Pedernales Electric Cooperative – Board of Directors Meetings

File #: 2020-083    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Action Item/Other Items Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 2/24/2020 In control: Board of Directors
On agenda: 3/13/2020 Final action:
Title: Draft Resolution - Approval of Authorization for Supplemental Indenture to Amend Terms of Master Indenture (Removal of Engineering Report Compliance Requirement) - F Wolff
Attachments: 1. 2020-03-13 Ninth_Supplemental_Indenture_(amendment_2020) - F Wolff
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Draft Resolution - Approval of Authorization for Supplemental Indenture to Amend Terms of Master Indenture (Removal of Engineering Report Compliance Requirement) - F Wolff

Other Info
Submitted By: Robyn Miller on behalf Freddy Wolff
Department: Controller
Financial Impact and Cost/Benefit Considerations: As discussed in Executive Session.

Discussion
The Cooperative executed a Master Indenture of Trust, dated as of January 1, 1993, as supplemented and amended (the "Indenture") with The Bank of New York Mellon (as successor to The Frost National Bank of San Antonio) (the "Trustee"). Section 2.2(a) of the Indenture requires a third-party consulting engineer to file a certificate with the Trustee prior to adoption of any new schedule of rates of the Cooperative that such rates either do not cause a decrease in net revenues or that the rates will not adversely affect the Cooperative's ability to meet a required debt service coverage ratio. The Cooperative would incur costs to engage a third-party consulting engineer to conduct such analysis. The Cooperative intends to request that the majority Holder of PEC's Outstanding Obligations (as defined in the Indenture) remove such requirement from the Indenture. Sections 10.3, 10.4 and 11.2 of the Indenture outlines the requirements for amending the Indenture and issuing a supplemental indenture.
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WHEREAS, to effect an amendment under the Indenture; waivers and consents from at least 50% of the aggregate in principal amount of holders of Outstanding Obligations are required; and

WHEREAS, to further evidence such waivers and consents, a supplemental indenture by and between the Cooperative and the Trustee shall be executed and delivered;

NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COOPERATIVE, that the Cooperative requests the removal of the requirement for a Consulting Engineer's Certificate of Section 2.2(a) of the Indenture;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE C...

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