Exhibit 10.64
Execution
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SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT,
FIRST AMENDMENT TO GUARANTEE AND
COLLATERAL AGREEMENT (CREST
ENTITIES) AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO
GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL
AGREEMENT (NON-CREST
ENTITIES)
This SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT
AGREEMENT, FIRST AMENDMENT TO GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL AGREEMENT
(CREST ENTITIES) AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO GUARANTEE AND COLLATERAL
AGREEMENT (NON-CREST ENTITIES) (collectively, this “
Amendment ”) is entered into as of this 31st
day of December, 2008, by Cheniere Common Units Holding, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the “
Borrower ”), the Loan Parties, the Guarantors
and the Grantors (as defined in the Credit Agreement referenced
below) signatory hereto, the Lenders signatory hereto and The Bank
Of New York Mellon, as administrative agent (in such capacity and
together with its successors, the “ Administrative
Agent”) and as collateral agent (in such capacity and
together with its successors, the “ Collateral
Agent ”). All capitalized terms used in this
Amendment and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement (as defined
below).
Preliminary
Statements
A. Borrower has entered into that
certain Credit Agreement dated as of August 15, 2008 by and
among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, certain affiliates of
the Borrower signatory thereto and the Lenders signatory thereto
(as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “ Credit
Agreement ”);
B. In connection with the Credit
Agreement, Borrower and certain of its affiliates have entered into
that certain Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (Non-Crest
Entities) (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Non-LNG
Entities Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
”);
C. In connection with the Credit
Agreement, certain affiliates of Borrower have entered into that
certain Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (Crest Entities) (as the
same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “ LNG Entities Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement ”);
D. The parties hereto desire to
modify the Loan Documents in accordance with the terms and
conditions set forth herein.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Required Lenders,
the Borrower, the Loan Parties, the Guarantors and the Grantors
(the Borrower, the Loan Parties, the Guarantors and the Grantors
are herein each a “ Cheniere Party ” and
collectively, the “ Cheniere Parties ”)
hereby agree as follows:
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1.
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Amendments
to the Credit Agreement .
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(a)
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Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is
hereby amended by amending and restating the following defined
terms to read in their entirety as follows:
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“ Loan Party ”
shall mean each Credit Agreement Guarantor and Grantor, other than
CQP GP, Corpus Christi LNG, LLC; Creole Trail LNG, L.P. and the
Marketing Entities.
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(b)
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Schedule 1A to
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to add (i) Corpus
Christi LNG, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
Corpus Christi LNG, LLC ”), (ii) Creole
Trail LNG, L.P. a Delaware limited partnership (“
Creole Trail LNG, L.P. ”) and
(iii) Cheniere LNG Services S.A.R.L., a Société
à Responsabilité Limitée organized under the
laws of France (“ Cheniere LNG Services
S.A.R.L. ”) to the list of Grantors set forth
therein, and accordingly Schedule 1A to the Credit Agreement is
hereby deleted and replaced with Schedule 1A as attached
hereto.
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(c)
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Schedule 1B to
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to add (i) Corpus
Christi LNG, LLC and (ii) Creole Trail LNG, L.P. to the list
of LNG Entities set forth therein, and accordingly Schedule 1B to
the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with Schedule
1B as attached hereto.
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(d)
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Schedule 1C to
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended to add Cheniere LNG Services
S.A.R.L. to the list of Non-LNG Entities set forth therein, and
accordingly Schedule 1C to the Credit Agreement is hereby deleted
and replaced with Schedule 1C as attached hereto.
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2.
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Amendments
to the LNG Entities Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
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(a)
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Each of Corpus
Christi LNG, LLC and Creole Trail LNG, L.P. hereby joins the LNG
Entities Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as a Grantor signatory
thereto and assumes the covenants, obligations and liabilities of a
Grantor thereunder, and agrees to be bound thereby as if it had
been an original party thereto, and confirms that upon joining the
LNG Entities Guarantee and Collateral Agreement the representations
and warranties set forth therein shall be true and correct with
respect to it, except to the extent they relate to an earlier date
in which case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier
date.
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(b)
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Schedule 1 to
the LNG Entities Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby
amended to add Corpus Christi LNG, LLC and Creole Trail LNG, L.P.
to the list of Intercompany Loan Parties set forth therein, and
accordingly Schedule 1 to the LNG Entities Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with Schedule 1 as
attached hereto.
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Amendments
to the Non-LNG Entities Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement .
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(a)
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Cheniere LNG Services S.A.R.L.
hereby joins the Non-LNG Entities Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement as a Grantor signatory thereto and assumes the covenants,
obligations and liabilities of a Grantor thereunder, and agrees to
be bound thereby as if it had been an original party thereto, and
confirms that upon
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joining the LNG Entities
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement the representations and
warranties set forth therein shall be true and correct with respect
to it, except to the extent they relate to an earlier date in which
case they shall be true and correct as of such earlier
date.
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(b)
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Schedule 1 to
the Non-LNG Entities Guarantee and Collateral Agreement is hereby
amended to add Cheniere LNG Services S.A.R.L. to the list of
Intercompany Loan Parties set forth therein, and accordingly
Schedule 1 to the Non-LNG Entities Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with Schedule 1 as
attached hereto.
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Representations and Warranties
. Each Cheniere Party hereby
represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent and the Lenders (which representations and warranties shall
survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment), as
follows:
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(a)
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Absence of
Defaults . No event has
occurred and is continuing or will result from the consummation of
the transactions contemplated by this Amendment that would
constitute a Default or Event of Default after giving effect to
this Amendment.
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(b)
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Enforceability . This Amendment has been duly executed and
delivered by such Cheniere Party and constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of such Cheniere Party enforceable against such
Cheniere Party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general
principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a
proceeding in equity or at law.
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(c)
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Authorization, No Conflicts
. The execution, delivery and
performance of this Amendment by each Cheniere Party (i) has
been duly authorized by all requisite organizational action of such
Cheniere Party and (ii) will not (A) violate (1) any
provision of law, statute, rule or regulation, or of the
certificate or articles of incorporation or other constitutive
documents or by-laws of such Cheniere Party, (2) any order of
any Governmental Authority or arbitrator or (3) any provision
of any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which such
Cheniere Party is a party or by which it or any of its property is
or may be bound, (B) be in conflict with, result in a breach
of or constitute (alone or with notice or lapse of time or both) a
default under, or give rise to any right to accelerate or to
require the prepayment, repurchase or redemption of any obligation
under any such indenture, agreement or other instrument or
(C) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon or
with respect to any property or assets now owned or hereafter
acquired by such Cheniere Party (other than Liens created under the
Security Documents).
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Effectiveness . The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject
to the satisfaction of each the following conditions
precedent:
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(a)
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Execution . The Administrative Agent shall have received
duly executed and delivered counterparts of this Amendment that,
when taken together, bear the signatures of the Cheniere Parties,
the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent.
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(b)
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Representations and Warranties
. The representations and warranties
contained herein shall be true and correct in all
respects.
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(c)
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Restated
Global Intercompany Note . The Collateral Agent shall have received an
original restated Global Intercompany Note in the form of Exhibit F
to the Credit Agreement, executed by each of the parties originally
signatory thereto, along with Corpus Christi LNG, LLC, Creole Trail
LNG, L.P. and Cheniere LNG Services S.A.R.L. (each a “
New Cheniere Party ” and collectively the
“ New Cheniere Parties ”), and such
restated Global Intercompany Note shall have been duly and validly
pledged to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the
Secured Parties, accompanied by instruments of transfer endorsed in
blank.
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(d)
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Other
Documents . The Lenders
shall have received (i) a copy of the certificate or articles
of incorporation or other formation documents, including all
amendments thereto, of each New Cheniere Party, certified as of a
recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of its
organization (for each domestic entity), and a certificate as to
the good standing of each New Cheniere Party as of a recent date,
from such Secretary of State (for each domestic entity);
(ii) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of
each new Cheniere Party dated as of the date hereof and certifying
(A) that attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the
by-laws, limited partnership agreement or operating agreement, as
the case may be, of such entity in effect on such date and at all
times since a date prior to the date of the resolutions described
in clause (B) below (such by-laws, limited partnership
agreement or operating agreement to be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Lenders), (B) that attached
thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by
the board of directors or managers, as the case may be, of each of
New Cheniere Party authorizing the execution, delivery and
performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and the
granting of the Liens contemplated to be granted under the Security
Documents to which it is a party, and that such resolutions have
not been modified, rescinded or amended and are in full force and
effect, (C) that the certificate or articles of incorporation
or other formation documents of such New Cheniere Party have not
been amended since the date of the last amendment thereto shown on
the certificate of good standing furnished pursuant to clause
(i) above and (D) as to the incumbency and specimen
signature of each officer executing any Loan Document or any other
document delivered in connection herewith on behalf of such New
Cheniere Party and (iii) a certificate of another officer as
to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary executing the certificate pursuant to
(ii) above.
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(e)
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Necessary
Consents . Each Cheniere
Party shall have obtained all material consents necessary or
advisable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
Amendment.
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Fees .
All fees and expense reimbursements payable by the Borrower to the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Lenders for which
invoices have been presented shall have been paid in
full.
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Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Amendment, each Lender by delivering its signature
page to this Amendment shall be deemed to have acknowledged receipt
of and consented to and approved the Amendment and each other
document required to be approved by any Agent or any Lender, as
applicable, on the date such Lender delivers its signature to this
Amendment and the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely on
such confirmation.
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Reference to
and Effect Upon the Loan Documents .
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(a)
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Except as
specifically set forth above, each of Credit Agreement, the LNG
Entities Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Non-LNG Entities
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the other Loan Documents
shall remain in full force and effect and are hereby ratified and
confirmed.
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(b)
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Any reference
in any Loan Document to the Credit Agreement, the LNG Entities
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the Non-LNG Entities
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall be a reference to the
Credit Agreement, the LNG Entities Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement and the Non-LNG Entities Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement as modified by this Amendment, and any reference in any
Loan Document to any other Loan Document shall be a reference to
such referenced Loan Document as modified by this
Amendment.
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(c)
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This Amendment
is a Loan Document. The provisions of Section 9.15 of the
Credit Agreement shall apply with like effect to this
Amendment.
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Further
Assurances . Each
Cheniere Party hereby agrees to authorize, execute and deliver all
additional instruments, certificates, financing statements,
agreements or documents, and take all such actions as the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may reasonably request
for the purposes of implementing or effectuating the provisions of
this Amendment.
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Governing
Law . THIS AMENDMENT
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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Headings . Section headings in this Amendment are
included herein for convenience of reference only and shall not
constitute part of this Amendment for any other
purposes.
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Counterparts . This Waiver may be executed by all parties
hereto in any number of separate counterparts each of which may be
delivered in original, facsimile or other electronic (e.g.,
“.pdf”) form, and all of such counterparts taken
together constitute one instrument.
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Severability . In case any one or more of the provisions
contained in this Amendment shall for any reason be held to be
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity,
illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other
provision hereof, and this Amendment shall be construed as if such
invalid, illegal, or unenforceable provision had never been
contained herein.
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WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY
HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY
IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY
OTHER LOAN DOCUMENTS AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
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Final
Agreement of the Parties . THIS AMENDMENT, THE CREDIT AGREEME
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