Exhibit 4.1
FIFTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS SIXTH AMENDMENT TO AMENDED AND RESTATED NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Sixth Amendment”) is entered into as of September 22, 2023 by and among CAPSTONE GREEN ENERGY CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation formerly known as CAPSTONE TURBINE CORPORATION (the “Company”), the Purchaser signatory hereto and GOLDMAN SACHS SPECIALTY LENDING GROUP, L.P. (as successor in interest to Goldman Sachs Specialty Lending Holdings, Inc.), as collateral agent for the Purchasers (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”).
RECITALS
A. The Company, certain subsidiaries of the Company, the Purchaser and the Collateral Agent are parties to a certain Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2020 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Note Purchase Agreement”; capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Note Purchase Agreement), pursuant to which the Purchaser has agreed to purchase the Notes issued by Company;
B.The Company has informed the Collateral Agent and the Purchasers that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Note Purchase Agreement as a result of its failure to satisfy the financial covenant set forth in Section 6.08(b) of the Note Purchase Agreement (such Event of Default, together with any other Default or Event of Default arising in connection with the making (or deemed making) of any representation or warranty, a failure to provide notice, or the taking of any action, which such other Default or Event of Default would not have arisen but for such failure to comply with Section 6.8(b) of the Note Purchase Agreement, collectively, the “Designated Events of Default”);
C.The Note Parties have requested that the Purchaser amend the Note Purchase Agreement as set forth herein and, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Purchaser (being the sole Purchaser under the Note Purchase Agreement) executing this Sixth Amendment is willing to do so; NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter contained, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto agree as follows:
A. AMENDMENTS
1. | Section 1.1 of the Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by amending and resting the following terms in their entirety: |
“Closing Date Certificate” means a certificate dated as of the Closing Date, the Additional Notes Closing Date, or the Pre-Funding Notes Closing Date, as applicable, and substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1.
“Commitment” means any Initial Notes Purchase Commitment, Additional Notes Purchase Commitment, or Pre-Funding Notes Purchase Commitment and “Commitments” means all of the Initial Notes Purchase Commitments, Additional Notes Purchase Commitments, and Pre-Funding Notes Purchase Commitments of all Purchasers.
“Notes” means the Initial Notes, any Additional Notes, and the Pre-Funding Notes.
2. | Section 1.1 of the Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following terms: |
“Pre-Funding Notes” means a Pre-Funding Note purchased by a Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.1(b)(iii).
“Pre-Funding Notes Closing Date” means the date on which the Pre-Funding Notes are issued and purchased by the Purchasers.
“Pre-Funding Notes Purchase Commitment” means the commitment of a Purchaser to purchase Pre-Funding Notes and “Pre-Funding Notes Purchase Commitments” means such commitments of all Purchasers in the aggregate. The amount of each Purchaser’s Pre-Funding Notes Purchase Commitment, if any, is set forth on Appendix A-3 or in the applicable assignment agreement, subject to any adjustment or reduction pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof. The aggregate amount of the Pre-Funding Notes Purchase Commitments as of the Pre-Funding Closing Date is $3,000,000.
“Sixth Amendment” means that certain Sixth Amendment to Amended and Restated Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2023, by and among the Note Parties, the Collateral Agent and the Purchasers.
“Sixth Amendment Designated Events of Default” has the meaning ascribed to “Designated Events of Default” in the Sixth Amendment.
3. | Section 2.1 of the Note Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with: |
Subject to Section 2.13, all amounts owed hereunder with respect to the Initial Notes the Additional Notes, and the Pre-Funding Notes shall be Paid in Full no later than the Notes Maturity Date. Each Purchaser’s Initial Notes Purchase Commitment shall terminate immediately and fully without further action by any Person upon the issuance by Company of such Notes and purchase pursuant to such Purchaser’s Initial Notes Purchase Commitment on the Closing Date. Each Purchaser’s Additional Notes Purchase Commitment shall terminate immediately and fully without further action by any Person upon the issuance by Company of such Additional Notes and purchase pursuant to such Purchaser’s Additional Notes Purchase Commitment on the Additional Notes Closing Date. Each Purchaser’s Pre-Funding Notes Purchase Commitment shall terminate immediately and fully without further action by any Person upon the issuance by Company of such Pre-Funding Notes and purchase pursuant to such Purchaser’s Pre-Funding Notes Purchase Commitment on the Pre-Funding Notes Closing Date.
4. | Section 2.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with: |
5. | Section 2.5 of the Note Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with: |
2.5 Use of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Initial Notes issued and sold on the Closing Date shall be applied by Company to fund the repayment in full of the Existing Indebtedness, with the remainder to be applied by the Company for working capital and general corporate purposes. The proceeds of the Additional Notes issued and sold on the Additional Notes Closing Date shall be applied by Company to expand its rental fleet by 12.5 megawatts (MW) and for general corporate purposes. The proceeds of the Pre-Funding Notes issued and sold on the Pre-Funding Notes Closing Date shall be applied by the Company for working capital and general corporate purposes. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, no proceeds of the sale of the Notes may be used in any manner that conflicts with Section 4.18(b) or Section 4.26(a).
6. | Section 3.2 of the Note Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with: |
3.2 Conditions to Credit Date.
7. | Section 3 of the Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following Section 3.5: |
3.5 Pre-Funding Notes Closing Date.
The obligation of each Purchaser to purchase the Pre-Funding Notes on the Pre-Funding Notes Closing Date is subject to the satisfaction, or waiver in accordance with Section 10.5 of the Note Purchase Agreement, of the following conditions on or before the Pre-Funding Notes Closing Date:
Each Purchaser, by delivering its signature page to this Agreement and purchasing a Note on the Pre-Funding Notes Closing Date, shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt of, and consented to and approved, each Note Document and each other document required to be approved by, or item or other matter required to be satisfactory to, the Collateral Agent or Purchasers, as applicable, on the Pre-Funding Notes Closing Date.
8. | Appendix A of the Note Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following sub-appendix A-3: |
APPENDIX A-3
TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Pre-Funding Notes Purchase Commitments
Purchaser | Pre-Funding Notes Purchase Commitment | Pro Rata Share |
Broad Street Credit Holdings LLC | $3,000,000.00 | 100% |
Total | $3,000,000.00 | 100% |
B. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Sixth Amendment and without affecting in any manner the rights of the Purchaser hereunder, it is understood and agreed that this Sixth Amendment shall not become effective, and the Note Parties shall have no rights under this Sixth Amendment, until the Purchaser shall have received the following documents, in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser: executed counterparts to this Sixth Amendment from the Company, each other Note Party, the Collateral Agent and the Purchaser.
C. REPRESENTATIONS
Each Note Party hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser and the Collateral Agent that:
1.Each of the Note Parties and its Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties, to carry on its business as now conducted and as proposed to be conducted, to enter into the Note Documents to which it is a party and to carry out the transactions contemplated thereby, and (c) is qualified to do business and in good standing in
every jurisdiction where its assets are located and wherever necessary to carry out its business and operations, except in jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing has not had, and could not be reasonably expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect; and
2.The execution, delivery and performance of this Sixth Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary action on the part of each Note Party that is a party hereto.
D. OTHER AGREEMENTS
1.Continuing Effectiveness of Note Documents. As amended hereby, all terms of the Note Purchase Agreement and the other Note Documents shall be and remain in full force and effect and shall constitute the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Note Parties party thereto. To the extent any terms and conditions in any of the other Note Documents shall contradict or be in conflict with any terms or conditions of the Note Purchase Agreement, after giving effect to this Sixth Amendment, such terms and conditions are hereby deemed modified and amended accordingly to reflect the terms and conditions of the Note Purchase Agreement as modified and amended hereby. Upon the effectiveness of this Sixth Amendment such terms and conditions are hereby deemed modified and amended accordingly to reflect the terms and conditions of the Note Purchase Agreement as modified and amended hereby.
2.Reaffirmation of Guaranty. Each Guarantor consents to the execution and delivery by the Note Parties of this Amendment and the consummation of the transactions described herein, and ratifies and confirms the terms of the Guaranty to which such Guarantor is a party with respect to the indebtedness now or hereafter outstanding under the Note Purchase Agreement as amended hereby and all promissory notes issued thereunder. Each Guarantor acknowledges that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other document evidencing any indebtedness of the Note Parties to the Purchasers or any other obligation of the Note Parties, or any actions now or hereafter taken by the Purchasers with respect to any obligation of the Note Parties, the Guaranty to which such Guarantor is a party (i) is and shall continue to be a primary obligation of such Guarantor, (ii) is and shall continue to be an absolute, unconditional, continuing and irrevocable guaranty of payment, and (iii) is and shall continue to be in full force and effect in accordance with its terms. Nothing contained herein to the contrary shall release, discharge, modify, change or affect the original liability of any Guarantor under the Guaranty to which such Guarantor is a party.
3.Acknowledgment of Perfection of Security Interest. Each Note Party hereby acknowledges that, as of the date hereof, the security interests and liens granted to Collateral Agent and the Purchasers under the Note Purchase Agreement and the other Note Documents are in full force and effect, are properly perfected and are enforceable in accordance with the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement and the other Note Documents.
4.Reservation of Rights. The parties agree that this Sixth Amendment does not constitute a waiver of any right, power, privilege, claim or remedy that the Purchaser would be entitled to exercise as a result of any and all events that may have occurred or that, with the passage of time and/or the giving of notice would constitute an Event of Default under the Note Documents and other defaults that may have occurred under one or more of the Note Documents or may occur from time to time after the date hereof. Accordingly, the Company is hereby notified that:
5.Effect of Agreement. Except as set forth expressly herein, all terms of the Note Purchase Agreement, as amended hereby, and the other Note Documents shall be and remain in full force and effect and shall constitute the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Note Parties to the Purchasers and Collateral Agent. The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Sixth Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Purchasers under the Note Purchase Agreement, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of the Note Purchase Agreement, in each case, except as expressly provided herein. This Sixth Amendment shall constitute a Note Document for all purposes of the Note Purchase Agreement.
6.Governing Law. This Sixth Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of New York and all applicable federal laws of the United States of America.
7.No Novation.This Sixth Amendment is not intended by the parties to be, and shall not be construed to be, a novation of the Note Purchase Agreement and the other Note Documents
or an accord and satisfaction in regard thereto.
8.Costs and Expenses. The Note Parties agrees to pay on demand all costs and expenses of Purchaser and Collateral Agent in connection with the preparation, execution and delivery of this Amendment, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of outside counsel for Purchaser and Collateral Agent with respect thereto.
9.Counterparts. This Sixth Amendment may be executed by one or more of the parties hereto in any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, taken together, shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this Sixth Amendment by facsimile transmission, electronic transmission (including delivery of an executed counterpart in .pdf format) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
10.Binding Nature. This Sixth Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their respective successors, successors-in-titles, and assigns. No third party beneficiaries are intended in connection with this Sixth Amendment.
11.Entire Understanding. This Sixth Amendment sets forth the entire understanding of the parties with respect to the matters set forth herein, and shall supersede any prior negotiations or agreements, whether written or oral, with respect thereto.
12.Release. (a) Each Note Party hereby releases, acquits, and forever discharges Collateral Agent and each of the Purchasers, and each and every past and present subsidiary, affiliate, stockholder, officer, director, agent, servant, employee, representative, and attorney of Collateral Agent and the Purchasers (each a “Releasee”), from any and all claims, causes of action, suits, debts, liens, obligations, liabilities, demands, losses, costs and expenses (including attorneys' fees) of any kind, character, or nature whatsoever, known or unknown, fixed or contingent, which such Note Party may have or claim to have now or which may hereafter arise out of or connected with any act of commission or omission of Releasee existing or occurring on or prior to the date of this Sixth Amendment or any instrument executed on or prior to the date of this Sixth Amendment including, without limitation, any claims, liabilities or obligations arising with respect to the Note Purchase Agreement or the other of the Note Documents. The provisions of this paragraph shall be binding upon each Note Party and shall inure to the benefit of Releasees, and their respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns, and the other released parties set forth herein. No Note Party is aware of any claim or offset against, or defense or counterclaim to, any Note Party’s obligations or liabilities under the Note Purchase Agreement or any other Note Document. The provisions of this Section shall survive payment in full of the Obligations, full performance of the terms of this Sixth Amendment and the Note Documents, and/or Collateral Agent’s or each Purchaser’s actions to exercise any remedy available under the Note Documents or otherwise. Each Note Party warrants and represents that such Note Party is the sole and lawful owner of all right, title and interest in and to all of the claims released hereby and each Note Party has not heretofore voluntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, assigned or transferred or purported to assign or transfer to any person any such claim or any portion thereof.
[Signatures on following page]
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Fifth Amendment has been duly executed as of the date first written above.
CAPSTONE GREEN ENERGY CORPORATION, as the Company and as a Note Party
By: /s/ John Juric
Name: John Juric
Title: Chief Financial Officer
Guarantors:
CAPSTONE TURBINE INTERNATIONAL, INC.
By: /s/ John Juric
Name: John Juric
Title: Chief Financial Officer
CAPSTONE TURBINE FINANCIAL SERVICES, LLC
By: /s/ John Juric
Name: John Juric
Title: Chief Financial Officer
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement]
BROAD STREET CREDIT HOLDINGS LLC as Purchaser
By: /s/ Justin Betzen
Name: Justin Betzen
Title: Authorized Signatory
GOLDMAN SACHS SPECIALTY LENDING GROUP, L.P. as Collateral Agent
By: /s/ Justin Betzen
Name: Justin Betzen
Title: Authorized Signatory
[Signature Page to Sixth Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement]