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Title:

Credit and Guaranty Agreement

Entities:

Reliant Energy, Inc.

Date:

2007

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CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT

Dated as of June 12, 2007,

among

RELIANT ENERGY, INC., as the Borrower,

The Other Loan Parties Referred To Herein, as Guarantors,

The Other Lenders Party Hereto,

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent,

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

and

J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.,
as Joint Lead Arrangers,

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.,
GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,
MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL CORPORATION,
and ABN AMRO BANK N.V.,
as Joint Bookrunners
with respect to the Revolving Credit Facility

and

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES INC.,
GOLDMAN SACHS CREDIT PARTNERS L.P.,
MERRILL LYNCH CAPITAL CORPORATION,
and BEAR, STEARNS & CO. INC.

as Joint Bookrunners
with respect to the Pre-Funded L/C Facility

 




Table of Contents

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

Section 1.1

 

Defined Terms

 

1

Section 1.2

 

Other Interpretive Provisions

 

62

Section 1.3

 

Accounting Terms

 

63

Section 1.4

 

Rounding

 

63

Section 1.5

 

Times of Day

 

63

Section 1.6

 

Letter of Credit Amounts

 

63

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

 

THE COMMITMENTS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

 

64

 

 

 

 

 

Section 2.1

 

The Loans; The Pre-Funded L/C Deposit Account

 

64

Section 2.2

 

Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans

 

67

Section 2.3

 

Letters of Credit

 

69

Section 2.4

 

Optional and Mandatory Prepayments

 

81

Section 2.5

 

Termination or Reduction of Commitments; Reduction of Pre-Funded L/C Facility

 

85

Section 2.6

 

Repayment of Loans

 

86

Section 2.7

 

Interest

 

86

Section 2.8

 

Fees

 

87

Section 2.9

 

Computation of Interest and Fees

 

88

Section 2.10

 

Evidence of Debt

 

88

Section 2.11

 

Payments Generally; Administrative Agents Clawback

 

89

Section 2.12

 

Sharing of Payments by Lenders

 

91

Section 2.13

 

Incremental Term Loan Commitments

 

91

Section 2.14

 

Incremental RL Commitments

 

94

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

 

TAXES, YIELD PROTECTION AND ILLEGALITY

 

96

 

 

 

 

 

Section 3.1

 

Taxes

 

96

Section 3.2

 

Illegality

 

98

Section 3.3

 

Inability to Determine Rates

 

98

Section 3.4

 

Increased Costs; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurodollar Rate Loans

 

98

Section 3.5

 

Compensation for Losses

 

100

Section 3.6

 

Mitigation Obligations; Replacement of Lenders

 

101

Section 3.7

 

Survival

 

101

Section 3.8

 

Application to Pre-Funded L/C Participation Fees

 

101

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

 

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO EFFECTIVENESS AND CREDIT EXTENSIONS

 

102

 

 

 

 

 

Section 4.1

 

Conditions of Effectiveness and Initial Credit Extension

 

102

Section 4.2

 

Conditions to All Credit Extensions

 

104

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

105

 

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Section 5.1

 

Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws

 

105

Section 5.2

 

Authorization; No Contravention

 

106

Section 5.3

 

Governmental Authorization; Other Consents

 

106

Section 5.4

 

Binding Effect

 

106

Section 5.5

 

Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect

 

106

Section 5.6

 

Litigation

 

107

Section 5.7

 

No Default

 

107

Section 5.8

 

Ownership of Property; Liens

 

107

Section 5.9

 

Environmental Matters

 

107

Section 5.10

 

Insurance

 

108

Section 5.11

 

Taxes

 

109

Section 5.12

 

ERISA Compliance

 

109

Section 5.13

 

Subsidiaries; Equity Interests

 

109

Section 5.14

 

Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act

 

110

Section 5.15

 

Disclosure

 

110

Section 5.16

 

Compliance with Laws

 

110

Section 5.17

 

Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc

 

111

Section 5.18

 

Solvency

 

111

Section 5.19

 

Perfection, Etc

 

111

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

 

112

 

 

 

 

 

Section 6.1

 

Financial Statements

 

112

Section 6.2

 

Certificates; Other Information

 

113

Section 6.3

 

Notices

 

115

Section 6.4

 

Preservation of Existence, Etc

 

115

Section 6.5

 

Maintenance of Material Properties

 

116

Section 6.6

 

Maintenance of Insurance

 

116

Section 6.7

 

Compliance with Laws

 

116

Section 6.8

 

Books and Records

 

116

Section 6.9

 

Inspection Rights

 

116

Section 6.10

 

Use of Proceeds

 

116

Section 6.11

 

Additional Loan Parties; Security Interests

 

117

Section 6.12

 

Further Assurances

 

118

Section 6.13

 

Florida Mortgaged Properties

 

118

Section 6.14

 

Sale Note, etc

 

119

Section 6.15

 

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