FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This FOURTH AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of July 2, 2024, is entered into by and among Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Company”), the Guarantors party hereto, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (“JPMorgan”), as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders (the “Agent”), and the Lenders party hereto.
R E C I T A L S
A.The Company, the Guarantors, the Agent, and the Lenders and Issuing Lenders from time to time party thereto are parties to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of March 30, 2021 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Credit Agreement” and as amended by this Amendment and as the same may be further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders and Issuing Lenders have made certain credit available to and on behalf of the Company.
B.The Company has notified the Agent and the Lenders that, in order to protect the economic interests of the Company, it has requested, or intends to request, one or more Letters of Credit in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $141,000,000 to be issued for the account of the Company, as applicant, and provided to certain third party surety providers (collectively, the “Eddystone Appeal Bond Provider”), as beneficiaries, as credit support for one or more appeal or supersedeas bonds in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $210,000,000 in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A to be posted to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in connection with the appeal by Ferrellgas Partners, L.P. (the “MLP”), which is the sole limited partner of the Company, and Bridger Logistics, LLC, Bridger Transportation, LLC and Bridger Energy, LLC, (collectively, the “Bridger Defendants” and, together with the MLP, the “Appellants”), each of which, except for Bridger Energy, LLC, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, of certain judgments (collectively, the “Judgment”) rendered against the Appellants in Case No. 2:17-cv-00495-JDW in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania (together with any further litigation related to the foregoing, including the appeal of the Judgment, collectively, the “Eddystone Litigation”) (such Letters of Credit, used for the foregoing purposes and subject to the foregoing limits, the “Eddystone Litigation Appeal LCs”; such appeal or supersedeas bonds, used for the foregoing purposes and subject to the foregoing limits, collectively, the “Eddystone Litigation Appeal Bond”).
X.Xx connection with the foregoing, the Company has requested that the Agent and the Lenders agree (i) that the Company may provide as collateral support to the Eddystone Appeal Bond Provider the Eddystone Litigation Appeal LCs, but only the Eddystone Litigation Appeals LCs, (ii) that the Company may procure the Eddystone Litigation Appeal Bond, and (iii) to achieve the foregoing, to the extent applicable, to waive, solely with respect to the Eddystone Litigation Appeal Bond and the Eddystone Litigation Appeals LCs, (A) the requirements set forth in Section 2.4 of the Credit Agreement, to permit the Eddystone Litigation Appeal LCs to be provided as collateral support for the Eddystone Litigation Appeal Bond; (B) the requirements set forth in Section 6.1 of the Credit Agreement, so that the Eddystone Litigation Appeal Bond is not prohibited Indebtedness thereunder; (C) the requirements set forth in Section 6.2 of the Credit Agreement, so that the Company’s posting of the Eddystone Litigation Appeal LCs, as credit support for the Eddystone Litigation Appeal Bond, does not constitute a prohibited Lien thereunder; (D) the requirements set forth in Section 6.4 of the Credit Agreement, so that the provision of the Eddystone Litigation Appeal LCs as collateral support for the Eddystone Litigation Appeal Bond and the Eddystone Litigation Appeal Bond do not constitute a Restricted Junior Payment thereunder; (D) the requirements set forth in Section 6.6 of the Credit Agreement, so that the provision of the Eddystone Litigation Appeal LCs as collateral support for the Eddystone Litigation Appeal Bond and the Eddystone Litigation Appeal Bond are not a prohibited Investment thereunder; (F) the requirements set forth in Section 6.8 of the Credit
Agreement, so that the provision of the Eddystone Litigation Appeal LCs as collateral support for the Eddystone Litigation Appeal Bond and the Eddystone Litigation Appeal Bond are not a prohibited sale, lease, transfer, conveyance or disposition of the Company’s assets or property thereunder; (G) the requirements of Section 6.11 of the Credit Agreement, so that the provision of the Eddystone Litigation Appeal LCs as collateral support for the Eddystone Litigation Appeal Bond and the Eddystone Litigation Appeal Bond do not constitute a prohibited transaction with an Affiliate thereunder; and (H) the requirements of Section 6.24 of the Credit Agreement, so that the provision of the Eddystone Litigation Appeal LCs as collateral support for the Eddystone Litigation Appeal Bond and the Eddystone Litigation Appeal Bond do not constitute a Bridger Entity prohibited activity (collectively, the “Requested Consent and Waiver”).
D.Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Agent and the Lenders party hereto are willing to grant the Requested Consent and Waiver, and the Company, the Agent and such Lenders are collectively willing to make certain modifications and amendments to the Existing Credit Agreement in connection with the Requested Consent and Waiver and the Eddystone Litigation.
X.XXX, THEREFORE, to induce the Agent and the Lenders party hereto to enter into this Amendment and in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein contained, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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The Agent is hereby authorized and directed to declare this Amendment to be effective on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date when the Agent has received documents confirming or certifying, to the satisfaction of the Agent, compliance with the conditions set forth in this Section 4 or the waiver of such conditions as permitted by Section 10.4 of the Credit Agreement. Such declaration shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all parties to the Credit Agreement for all purposes.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
COMPANY: | FERRELLGAS, L.P. |
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| By: Ferrellgas, Inc., its general partner |
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| /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
| Name:Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
| Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
GUARANTORS: | FERRELLGAS, INC. |
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| /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
| Name:Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
| Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
| BLUE RHINO GLOBAL SOURCING, INC. |
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| /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
| Name:Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
| Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
| FNA CANADA, INC. |
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| /s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
| Name:Xxxxxxx Xxxx |
| Title: Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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Credit Agreement]
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, AND LENDER: | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. |
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| By:/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
| Name:Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx |
| Title:Authorized Signatory |
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Credit Agreement]
LENDER: | PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
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| By:/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
| Name:Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
| Title:Senior Vice President |
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Credit Agreement]
LENDER: | ROYAL BANK OF CANADA |
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| By:/s/ Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
| Name:Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx |
| Title:Authorized Signatory |
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Credit Agreement]
LENDER: | TRUIST BANK |
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| By:/s/ Lincoln XxXxxx |
| Name:Xxxxxxx XxXxxx |
| Title:Director |
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Credit Agreement]
LENDER: | CIBC BANK USA |
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| By:/s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx |
| Name:Xxxx Xxxxxx |
| Title:Managing Director |
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Credit Agreement]
LENDER: | FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION |
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| By:/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
| Name:Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
| Title:Vice President |
Signature Page to Fourth Amendment to
Credit Agreement
EXHIBIT A
FORM OF EDDYSTONE LITIGATION APPEAL BOND
EXHIBIT B
CREDIT AGREEMENT