AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of March 14, 2011 (the “Amendment”), is entered into by and among Applied Natural Gas Fuels, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the “Borrower”), the other persons designated as “Loan Parties” on the signature pages hereto (the “Loan Parties”), the persons designated as “Lenders” on the signature pages hereto (the “Lenders”) and Fourth Third LLC, a Delaware limited liabililty company, as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”) and as a Lender.
WHEREAS, Borrower, the other Loan Parties, Lenders (as defined therein) and Agent are party to a certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 24, 2010 (the “Credit Agreement”; and
SECTION 1.
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.
SECTION 2.
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:
(a) New Definitions. The following definitions shall be added to Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement in the appropriate alphabetical order.
“Amendment No. 1” means the Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of March 14, 2011, made by the parties hereto, amending this Agreement.
“Amendment No. 1 Closing Date” means that date on which Medley disburses the Medley Loan upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent thereto set forth in Amendment No. 1.
“Capital Reserve” means a sum in cash equal to $500,000 constituting additional Collateral to be used as provided in Section 2.3.4.
“Capital Reserve Account” means a non-interest bearing deposit account opened by the Borrower in its name at a bank selected by or acceptable to Agent over which, by tri-party agreement with the depository bank and the Borrower, Agent shall be given sole dominion and control.
“Medley” means Medley Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
“Medley Loan” means the loan in the amount of the Medley Loan Commitment made pursuant to Section 2.1.3 of this Agreement on the Amendment No. 1 Closing Date.
“Medley Loan Commitment” means the commitment of Medley to make the Medley Loan to Borrower in the principal amount of $5,000,000 on the Amendment No. 1 Loan Closing Date.
“Medley Loan Purposes” means the following purposes, in respect of the use of the proceeds of the Medley Loan: (i) to fund the Capital Reserve; (ii) to finance the acquisition of the New Equipment; (iii) to pay the origination fee owing to Medley and other closing costs associated with the closing of the Medley Loan; and (iv) as to any remainder, for corporate purposes of the Borrower not in contravention of any terms of this Agreement.
“New Equipment” means the equipment listed on Schedule A to Amendment No. 1.
In “Collateral,” add at its end:
The term “Collateral” shall also extend to and include the Capital Reserve and all New Equipment, from and after the Amendment No. 1 Closing Date.
In “Lenders,” add at its end:
The term “Lenders” shall also extend to and include Medley from and after the Amendment No. 1 Closing Date.
In “Loan Commitments” add at its end:
The term “Loan Commitment” shall also extend to and include the Medley Loan Commitment from and after the Amendment No. 1 Closing Date.
In “Loans,” add at its end:
The term “Loans,” shall also extend to and include the Medley Loan from and after the Amendment No. 1 Closing Date.
2.2 Medley Loan. There shall be added to Section 2 of the Credit Agreement a new Section 2.1.3, to read as follows:
On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Medley, acting severally and for itself alone, agrees to lend to Borrower on the Amendment No. 1 Closing Date the entire amount of the Medley Loan Commitment, after which the Medley Loan Commitment shall terminate, and no portion of the Medley
Loan may be re-borrowed once repaid. The proceeds of the Medley Loan shall be used only for Medley Loan Purposes. Without limitation of the foregoing Agent shall have the right to require the Borrower from time to time to account to Agent for the use of the proceeds of the Medley Loan, particularly in relation to the acquisition of the New Equipment, all of which New Equipment the Borrower agrees to acquire not later than 360 days from the Amendment No. 1 Closing Date. In addition to the foregoing:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, commencing on April 1, 2011, and continuing thereafter, interest accrued on each Loan, other than the Castlerigg A Loan, shall be due and payable in cash quarterly in arrears on the first day of each calendar quarter (for the preceding calendar quarter or portion thereof).
(iv) FOURTH, to the payment of all principal then owing in respect of the Medley Loan, until it is Paid in Full, then, the Castlerigg A Loan, until it is Paid in Full, and then, to the payment of all principal in respect of the Loans, but for the Castlerigg A Loan and the Medley Loan, on a pari passu basis, pro rata based on the proportion which each Loan then bears to the aggregate amount of the Loans, and with sharing between Lenders on each Loan to be pro rata based on each Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof, until Paid in Full; and
(a) Section 7.13.1 (Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio) shall be amended by deleting in its entirety the existing table set forth therein and replacing it with the following table:
Computation Period Ending
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Amount
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June 30, 2011
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N/A
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September 30, 2011
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N/A
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December 31, 2011
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1.0:1
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March 31, 2012 and thereafter
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1.10:1
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(b) Section 7.13.2 (EBITDA) shall be amended by deleting in its entirety the existing table set forth therein and replacing it with the following table:
Computation Period Ending
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Amount
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March 31, 2011
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$200,000
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June 30, 2011
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$300,000
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September 30, 2011
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$500,000
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December 31, 2011
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$600,000
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March 31, 2012 and thereafter
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$750,000
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and adding thereto at the end thereof:
As used in this Section 7.13.2, “Computation Period” shall mean each Fiscal Quarter ending on the date prescribed above.
(c) Section 7.13.3 (Capital Expenditures) shall be amended by adding thereto at the end thereof, after the existing table, this sentence:
In determining the Borrower’s compliance with the foregoing covenant, any Capital Expenditures that are financed with the proceeds of the Medley Loan shall be excluded.
SECTION 3.
The amendments 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) The Capital Reserve Account shall have been established, as provided above.
(c) Medley shall have been paid its origination fee and prepaid interest amount, each, as provided above.
(d) First Community Financial, a Division of Pacific Western Bank, and successor to Greenfield in respect of the Greenfield Debt, the Greenfield Debt Accounts and the Greenfield Intercreditor Agreement, shall have consented to the Medley Loan on terms acceptable to Agent.
(e) no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would result after giving effect to this Amendment; and
(f) 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.
SECTION 4.
(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.
SECTION 5.
(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 and each Lender’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 to the same extent each 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).
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
Exhibit 10.1
WITNESS the due execution hereof by the respective duly authorized officers of the undersigned as of the date first written above.
BORROWER:
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By:
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/s/ Cem Hacioglu
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Name:
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Cem Hacioglu
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Title:
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President & CEO
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LOAN PARTIES:
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NEW EARTH LNG, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Cem Hacioglu
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Name:
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Cem Hacioglu
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Title:
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President & CEO
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APPLIED LNG TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
By:NEW EARTH LNG, LLC, its Sole Member
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By:
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/s/ Cem Hacioglu
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Name:
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Cem Hacioglu
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Title:
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President & CEO
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FLEET STAR, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Cem Hacioglu
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Name:
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Cem Hacioglu
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Title:
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President & CEO
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ARIZONA LNG, L.L.C.
By: NEW EARTH LNG, LLC, its Sole Member
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By:
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/s/ Cem Hacioglu
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Name:
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Cem Hacioglu
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Title:
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President & CEO
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AGENT AND LENDERS:
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FOURTH THIRD LLC,
as Agent and a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
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Member, Managing
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CASTLERIGG PNG INVESTMENTS LLC,
as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ X. Xxxxxxx
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Name:
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X. Xxxxxxx
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Title:
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X. X.
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XXXXXX CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as a Lender
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title:
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Chief Financial Officer
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Exhibit 10.1
Schedule A
Equipment Acquisition Schedule
Trailer #
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Manufacturer
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Model
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10% Down Payment
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Delivery Date
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1
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Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
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CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
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2/1/11
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5/21/11
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2
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Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
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CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
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4/1/11
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5/30/11
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3
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Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
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CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
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5/1/11
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6/20/11
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4
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Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
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CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
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5/1/11
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6/28/11
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5
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Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
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CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
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6/1/11
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7/11/11
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6
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Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
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CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
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6/1/11
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7/24/11
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7
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Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
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CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
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7/1/11
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8/10/11
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8
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Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
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CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
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7/1/11
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8/21/11
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8
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Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
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CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
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8/1/11
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9/8/11
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10
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Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
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CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
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8/1/11
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8/20/11
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ORCA
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1
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Chart Inc.
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ORCA LNG-3500
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3/1/11
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7/2/11
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2
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Chart Inc.
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ORCA LNG-3500
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XXX
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XXX
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