FIRST AMENDMENT TO CERTIFICATE SALE SUPPORT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.4
FIRST
AMENDMENT TO
CERTIFICATE SALE SUPPORT AGREEMENT
CERTIFICATE SALE SUPPORT AGREEMENT
This First Amendment to Certificate Sale Support Agreement (this
“Amendment”) is dated as of November 11,
2008, by and among Xxxxxxx 0708 LLC
(“Xxxxxxx”), Ridgewood Providence Power
Partners, L.P. (“RPPP”), Ridgewood Rhode
Island Generation, LLC (“RRIG”), Rhode
Island LFG Genco, LLC (“RILG”),
Ridgewood Electric Power Trust I
(“Trust I”), Ridgewood Electric Power
Trust III (“Trust III”),
Ridgewood Electric Power Trust IV
(“Trust IV”), Ridgewood Electric
Power Trust V (“Trust V”),
Ridgewood Power B Fund/Providence Expansion (“B
Fund”) (Trust I, Trust III, Trust IV,
Trust V and B Fund are collectively referred to herein as
the “Trusts”), Indeck Energy Services, Inc.
(“IES”) (each individually a
“Party” and collectively the
“Parties”) and Ridgewood Renewable Power,
LLC (“RRP”), which is not a
“Party” hereunder.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Parties and RRP are all of the parties to that
certain Certificate Sale Support Agreement, dated as of
July 31, 2008, (the “Agreement”) that was
executed and delivered in connection with, among other things,
the expected sale of the interests in Indeck Maine, which sale
is provided for in that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement,
dated August 19, 2008 (the “PSA”), by and
among the parties thereto.
WHEREAS, the parties to the PSA have agreed to certain
amendments to the PSA pursuant to a First Amendment to Purchase
and Sale Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (the
“PSA Amendment”), which amendment requires in
part corresponding amendments to other documents, including the
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual
agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to become legally
bound, agree as follows:
1. The second and third Recitals in the Agreement are
amended to read in their entirety as follows:
WHEREAS, the parties to the Initial Certificate Purchase
Agreement, the Trusts and others have entered into an
Assignment, Assumption, Release and Amendment dated as of the
date hereof with respect to the Initial Certificate Purchase
Agreement (the “Amendment”) (the Initial
Certificate Purchase Agreement, as amended and modified by the
Amendment and as further amended and modified from time to time,
is referred to herein as the “Certificate Purchase
Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Amendment amends, among other sections,
Section 5.2 of the Certificate Purchase Agreement to
require the sum of $9,120,800 to be on deposit in the Account
(as defined in the Certificate Purchase Agreement), which amount
is decreased and refunded on a quarterly basis pursuant to the
Certificate Purchase Agreement (the “New Deposit
Amount”);
2. Section 1 of the Agreement is amended to read in
its entirety as follows:
1. Additional Deposits. The
Parties acknowledge that (a) prior to the date hereof the
amount on deposit in the Account held by Constellation under the
Certificate Purchase Agreement was $3,000,000 (the
“Original Deposit Amount”), of which
Trust I had an interest in $20,250, Trust III had an
interest in $144,585, Trust IV had an interest in $858,540,
Trust V had an interest in $883,125, B Fund had an interest
in $114,750, and IES had an interest in $978,750, (b) for
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, on the date hereof and in
accordance with the requirements of the Amendment, Trust IV
deposited $3,000,000 in the Account (the “Trust IV
Deposit”) and Trust V deposited $3,120,800 into
the Account (the “Trust V Deposit” and
together with the Trust IV Deposit, the “Additional
Deposits”), (c) the aggregate amount of the
Original Deposit Amount plus the Additional Deposits is equal to
the New Deposit Amount as of the date of this Agreement, and
(d) notwithstanding the fact that the Trusts and IES
provided the Original Deposit Amount and Trust IV and
Trust V are providing the Additional Deposits, the Original
Deposit Amount and the Additional Deposits are for the account
of Indeck Maine, RPPP and RRIG under the Certificate Purchase
Agreement prior to the Transaction Effective Date and for the
account of Xxxxxxx, RPPP and RRIG under the Certificate Purchase
Agreement as of and after the Transaction Effective Date. The
respective interests of the Trusts, either directly or through
their direct or indirect ownership of RPPP, RRIG, Indeck Maine
or Xxxxxxx, in the New Deposit Amount as of the date hereof and
unless and until the
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Transaction Effective Date occurs, and subject to pro rata
reductions in accordance with Section 7 of this Agreement,
are set forth on Schedule 1.
3. Section 2 of the Agreement is amended to read in
its entirety as follows:
2. Reallocation of Deposits at
Closing. Effective at and as of the
Transaction Effective Date, the Parties agree that the New
Deposit Amount shall be allocated among the Parties as set forth
in this Section 2.
(a) Xxxxxxx, immediately upon its receipt of the Indeck
Maine Deposit and without any further action required, shall
transfer and assign its entire interest in the New Deposit
Amount to each of IES, Trust IV and Trust V so that
such interest is allocated among Trust IV, Trust V and
IES proportionately to their other interests in the Account
after giving effect to the reallocation described in
Section 2(b).
(b) Each of the Trusts and IES will reallocate the New
Deposit Amount among them such that the interests of each of the
Trusts and IES as of the Transaction Effective Date is as set
forth on Schedule 2(b). On the Transaction Effective Date,
RRP will calculate any additional amount that a Trust or IES is
required to pay or receive in order to effect the overall
allocation of the New Deposit Amount among the Trusts and IES
set forth on Schedule 2(b), which calculation shall be
binding upon the Trusts and IES absent manifest error. To the
extent that any Trust or IES is required to make such a payment,
such Trust or IES will pay that amount to RRP, for the benefit
of the Trusts not making those payments, on the Transaction
Effective Date, and with respect to IES, such payment shall be
made from the proceeds of the sale of its interest in Indeck
Maine. To the extent that, as a result of that reallocation, a
Trust is due an amount in order to effect the overall allocation
of the New Deposit Amount set forth on Schedule 2(b), RRP
will use the funds paid to it on the Transaction Effective Date
pursuant to the preceding sentence to make that payment to each
Trust that is due an amount from the Account.
(c) The percentage interests of the Trusts and IES in the
Account (including any releases from the Account) are as set
forth on Schedule 1 (prior to the Transaction Effective
Date) and Schedule 2(b) (as of and after the Transaction
Effective Date), regardless of where legal title to the New
Deposit Amount may reside, and any amounts held in the Account
are subject to the rights and security interests of
Constellation in such interests.
4. Schedule 1 to the Agreement is amended in its
entirety to read as Exhibit A to this Amendment.
5. Schedule 2(b) to the Agreement is amended in its
entirety to read as Exhibit B to this Amendment.
6. In connection with the transactions contemplated by the
PSA, as amended by the PSA Amendment, Xxxxxxx agrees, and the
other Parties and RRP acknowledge, that on the Transaction
Effective Date Xxxxxxx will acquire the “Renewable Energy
Certificates” and “Accounts Receivable” described
in Exhibit M to the PSA, as added to the PSA by the PSA
Amendment, not in its individual capacity but as agent for
Ridgewood Maine, L.L.C. (“RM”) and IES. Xxxxxxx will
use commercially reasonable efforts to collect the amounts due
on the Accounts Receivable. To the extent that Xxxxxxx receives
payment on those Accounts Receivable or sells those Renewable
Energy Certificates as agent for RM and IES, Xxxxxxx will pay
the net amount received, after the payment of all commissions
and other transaction expenses made to third parties, according
to Section 7(d) of the Sellers Omnibus Agreement dated as
of August 19, 2008 among RM, IES and, for certain limited
purposes, RRP, as amended (which payment will be effected by
Xxxxxxx paying that net amount to RM, as escrow agent for RM and
IES, and RM, as such escrow agent, disbursing those amounts
according to Section 7(d) of the Sellers Omnibus
Agreement); provided, however, that except as set forth in this
paragraph 6, Xxxxxxx shall have no obligation to sell or
otherwise realize any value from any such Renewable Energy
Certificates.
7. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings attributed thereto in the Agreement.
Upon execution hereof, each reference in the Agreement to
“this Agreement,” “hereby,”
“herein,” “hereof” or words of similar
import referring to the Agreement shall mean and refer to the
Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
8. Except as specifically amended hereby, all terms and
provisions contained in the Agreement shall remain unchanged and
in full force and effect. The Agreement, as amended by this
Amendment, constitutes the entire understanding of the Parties
and RRP regarding the subject matter thereof and cannot be
modified except by written agreement of the Parties and RRP.
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9. This Amendment may be executed in one or more
counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same
agreement and shall become effective when one or more
counterparts have been signed by each of the Parties and RRP and
delivered to the other Parties and RRP, it being understood that
all Parties and RRP need not sign the same counterpart.
10. This Agreement shall be governed and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties and RRP hereto have
executed and delivered this Agreement as of the day and year
first written above.
RIDGEWOOD PROVIDENCE POWER PARTNERS, X.X. | XXXXXX ENERGY SERVICES, INC. | |
By: Ridgewood Providence Power Corporation, its General
Partner
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
By: /s/ Xxxxxx
X. Xxxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
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Title: Vice President &
Controller
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RIDGEWOOD RHODE ISLAND GENERATION, LLC | RIDGEWOOD ELECTRIC POWER TRUST I | |
By: Ridgewood Management Corporation, its Manager
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By: Ridgewood Renewable Power LLC, its Managing Shareholder
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
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Title: President and Chief
Executive Officer
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RIDGEWOOD ELECTRIC POWER TRUST III | RIDGEWOOD ELECTRIC POWER TRUST IV | |
By: Ridgewood Renewable Power LLC, its Managing Shareholder
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By: Ridgewood Renewable Power LLC, its Managing Shareholder
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
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Title: President and Chief
Executive Officer
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RIDGEWOOD ELECTRIC POWER TRUST V | RIDGEWOOD POWER B FUND/PROVIDENCE EXPANSION | |
By: Ridgewood Renewable Power LLC, its Managing Shareholder
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By: Ridgewood Renewable Power LLC, its Managing Shareholder
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
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Title: President and Chief
Executive Officer
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XXXXXXX 0708 LLC | RIDGEWOOD RENEWABLE POWER, LLC | |
By: Ridgewood Renewable Power LLC, its Manager
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
By: /s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
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Title: President and Chief
Executive Officer
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RHODE ISLAND LFG GENCO, LLC | ||
By: Ridgewood Renewable Power LLC, its Manager
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By:
/s/ Xxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx |
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Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
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Exhibit A
to First Amendment to
Certificate Sale Support Agreement
Certificate Sale Support Agreement
SCHEDULE 1
Interests
in New Deposit Amount
Prior to
Transaction Effective Date
Amount of Interest in |
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New Deposit Amount |
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as of the Date of this |
Percentage Interest in |
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Name of Party
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Agreement | New Deposit Amount | ||||||
Trust I
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$ | 20,250 | 0.22 | % | ||||
Trust III
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$ | 144,585 | 1.59 | % | ||||
Trust IV
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$ | 3,858,540 | 42.30 | % | ||||
Trust V
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$ | 4,003,925 | 43.90 | % | ||||
B Fund
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$ | 114,750 | 1.26 | % | ||||
IES
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$ | 978,750 | 10.73 | % | ||||
TOTAL
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$ | 9,120,800 | 100 | % |
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Exhibit B
to First Amendment to
Certificate Sale Support Agreement
Certificate Sale Support Agreement
SCHEDULE 2(b)
Interests
in New Deposit Amount
As of
Transaction Effective Date
Name of Party
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Percentage Interest in New Deposit Amount | |||
Trust I
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0.73 | % | ||
Trust III
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0.65 | % | ||
Trust IV
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26.84 | % | ||
Trust V
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25.67 | % | ||
B Fund
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4.1 | % | ||
IES
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42.01 | % | ||
TOTAL
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100 | % |
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