Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture for 3.55% Senior Secured Notes due 2024, 4.30% Senior Secured Notes due 2029, 3.70% Senior Secured Notes due 2027, 4.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2024, 5.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 and 6.950% Senior Secured Notes due 2033, dated March 29, 2024, among Vistra Operations Company LLC, as Issuer, the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries, the Subsidiary Guarantors and the Trustee
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EX-4.9 8 vistra-20240331xex49.htm EX-4.9 Document
Exhibit 4.9
SIXTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
SUBSIDIARY GUARANTEES
SIXTEENTH SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of March 29, 2024, among the subsidiary guarantors listed on Schedule I hereto (the “Guaranteeing Subsidiaries”), Vistra Operations Company LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), the other subsidiary guarantors party hereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee under the indenture referred to below (the “Trustee”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, the Company has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee (i) that certain Indenture (the “Base Indenture”), dated as of June 11, 2019, among the Company and the Trustee, (ii) that certain Supplemental Indenture (the “First Supplement”), dated as of June 11, 2019, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, providing for the original issuance of an aggregate principal amount of $1,200,000,000 of 3.55% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 (the “2024 3.55% Notes”) and aggregate principal amount of $800,000,000 of 4.30% Senior Secured Notes due 2029 (the “2029 Notes”), (iii) that certain Second Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 30, 2019, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (the “Second Supplement”), (iv) that certain Third Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 25, 2019, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (the “Third Supplement”), (v) that certain Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of November 15, 2019, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, providing for the issuance of $800,000,000 of 3.70% Senior Secured Notes due 2027 (the “2027 Notes”) (the “Fourth Supplement”), (vi) that certain Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 31, 2020, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (the “Fifth Supplement”), (vii) that certain Sixth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of March 26, 2020, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (the “Sixth Supplement”), (viii) that certain Seventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 7, 2020, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (the “Seventh Supplement”), (ix) that certain Eighth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of January 8, 2021, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (the “Eighth Supplement”), (x) that certain Ninth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 29, 2021, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (the “Ninth Supplement”), (xi) that certain Tenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 28, 2021, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (the “Tenth Supplement”), (xii) that certain Eleventh Supplemental Indenture, dated as of May 13, 2022, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, providing for the original issuance of an aggregate principal amount of $400,000,000 of 4.875% Senior Secured Notes due 2024 (the “2024 4.875% Notes”) and aggregate principal amount of $1,100,000,000 of 5.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2025 (the “2025 Notes”) (the “Eleventh Supplement”), that certain Twelfth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of December 15, 2022, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (the “Twelfth Supplement”), that certain Thirteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of July 31, 2023, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (the “Thirteenth Supplement”), that certain Fourteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of September 26, 2023, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee, providing for the issuance of an aggregate principal amount of $1,050,000,000 of 6.950% Senior Secured Notes due 2033 (the “2033 6.950% Notes” and, collectively with the 2024 3.55% Notes, the 2029 Notes, the 2027 Notes, the 2024 4.875% Notes and the 2025 Notes, the “Notes”) (the “Fourteenth Supplement”) and that certain Fifteenth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of October 20, 2023, among the Company, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and the Trustee (together with the Base Indenture, the First Supplement, the Second Supplement, the Third Supplement, the Fourth Supplement, the Fifth Supplement, the Sixth Supplement, the Seventh Supplement, the Eighth Supplement, the Ninth
Supplement, the Tenth Supplement, the Eleventh Supplement, the Twelfth Supplement, the Thirteenth Supplement and the Fourteenth Supplement, the “Indenture”);
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries shall unconditionally guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture (the “Subsidiary Guarantees”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Base Indenture and Sections 4.07 and 9.01 of the First Supplement, the Fourth Supplement, the Eleventh Supplement and the Fourteenth Supplement, the Trustee, the Company and the other Subsidiary Guarantors are authorized and required to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries, the Trustee, the Company and the other Subsidiary Guarantors mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
1. Capitalized Terms. Unless otherwise defined in this Supplemental Indenture, capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Base Indenture, the First Supplement, the Fourth Supplement, the Eleventh Supplement or the Fourteenth Supplement, as applicable.
2. Agreement to be Bound; Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Subsidiaries hereby become a party to the Indenture as a Subsidiary Guarantor and as such will have all of the rights and be subject to all of the Obligations and agreements of a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture. The Guaranteeing Subsidiaries hereby agree to be bound by all of the provisions of the Indenture applicable to a Subsidiary Guarantor and to perform all of the Obligations and agreements of a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Indenture. In furtherance of the foregoing, each Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall be deemed a Subsidiary Guarantor for purposes of Article 10 of the First Supplement, the Fourth Supplement, the Eleventh Supplement and the Fourteenth Supplement, including, without limitation, Section 10.02 thereof.
3. NEW YORK LAW TO GOVERN. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
4. Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent the same agreement.
5. Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
6. The Trustee. The Trustee shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries and the Company.
7. Ratification of Indenture; Supplemental Indenture Part of Indenture. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and all the terms, conditions and provisions thereof shall remain in full force and effect. This Supplemental Indenture shall form a part of the Indenture for all purposes, and every Holder of Notes heretofore or hereafter authenticated and delivered shall be bound hereby.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed and attested, all as of the date first above written.
Dated: March 29, 2024
VISTRA VISION HOLDINGS I LLC
VISTRA VISION MANAGEMENT LLC
PULASKI SOLAR, LLC
MASSAC TRANSMISSION, LLC,
as the Guaranteeing Subsidiaries
By: /s/ William M. Quinn
Name: William M. Quinn
Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer
VISTRA OPERATIONS COMPANY LLC,
as the Company
By: /s/ William M. Quinn
Name: William M. Quinn
Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer
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[Signature Page to Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture]
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[Signature Page to Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture]
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By: /s/ William M. Quinn
Name: William M. Quinn
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[Signature Page to Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture]
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as the Trustee
as the Trustee
By: /s/ Latoya S Elvin
Name: Latoya S Elvin
Title: Vice President
[Signature Page to Sixteenth Supplemental Indenture]
SCHEDULE I
GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARIES
Name | Jurisdiction | ||||
VISTRA VISION HOLDINGS I LLC | Delaware | ||||
VISTRA VISION MANAGEMENT LLC | Delaware | ||||
PULASKI SOLAR, LLC | Delaware | ||||
MASSAC TRANSMISSION, LLC | Delaware |