EX-10 9 wcc_10q63006ex107.htm EXHIBIT 10.7 Exhibit 10.7

Exhibit 10.7



AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED
CONSTRUCTION AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT


        This AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED CONSTRUCTION AND TERM LOAN AGREEMENT, dated as of January 31, 1995, is made by and among (i) WESTMORELAND-LG&E PARTNERS, a Virginia general partnership, as Borrower, (ii) CREDIT SUISSE, NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK plc, THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, THE SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED, New York Branch, THE SUMITOMO TRUST AND BANKING CO., LTD., New York Branch, THE INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN, LTD., New York Branch, UNION BANK, UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND, THE FUJI BANK LIMITED, Los Angeles Agency, CREDIT LYONNAIS, New York Branch, CREDIT SUISSE. Cayman island Branch, THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK and each Purchasing Lender, as Lenders, (iii) THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA and each Purchasing Institutional Lender, as Institutional Lenders, (iv) CREDIT SUISSE, New York Branch, as the Issuing Bank, (v) CREDIT SUISSE, NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK plc, THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA and THE SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED, New York Branch, as Co-Agents, and (vi) CREDIT SUISSE, as Agent for the Lenders, the Institutional Lenders and the Iissuing Bank.

W I T N E S S E T H:

        WHEREAS, the Amended and Restated Construction and Term Loan Agreement, dated as of December 1, 1993, as amended by Amendment No. 1 dated as of November 4, 1994 and Amendment No. 2 dated as of December 30, 1994 (the “Credit Agreement”), among Borrower, the Lenders, the Institutional Lenders, the Issuing Bank, the Co-Agents and Agent sets forth, among other things, the terms and conditions upon which the Lenders and the Institutional Lenders are willing to make available to Borrower certain Loans and Institutional Loans (unless otherwise defined herein, terms used herein and defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the meanings indicated in the Credit Agreement, and, unless otherwise specified herein, references to any “Article” or “Section” shall refer to the appropriate article or section of the Credit Agreement); and

        WHEREAS, Borrower, the Lenders, the Institutional Lenders, the Issuing Bank, the Co-Agents and Agent desire to amend the Credit Agreement as provided herein;

        NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED;

        Section 1.      Amendment. Subject to the limitations contained in Section 2 hereof, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

               (a)     Section 6.1(c)(vii) is hereby amended by inserting “or such other date as requested by Borrower and approved by Agent and Institutional Agent in their sole discretion” after the word “Date” in the third line thereof.

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               (b)     The second paragraph of Section 6.1(f) is hereby amended by deleting the second and third sentences thereof and by inserting in lieu thereof the following:

               “The amount of any Debt Protection Letter of Credit shall equal the amount of cash withdrawn from the Debt Protection Account. Each Debt Protection Letter of Credit shall provide that Agent may draw down the amount of such Debt Protection Letter of Credit and apply the same to satisfy payment obligations for which funds in the Debt Protection Account may be used, and upon any such drawing Agent shall draw down the full amount of all such Debt Protection Letters of Credit and deposit the amount of such drawdowns in the Debt Protection Account. After Agent shall have so drawn down on any Debt Protection Letter of Credit, Borrower shall not be entitled to deliver additional Debt Protection Letters of Credit until and unless the Debt Protection Account is funded in the full amount of the Required Debt Protection Balance.”

               (c)     Section 6.l(g) is hereby amended by inserting “or, in the event that Virginia Power’s withholding of capacity payments on the basis of forced outages is upheld by a non-appealable decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, $25,000,000” after the word “$20,000,000” in the fifth line thereof.

               (d)     The definition of “Gross Revenues” in Exhibit X is hereby amended by adding after the word “Accounts” in the last line thereof the following:

               “; provided that (i) any accrued capacity payments related to forced outages not received by Borrower during such period shall not be deemed part of Gross Revenues for such period, (ii) the reversal of any accrual for such capacity payments not received during such period shall not be a deduction from Gross Revenues for such period, and (iii) the payment of any such accrued capacity payments received by Borrower during such period shall be deemed part of Gross Revenues for such period”.

        Section 2.      Limitations. Except as expressly stated hereby, all of the representations, warranties, terms, covenants and conditions of the Credit Agreement shall remain unamended and shall continue to be, and shall remain, in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms. This Amendment No. 3 shall be limited precisely as provided for herein, and shall not be deemed to be a waiver of, amendment of, consent to or modification of any other term or provision of the Credit Agreement.

        Section 3.      Miscellaneous.

               (a)     On and after the effective date of this Amendment No. 3, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import, and each reference to the Credit Agreement by the words “thereunder”, “thereof” or words of like import in any Project Document, Loan Instrument or other document executed in connection with the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement, as amended or otherwise modified by this Amendment No. 3.

               (b)     This Amendment No. 3 may be signed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.

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               (c)     This Amendment No. 3 shall be governed by and construed and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the principles of conflict of laws.

               (d)     All agreements, covenants, conditions and provisions of this Amendment No. 3 shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of each of the parties hereto.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their duly authorized officers to execute and deliver this Amendment No. 3 as of the date first above written.

  BORROWER:

  WESTMORELAND-LG&E PARTNERS

  By: WESTMORELAND-ROANOKE VALLEY, L.P.,
as general partner

    By: WEI-ROANOKE VALLEY, INC.,
as general partner

    By: /s/ James S. Brown
Name: James S. Brown
Title:

  By: LG&E ROANOKE VALLEY, L.P.,
as general partner

    By: LG&E POWER 16 INCORPORATED,
as general partner

    By: /s/ S. Bradford Rives
Name: S. Bradford Rives
Title: Vice President And Treasurer

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  AGENT, CO-AGENTS AND LENDERS:

  CREDIT SUISSE, as Agent, Co-Agent and Lender

  By: /s/ p.p. Roland Pfeuti
Name: Roland Pfeuti
Title: Associate

  By: /s/ Bryon McGregor
Name: Bryon McGregor
Title: Member of Senior Management

  NATIONAL WESTMINSTER BANK PLC, as Co-Agent and Lender

  By: /s/ T. Patrick Holland
Name: T. Patrick Holland
Title: Vice President

  THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as Co-Agent and Lender

  By: /s/ Bruce A. Matheson
Name: Bruce A. Matheson
Title: Project Finance

  THE SUMITOMO BANK, LIMITED, New York Branch as Co-Agent and Lender

  By: /s/ Yoshinori Kawamura
Name: Yoshinori Kawamura
Title: Joint General Manager

  THE SUMITOMO TRUST AND BANKING CO., LTD.
  New York Branch, as Lender

  By: /s/ Suraj P. Bhatia
Name: Suraj P. Bhatia
Title: Senior Vice President
           Manager, Project Finance Department

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  THE INDUSTRIAL BANK OF JAPAN, LTD., New York Branch, as Lender

  By: /s/ [illegible]
Name:
Title:

  UNION BANK, as Lender

  By: /s/ Julie Bloomfield
Name: Julie Bloomfield
Title: AVP

  UNION BANK OF SWITZERLAND, as Lender

  By: /s/ Paul J. Brink
Name: Paul J. Brink
Title: Assistant Treasurer

  By: /s/ Paul G. Naumann
Name: Paul G. Naumann
Title: Managing Director

  THE FUJI BANK LIMITED, Los Angeles Agency, as Lender

  By: /s/ [illegible]
Name:
Title:

  CREDIT LYONNAIS, New York Branch, as Lender

  By: /s/ James F. Guidera
Name: James F. Guidera
Title: Vice President

  CREDIT LYONNAIS, Cayman Island Branch, as Lender

  By: /s/ James F. Guidera
Name: James F. Guidera
Title: Vice President

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  THE TORONTO DOMINION BANK, as Lender

  By: /s/ Linda A. Lavin
Name: Linda A. Lavin
Title: Director

  INSTITUTIONAL LENDER:

  THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA,
as Institutional Lender and Institutional Agent

  By: /s/ Joseph J. Lemanowicz
Name: Joseph J. Lemanowicz
Title: Vice President

  ISSUING BANK:

  CREDIT SUISSE, New York Branch, as Issuing Bank

  By: /s/ p.p. Roland Pfeuti
Name: Roland Pfeuti
Title: Associate

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