judgments of any governmental authority (other than the granting of Governmental Approvals), the absence, suspension, termination, interruption, delay, denial, or failure of renewal of any Governmental Approval the procurement of which was or is not the responsibility of the Party claiming Force Majeure or for which application was duly and timely made by the responsible Party and in respect of which the affected Party is otherwise in compliance, if applicable, a change of Applicable Law that materially prevents the affected Party from performing its obligations under the relevant Agreements, or other similar event, which, in each case, to the extent that such event materially adversely affects or prevents a Party’s ability to perform its obligations under such Agreement and was not reasonably preventable or in the control of the Party claiming Force Majeure. Force Majeure Event includes, but is not limited to, the failure of a contractor or supplier (other than the Contractor) to furnish labor, services, materials, or equipment in accordance with its contractual obligations; provided, that such failure is itself due to a Force Majeure Event. In no instance shall any of the following be considered or constitute a Force Majeure Event: (i) availability of, or price levels or fluctuations with respect to labor, materials, services, supplies, equipment or other components related to items to be procured, supplied or constructed by Contractor; (ii) economic hardship; (iii) lightning strikes that adversely affect the operation of Equipment and Materials powered by electricity; (iv) any delay or failure of Contractor to obtain supplies, materials, equipment or other components for the Facility due to the delay or failure of any Person to perform any obligation owed to Contractor, unless such delay or failure is caused by an event of Force Majeure materially adversely affecting such Person; (v) equipment failure unless such failure is caused by an independent event of Force Majeure; (vi) domestic and/or foreign transportation delays unless such delays are caused by an independent event of Force Majeure, or (vii) Excluded Changes of Law. [ASA, CA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Foreign Lender” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Company is located. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction. [CA, Schedule Z]

Former Real Property” has the meaning specified in Section 4.6.1 of the Credit Agreement. [CA]

Full Revenue QTD” means the first Quarterly Transfer Date immediately following the first full Fiscal Quarter occurring after the Final Completion Date. [ASA]

 

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Funding Failure” means the failure of the Lenders to make Advances in non-compliance with the Credit Agreement. [EPC]

FPA” means the Federal Power Act and the regulations of the FERC thereunder. [ECCA, LLCA]

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time subject to the terms and conditions set forth in Section 1.3 of the Credit Agreement. [CA, ECCA, LLCA, Schedule Z]

General Intangibles” (a) means all “general intangibles” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and (b) includes, without limitation, all interest rate or currency protection or hedging arrangements, all tax refunds, all licenses, permits, concessions and authorizations, all Assigned Agreements, all ASA Intellectual Property and all Payment Intangibles (in each case, regardless of whether characterized as general intangibles under the UCC). [ASA, Schedule Z]

Geothermal Resource and Energy Assessment Certificate” means a certificate issued by the Geothermal Engineer substantially in the form attached to the EPC Agreement as Exhibit C, as may be amended, restated or supplemented from time to time by the Geothermal Engineer. [EPC]

Goods” (a) means all “goods” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and (b) includes, without limitation, all Inventory and Equipment and any computer program embedded in the goods and any supporting information provided in connection with such program if (x) the program is associated with the goods in such a manner that is customarily considered part of the goods or (y) by becoming the owner of the goods, a Person acquires a right to use the program in connection with the goods (in each case, regardless of whether characterized as goods under the UCC). [ASA]

Governmental Approval” as used in any Agreement means any license, consent, permit, authorization, requirement, environmental plan, certificate, waiver, franchise, variance, order, decision, registration, ruling and other approval or permission necessary or appropriate, including as to zoning, environmental protection, pollution, sanitation, energy regulation, safety, siting or building, to be obtained from any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over or with respect to the applicable Party to such Agreement, the transactions contemplated by such Agreement and the performance of the Parties thereunder. [CA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Governmental Authority” as used in any Agreement means, with respect to any matter, any federal, state or local government or any political subdivision thereof, taxing authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, agency, instrumentality, authority, department, commission, board or bureau thereof or any federal, state or local court, tribunal or arbitrator, including but not limited to any environmental agency, in each case, having jurisdiction over or with respect to the applicable Party to such Agreement, the transactions contemplated by such Agreement and the performance of the Parties thereunder. [CA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

 

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Gross Asset Value” means, with respect to any asset, the asset’s adjusted tax basis for federal income tax purposes, except as follows:

(a) the initial Gross Asset Value of any asset contributed by a Member to the Company will be the Gross Fair Market Value of such asset as of the date of contribution; provided, that the initial Gross Asset Value of the assets deemed contributed to the Company by IRP on the Effective Date will be the value agreed to by IRP and MLE and reflected in Schedule 4.2(d) to the LLC Operating Agreement;

(b) the Gross Asset Values of all Company assets shall be adjusted to equal their respective fair market values at the times listed in Section 4.2(c) of the LLC Operating Agreement;

(c) the Gross Asset Value of any item of Company assets distributed to any Member shall be adjusted to equal the Gross Fair Market Value of such asset on the date of distribution;

(d) the Gross Asset Values of all Company assets shall be adjusted to reflect any adjustments to the adjusted basis of such assets pursuant to Sections 734(b) or 743(b) of the Code, but only to the extent that such adjustments are required to be taken into account in determining Capital Accounts pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m); provided, however, that Gross Asset Values shall not be adjusted pursuant to this subsection (d) to the extent that the Managing Member determines that an adjustment pursuant to subsection (b) is necessary or appropriate in connection with a transaction that would otherwise result in an adjustment pursuant to this subsection (d); and

(e) if the Gross Asset Value of an asset has been determined or adjusted pursuant to subsection (a), (b) or (d) above, such Gross Asset Value shall thereafter be adjusted by the Depreciation taken into account with respect to such asset. [LLCA]

Gross Project Revenues” means all payments to the benefit of the Company (determined on an actual receipts basis), including (a) all payments made under the Project Documents, (b) interest, dividend and other income in respect of sums standing to the credit of the Security Accounts, (c) any proceeds of any business interruption, delay-in-start-up or loss of profit insurance, (d) any refunds of tax of any kind, and (e) any other income, receipts or gains (including any such income, receipts or gains as are of a non-recurring or extraordinary nature) from whatever source (other than pursuant to the Financing Documents except as provided in clause (b) hereof) and whether or not attributable to the Project; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) interest, dividends and other income paid or deposited into the Distribution Account shall not constitute “Gross Project Revenues”, and (ii) equity investments in the Company other than (A) the Capital Contribution Commitment and (B) equity investments made in accordance with the proviso of Section 5.2.2 of the Credit Agreement shall not constitute “Gross Project Revenues.” [ASA, CA, Schedule Z]

Guaranteed Final Completion Date” means the earlier of (i) one hundred and eighty (180) calendar days after the Facility Substantial Completion Date and (ii) June 15, 2009. [ASA, CA, EPC, O&M, Schedule Z]

 

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Hazardous Material” means any petroleum or petroleum product (including but not limited to waste petroleum), contaminant, chemical product or intermediate, chemical by-product, flammable material, explosive, radioactive substances, asbestos in any form, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, polychlorinated biphenyls, or other chemicals defined in Environmental Laws as hazardous substances, hazardous wastes, extremely hazardous wastes, solid wastes, toxic substances, pollutants or contaminants. [CA, ECCA, EPC, O&M, Schedule Z, CA]

Highest Lawful Rate” means, with respect to each Lender, the maximum nonusurious interest rate, if any, that at any time or from time to time may be contracted for, taken, reserved, charged or received on the Obligations under laws applicable to such Lender which are presently in effect or, to the extent allowed by law, under such Applicable Laws which may hereafter be in effect and which allow a higher maximum nonusurious interest rate than Applicable Laws allow as of the Effective Date. [CA]

Historical DSCR” means, with respect to any Quarterly Transfer Date, the DSCR for the four Fiscal Quarter periods ending on the last day of the full Fiscal Quarter immediately preceding such Quarterly Transfer Date; provided, that (a) for the first full Fiscal Quarter occurring after the Final Completion Date, “DSCR” shall mean the “DSCR” for such Fiscal Quarter then ending multiplied by four, (b) for the second full Fiscal Quarter occurring after the Final Completion Date, “DSCR” shall mean the “DSCR” for such two Fiscal Quarters then ending multiplied by 2, and (c) for the third full Fiscal Quarter after the Final Completion Date, “DSCR” shall mean the “DSCR” for such three Fiscal Quarters then ending multiplied by  4/3. [CA, Schedule Z]

Indemnified Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.1 of the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement. [ECCA]

Indemnification Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3(a) of the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement. [ECCA]

Independent Accounting Firm” means an accounting firm that is acceptable to a majority of the Class A Investors and the Class B Investors.

Independent Engineer Reports” means the reports and certifications delivered by the Independent Engineer pursuant to Article VI of the EPC Agreement. [CA]

Initial Expiration Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1 of the O&M Agreement. [O&M, Schedule Z]

Instruments” means all “instruments” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC. [ASA]

Insurance” means: (a) all insurance policies covering any or all of the Collateral (regardless of whether the Collateral Agent is the loss payee thereof) and (b) any key man life insurance policies. [ASA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Insurance Consultant’s Report” means the report of the Insurance Consultant which confirms that the insurance coverages for both the construction and operation periods of the

 

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Project comply with the insurance requirements of Section 5.12 of the Credit Agreement. [Schedule Z]

Intellectual Property” means, as to the Company, the Company’s now owned and hereafter arising or acquired: patents, patent rights, patent applications, copyrights, works which are the subject matter of copyrights, copyright applications, copyright registrations, trademarks, servicemarks, trade names, trade styles, trademark and service mark applications, and licenses and rights to use any of the foregoing and all applications, registrations and recordings relating to any of the foregoing as may be filed in the United States Copyright Office, the United States Patent and Trademark Office or in any similar office or agency of the United States, any State thereof, any political subdivision thereof or in any other country or jurisdiction, together with all rights and privileges arising under Applicable Law with respect to the Company’s use of any of the foregoing; all extensions, renewals, reissues, divisions, continuations, and continuations-in-part of any of the foregoing; all rights to sue for past, present and future infringement of any of the foregoing; inventions, trade secrets, formulae, processes, compounds, drawings, designs, blueprints, surveys, reports, manuals, and operating standards; goodwill (including any goodwill associated with any trademark or servicemark, or the license of any trademark or servicemark); customer and other lists in whatever form maintained; trade secret rights, copyright rights, rights in works of authorship; software and contract rights relating to computer software programs, in whatever form created or maintained. [ASA, CA, ECCA, Schedule Z]

Interconnection Assets” has the meaning set forth in Article XI of the Account and Security Agreement. [ASA]

Interest” means the interest of a Member in the Company, including rights to distributions (liquidating or otherwise), allocations, and to vote, consent or approve, if any. [CA]

Interest Expense” means, for any period, the aggregate interest expense for the Company. [Schedule Z]

Internal Rate of Return” means the discount rate that sets A equal to B, where A is the present value of (a) the Production Tax Credits allocated to the Class A Investors, plus (b) the tax savings from tax losses or deductions allocated to the Class A Investors (excluding any such losses or deductions that are suspended under section 704(d) of the Code but only for the period that the losses or deductions are suspended), plus (c) the cash distributed to the Class A Investors, including any Buy-Down LLC Redemption Amount, plus (d) any indemnity payments by IRP to MLE under Article VII of the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement that compensate for loss of any item listed in the foregoing clauses (a), (b) and (c), minus (e) the tax detriment from any taxable income or gain allocated to the Class A Investors by the Company and from any gain recognized by the Class A Investors under section 731(a) of the Code (including after a deemed cash distribution caused by a shift in how liabilities are shared in the outside bases of the Members on the Flip Date), and B is the present value of the Capital Contributions made by MLE on the both the Effective Date and the Second Funding Date. However, if the Flip Purchase Option is exercised, when the parties calculate the minimum Purchase Price the Class A Investors require to reach or maintain the Target IRR, the tax detriment taken into account under clause (e) will include taxes on gain on the sale of the Class

 

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A Interests. Section 6.5(c) of the LLC Operating Agreement has a list of other assumptions and conventions that will be used when calculating the Internal Rate of Return. [LLCA, Schedule Z]

Inventory” means, with respect to the Company: (a) all “inventory” as defined in the UCC and (b) all goods held for sale or lease or to be furnished under contracts of service or so leased or furnished, all raw materials, work in process, finished goods, and materials used or consumed in the manufacture, packing, shipping, advertising, selling, leasing, furnishing or production of such inventory or otherwise used or consumed in the Company’s business; all goods in which the Company has an interest in mass or a joint or other interest or right of any kind; and all goods which are returned to or repossessed by the Company, all computer programs embedded in any goods and all accessions thereto and products thereof (in each case, regardless of whether characterized as inventory under the UCC). [ASA, Schedule Z]

Investment” means, for any Person: (a) the acquisition (whether for cash, Property, services or securities or otherwise) of Equity Interests of any other Person or any agreement to make any such acquisition (including, without limitation, any “short sale” or any sale of any securities at a time when such securities are not owned by the Person entering into such short sale); (b) the making of any deposit with (other than deposits to Deposit Accounts in the ordinary course of business), or advance, loan or capital contribution to, assumption of Debt of, purchase or other acquisition of any other Debt or equity participation or interest in, or other extension of credit to, any other Person (including the purchase of Property from another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to resell such Property to such Person, but excluding any such advance, loan or extension of credit having a term not exceeding ninety (90) days representing the purchase price of inventory or supplies sold by such Person in the ordinary course of business); (c) the purchase or acquisition (in one or a series of transactions) of Property of another Person that constitutes a business unit or (d) the entering into of any guarantee of, or other contingent obligation (including the deposit of any Equity Interests to be sold) with respect to, Debt or other liability of any other Person and (without duplication) any amount committed to be advanced, lent or extended to such Person. [ASA, CA, EPC, Schedule Z]

Investment Related Property” means: (a) all “investment property” (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC) and (b) all of the following (regardless of whether classified as investment property under the UCC): all Pledged Equity Interests, Pledged Debt, the Collateral Account, Securities Accounts, Commodities Accounts, Deposit Accounts and certificates of deposit. [ASA, Schedule Z]

IRS” means the Internal Revenue Service or any successor agency. [ECCA, LLCA, Schedule Z]

Knowledge” of Raser, IRP or the Company means the actual knowledge of Brent M. Cook, Martin F. Petersen, Richard D. Clayton and Sean McBride. [ECCA]

kW” means kilowatt, a unit of measurement of electric energy output that is equivalent to one-thousand watts.

Late Payment Rate” means the Prime Rate plus 2.0%. [O&M]

 

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Leases” means, collectively as of any date, the Permanent Parcels, the Collateral Parcels and the Resource Support Parcels, but excluding the Released Assets as of such date. [ECCA, Schedule Z]

Lender Indemnitees” means, collectively, Lenders and their respective shareholders, partners, Affiliates, employees, representatives and agents, together with their successors and assigns. [CA]

Lenders” means each of the lenders that is an initial signatory to the Credit Agreement or that, pursuant to Section 16.2 of the Credit Agreement, becomes a “Lender” under the Credit Agreement. [ASA, CA, ECCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Lending Office” means, with respect to any Lender, the office of such Lender specified as its “Lending Office” opposite its name on Schedule A to the Credit Agreement or in the Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to which it became a Lender, or such other office of such Lender as such Lender may from time to time specify to the Company and the Administrative Agent. [CA]

Letter of Credit Right” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the UCC. [ASA]

Liability” means, with respect to any Person, any liability, expense or obligation of such Person of any kind, character or description, whether known or unknown, absolute or contingent, accrued or unaccrued, disputed or undisputed, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured, joint or several, due or to become due, vested or unvested, executory, determined, determinable or otherwise. [ECCA, LLCA, O&M]

Lien” means any security interest, community or other material property interest, pledge, mortgage, option, lien (including environmental and Tax liens), assessment, lease, charge, encumbrance, claim, preferential arrangement, condition, equitable interest, license, right-of-way, easement, encroachment, right of first refusal, buy/sell agreement or any other restriction of any kind, including any restriction or covenant with respect to, or condition governing, the use, voting, transfer, receipt of income or other exercise of any attributes of ownership. [ASA, CA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

LLC Act” means the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, 6 Del. Code §§ 18.101 et. seq., as amended from time to time, and any successor to such Act. [ECCA, LLCA]

Loss Proceeds” means (a) any proceeds from insurance (other than business interruption, delay-in-startup or loss of profit insurance) or other funds paid to compensate the Company for damage or loss to the Project or any portion thereof including, without limitation , in connection with any Casualty Event. [ASA, CA]

Loss Proceeds Withdrawal Request” has the meaning specified in Section 2.6.1.2(7) of the Credit Agreement. [CA]

Maintenance Reserve Account” means the Maintenance Reserve Account set forth Section 2.1.1 of the Account and Security Agreement. [ASA].

 

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Maintenance Reserve Required Balance” means in respect of a Fiscal Quarter, the amount corresponding to such Fiscal Quarter as set forth on Schedule 2B of the Account and Security Agreement. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Maintenance Reserve Withdrawal Request” means a Maintenance Reserve Withdrawal Request substantially in the form of Exhibit I of the Account and Security Agreement, duly executed and delivered by all required signatories thereto. [ASA]

Maintenance Standards” means with respect to any O&M Services (i) compliance with all terms and conditions of the O&M Agreement and the Project Documents, including the warranty provisions relating to the Facility and the components thereof, (ii) compliance with the Annual Operating Plan and Budget, (iii) compliance with all Applicable Laws, including Environmental Laws, and Governmental Approvals, (iv) the provision and performance all O&M Services in conformity with Prudent Practices and causing the Facility to be in good working order in compliance with Prudent Practices, (v) compliance with the O&M Manual and all technical and operational guidelines and specifications relating to the Facility and the components thereof, (vi) compliance with the terms and conditions of all insurance policies relating to the Facility and the Facility Site, (vii) performing such O&M Services in a manner to cause the Facility to be in at least as good a condition and working order upon termination of the O&M Agreement as when the Facility and Facility Site were delivered to Operator under the O&M Agreement, ordinary wear and tear excepted, (viii) performing such O&M Services in a manner to optimize of the useful life of the Facility, (ix) minimization of damage to the Facility and Facility downtime, (x) performing such O&M Services in a manner to minimize Reimbursable Costs under the O&M Agreement and (xi) performing such O&M Services in the best interests of Owner and the Facility Objectives. [O&M]

Major Decisions” means:

With respect to the Pre-Flip Period, any of the following:

 

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(a) Except for Debt under the Financing Document and customary unsecured trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business, incurring in any single transaction or in any series of related transactions Debt (including any Working Capital Loans made pursuant to Section 4.5 of the LLC Operating Agreement) such that the amount of such Debt (excluding Debt under the Financing Documents and customary unsecured trade payables incurred in the ordinary course of business) outstanding at any point of time is in excess of $2,500,000;

(b) Entering into any (i) transaction between the Company and any Member or any Affiliate of a Member, other than any such transaction expressly provided for in any of the Operative Documents, or (ii) amendment, modification or termination of any transaction between the Company and any Member, or any Affiliate of a Member provided for in any Operative Document;

(c) Appointment of a new Managing Member or Operator;

(d) Approving any Annual Operating Plan and Budget or any amendments or modifications thereto as provided in Section 6.1 of the O&M Agreement or as required pursuant to Section 7.2 of the LLC Operating Agreement;

(e) Approving expenditures of more than $50,000 in the aggregate in a calendar year under the O&M Agreement, or other similar agreement, that are not otherwise provided for in the Annual Operating Plan and Budget;

(f) Initiating any litigation or arbitration, or settling claims, litigation or arbitration by or with respect to the Company if, as a result of such settlement, the Company would be obligated to pay more than $100,000, in the aggregate;

(g) Assuming, guaranteeing or becoming obligated for the payment of money or the performance of any contract or other obligation of any Person in excess of $250,000 in the aggregate;

(h) Making any tax election, except as expressly provided for in the LLC Operating Agreement;

(i) Causing the Company to be treated other than as a partnership for United States federal income tax purposes (including by electing under Treasury Regulations Section  ###-###-####-3 to be classified as an association);

(j) Entering into (i) any material amendment, modification, waiver, termination or replacement of the Company’s Certificate of Formation or of any Operative Document (other than this Agreement which requires the consent of all of the Members) or failing to enforce any provision of any Operative Document if such amendment, modification, termination or failure would have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or the Class A Investors; (ii) any additional Operative Document; or (iii) any new agreement with an Affiliate of a Member or amending any economic provision of any existing contract with any such Affiliate;

(k) Permitting (i) possession of property of the Company by any Member (unless such action is taken pursuant to the express terms of any Operative Document), (ii) the assignment,

 

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transfer or pledge of rights of the Company in specific property of the Company for other than a Company purpose or other than for the benefit of the Company, or (iii) any commingling of the funds of the Company with the funds of any other Person;

(l) Amending, modifying, terminating or permitting the expiration of, any material license and permit required for the operation, ownership, management or maintenance of the Facility or the sale or transmission of power therefrom;

(m) Making any distribution to any Member except as specified in the LLC Operating Agreement;

(n) Making any advance payment of compensation or other consideration to the Managing Member or any of its Affiliates;

(o)(i) Merging or consolidating the Company with any Member or other Person, (ii) changing the Company’s legal form; or recapitalizing, liquidating, winding up or dissolve the Company, (iii) agreeing to an exchange of interests with any other Person, or (iv) acquiring all or substantially all of the assets or stock of any other Person;

(p) Admitting any additional Member of the Company except as permitted under Article IX of the LLC Operating Agreement;

(q) Except as otherwise specified in LLC Operating Agreement, causing the Company to (i) sell or issue any interest, or any option, warrant or similar right to acquire any interest, of any kind in the Company, or (ii) distribute any Assets of the Company or redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire any interest in the Company,

(r) Causing the Company to engage in any business or activity that is not within the purpose of the Company, as described in Section 2.3 of the LLC Operating Agreement, or to change such purpose;

(s) Allowing any Turbine to be modified or replaced or well to be shut down;

(y) Causing or permitting the Company to receive or use any grant, tax-exempt financing, subsidized energy financing, or other federal credits, each within the meaning of Section 45(b)(3) of the Code;

(t) Causing the Company to file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, or file any petition or answer or consent seeking any reorganization, arrangement, moratorium, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief for itself under any present or future Applicable Laws relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or other relief for debtors, or seek or consent to the appointment of any trustee, receiver, conservator or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of its properties;

(u) Causing the Company (i) to admit in writing its inability to pay its debts as they mature, (ii) to give notice to any Governmental Authority of insolvency or pending insolvency, or suspension or pending suspension of operations or (iii) to make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or take any other similar action for the protection or benefit of creditors;

 

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(v) Selling, leasing or otherwise voluntarily disposing of assets of the Company with an aggregate fair market value in excess of $2,500,000 during any 12-month period, other than sales of energy and related environmental attributes under approved contracts or as part of an approved course of conduct;

(w) Causing or permitting any Encumbrance or grant of any Encumbrance on the assets or rights of the Company, other than Permitted Liens;

(x) Changing the method of tax accounting used by the Company to the extent any such change would have an adverse effect on eligibility to claim Production Tax Credits or on the timing or amount of depreciation allowances;

(y) Causing or permitting the Company to hire any employees or establish or participate in any employee benefit plans;

(z) Causing or permitting the Company to make loans to third parties; and

(aa) Causing or permitting the Company to engage in any speculative energy trading, including trading of financial contracts, such as swaps or derivatives that may be subject to FAS 133 accounting rules.

With respect to the period following the Flip Date, the matters in paragraphs (o), (q), (t) and (v) above. [LLCA]

Majority Voteshall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.2(f) of the LLC Operating Agreement. [LLCA]

Make-Whole Amount” means, with respect to any Advance, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Discounted Value of the Remaining Scheduled Payments with respect to the Called Principal of such Advance over the amount of such Called Principal; provided, that the Make-Whole Amount may in no event be less than zero. [ASA, CA, Schedule Z]

Management Fee” means a quarterly fee payable to the Managing Member pursuant to Section 8.3 of the LLC Operating Agreement which will be payable at the end of each quarter in a Fiscal Year to the extent of available funds before any distribution of Distributable Cash for such quarter and cumulative from quarter to quarter. The Management Fee shall be calculated as the sum of: (i) $500,000 per Fiscal Year for the initial Fiscal Year commencing on the Effective Date of the LLC Operating Agreement (or prorated portion thereof if such initial Fiscal Year is less than twelve months), and escalating thereafter by two and a half percent (2.5%) per year; and (ii) the Management Fee Bonus. [ASA, CA, LLCA]

Management Fee Bonus” the Management Fee Bonus shall be paid to the Managing Member to provide an incentive to the Manager to increase the megawatts generated at the Facility and to decrease the expenses of operating the Facility. The Management Fee Bonus shall be the lesser of (i) $1,000,000 per Fiscal Year or (ii) the sum of (A) the positive difference (if any) between the amount set forth for property taxes on Schedule Y of the LLC Operating Agreement in any given year and the amount of actual property taxes paid for such year, which

 

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amount shall be payable in one sum in the quarter in which property taxes are paid or would have been paid had there been a property tax burden; and (B) 75% of the Excess Distributable Cash.

Material Adverse Effect” means, with respect to the Company, a material adverse change in, or material adverse effect on (a) the business, operations, Property, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of the Company, (b) the ability of the Company to perform any of its obligations under any Financing Document or Project Document to which it is a party, (c) the validity or enforceability of any Financing Document, (d) the rights and remedies of or benefits available to any Lender under any Financing Document or (e) completion of the Project on a timely basis as contemplated by the Project Budget and the Project Schedule. [CA, ECCA, Schedule Z]

Material Indebtedness” means Debt (other than the Obligations) of the Company in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $250,000. [CA, ECCA]

Material Project Party” means any party to an Operative Document, but only, in each case, upon or prior to the expiration or early termination of the relevant Operative Document; provided, however, that the Lenders, Administrative Agent, Class A Investors, Class C Investor and the Collateral Agent shall not be Material Project Parties. [CA, ECCA]

Material Receivable” means any Receivable with an aggregate value in excess of $100,000. [CA]

Member Nonrecourse Debt” means “partner nonrecourse debt” as defined in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2(b)(4). An example is where a Member or a person related to the Member makes a loan on a nonrecourse basis to the Company. [LLCA]

Membership Interests” means the Class A Interests, the Class B Interests and the Class C Interests. [LLCA]

Milestone(s)” means each event or condition identified as a “Milestone” in the Project Schedule attached as Schedule F to the EPC Agreement. [CA, EPC, Schedule Z]

Milestone Payment” means each payment amount associated with each Milestone set forth in Schedule F to the EPC Agreement. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Milestone Payment Request” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.2 of the EPC Agreement. [EPC]

Milestone Payment Schedule” means the integrated schedule setting forth Milestones and the portion of the Contract Price payable with respect thereto, as set forth in Schedule F of the EPC Agreement. [EPC]

Milestone Progress Report” means a progress report containing the information required by Section 2.3.2 of the EPC Agreement and submitted substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B of the EPC Agreement. [EPC]

Minimum Capacity Rating” means 6.0 MW. [EPC, Schedule Z]

 

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Minimum Debt Service Reserve” means, as of the date of determination, an amount equal to the maximum projected debt service payments for the Project over the next immediately succeeding six (6) month period, which amount may be funded by an Approved Reserve Letter of Credit. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Minimum DSCR” is 1.20:1.0. [CA, Schedule Z]

Minimum Gain Attributable to Member Nonrecourse Debt” means the amount of minimum gain there is in connection with a Member Nonrecourse Debt, calculated in the manner described in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704(i)(3). [LLCA]

MLE Indemnified Costs” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1 of the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement. [ECCA]

MLE Indemnified Parties” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1 of the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement. [ECCA]

Money” means “money” as defined in the UCC. [ASA]

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investor Services, Inc. [Schedule Z]

Multiemployer Plan” means a Plan which is a multiemployer plan as defined in section 3(37) or 4001 (a)(3) of ERISA. [CA]

MW” means megawatt, a unit of measurement for electric energy output that is equivalent to one million watts. [EPC, ECCA, Schedule Z]

Net Cash Flow” means, with respect to any measurement period, Gross Project Revenues for such measurement period, less (i) Reimbursable Costs (excluding any Special Project Document Payments), Base Fee, the Owner Maintenance Agreement Payments, O&M Site Document Payments, and O&M Other Payments, for such measurement period, less (ii) Debt Service for such measurement period. [Schedule Z]

Non-Interference Certificate” means the certificate substantially in the form attached to the LLC Agreement as Exhibit F, as may be amended, restated or supplemented from time to time. [LLCA]

Nonrecourse Deduction” means a deduction for spending that is funded out of nonrecourse borrowing by the Company or that is otherwise attributable to a “nonrecourse liability” of the Company within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-2. [LLCA]

Note” means a promissory note evidencing the indebtedness owed to a Lender under the Credit Agreement. [CA]

Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 11.1 of the LLC Operating Agreement. [ASA, CA, LLCA, O&M]

 

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Notice of Dispute” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.7 of the LLC Operating Agreement. [LLCA]

Notice of Facility Substantial Completion” means the notice substantially in the form attached to the EPC Agreement in Exhibit F, as may be amended, restated or supplemented from time to time. [EPC]

Notice of Final Completion” means the notice substantially in the form attached to the EPC Agreement in Exhibit G, as may be amended, restated or supplemented from time to time. [EPC]

O&M Commencement Date” means the earlier of (i) the Facility Substantial Completion Date and (ii) the Required Turbine Substantial Completion Date. [O&M]

O&M Covered Costs” means those fees, costs and expenses customarily attributed to overhead relating to the Operator’s conduct of its business of operating facilities similar to the Facility, including fees, costs and expenses relating to employees of the Operator that are primarily engaged in business and activities other than on the Facility Site or with respect to the Facility. [O&M]

O&M Due Date” means the date that is the 15th day of each February, May, August and November, unless such day is not a Business Day, then the Business Day next following commencing with the first O&M Due Date occurring after the O&M Commencement Date. [O&M]

O&M Liability Cap” means, with respect to any Operating Year, an amount equal to the Base Fee for such Operating Year. [O&M]

O&M Manual” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.24 of the EPC Agreement. [CA, EPC, Schedule Z]

O&M Other Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.6 of the O&M Agreement. [O&M]

O&M Services” mean all services and other obligations required to be provided by Operator under the O&M Agreement as described in Section 2.1 of the O&M Agreement. [O&M]

O&M Site Document Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.5 of the O&M Agreement. [O&M]

O&M Subcontract” means any contract for the provision or performance of any part of the O&M Services or the supply of any supplies, equipment, materials or other components in connection with the same, other than the O&M Agreement. [O&M, Schedule Z]

O&M Subcontractor” means each counterparty to an O&M Subcontract other than the Operator. [O&M, Schedule Z]

 

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O&M Termination Payment” means $90,000. [O&M]

Obligations” means, without double counting, all present and future obligations and liabilities of the Company to the Agents and the Lenders at any time and from time to time of every kind, nature and description, direct or indirect, secured or unsecured, joint and several, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, matured or unmatured, now existing or hereafter arising, contractual or tortious, liquidated or unliquidated, in each case arising under any of the Financing Documents, including, without limitation, interest, all applicable fees, charges and expenses or all amounts paid or advanced by the Agents or the Lenders on behalf of or for the benefit of the Company for any reason at any time, including in each case obligations of performance as well as obligations of payment and interest that accrue after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law by or against any such Person or its properties. [ASA, CA, EPC, O&M, Schedule Z]

Officers” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.7 of the LLC Operating Agreement. [LLCA]

Operating Year” means (i) in the case of the calendar year in which the O&M Commencement Date occurs, the period from and including the O&M Commencement Date to and including December 31st of such year, (ii) in the case of each succeeding calendar year, the period from and including January 1st of each such calendar year to and including December 31st of each such succeeding calendar year and (iii) in the case of the calendar year in which termination or expiration of the O&M Agreement occurs, the period from and including January 1st of such calendar year to the date upon which the O&M Agreement terminates or expires. [CA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Operations Report” means the reports described in Section 2.7 of the O&M Agreement. [LLCA]

Operator Event of Default” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 8.2 of the O&M Agreement. [O&M]

Operator Indemnitees” means, collectively, Operator and its respective shareholders, partners, Affiliates, employees, representatives and agents, together with their successors and assigns. [O&M]

Operator’s Personnel” means, collectively, Operator, its employees, agents, Affiliates, any Person acting under or at the direction of the Operator and any O&M Subcontractors and their respective employees, agents and subcontractors, together with their successors and assigns. [O&M]

Ordinary Cash Trap Amount” means, with respect to a Quarterly Transfer Date, the amount of Net Cash Flow set forth in the below chart: [ASA, CA]

 

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Level

  

DSCR Range (for historic and projected DSCR)

  

Ordinary Cash Trap Amount

Level I    Less than 1.40:1.00, but greater than 1.30:1.00    50% of Net Cash Flow for the Fiscal Quarter immediately preceding such Quarterly Transfer Date
Level II    Less than or equal to 1.30:1.00, but greater than 1.20:1.00    75% of Net Cash Flow for the Fiscal Quarter immediately preceding such Quarterly Transfer Date
Level III    Less than or equal to 1.20:1.00    100% of Net Cash Flow for the Fiscal Quarter immediately preceding such Quarterly Transfer Date

Ordinary Cash Trap Period” means any Fiscal Quarter after Final Completion for which (a) the Historical DSCR that corresponds to the Quarterly Transfer Date occurring during such Fiscal Quarter (as calculated under Section 5.2 of the Credit Agreement) is less than the Target DSCR, or (b) the Projected DSCR that corresponds to the Quarterly Transfer Date occurring during such Fiscal Quarter (as calculated under Section 5.2 of the Credit Agreement) is less than the Target DSCR, and for each consecutive Fiscal Quarter thereafter for which any of the conditions set forth in clauses (a) or (b) are in effect. [ASA, CA, Schedule Z]

Original Equity Base Case Model” means the Equity Base Case Model attached as Schedule I to the EPC Agreement as of the Effective Date in electronic form. [Schedule Z]

Organizational Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity. [CA, ECCA]

Other Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 2.13.2 of the Credit Agreement. [CA]

Owner Construction Agreements” means all documents, agreements or other arrangements relating to the provision, procurement or construction of any Owner-Supplied Assets, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in

 

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accordance with their terms, which Owner Construction Agreements entered into as of the Effective Date of the EPC Agreement are set forth on Schedule C of the EPC Agreement; provided, that the EPC Agreement shall not be deemed an Owner Construction Agreement for any purpose hereunder. [EPC, O&M, Schedule Z]

Owner Construction Agreement Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.1 of the EPC Agreement. [EPC]

Owner Construction Agreement Shortfall” means, prior to Final Completion, the amount by which the aggregate amount then due and payable as of such date under all of the Owner Construction Agreements (other than with respect to indemnity and liability obligations thereunder for which Owner has procured insurance) exceeds the Budget Commitment. [EPC]

Owner Indemnitees” means, collectively, Owner and its respective shareholders, partners, Affiliates, employees, representatives and agents, together with their successors and assigns. [EPC, O&M]

Owner Maintenance Agreements” means those documents, agreements or other arrangements relating to the performance and provision of Owner-Supplied Maintenance Services which Owner enters into directly with the provider thereof, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with their terms, which Owner Maintenance Agreements are identified on Schedule A to the O&M Agreement, as such schedule may be amended from time to time in accordance with the O&M Agreement; provided, that the O&M Agreement shall not be deemed an Owner Maintenance Contract for any purpose hereunder. [O&M, Schedule Z]

Owner Maintenance Agreement Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.4 of the O&M Agreement. [O&M]

Owner-Supplied Assets” means all Services and Equipment and Materials identified or otherwise described in Exhibit C to the EPC Agreement. [EPC, O&M, Schedule Z]

Owner-Supplied Maintenance Services” means all services relating to the operation, maintenance and administration of the Facility performed or provided pursuant to Owner Maintenance Agreements; provided, that the services provided under the O&M Agreement shall not be deemed Owner-Supplied Maintenance Services for any purpose hereunder. [O&M, Schedule Z]

Owner Termination Payment” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.2.1 of the EPC Agreement. [EPC]

Parent” means, if applicable to a Member, the Person or Persons that directly or indirectly control such Member. [Schedule Z]

Party” means, with respect to any Agreement as used therein, each signatory to such Agreement, together with its successors and assigns. [ASA, CA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

 

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Patent Licenses” means all agreements providing for the granting of any right in or to Patents (whether the Company is licensee or licensor) including, without limitation, each agreement referred to in Schedule 6.6(D) of the Account and Security Agreement (as amended or supplemented from time to time). [ASA, Schedule Z]

Patents” means all United States, state and foreign patents and applications for letters patent throughout the world, including, but not limited to each patent and patent application referred to in Schedule 6.6(C) of the Account and Security Agreement (as amended or supplemented from time to time), all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals, and reexaminations of any of the foregoing, all rights corresponding hereto throughout the world, and all proceeds of the foregoing including, without limitation, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit and the right to sue for past, present and future infringements of any of the foregoing. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Payment Intangible” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the UCC. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Percentage Interest” means the Capital Account of a Member as a percentage of the sum of all Capital Accounts of the Members in the same membership class. [LLCA]

Permanent Parcels” has the meaning set forth in Article XI of the Account and Security Agreement; provided, that if the Development Account Release Certificate is not delivered to the Geothermal Engineer within 36 months of the Effective Date of the Account and Security Agreement, then Permanent Parcels shall also include the Resource Support Parcels. [ASA]

Permitted Liens” has the meaning specified in Section 6.2 of the Credit Agreement. [ASA, CA, ECCA]

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, joint venture, government or political subdivision or agency thereof. [ASA, CA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Placed in Service” means, with respect to a Turbine, that such Turbine qualifies for production tax credits under section 45 of the Code. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan, as defined in section 3(2) of ERISA, which (a) is currently or hereafter sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Company or an ERISA Affiliate or (b) was at any time during the six calendar years preceding the Effective Date, sponsored, maintained or contributed to by the Company or an ERISA Affiliate. [CA, Schedule Z]

Plant Manager” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.1 of the O&M Agreement. [O&M]

Platform” has the meaning specified in Section 14.2 of the Credit Agreement. [CA]

 

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Pledge Supplement” means any supplement to the Account and Security Agreement in substantially the form of Exhibit A of the Account and Security Agreement. [ASA]

Pledged Debt” means, with respect to the Company, all Debt owed to the Company, including, without limitation, all Debt described on Schedule 6.4 of the Account and Security Agreement under the heading “Pledged Debt” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), issued by the obligors named therein, the instruments evidencing such Debt, and all interest, cash, instruments and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such Debt. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Pledged Equity Interests” means all Pledged Stock, Pledged LLC Interests, Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged Trust Interests. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Pledged LLC Interests” means, with respect to the Company, all interests in any limited liability company including, without limitation, all limited liability company interests listed on Schedule 6.4 of the Account and Security Agreement under the heading “Pledged LLC Interests” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) and the certificates, if any, representing such limited liability company interests and any interest of the Company on the books and records of such limited liability company or on the books and records of any securities intermediary pertaining to such interest and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such limited liability company interests. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Pledged Partnership Interests” means, with respect to the Company, all interests in any general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership or other partnership including, without limitation, all partnership interests listed on Schedule 6.4 of the Account and Security Agreement under the heading “Pledged Partnership Interests” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) and the certificates, if any, representing such partnership interests and any interest of the Company on the books and records of such partnership or on the books and records of any securities intermediary pertaining to such interest and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such partnership interests. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Pledged Stock” means, with respect to the Company, all shares of capital stock owned by the Company, including, without limitation, all shares of capital stock described on Schedule 6.4 of the Account and Security Agreement under the heading “Pledged Stock” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), and the certificates, if any, representing such shares and any interest of the Company in the entries on the books of the issuer of such shares or on the books of any securities intermediary pertaining to such shares, and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such shares. [ASA, Schedule Z]

 

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Pledged Trust Interests” means, with respect to the Company, all interests in a Delaware business trust or other trust including, without limitation, all trust interests listed on Schedule 6.4 of the Account and Security Agreement under the heading “Pledged Trust Interests” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) and the certificates, if any, representing such trust interests and any interest of the Company on the books and records of such trust or on the books and records of any securities intermediary pertaining to such interest and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such trust interests. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Pre-Completion Interest Payment Date” means the last Business Day of each December, March, June and September occurring before or on the Final Completion Date. [CA]

Pre-Flip Period” means the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the Flip Date. [Schedule Z]

Prime Rate” means, for any day, the “PRIME RATE” as published from time to time in ‘The Money Rates’ section of the Wall Street Journal (U.S. Edition), as such “PRIME RATE” may change from time to time. In the event the Wall Street Journal ceases to publish the “PRIME RATE,” then the Parties shall agree as to a substitute reference which represents the base rate on corporate loans posted by major banks having one or more lending offices in New York, New York. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Pro Forma Basis” means for purposes of calculating the financial covenant set forth in Section 5.2 of the Credit Agreement in connection with any event or transaction, or proposed event or transactions, such event or transaction shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the most recent twelve (12) month period preceding the date of such event or transaction for which the Administrative Agent has received financial statements pursuant to Section 5.1.1 or Section 5.1.2 of the Credit Agreement, and including (a) with respect to the sale or other disposition of assets, (i) income statement and cash flow statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the assets disposed of shall be excluded to the extent relating to any period occurring prior to the date of such transaction and (ii) Obligations which are retired shall be excluded and deemed to have been retired as of the first day of the applicable period and (b) with respect to any acquisition, (i) income statement items attributable to the Person or property acquired shall be included to the extent relating to any period applicable in such calculations to the extent (A) such items are not otherwise included in such income statement items for the Company and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP or in accordance with any defined terms set forth in the Credit Agreement and (B) such items are supported by financial statements or other information reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Lender (it being understood that the Administrative Lender’s reasonable satisfaction shall apply only to the inclusion of the income statement items attributable to the Person or property acquired, including applicable adjustments and synergies, and not to the acquisition itself) and (ii) any Obligation incurred or assumed by the Company (including the Person or property acquired) in connection with such transaction and any Obligation of the Person or property acquired which is not retired in connection with such transaction (A) shall be deemed to have been incurred as of the first day of the applicable period and (B) if such Obligation has a floating or formula rate, shall have an average rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition. [CA]

 

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Pro-Forma Owner’s Policy” means the Pro-Forma Owner’s Policy in the form attached hereto as Schedule 3.19. [Schedule Z]

Proceeds” means: (a) all “proceeds” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, (b) payments or distributions made with respect to any Investment Related Property and (c) whatever is receivable or received when Collateral or proceeds are sold, exchanged, collected or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary. [ASA]

Production Tax Credits” or “PTC” means production tax credits under Section 45 of the Internal Revenue Code as in effect from time-to-time during the Term or any successor or other provision providing for a federal tax credit determined by reference to renewable electric energy produced from geothermal or other renewable energy resources for which the Facility is eligible. [EECA, LLCA]

Project” means, collectively, the design, engineering, drilling, excavating, permitting, procurement, construction, civil works, installation, integration, commissioning, start-up, testing, completion and any items or matters similar to any of the foregoing, all of which as are necessary and appropriate for the construction, testing and commissioning of the Facility. [CA, EPC, O&M, Schedule Z]

Project Budget” shall means the amount set forth in Schedule F of the EPC Agreement. [ASA, CA, EPC, Schedule Z]

Project Costs” means, without duplication all (a) amounts payable to Contractor under the EPC Agreement; (b) amounts payable under any Owner Construction Agreement; (c) costs related to the Lease Agreements, rights of way and other real estate rights necessary for the Project before Facility Substantial Completion; (d) insurance costs related to the design, development, construction, start-up, testing and commissioning of the Project; (e) all taxes, assessments or charges payable by the Company under Applicable Law with respect to the Project; and (f) all fees, commissions and out-of-pocket expenses payable by the Company to all professional advisors, consultants and other experts in relation to the Project and all other costs relating to the design, development, engineering, procurement, construction, permitting, installation, start-up, testing and commissioning of the Project. [CA, Schedule Z]

Project Design Book” means, collectively, the diagrams, drawings, documents and other information setting forth in detail the comprehensive engineering, construction and technical and operational specifications for engineering, designing, developing, constructing and operating all Equipment and Materials comprising the Facility on the Facility Site, including as to transmission, wells and Wellfield components, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms, which diagrams, drawings, documents and other information are set forth in Schedule H to the EPC Agreement. [EPC, O&M, Schedule Z]

Project Objectives” means (i) achieving Turbine Substantial Completion by the December 31, 2008, and (ii) achieving Facility Substantial Completion and Final Completion by the Guaranteed Final Completion Date, in each case, in accordance with the terms and conditions of the EPC Agreement. [EPC, Schedule Z]

 

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Project Party” means each Person (other than an Agent, a Lender or the Company) from time to time a party to a Project Document. [CA]

Project Schedule” means the Project Schedule set forth in Schedule B to the EPC Agreement. [ASA, CA, EPC, O&M, Schedule Z]

Project Standards” means, with respect to any Work or Services to be performed in accordance with the EPC Agreement or O&M Agreement, as applicable, such Work and Services are performed: (i) in a professional, prudent, good and workmanlike manner, (ii) only with supplies, materials and equipment that are new (or refurbished but which otherwise comply with Prudent Practices), operating properly and of utility-grade quality, (iii) in accordance with the Project Design Book, including applicable engineering, environmental, construction, safety, and electrical generation codes and standards as required under or listed in the Project Design Book, (iv) in the best interests of the Owner (which shall not be construed as creating a fiduciary obligation) (v) with the purpose of successfully achieving the Project Objectives, (vi) in a manner that is approved as to form, use and content by public entities authorized under Applicable Laws to administer or enforce any building or construction code or standard and whose approval of the final design of the Facility, or any portion thereof, is necessary for the design, engineering and construction and operation of the Facility in accordance with the Project Standards; and (vii) in compliance with Applicable Laws, Governmental Approvals and Prudent Practices and exercising the professional care and skill to be expected of a qualified contractor experienced in the engineering, design and construction of facilities of a similar nature, size and complexity of the Facility. [EPC]

Projected DSCR” means, with respect to any Quarterly Transfer Date, the DSCR projected for the four Fiscal Quarter periods beginning on the first day of the Fiscal Quarter in which such Quarterly Transfer Date occurs. [CA, Schedule Z]

Property” means any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible, including, without limitation, cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. [CA, ECCA, EPC, O&M, Schedule Z]

Prove-Out” means the Availability Prove-Out and the Capacity Prove-Out which are set forth on Schedule D of the EPC Agreement. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Prudent Electric Power Industry Practices” means the practices, methods, techniques and standards that (i) are generally accepted in the electric power industry in the United States for use in connection with the design, procurement, engineering, construction, testing, operation and maintenance of geothermal power stations of the same or similar size and type as the Facility all in a manner consistent with Applicable Laws, Governmental Approvals, Prudent Electrical Practices, reliability, safety, environmental protection, economy and expediency and (ii) conform in all material respects to the manufacturer’s design, engineering, construction, testing, operation and maintenance guidelines applicable to the equipment in question. Prudent Electric Power Industry Practices are not limited to the optimum practice or method to the exclusion of others, but rather refer to commonly used and reasonable practices and methods. [Schedule Z]

 

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Prudent Electrical Practices” means those practices, methods, standards, and equipment commonly used, from time to time, in electrical engineering and operations to operate electrical equipment with safety, dependability and efficiency and in accordance with the National Electrical Safety Code, the National Electrical Code and the standards of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, the National Electrical Manufacturers Association, the North American Electric Reliability Council, and the American National Standards Institute and any other applicable statutes, codes, regulations and/or standards. [Schedule Z]

Prudent Practices” means, collectively, Prudent Electric Power Industry Practices and Prudent Electrical Practices. [CA, O&M, Schedule Z]

PTC Period” means the Tax Years during which the Facility generates electrical energy that qualifies for PTC”s under Section 45 of the Code. [LLCA]

PUHCA” means the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 2005, 42 U.S.C. sec. 16451 et seq. (2006) and the regulations of the FERC thereunder. [ECCA, LLCA]

Punch-List” means the list prepared by Owner and Contractor, which shall list all items of work that remain to be performed after achieving Facility Substantial Completion in order to ensure that the Facility achieves Final Completion and fully complies with all of the standards and requirements set forth in the EPC Agreement. The Punch List shall not include any items of work, alone or in the aggregate, the noncompletion of which prevents the Facility from reaching Facility Substantial Completion and being legally, safely and reliably placed in commercial operation in accordance with Applicable Laws and Governmental Approvals. [EPC]

Purchase Option Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.7 of the LLC Operating Agreement. [LLCA]

Purchase Price” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.7 of the LLC Operating Agreement. [LLCA]

PURPA” means the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 and all rules and regulations adopted thereunder. [Schedule Z]

Qualifying Facility” or “Qualifying Facilities” means a facility which is a qualifying facility within the meaning of PURPA and which meets the criteria defined in Title 18, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 292.201 through 292.207. [CA, LLCA]

Quarterly Disbursement Request” means a quarterly disbursement request substantially in the form of Exhibit J of the Account and Security Agreement, duly executed and delivered by all required signatories thereto. [ASA, CA]

Quarterly Transfer Date” means the last Business Day in each January, April, July, and October occurring after the Final Completion Date. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Real Estate Rights” means all rights in or to real estate or sub-surface mineral rights (including title to or other rights to use or access the Facility Site, leases, contracts, permits,

 

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easements, licenses, and rights of way) required to be obtained or maintained in connection with construction of the Facility on the Facility Site, performance of the Work, or operation of the Facility (including the transportation of all necessary materials, equipment and other items to the Facility Site, access for the construction, and the startup and testing of the Facility). [EPC]

Recalculated Equity Base Case Model” means the Equity Base Case Model, as recalculated in accordance with Section 6.4 of the EPC Agreement. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Receivables” shall mean, with respect to the Company, all rights to payment, whether or not earned by performance, for goods or other property sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of, or services rendered or to be rendered, including, without limitation all such rights constituting or evidenced by any Account, Chattel Paper, Instrument, General Intangible or Investment Related Property together with all of the Company’s rights, if any, in any goods or other property giving rise to such right to payment and all Collateral Support and Supporting Obligations related thereto and all Receivables Records. [ASA, CA, Schedule Z]

Receivables Records” shall mean, with respect to the Company, (a) all original copies of all documents, instruments or other writings or electronic records or other records evidencing the Receivables, (b) all books, correspondence, credit or other files, records, ledger sheets or cards, invoices, and other papers relating to Receivables, including, without limitation, all tapes, cards, computer tapes, computer discs, computer runs, record keeping systems and other papers and documents relating to the Receivables, whether in the possession or under the control of the Company or any computer bureau or agent from time to time acting for the Company or otherwise, (c) all evidences of the filing of financing statements and the registration of other instruments in connection therewith, and amendments, supplements or other modifications thereto, notices to other creditors or secured parties, and certificates, acknowledgments, or other writings, including, without limitation, lien search reports, from filing or other registration officers, (d) all credit information, reports and memoranda relating thereto, and (e) all other written or non-written forms of information related in any way to the foregoing or any Receivable. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Record” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the UCC or any successor provision thereto. [Schedule Z]

Redemption” means with respect to any Debt, the repurchase, redemption, prepayment, repayment, or defeasance or any other acquisition or retirement for value (or the segregation of funds with respect to any of the foregoing) of such Debt. “Redeem” has the correlative meaning thereto. [CA]

Redemption Amount” means (a) aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Advances, plus (b) any interest accrued but unpaid under the Credit Agreement to the date of the prepayment, plus (c) in the case of prepayment under Section 2.6.2 of the Credit Agreement, the Make-Whole Amount in respect of all Advances not previously prepaid. [CA]

Register” has the meaning specified in Section 16.2.4 of the Credit Agreement. [CA]

Regulated Holder” means any holder of membership interests that is (or that is a subsidiary of a bank holding company that is) subject to the various provisions of Regulation Y

 

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of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve Systems, 12 C.F.R., Part 225 (or any successor to Regulation Y). [LLCA]

Regulatory Problem” means, with respect to the Class A Investors, (i) any set of facts or circumstances wherein it has been asserted by any Governmental Authority (or the Class A Investors reasonably believe based on advice of their counsel or regulators that there is a reasonable risk of such assertion) that such Person (or any bank holding company or other regulated bank entity that controls such Person) is not entitled to hold, or exercise any material right with respect to, all or any portion of the membership interests of the Company that such Person holds or (ii) such Person and its Affiliates does or would own, control or have power (including voting rights) over a greater quantity of membership interests of the Company than is permitted under any law or regulation or any requirement of any Governmental Authority applicable to such Person or to which such Person is subject. [LLCA]

Reimbursable Costs” means those costs described as such in Sections 7.1.1.1 and 7.1.1.2 of the O&M Agreement. [ASA, CA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Reinvestment Yield” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Advance, 50 basis points above the yield to maturity as quoted on the Reference Page of actively traded U.S. Treasury Notes or Bonds three (3) Business Days before the Settlement Date with a term equal to the Remaining Average Life of such Called Principal as of such Settlement Date. [Schedule Z]

Related Fund” means, with respect to any Lender, any fund or entity that (a) invests in securities or bank loans, and (b) is advised or managed by such Lender, the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such Lender or such investment advisor. [CA]

Related Parties” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, officers, employees, agents and advisors (including attorneys, accountants and experts) of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates. [CA]

Release” means any release, spill, emission, discharge, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, dispersal, leaching or migration into the indoor or outdoor environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater and surface or subsurface strata) of Hazardous Materials in, at, on or under the property, including the movement of Hazardous Materials through or in the air, soil, surface water, groundwater or real property. [CA, EPC, O&M, Schedule Z]

Released Assets” means, as of any date, those parcels or assets permitted to be released as of such date in accordance with Article XI of the Account and Security Agreement. [Schedule Z]

Remaining Average Life” means, with respect to any Called Principal, the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) obtained by dividing (i) such Called Principal into (ii) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the principal component of each Remaining Scheduled Payment with respect to such Called Principal by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth year) that will elapse between the Settlement Date with

 

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respect to such Called Principal and the scheduled due date of such Remaining Scheduled Payment. [Schedule Z]

Remaining Scheduled Payments” means, with respect to the Called Principal of any Advance, all payments of such Called Principal and interest thereon that would be due after the Settlement Date with respect to such Called Principal if no payment of such Called Principal were made prior to its scheduled due date; provided, that if such Settlement Date is not a date on which interest payments are due to be made under the terms of the Credit Agreement, then the amount of the next succeeding scheduled interest payment will be reduced by the amount of interest accrued to such Settlement Date and required to be paid on such Settlement Date pursuant to Section 2.5, 2.6 or Section 8 of the Credit Agreement. [Schedule Z]

Remedial Work” has the meaning specified in Section 5.15.1 of the Credit Agreement. [CA]

Replacement Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.12.3 of the Credit Agreement. [CA]

Reports” means, collectively, the Independent Engineer’s Report and the Insurance Consultant’s Report. [ECCA, Schedule Z]

Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, the managing member(s), the officers, directors, employees, representatives or agents (including investment bankers, financial advisors, attorneys, accountants, brokers and other advisors) of such Person, to the extent that such officer, director, employee, representative or agent of such Person is acting in his or her capacity as an officer, director, employee, representative or agent of such Person. [LLCA]

Required Lenders” means, at any time, the Lenders comprising at least 51% of the Commitments (exclusive of Commitments held by the Company or any of its Affiliates) or, if the Commitments have terminated, Lenders comprising at least 51% of the outstanding principal amount of the Advances. [ASA, CA, Schedule Z]

Required Turbine Substantial Completion Date” means December 31, 2008 or such other date permitted by Applicable Law by which the Turbines may still qualify as Placed in Service. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Requisite Expert Consultation” means, with respect to any matter, such Consultation (which may be oral or in writing) with the Independent Engineer, the Insurance Consultant, or such other expert advisors as may be engaged in connection with such matter as the Administrative Agent or the Administrative Lender shall reasonably deem appropriate under the particular circumstances. In the event that the Administrative Lender shall reasonably require a written report of the Independent Engineer, the Insurance Consultant, the Geothermal Engineer or any such other expert advisor with respect to any matter that requires a determination, consent or approval of the Administrative Lender shall not make such determination or delivery such consent or approval until such report or reports have been delivered and approved by the Administrative Lender. [CA]

 

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Resource Period” means the period commencing on the Effective Date and ending on the 20th anniversary thereof. [Schedule Z]

Resource Support Parcels” has the meaning set forth in Article XI of the Account and Security Agreement. [ASA]

Responsible Officer” means as to any Person, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, any Financial Officer or any Vice President of such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references to a Responsible Officer in the Credit Agreement shall mean a Responsible Officer of the Company. [CA, Schedule Z]

Restoration Plan” has the meaning specified in Section 2.6.1.2(5) of the Credit Agreement. [CA]

Restoration Work” means any repair or restoration (including, but not limited to, designing, engineering, constructing and completing such repair or restoration) of affected Property following any Casualty Event. [CA, ASA]

Restore” has the meaning specified in Section 2.6.1.2(3) of the Credit Agreement. [CA]

Restricted Payment” means (a) any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other Property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Company, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other Property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the Company or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Company, or (b) any payment of a development, management, advisory consulting or similar fee, or the payment of any expenses or other amounts of or to, the Company or its Affiliates other than fees payable under the O&M Agreement. [CA]

Revenue Account” means the Revenue Account set forth in Section 2.1.1 of the Account and Security Agreement. [ASA, CA]

Sales Tax” means all sales and use taxes that are properly payable by Contractor in connection with the Work. [EPC]

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor thereto. [ASA]

Second Funding Date” means the earlier of: (i) the date upon which the balance of funds in the Construction Account is less than $1 million and all Advances under the Credit Agreement have been drawn, (ii) the date upon which a EPC Funding Request has been made and Advances under the Credit Agreement are insufficient to satisfy the amount stated therein, (iii) the Facility Substantial Completion Date, (iv) December 15, 2008 and (v) the date upon which a Credit Agreement Event of Default occurs. [ECCA, LLCA, Schedule Z]

 

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Second Funding Date Capital Contributions” means the capital contributions by the Class A Investors on the Second Funding Date, as determined in accordance with Section 2.2 of the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement. [ASA]

Secured Obligations” has the meaning assigned in Section 5.1 of the Account and Security Agreement. [ASA]

Secured Parties” means the Agents, the Security Agent, the Account Bank, the Securities Intermediary and the Lenders and shall include, without limitation, all former Agents and Lenders to the extent that any Obligations owing to such Persons were incurred while such Persons were Agents and Lenders and such Obligations have not been paid or satisfied in full. [ASA, LLCA]

Securities Accounts” (i) means all “securities accounts” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and (ii) includes, without limitation, all of the accounts listed on Schedule 6.4 of the Account and Security Agreement under the heading “Securities Accounts” (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time). [ASA, Schedule Z]

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time. [ASA, ECCA]

Security Accounts” has the meaning assigned in Section 2.1.1 of the Account and Security Agreement. [ASA]

Security Instruments” means, collectively, (a) the Account and Security Agreement, (b) the Class A Investors Pledge Agreement and Class B Investors Pledge Agreement, (c) the Leasehold Mortgage(s), (d) the UCC-1 financing statements required to be filed under the terms of any of the foregoing documents, (e) each other collateral, account control agreement, pledge, security, mortgage, deed of trust, assignment of leasehold mortgage or guaranty agreement and any and all other agreements, instruments, consents or certificates now or hereafter executed and delivered by the Company or any other Person (other than participation or similar agreements between any Lender and any other lender or creditor with respect to any Obligation pursuant to the Credit Agreement) as security for the payment or performance of the Obligations or the Credit Agreement, as such agreements may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time. [CA, ECCA, Schedule Z]

Services” means all engineering, design, drilling, Wellfield development, excavating, installation, civil works, procurement, construction, permitting, management, manufacturing and administrative services and any other services similar to the foregoing, which is or may be necessary or appropriate for the design, engineering, construction, development, operation and maintenance, as applicable, of a geothermal power plant facility and all components relating thereto, including as to procurement of geothermal resources and transmission of electric energy generated thereby, of a similar nature, size and complexity as the Facility, in each case, based on the technical specifications and requirements set forth in the Project Design Book. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Settlement Date” means with respect to the Called Principal of any Obligation, the date on which such Called Principal is to be prepaid pursuant to Section 2.5 or Section 2.6 of the

 

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Credit Agreement or has become or is declared to be immediately due and payable pursuant to Section 8 of the Credit Agreement, as the context requires. [Schedule Z]

Special Project Document Payments” means payments due with respect to any Borrower Indemnification Event(s). [ASA]

Subcontract” means any contract for the provision or performance of any part of the Work or the supply of any supplies, equipment, materials or other components in connection with the EPC Assets, other than the EPC Agreement. [EPC, O&M, Schedule Z]

Subcontractor” means each counterparty to a Subcontract other than the Contractor. [EPC, O&M, Schedule Z]

Subject” has the meaning specified in Section 7.6 of the Credit Agreement. [CA]

Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the outstanding Equity Interests is at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. [Schedule Z]

Support” means the provision of labor, utilities, machinery, tools, equipment, materials, supplies, transportation, shipping, freighting, storage, waste disposal or any other support similar to the foregoing, whether temporary or permanent and including facilities relating thereto, which is or may be necessary or appropriate for the design, engineering, construction, development, operation and maintenance, as applicable, of a geothermal power plant facility and all components relating thereto, including as to procurement of geothermal resources and transmission of electric energy generated thereby, of a similar nature, size and complexity as the Facility, in each case, based on the technical specifications and requirements set forth in the Project Design Book. [EPC, O&M, Schedule Z]

Supporting Obligation” means all “supporting obligations” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Synthetic Leases” means, in respect of any Person, all leases which shall have been, or should have been, in accordance with GAAP, treated as operating leases on the financial statements of the Person liable (whether contingently or otherwise) for the payment of rent thereunder and which were properly treated as indebtedness for borrowed money for purposes of U.S. federal income taxes, if the lessee in respect thereof is obligated to either purchase for an amount in excess of, or pay upon early termination an amount in excess of, 80% of the residual value of the Property subject to such operating lease upon expiration or early termination of such lease. [Schedule Z]

Target Availability Rating” means net electrical output from the Facility during full operation equaling at least 92% of the Target Capacity Rating, as demonstrated pursuant to the Availability Prove-Out. [EPC, Schedule Z]

 

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Target Capacity Rating” means a net electrical output of the Facility during full operation equaling at least 10.35 MW, as demonstrated pursuant to the Capacity Prove-Out. [ECCA, EPC, Schedule Z]

Target Debt Investment” means $31,175,092, as indicated in the Original Equity Base Case Model. [Schedule Z]

Target Economics” means, with respect to the Equity Base Case Model, the intent of the Parties to the Financing Documents and the Tax Equity Documents to achieve the following objectives: (i) that the Flip Date occur on the Target Flip Date, (ii) that the Class A Investors receive the After-Tax Payout, and (iii) that the DSCR equal Target DSCR. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Target Equity Investment” means $24,500,000, as indicated in the Original Equity Base Case Model. [Schedule Z]

Target Facility Characteristics” means the following characteristics to be achieved by the Facility upon Facility Substantial Completion: (i) the Target Capacity Rating, (ii) the Target Availability Rating, and (iii) the Target Turbine Substantial Completion Quantity. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Target Flip Date” means December 31, 2018. [Schedule Z]

Target Turbine Substantial Completion Quantity” means 50. [EPC, Schedule Z]

Target DSCR” means a DSCR of 1.5:1.0. [LLCA, Schedule Z]

Target IRR” means an Internal Rate of Return of fifteen percent (15%). [ECCA, LLCA]

Target Pre-Tax Return” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(c) of the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement. [ECCA, LLCA]

Tax Matters Member” means the Member that is designated as the “tax matters partner” as defined in Section 6231 of the Code. [ECCA]

Tax Matters Partner” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.10(a) of the LLC Operating Agreement. [LLCA]

Tax Returns” means any return, report, statement, information return or other document (including any amendments thereto and any related or supporting information) filed or required to be filed with any Governmental Authority in connection with the determination, assessment, collection or administration of any taxes or the administration of any laws, regulations or administrative requirements relating to any taxes, including after the Closing any IRS Form K-1 issued to Members by the Company, information return, claim for refund, amended return or declaration of estimated tax. [ECCA, LLCA]

Taxes” means all taxes, charges, fees and levies imposed under Applicable Law by any Governmental Authority, including any gross or net income, gross receipts, capital gains,

 

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franchise, premium, retaliatory or reciprocal, profits, sales, use, value-added, transfer, employment or payroll, ad valorem, environmental, excise, license, occupation, real or personal property, intangible property, minimum, alternative minimum, severance, stamp, withholding, or windfall profits tax, guaranty fund assessments, custom duty or other charge, fee or tax, together with any interest, charge, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount related thereto. [ASA, CA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Tax Year” means the calendar year or such other year the Company is required by Section 706 of the Code to use as its tax year. [LLCA]

Term” means the period from the Closing Date through the Termination Date. [LLCA, Schedule Z]

Termination Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4 of the LLC Operating Agreement. [ASA, LLCA, Schedule Z]

Termination Payment Date” has the meaning set forth in Section 13.2.6.1 of the EPC Agreement. [EPC]

Third Party Claims” means, with respect to any Agreement, any claim, action, cause of action or suit, litigation, controversy, assessment, arbitration, investigation, inquiry, hearing, charge, complaint, demand, notice or proceeding initiated by any Person other than a Party to such Agreement by or before any Governmental Authority. [EPC, ECCA, O&M]

Three-Month LIBOR” shall have the meaning specified in Exhibit D of the LLC Operating Agreement. [LLCA]

Total Loss” has the meaning specified in Section 2.6.1.2(2) of the Credit Agreement. [CA]

Trade Secret Licenses” means any and all payments providing for the granting of any right in or to Trade Secrets (whether the Company is licensee or licensor thereunder) including, without limitation, each agreement referred to in Schedule 6.6(G) of the Account and Security Agreement (as amended or supplemented from time to time). [ASA]

Trade Secrets” means, with respect to the Company, all trade secrets and all other confidential or proprietary information and know-how now or hereafter owned or used in, or contemplated at any time for use in, the business of the Company (all of the foregoing being collectively called a “Trade Secret”), whether or not such Trade Secret has been reduced to a writing or other tangible form, including all documents and things embodying, incorporating, or referring in any way to such Trade Secret, the right to sue for past, present and future infringement of any Trade Secret, and all proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit. [Schedule Z]

Trademark Licenses” means any and all agreements providing for the granting of any right in or to Trademarks (whether the Company is licensee or licensor thereunder) including,

 

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without limitation, each agreement referred to in Schedule 6.6(F) of the Account and Security Agreement (as amended or supplemented from time to time). [ASA, Schedule Z]

Trademarks” means all United States, state and foreign trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, internet domain names, trade styles, service marks, certification marks, collective marks, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs and general intangibles of a like nature, all registrations and applications for any of the foregoing including, but not limited to the registrations and applications referred to in Schedule 6.6(E) of the Account and Security Agreement (as amended or supplemented from time to time), all extensions or renewals of any of the foregoing, all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of and symbolized by the foregoing, the right to sue for past, present and future infringement or dilution of any of the foregoing or for any injury to goodwill, and all proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Transaction Expenses” means (i) the reasonable legal fees, expenses and disbursements of the Lenders, the Company and IRP incurred in connection with the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) other reasonable, documented out of pocket expenses of the Company and IRP incurred in connection with the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby; (iii) intentionally omitted; (v) the reasonable fees, out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Class A Investors (including reimbursement of any such amounts previously paid) incurred in connection with the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel and consultants to the Class A Investors; and (vi) the reasonable fees and out of pocket expenses of the Independent Engineer, the Geothermal Engineer and the Insurance Consultant incurred in connection with the preparation of the Reports. [ECCA]

Transactions” means, with respect to the Company, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of each Transaction Document to which it is a Party, the use of the proceeds thereof and otherwise the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, and the granting by the Company of any Liens pursuant to the provisions of the Security Instruments. [CA, ECCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Transfer” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1 of the LLC Operating Agreement. [LLCA]

Transfer Taxes” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.2 of the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement. [ECCA]

Transmission Line” has the meaning specified in Article XI of the Account and Security Agreement. [ASA]

Treasury Regulations” means regulations written by the IRS interpreting the Code. [LLCA]

 

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Turbine” means each PureCycle© 225 System geothermal heat-to-electricity power system turbine generator contemplated to be sold to the Company pursuant to the UTC Purchase Contract. [ECCA, EPC, LLCA]

Turbine Substantial Completion” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.1 of the EPC Agreement. [EPC]

Turnover Package” means the documentation (including the Project Design Book, start-up procedures, log sheets, settings, and other items) in content, form and substance reasonably acceptable to Owner, submitted by Contractor to Owner that demonstrates that the Project has met Facility Substantial Completion in accordance with the EPC Agreement and may be operated safely in accordance with the O&M Manual and for its intended purposes. [EPC]

UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code in effect from time to time in the State of New York or, when the context requires, the Uniform Commercial Code as en effect from time to time in any other applicable jurisdiction. [ASA, CA, LLCA, Schedule Z]

Underrun Bonus” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.7 of the EPC Agreement. [ASA, EPC]

Unrelated Persons” means a Person that is not “related,” within the meaning of Section 45(e)(4) of Code, to any Person to whom the Company sells electricity during the period the Company is entitled to Production Tax Credits on such electricity.

USA Patriot Act” means United States Public Law 107-56, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001, as amended from time to time, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder from time to time in effect. [ASA, CA]

Warranty” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.1 of the EPC Agreement. [EPC]

Warranty Claim” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.3 of the EPC Agreement. [EPC]

Warranty Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.2 of the EPC Agreement. [EPC]

Wellfield” means the array of extraction and injection wells, together with interconnected piping and related materials, providing geothermal resources to the Facility. [Schedule Z]

Wellfield Plan and Budget” means, with respect to the applicable Operating Year, an annual operating budget and capital budget, broken down on a monthly basis, setting forth in detail the following matters with respect to the wells and Wellfield: (A) anticipated operations (including the drilling of new wells), (B) routine maintenance on existing wells (including major maintenance), (C) procurement (including equipment acquisitions and spare parts indicating a breakdown of capital items and expense items), (D) staffing, personnel and labor activities

 

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(including unit rates for labor, hourly rates for consultants who are not employees of the Operator or its Affiliates, and holidays to be observed), (E) administrative activities, and (F) data regarding other work proposed to be undertaken by Operator, together with an itemized estimate, in detail reasonably acceptable to Owner, of all Reimbursable Costs to be incurred in connection therewith, together an annual operating plan setting forth underlying assumptions and implementation plans. [O&M]

Work” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 of the EPC Agreement. [EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Working Capital Loan” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5 of the LLC Operating Agreement.

 

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PARTIES

Account Bank” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and its permitted successors and assigns. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Administrative Agent” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, together with its successors and assigns to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement. [CA, ASA, ECCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Administrative Lender” means Merrill Lynch Credit Products, LLC or any successor as may be appointed in accordance with Section 15.8 of the Credit Agreement provided that in no event shall there be more than one Administrative Lender at any given time. [ASA, CA, O&M, EPC, Schedule Z]

Anaheim” means the City of Anaheim, California, a municipal corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of California. [CA, Schedule Z]

Class A Investors” means one or more Members holding one or more Class A Interests. Initially the Class A Investors will be MLE. [CA, ASA, LLCA, Schedule Z]

Class B Investors” means one or more Members holding one or more Class B Interests. Initially the Class B Investors will be IRP. [ASA, CA, ECCA, LLCA, Schedule Z]

Class C Investor” means a Member holding one or more Class C Interests. [LLCA]

Collateral Agent” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, together with its successors and assigns to the extent permitted by the Account and Security Agreement. [ASA, CA, ECCA, Schedule Z]

Company” means Thermo No. 1 BE-01, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with its successors and assigns. [ASA, CA, ECCA, LLCA, Schedule Z]

Contractor” means Raser Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its successors and assigns. [ASA, CA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Financing Parties” means, collectively, the Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent under the Financing Documents.

GE” means GE Consumer & Industrial, together with its successors and assigns. [Schedule Z]

Geothermal Engineer” means, initially, GeothermEx, or, if no longer GeothermEx, such geothermal engineers as may be selected by the Class A Investors from time to time, subject to the prior written consent of the Company, so long as the Company is not subject to a Credit Agreement Event of Default, and the Administrative Lender, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, in each case, as the geothermal engineer for the Project and any successors and assigns thereto. [ASA, CA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

 

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Goulds” means ITT Corporation, an Indiana Corporation, together with its successors and assigns. [Schedule Z]

Independent Engineer” means initially, R.W. Beck, or, if no longer R. W. Beck, such independent engineers as may be selected by the Class A Investors from time to time, subject to the prior written consent of the Company , so long as the Company is not subject to a Credit Agreement Event of Default, and the Administrative Lender, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, in each case, as the independent engineer for the Project and any successors and assigns thereto. [ASA, CA, EPC, O&M, Schedule Z]

Insurance Consultant” means Moore-McNeill, LLC, or, if no longer Moore-McNeill, LLC, such insurance consultant as may be selected by the Class A Investors from time to time, subject to the prior written consent of the Company, so long as the Company is not subject to a Credit Agreement Event of Default, and the Administrative Lender, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, in each case, as the insurance consultant for the Project and any successors and assigns thereto. [CA, ECCA, Schedule Z]

Interconnection Construction Provider” means Pine Valley, together with its successors and assigns. [Schedule Z]

Interconnection Service Provider” means PacifiCorp, together with its successors and assigns. [EPC, Schedule Z]

IRP” means Intermountain Renewable Power, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with its successors and assigns. [ECCA, LLCA]

Managing Member” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1 of the LLC Operating Agreement. [LLCA, Schedule Z]

Member(s)” means any Person who owns an equity interest in the Company. [ECCA, LLCA]

Minersville” means Minersville Land and Livestock Company, together with its successors and assigns. [Schedule Z]

MLE” means Merrill Lynch L.P. Holdings Inc., a Delaware Corporation, together with its successors and assigns. [ECCA, LLCA, Schedule Z]

Operator” means the operator of the Facility and a party to the O&M Agreement, or any successor thereto. [ECCA, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Owner” means Thermo No. 1 BE-01, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with its successors and assigns. [ECCA, EPC, LLCA, O&M, Schedule Z]

Parent” means, if applicable to a Member, the Person or Persons that directly control such Member. [ECCA, Schedule Z]

 

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Patterson” means Patterson-UTI Drilling Company, LP, LLP, together with its successors and assigns. [Schedule Z]

PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, together with its successors and assigns. [CA, Schedule Z]

Pine Valley” means Pine Valley Power, Inc., a Utah corporation, together with its successors and assigns. [Schedule Z]

Raser” means Raser Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation, together with its successors and assigns. [CA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA, Schedule Z]

Raser Entities” means Owner, Raser, Raser Power and IRP. [CA]

Raser Power” means Raser Power Systems, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, together with its successors and assigns. [Schedule Z]

Securities Intermediary” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its capacity as securities intermediary with respect to the Security Accounts and within the meaning of Article 8 of the UCC. [ASA, Schedule Z]

Security Agent” means Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.

SITLA” means the State of Utah, acting by and through the School and Institutional Trust Lands Administration. [Schedule Z]

SPX” means SPX Cooling Technologies, Inc, a Delaware corporation, together with its successors and assigns. [Schedule Z]

UTC” means UTC Power Corporation, together with its successors and assigns. [ASA, ECCA, EPC, O&M, Schedule Z]

 

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DOCUMENTS

Account and Security Agreement” means the Account and Security Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, entered into by and between Owner and the Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms. [ASA, CA, ECCA, EPC, LLCA]

Ancillary Documents” means those agreements, instruments or other documents identified as such on Exhibit A attached hereto, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Assignment and Acceptance” means an assignment and acceptance entered into by a Lender and an Eligible Assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 16.2 of the Credit Agreement or by the definition of “Eligible Assignee”), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in accordance with Section 16.2 of the Credit Agreement and in substantially the form of Exhibit 16 to the Credit Agreement or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent. [CA]

Assignment of SITLA Lease” means the Partial Assignment of State Lands Lease, dated as of August 27, 2008, entered into by and between IRP and Owner, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Class A Consent” means the Consent and Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, by and between MLE and the Administrative Agent.

Class A Investors Pledge Agreement” means the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, by and between the Class A Investors and the Collateral Agent.

Class B Consent” means the Consent and Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, by and between IRP and the Administrative Agent.

Class B Guaranty” means that certain guaranty issued by Raser dated as of the Effective Date of the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement.

Class B Guarantor Consent” means the Consent and Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, by and between Raser, and the Administrative Agent.

Class B Investors Pledge Agreement” means the Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of the Effective Date, by and between each of the Class B Investors and the Collateral Agent.

Condensing Water Pump Contract” means the Purchase Order for an ITT Goulds Model #3180XL, amongst other items, dated as of March 20, 2008, entered into by and between Goulds and Owner, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Conditional Lien Waiver” means the Conditional Lien Waiver substantially in the form attached to the EPC Agreement as Exhibit A-2.

 

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Construction Disbursement Request” means the EPC Payment Request.

Construction Documents” means those agreements, instruments or other documents identified as such on Exhibit A attached hereto, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Cooling Tower Purchase Contract” means the Purchase Order, dated as of March 20, 2008, entered into by and between SPX and Owner, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, entered into by and between Owner, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Development Account Release Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit K of the Account and Security Agreement, duly executed and delivered by all required signatories thereto.

Drilling Contract” means the Drilling Bid Proposal and Daywork Drilling Contract – U.S., dated as of April 8, 2008, entered into by and between Patterson and Owner, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Drilling Escrow Certificate” means the Drilling Escrow Certificate substantially in the form attached to the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement as Exhibit B.

Drilling Plan and Budget” means the Drilling Plan and Budget described in Section 4.3 of the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement.

Drilling Reserve Disbursement Request” means a Drilling Reserve Disbursement Request substantially in the form of Exhibit H of the Account and Security Agreement, duly executed and delivered by all required signatories thereto.

EPC Agreement” means the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Agreement by and between Contractor and Owner, dated as of the Closing Date, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

EPC Funding Request” means the EPC Funding Request substantially in the form attached to the EPC Agreement as Exhibit H, duly executed and delivered by the signatories thereto.

EPC Payment Request” means the EPC Payment Request substantially in the form attached to the EPC Agreement as Exhibit I, duly executed and delivered by the signatories thereto.

Equity Commitment Letters” means that certain letter agreement dated January 16, 2008 by and between Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc. and Raser.

 

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Equity Capital Contribution Agreement” means the Equity Capital Contribution Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, entered into by and among Owner, the Class A Investors and the Class B Investors, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Final Lien Release” means the Final Lien Release substantially in the form attached to the EPC Agreement as Exhibit A-3.

Financing Documents” means those agreements, instruments or other documents identified as such on Exhibit A attached hereto, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Forbearance Agreement” means an agreement among the Administrative Agent, the Company and the Class A Investors in which the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, agrees to, among other things, forbear from foreclosing on the Class A Interests before the end of the PTC Period.

Independent Engineer Funding Certificate” means the Independent Engineering Funding Certificate substantially in the form attached to the EPC Agreement as Exhibit J, duly executed and delivered by the signatories thereto.

Independent Engineer Payment Certificate” means the Independent Engineering Payment Certificate substantially in the form attached to the EPC Agreement as Exhibit K, duly executed and delivered by the signatories thereto.

Interconnection Agreement” means the Interconnection Agreement, dated as of June 17, 2008, entered into by and between PacifiCorp and IRP, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Leasehold Mortgage” means the Leasehold Deed of Trust, Security Agreement, Financing Statement, Fixture Filing and Assignment of Production, dated as of August 31, 2008, entered into by the Owner in favor of the Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Letter Agreement concerning Deposits” means the Letter Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2008, entered into by and between Contractor and UTC, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Lien Release” means the Lien Release substantially in the form attached to the EPC Agreement as Exhibit A-1.

LLC Operating Agreement” means the LLC Operating Agreement, dated as of September 1, 2006, entered into by Owner, as sole member, as amended by the Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2008, entered into by and between Owner and the Class A Investors, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

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Maintenance Documents” means those agreements, instruments or other documents identified as such on Exhibit A attached hereto, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Minersville Lease” means the Geothermal Resources Lease, dated as of September 25, 2007, entered into by and between Minersville and IRP, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

O&M Agreement” means the Operation and Maintenance Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2008, entered into by and between Raser Power and Owner, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms. [CA, LLCA]

O&M Funding Request” means the O&M Funding Request substantially in the form attached to the O&M Agreement as Exhibit B.

O&M Payment Request” means the O&M Payment Request substantially in the form attached to the O&M Agreement as Exhibit C, duly executed and delivered by the signatories thereto.

Off-Take Documents” means those agreements, instruments or other documents identified as such on Exhibit A attached hereto, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Operative Documents” means those agreements, instruments or other documents identified as such on Exhibit A attached hereto, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Original Operating Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preliminary statements of the LLC Operating Agreement.

Power Purchase Agreement” means the Renewable Power Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of March 10, 2008, entered into by and between Anaheim and Owner, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Powerhouse Contract” means the Purchase Order for a custom powerhouse, amongst other items, dated as of March 20, 2008, entered into by and between GE and Owner, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

PPA Consent” means the Collateral Assignment Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2008, entered into by and between Anaheim, the Collateral Agent and Owner, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Project Documents” means those agreements, instruments or other documents identified as such on Exhibit A attached hereto, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

 

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Raser Consent” means the Consent and Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2008, entered into by and between Contractor, Owner and the Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Raser Power Consent” means the Consent and Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2008, entered into by and between Raser Power, the Collateral Agent and Owner, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Schedule Z Documents” means those agreements, instruments or other documents identified as such on Exhibit A attached hereto, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Site Documents” means those agreements, instruments or other documents identified as such on Exhibit A attached hereto, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

SITLA Consent” means the Certificate, Consent and Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2008, entered into by and between SITLA and the Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms. [Schedule Z]

SITLA Lease” means the Utah State Mineral Lease Form – Geothermal Energy Lease, dated as of July 1, 2007, entered into by and between SITLA and IRP, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms. [Schedule Z]

Switchboard Contract” means the Purchase Order for a transformer switchboard, dated as of March 20, 2008, entered into by and between GE and Owner, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Tax Equity Documents” means those agreements, instruments or other documents identified as such on Exhibit A attached hereto, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Transaction Documents” means those agreements, instruments or other documents identified as such on Exhibit A attached hereto, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time.

Transformer Contract” means the Purchase Order for GE Prolec 2000 KVA substation transformers, dated as of March 20, 2008, entered into by and between GE and Owner, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

Transmission Construction Agreement” means the Engineering, Procurement and Construction Contract, dated as of April 7, 2008, entered into by and between Pine Valley and Owner, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

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UTC Consent” means the Consent and Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2008, entered into by and between UTC, the Collateral Agent and Owner, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

UTC Intercreditor Agreement” means the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2008, entered into by and between the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, Owner and UTC, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms.

UTC Purchase Contract” means the Purchase Contract, dated as of August 31, 2008, entered into by and between Owner and UTC, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms. [EPC, ASA]

UTC Services Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Services Agreement, dated as of August 31, 2008, entered into by and between UTC and Owner, as the same may be amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time in accordance with its terms. [O&M]

UTC Step-In Agreement” means the side letter between Owner and UTC, dated August 31, 2008. [EPC]

 

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