EL PASO ELECTRIC CO /TX/
AMENDMENT #12, DATED FEBRUARY 3, 2000, TO EXHIBIT 10.04
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>EXHIBIT
10.04-02 </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>FOUR CORNERS PROJECT
</B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>OPERATING AGREEMENT </B></FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>AMENDMENT NO. 12 </B></FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>AMONG </B></FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY </B></FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY </B></FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO </B></FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT AND POWER
DISTRICT </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON
COMPANY </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>TUCSON ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY
</B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>Executed Original </B></FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">February 3, 2000 </FONT></P><P
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PROJECT </B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>OPERATING AGREEMENT
</B></FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><B>AMENDMENT NO. 12 </B></FONT></P><P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><U>PARTIES</U>: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The parties to this Amendment No. 12 to the Four Corners Project Operating Agreement are: ARIZONA PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, an Arizona
corporation (hereinafter referred to as &#147;Arizona&#148;); EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY, a Texas corporation (hereinafter referred to as &#147;El Paso&#148;); PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO, a New Mexico corporation (hereinafter referred to as
&#147;New Mexico&#148;); SALT RIVER PROJECT AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT AND POWER DISTRICT, an agricultural improvement district, organized and existing under the laws of the State of Arizona (hereinafter referred to as &#147;Salt River Project&#148;);
SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, a California corporation (hereinafter referred to as &#147;Edison&#148;); and TUCSON ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, an Arizona corporation, formerly known as Tucson Gas &amp; Electric Company (hereinafter referred to as
&#147;Tucson&#148;), (collectively hereinafter referred to as the &#147;Participants&#148;). </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><U>RECITALS</U>: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">This Amendment No. 12 is made with reference to the following facts, among others: </FONT></P><P
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">2.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">As of May 15, 1969, the Participants entered into the Four Corners Project Operating Agreement, which has since been amended by Amendment Nos. 1 through 10 (as so
amended hereinafter referred to as the &#147;Operating Agreement&#148;). </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>



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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Participants wish to amend the Operating Agreement in order to: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">2.2.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Revise Sections 5.56, 7.3, 8.1 and 8.3, and 9.1 and 9.3 to allow Participants to vote only on actions involving that portion of the Four Corners Project in which
such Participants have an ownership interest; and </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Revise Section 27 to permit the Coordination Committee to appoint a switchyard operating agent to assume the duties of the Operating Agent with respect to the
Switchyard Facilities. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><U>AGREEMENT</U>: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">In consideration of the mutual benefits to be derived from this Amendment No. 12, the Participants agree as follows: </FONT></P><P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><U>EFFECTIVE DATE</U>: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">This Amendment No. 12 shall be effective upon the date when executed by all of the Participants. </FONT></P><P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><U>DEFINITIONS</U> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Section 5.56 of the Operating Agreement is amended to read as follows: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><U>PARTICIPANT(S)</U> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:13%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">One or more entities, including Arizona, El Paso, New Mexico, Salt River Project, Edison and Tucson, with an ownership interest in the
Four Corners Project. Except with respect to any rights, benefits, duties, or obligations expressly provided for in any Project Agreement, a Participant&#146;s rights, benefits, duties, and obligations under this Agreement are expressly limited to
those rights, benefits, </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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obligations involving that portion of the Four Corners Project in which the Participant has an ownership interest. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><U>COORDINATION COMMITTEE</U>: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Section 7.3 of the Operating Agreement is amended to read as follows: </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">7.3</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Coordination Committee shall have no authority to modify any provisions of the Project Agreements. Any action or determination of the Coordination Committee
shall require an affirmative vote of all Participants, acting through their respective representatives, having an ownership interest in that portion of the Four Corners Project that is the subject matter of the action or determination. Only those
Participants having an ownership interest in the portion of the Four Corners Project that is the subject matter of an action or determination may participate in the discussions relating to such action or determination; provided, however, that this
restriction shall apply only when required by a regulatory authority with jurisdiction over the Participant(s), an applicable code of conduct, or a Participant&#146;s reasonable competitive concerns. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><U>ENGINEERING AND OPERATING COMMITTEE</U>: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Sections 8.1 and 8.3 of the Operating Agreement are amended to read as follows: </FONT></P><P
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">8.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Engineering and Operating Committee, established in accordance with Section 21.2 of the Construction Agreement, shall be and remain in existence during the term
of this Operating Agreement; provided, however, that any action or determination of the Engineering and Operating Committee shall require an affirmative vote of all Participants, acting through their respective representatives,
</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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ownership interest in that portion of the Four Corners Project that is the subject matter of the action or determination. Only those Participants having an ownership interest in that portion of the Four Corners Project that is the subject matter of
an action or determination may participate in the discussions relating to such action or determination; provided, however, that this restriction shall apply only when required by a regulatory authority with jurisdiction over the Participant(s), an
applicable code of conduct, or a Participant&#146;s reasonable competitive concerns. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Engineering and Operating Committee shall have no authority to modify any of the provisions of this Operating Agreement. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><U>AUDITING COMMITTEE</U> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Sections 9.1 and 9.3 of the Operating Agreement are amended to read as follows: </FONT></P><P
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">9.1</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The Auditing Committee, established in accordance with Section 21.7 of the Construction Agreement, shall be and remain in existence during the term of this Operating
Agreement; provided, however, that any action or determination of the Auditing Committee shall require an affirmative vote of all Participants, acting through their respective representatives, that have an ownership interest in that portion of the
Four Corners Project that is the subject matter of the action or determination. Only those Participants having an ownership interest in that portion of the Four Corners Project that is the subject matter of an action or determination may participate
in the discussions relating to such action or determination; provided, however, that this restriction shall apply only when required by a </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
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authority with jurisdiction over the Participant(s), an applicable code of conduct, or a Participant&#146;s reasonable competitive concerns. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">9.3 The Auditing Committee shall have no authority to modify any of the provisions of this Operating Agreement.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><U>REMOVAL OF OPERATING AGENT</U>: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Section 27.3 of the Operating Agreement shall be renumbered Section 27.4 and a new Section 27.3 is inserted to read as follows:
</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:8%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">If the Coordination Committee determines that
Units 4 and 5, the Common Facilities, and Related Facilities should be operated separately from the Switchyard Facilities, the Coordination Committee may appoint a switchyard operating agent to maintain and operate the Switchyard Facilities, in
which event the Coordination Committee shall determine which of the duties and responsibilities of the Operating Agent described in Section 6, pertaining to the Switchyard Facilities, shall become the responsibility of the switchyard operating
agent, and the Operating Agent shall be relieved of those duties and responsibilities. Such a division of operating and maintenance responsibilities shall be memorialized in a Four Corners switchyard facilities operating agreement among those
Participants owning undivided interests in the Switchyard Facilities. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><U>EXECUTION BY COUNTERPARTS</U>: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">This Amendment No. 12 may be executed in any number of counterparts, and upon execution by all Participants, the counterparts shall have
the same force and effect as an original instrument and as if all Participants had signed the same instrument. Any signature page of this Amendment No. 12 may be detached from any counterpart of this Amendment No. 12 </FONT></P><P
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impairing the legal effect of any signature thereon, and may be attached to another counterpart of this Amendment No. 12 identical in form hereto but having attached to it one or more signature pages. </FONT></P><P
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><U>EFFECT OF AMENDMENTS</U>: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">Except as specifically amended herein, this Operating Agreement, as previously amended, shall remain in full force and effect.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000"><U>SIGNATURE CLAUSE</U>: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:-6px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><P
STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman" SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000">The signatories hereto represent that they have been appropriately authorized to enter into this Amendment No. 12 on behalf of the
Participant for whom they sign. This Amendment No. 12 is hereby executed as of this 3rd day of February, 2000. </FONT></P><P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P><DIV STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"
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