8-K 04-03-12



UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15 (d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):
March 29, 2012
 


El Paso Electric Company
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Texas
001-14206
74-0607870
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
 
 
 
Stanton Tower, 100 North Stanton, El Paso, Texas
 
79901
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
(Zip Code)

(915) 543-5711
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)


N/A
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)


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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On March 29, 2012, El Paso Electric Company (the “Company”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee of the Rio Grande Resources Trust II, entered into the Incremental Facility Assumption Agreement (the “Assumption Agreement”) related to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of November 15, 2011 (the “Credit Agreement”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and issuing bank, Union Bank, N.A., as syndication agent, and various lending banks party thereto. The Assumption Agreement provides for the Company's exercise in full of the accordion feature provided for under the Credit Agreement, increasing the aggregate unsecured borrowing available thereunder from $200 million to $300 million. In addition, the Assumption Agreement reflects the addition of a new lender under the Credit Agreement. No other material modifications have been made to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement.
Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information set forth above under Item 1.01 is incorporated herein by reference.


SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

                            

EL PASO ELECTRIC COMPANY
(Registrant)
 
 
 
By:
 
 /s/ DAVID G. CARPENTER
Name:
 
David G. Carpenter
Title:
 
Senior Vice President - Chief Financial Officer
Dated: April 3, 2012