-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, WZ1QfU+qdmoaCWB7PVhN8kunzg2lKsSllDKl/OKkX+h5n09w4XiIRN541arRMJJT pKfZ90zRfmLlqMbPcrZLqQ== 0001144204-08-067615.txt : 20081203 0001144204-08-067615.hdr.sgml : 20081203 20081203060114 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001144204-08-067615 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: SC 13D/A PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 3 FILED AS OF DATE: 20081203 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20081203 SUBJECT COMPANY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001004440 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911] IRS NUMBER: 521964611 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 005-57901 FILM NUMBER: 081226321 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 CONSTELLATION WAY CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 BUSINESS PHONE: 4107832800 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 100 CONSTELLATION WAY CITY: BALTIMORE STATE: MD ZIP: 21202 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: CONSTELLATION ENERGY CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19951220 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: RH ACQUISITION CORP DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19951205 FILED BY: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Electricite de France International, S.A. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001447893 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: I0 FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: SC 13D/A BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 20, PLACE DE LA DEFENSE CITY: PARIS STATE: I0 ZIP: 92050 BUSINESS PHONE: 33140427032 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 20, PLACE DE LA DEFENSE CITY: PARIS STATE: I0 ZIP: 92050 SC 13D/A 1 v133961_sc13da.htm Unassociated Document
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(Amendment No. 2)

Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
(Name of Issuer)

Common Stock, No Par Value
(Title of Class of Securities)

210371100
(CUSIP Number)

Anne Le Lorier
Électricité de France International, S.A.
20, place de la Défense
92050 Paris la Défense Cedex
France
+33 1 40 42 70 32
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and Communications)

December 2, 2008
(Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this Statement)
 
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of sections 240.13d-1(e), 240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box. [  ]
 
Note: Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Section 240.13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.
 
* The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a reporting person's initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of securities, and for any subsequent amendment containing information which would alter disclosures provided in a prior cover page.
 
The information required on the remainder of this cover page shall not be deemed to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the "Exchange Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section of the Exchange Act but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Exchange Act (however, see the Notes).
 

 
Item 1. Security and Issuer.
 
The class of equity securities to which this Amendment No. 2 to Schedule 13D relates is the common stock, without par value (the "Common Stock"), of Constellation Energy Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Issuer" or "Constellation"). The address of the principal executive offices of the Issuer is 750 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202.
 
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
 
The second paragraph of Item 4 is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:

EDFI, a wholly owned subsidiary of EDF, evaluates its investment in and relationship with Constellation on an ongoing basis. Since the announcement on September 19, 2008 of Constellation's proposed acquisition by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company ("MidAmerican"), EDFI has been considering various alternatives to the proposed MidAmerican transaction. EDFI believes that the proposed acquisition by MidAmerican significantly undervalues Constellation. In this connection, on December 2, 2008, EDFI submitted a proposal letter (the "Proposal") to the board of directors of Constellation (the "Board"). The Proposal provides for, among other things, EDFI’s purchase of a 50% ownership interest in the nuclear generation and operation business of Constellation for a purchase price of $4.5 billion, an up-front $1 billion cash investment in Constellation in the form of a nonconvertible cumulative preferred stock (the "Preferred") and an asset put option pursuant to which Constellation could, at its option, sell to EDFI non-nuclear generation assets having an aggregate value of up to $2 billion. The amount of any investment by EDFI in the Preferred would be credited against the purchase price for the 50% ownership interest in Constellation's nuclear business, such that, at the closing of the transaction, EDFI would surrender the Preferred as payment for $1 billion of the $4.5 billion purchase price. As detailed in the Proposal, EDFI believes the values presented in the Proposal imply a per share price of around $52.00 for Constellation common stock. The foregoing summary of the Proposal is qualified by reference to the copy of the Proposal included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Schedule 13D/A and incorporated herein in its entirety by reference. Also included as Exhibit 99.2 to this Schedule 13D/A are documents related to the Preferred.

EDFI believes that the Board should determine that the Proposal constitutes, or is reasonably likely to result in, a "Superior Proposal" under the MidAmerican merger agreement. Even if the Board would not make this determination, EDFI believes that the terms of the Proposal provide the basis necessary for the Board to change its recommendation of the MidAmerican transaction consistent with its duties to Constellation's stockholders.

Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits.
 
Exhibit
Number
Description
   
99.1
Proposal letter from Électricité de France International, S.A. to the board of directors of Constellation Energy Group, Inc., dated December 2, 2008.
   
99.2
Preferred Stock Documents and Agreements.
 


SIGNATURE
 
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the undersigned certifies that the information set forth herein is true, complete and correct.
 
Dated: December 2, 2008
ÉLECTRICITÉ DE FRANCE INTERNATIONAL, S.A.


/s/ Anne Le Lorier            
 
Name:
Anne Le Lorier
 
Title:
DIRECTEUR GÉNÉRAL ADJOINT CORPORATE
FINANCE - TRÉSORERIE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
 
 
 
 
 

EX-99.1 2 v133961_ex99-1.htm Unassociated Document
Exhibit 99.1

Électricité de France International, SA


December 2, 2008



The Board of Directors of
Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
c/o Mayo A. Shattuck III
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
750 E. Pratt Street
Baltimore, MD 21202
 
Dear Ladies and Gentlemen,
 
Électricité de France International, SA (“EDFI”), a wholly owned subsidiary of EDF, has long admired and been a committed partner of Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (“Constellation” or the “Company”). Your hard work and dedication are the reason that EDFI is currently the largest stockholder of Constellation. Despite recent setbacks, we believe that Constellation is a fundamentally strong company with a bright future. In particular, we have a strong interest in the growing profile of nuclear energy in the United States and the important role that Constellation is poised to play. We believe the Company today and its future opportunities are significantly undervalued in the proposed acquisition by MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company (“MidAmerican”). We are not alone in this belief—stockholders, ratepayers, regulatory authorities, legislators and analysts have all been outspoken in their view that the MidAmerican transaction was accepted under extraordinary circumstances and is contrary to the best interests of the Company and its constituents. We strongly believe that Constellation's stockholders deserve a transaction that appropriately values Constellation and delivers that value to all of Constellation's stockholders. For these reasons, EDFI is pleased to submit the proposal described in this letter which is clearly superior to the MidAmerican transaction.
 
As more fully described below, subject to the terms and conditions of this letter, our proposal provides for:
 
 
·
EDFI’s purchase of a 50% ownership interest in the nuclear generation and operation business of Constellation for a purchase price of $4.5 billion;
 
 
·
An up-front $1 billion cash investment in Constellation in the form of a nonconvertible cumulative preferred stock; and
 


 
The Board of Directors of
Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
Page 2 
December 2, 2008
 
 
·
An asset put option pursuant to which Constellation could, at its option, sell to EDFI non-nuclear generation assets having an aggregate value of up to $2 billion.
 
Our proposal places a value of $4.5 billion on 50% of the Company's nuclear business alone, which we believe to be an attractive valuation when compared to the range of values supported by publicly available information, whether the valuation is based on sum-of-the-parts, discounted cash flow or EBITDA trading multiples analyses. Such value represents an implied price of around $52 per share of Constellation common stock. In contrast, MidAmerican's proposal places a value of approximately $4.7 billion on the entire Company, a valuation that is merely $200 million higher than our proposal for only 50% of the Company’s nuclear business and does not adequately reflect the Company's financial results and projections, even when taking into account the recent turmoil in financial markets. The implied value per share represented by EDFI's proposal constitutes a 96% premium over the $26.50 per share price proposed to be paid in the MidAmerican transaction. We have provided the support for our determination of the implied value of EDFI's proposal in Annex A. We believe our analyses provide strong support for Constellation's Board and stockholders to conclude that our proposal constitutes a superior value proposition.
 
Our proposal is a compelling opportunity for Constellation stockholders and a concrete, viable and superior alternative to the MidAmerican offer. We believe that the Company's Board should determine that our proposal to acquire a 50% ownership interest in the Company's nuclear generation and operation business, together with our proposed put arrangement, constitutes, or is reasonably likely to result in, a Superior Proposal under the MidAmerican merger agreement. Even if the Company's Board of Directors would not make this determination, we believe that the terms of our proposal provide the basis necessary for the Board to change its recommendation of the MidAmerican transaction consistent with its duties to the Company and its stockholders. Our proposal:
 
 
·
As already noted, represents the equivalent of an offer of around $52 per share of Constellation common stock, a financial premium of approximately 96% above the MidAmerican proposal (and a demonstrably strong price for 50% of Constellation's nuclear generation and operation business);
 
 
·
Provides Constellation with significantly more liquidity than is necessary to permit the Company to remain a publicly traded standalone company in which Constellation stockholders can realize the full value of their investment and participate in the future growth of the Company, as well as offsets incremental costs associated with termination of the MidAmerican transaction;
 


 
The Board of Directors of
Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
Page 3 
December 2, 2008
 
 
·
Leverages the expertise of EDF Group, a global leader in the nuclear energy industry, and provides a path for the growth of the existing UniStar partnership between EDFI and Constellation;
 
 
·
Reflects EDF Group's long-term industrial and financial commitment to the development of new nuclear generation which contrasts sharply with the MidAmerican profile; and
 
 
·
Eliminates much of the conditionality that would accompany an offer to acquire control of Constellation both in terms of regulatory risk and the risk that the Company would face in refinancing its existing credit arrangements upon a change of control.
 
Our worldwide experience in the nuclear industry will permit us to meet the regulatory requirements that apply to our proposal in an expeditious manner. Further, due to our familiarity with Constellation's nuclear assets and our general experience in the nuclear industry, we do not require any due diligence investigation prior to entering into a transaction with the Company or any rights to post-closing indemnification, which would be customary for a purchaser in a transaction of this nature. However, we will require your cooperation and access to the Company's non-public contracts that bear on the optimal manner in which EDFI and Constellation should structure and document the proposed joint venture. Accordingly, our proposal is in immediately executable form subject to termination of the MidAmerican transaction and confirmation by Constellation and EDFI of the final transaction terms and optimal structure. Our proposal has been approved by the Board of Directors of EDFI and has received all other corporate approvals. This transaction would not require the approval of Constellation's stockholders. Below you will find a more detailed summary of our proposal.
 
Proposed Joint Venture
 
The transaction would be structured as a 50/50 nuclear generation and operation business joint venture between Constellation and EDFI (which, for purposes of this proposal, shall include any wholly owned subsidiary of EDFI that may be the actual transaction party). Subject to confirmation by the Company of the most efficient transaction mechanics, including from a tax perspective, we would expect that EDFI would pay the Company $4.5 billion in cash (less the $1 billion previously paid to the Company pursuant to the EDFI preferred stock investment, as described in more detail below) for a 50% ownership interest in Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC ("CENG") (which we assume continues to hold 100% of the interests owned by the Company in Calvert Cliffs' Units 1 and 2, Nine Mile Point Units 1 and 2 and Ginna and the operators thereof). In the event any portion of Constellation's nuclear business or operations is not held or conducted directly or indirectly through CENG, we would expect to acquire a 50% interest in any other Constellation entity that holds or operates any such portion of the Company's nuclear business or operations. To the extent the unit contingent power purchase agreements entered into by the Company in connection with the acquisition of Nine Mile Point Units 1 and 2 and Ginna are housed outside of CENG, EDFI would acquire its indirect 50% interest in such units subject to the terms and conditions of such power purchase agreements. In such event, we would expect that the power purchase agreements would be assigned to CENG or another entity in the nuclear joint venture such that they would become an obligation of the joint venture or its subsidiaries and not of Constellation alone. Also, given that CENG currently holds Constellation's 50% ownership interest in UniStar, the Company would be entitled to transfer such ownership interest to an entity outside CENG, so as to maintain its 50% ownership interest.



 
The Board of Directors of
Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
Page 4 
December 2, 2008
 
Attached hereto as Exhibit 1 is a master put option and membership interest purchase agreement (the "Transaction Agreement"). As you will note, the acquisition of a 50% ownership interest in CENG would be on a cash-free and debt-free basis. Our obligation to acquire our 50% interest would be subject only to customary conditions, including the receipt of required regulatory approvals and other conditions similar to those contained in the MidAmerican merger agreement. The transaction is not subject to a financing condition; rather, we will commit to have sufficient funds available through corporate funds and credit facilities to finance the transaction, including the proposed liquidity arrangement. Also attached as Exhibit 2 hereto is an Operating Agreement for the nuclear joint venture, which is modeled off of the existing UniStar operating agreement (which would remain in place). We believe the operating agreement is fair, complete and in executable form, but we would be willing to discuss its terms with you, when we are invited to do so. With your cooperation, we are prepared to finalize in only a few days the joint venture structure and terms and execute definitive agreements.
 
As you and your stockholders are aware, EDF Group is one of the leading nuclear generating companies in the world. UniStar is an important growth driver for the Company, and our proposal allows Constellation's stockholders to realize the extraordinary value inherent in the UniStar opportunities. Moreover, should this proposed transaction be completed, the combination of EDFI’s first-class experience at operations and scale in sourcing material and services in the nuclear sector and the Company’s very strong experience in nuclear operations and operating record could improve the underlying cost structure of CENG, and deliver even more value to the Company. This added value to the Company and its stockholders of the potential synergies has been estimated in excess of $100 million per annum in Annex A.
 
Joint Venture Regulatory Approvals and Governance Matters
 
We believe that the regulatory approvals needed to consummate the nuclear joint venture transaction include approvals of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”), the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”), the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) and the New York Public Service Commission and the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976. Approval of the Maryland Public Service Commission is not required, although we plan to work closely with Maryland regulators to keep them informed. We do not expect the nuclear joint venture regulatory approvals process to raise any issues which we have not addressed in our proposal.
 


 
The Board of Directors of
Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
Page 5 
December 2, 2008
 
Through our UniStar joint venture with Constellation, we have gained significant experience in the U.S. nuclear sector and believe this positions us well to address nuclear regulatory issues. We are committed to mitigating issues with respect to foreign ownership so that such approvals can be obtained as quickly as possible. Accordingly, we are employing a structure in which EDFI would own not more than 50% of the ownership interest in Constellation’s nuclear business, together with other governance provisions that have been used in prior transactions involving foreign persons that have received NRC and CFIUS approval. The governance provisions are based on the term sheet that EDFI and the Company largely agreed on this past summer prior to your entering into the MidAmerican transaction and, accordingly, should be familiar to you.
 
Attached as Annex B to this letter are the details of our proposed governance structure (as reflected in the form of Operating Agreement) and, as Annex C, an outline of the NRC, FERC and other nuclear joint venture regulatory approval requirements and an explanation of how our proposed transaction both meets and exceeds those requirements. We are highly confident that we can obtain all such approvals within six to nine months.
 
In addition, from the period between signing of the definitive Transaction Agreement through closing of the nuclear joint venture, Constellation would grant EDFI the right to have an "observer" at the Constellation Energy Group Board of Directors, who will have the right to attend all board meetings of the Constellation Board (and committees thereof) and receive copies of communications sent to the Constellation Board (and committees thereof). From and after the closing of the purchase of the 50% interest in the nuclear business and operations, EDFI would have the right to appoint a member to Constellation’s Board of Directors. With respect to each of the observer and the director appointed by EDFI, we would of course agree to appropriate restrictions to address conflict of interest situations (identical to the provisions agreed to by MidAmerican), to ensure that such persons are appropriately screened from restricted national security data, and such other restrictions reasonably requested by regulatory agencies in connection with their review and approval of the transaction. We will also ask for a monthly reporting for the trading activities.
 
Finally, in connection with the signing of the Transaction Agreement, Constellation and EDFI shall enter into an amendment to the existing Investor Agreement and other necessary documentation to eliminate, subject to the receipt of required regulatory approvals, any prohibition on EDFI’s disposition or acquisition of additional shares of common stock of Constellation and to lift the voting restrictions in Section 3.2 of the Investor Agreement in case of a public offer for Constellation, a capital increase or other extraordinary transaction involving Constellation. This amendment would also document the director appointment right discussed above.
 


 
The Board of Directors of
Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
Page 6 
December 2, 2008
 
Addressing Liquidity Needs 
 
EDFI proposes to invest in, or make available to, Constellation an amount sufficient to address both Constellation’s interim liquidity needs as we have determined them based on publicly available information and costs arising with the termination of the MidAmerican merger agreement. We expect that such liquidity arrangement would have several components.

Upon termination of the MidAmerican transaction, we will invest in $1 billion of Constellation nonconvertible cumulative preferred stock (the “Series B Preferred”). The amount of any investment by EDFI in Series B Preferred would be credited against the purchase price for the 50% ownership interest in CENG, such that, at the closing of the joint venture transaction, EDFI would surrender the Series B Preferred to Constellation as payment for $1 billion of the $4.5 billion purchase price. The Series B Preferred would also be subject to mandatory redemption by the Company upon termination of the Transaction Agreement. The issuance of the Series B Preferred should not require any vote of Constellation’s stockholders. The form of articles supplementary creating the Series B Preferred, a preferred stock purchase agreement and an investor rights agreement are attached to this letter as Annex D. We have modeled these documents on the MidAmerican Series A Preferred Stock documents, and have included redlines showing our revisions thereto.

As part of the Transaction Agreement, we would also agree to a put arrangement, granting Constellation the option to put selected non-nuclear power generation assets, with an aggregate value of up to $2 billion, to EDFI, exercisable partly or fully at any time between signing and closing of our proposed nuclear joint venture transaction. Exercise of a put option would be conditioned upon receipt of FERC, HSR and any state public service commission approvals, the receipt of required third-party consents and the absence of any material liens on the assets to be transferred pursuant to the put. We would apply for such approvals and consents, on a conditional basis, shortly following execution of the Transaction Agreement, so that exercise of the put option would be available to the Company on a timely basis. We would expect that all such approvals could be obtained within ninety days of application therefor. The put option is included in the Transaction Agreement and a list of the generation assets subject to the put, and the price at which Constellation would be entitled to sell them to EDFI, is included as Annex E hereto.
 
With this package of liquidity arrangements in place upon termination of the MidAmerican merger agreement, Constellation would have sufficient funds from the proceeds of the issuance of the Series B Preferred to pay the $175 million termination fee, if due to MidAmerican, and any costs related to the MidAmerican preferred stock. In addition, the liquidity provided by the $1 billion of Series B Preferred, the additional $3.5 billion from the acquisition of 50% of the nuclear business and the $2 billion non-nuclear plant put option, in combination with the Company's current liquidity improvement plan of various asset and trading book sales and drawing down its commodities trading book, will more than cover all liquidity needs of the Company, including redemption of the costly MidAmerican 14% senior note upon closing of any put transaction, and all potential bank financings that might come due as a result of the consummation of our nuclear joint venture transaction.
 


 
The Board of Directors of
Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
Page 7 
December 2, 2008
 
Our proposed commitments on liquidity are substantially stronger than those made by MidAmerican. Our analysis, based on publicly available information, of the Company's liquidity position after taking into account the liquidity we propose to provide is attached hereto as Annex F. Such analysis should assure the Company's Board of Directors and its stockholders of the adequacy of the Company's liquidity position in connection with our proposed transaction and of the strong credit profile and rating that would result from completion of the transaction.
 
About EDFI and the EDF Group
 
The EDF Group, one of the leaders in the energy market in Europe, is an integrated energy company active in all businesses: production, transport, distribution, energy selling and trading. The Group is the leading electricity producer in Europe. Our nuclear production capacity, the largest in the world, consists of 58 power plants on 19 sites. In France, the Group has mainly nuclear and hydroelectric power plants where 95% of the electricity output involves no CO2 emissions. EDF’s transport and distribution subsidiaries operate 1,246,000 km of low and medium-voltage overhead and underground electricity lines and around 100,000 km of high and very high-voltage networks. The Group is involved in supplying energy and services to more than 38 million customers around the world, including more than 28 million in France. The Group generated consolidated sales of €59.6 billion, or $76.3 billion, in 2007, of which 44% originated in Europe excluding France. EDF is listed on the NYSE-Euronext Paris stock exchange as one of the largest market cap companies.
 
Next Steps
 
As you know, it was necessary to communicate our proposal to you by letter because of the provisions of the Company’s merger agreement with MidAmerican. We believe that the Constellation Board should determine that our proposal to acquire a 50% ownership interest in CENG, together with our proposed put arrangement, constitutes, or is reasonably likely to result in, a Superior Proposal under the MidAmerican merger agreement. Even if the Company's Board of Directors would not make this determination, we believe that the terms of our proposal provide the basis necessary for the Board to change its recommendation of the MidAmerican transaction consistent with its duties to the Company and its stockholders. In either event, we propose to present the proposal outlined in this letter to the Constellation Board of Directors and answer any questions you and your representatives may have.
 


 
The Board of Directors of
Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
Page 8 
December 2, 2008
 
In addition, although EDFI reserves all rights to challenge such provisions and we do not believe, in any event, they are applicable to our proposal, please consider this letter a request for a waiver and release from the “standstill” provisions contained in the Investor Agreement between EDFI and Constellation. Please confirm to us that such provisions have been waived. We respectfully request that you provide this confirmation as soon as possible, so that we may promptly commence discussions. Further, in light of our presentation of this proposal to the Board, please consider this letter a request for a waiver of the voting restrictions in Section 3.2 of such agreement.
 
Notwithstanding the onerous limitations and informational disadvantage imposed on us by the terms of the MidAmerican transaction, we are confident that, after you have considered our proposal, you will agree that its terms are demonstrably superior to those of the MidAmerican transaction. We also think you will agree that, as our proposal both provides Constellation's stockholders an opportunity to realize the value of their investment in the Company as well as creates an opportunity for Constellation to play an important role, together with EDFI, in the development of nuclear generation in Maryland and beyond, ours is a transaction that will have the broad support of the community and regulators.
 
We have gone to great lengths to provide you with executable documentation based on the limited information that is available to us. However, as you would expect, there will be no legally binding contract or agreement between us regarding the proposed transaction unless and until a definitive transaction agreement is executed.


 
The Board of Directors of
Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
Page 9 
December 2, 2008
   
We, together with our financial and legal advisors, are prepared to move forward immediately with our proposal and to devote our full efforts and resources to pursue this transaction on an expedited basis. If you, your management, or your advisors have any questions or responses to this proposal, please either contact me at + 33 (0) 1 40 42 31 25, or our financial advisor, Paul Dabbar, Managing Director, J.P. Morgan, at +1 212.622.2287. We look forward to hearing from you.
 
 
Sincerely,
   
 
Électricité de France International, SA
   
   
   
 
By: /s/ Daniel Camus                            
 
Name: Daniel Camus
 
Title: Chairman


CC:
Mike Wallace
 
 
Roger Wood
 


Annexes
Exhibits



Annex A

Implied Constellation common stock valuation

Based on publicly available information, EDFI and its advisors have calculated the implied value of EDFI’s offer to the Company’s stockholders. Based on the calculation presented below, EDFI’s offer represents the equivalent of an offer of $52 per share of Constellation common stock.

The implied valuation of the Constellation common stock is based on a sum-of-the-parts valuation of Constellation’s individual business segments and calculates an implied value per Constellation common stock taking into account adjustments for the EDFI transaction. A separate, intrinsic valuation analysis of Constellation’s business segments using independent projections for the generation assets and projections for BGE that reflect the current rate environment resulted in a valuation range of $45 to $60 per share and confirmed the sum-of-the-parts valuation approach.
 
Valuation of Constellation’s business segments
$ billions
   
 
Valuation of non-nuclear generation assets
 
5.7
§ 6,595 MW of non-nuclear power generation assets
§ Based on individual $/kw multiples applied to the net owned MW capacity of each of Constellation’s non-nuclear power generation assets
§ Implied average multiple of $862/kw, adjusted for pro rata share of negative hedge value1
 
   
 
Valuation of 50% of existing nuclear generation assets
 
4.3
§ 3,869 MW nuclear power generation assets
§ Based on individual $/kw multiples applied to the net owned MW capacity of Calvert Cliffs, Nine Mile Point and Ginna Station
§ Implied average multiple of $2,234/kw, adjusted for pro rata share of negative hedge value1
 
   
 
Valuation of BGE
 
4.2
§ Based on 7.0 times estimated 2009E EBITDA of $593 million, based on equity research
§ EBITDA estimate based on equity research estimate
§ Multiple selected based on current trading levels of comparable transmission and distribution companies
 
   
 
Valuation of Global Commodities and Customer Supply
 
0.3
§ Net derivative position disclosed in Constellation’s Q3 2008 investor presentation
§ Assumes no additional value from ongoing business
 
   

 



   
 
Valuation of 50% interest in Unistar JV
 
0.3
§ Based on equity research estimate
 
   
 
Corporate overhead
 
(0.1)
§ Based on 8.0 times estimated, additional corporate costs of $15 million based on equity research estimate
 
   
 
Total firm value before net debt and transaction adjustments (A)
 
14.7
   
 
Net debt deduction from firm value (before transaction adjustments)
 
(6.9)
§ $6.7 billion of net debt at September 30, 2008 reported by Constellation (including $1 billion MidAmerican senior note)
§ $0.2 billion of non-MidAmerican preferred stock and minority interests
 
   
 
MidAmerican transaction termination related adjustments
 
(0.6)
§ Payment of $175 million MidAmerican termination fee
§ Payment of $420 million to MidAmerican for shares in excess of 10%, for which it may not have received regulatory approvals by the time the MidAmerican merger agreement is terminated
 
   
 
EDFI transaction related adjustments
 
3.2
§ Receipt of $4.5 billion of gross sale proceeds from EDFI
§ Net proceeds of $3.2 billion, assuming a capital gains tax rate of 38.5% and an estimated tax basis of 25% of the sale value
 
   
 
Total net debt and transaction adjustments (B)
 
(4.3)
   
 
Implied total equity value (C) = (A) ─ (B)
 
10.4
   
 
Implied value per Constellation common stock ($/share)
 
$52
§ Assumes 180 million diluted shares outstanding plus 19.9 million shares issued to MidAmerican upon conversion of the preferred stock
 
 
Implied value per Constellation common stock incl. potential synergies
 
$55
§ Assumes estimated $100 million per annum of potential nuclear JV synergies, capitalized at 6 times, shared equally between the partners
 
1 Consistent with to slightly conservative when compared to trading multiples for generation dominated companies that are investment grade rated and not going through liquidity-related or other extraordinary events.

 


Annex B
 
GOVERNANCE TERM SHEET
 
Outlined below is a summary of the proposed terms of an investment in 50% of Constellation’s nuclear operations by Électricité de France International, S.A., through its wholly-owned subsidiary EDF Development Inc. ("EDFD"). This outline is for discussion purposes only and is not intended to be and does not constitute a legally binding document, with no legally binding obligations created unless and until definitive documents are executed by the parties.
 
Transaction Description
Électricité de France International, S.A., through its wholly-owned subsidiary EDF Development Inc. ("EDFD")1  shall acquire 50% the interests in Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC (the "Company") from Constellation Energy Group Inc. ("Constellation").
Governance
EDFD and Constellation will enter into a Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement for the Company that will reflect the terms described herein.
Board of Directors
n The Company will be governed by a board of directors that, subject to the consent/veto rights below, will be empowered to take any and all actions necessary to run the Company, excluding only (i) those actions reserved to members pursuant to applicable law and (ii) certain defined safety and security matters that must be referred to, and decided by, the Special Security Committee. The board of directors of the Company will appoint the CEO of the Company.
 

1  Subject to tax analysis, another EDFI subsidiary may be utilized instead.

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Board Designees
n Initial board size: 10 (including the Chairman), with 5 directors to be designated by EDFD and 5 directors to be designated by Constellation. At least 2 of the directors designated by each member must be independent (i.e. not an officer, employee or director of EDFD or Constellation). All of the Constellation appointed board members will be U.S. citizens, and at least one of EDFD’s independent directors will be a U.S. citizen. A quorum is a majority of the board (at least 6 directors) and will require at least one of the non-independent appointees of each member. The affirmative vote of a majority of a quorum shall constitute the act of the Board.2   
 
n The Chairman of the board of directors of the Company will be a U.S. citizen (not dual national) and will qualify as an independent director (i.e., not an officer, employee or director of EDFD or Constellation). The Chairman will have authority and duties customary for a non-executive Chairman and will be designated by Constellation and EDFD on an alternating annual basis from among their independent director designees. Constellation will appoint the first Chairman. The Chairman will not have a casting vote on tie votes.
Removal & Vacancies
Directors may be removed by written request of the designating member. Any vacancy (other than as a result of a reduction of designee entitlements) shall be filled by the member who designated the director whose departure or removal created such vacancy.
Non-NRC Committee Participation
Constellation and EDFD will have equal representation of their appointed directors on each board committee other than the Special Security Committee (the composition of which is specifically described below).
Special Security Committee3   
n In order to comply with the foreign ownership rules of the NRC, a Special Security Committee of the Company’s board of directors will be organized to address safety and security issues, as defined more fully below. This committee will be composed of two directors appointed by Constellation from among its appointed directors to the Company’s board of directors, two directors appointed by EDFD from among its appointed directors to the Company’s board of directors and a chairman appointed by Constellation from among its appointed directors. At least one of the two directors appointed by EDFD to the Special Security Committee will be a U.S. citizen (not dual national) and will qualify as an independent director (i.e., not an officer, employee or director of EDFD). At least one of the two directors appointed by Constellation to the Special Security Committee will qualify as an independent director (i.e., not an officer, employee or director of Constellation). A quorum will require the presence of both EDFD-appointed directors and both Constellation-appointed directors (not including the Chairman). A matter will be approved by the vote of the majority of a quorum. The chairman of the Special Security Committee shall vote only if there is a deadlock in the Special Security Committee among the other four members of the committee at which point a decision may be taken in respect of a matter if three out of five directors (including the Chairman) vote in favor of it.
 
 
 

2   For purposes of clarity, a quorum would exist if 6 or more directors were in attendance, including at least one non-independent director appointed by EDFD and one non-independent director appointed by Constellation. If 6 or 7 directors were in attendance, a matter would be approved by a vote of 4 or more; if 8 or 9 directors were in attendance, a matter would be approved by a vote of 5 or more; and if 10 directors were in attendance, a matter would be approved by a vote of 6 or more.
 
3   Note to Draft: The parties will also agree that the governance structure will be amended to reflect any additional requirements that the NRC
        may have as a condition to granting its approval of the transaction.
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n The Special Security Committee will have responsibility for addressing the nuclear and other security issues set forth below:
 
·  Implementation or compliance with any mandatory provisions contained in an NRC generic letter, bulletin order, confirmatory order, or similar mandatory requirement issued by NRC;
·  Prevention or mitigation of any nuclear event or incident or the unauthorized release of radioactive material;
·  Placement of a plant in safe condition following any nuclear event or incident;
·  Compliance with the mandatory provisions of the Atomic Energy Act, and/or the Energy Organization Act and/or any NRC rule;
·  Compliance with mandatory provisions of a specific license issued by the NRC and its technical staff;
·  Assurance of compliance with mandatory provisions of a specific Final Safety Analysis Report or other licensing basis document for each reactor;
·  Issues related to foreign ownership or control raised by the NAC (defined below);
·  Appointments to the NAC;
·  Compliance with export control requirements;
·  All issues relating to security of critical transmission infrastructures; and
·  Compliance with any other mandatory safety and security commitments applicable to the Company.
 
Although defined safety and security issues will be decided by the Special Security Committee, the following nuclear-related issues (the "Board-Level Nuclear Issues") will be decided by the full board of the Company and will constitute a "Special Matter" (discussed below):
 
·  The decision as to whether or not to stop operations and/or close a nuclear facility and begin its decommissioning;
·  The decision to seek re-licensing of a nuclear facility;
·  The authorization and determination of the financing and budget, including investment, related to each nuclear facility, except that the board shall not make financing, budgeting or budget decisions that are inconsistent with NRC requirements;
·  The decision to buy, sell, lease, or otherwise dispose of its interest in a nuclear facility; or
·  The taking of any action that is ordered by the NRC or any other agency or court of competent jurisdiction with respect to a licensed nuclear facility.
 

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Existing Nuclear Plant Subsidiaries
The board of directors of each subsidiary of the Company that is an NRC licensee will be composed of five directors; two of which are to be appointed by EDFD and two by Constellation, and the fifth will be the CEO of the subsidiary, which will be appointed by the board of directors of the Company and will act as Chairman of the board. The removal and replacement of a director appointed by EDFD or Constellation shall be made only by the party entitled to appoint such director. The members of these boards appointed by Constellation, the CEO and the Chief Nuclear Officer of the subsidiary will be U.S. citizens. A quorum will require the presence of both Constellation-appointed directors and both EDFD-appointed directors. A matter will be approved by the vote of a majority of the quorum. The CEO of the subsidiary will vote only on nuclear security or safety issues brought to the board of such subsidiary, and then only if there is a deadlock, at which time a decision may be taken in respect of a matter if three out of five directors (including the CEO of the subsidiary) vote in favor.
Nuclear Advisory Committee ("NAC")
The NAC, composed of U.S. citizens who are not officers, directors, or other employees of the Company, EDFD or Constellation, will report to the Special Security Committee and provide transparency to the NRC regarding foreign ownership and control of nuclear operations. The NAC will have the authority to report on these matters directly to the NRC, Department of Energy or other appropriate governmental authorities. Current members of the UniStar Advisory Board/NAC will be asked to provide the same function for the Company. Replacement members to this committee will be appointed by the Special Security Committee. Each member of the NAC will be a member of the NAC for a term of 2 years at the end of which they must be reappointed by the Special Security Committee or replaced. The NAC will inform the NRC of the removal or resignation of any member of the NAC and of the person selected to replace such member. At least once a year, the NAC will prepare a report to the Special Security Committee as to whether additional measures should be taken to ensure that:
 
·  The Company is in compliance with US laws and regulations regarding foreign domination or control of nuclear operations; and
·  A decision of a foreign government could not adversely affect or interfere with the reliable and safe operations of any nuclear assets of the Company.

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The Board’s Access to NAC
The board of directors of the Company and the Special Security Committee will have direct access to the NAC regarding issues pertaining to foreign ownership and control of the Company.
 
The Company will establish and enforce policies to assure its compliance with mandatory provisions of U.S. laws and regulations regarding:
 
·  Nuclear Security plans, including physical security and cyber security;
·  Screening of nuclear personnel;
·  Protection of critical nuclear infrastructure; and
·  U.S Export regulations.
Security Officer
To assist in compliance with nuclear safety matters and critical infrastructure protection, the Board of Directors shall appoint a Security Officer, who shall be a U.S. citizen (not a dual national) and who shall not be an officer, director or other employee of EDFD or Constellation. The Security Officer shall be responsible for certifying compliance with the safety or security commitments in any agreement(s) to which the Company is a party executed in connection with NRC or CFIUS approval of the proposed nuclear transaction (if such certification is required by such agreement(s)), development of Company security policies and practices (if required by such agreement(s)), providing reports to any U.S. government agency (if required by such agreement(s)), and maintaining awareness of changes to corporate structure and operations that would affect implementation of such agreements.
Chief Nuclear Officer
The Chief Nuclear Officer of the Company will be a U.S. citizen (not a dual national). The Chief Nuclear Officer will be responsible for operation of the NRC-licensed facilities of the Company and its subsidiaries. The Chief Nuclear Officer will report directly to the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

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Consent/Veto Rights
Except as otherwise described below or as otherwise required by NRC regulations or orders, taking any of the following actions ("Special Matters") at the Company or any significant subsidiary shall require approval of all of the directors then in office:
 
·  The timing of the presentation and adoption of each annual budget, three-year budget and strategic plan;
·  Any increase in the cost of a material element identified in the annual budget that individually or in the aggregate amounts to a material increase in the cost of such element in the annual budget plan, or any increase in costs incurred in accordance with the annual budget that together with other increases in costs amounts to a material increase in the aggregate costs under the annual budget;
·  The entry into of any contract exceeding $50 million in total potential liability or risk to the Company over the term of the contract, other than in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practices;
·  The entry into of any contract between the Company and either Member or any of such Member's affiliates exceeding $10 million in total potential liability or risk to the Company over the term of the contract;
·  The making of any distribution by the Company (other than cash distributions in respect of Members' tax liabilities);
·  Any change to the organization, governance or management of any subsidiary of the Company (which organization, governance and management shall be substantially equivalent to the Company), and any commitments to provide capital or credit support to a subsidiary;
·  The issuance of any equity or the admission of any new Member to the Company;
·  Any incurrence of indebtedness, individually or in a series of related transactions that have not been expressly approved as a Special Matter, in excess of $50 million, or the granting of any guaranty or lien, mortgage or pledge over all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its subsidiaries;
·  Initiating or making any settlement or compromise of a claim in excess of $10 million in connection with a dispute (whether or not involving litigation) involving a third-party, or any dispute with a governmental authority, except for decisions made by the Special Security Committee in connection with discharging its responsibilities under the Agreement;
·  Staffing of key executive officer positions of the Company and its subsidiaries, including key executive positions at any NRC-licensed subsidiary and including the Security Officer and Chief Nuclear Officer;
·  A grant of authority to the Chairman, CEO or other officers of the Company or any of its subsidiaries that would materially alter the authority granted to such officer under this Agreement other than delegations of authority in the ordinary course of business;
·  Any reorganization, dissolution, liquidation, winding up or bankruptcy of the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, or any vote by the Company relating to its ownership interest in any subsidiary;
·  Any decision by the Company to finance a project on a basis other than through project financing;
·  Any decision requiring the Members to make any additional capital contributions;
·  Amending in any material respect the charter, bylaws or other organizational documents of any Company subsidiary;
·  Any decision by the Company to enter into a new line of business;
·  Changes in material accounting policies, other than as required by GAAP;
·  The engagement or discharge of independent auditors;
·  Any decision by the Company to enter into any material acquisition, divestiture, joint venture or partnership;
·  Any decision by the Company to enter into a change of control transaction or to effect an initial public offering of the Company;
·  Any recapitalization, reclassification or similar event by the Company;
·  Any loans or advances provided to the Company by a Member;
·  The Board-Level Nuclear Issues; and
·  Entering into an agreement or arrangement to do any of the above.
 
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Board Observer and Director at Constellation
n From the period between signing of definitive transaction documents through closing of the nuclear joint venture, Constellation will grant EDFD the right to appoint an observer at the Board of Directors. The Board Observer will have the right to attend all board meetings of the Constellation Board (and committees thereof), to receive copies of communications sent to the Constellation Board (and committees thereof) and to request access to information of the type that directors may request.
 
n From and after the closing of the transaction, EDFD will have the right to appoint a member to Constellation's Board of Directors.
 
n From and after the acquisition of the Series B preferred stock, Constellation will provide EDFD with monthly reports on its trading activities and compliance with its internal policies relating to its trading activities.
 
With respect to each of the Board Observer and the Constellation director appointed by EDFD, EDFD would agree to appropriate restrictions to address conflict of interest situations (identical to the provisions agreed to by MidAmerican) to ensure that such persons are appropriately screened from restricted national security data and such other restrictions that regulatory agencies reasonably request in connection with their review and approval of the transaction.

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Annex C


NECESSARY NUCLEAR JOINT VENTURE REGULATORY APPROVALS
 
EDFI has carefully and thoughtfully structured a comprehensive set of strategies designed to ensure that there are no impediments to obtaining all regulatory approvals needed to consummate the nuclear joint venture transaction, including approvals of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (“NRC”), the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”), the New York Public Service Commission (“NYPSC”), and the expiration or termination of the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (“HSR Act”). EDFI does not believe that the transaction faces any significant regulatory obstacles, and we believe that all approvals can be obtained in six to nine months.
 
(1) The Maryland Public Service Commission
 
Unlike the MidAmerican transaction, which requires MPSC approval and which has faced opposition, the proposed acquisition of an interest in Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC (“CENG” or the “Company”) would not require MPSC approval because neither CENG nor any of its subsidiaries are public service companies that are subject to the MPSC's jurisdiction, and the MPSC does not have any jurisdiction to review the transfer of generation facilities.
 
(2) The Nuclear Regulatory Commission
 
Both the Mid-American transaction and the EDFI joint venture proposal will require NRC approval. From an NRC perspective, the only material distinction between the two proposals is that EDFI’s proposal would result in a foreign entity owning 50% of Constellation’s nuclear business. As a result, EDFI has structured its proposal to conform with existing NRC precedent for ownership of U.S. nuclear facilities by joint ventures involving foreign investors. This proposal is very similar to the proposal that we were discussing this past summer and should be familiar to Constellation. The details of EDFI’s proposed governance structure to address these foreign ownership issues are summarized below, and a more detailed description of this structure is separately attached.
 
Constellation Board Member
 
EDFI will appoint one member to Constellation's Board of Directors.  EDFI will agree to appropriate restrictions to ensure that this director is appropriately screened from restricted national security data and such other restrictions that the NRC or CFIUS reasonably requests in connection with their review and approval of the transaction.
 
Board of Directors

A Board of Directors (the “Board”) will be established for CENG to manage its operations. The Board will be composed of ten members (including a Chair). EDFI will appoint five directors and Constellation will appoint the remaining five directors. The directors appointed by Constellation will be U.S. citizens. At least two of the Board members appointed by EDFI and two appointed by Constellation will be independent (i.e., not be an officer, employee or director of EDFI or Constellation). The Chair of the Board will be a U.S. citizen and will be independent and will be designated annually on an alternating basis by Constellation and EDFI from their independent director designees. The Chairman will not have a casting vote on tie votes. The Board will elect the CEO. The CEO and Chief Nuclear Officer of the Company will be U.S. citizens.

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Special Security Committee
 
In order to assure the NRC that nuclear safety and security issues fall under the control of U.S. citizens, the Board of CENG will delegate the final decision authority over nuclear and security issues, as well as critical transmission infrastructure issues, to a Special Security Committee. The Special Security Committee also will be delegated final decision authority over any issues relating to foreign ownership or control raised by its Nuclear Advisory Committee (described below).
 
The Special Security Committee will consist of five directors, three of which will be appointed by Constellation from among its appointed Board members, and two of which will be appointed by EDFI from among its appointed directors. The Chair of the Special Committee will be one of the Committee members appointed by Constellation. At least one of the two directors appointed by EDFI to this committee will be a U.S. citizen and will also qualify as an independent director. At least one of the three directors appointed by Constellation to this committee will qualify as an independent director and all three directors appointed by Constellation will be U.S. citizens. Thus, at least four of the five members of the Special Security Committee will be U.S. citizens independent of EDFI. The Chair will vote on matters before this Special Security Committee only if there is a deadlock among the other four members.

Nuclear Advisory Committee

The Special Security Committee will be assisted by an advisory committee, the Nuclear Advisory Committee (“NAC”), which will be composed of prominent U.S. citizens who are not officers, directors, or other employees of Constellation or EDFI. The NAC will report to the Special Committee on issues of foreign ownership and control over nuclear operations. The NAC also will be authorized to report on such matters directly to the NRC, Department of Energy or other appropriate governmental authorities. Current members of the UniStar Advisory Board will be asked to provide the same function for CENG. Replacement members to this advisory committee will be appointed by the Special Security Committee. The NAC will inform the NRC of the removal or resignation of any member of the NAC and of the person selected to replace such member. At least once a year, the NAC will prepare a report to the Special Security Committee as to whether additional measures should be taken to ensure that Constellation remains in compliance with U.S. laws and regulations regarding foreign domination or control of nuclear operations and to assure that a decision of a foreign government could not adversely affect or interfere with the reliable and safe operations of any of the Company’s nuclear assets.

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Nuclear Subsidiaries

The Boards of each of CENG’s subsidiaries that hold NRC power plant licenses will be composed of five directors; two appointed by EDFI; two by Constellation; with the fifth member being the CEO of the subsidiary appointed by the CENG Board, who also will act as Chairman of the Board. The directors appointed by Constellation, the CEO and the Chief Nuclear Officer of the subsidiary will be U.S. citizens. The CEO will vote only on nuclear security or safety issues brought to the subsidiary’s Board, and then only if there is a deadlock, at which time a decision may be taken in respect of a matter if three out of five directors (including the CEO) vote in favor.

NRC Precedent

The EDFI proposal is consistent with the NRC’s approval of the ownership by AmerGen of the Three Mile Island Unit 1, Oyster Creek and Clinton nuclear reactors. AmerGen was 50% owned by British Energy plc, a U.K. company and 50% by PECO Energy Company, a U.S. company. Half of AmerGen’s Board was appointed by PECO, and half by British Energy subject to the requirement that all PECO Board members must be U.S. citizens. The Chair of AmerGen’s Board was also a U.S. citizen. In considering the AmerGen structure, the NRC confirmed that a foreign entity may own (directly or indirectly) an interest in U.S. located nuclear power plants, provided that the foreign entity did not have the power to control nuclear security or safety issues and that the key officers responsible to the NRC were U.S. citizens. In other situations, the NRC has approved the use of a special committee of the Board of Directors controlled by U.S. citizens to assure that nuclear safety or security decisions were not controlled by foreign investors.
 
(3) The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States
 
As an initial matter, EDFI will submit the transaction to CFIUS for a full investigation. EDFI is confident based on existing law and precedent that CFIUS will find that the proposed governance structure sufficiently addresses any national security concerns.

Under the Exon-Florio Amendment to the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended, the President may prohibit or suspend an acquisition of or investment in a U.S. company by a “foreign person” if, after an investigation, he or she finds:

credible evidence that the foreign person might take action that threatens to impair the national security; and
 
other provisions of law do not provide adequate protection of national security.

Executive Order 13456, which the President signed on January 23, 2008, also makes clear that CFIUS only “may seek to mitigate any national security risk posed by a transaction that is not adequately addressed by other provisions of law . . . .” As discussed above, the Atomic Energy Act and NRC provide comprehensive and robust mechanisms to address foreign ownership of U.S. nuclear assets; therefore, other provisions of law provide adequate protection of national security and no further action is needed or permitted by CFIUS.

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In addition, there are multiple examples of European companies taking ownership positions in U.S. utilities and, to EDFI’s knowledge, no serious concerns have ever been raised. Two recent examples include the purchase of the KeySpan Corporation of New York by National Grid of Britain, which received approval in 2007, and the acquisition of Energy East of Maine by Iberdrola of Spain, which closed in September 2008. Furthermore, EDFI’s recent acquisition of British Energy Group, Plc, a company owned 36 percent by the British government, is indicative of the high level of trust other governments have in EDFI.

 (4) The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
 
Both the MidAmerican and the EDFI nuclear joint venture proposal will require FERC approval under Section 203 of the Federal Power Act. The only difference between the two proposals from a FERC perspective is that MidAmerican owns considerably more generation than EDFI that is located in or near the PJM region where the bulk of Constellation’s generation capacity is located. Each proposal should be able to satisfy FERC’s standards and obtain approval in less than six months. EDFI notes in particular with respect to the EDFI transaction that the overlap of generation capacity between EDFI and Constellation is de minimis; EDFI will make the customary hold harmless commitments with respect to rates; the transaction will not affect the jurisdiction of FERC or of any State over Constellation or CENG, and the transaction does not raise any significant concerns about cross-subsidization given the small amount of merchant generation owned by EDFI.
 
(5) The Public Service Commission of New York
 
Both the MidAmerican transaction and EDFI’s proposal will be reviewed by the NYPSC with respect to the indirect transfer of control over the nuclear power plants owned by Constellation that are located in New York and operated as Exempt Wholesale Generators (“EWGs”). Based on NYPSC precedents, EDFI believes that the transaction should qualify for an expedited review that focuses primarily on the impact of the transaction on wholesale competition in New York. Because EDFI does not own any power production facilities in New York, the transaction should have no effects on wholesale competition in New York. Regardless of whether the proposal qualifies for expedited review, there are no material differences between the EDFI nuclear joint venture proposal and the MidAmerican proposal that would cause them to be treated differently by the NYPSC, and EDFI does not anticipate any material issues that would be raised in the NYPSC’s review.

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(6) Review by the Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Act
 
Both the MidAmerican transaction and EDFI’s nuclear joint venture proposal will be required to undergo review by either the Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission for its effect on competition pursuant to the HSR Act. This review is similar, but not identical to, the competition review that FERC conducts. Transactions that do not raise significant competition issues will be “cleared,” i.e. the competition review will terminate and the transaction allowed to go forward, in 30 days or less. MidAmerican’s proposal already has been cleared, and EDFI’s proposal also should be cleared in 30 days or less after its HSR Act filing is made.
 
 
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Annex E

List of non-nuclear power generation assets subject to the put

Listed below are the non-nuclear power generation assets that EDFI is prepared to acquire through the put. For each asset, EDFI has determined a specific price at which Constellation has the option to put its interest in the respective asset to EDFI, subject to the terms and conditions of the Master Put Option and Membership Interest Purchase Agreement. The individual prices are included in the list below.

The assets can be put to EDFI in no particular order up to a total aggregate purchase price not to exceed $2 billion.

Assets
Price ($ millions)
Implied $/kw
Handsome Lake
$141
$525/kw
Brandon Shores
1,658
1,290
Perryman
162
455
ACE Cogeneration
57
1,769
Panther Creek / Colver Power
71
967
Sunnyside Cogeneration
23
892
Keystone
466
1,328
Conemaugh
290
1,601
Herbert A. Wagner 1 & 4
103
210
Herbert A. Wagner 2 & 3
562
1,231
C.P. Crane
334
868

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Annex F

Pro forma liquidity availability analysis

EDFI and its advisors have reviewed Constellation’s current and projected liquidity sources and uses and assessed the potential pro forma impact of the EDFI transaction on Constellation’s net available liquidity. The analysis demonstrates that, through expected closing of the transaction, EDFI’s proposal provides liquidity to Constellation that is significantly exceeding the actual needs of the Company and sufficient to address the potential need to refinance all of the Company’s current bank facility lines.

In addition, Constellation has repeatedly and publicly stated that it intends to continue to reduce the scope and scale of its Global Commodities business, which could lead to additional liquidity sources by way of collateral releases or otherwise.

All information used in this analysis is based on publicly available information and in particular on disclosures made in Constellation’s latest 10K and 10Q filings, the November 6, 2008 3Q results presentation and the December 2, 2008 investor presentation.

Net available liquidity analysis
$ billions
   
 
Estimated net available liquidity on December 31, 2008
 
+ 3.4
   
 
Additional estimated liquidity sources not included in December 2008 estimate
 
+ 1.7
§ Expected net proceeds and collateral releases from the sale of International Coal and Houston trading operations ($1.4 billion)
§ Expected net proceeds from sale of upstream gas assets ($0.3 billion)
 
   
 
Downgrade collateral requirement cushion required by Ratings Agencies, pro forma for above referenced asset and business divestitures
 
(0.9)
   
 
Estimated net available liquidity in December 2008
 
+ 4.1
 
Estimated liquidity uses at termination of MidAmerican merger agreement
 
(2.4)
§ Termination fee ($0.2 billion)
§ Cash payment to MidAmerican for non-convertible portion of the preferred stock ($0.4 billion)
§ Refinancing of the MidAmerican senior note ($1.0 billion)
§ Cancellation of the MidAmerican asset put option ($0.4 billion)
§ Additional estimated collateral requirement from MidAmerican termination ($0.5 billion)
 
   

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Estimated liquidity sources from EDFI transaction
 
+ 4.6
§ EDFI preferred stock ($1 billion)
§ Estimated after tax proceeds from sale of 50% interest in nuclear power generation assets ($2.2 billion, net of initial preferred stock investment)
§ Estimated after tax proceeds from sale of non-nuclear power generation assets assuming exercise of $2 billion put ($1.4 billion)
 
   
 
Estimated net available liquidity pro forma for EDFI transaction
 
+ 6.3
   
 
Additional estimated liquidity sources and uses between expected signing and closing of the EDFI transaction
 
+ 0.1
§ Estimated initial margin and L/C collateral roll-off ($1.2 billion)
§ Refinance maturing September 2009 6.125% Fixed-Rate Notes ($0.5 billion)
§ Additional estimated cash uses ($0.6 billion)
 
   
 
Estimated net available liquidity at expected closing
 
+ 6.4
   
 
Potential additional liquidity uses if sale of nuclear assets triggers covenants in existing bank facilities
 
0.0 to (6.0)
§ UBS/RBS facility ($1.2 billion)
§ Three Constellation bank facilities with maturities in December 2009, July 2012 and December 2013 ($4.4 billion)
§ One BGE bank facility maturing in December 2011 ($0.4 billion)
 
   
 
Estimated net available liquidity at closing if bank facilities require refinancing
 
+ 0.4 to + 6.4
   
 
Note: numbers may not add due to rounding


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EX-99.2 3 v133961_ex99-2.htm Unassociated Document
Exhibit 99.2
 
Annex D-1
 
ARTICLES SUPPLEMENTARY
 
SERIES B PREFERRED STOCK
 
OF
 
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.
 

 
Pursuant to Section 2-208(b) of
 
the Maryland General Corporation Law
 

 
Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (the "Company"), a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the Maryland General Corporation Law (the "MGCL"), hereby certifies as follows:
 
FIRST: The charter of the Company (as amended and supplemented, the "Articles of Incorporation") authorizes the issuance of up to 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Authorized Preferred Stock"), and further authorizes the Board of Directors of the Company to classify any unissued shares of Authorized Preferred Stock by setting the preferences, conversion or other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends, qualifications or terms or conditions of redemption of the shares.
 
SECOND: On [•], 2008, the Board of Directors of the Company by duly adopted resolutions classified and designated [•] shares of Authorized Preferred Stock as shares of Series B Preferred Stock, with the following preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends and other distributions, qualifications, and terms and conditions of redemption:
 
1. Designation and Amount; Ranking.
 
(a) There shall be created from the Authorized Preferred Stock a series of preferred stock, designated as the "Series B Preferred Stock", par value $0.01 per share (the "Preferred Stock"), and the number of shares of such series shall be [•]. Such number of shares may be decreased by resolution of the Board of Directors; provided that no decrease shall reduce the number of shares of Preferred Stock to a number less than that number of shares of Preferred Stock then outstanding.
 
(b) The Preferred Stock will, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon a Liquidation or a Change of Control, rank (i) senior to all Junior Stock, (ii) on parity with all Parity Stock and (iii) junior to all Senior Stock.
 
2. Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:


(a) "Accrued Dividends" means, with respect to any share of Preferred Stock, as of any date, the accrued and unpaid dividends on such share through and including such date (whether or not authorized or declared).
 
(b) "Affiliate" means any Person or entity, directly or indirectly, controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Person or entity.
 
(c) "Approved Market" shall mean any of the Nasdaq Global Market, the NYSE or the American Stock Exchange.
 
(d) "Articles" means these Articles Supplementary with respect to the Preferred Stock, as amended from time to time.
 
(e) "Articles of Incorporation" has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
 
(f) "Authorized Preferred Stock" has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
 
(g) "Beneficially Owned" means with respect to any securities having "beneficial ownership" of such securities (as determined pursuant to Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act).
 
(h) "BGE" means Baltimore Gas and Electric Company.
 
(i) "Board Observer" has the meaning set forth in Section 5(b).
 
(j) "Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company or, with respect to any action to be taken by the Board of Directors, any committee of the Board of Directors duly authorized to take such action.
 
(k) "Business Day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks in the State of Maryland are required or authorized to close.
 
(l) "Calendar Quarter" means each three-month quarterly period ended March 31, June 30, September 30 or December 31.
 
(m) "Capital Stock" of any Person means any and all securities (including equity-linked securities), interests (including partnership interests), rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) equity of such Person, including any Preference Stock.
 
(n) "Change of Control" means the consummation of any transaction or series of related transactions involving (i) any purchase or acquisition (whether by way of merger, share exchange, consolidation, business combination or similar transaction or otherwise) by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) (such other Person or group, an "Acquiring Person"), of any of (A) securities representing a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Company entitled to elect the Board of Directors or (B) the majority of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, (ii) any sale, lease, exchange, transfer, license or disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken together as a whole, to an Acquiring Person, that is not the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company (iii) any merger, consolidation or business combination in which the holders of voting securities of the Company immediately prior to the transaction, as a group, do not hold securities representing a majority of the outstanding voting power entitled to elect the board of directors or other governing body of the surviving entity in such merger, consolidation or business combination, (iv) any merger, share exchange, consolidation, business combination or similar transaction or otherwise in which the Holders of the Preferred Stock do not receive securities having the same powers, preferences and rights as provided for herein or (v) Continuing Directors ceasing to constitute a majority of the members of the Board of Directors; provided, however, that the consummation of the sale of the Designated Interest (as defined in the Master Agreement) shall not be deemed to be a Change of Control.
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(o) "Common Stock" means the common stock, no par value, of the Company, or any other class of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such common stock consisting solely of changes in par value, or from par value to no par value, or as a result of a subdivision, combination, or merger, consolidation or similar transaction in which the Company is a constituent corporation.
 
(p) "Company" has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
 
(q) "Continuing Directors" means a director who either was a member of the Board of Directors on the Original Issue Date or who becomes a member of the Board of Directors subsequent to that date and whose election, appointment or nomination for election is duly approved by a majority of the Continuing Directors on the Board of Directors at the time of such approval, either by a specific vote or by approval of the proxy statement issued by the Company on behalf of the entire Board of Directors in which such individual is named as nominee for director.
 
(r) "Dividend Payment Date" means January 2, April 1, July 1 and October 1, of each year. The first Dividend Payment Date shall be January 2, 2009, provided , that if any such payment date is not on a Business Day then such dividend shall be payable on the next Business Day.
 
(s) "Dividend Rate" has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
 
(t) "Dividend Record Date" means, with respect to any dividend payable on a Dividend Payment Date, the preceding December 15, March 15, June 15 and September 15, with respect to any dividend payable on any other date, such date as may be determined by the Board of Directors.
 
(u) "Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
(v) "Guarantee" means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of any Person directly or indirectly guaranteeing any indebtedness of any Person and any obligation, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, of such Person.
 
(w) "Holder" or "holder" means a holder of record of shares of the Preferred Stock.
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(x) "Indebtedness for Borrowed Money" means indebtedness for money borrowed and indebtedness evidenced by notes, debentures, bonds or other similar instruments (including any Guarantee of any of the foregoing) or deferred purchase price of property or services (other than current trade liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary practice).
 
(y) "Junior Stock" means all classes of Common Stock and each other class of Capital Stock or series of preferred stock of the Company established after the Original Issue Date by the Board of Directors, the terms of which expressly do not provide that such class or series ranks senior to or on parity with the Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights upon a Liquidation or a Change of Control.
 
(z) "Liquidation" means the voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Company.
 
(aa) "Liquidation Event" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.
 
(bb) "Liquidation Preference" has the meaning set forth in Section 4.
 
(cc) "Master Agreement" means that certain Master Put Option and Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of [•], 2008, by and among the Company, Purchaser and Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC, as amended from time to time.
 
(dd) "MGCL" has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
 
(ee) "NYSE" means the New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
 
(ff) "Original Issue Date" means [•], 2008.
 
(gg) "Parity Stock" means any class of Capital Stock or series of preferred stock of the Company established after the Original Issue Date by the Board of Directors and in accordance with the terms hereof, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank on parity with the Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights upon a Liquidation or a Change of Control.
 
(hh) "Person" means any individual, corporation, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company, trust, limited liability company, unincorporated organization or government or any agency or political subdivision thereof.
 
(ii) "Preference Stock", as applied to the Capital Stock of any Person, means Capital Stock of any series, class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends or distributions, or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, or as to payments upon a Change of Control, over shares of Capital Stock of any other series or class of such Person.
 
(jj) "Preferred Stock" has the meaning set forth in Section 1(a).
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(kk) "Purchaser" means [EDF Development Inc., a Delaware corporation].1
 
(ll) "Record Date" means, with respect to any dividend, distribution or other transaction or event in which the holders of Common Stock have the right to receive any cash, securities or other property or in which the Common Stock (or other applicable security) is converted or exchanged into any combination of cash, securities or other property, the date fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to receive such dividend, distribution, cash, security or other property (whether or not such date is fixed by the Board of Directors of the Company or by statute, contract or otherwise).
 
(mm) "Recoverable Amount" has the meaning set forth in Section 7(h).
 
(nn) "Redemption" has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
 
(oo) "Redemption Notice" has the meaning set forth in Section 6(d).
 
(pp) "Redemption Price" has the meaning set forth in Section 6(a).
 
(qq) "Register" has the meaning set forth in Section 3(a).
 
(rr) "Required Holders" means as of any date the holders of more than 50% of the then-outstanding shares of Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class.
 
(ss) "Senior Stock" means each class of Capital Stock or series of preferred stock of the Company established after the Original Issue Date by the Board of Directors and in accordance with the terms hereof, the terms of which expressly provide that such class or series will rank senior to the Preferred Stock as to dividend rights and rights upon a Liquidation or a Change of Control.
 
(tt) "Special Triggering Event" means any of the following events:
 
(i) the failure of the Company to redeem the shares of Preferred Stock required to be redeemed on the applicable redemption date;
 
(ii) the failure of the Board Observer to be appointed in accordance with Section 5(b); or
 
(iii) the failure of the Company to reserve and keep available for issuance the number of authorized but unissued shares of Preferred Stock required pursuant to Section 3(a).
 
(uu) "Stated Value" means $[•] per each share of Preferred Stock, subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of any stock dividend, stock split, stock distribution or combination, subdivision, reclassification or other corporate action having a similar effect with respect to the Preferred Stock.
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(vv) "Subsidiary" means a partnership, joint-stock company, corporation, limited liability company, trust or unincorporated organization of which a Person owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the stock or other interests the holder of which is generally entitled to vote for the election of the board of directors or other governing body of such entity.
 
(ww) "Trading Day" means a day during which trading securities generally occurs on the NYSE or, if the Common Stock is not listed on the NYSE, on the Approved Market on which the Common Stock is then listed.
 
(xx) "Transfer Agent" means American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company's duly appointed transfer agent, registrar and conversion and dividend disbursing agent for the Preferred Stock, or such other Transfer Agent as may be appointed by the Company from time to time.
 
3. Dividends.
 
(a) From and after the Original Issue Date, the Holders shall be entitled to receive when and as authorized by the Board of Directors out of funds legally available for that purpose, on each Dividend Payment Date, dividends on each share of Preferred Stock, at a rate per annum equal to eight percent (8%) of the Stated Value as of the Dividend Payment Date (the "Dividend Rate"). Dividends shall be cumulative from the Original Issue Date and shall compound quarterly at the Dividend Rate then in effect and be payable quarterly in arrears, on each Dividend Payment Date, commencing on the first Dividend Payment Date following the Original Issue Date; provided, that if any such payment date is not a Business Day then such dividend shall be payable on the next Business Day. Dividends shall be payable, at the option of the Company, either (i) in cash, (ii) by issuance of additional shares of Preferred Stock or fractions thereof (based on a value per share of Preferred Stock equal to the Stated Value), or (iii) in any combination thereof. Each dividend shall be payable to the Holders of Preferred Stock as they appear on the securities register maintained in respect of the Preferred Stock by the Company (the "Register") at the close of business on the corresponding Dividend Record Date. All dividends paid with respect to shares of Preferred Stock, whether in cash or shares of Preferred Stock, shall be paid pro rata to the Holders entitled thereto. The amount of dividends payable for any other period shorter or longer than a full dividend period, shall be computed on the basis of twelve 30-day months and a 360-day year. If and when any shares are issued under this Section 3(a) for the payment of Accrued Dividends, such shares shall be validly issued and outstanding and fully paid and nonassessable. Dividend payments, whether in cash or shares of Preferred Stock, shall be aggregated per Holder. Dividend payments (i) in cash shall be rounded to the nearest cent (with $.005 being rounded upward) and (ii) including fractional shares of Preferred Stock shall be calculated out to seven decimal places.
 
(b) Upon a Special Triggering Event, the then applicable Dividend Rate shall automatically be increased by two percent (2%) per annum from and including the date on which any such Special Triggering Event shall occur through but excluding the date on which the Special Triggering Event shall have been cured or waived by the Required Holders.
 
(c) No dividend will be declared or paid upon, or any sum set apart for the payment of dividends upon, any outstanding share of the Preferred Stock or Parity Stock with respect to any dividend period unless all dividends for all preceding dividend periods have been declared and paid, or declared and a sum of cash or shares of Preferred Stock sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for the payment of such dividend, upon all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock and Parity Stock. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if full cumulative dividends have not been paid on the Preferred Stock and all Parity Stock, all dividends declared and paid on the Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock shall be declared and paid pro rata so that the amounts of dividends declared and paid per share on the Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock will in all cases bear to each other the same ratio that accumulated and unpaid dividends per share on the shares of Preferred Stock and such Parity Stock bear to each other.
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(d) No dividends or other distributions may be declared, made or paid, or set apart for payment upon, any Junior Stock, nor may any Junior Stock be redeemed, purchased or otherwise acquired for any consideration (or any money paid to or made available for a sinking fund for the redemption of any Junior Stock) by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, unless all Accrued Dividends shall have been or contemporaneously are declared and paid in cash or shares of Preferred Stock, or are declared and a sum of cash sufficient for the payment thereof is set apart for such payment, on the Preferred Stock and all Parity Stock for all dividend periods terminating on or prior to the dividend payment date for such declaration, payment, redemption, purchase or acquisition; provided, however, that the Company may purchase shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of stock options and vesting of restricted stock for purposes of withholding tax, cashless exercise and to satisfy option exercises in accordance with past practices.
 
4. Liquidation; Change of Control. In the event of any Liquidation or Change of Control (a "Liquidation Event"), the Holders of Preferred Stock then outstanding shall be entitled to be paid out of the assets and funds of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders an amount in cash per each share of Preferred Stock equal to (a) 100% of the Stated Value for each share of Preferred Stock outstanding on the date of such Liquidation Event, plus an amount equal to (b) all Accrued Dividends thereon to the date of the Liquidation Event before any payment shall be made or any assets distributed to the holders of any of the Junior Stock (the sum of (a) and (b) being referred to as the "Liquidation Preference"). Without limiting any rights and remedies of the Holders, if upon any such Liquidation Event, the remaining assets and funds of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders after payment in full of amounts required to be paid or distributed to holders of Senior Stock are not sufficient to pay in full the liquidation payments payable to the Holders of outstanding shares of the Preferred Stock and any of the holders of any Parity Stock, then the Holders of all such shares shall share ratably in such distribution of the remaining assets and funds of the Company in accordance with the amount which would otherwise be payable on such distribution if the amounts to which the Holders of outstanding shares of Preferred Stock and the holders of outstanding shares of such Parity Stock are entitled were paid in full.
 
5. Voting Rights; Observer.
 
The Holders shall be entitled to the following voting rights:
 
(a) General. The holders of record of shares of Series B Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to any voting rights except as hereinafter provided in this Section 5.
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(b) Board Observer.
 
(i) Within two (2) Business Days following the Original Issuance Date, Purchaser shall have the right to appoint an observer to the Company's Board of Directors (the "Board Observer"). The Board Observer shall have the right to attend and participate in all meetings of, and receive all material distributed to, the Board of Directors, and to request access to information of the type that directors may request, but shall not be entitled to vote at meetings of the Board of Directors or any committees thereof. The Board Observer shall be entitled to attend and participate in each committee of the Board of Directors, except for any committee formed to consider a transaction between the Company and Purchaser, its Affiliates or any Holder that is Affiliated with the Board Observer or an Affiliate of any Holder that is Affiliated with the Board Observer. The Company shall reimburse the Board Observer for all costs and expenses reasonably incurred in connection with attending any meetings of the Board of Directors or committees thereof. Notwithstanding the above, the Company has the right to withhold any information from the Board Observer and to exclude the Board Observer from any meeting or portion thereof of the Board of Directors or committees thereof if access to such information or attendance at such meeting, could:
 
(1) based on the advice of the Company's outside counsel, adversely affect the attorney-client privilege between the Company and its counsel;
 
(2) cause the Board of Directors to breach its fiduciary duties; or
 
(3) result in a conflict between interests of the Company, on the one hand, and those of the Board Observer or its Affiliates, on the other hand.
 
The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that any withholding of information or any restriction on attendance is strictly limited only to the extent necessary set forth in the preceding sentence. Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, the Company shall be entitled to take actions and establish procedures to the extent reasonably required to restrict the access of the Board Observer to any restricted national security data of the Company or of any other Person whose national security data is in the possession or control of the Company. The Board Observer shall not have any authority to bind the Company.
 
(ii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, at such time as the aggregate amount of outstanding shares of Preferred Stock Beneficially Owned by Purchaser and its Affiliates is less than 33.3% of the shares of Preferred Stock issued to Purchaser or its Affiliates on the Original Issuance Date, Purchaser shall not be entitled to appoint the Board Observer under this Section 5(b).
 
(c) So long as any shares of Preferred Stock are outstanding, in addition to any other vote or consent of the stockholders required by law or by the Articles of Incorporation, bylaws of the Company or these Articles, the Company shall not, and shall not permit its Subsidiaries to (in each case, whether by merger, consolidation, reorganization, operation of law or otherwise), without the written consent or affirmative vote at a meeting called for that purpose of the Required Holders:
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(i) in the case of the Company, amend, alter, waive or repeal any provision of its Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws or these Articles (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) in any manner that would adversely affect the rights, preferences or privileges of the Preferred Stock or split, reverse split, subdivide, reclassify or combine the Preferred Stock or create, authorize or issue any Senior Stock or Parity Stock or any security convertible into, or exchangeable or exercisable for, shares of Senior Stock or Parity Stock;
 
(ii) authorize or effect a voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up or adopt any plan for the same;
 
(iii) amend, alter, remove or repeal any provision of the Company's or a Subsidiary's charter (including articles supplementary) or bylaws (or equivalent organizational documents) or create, authorize or issue any shares of Capital Stock having a right to dividends (other than the Common Stock) or redemption;
 
(iv) (a) incur Indebtedness for Borrowed Money; provided, however, that the Company may incur senior unsecured debt ranking pari passu with the Company's existing senior unsecured debt and BGE shall be permitted to incur Indebtedness for Borrowed Money consistent with past practices and regulatory approvals, (b) increase the amount of the Company's regular quarterly Common Stock dividend, (c) pay or distribute (by means of a dividend or otherwise) assets (including property or cash) to holders of the Company's Capital Stock, other than the payment of cash dividends on the Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 3 or the payment of the Company's regular cash dividend in a manner that otherwise complies with these Articles, as required by the terms of Capital Stock outstanding as of the Original Issuance Date or (d) engage in a self tender offer, redemption or share repurchase (whether privately negotiated or open market repurchases), other than as required by the terms of Capital Stock outstanding as of the Original Issuance Date;
 
(v) if dividends have not been paid in full to holders of Preferred Stock in accordance with Section 3 hereof on two (2) consecutive Dividend Payment Dates, take any action that requires the approval of holders of Common Stock or other Capital Stock, other than the election of members of the Board of Directors and the ratification of the Company's independent auditor at the Company's regularly scheduled annual stockholders meeting;
 
(vi) enter into any transaction with any officer, director or Beneficial Owner of five percent (5%) or more of the Common Stock or any Affiliate of the foregoing, other than employment and compensation arrangements for officers, employees and directors in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.
 
Notwithstanding anything contained herein, for so long as the Master Agreement is in effect, the Company shall not be prohibited from taking any action permitted by the Master Agreement.
 
(d) Any action to be taken at any annual or special meeting of stockholders by the Holders may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the Holder or Holders of shares of Preferred Stock having no less than the minimum number of votes that would be required to take such action at a meeting at which the shares of Preferred Stock were present and voted. Prompt written notice of the taking of any action by the Holders by less than unanimous written consent shall be given to the Holders who did not consent in writing to the action.
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6. Redemption Rights.
 
(a) Upon either (i) the termination of the Master Agreement by either party pursuant to its terms or (ii) the closing of the sale of the Designated Interest (as defined in the Master Agreement), the Company shall redeem (a "Redemption") all, but not less than all, of the outstanding shares of Preferred Stock for an amount in cash equal to the sum of (a) 100% of the Stated Value for each share of Preferred Stock outstanding on the date of such Redemption, plus an amount equal to (b) all Accrued Dividends thereon to the date of the Redemption (the "Redemption Price").
 
(b) If the Company is unable to redeem any shares of Preferred Stock then to be redeemed because such Redemption would violate the applicable laws of the State of Maryland, then the Company shall if requested by a Holder of Preferred Stock redeem such shares of Preferred Stock that it is permitted to redeem pursuant to the laws of the State of Maryland and shall redeem such other shares then subject to Redemption as soon thereafter as the Board of Directors determines that the redemption would not violate such laws.
 
(c) In the event of any Redemption of only a part of the then outstanding Preferred Stock then entitled to be redeemed, the Company shall effect such redemption pro rata among the holders thereof in proportion to the respective amounts which would otherwise be payable in respect to the shares of Preferred Stock held by them upon the date of such Redemption, if all amounts payable on or with respect to said shares were paid in full.
 
(d) At least ten (10) business days prior to the redemption date written notice shall be mailed, postage prepaid, by the Company to each holder of record of Preferred Stock at his, her or its post office address last shown on the Register, notifying such holder of the Redemption, specifying the redemption date and calling upon such holder to surrender to the Company, in the manner and at the place designated, his, her or its certificate or certificates representing the Preferred Stock to be redeemed (such notice hereinafter referred to as the "Redemption Notice"). On or prior to each redemption date, each holder of Preferred Stock to be redeemed shall surrender his or its certificate or certificates representing such redeemed shares to the Company, in the manner and at the place designated in the Redemption Notice, and thereupon the Redemption Price of such shares shall be payable to the order of the person whose name appears on such certificate or certificates as the owner thereof and each surrendered certificate shall be canceled. In the event less than all the shares represented by any such certificate are redeemed, a new certificate shall be issued representing the unredeemed shares. From and after the redemption date, unless there shall have been a default in payment of the Redemption Price, all rights of the holders of the Preferred Stock designated for Redemption in the Redemption Notice (except the right to receive the Redemption Price upon surrender of their certificate or certificates) shall cease with respect to such shares, and such shares shall not thereafter be transferred on the books of the Company or be deemed to be outstanding for any purpose whatsoever.
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(e) Any shares of Preferred Stock so redeemed shall be permanently retired, shall no longer be deemed outstanding and shall not under any circumstances be reissued, and the Company may from time to time take such appropriate corporate action as may be necessary to reduce the Authorized Preferred Stock accordingly.
 
7. Other Provisions.
 
(a) Any notice that was mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given whether or not the Holder receives the notice.
 
(b) Shares of Preferred Stock issued and reacquired will be retired and canceled promptly after reacquisition thereof and, upon compliance with the applicable requirements of Maryland law, will have the status of authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of the Company undesignated as to series and may with any and all other authorized but unissued shares of preferred stock of the Company be designated or redesignated and issued or reissued, as the case may be, as part of any series of preferred stock of the Company, except that any issuance or reissuance of shares of Preferred Stock must be in compliance with these Articles.
 
(c) The shares of Preferred Stock shall be issuable in whole or fractional shares.
 
(d) Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, all notice periods referred to herein shall commence on the date following the mailing of the applicable notice.
 
(e) If at any time the Company is required to make any payment to a Holder pursuant to these Articles, the Company does not have sufficient funds legally available to make such payment, the Company shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, make as much of such required payment as is, in the good faith determination of the Board of Directors legally permissable, ratably to each Holder in proportion to the number of shares of Preferred Stock held by such Holder, and shall thereafter from time to time, as soon as it shall have funds available therefor, make payment of as much of the remaining amount of such required payment as it legally may until it has made such payment in its entirety. For the avoidance of doubt, such partial payments shall not reduce or waive the rights of the Holders hereunder.
 
(f) The words "hereby", "herein", "hereof", "hereunder" and words of similar import refer to these Articles as a whole and not merely to the specific section, paragraph or clause in which such word appears. The words "include", "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase "without limitation". The definitions given for terms in Section 2 and elsewhere in these Articles shall apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms.
 
(g) Any of the rights of the Holders set forth herein (including, without limitation, any rights to notices, adjustments, board seats or otherwise) may be waived by any Holder with respect to such Holder and by the affirmative consent or vote of the Required Holders, and such waiver shall be binding on all Holders.
 
(h) Breach Redemption Right. In the event a court having valid jurisdiction over claim or dispute arising under the Master Agreement determines by a final nonappealable judgment that Purchaser owes damages to the Company under the Master Agreement (the amount of any such damages, the "Recoverable Amount"), the Company shall have the right to redeem that number of shares of Preferred Stock with a Stated Value equal to or less than the Recoverable Amount for $0.01 per share. If certificates are not surrendered upon payment by the Company, such shares so redeemed shall be deemed no longer outstanding. Such redemption shall be made pursuant to Section 6(c), (d) and (e) hereof.
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8. Transferability. Shares of Preferred Stock may not be transferred by any Holder prior to the consummation of the sale of the Designated Interest (as defined in the Master Agreement) unless the transferee acknowledges in writing to the Company that it understands and acknowledges the provisions of Section 8 hereof and Section 9.12 of the Master Agreement. Any such transfer absent such acknowledgement shall be void ab initio.
 
THIRD: The shares of Series B Preferred Stock have been classified and designated by the Board of Directors of the Company under the authority contained in the Articles of Incorporation.
 
FOURTH: These Articles Supplementary have been approved by the Board of Directors of the Company in the manner and by the vote required by law.
 
FIFTH: The undersigned acknowledges these Articles Supplementary to be the corporate act of the Company and, as to all matters or facts required to be verified under oath, the undersigned acknowledges that, to the best of his knowledge, information and belief, these matters and facts are true in all material respects and that this statement is made under the penalties of perjury.
 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused these Articles Supplementary to be signed in its name and on its behalf by its Executive Vice President and General Counsel and attested to by its Secretary on this [•] day of [•], 2008.
 
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.
 
 
By:    ________________________________________
Name:
Title:

 
ATTEST:
 
By:    ________________________________________
Name:
Title:




Annex D-2
 
 
 
 

 
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT

[•], 2008

 







TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Page

1.
Registration Rights
1
 
1.1
Definitions
1
 
1.2
Request for Registration
3
 
1.3
Company Registration
4
 
1.4
Obligations of the Company
4
 
1.5
Furnish Information
6
 
1.6
Expenses of Demand Registration
6
 
1.7
Expenses of Company Registration
7
 
1.8
Underwriting Requirements
7
 
1.9
Indemnification
8
 
1.10
Reports Under Securities Exchange Act of 1934
10
 
1.11
Form S-3 Registration
10
 
1.12
Assignment of Registration Rights
11
 
1.13
Termination of Registration Rights
12
 
1.14
Automatic Shelf Registration
12
2.
Covenants of the Company
12
 
2.1
Delivery of Financial Statements
12
 
2.2
Inspection
13
 
2.3
Trading Activities
13
3.
Miscellaneous
14
 
3.1
Successors and Assigns
14
 
3.2
Governing Law
14
 
3.3
Counterparts
15
 
3.4
Titles and Subtitles
15
 
3.5
Notices
15
 
3.6
Expenses
15
 
3.7
Amendments and Waivers
15
 
3.8
Severability
16
 
3.9
Aggregation of Stock
16
 
3.10
Termination
16
 
3.11
Confidentiality
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INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT
 
THIS INVESTOR RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of [•], 2008, by and between Constellation Energy Group, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Company”) and [EDF Development Inc., a Delaware corporation]1 (the “Investor”).
 
RECITALS
 
WHEREAS, the Investor has, pursuant to that certain Series B Preferred Stock Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof (the “Stock Purchase Agreement”) between the Company and the Investor, agreed to purchase shares of the Company’s Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Series B Preferred Stock”);
 
WHEREAS, in order to induce the Investor to invest funds in the Company, the Company agreed to grant the Investor certain registration rights and other rights as set forth herein;
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises, covenants, and conditions set forth herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
 
1. Registration Rights. The Company covenants and agrees as follows:
 
1.1 Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:
 
(a) The term “Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
 
(b) The term “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control” when used with respect to any specified Person shall mean the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlled by” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
 
(c) The term "Contract" means any material note, bond, mortgage, indenture, deed of trust, license, franchise, permit, concession, contract, lease or other instrument, obligation or agreement of any kind.
 
(d) The term “Form S-3” means such form under the Act as in effect on the date hereof or any registration form under the Act subsequently adopted by the SEC that permits inclusion or incorporation of substantial information by reference to other documents filed by the Company with the SEC.
 
(e) The term “Holder” means any person owning Registrable Securities or any assignee thereof in accordance with Section 1.12 hereof.
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1 Subject to tax analysis, another EDFI entity may be utilized instead.



(f) The term "Joint Venture" of a Person shall mean any Person that is not a Subsidiary of such first Person, in which such first Person or one or more of its Subsidiaries owns directly or indirectly any share, capital stock, partnership, membership or similar interest of any Person or any option therefore (together, "Equity Interests"), other than Equity Interests that represent less than 5% of each class of the outstanding voting securities or other Equity Interests of such second Person, and in which the invested capital associated with such first Person's interest exceeds $100,000,000.
 
(g) The term “1934 Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
(h) The term "Person" means any individual, corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership, association, trust, joint venture, group or any other entity or organization, including any government or political subdivision or any agency or instrumentality thereof.
 
(i) The term “register,” “registered,” and “registration” refer to a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the Act, and the declaration or ordering of effectiveness of such registration statement or document.
 
(j) The term “Registrable Securities” means (i) the Series B Preferred Stock (including any shares of Series B Preferred Stock issued as a payment-in-kind dividend), (ii) any shares of the Company’s Common Stock, without par value (the “Common Stock”) acquired by the Investor and (iii) any Common Stock issued as (or issuable upon the conversion or exercise of any warrant, right or other security that is issued as) a dividend or other distribution with respect to, or in exchange for, or in replacement of, the shares referenced in (i) and (ii) above; provided, however, that the term “Registrable Securities” shall exclude in all cases any Registrable Securities sold by a person in a transaction in which such person’s rights under this Section 1 are not assigned.
 
(k) The number of shares of “Registrable Securities then outstanding” when referring to the Common Stock, shall be determined by the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding that are, and the number of shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to then exercisable or convertible securities that are, Registrable Securities.
 
(l) The term “SEC” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.
 
(m) The term "Subsidiary" of a Person means any other Person of which at least a majority of the voting power represented by the outstanding stock or other voting securities or interests having voting power under ordinary circumstances to elect directors or similar members of the governing body of such corporation or entity or fifty percent (50%) or more of the equity interests in such corporation or entity shall at the time be owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by such Person and/or by one or more of its Subsidiaries.
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1.2 Request for Registration.
 
(a) Subject to the conditions of this Section 1.2 if the Company shall receive at any time a written request from the Investor, requesting that the Company file a registration statement under the Act covering the registration of a portion of the Registrable Securities then outstanding having an aggregate price to the public (net of any underwriter’s discounts or commissions) of not less than $25,000,000, then the Company shall:
 
(i) within ten (10) days of the receipt thereof, give written notice of such request to all Holders; and
 
(ii) effect as soon as practicable, and in any event within sixty (60) days of the receipt of such request, the registration under the Act of all Registrable Securities that the Holders request to be registered, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any Holder or Holders joining in such request pursuant to the terms of this Agreement subject to the limitations of subsection 1.2(b), within fifteen (15) days of the mailing of such notice by the Company in accordance with Section 3.5.
 
(b) If the Investor intends to distribute the Registrable Securities covered by its request by means of an underwriting, it shall so advise the Company as a part of its request made pursuant to subsection 1.2(a) and the Company shall include such information in the written notice referred to in subsection 1.2(a)(i). The underwriter will be selected by the Investor and shall be reasonably acceptable to the Company. In such event, the right of any Holder to include Registrable Securities in such registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such underwriting to the extent provided herein. All Holders proposing to distribute their securities through such underwriting shall (together with the Company as provided in subsection 1.4(e)) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the underwriter or underwriters selected for such underwriting. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 1.2, if the underwriter advises the Investor in writing that marketing factors require a limitation of the number of shares to be underwritten, then the Investor shall so advise all Holders of Registrable Securities that would otherwise be underwritten pursuant hereto, and the number of shares of Registrable Securities that may be included in the underwriting shall be allocated among all Holders electing to include shares in the offering in proportion (as nearly as practicable) to the amount of Registrable Securities of the Company owned by each Holder; provided, however, that the number of shares of Registrable Securities to be included in such underwriting by the Investor shall not be reduced unless all other securities are first entirely excluded from the underwriting.
 
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the Company shall furnish to Holders requesting a registration statement pursuant to this Section 1.2, a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company it would require the disclosure of material nonpublic information concerning the Company, its business or prospects and that such premature disclosure would be materially adverse to the Company, and/or materially interfere with a pending transaction involving the Company or a subsidiary or controlled Affiliate of the Company, the Company shall have the right to defer taking action with respect to such filing for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Investor; provided, however, that the Company may not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period.
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(d) In addition, the Company shall not be obligated to effect, or to take any action to effect, any registration pursuant to this Section 1.2:
 
(i) after the Company has effected two (2) registrations pursuant to this Section 1.2 and such registrations have been declared or ordered effective;
 
(ii) during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of filing of, and ending on a date one hundred eighty (180) days after the effective date of, a registration statement filed by the Company subject to Section 1.3 hereof; provided that the Company is actively employing in good faith all reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to be effective; or
 
(iii) if the Investor proposes to dispose of shares of Registrable Securities that may be immediately registered on Form S-3 pursuant to a request made pursuant to Section 1.11 below.
 
1.3 Company Registration. If the Company proposes to register (including for this purpose a registration effected by the Company for stockholders other than the Holders) any of its stock or other securities under the Act in connection with the public offering of such securities solely for cash (other than a registration relating solely to the sale of securities to participants in an employee stock plan or with respect to corporate reorganizations or other transactions under Rule 145 of the Securities Act, or a registration on any form that does not include substantially the same information as would be required to be included in a registration statement covering the sale of the Registrable Securities), the Company shall, at such time, promptly give each Holder written notice of such registration at least ten (10) days prior to the initial filing with the SEC of such registration statement. Upon the written request of each Holder given within twenty (20) days after mailing of such notice, the Company shall, subject to the provisions of Section 1.8, include in the registration statement all of the Registrable Securities that each such Holder has requested to be registered; provided, that the Company may limit, to the extent so advised by the underwriters, the amount of securities to be included in the registration by the Company’s stockholders (including the Holders); provided, however, that the aggregate value of securities (including Registrable Securities) to be included in such registration by the Company’s stockholders (including the Holders) may not be so reduced to less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total value of all securities included in such registration.
 
1.4 Obligations of the Company. Whenever required under this Section 1 to effect the registration of any Registrable Securities, the Company shall, as expeditiously as reasonably possible:
 
(a) Prepare and file with the SEC a registration statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective, and, upon the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities registered thereunder, keep such registration statement effective for a period of up to one hundred eighty (180) days;
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(b) Prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements to such registration statement and the prospectus used in connection with such registration statement as may be necessary to comply with the provisions of the Act with respect to the disposition of all securities covered by such registration statement until the earlier of;
 
(i) the time all of such securities have been disposed of; or
 
(ii) the expiration of one hundred eighty (180) days.
 
(c) Furnish to the Holders such numbers of copies of a prospectus, including a preliminary prospectus, in conformity with the requirements of the Act, and such other documents as they may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of Registrable Securities owned by them;
 
(d) Use its reasonable best efforts to register and qualify the securities covered by such registration statement under such other securities or blue sky laws of such jurisdictions as shall be reasonably requested by the Holders; provided that the Company shall not be required in connection therewith or as a condition thereto to qualify to do business or to file a general consent to service of process in any such states or jurisdictions;
 
(e) In the event of any underwritten public offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing underwriter of such offering (each Holder participating in such underwriting shall also enter into and perform its obligations under such an agreement);
 
(f) Notify each Holder of Registrable Securities covered by such registration statement at any time when a prospectus relating thereto is required to be delivered under the Act of the happening of any event as a result of which the prospectus included in such registration statement, as then in effect, includes an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading in the light of the circumstances then existing; and at the request of any such Holder promptly prepare and furnish to such Holder a reasonable number of copies of a supplement to or an amendment of such prospectus as may be necessary so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchaser of such shares such prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or incomplete in light of the circumstances then existing;
 
(g) Cause all such Registrable Securities registered pursuant hereunder to be listed on each securities exchange or nationally recognized quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;
 
(h) Use its reasonable best efforts to furnish, at the request of any Holder requesting registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 1, on the date that such Registrable Securities are delivered to the underwriters for sale in connection with a registration pursuant to this Section 1, if such securities are being sold through underwriters, (i) an opinion, dated such date, of the counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such registration, in substantially the form as may be given to the underwriters in such public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities solely for the purpose of establishing a “due diligence” defense and (ii) a letter dated such date, from the independent certified public accountants of the Company, in substantially the form as may be given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in such public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to the Holders requesting registration of Registrable Securities; provided in any such case, the Company is required to provide such opinion or letter, as the case may be, to the underwriters in such offering;
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(i) Make available for inspection by any seller of Registrable Securities, any underwriter participating in any disposition pursuant to such registration statement, and any attorney or accountant retained by any such seller or underwriter, all financial and other records, pertinent corporate documents and properties of the Company, and cause the Company’s officers and directors to supply all information reasonably requested by any such seller, underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with such registration statement; provided, however, that such seller, underwriter, attorney or accountant shall agree to hold in confidence and trust all information so provided;
 
(j) Furnish to each selling Holder a copy of all documents filed with and all correspondence from or to the SEC in connection with any such offering other than non-substantive cover letters and the like; and
 
(k) Otherwise use its reasonable best efforts to comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, and make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months, but not more than eighteen (18) months, beginning with the first month after the effective date of the registration statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Act.
 
1.5 Furnish Information. It shall be a condition precedent to the obligations of the Company to take any action pursuant to this Section 1 with respect to the Registrable Securities of any selling Holder that such Holder shall furnish to the Company such information regarding itself, the Registrable Securities held by it, and the intended method of disposition of such securities as shall be required to effect the registration of such Holder’s Registrable Securities.
 
1.6 Expenses of Demand Registration. All expenses (other than underwriting discounts and commissions) incurred in connection with registrations, filings or qualifications pursuant to Section 1.2, including (without limitation) all registration, filing and qualification fees, printers’ and accounting fees, blue sky fees and expenses and fees and the reasonable disbursements of counsel for the Company and one counsel for the Holders shall be borne by the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay for any expenses of any registration proceeding begun pursuant to Section 1.2 if the registration request is subsequently withdrawn at the request of the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities to be registered (in which case all participating Holders shall bear such expenses), unless the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities agree to forfeit their right to one demand registration pursuant to Section 1.2; provided further, however, that if at the time of such withdrawal, the Holders have learned of an adverse change in the condition, business, or prospects of the Company from that known to the Holders at the time of their request and have withdrawn the request with reasonable promptness following disclosure by the Company of such adverse change, then the Holders shall not be required to pay any of such expenses and shall not forfeit their right to one demand registration pursuant to Section 1.2.
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1.7 Expenses of Company Registration. The Company shall bear and pay all expenses incurred in connection with any registration, filing or qualification of Registrable Securities with respect to the registrations pursuant to Section 1.3 for each Holder (which right may be assigned as provided in Section 1.12), including (without limitation) all registration, filing, and qualification fees, printers and accounting fees relating or apportionable thereto, blue sky fees and expenses and the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and one counsel for the selling Holders selected by them, but excluding underwriting discounts and commissions relating to Registrable Securities.
 
1.8 Underwriting Requirements. In connection with any offering involving an underwriting of shares of the Company’s capital stock, the Company shall not be required under Section 1.3 to include any of the Holders’ securities in such underwriting unless they accept the terms of the underwriting reasonably necessary to effect the offer or sale of the Registrable Securities and as agreed upon between the Company and the underwriters selected by it (or by other persons entitled to select the underwriters), and then only in such quantity as the underwriters determine in their sole discretion, in good faith, will not, jeopardize the success of the offering by the Company or Holders requesting the offering. If the total amount of securities, including Registrable Securities requested by stockholders to be included in such offering, exceeds the amount of securities sold other than by the Company that the underwriters determine in their sole discretion is compatible with the success of the offering, then the Company shall be required to include in the offering only that number of such securities, including Registrable Securities, which the underwriters determine in their sole discretion will not jeopardize the success of the offering (the securities so included to be apportioned pro rata among the selling stockholders according to the total amount of securities entitled to be included therein owned by each selling stockholder or in such other proportions as shall mutually be agreed to by such selling stockholders), but in no event shall (i) the amount of securities of the selling Holders included in the offering be reduced unless securities of all other selling stockholders are excluded entirely or (ii) notwithstanding (i) above, any shares being sold by a stockholder exercising a demand registration right similar to that granted in Section 1.2 be excluded from such offering. For purposes of the preceding parenthetical concerning apportionment, for any selling stockholder which is a holder of Registrable Securities and which is a partnership or corporation, the partners, retired partners and stockholders of such holder, or the estates and family members of any such partners and retired partners and any trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing persons shall be deemed to be a single “selling stockholder,” and any pro-rata reduction with respect to such “selling stockholder” shall be based upon the aggregate amount of shares carrying registration rights owned by all entities and individuals included in such “selling stockholder,” as defined in this sentence.
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1.9 Indemnification.
 
(a) To the extent permitted by law, the Company will indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, each of its officers, directors, Affiliates, any underwriter (as defined in the Act) for such Holder and each person, if any, who controls such Holder or underwriter within the meaning of the Act or the 1934 Act, against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which they may become subject under the Act, or the 1934 Act or other federal or state securities law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereof) arise out of or are based upon any of the following statements, omissions or violations (collectively a “Violation”): (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in such registration statement, including any preliminary prospectus or final prospectus, offering circular or other documents contained therein or any amendments or supplements thereto, (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, or (iii) any violation or alleged violation by the Company of the Act, the 1934 Act, any state securities law or any rule or regulation promulgated under the Act, or the 1934 Act or any state securities law; and the Company will pay to each such Holder, underwriter or controlling person, as incurred, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection 1.9(a) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), nor shall the Company be liable in any such case for any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action to the extent that it arises out of or is based upon a Violation that occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished expressly for use in connection with such registration by any such Holder, underwriter or controlling person.
 
(b) To the extent permitted by law, each selling Holder will indemnify and hold harmless the Company, each of its directors, each of its officers who has signed the registration statement, each person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of the Act, any underwriter, any other Holder selling securities in such registration statement and any controlling person of any such underwriter or other Holder, against any losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (joint or several) to which any of the foregoing persons may become subject, under the Act, the 1934 Act or other federal or state securities law, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, or liabilities (or actions in respect thereto) arise out of or are based upon any Violation, in each case to the extent (and only to the extent) that such Violation occurs in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished by such Holder expressly for use in connection with such registration; and each such Holder will pay, as incurred, any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by any person intended to be indemnified pursuant to this subsection 1.9(b), in connection with investigating or defending any such loss, claim, damage, liability, or action; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained in this subsection 1.9(b) shall not apply to amounts paid in settlement of any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action if such settlement is effected without the consent of the Holder, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; provided, that, in no event shall any indemnity under this subsection 1.9(b) exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder.
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(c) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 1.9 of notice of the commencement of any action (including any governmental action), such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against any indemnifying party under this Section 1.9, deliver to the indemnifying party a written notice of the commencement thereof and the indemnifying party shall have the right to participate in, and, to the extent the indemnifying party so desires, jointly with any other indemnifying party similarly noticed, to assume the defense thereof with counsel mutually satisfactory to the parties; provided, however, that an indemnified party (together with all other indemnified parties that may be represented without conflict by one counsel) shall have the right to retain one separate counsel, with the fees and expenses to be paid by the indemnifying party, if representation of such indemnified party by the counsel retained by the indemnifying party would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between such indemnified party and any other party represented by such counsel in such proceeding. The failure to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party within a reasonable time of the commencement of any such action, if materially prejudicial to its ability to defend such action, shall relieve such indemnifying party of any liability to the indemnified party under this Section 1.9, but the omission so to deliver written notice to the indemnifying party will not relieve it of any liability that it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 1.9.
 
(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 1.9 is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unavailable to an indemnified party with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense referred to therein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party hereunder, shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party on the one hand and of the indemnified party on the other in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage, or expense as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided, however, that in no event shall any Holder’s cumulative, aggregate liability under this Section 1.9(d), or under Section 1.9(b), or under such sections together, exceed the net proceeds from the offering received by such Holder. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no party shall be liable for contribution under this Section 1.9(d), except to the extent and under the circumstances as such party would have been liable to indemnity under Section 1.9(a) or Section 1.9(b), as the case may be, if such indemnification were enforceable under applicable law. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and of the indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or the omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the indemnifying party or by the indemnified party and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information, and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission.
 
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that the provisions on indemnification and contribution contained in the underwriting agreement entered into in connection with the underwritten public offering are in conflict with the foregoing provisions, the provisions in the underwriting agreement shall control with respect to the parties to such agreement.
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(f) The obligations of the Company and Holders under this Section 1.9 shall survive the completion of any offering of Registrable Securities in a registration statement under this Section 1, and otherwise.
 
1.10 Reports Under Securities Exchange Act of 1934. With a view to making available to the Holders the benefits of Rule 144 promulgated under the Act (“Rule 144”) and any other rule or regulation of the SEC that may at any time permit a Holder to sell securities of the Company to the public without registration or pursuant to a registration on Form S-3, the Company agrees to:
 
(a) make and keep public information available, as those terms are understood and defined in Rule 144, at all times after the effective date of the first registration statement filed by the Company for the offering of its securities to the general public;
 
(b) if required to file reports with the SEC under the Act, file with the SEC in a timely manner all reports and other documents required of the Company under the Act and the 1934 Act; and
 
(c) furnish to any Holder, so long as the Holder owns any Registrable Securities, forthwith upon request (i) a written statement by the Company that it has complied with the reporting requirements of Rule 144 (at any time after ninety (90) days after the effective date of the first registration statement filed by the Company), the Act and the 1934 Act (at any time after it has become subject to such reporting requirements), or that it qualifies as a registrant whose securities may be resold pursuant to Form S-3 (at any time after it so qualifies), (ii) a copy of the most recent annual or quarterly report of the Company and such other reports and documents so filed by the Company, and (iii) such other information as may be reasonably requested in availing any Holder of any rule or regulation of the SEC that permits the selling of any such securities without registration or pursuant to such form.
 
1.11 Form S-3 Registration.
 
(a) In case the Company shall receive from any Holder or Holders a written request or requests that the Company effect a registration on Form S-3 and any related qualification or compliance with respect to all or a part of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holder or Holders, the Company will:
 
(i) promptly give written notice of the proposed registration, and any related qualification or compliance, to all other Holders; and
 
(ii) as soon as practicable, effect such registration and all such qualifications and compliances as may be so requested and as would permit or facilitate the sale and distribution of all or such portion of such Holder’s or Holders’ Registrable Securities as are specified in such request, together with all or such portion of the Registrable Securities of any other Holder or Holders joining in such request as are specified in a written request given within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such written notice from the Company; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated to effect any such registration, qualification or compliance, pursuant to this Section 1.11:
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(1) if Form S-3 is not available for such offering by the Holders;
 
(2) if the Holders, together with the holders of any other securities of the Company entitled to inclusion in such registration, propose to sell Registrable Securities and such other securities (if any) at an aggregate price to the public (net of any underwriters’ discounts or commissions) of less than $1,000,000;
 
(3) if the Company shall furnish to the Holders a certificate signed by the President of the Company stating that in the good faith judgment of a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company, it would require the disclosure of material nonpublic information concerning the Company, its business or prospects and that such premature disclosure would be materially adverse to the Company, and/or materially interfere with a pending transaction involving the Company or a subsidiary or controlled Affiliate of the Company, in which event the Company shall have the right to defer the filing of the Form S-3 registration statement for a period of not more than ninety (90) days after receipt of the request of the Holder or Holders under this Section 1.11; provided, however, that the Company shall not utilize this right more than once in any twelve (12) month period;
 
(4) if the Company has, within the twelve (12) month period preceding the date of such request, already effected two (2) registrations on Form S-3 for the Holders pursuant to this Section 1.11;
 
(5) in any particular jurisdiction in which the Company would be required to qualify to do business or to execute a general consent to service of process in effecting such registration, qualification or compliance.
 
(iii) Subject to the foregoing, the Company shall file a registration statement covering the Registrable Securities and other securities so requested to be registered as soon as practicable after receipt of the request or requests of the Holders. All expenses incurred in connection with a registration requested pursuant to Section 1.11 (other than underwriting discounts and commissions and fees and disbursements of counsel for the Holders), including (without limitation) all registration, filing, qualification, printer’s and accounting fees and counsel for the Company, shall be borne by the Company. Registrations effected pursuant to this Section 1.11 shall not be counted as demands for registration or registrations effected pursuant to Sections 1.2 or 1.3, respectively.
 
1.12 Assignment of Registration Rights. The rights to cause the Company to register Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 1 may be assigned by a Holder to a transferee or assignee of such securities provided (a) the Company is, within a reasonable time after such transfer, furnished with written notice of the name and address of such transferee or assignee and the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being assigned; (b) such transferee or assignee agrees in writing to be bound by and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including without limitation the provisions of Section 1.13 below; and (c) such assignment shall be effective only if immediately following such transfer the further disposition of such securities by the transferee or assignee is restricted under the Act. For the purposes of determining the number of shares of Registrable Securities held by a transferee or assignee, the holdings of transferees and assignees of a partnership who are partners or retired partners of such partnership (including spouses and ancestors, lineal descendants and siblings of such partners or spouses who acquire Registrable Securities by gift, will or intestate succession) shall be aggregated together and with the partnership; provided that all assignees and transferees who would not qualify individually for assignment of registration rights shall have a single attorney-in-fact for the purpose of exercising any rights, receiving notices or taking any action under this Section 1.
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1.13 Termination of Registration Rights. No Holder shall be entitled to exercise any right provided for in this Section 1 after the earlier of (a) three (3) years following the consummation of the sale of securities pursuant to a registration statement filed by the Company under the Act in connection with the initial firm commitment underwritten offering of its securities to the general public or (b) as to any Holder, such time at which all Registrable Securities held by such Holder can be sold in any 90 day period without registration in compliance with Rule 144 of the Act.
 
1.14 Automatic Shelf Registration. To the extent the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) (a “WKSI”) at the time any Registration request is submitted to the Company, and such Registration request requests that the Company file an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405 under the Act) (an “automatic shelf registration statement”) on Form S-3, the Company shall file an automatic shelf registration statement which covers those Registrable Securities which are requested to be registered. Subject to Section 1.13, if the automatic shelf registration statement has been outstanding for at least three years, at the end of the third year the Company shall, upon written request by the Holders, refile a new automatic shelf registration statement covering the Registrable Securities, if there are any remaining Registrable Securities covered thereunder. If at any time when the Company is required to re-evaluate its WKSI status the Company determines that it is not a WKSI, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to refile the shelf registration statement on Form S-3 and keep such registration statement effective during the period during which such registration statement is required to be kept effective.
 
2. Covenants of the Company.
 
2.1 Delivery of Financial Statements. At any time that the Company is not required to file periodic reports with the SEC, the Company shall deliver to the Investor:
 
(a) as soon as practicable, but in any event within ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company, an income statement for such fiscal year, a balance sheet of the Company and statement of stockholder’s equity as of the end of such fiscal year, and a statement of cash flows for such fiscal year, such year-end financial reports to be in reasonable detail, prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), and audited and certified by (i) a “Big 4” independent (or its successor) accounting firm selected by the Company or (ii) a Nationally recognized accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the Investor;
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(b) as soon as practicable, but in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each of the first three (3) quarters of each fiscal year of the Company, an unaudited income statement for such quarter, statement of cash flows for such quarter and an unaudited balance sheet as of the end of such quarter;
 
(c) within thirty (30) days of the end of each month, an unaudited income statement and statement of cash flows for such month, and a balance sheet for and as of the end of such month, in reasonable detail;
 
(d) with respect to the financial statements called for in subsections (b) and (c) of this Section 2.1, an instrument executed by the Chief Financial Officer or President of the Company and certifying that such financial statements were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied with prior practice for earlier periods (with the exception of footnotes that may be required by GAAP) and fairly present the financial condition of the Company and its results of operation for the period specified, subject to year-end audit adjustment;
 
(e) notices of events that have or may have a material effect on the Company as soon as practicable following the occurrence of any such event; and
 
(f) such other information relating to the financial condition, business, prospects or corporate affairs of the Company as the Investor or any assignee of the Investor may from time to time reasonably request; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated under this subsection (f) or any other subsection of Section 2.1 to provide information that it deems in good faith to be a trade secret or similar confidential information.
 
2.2 Inspection. The Company shall permit each Investor, at such Investor’s expense, to visit and inspect the Company’s properties, to examine its books of account and records and to discuss the Company’s affairs, finances and accounts with its officers, all at such reasonable times as may be requested by the Investor; provided, however, that the Company shall not be obligated pursuant to this Section 2.2 to provide access to any information which it reasonably considers to be a trade secret or similar confidential information.
 
2.3 Trading Activities. With respect to the trading portfolio of the Company, its Subsidiaries and its Joint Ventures, including hedging, energy and energy-related trading and commodity price risk transactions (the "Trading Activities"), the Company agrees, each as to itself and each of its Subsidiaries and its Joint Ventures:
 
(a) to conduct its Trading Activities in a manner substantially similar with current practice and in compliance with the risk parameters, limits and guidelines, including daily value at risk and stop loss limits and liquidity guidelines, approved by the Company's corporate risk management committee (the "Company Trading Guidelines"), attached hereto as Exhibit A;
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(b) to maintain the value-at-risk of the mark-to-market portfolios of the Company and its marketing and trading Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures based on a four standard deviation move in prices and a one-day holding period (the "VaR") within the VaR limits approved by the Company's Board of Directors as set forth in Exhibit B to this Agreement (the "Company Approved VaR Limit");
 
(c) to comply with prudent policies, practices and procedures with respect to risk management and trading limitations, including the Company Trading Guidelines. The Company will provide the Investor with a full and complete monthly report on its Trading Activities and its compliance with the Company Trading Guidelines and the Company Approved VaR Limit and any other information concerning Trading Activities that the Investor may reasonably request. The Company will allow the Investor and its representatives reasonable access to the customer supply and global commodities operations of the Company, its Subsidiaries and its Joint Ventures and their respective books and records, and develop appropriate procedures to permit the Investor and its representatives to monitor the Company's, its Subsidiaries' and its Joint Ventures' compliance with the Company Trading Guidelines. The Company will not amend or rescind the Company Trading Guidelines;
 
(d) the Company will not (nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries or its Joint Ventures to) enter into, amend or otherwise modify any Contract which is subject to the Company Trading Guidelines in any manner which is not consistent with the Company Trading Guidelines; and
 
(e) the Company shall not (and shall cause its Subsidiaries and its Joint Ventures not to) authorize or enter into an agreement to do any of the actions prohibited by the foregoing.
 
3. Miscellaneous.
 
3.1 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise provided herein, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the respective successors and assigns of the parties (including transferees of any shares of Registrable Securities). The Investor is expressly permitted to assign any of its rights, interests and obligations hereunder to an Affiliate of the Investor. Nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer upon any party other than the parties hereto or their respective successors and assigns any rights, remedies, obligations, or liabilities under or by reason of this Agreement, except as expressly provided in this Agreement.
 
3.2 Governing Law.
 
(a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to any conflicts of laws that would apply the laws of another jurisdiction.
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(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be finally settled under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (the "Rules") by three arbitrators. The disputing parties shall each nominate one arbitrator, and those arbitrators so nominated shall then nominate a third arbitrator within twenty (20) days of the confirmation of the appointment of the second arbitrator by the ICC Court of Arbitration in accordance with the Rules. The place of arbitration shall be New York. The language of the arbitration shall be English. The arbitral tribunal shall render a reasoned award within six months from the date of signature of the terms of reference. Any party shall have the right to have recourse to and shall be bound by the Pre-arbitral Referee Procedure of the International Chamber of Commerce in accordance with its Rules for a Pre-Arbitral Referee Procedure.
 
(c) Any decision or award of the arbitral tribunal shall be final and binding upon the parties to the arbitration proceeding. The parties hereby waive to the extent permitted by applicable law any rights to appeal or to review of such award by any court or tribunal. The parties agree that the arbitral award may be enforced against the parties to the arbitration proceeding or their assets wherever they may be found and that a judgment upon the arbitral award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
 
3.3 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.
 
3.4 Titles and Subtitles. The titles and subtitles used in this Agreement are used for convenience only and are not to be considered in construing or interpreting this Agreement.
 
3.5 Notices. Unless otherwise provided, any notice required or permitted under this Agreement shall be given in writing and shall be deemed effectively given upon personal delivery to the party to be notified or upon delivery by confirmed facsimile transmission, electronic mail or nationally recognized overnight courier service or upon deposit with the United States Post Office, by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid and addressed to the party to be notified at the address indicated for such party on the signature page hereof, or at such other address as such party may designate by ten (10) days’ advance written notice to the other parties.
 
3.6 Expenses. If any action at law or in equity is necessary to enforce or interpret the terms of this Agreement, the prevailing party shall be entitled to reasonable attorneys’ fees, costs and necessary disbursements in addition to any other relief to which such party may be entitled.
 
3.7 Amendments and Waivers. Any term of this Agreement may be amended and the observance of any term of this Agreement may be waived (either generally or in a particular instance and either retroactively or prospectively), only with the written consent of the Company and the holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding. Any amendment or waiver effected in accordance with this paragraph shall be binding upon each holder of Registrable Securities then outstanding, each future holder of all such Registrable Securities and the Company.
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3.8 Severability. If one or more provisions of this Agreement are held to be unenforceable under applicable law, such provision shall be excluded from this Agreement, and the balance of the Agreement shall be interpreted as if such provision were so excluded, and shall be enforceable in accordance with its terms.
 
3.9 Aggregation of Stock. All shares of Registrable Securities of the Company held or acquired by a stockholder and its affiliates (as defined in Rule 144 of the Act) shall be aggregated together for the purpose of determining the availability of any rights under this Agreement.
 
3.10 Termination. This agreement shall terminate with respect to any Holder when such Holder Beneficially Owns no shares of Preferred Stock.
 
3.11 Confidentiality. The Investor agrees to keep any information obtained hereunder confidential.
 
[Signature Page Follows]
 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
 
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

By:  _______________________________
Name:
Title:


[EDF DEVELOPMENT INC.]
 
By:  _______________________________
Name:
Title:
 


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EXHIBIT A

[Company Trading Guidelines]





EXHIBIT B

[Company Approved VaR Limit]



Annex D-3




 
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
 
by and between
 
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.
 
and
 
[EDF DEVELOPMENT INC.]
 
[•], 2008
 




 
TABLE OF CONTENTS
 
Page
 
1.
Definitions
1
2.
Authorization, Purchase and Sale of Stock
3
 
2.1
Authorization
3
 
2.2
Purchase and Sale of the Preferred Stock
4
 
2.3
Closing
4
3.
Representations and Warranties of the Company
4
 
3.1
Corporate Existence and Power
4
 
3.2
Capitalization
4
 
3.3
Authorization
6
 
3.4
Valid Issuance
6
 
3.5
No Conflict
7
 
3.6
Preference
7
 
3.7
General Solicitation; No Integration
7
 
3.8
No Regulatory Approvals
7
4.
Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser
7
 
4.1
Organization
7
 
4.2
Authorization
7
 
4.3
No Conflict
8
 
4.4
Purchase Entirely for Own Account
8
 
4.5
Investor Status
8
 
4.6
Preferred Stock Not Registered
8
5.
Covenants
8
 
5.1
Reasonable Best Efforts
8
 
5.2
Interim Actions
9
 
5.3
Payments
9
 
5.4
Tax Treatment of Preferred Stock
9
6.
Conditions Precedent
9
 
6.1
Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party
9
 
6.2
Conditions to the Obligations of the Company
10
 
6.3
Conditions to the Obligations of the Purchaser
10
7.
Termination
11
 
7.1
Conditions of Termination
11
 
7.2
Effect of Termination
11
8.
Miscellaneous Provisions
11
 
8.1
Public Statements or Releases
11
 
8.2
Interpretation
11
 
8.3
Notices
12
 
8.4
Severability
13
 
8.5
Governing Law
13
 
8.6
Waiver
13
 
8.7
Expenses
14
 
8.8
Successors and Assigns
14
 
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8.9
Third Parties
14
 
8.10
Counterparts
14
 
8.11
Entire Agreement; Amendments
14
 
8.12
Survival
14
 
8.13
Representation by Counsel; Mutual Drafting
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Exhibits
Exhibit A
Amended and Restated Investor Agreement
Exhibit B
Investor Rights Agreement
Exhibit C
Master Agreement
Exhibit D
Articles Supplementary


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STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT
 
STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of [•], 2008 (this "Agreement"), by and between CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Company"), and [EDF DEVELOPMENT INC., a Delaware corporation]1 (the "Purchaser").
 
WHEREAS, the Company has authorized the issuance of up to [•] shares of its Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Preferred Stock").
 
WHEREAS, the Company desires to sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase from the Company, as an investment in the Company, shares of Preferred Stock, subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
 
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements, representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement contained, the parties agree as follows:
 
1. Definitions. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following respective meanings:
 
"Affiliate" shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition, "control" when used with respect to any specified Person shall mean the power to direct the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms "controlled by" and "controlled" have meanings correlative to the foregoing.
 
"Amended and Restated Investor Agreement" means the Amended and Restated Investor Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, by and between the Company and the Purchaser, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A.
 
"Board of Directors" means the Board of Directors of the Company.
 
"Business Day" means any day other than the days on which banks in New York, New York or Baltimore, Maryland are required or authorized to close.
 
"Common Stock" means the shares of common stock, without par value, of the Company.
 
"Company Joint Venture" means any Person that is not a Company Subsidiary, in which the Company or one or more of the Company Subsidiaries owns directly or indirectly any Equity Interests, other than Equity Interests that represent less than 5% of each class of the outstanding voting securities or other Equity Interests of such Person, and in which the invested capital associated with the Company's or the Company Subsidiary's interest exceeds $100,000,000.
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1  Subject to tax analysis, another EDFI entity may be used instead.



"Company Subsidiary" means a Subsidiary of the Company.
 
"Equity Interests" means any share, capital stock, partnership, membership or similar interests of an Person or any option therefore.
 
"Exchange Act" means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
 
"Governmental Authority" means any nation or government or any agency, public or regulatory authority, instrumentality, department, commission, court, arbitrator, ministry, tribunal or board of any nation or any government or political subdivision thereof, in each case, whether national, federal, tribal, provincial, state, regional, local or municipal, or any self-regulatory organization.
 
"Investor Rights Agreement" means the Investor Rights Agreement dated as of the Closing Date, by and among the Company and the Purchaser, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B.
 
"Law" means applicable statutes, common law, rules, ordinances, regulations, codes, licensing requirements, orders, judgments, injunctions, writs, decrees, licenses, governmental guidelines or interpretations having the force of law, permits, rules and bylaws, in each case, of a Governmental Authority.
 
"Master Agreement" means the Master Put Option and Membership Interest Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof, by and between the Company, the Purchaser and Constellation Energy Nuclear Group, LLC, attached hereto as Exhibit C, as amended from time to time.
 
"Material Adverse Effect" means any event, change or occurrence or development of a set of circumstances or facts, which, individually or together with any other event, change, occurrence or development, has or would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities, properties, financial condition or results of operations of the Company, the Company Subsidiaries or the Company Joint Ventures taken as a whole; provided, however, that the term "Material Adverse Effect" shall not include (i) any such effect relating to or resulting from general changes in the nuclear, electric or natural gas utility industry, other than such effects having a disproportionate impact on the Company as compared to similarly situated Persons, (ii) any such effect resulting from changes in Law or GAAP (as defined in the Master Agreement), other than such effects having a disproportionate impact on the Company as compared to similarly situated Persons, (iii) any such effect resulting from changes in financial markets or general economic conditions, other than such effects having a disproportionate impact on the Company as compared to similarly situated Persons, and (iv) any such effect resulting from the announcement of the execution of the Master Agreement (except to the extent that the Company has made an express representation with respect to the effect of such execution on the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and the Company Joint Ventures), including any such change resulting therefrom in the market value of the Company Common Stock; provided, however, that, notwithstanding any provision of this sentence to the contrary, (x) the occurrence of an Insolvency Event (as defined in the Master Agreement) in respect of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or (y) any event, change, occurrence or development that is reasonably likely to prevent, materially delay or materially impair the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, shall be deemed to cause a Material Adverse Effect. As used in this Agreement, the term "knowledge" when referring to the knowledge of the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any Company Joint Venture shall mean the actual knowledge of the Company officers listed on Section [4.14(b)(ii)] of the Company Disclosure Letter (as defined in the Master Agreement) as would have been acquired in the prudent exercise of their duties.
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"Person" means any individual, corporation, company, limited liability company, partnership, association, trust, joint venture, group or any other entity or organization, including any government or political subdivision or any agency or instrumentality thereof.
 
"Securities Act" shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and all of the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
 
"Subsidiary" means with respect to any Person (a) any corporation with respect to which such Person, directly or indirectly, through one or more Subsidiaries, (i) owns more than 50% of the outstanding shares of capital stock having generally the right to vote in the election of directors or (ii) has the power, under ordinary circumstances, to elect, or to direct the election of, a majority of the board of directors of such corporation; (b) any partnership with respect to which (i) such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person is a general partner, (ii) such Person and its Subsidiaries together own more than 50% of the interests therein or (iii) such Person or its Subsidiaries have the right to appoint or elect or direct the appointment or election of a majority of the directors or other Person or body responsible for the governance or management thereof; (c) any limited liability company with respect to which (i) such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person is the manager or managing member, (ii) such Person or its Subsidiaries together own more than 50% of the interests therein or (iii) such Person and its Subsidiaries have the right to appoint or elect or direct the appointment or election of a majority of the directors or other Person or body responsible for the governance or management thereof; or (d) any other entity in which such Person has, and/or one or more of its Subsidiaries have, directly or indirectly, (i) at least a 50% ownership interest or (ii) the power to appoint or elect or direct the appointment or election of a majority of the directors or other Person or body responsible for the governance or management thereof.
 
"Transaction Agreements" shall mean this Agreement and the Investor Rights Agreement.
 
2. Authorization, Purchase and Sale of Stock.
 
2.1 Authorization. The Company has or, on or before the Closing Date, will have authorized and created a series of its preferred stock consisting of [•] shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.01 per share, designated as its "Series B Preferred Stock." The terms, limitations and relative rights and preferences, conversion and other rights, voting powers, restrictions, limitations as to dividends or other distributions, qualifications and terms and conditions of redemption of the Preferred Stock are set forth in the Articles Supplementary of the Company, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit D (the "Articles Supplementary"), which will be filed by the Company on or before the Closing Date with the Maryland State Department of Assessments and Taxation.
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2.2 Purchase and Sale of the Preferred Stock. Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, at the Closing, the Company shall issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, [•] shares of Preferred Stock (the "Investment") at a purchase price of $[•] per share.
 
2.3 Closing. The closing of the purchase and sale of the Preferred Stock (the "Closing") shall take place (i) at the offices of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, 4 Times Square, New York, New York 10036 or (ii) at such other place and at such date and time as the Company and the Purchaser may agree (the actual date of the Closing, the "Closing Date"), as soon as reasonably practicable but, in any event, no later than the first (1st ) Business Day after the day on which the last condition set forth in Section 6 is satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that by their nature cannot be satisfied until the Closing Date, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions). At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser certificates representing the shares of Preferred Stock against payment by the Purchaser of $[1,000,000,000] by wire transfer of immediately available United States funds to the Company (the "Purchase Price").
 
3. Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser as follows:
 
3.1 Corporate Existence and Power. Each of the Company and its Subsidiaries is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction, except where the failure to be in good standing has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted.
 
3.2 Capitalization.
 
(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 600,000,000 shares of Company Common Stock, without par value (the "Company Common Stock"), and 25,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Company Preferred Stock"). At the close of business on, [•], 2008, (A) [178,425,915] shares of Company Common Stock were issued and outstanding, of which [866,625] shares were subject to future vesting requirements or risk of forfeiture back to the Company or a right of repurchase by the Company (collectively, "Company Restricted Stock") and (B) [7,866,057] shares of Company Common Stock were reserved and available for issuance pursuant to the 2002 Senior Management Long-Term Incentive Plan, Executive Long-Term Incentive Plan, Management Long-Term Incentive Plan, the 1995 Long-Term Incentive Plan and the 2007 Long Term Incentive Plan (such plans, collectively, the "Company Stock Plans"), of which [6,821,218] shares were subject to outstanding options to purchase shares of Company Common Stock with a weighted average exercise price of $62.69 per share (such outstanding options, together with any options to purchase shares of Company Common Stock granted after [•], 2008, under the Company Stock Plans, the "Company Employee Stock Options"), and [270,052] shares of Company Common Stock were subject to restricted stock unit awards granted under the Company Stock Plans (such unit awards, together with any other restricted stock unit awards granted after [•], 2008, the "Company Restricted Units").
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(b) No shares of capital stock or other voting securities or Equity Interests of the Company were issued, reserved for issuance, outstanding or held by the Company in its treasury. As of the date of this Agreement, (A) except as set forth in Section 3.2(a), there were no outstanding options, stock appreciation rights, "phantom" stock rights, performance awards, units, dividend equivalent awards, rights to receive shares of Company Common Stock on a deferred basis, rights to purchase or receive Company Common Stock or other rights that are linked to the value of Company Common Stock issued or granted by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or Company Joint Ventures to any current or former director, officer, employee or consultant of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or Company Joint Ventures and (B) no shares of Company Restricted Stock or Company Restricted Units were subject to performance-based vesting criteria. All outstanding shares of Company Common Stock are, and all shares which may be issued pursuant to the exercise of Company Employee Stock Options and the vesting of company performance units and Company Restricted Units will be, when issued in accordance with the terms thereof, duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to or issued in violation of any purchase option, call option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision of the Maryland General Corporation Law, as amended, the articles of incorporation of the Company as in effect from time to time, the by-laws of the Company as in effect from time to time, or any contract to which the Company is a party or otherwise bound. During the period from [•], 2008, to the date of this Agreement, there have been no issuances, reservations for issuance or grants by the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or Company Joint Ventures of any shares of capital stock (including Company Restricted Stock) or other voting securities or Equity Interests of the Company (other than issuances or grants of shares of Company Common Stock pursuant to (i) the Company Shareholder Investment Plan and (ii) the Company Employee Savings Plan, the Company Represented Employee Savings Plan for Nine Mile Point and the Company Non-Represented Employee Savings Plan for Nine Mile Point in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (iii) the exercise of Company Employee Stock Options outstanding on [•], 2008, as required by their terms as in effect on [•], 2008).
 
(c) There are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or Company Joint Ventures having the right to vote on any matters on which holders of capital stock or other Equity Interests of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or Company Joint Ventures may vote ("Company Voting Debt").
 
(d) Except as set forth in Section 4.3(d) of the Disclosure Schedule to this Agreement that is being delivered by the Company concurrent herewith, as of the date of this Agreement, there are (A) no options, warrants, calls, rights, convertible or exchangeable securities, commitments, contracts, arrangements or undertakings of any kind to which the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or the Company Joint Ventures is a party or by which any of them is bound obligating the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or the Company Joint Ventures to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, (1) shares of capital stock or other voting securities or Equity Interests of, or any security convertible or exercisable for or exchangeable into any capital stock or other voting securities or Equity Interests of, the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or the Company Joint Ventures or (2) any Company Voting Debt and (B) no other rights the value of which is in any way based on or derived from, or that give any person the right to receive any economic benefit or right similar to or derived from the economic benefits and rights accruing to holders of capital stock or other voting securities or Equity Interests of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or the Company Joint Ventures. As of the date of this Agreement, there are no outstanding contractual obligations of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or the Company Joint Ventures to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or the Company Joint Ventures.
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(e) None of the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries or the Company Joint Ventures is a party to any voting agreement with respect to the voting of any shares of capital stock or other voting securities or Equity Interests of the Company or any of the Company Subsidiaries or the Company Joint Ventures.
 
3.3 Authorization. The Company has all requisite corporate power to enter into the Transaction Agreements and to carry out and perform its obligations under the terms of the Transaction Agreements. All corporate action on the part of the Company, its officers, directors and stockholders necessary for the authorization of the Preferred Stock, and the filing of the Articles Supplementary, the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (the "Transactions") has been taken. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements by the Company and the consummation of the Transactions do not require any approval of the Company's stockholders. Assuming this Agreement constitutes the legal and binding agreement of the Purchaser, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors generally or by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. The Board of Directors has taken all action necessary to render inapplicable, as it relates to Purchaser and its controlled Affiliates, the provisions of the Maryland Business Combination Act. At or prior to the Closing, the Company will have reserved for issuance the shares of Preferred Stock initially issuable upon any payment-in-kind dividend with respect to the Preferred Stock pursuant to Section 3(a) of the Articles Supplementary (the "Dividend Shares").
 
3.4 Valid Issuance. The Preferred Stock being purchased by the Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement will, upon issuance pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and upon payment therefor, be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of preemptive or similar rights. Upon their issuance in accordance with the terms of the Articles Supplementary, Dividend Shares will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, free and clear of preemptive or similar rights. Subject to the accuracy of the representations made by the Purchaser in Section 4, the Preferred Stock will be issued to the Purchaser in compliance with applicable exemptions from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements of the Securities Act. As of the date hereof, the Company is eligible to file a registration statement on Form S-3 under the Securities Act and is current in its filings with the SEC under Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.
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3.5 No Conflict. No material consent, approval, order or authorization from any Person (other than the Purchaser and its Affiliates) or Governmental Authority that has not been obtained is required for the (i) execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company, or (ii) the issuance of the Preferred Stock. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements by the Company and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) conflict with or result in any violation of any provision of the charter or bylaws of the Company, (ii) any bond, debenture, note, indenture, mortgage, deed of trust or other material agreement or instrument to which the Company, the Company Subsidiaries, the Company Joint Ventures or their respective subsidiaries is a party or by which any of them is bound or to which any of their properties is subject or (iii) conflict with or violate any applicable Law, other than, in the case of (ii) and (iii) above, as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
 
3.6 Preference. The Company has no authorized or outstanding class of securities ranking as to dividends, redemption or distribution of assets upon a liquidation senior to or pari passu with the Preferred Stock.
 
3.7 General Solicitation; No Integration. Neither the Company nor any other Person or entity authorized by the Company to act on its behalf has engaged in a general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D under the Securities Act) of investors with respect to offers or sales of the Preferred Stock. The Company has not, directly or indirectly, sold, offered for sale, solicited offers to buy or otherwise negotiated in respect of, any security (as defined in the Securities Act) which, to its knowledge, is or will be integrated with the Preferred Stock sold pursuant to this Agreement.
 
3.8 No Regulatory Approvals. There are no regulatory approvals or consents required for the authorization of the Preferred Stock, and the filing of the Articles Supplementary, the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby.
 
4. Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser. The Purchaser represents and warrants to the Company as follows:
 
4.1 Organization. The Purchaser is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of [Delaware] and has the requisite power and authority to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which it will be a party and to perform each of its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
 
4.2 Authorization. All corporate, member or partnership action on the part of the Purchaser or its stockholders necessary for the authorization, execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which it will be a party and the consummation of the Transactions has been taken. Assuming this Agreement constitutes the legal and binding agreement of the Company, this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Purchaser, enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance and similar laws relating to or affecting creditors generally or by general equity principles (regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
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4.3 No Conflict. No material consent, approval, order or authorization of any third party is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Purchaser. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Agreements by the Purchaser and the consummation of the other transactions contemplated hereby will not (i) conflict with or result in any violation of any provision of the certificate of incorporation or by-laws or other equivalent organizational documents of the Purchaser or (ii) conflict with or violate any applicable Law, other than, in the case of (ii) above, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to materially delay or hinder the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under the Transaction Agreements.
 
4.4 Purchase Entirely for Own Account. The Purchaser is acquiring the Preferred Stock for its own account and not with a view to, or for sale in connection with, any distribution of the Preferred Stock in violation of the Securities Act. The Purchaser has no present agreement, undertaking, arrangement, obligation or commitment providing for the disposition of the Preferred Stock.
 
4.5 Investor Status. The Purchaser certifies and represents to the Company that it is an "accredited investor" as defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act. The Purchaser's financial condition is such that it is able to bear the risk of holding the Preferred Stock for an indefinite period of time and the risk of loss of its entire investment. The Purchaser has been afforded the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the management of the Company concerning this investment and has sufficient knowledge and experience in investing in companies similar to the Company so as to be able to evaluate the risks and merits of its investment in the Company.
 
4.6 Preferred Stock Not Registered. The Purchaser understands that the Preferred Stock has not been registered under the Securities Act, by reason of their issuance by the Company in a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and that the Preferred Stock must continue to be held by the Purchaser unless a subsequent disposition thereof is registered under the Securities Act or is exempt from such registration. The Purchaser understands that the exemptions from registration afforded by Rule 144 (the provisions of which are known to it) promulgated under the Securities Act depend on the satisfaction of various conditions, and that, if applicable, Rule 144 may afford the basis for sales only in limited amounts.
 
5. Covenants.
 
5.1 Reasonable Best Efforts. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, each party will use its reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all appropriate actions, to file, or cause to be filed, all documents and to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the Transactions, including preparing and filing as promptly as reasonably practicable all documentation to effect all necessary filings, consents, waivers, approvals, authorizations, licenses, consents, certificates, registrations, approvals or other permits of any Governmental Authority or orders from all Governmental Authorities or other Persons; provided, however, that in no event shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries be required to pay any fee, penalty or other consideration to obtain any consent, approval or waiver required for the consummation of the Transactions under any contract.
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5.2 Interim Actions. If during the period between the date hereof and the earlier of the Closing Date and the date this Agreement is terminated, the Company takes any action that, had the Preferred Stock been outstanding at such time, (i) would have resulted in a distribution or payment to the holders of the Preferred Stock, (ii) would, or together with other like events could, have resulted in any adjustments to the terms of the Preferred Stock, or (iii) would have required the prior approval of or consent by the holders of the Preferred Stock, then the taking of any such action by the Company shall require the approval of the Purchaser.
 
5.3 Payments. All payments made to the Purchaser in connection with the Preferred Stock shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available United States funds.
 
5.4 Tax Treatment of Preferred Stock. The Company fully expects to pay the dividends on the Preferred Stock and therefore shall not treat any accruing dividends as giving rise to any redemption premium.
 
6. Conditions Precedent.
 
6.1 Conditions to the Obligations of Each Party. The obligations of the Company and the Purchaser to consummate the purchase and sale of the Preferred Stock at the Closing are subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions:
 
(a) All regulatory approvals, if any, required in connection with the purchase and sale of the Preferred Stock shall have been obtained.
 
(b) No temporary restraining order, preliminary or permanent injunction or other judgment or order issued by any court or agency of competent jurisdiction (each, a "Restraint") shall be in effect which prohibits, restrains or renders illegal the consummation of the Investment (provided, that prior to asserting this condition, the party asserting this condition shall have used its best efforts (in the manner contemplated by Section 5.1) to prevent the entry of any such Restraint and to appeal as promptly as practicable any judgment that may be entered).
 
(c) The Investor Rights Agreement shall be in full force and effect.
 
(d) The Master Agreement shall be in full force and effect.
 
(e) The Amended and Restated Investor Agreement shall be in full force and effect.
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6.2 Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligation of the Company to consummate the sale of the Preferred Stock to the Purchaser at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following further conditions:
 
(a) The representations and warranties contained herein of the Purchaser shall be true and correct on the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though made on and as of the Closing Date, except where the failure to be so true and correct would not, individually or in the aggregate, as of the date hereof and as of the Closing Date has not had, and would not be reasonably likely to have an effect on the Purchaser that will, or would reasonably be expected to, materially delay or hinder the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under the Transaction Agreements; provided, however, that such representations and warranties made as of a specific date need only be true and correct (subject to the qualifications set forth above) as of such date only.
 
(b) The Purchaser shall have performed in all material respects all obligations, and complied in all material respects with the agreements and covenants, required to be performed by or complied with by it hereunder at or prior to the Closing.
 
6.3 Conditions to the Obligations of the Purchaser. The obligation of the Purchaser to consummate the sale of the Preferred Stock to the Purchaser at the Closing is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following further conditions:
 
(a) The representations and warranties of the Company (i) set forth in Sections 3.2(a), 3.4 and 3.6 shall be true and correct on the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though made on and as of the Closing Date and (ii) set forth in Article III, other than in Sections 3.2(a), 3.4 and 3.6, shall be true and correct on the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date with the same force and effect as though made on and as of the Closing Date (without giving effect to qualifications as to materiality or Material Adverse Effect contained therein), except where the failure to be so true and correct would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect; provided, however, that such representations and warranties made as of a specific date need only be true and correct (subject to the qualifications set forth above) as of such date only.
 
(b) As of the date hereof, the Company is able to deliver the certificate contemplated by Section 7.2(d) of the Master Agreement assuming for the purposes of this Section 6.3(b) that the closing of the sale of the Designated Interest (as defined in the Master Agreement) occurred on the Closing Date.
 
(c) The Articles Supplementary shall have been filed by the Company with, and accepted for record by, the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland, and satisfactory evidence of such filing and acceptance for record shall have been delivered to the Purchaser.
 
(d) The Company shall have performed in all material respects all obligations, and complied in all material respects with the agreements and covenants, required to be performed by or complied with by it hereunder at or prior to the Closing.
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(e) There shall not have been any Material Adverse Effect since the date hereof.
 
7. Termination.
 
7.1 Conditions of Termination. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, this Agreement may be terminated at any time before the Closing:
 
(a) by mutual consent of the Company and the Purchaser;
 
(b) by either the Company, on the one hand, or the Purchaser, on the other hand, if:
 
(i) the Closing shall not have occurred on or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York time, on [•], 2008 and the party or parties seeking to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 7.1(b)(i) shall not have breached in any material respect its or their obligations under this Agreement;
 
(ii) any Restraint having the effect set forth in Section 6.1(b) shall be in effect and shall have become final and nonappealable; or
 
(iii) the Master Agreement is terminated.
 
7.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of any termination pursuant to Section 7.1, this Agreement shall become null and void and have no effect, with no liability on the part of the Company or the Purchaser, or their directors, officers, agents or stockholders, with respect to this Agreement, other than in respect of willful breach.
 
8. Miscellaneous Provisions.
 
8.1 Public Statements or Releases. Purchaser and the Company will consult with each other before issuing, and provide each other the reasonable opportunity to review, comment upon and concur with, any press release or other public statements with respect to this letter agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, and shall not issue any such press release or make any such public statement prior to such consultation, unless required by applicable law or the rules of a national securities exchange. In the event that any party concludes that it is required by law or relevant stock exchange rules to make a public statement with respect to this letter agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or make any public filing with respect thereto, including any filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, such party will immediately provide to the other parties hereto for review a copy of any such press release, statement or filing, and will not issue any such press release, or make any such public statement or filing, prior to such consultation and review, unless required by applicable law or the rules of a national securities exchange.
 
8.2 Interpretation. Section and subsection references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. The headings in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and will not limit or otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Whenever the words "include," "includes" or "including" are used in this Agreement, they will be deemed to be followed by the words "without limitation." The phrase "the date of this Agreement," and terms of similar import, unless the context otherwise requires, will be deemed to refer to the date set forth in the first paragraph of this Agreement. The meanings given to terms defined in this Agreement will be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms. All matters to be agreed to by any party must be agreed to in writing by such party unless otherwise indicated in this Agreement. References to agreements, policies, standards, guidelines or instruments, or to statutes or regulations, are to such agreements, policies, standards, guidelines or instruments, or statutes or regulations, as amended or supplemented from time to time (or to successors thereto).
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8.3 Notices. All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing, by reliable overnight delivery service (with proof of service), hand delivery or certified or registered mail (return receipt requested and first-class postage prepaid), or by facsimile or email, and shall be given:
 
(a)   if to the Company, to:
 
Constellation Energy Group, Inc.
750 E. Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Attention: Charles Berardesco
Fax: (410) 470-5741
Email: [to come]
 
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
 
Kirkland & Ellis LLP Citigroup Center
153 East 53rd Street
New York, New York 10022-4611
 
Attention:
George Stamas
Mark Director
Fax: (202) 879-5200
Email: [to come]
 
(b)   if to the Purchaser, to:
 
EDF Development Inc.
c/o Électricité de France International, S.A.
20 Place de la Défense
Paris la Défense Cedex, France 92050
Attention: [to come]
Phone: [to come]
Fax: [to come]
Email: [to come]
 
with a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
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Michael P. Rogan, Esq.
Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
1440 New York Ave., N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20005
Fax: (202) 661-8200
 
or such other address, facsimile number or email address as such party may hereafter specify by notice to the other parties hereto. Each such notice, request or other communication shall be effective (i) if given by facsimile or email, when such facsimile or email is transmitted to the facsimile number or email address specified above and electronic confirmation of transmission is received or (ii) if given by any other means, when delivered at the address specified in this Section 8.3.
 
8.4 Severability. If any part or provision of this Agreement is held unenforceable or in conflict with the applicable laws or regulations of any jurisdiction, the invalid or unenforceable part or provisions shall be replaced with a provision which accomplishes, to the extent possible, the original business purpose of such part or provision in a valid and enforceable manner, and the remainder of this Agreement shall remain binding upon the parties.
 
8.5 Governing Law.
 
(a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.
 
(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, all disputes arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be finally settled under the Rules of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (the "Rules") by three arbitrators. The disputing parties shall each nominate one arbitrator, and those arbitrators so nominated shall then nominate a third arbitrator within twenty (20) days of the confirmation of the appointment of the second arbitrator by the ICC Court of Arbitration in accordance with the Rules. The place of arbitration shall be New York. The language of the arbitration shall be English. The arbitral tribunal shall render a reasoned award within six months from the date of signature of the terms of reference. Any party shall have the right to have recourse to and shall be bound by the Pre-arbitral Referee Procedure of the International Chamber of Commerce in accordance with its Rules for a Pre-Arbitral Referee Procedure.
 
(c) Any decision or award of the arbitral tribunal shall be final and binding upon the parties to the arbitration proceeding. The parties hereby waive to the extent permitted by applicable law any rights to appeal or to review of such award by any court or tribunal. The parties agree that the arbitral award may be enforced against the parties to the arbitration proceeding or their assets wherever they may be found and that a judgment upon the arbitral award may be entered in any court having jurisdiction thereof.
 
8.6 Waiver. No waiver of any term, provision or condition of this Agreement, whether by conduct or otherwise, in any one or more instances, shall be deemed to be, or be construed as, a further or continuing waiver of any such term, provision or condition or as a waiver of any other term, provision or condition of this Agreement.
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8.7 Expenses. Each of the Company and the Purchaser shall be responsible for their own expenses incurred in connection with the Investment and the other transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements.
 
8.8 Successors and Assigns. The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, provided that no party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement without the consent of the other parties hereto (and any purported assignment without such consent shall be void and without effect), provided, however, that the Purchaser may assign any of its rights, interests and obligations hereunder to an Affiliate, provided that the Purchaser may not assign any of its rights, interests and obligations hereunder to an Affiliate if such assignment would, or would reasonably be expected to, materially delay or hinder the ability of the Purchaser to perform its obligations under Section 2.2 hereto, and provided further that no such assignment shall relieve the Purchaser from any of its agreements and obligations hereunder.
 
8.9 Third Parties. This Agreement does not create any rights, claims or benefits inuring to any Person that is not a party nor create or establish any third party beneficiary to this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement.
 
8.10 Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.
 
8.11 Entire Agreement; Amendments. This Agreement, the Investor Rights Agreement and the Master Agreement, constitute the entire agreement between the parties respecting the subject matter of this Agreement and supersede all prior agreements, negotiations, understandings, representations and statements respecting the subject matter of this Agreement, whether written or oral. No modification, alteration, waiver or change in any of the terms of this Agreement shall be valid or binding upon the parties unless made in writing and duly executed by the parties.
 
8.12 Survival. The representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall terminate upon the first to occur of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement; provided, however, that in the event the Closing occurs, the representations and warranties in Section 3.1, 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5 shall survive and remain in effect until the redemption by the Company of all outstanding shares of Preferred Stock.
 
8.13 Representation by Counsel; Mutual Drafting. The parties hereto agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Agreement and hereby waive the application of any law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the party drafting such agreement or document. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties, and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any of the provisions of this Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
 
CONSTELLATION ENERGY GROUP, INC.

By:    _________________________________
Name:
Title:

[EDF DEVELOPMENT INC.]

By:    _________________________________
Name:
Title:



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EXHIBIT A

Amended and Restated Investor Agreement

[to come]




EXHIBIT B

Investor Rights Agreement




EXHIBIT C

Master Agreement



EXHIBIT D

Articles Supplementary


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