Refinancing

(1)  The Private Partner shall promptly provide the Contracting Authority with full details in relation to any contemplated Refinancing, which shall include the proposed changes to the Financial Model, a justification of the assumptions on which it is based, the proposed contractual documentation and any other information that the Contracting Authority may reasonably request in relation to that Refinancing.

(2)  The Contracting Authority shall, at all time, have unrestricted rights to audit the Financial Model used (or proposed to be used) in relation to a Refinancing.

(3)  The Private Partner shall obtain the Contracting Authority's prior written consent in relation to any Qualifying Refinancing.

(4)  The Contracting Authority shall be entitled to receive a [fifty per cent (50%)] share of any Refinancing Gain in a Qualifying Refinancing[Adapt in accordance with agreed sharing mechanism].

(5)  [The Parties shall act in good faith in relation to any Refinancing or proposed Refinancing (including the manner of calculation of the Refinancing Gain and of payment of the Contracting Authority's share of the Refinancing Gain in a Qualifying Refinancing)].

(6)  The Contracting Authority shall have the right to elect to receive its share of any Refinancing Gain in a Qualifying Refinancing as:

 

(a)  a lump-sum payment which amount shall not exceed the relevant Distribution made on or about the date of the Refinancing and shall be due on the date immediately after the date of the relevant Distribution;

 

(b)  [an increase of any fee payable by the Private Partner to the Contracting Authority over the remaining PPP Contract period / or a reduction of the availability payment to be paid by the Contracting Authority to the Private Partner over the remaining PPP Contract period; or

(c)  a combination of both].

 

(7)  The Private Partner shall pay, on behalf of the Contracting Authority, all reasonable costs of external advisors appointed by the Contracting Authority in relation to a Refinancing or potential refinancing and the calculation of a Refinancing Gain [drafting also to reflect deduction of costs from any Refinancing Gain prior to calculating the amount to be shared if not already factored into the Refinancing Gain formula].