AMENDMENTNO. 4

 

This AMENDMENT NO. 4, dated as of January 1, 2009 (the “Amendment”), is entered into by and among New Earth LNG, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”), the other persons designated as “Loan Parties” on the signature pages hereto (the “Loan Parties”), and Fourth Third LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as agent for the Lenders (“Agent”) and as a Lender.

 

WHEREAS, Borrower, the other Loan Parties, Lenders (as defined therein) and Agent are party to a certain Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2008, (as heretofore amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Credit Agreement”; all capitalized terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Credit Agreement); and

 

WHEREAS, Borrower, the other Loan Parties, Agent and Lenders have agreed to amend the Credit Agreement to provide for certain modifications thereto subject to the terms and conditions provided herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, Borrower, the other Loan Parties, Lenders and Agent agree as follows:

 

 

 

Capitalized terms set forth herein shall have the meanings when used herein as set forth in the Credit Agreement.  Section references used herein shall, unless otherwise expressly provided, be deemed to be references to Sections of the Credit Agreement.

 

 

 

Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to effectiveness referred to in Section 3 below, Borrower, the other Loan Parties, Lenders and Agent agree that the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

2.1           Interest Payments.  With respect to the interest payment due on January 1, 2009 pursuant to Section 2.4.2 (Interest Payment Dates), such amount (which the parties agree is the sum of $285,458.33) shall be deemed to be “paid-in-kind” (PIK), that is, added to the principal amount of the Loan; it being understood and agreed that (1) the Interest Reserve Account has been exhausted, (2) the foregoing accommodation to permit the interest payment due January 1, 2009 to be PIK is a modification only to such interest payment and (3) all future payments of accrued interest on the Loan must be paid in full, in cash, when due, commencing on February 1, 2009, and continuing at all times thereafter.

 

2.2           Principal Payments.  There shall be added to Section 2.6.2 (Mandatory Prepayments) a new clause (iv), to be added at the present end of said Section, in respect of mandatory prepayments of the Loan, to read as follows:

(iv)   Commencing on April 1, 2009, and continuing on the first day of each calendar month thereafter, in addition to the sums specified in clauses (i) through (iii) above, the sum of $50,000 per month until maturity.

 

 

 

The amendment(s) set forth hereinabove shall become effective retroactive to the Closing Date (the “Effective Date”) provided that the following conditions are satisfied in full:

 

(a)           Agent shall have received one or more counterparts of this Amendment executed and delivered by Borrower, the other Loan Parties, Agent and Lenders;

 

(b)           Agent shall have received one or more counterparts of the Consent and Reaffirmation in the form of Exhibit A hereto, executed and delivered by each of the Guarantors named therein;

 

(c)           no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would result after giving effect to this Amendment; and

 

(d)           all representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained in this Amendment and in the Credit Agreement shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof and as of the Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to a specific date.

 

 

 

(a)           Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the representations, warranties, terms, covenants and conditions of the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms.  The amendments set forth herein shall be limited precisely as provided for herein and shall not be deemed to be waivers of, amendments of, consents to or modifications of any term or provision of the Loan Documents or any other document or instrument referred to therein or of any transaction or further or future action on the part of Borrower or any other Loan Party requiring the consent of Agent or Lenders except to the extent specifically provided for herein.

 

(b)           Agent and Lenders hereby consent to the execution, delivery and performance by Applied LNG and Arizona LNG of the Shell Note, a copy of which has been provided to Agent, and agree that the same will not be deemed to be in violation of any provision of the Credit Agreement, as amended, or any other Loan Documents; provided, however, that the foregoing is not intended as a consent to, and shall not permit, (i) Parent or any Loan Party from granting any Liens to Shell Energy to secure any obligations arising under the Shell Note or (ii)

 

Borrower or any other Loan Party from issuing any guaranty in support of such obligations or granting any Lien to secure the payment thereof.

 

 

(a)           Borrower and the other Loan Parties hereby represent and warrant that this Amendment has been duly authorized and executed by Borrower and each of the other Loan Parties and that the Credit Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, is the legal, valid and binding obligation of Borrower and the other Loan Parties party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in law or in equity).

 

(b)           Each of Borrower and the other Loan Parties repeats and restates the representations and warranties of such Person contained in the Credit Agreement as of the date of this Amendment  and as of the Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to a specific date; provided that references to the Credit Agreement or “this Agreement” in such representations and warranties shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as amended pursuant to this Amendment.

 

(c)           Borrower agrees to pay on demand all of Agent’s costs and expenses arising in connection with the execution and delivery of this Amendment.

 

(d)           Borrower and the other Loan Parties hereby ratify and confirm the Credit Agreement as amended hereby, and agree that, as amended hereby, the Credit Agreement remains in full force and effect.

 

(e)           Borrower and the other Loan Parties agree that the Loan Documents to which each such Person is a party remain in full force and effect (as amended hereby in the case of the Credit Agreement) notwithstanding the execution and delivery of this Amendment and that nothing contained in this Amendment shall constitute a defense to the enforcement of any Loan Document.

 

(f)           This Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of which counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument.

 

(g)           All references in the Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement” and in the Credit Agreement as amended hereby to “this Agreement,” “hereof,” “herein” or the like shall mean and refer to the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment (as well as by all subsequent amendments, restatements, modifications and supplements thereto).

 

(h)           THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).

 

(i)           This Amendment is a “Loan Document” and each of the provisions set forth in Section 10 (Miscellaneous) of the Credit Agreement applies to this Amendment and such Note to the same extent such provision applies to any other Loan Document. Without limitation of the foregoing, each of the following provisions of the Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by this reference with the same effect as though set forth in its entirety herein, mutatis mutandis, and as if “this Agreement” in any such provision read “this Amendment”: Section 10.2 (Notices), Section 10.10 (Captions), Section 10.13 (Severability), Section 10.14 (Entire Agreement), Section 10.15 (Successors and Assigns), Section 10.17 (Forum Selection; Consent to Jurisdiction) and Section 10.18 (Waiver of Jury Trial).

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WITNESS the due execution hereof by the respective duly authorized officers of the undersigned as of the date first written above.

 

 

NEW EARTH LNG, LLC   By:  /s/ Kevin W. Markey Name:  Kevin W. Markey Title:    President

 

PNG VENTURES, INC.   By:   /s/ Kevin W. Markey Name: Kevin W. Markey Title:   Interim Chief Executive Officer

APPLIED LNG TECHNOLOGIES USA, L.L.C.   By:  New Earth LNG, LLC, its sole member   By: /s/ Kevin W. Markey Name: Kevin W. Markey Title:   President

FLEET STAR, INC.   By: /s/ Kevin W. Markey Name: Kevin W. Markey Title:   President

EARTH LEASING, INC.     By: /s/ Kevin W. Markey Name: Kevin W. Markey Title:   President

ARIZONA LNG, L.L.C.   By:  New Earth LNG, LLC, its sole member   By: /s/ Kevin W. Markey Name: Kevin W. Markey Title:   President

AGENT AND LENDERS:   FOURTH THIRD LLC, as Agent and a Lender     By: /s/ Seth B. Taube Name: Seth B. Taube Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Each of the undersigned (“Guarantors”) hereby (i) acknowledges receipt of a copy of the foregoing Amendment No. 4; (ii) consents to Borrower’s execution and delivery thereof and approves and consents to the transactions contemplated thereby; (iii) agrees to be bound thereby; and (iv) affirms that nothing contained therein shall modify or diminish in any respect whatsoever its obligations under the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and reaffirms that such Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is and shall continue to remain in full force and effect.  This acknowledgement by Guarantors is made and delivered to induce Agent and Lenders to enter into Amendment No. 4, and Guarantors acknowledge that Agent and Lenders would not enter into Amendment No. 4 in the absence of the acknowledgements contained herein.  Although Guarantors have been informed of the matters set forth herein and have acknowledged and agreed to same, Guarantors understand that Agent and Lenders have no obligation to inform Guarantors of such matters in the future or to seek Guarantors’ acknowledgment or agreement to future amendments or waivers, and nothing herein shall create such a duty.  Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Amendment No. 4 to which this Consent is attached or in the Credit Agreement referred to therein, as applicable.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Consent and Reaffirmation on and as of the date of Amendment No. 4.

 

PNG VENTURES, INC.   By: /s/ Kevin W. Markey Name: Kevin W. Markey Title:   Interim Chief Executive Officer

APPLIED LNG TECHNOLOGIES USA, L.L.C.   By:  New Earth LNG, LLC, its sole member   By: /s/ Kevin W. Markey Name: Kevin W. Markey Title:   President

FLEET STAR, INC.   By: /s/ Kevin W. Markey Name: Kevin W. Markey Title:   President

EARTH LEASING, INC.     By: /s/ Kevin W. Markey Name: Kevin W. Markey Title:   President

ARIZONA LNG, L.L.C.   By:  New Earth LNG, LLC, its sole member   By: /s/ Kevin W. Markey Name: Kevin W. Markey Title:   President