UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 25, 2013 (June 24, 2013)

 

Oxford Resource Partners, LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

001-34815

77-0695453

(State or other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(Commission File Number)

(IRS Employer Identification No.)

 

 

41 South High Street, Suite 3450
Columbus, OH

43215

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(Zip Code)

 

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (614) 643-0314

 

____________________________________________________________________
(Former name or former address if changed since last report.)

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.


First Lien Financing Agreement


On June 24, 2013 (the “Refinancing Date”), Oxford Resource Partners, LP (the “Partnership”), along with Oxford Mining Company, LLC (“Oxford Mining,” and together with each other person that becomes a borrower thereunder, the “First Lien Borrowers”) and each subsidiary of the Partnership listed as a guarantor (together with the Partnership and each other person that becomes a guarantor thereunder, the “First Lien Guarantors,” and together with the First Lien Borrowers, the “First Lien Loan Parties”) entered into a first lien financing agreement (the “First Lien Financing Agreement”) with the lenders party thereto (collectively, the “First Lien Lenders”) and Cerberus Business Finance, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Cerberus”), as collateral agent and administrative agent for the First Lien Lenders.


Pursuant to the First Lien Financing Agreement, the First Lien Lenders extended to the First Lien Borrowers credit consisting of (a) a $75,000,000 term loan and (b) a $25,000,000 revolving credit facility, which revolving credit facility under the First Lien Financing Agreement includes a subfacility for the issuance of letters of credit. The term loan and the revolving credit facility will mature in 2015 and may be extended by Oxford Mining according to their respective terms. The borrowings under the First Lien Financing Agreement will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to, at the option of the First Lien Borrowers, the specified Reference Rate or LIBOR Rate, as the case may be, plus the Applicable Margin (for these purposes, LIBOR, Reference Rate, LIBOR Rate and Applicable Margin are defined in the First Lien Financing Agreement). The borrowings are guaranteed by the First Lien Guarantors and secured by a first-priority lien on and security interest in substantially all of the assets of the First Lien Loan Parties.


The First Lien Financing Agreement contains customary affirmative covenants and negative covenants, including restrictions on each First Lien Loan Party’s ability to incur additional liens or indebtedness, make fundamental changes or dispositions, make changes in the nature of its business, make certain investments, loans or advances, pay dividends or other distributions, create certain lease obligations, make capital expenditures in excess of a certain amount, enter into transactions with affiliates, issue equity interests, and modify indebtedness, organizational and certain other documents. The restriction regarding dividends or other distributions precludes the Partnership from making unitholder distributions during the term of the First Lien Financing Agreement.


The First Lien Financing Agreement also requires the First Lien Loan Parties to comply with certain financial covenants, including financial covenants:


 

limiting the “senior leverage ratio” (i.e., the ratio of (a) the sum of the outstanding principal amount of all revolving loans, all letter of credit obligations and the outstanding principal balance of the term loan under the First Lien Financing Agreement to (b) consolidated adjusted EBITDA) of the Partnership and its wholly owned subsidiaries;

 

 
 

 

 


 

limiting the “total leverage ratio” (i.e., the ratio of (a) the sum of (i) the outstanding principal amount of all revolving loans, all letter of credit obligations and the outstanding principal balance of the term loan under the First Lien Financing Agreement, plus (ii) the outstanding principal balance of the term loan under the Second Lien Financing Agreement (as defined below), plus (iii) the outstanding principal of all capitalized lease obligations, to (b) consolidated adjusted EBITDA) of the Partnership and its wholly owned subsidiaries;


 

limiting the “fixed charge coverage ratio” (i.e., the ratio of consolidated adjusted EBITDA to the sum of certain principal payment of indebtedness, income tax, interest expense, dividends or distributions, fees, capital expenditures) of the Partnership and its wholly owned subsidiaries; and


 

limiting the consolidated adjusted EBITDA of the Partnership and its wholly owned subsidiaries.


The events that constitute an event of default under the First Lien Financing Agreement include, among other things, the failure to pay principal and interest when due, breach of representations and warranties, failure to comply with covenants, failure to pay indebtedness when due in excess of a certain amount, bankruptcy or insolvency, invalidity or unenforceability of relevant loan documents, failure of a valid and perfected first-priority lien for the benefit of the First Lien Lenders as provided in the First Lien Financing Agreement, entry of certain judgments or orders against or indictment of the Partnership or any of its significant subsidiaries, cessation of a substantial part of the business of or loss of material licenses or permits by the Partnership or any of its significant subsidiaries, material damage to or loss of any collateral, certain termination events related to employee plans, certain defaults on other indebtedness, a change of control, and an event or development which could be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect.


The proceeds of the borrowings under the First Lien Financing Agreement are being used to refinance a portion of the existing indebtedness of the Borrowers (as defined below), to cash collateralize certain existing letters of credit, to pay fees and expenses related to the refinancing of the indebtedness of the Borrowers including fees and expenses related to the First Lien Financing Agreement, and for general working capital purposes.


A copy of the First Lien Financing Agreement will be filed as an exhibit to the Partnership’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013.


Second Lien Financing Agreement


On the Refinancing Date, the Partnership, along with Oxford Mining (together with each other person that becomes a borrower thereunder, the “Second Lien Borrowers,” and together with the First Lien Borrowers, the “Borrowers”) and each subsidiary of the Partnership listed as a guarantor (together with the Partnership and each other person that becomes a guarantor thereunder, the “Second Lien Guarantors,” and together with the “Second Lien Borrowers,” the “Second Lien Loan Parties”) entered into a second lien financing agreement (the “Second Lien Financing Agreement,” and together with the First Lien Financing Agreement, the “Financing Agreements,” with the transactions contemplated in the Financing Agreements hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Financing Transactions”) with the lenders party thereto (collectively, the “Second Lien Lenders”) and Obsidian Agency Services, Inc., a California corporation (“Obsidian”), as collateral agent and administrative agent for the Second Lien Lenders.

 

 
 

 

 


Pursuant to the Second Lien Financing Agreement, the Second Lien Lenders extended to the Second Lien Borrowers credit consisting of a $75,000,000 term loan, which may be increased by up to $10,000,000. The term loan under the Second Lien Financing Agreement will mature in 2015 and may be extended by the Second Lien Borrowers according to its terms. The term loan under the Second Lien Financing Agreement will bear interest at a rate per annum equal to, at the option of the Second Lien Borrowers, the specified Reference Rate or LIBOR Rate, as the case may be, plus the Applicable Margin (for these purposes, LIBOR, Reference Rate, LIBOR Rate and Applicable Margin are defined in the Second Lien Financing Agreement). In addition to the interest described in the previous sentence, the term loan under the Second Lien Financing Agreement will bear interest of 5.75% per annum, which additional interest will be paid-in-kind (“PIK Interest”). Such PIK Interest will be added to the then-outstanding principal amount of the term loan under the Second Lien Financing Agreement as additional principal obligations. The term loan under the Second Lien Financing Agreement is guaranteed by the Second Lien Guarantors and secured by a second-priority lien on and security interest in substantially all of the assets of the Second Lien Loan Parties.


The Second Lien Financing Agreement contains customary affirmative covenants and negative covenants similar to those contained in the First Lien Financing Agreement. This includes a covenant precluding the Partnership from making unitholder distributions during the term of the Second Lien Financing Agreement. In addition, the Second Lien Financing Agreement provides that the “Required Lenders” may, at their sole option, from time to time designate a person serving as either (a) a non-voting board observer to the board of directors (the “Board”) of the Partnership’s general partner, Oxford Resources GP, LLC (the “General Partner”), or (b) a voting member of the Board. The “Required Lenders” refers to the Second Lien Lenders whose pro rata shares (i.e., the percentage obtained by dividing (x) the unpaid principal amount of such Second Lien Lenders’ portion of the term loan under the Second Lien Financing Agreement by (y) the aggregate unpaid principal amount of such term loan under the Second Lien Financing Agreement) aggregate at least 50.1%.


The Second Lien Financing Agreement also requires the Second Lien Loan Parties to comply with certain financial covenants, including financial covenants:


 

limiting the senior leverage ratio of the Partnership and its wholly owned subsidiaries;


 

limiting the total leverage ratio of the Partnership and its wholly owned subsidiaries;


 

limiting the fixed charge coverage ratio of the Partnership and its wholly owned subsidiaries; and

 

 
 

 

 


 

limiting the consolidated adjusted EBITDA of the Partnership and its wholly owned subsidiaries.


The events that constitute an event of default under the Second Lien Financing Agreement include, among other things, the failure to pay principal and interest when due, breach of representations and warranties, failure to comply with covenants, failure to pay indebtedness when due in excess of a certain amount, bankruptcy or insolvency, invalidity or unenforceability of relevant loan documents, failure of a valid and perfected second-priority lien for the benefit of the Second Lien Lenders as provided in the Second Lien Financing Agreement, entry of certain judgments or orders against or indictment of the Partnership or any of its significant subsidiaries, cessation of a substantial part of the business of or loss of material licenses or permits by the Partnership or any of its significant subsidiaries, material damage to or loss of any collateral, certain termination events related to employee plans, certain defaults on other indebtedness, a change of control, and an event or development which could be reasonably expected to have a material adverse effect.


The proceeds of the borrowings under the Second Lien Financing Agreement are being used to refinance a portion of the existing indebtedness of the Borrowers, to cash collateralize certain existing letters of credit, to pay fees and expenses related to the refinancing of the indebtedness of the Borrowers including fees and expenses related to the Second Lien Financing Agreement, and for general working capital purposes.


A copy of the Second Lien Financing Agreement will be filed as an exhibit to the Partnership’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013.


Intercreditor Agreement


On the Refinancing Date, in connection with the Financing Agreements, the Partnership, along with Oxford Mining and each subsidiary of the Partnership listed as a guarantor in the Financing Transactions, entered into an Intercreditor Agreement (the “Intercreditor Agreement”) with Cerberus, as collateral agent and administrative agent for the First Lien Lenders, and Obsidian, as collateral agent and administrative agent for the Second Lien Lenders. The Intercreditor Agreement (a) provides that any liens on the assets and properties of the Partnership, the Borrowers and any of their subsidiaries securing the indebtedness under the Second Lien Financing Agreement are subordinate to liens on the assets and properties of the Partnership, the Borrowers and any of their subsidiaries securing the indebtedness under the First Lien Financing Agreement, and (b) sets forth the respective rights, obligations and remedies of the First Lien Lenders under the First Lien Financing Agreement with respect to their first-priority liens and the Second Lien Lenders under the Second Lien Financing Agreement with respect to their second-priority liens .

 

A copy of the Intercreditor Agreement will be filed as an exhibit to the Partnership’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013.

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

Warrant Issuance Agreement and Warrants for Common Units and Subordinated Units of the Partnership and Class B Units of the General Partner

 

On the Refinancing Date, in connection with the Second Lien Financing Agreement, the Partnership and the General Partner entered into a Warrant Issuance Agreement (the “Warrant Issuance Agreement”) with the Second Lien Lenders and/or certain of their affiliates (collectively, the “Holders”), pursuant to which such Holders were issued (a) warrants to purchase up to 1,955,666 common units (“Common Units”) of the Partnership (the “Common Unit Warrant”), (b) warrants to purchase up to 1,814,185 subordinated units (“Subordinated Units”) of the Partnership (the “Subordinated Unit Warrant,” and together with the Common Unit Warrant, the “Partnership Warrants”), and/or (c) warrants to purchase up to 236.208072 Class B Units (the “Class B Units”) of the General Partner (the “General Partner Warrants,” and together with the Partnership Warrants, the “Warrants ”).

 

Subject to the terms of the Warrant Issuance Agreement, the Holders are entitled to exercise each Warrant at an exercise price of $0.01 per Common Unit, Subordinated Unit and Class B Unit, respectively, subject to certain adjustments from time to time as provided in the Warrant Issuance Agreement and the respective Warrants. Each Warrant expires five (5) years from its date of issuance. A Holder may exercise the Warrants by paying the applicable exercise price in cash or on a net issuance cashless basis.


The Holders are also subject to certain restrictions with respect to the General Partner Warrants as set forth in the Additional Investors’ Rights Agreement (as defined below).


The number of securities issuable upon exercise of any of the Warrants and the exercise prices of the Warrants will be adjusted in connection with certain issuances or sales of securities and convertible securities of the Partnership or the General Partner, or any subdivision, reclassification or combinations thereof, as set forth in the Warrant Issuance Agreement and respective Warrants. Additionally, in the case of any reclassification or capital reorganization of the capital stock of the Partnership or the General Partner, as applicable, the Holder of each Warrant outstanding immediately prior to the occurrence of such reclassification or reorganization shall have the right to receive, upon exercise of the applicable Warrant, the kind and amount of stock, other securities, cash or other property that such Holder would have received if such Warrant had been exercised. If, prior to the third anniversary of the issuance date for the Warrants, the Common Units are not listed for trading on an eligible market for more than 60 consecutive days, the Partnership shall purchase the Common Unit Warrant and the Subordinated Unit Warrant and any Common Units and Subordinated Units issued pursuant thereto from the Holder upon notice of a request therefor for a value equal to the fair market value thereof.

 

The Warrants were issued pursuant to Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and Rule 506 of Regulation D promulgated thereunder because such issuances did not involve a public offering of securities. The Warrants and the securities underlying the Warrants constitute “restricted securities” under the Act.

 

Copies of the Warrant Issuance Agreement and the Warrants will be filed as exhibits to the Partnership’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013.

 

 
 

 

 


Amendment to Existing Investors’ Rights Agreement


On the Refinancing Date, in connection with the Second Lien Financing Agreement, the Partnership, the General Partner, AIM Oxford Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“AIM”), C&T Coal, Inc., an Ohio corporation (“C&T Coal”), Charles C. Ungurean and Thomas T. Ungurean entered into an amendment (the “Amendment to Existing Investors’ Rights Agreement”) which amends the Investors’ Rights Agreement dated as of August 24, 2007 by and among the parties thereto (the “Existing Investors’ Rights Agreement”).


Pursuant to the Amendment to Existing Investors’ Rights Agreement, the Lenders are granted the right by majority action, which may or may not be taken, to designate one member of the Board (the “Lenders’ Designated Director”) from time to time during the term of the Second Lien Financing Agreement.


The Amendment to Existing Investors’ Rights Agreement does not alter, and accordingly C&T Coal retains, the right of C&T Coal to designate a number of directors to the Board proportionate to its percentage share of the total outstanding membership interests in the General Partner. AIM has the right to designate the remaining members of the Board. However, the number of directors C&T Coal has the right to appoint are reduced if necessary such that the number of directors designated by C&T Coal (not less than one), the number of members of the Board that are independent directors and the member of the Board that is a Lenders’ Designated Director (if one has been designated) are in total less than 50% of the members of the Board.


C&T Coal continues to have the right to designate members of the Board until C&T Coal, Charles C. Ungurean and Thomas T. Ungurean cease to own in the aggregate at least 15% of the outstanding Class A Units of the General Partner.


A copy of the Amendment to Existing Investors’ Rights Agreement will be filed as an exhibit to the Partnership’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013.


Additional Investors’ Rights Agreement


On the Refinancing Date, in connection with the Second Lien Financing Agreement, the Partnership, the General Partner, AIM and the Second Lien Lenders entered into an additional investors’ rights agreement (the “Additional Investors’ Rights Agreement”), which provides that the Subordinated Units issued to the Second Lien Lenders pursuant to the terms of the Subordinated Units Warrant (a) may not be transferred without approval of the Board, except in connection with the exercise of tag along rights or drag along rights as provided in the Additional Investors’ Rights Agreement, (b) are subject to the tag along rights if AIM and/or C&T Coal elect to transfer more than 10% of the Subordinated Units held by them to a non-affiliated third party, and (c) are subject to the drag along rights in certain circumstances where more than 50% of the Subordinated Units are being transferred to any person or persons in one or a series of similar or related bona fide arms’-length transactions.


Under the Additional Investors’ Rights Agreement, the Second Lien Lenders grant an irrevocable proxy to AIM or its designees to vote, with respect to any matter, all Common Units held by the Second Lien Lenders in proportion to the votes cast by all other holders of Common Units entitled to vote or consent to such matter.

 

 
 

 

 


A copy of the Additional Investors’ Rights Agreement will be filed as an exhibit to the Partnership’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013.


Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.


The disclosure of the Financing Agreements and the Intercreditor Agreement set forth in Item 1.01 above are incorporated in this Item 2.03 by reference.


Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.


The disclosure with respect to the Warrants set forth in Item 1.01 above is incorporated in this Item 3.02 by reference.


Item 5.01 Changes in Control of Registrant.


The disclosure of the Amendment to Existing Investors’ Rights Agreement and the Additional Investors’ Rights Agreement set forth in Item 1.01 above are incorporated in this Item 5.01 by reference.


Item 5.02 Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.


On the Refinancing Date, in connection with the Financing Transactions, the General Partner and Charles C. Ungurean (the “Executive”) entered into a new employment agreement (the “New Employment Agreement”) to replace and supersede the Executive’s employment agreement entered into as of March 29, 2013 (the “Existing Employment Agreement”). The only modifications to the Existing Employment Agreement effected by the New Employment Agreement are with respect to the initial expiration date of the Executive’s employment with the General Partner and the Executive’s right to terminate employment. Under the New Employment Agreement, the parties have mutually agreed that the initial expiration date of the Executive’s employment will be the later of (a) December 31, 2016 and (b) the date of repayment of the obligations in full under the Financing Agreements and the termination of the Financing Agreements, subject to the same conditions as provided in the Existing Employment Agreement. In addition, while the Executive will still have the right to terminate his employment for certain good reasons, he will not have the right to terminate for any other reason or for no reason, which was previously permitted under the Existing Employment Agreement.


A copy of the New Employment Agreement will be filed as an exhibit to the Partnership’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2013.


Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Changes in Fiscal Year.


Amendment to Partnership’s Limited Partnership Agreement


On the Refinancing Date, in connection with the Second Lien Financing Agreement, the Partnership entered into a First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement (the “LPA Amendment”), amending the Partnership’s Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement

 

 
 

 

 


The LPA Amendment was entered into to accommodate the issuance of the Partnership Warrants described above. The amendments implemented by the LPA Amendment include, among other things, amendments relating to the definition of capital contribution, adjustment of capital accounts of partners and the carrying value of Partnership properties, and tax treatment in respect of the Partnership Warrants and the units issued upon exercise of the Partnership Warrants.


The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the LPA Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.


Amendment to General Partner’s Limited Liability Company Agreement


On the Refinancing Date, in connection with the Second Lien Financing Agreement, the holders of a majority interest in the General Partner entered into a First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “LLCA Amendment”), amending the General Partner’s Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (the “LLCA”).


The LLCA Amendment was entered into to accommodate governance and other changes provided for in the Second Lien Financing Agreement and the Amendment to Existing Investors’ Rights Agreement described above. The amendments implemented by the LLCA Amendment include, among other things, amendments relating to the General Partner’s board of directors and the members thereof which enable the Second Lien Lenders to designate a member thereof if they choose, the issuance and exercise of the General Partner Warrants, and the rights and obligations of holders of the General Partner Warrants and the Class B Units issued upon exercise of the General Partner Warrants (the “General Partner Warrant Exercised Units”). In particular, pursuant to the LLCA Amendment:


 

The number of directors constituting the Board is authorized to be between three and fifteen.


 

All decisions of the Board shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors (including at least one director designated by AIM).


 

If the General Partner offers to issue any securities, a holder of General Partner Warrant Exercised Units will have a preemptive right to purchase a portion of such securities in proportion to its holding of units as a percentage of the total outstanding units prior to such issuance. A holder of General Partner Warrants will be deemed to own the General Partner Warrant Exercised Units subject to exercise of such General Partner Warrants for this purpose.


 

Without the prior consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding General Partner Warrant Exercised Units, the General Partner is not allowed to enter into transactions with its affiliates (other than the Partnership) unless such transactions are approved by a majority of the independent directors. A holder of General Partner Warrants will be deemed to own the General Partner Warrant Exercised Units subject to exercise of such General Partner Warrants for this purpose.

 

 
 

 

 


 

Holders of General Partner Warrants and General Partner Warrant Exercised Units are subject to the tag along and drag along rights according to the terms of the LLCA.


The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the LLCA Amendment, which is filed as Exhibit 3.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.


Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.


On June 25, 2013, the Partnership issued a press release announcing that it had closed the Financing Transactions described in this Current Report. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 hereto.


Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.


(d) Exhibits


3.1

 

First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Oxford Resource Partners, LP dated June 24, 2013.

3.2

First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Oxford Resources GP, LLC dated June 24, 2013.

99.1

 

Press Release dated June 25, 2013.


 

 
 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

  Oxford Resource Partners, LP  
By: Oxford Resources GP, LLC,
its general partner
       
        
Dated: June 25, 2013 By: /s/ Bradley W. Harris  
    Name:  Bradley W. Harris  
Title: Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer

 

 
 

 

 

        

EXHIBIT INDEX

 

3.1

 

First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Oxford Resource Partners, LP dated June 24, 2013.

3.2

First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Oxford Resources GP, LLC dated June 24, 2013.

99.1

 

Press Release dated June 25, 2013.


 


Exhibit 3.1

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP

OF

OXFORD RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP


This FIRST AMENDMENT TO THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF OXFORD RESOURCE PARTNERS, LP (this “ Amendment ”) is executed effective as of June 24, 2013 by Oxford Resources GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ General Partner ”), as general partner of Oxford Resource Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “ Partnership ”), and the Holders (as defined in this Amendment). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given them in the Partnership Agreement (as defined below).


WHEREAS , the General Partner and the Limited Partners of the Partnership entered into that certain Third Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Oxford Resource Partners, LP dated as of July 19, 2010 (the “ Partnership Agreement ”);


WHEREAS , Section 5.6(a) of the Partnership Agreement provides that the Partnership may issue additional Partnership Securities and options, rights, warrants, restricted units and appreciation rights relating to the Partnership Securities for any Partnership purpose at any time and from time to time to such Persons for such consideration and on such terms and conditions as the General Partner shall determine, all without the approval of any Limited Partners;


WHEREAS , Section 5.6(c)(i) of the Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partner shall take all actions that it determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with each issuance of Partnership Securities and options, rights, warrants and appreciation rights relating to Partnership Securities pursuant to Section 5.6 of the Partnership Agreement;


WHEREAS , Section 5.6(c) of the Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partner is authorized and directed to do all things that it determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with any future issuance of Partnership Securities;


WHEREAS , Section 13.1(d)(i) of the Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partner, without the approval of any Partner, may amend any provision of the Partnership Agreement that the General Partner determines does not adversely affect in any material respect the Limited Partners considered as a whole or any particular class of Partnership Interests as compared to other classes of Partnership Interests;


WHEREAS , Section 13.1(d)(ii)(A) of the Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partner, without the approval of any Partner, may amend any provision of the Partnership Agreement that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate to satisfy any requirements, conditions or guidelines contained in any opinion, directive, order, ruling or regulation of any federal or state agency or judicial authority or contained in any federal or state statute (including the Delaware Act);


WHEREAS , Section 13.1(g) of the Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partner, without the approval of any Partner, may amend any provision of the Partnership Agreement that the General Partner determines to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the authorization of issuance of any class or series of Partnership Securities pursuant to Section 5.6 of the Partnership Agreement; and

 

 
 

 

 


WHEREAS , the General Partner, pursuant to its authority under Sections 13.1(d)(i), 13.1(d)(ii)(A) and 13.1(g) of the Partnership Agreement, has made the determinations required thereby and accordingly is effecting this Amendment to provide for (i) the issuance of Warrant Exercised Units (as defined in the Partnership Agreement as amended by this Amendment), and (ii) such other matters as are provided for herein:


NOW, THEREFORE , the General Partner does hereby amend the Partnership Agreement as follows:


A.             Amendment . The Partnership Agreement is hereby amended as follows:


1.     Section 1.1 is hereby amended by restating in its entirety the following definition:


Capital Contribution ” means (a) with respect to any Partner, any cash, cash equivalents or the Net Agreed Value of Contributed Property that a Partner contributes to the Partnership (including, in the case of an underwritten offering of Units, the amount of any underwriting discounts or commissions and, in the case of an exercise of a Noncompensatory Option to purchase Warrant Exercised Units, the amount of the exercise price paid by the holder of such Noncompensatory Option in exchange for such Warrant Exercised Units) or (b) with respect to the General Partner only, (i) distributions of cash that the General Partner is entitled to receive but otherwise waives such that the Partnership retains such cash or (ii) Common Units that the General Partner contributes to the Partnership.


2.     Section 1.1 is hereby amended further by adding thereto in the appropriate place alphabetically the following new definitions:


Applicable Common Unit Ratio ” means, with respect to a Holder, a percentage, the numerator of which is the number of Common Units subject to the Holder Common Unit Warrant held by such Holder and the denominator of which is the number of Common Units subject to all Holder Common Unit Warrants.


Applicable Subordinated Unit Ratio ” means, with respect to a Holder, a percentage, the numerator of which is the number of Subordinated Units subject to the Holder Subordinated Unit Warrant held by such Holder and the denominator of which is the number of Subordinated Units subject to all Holder Subordinated Unit Warrants.


“Common Unit Warrants Purchase Price” means the amount that a Holder is deemed to have paid for the Holder Common Unit Warrant held by such Holder as determined by multiplying the fair market value allocated to the Holder Common Unit Warrants pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Warrant Agreement by such Holder’s Applicable Common Unit Ratio.


“General Partner Unit Warrants Purchase Price” means the amount that a Holder is deemed to have paid for the Holder General Partner Unit Warrant held by such Holder as determined by multiplying the fair market value allocated to the Holder General Partner Unit Warrants pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Warrant Agreement by such Holder’s Applicable General Partner Unit Ratio.

 

 
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General Partner Warrants ” means the warrants issued to the Holders (or their affiliates) in connection with the Warrant Agreement that are exercisable for Class B Units of Oxford Resources GP.


“Holder Common Unit Warrants” means any warrants issued to the Holders (or their affiliates) in connection with the Warrant Agreement that are exercisable for Common Units.


“Holder Subordinated Unit Warrants” means any warrants issued to the Holders (or their affiliates) in connection with the Warrant Agreement that are exercisable for Subordinated Units.


Holders ” means Tennenbaum Opportunities Partners V, LP, Tennenbaum Opportunities Fund VI, LLC, A 544 Acquisition LLC and A 544 Acquisition-B LLC .


“Holder Warrants” means the Holder Common Unit Warrants and the Holder Subordinated Unit Warrants.


Noncompensatory Option ” means a “noncompensatory option” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.721-2(f) and 1.761-3(b)(2) issued by the Partnership which, as of the date such option is issued by the Partnership, is not treated as a partnership interest pursuant to Treasury Regulation Section 1.761-3(a).


“Penny Warrants” means Holder Warrants which have an exercise price of one cent ($0.01) or an otherwise nominal exercise price.


“Subordinated Unit Warrants Purchase Price” means the amount that a Holder is deemed to have paid for the Holder Subordinated Unit Warrant held by such Holder as determined by multiplying the fair market value allocated to the Holder Subordinated Unit Warrants pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Warrant Agreement by such Holder’s Applicable Subordinated Unit Ratio.


Treasury Regulation ” means any income tax regulation under the Code, whether such regulation is in proposed, temporary or final form, as such regulation may be amended from time to time (including corresponding provisions of any succeeding regulation).


Warrant Agreement ” means that certain Warrant Issuance Agreement, executed as of the date hereof, to which the Partnership and the Holders are parties.


Warrant Exercised Common Unit ” means (a) any Common Unit issued by the Partnership upon the exercise of a Holder Common Unit Warrant and (b) any Penny Warrant issued by the Partnership to the Holders (or their affiliates) in connection with the Warrant Agreement that are exercisable for Common Units.


Warrant Exercised Subordinated Unit ” means (a) any Subordinated Unit issued by the Partnership upon the exercise of a Holder Subordinated Unit Warrant and (b) any Penny Warrant issued by the Partnership to the Holders (or their affiliates) in connection with the Warrant Agreement that are exercisable for Subordinated Units.

 

 
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Warrant Exercised Unit ” means any Warrant Exercised Common Unit or Warrant Exercised Subordinated Unit, as applicable.


3.             Section 5.5(d)(i) is hereby amended by restating it in its entirety to read as follows:


(d)(i)     In accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(f), on: (A) an issuance of additional Partnership Interests for cash or Contributed Property, (B) the issuance of Partnership Interests as consideration for the provision of services, (C) the issuance by the Partnership of a Noncompensatory Option, or (D) the conversion of the General Partner’s Combined Interest to Common Units pursuant to Section 11.3(b), the Capital Account of each Partner and the Carrying Value of each Partnership property immediately prior to such issuance shall be adjusted upward or downward to reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to such Partnership property, as if such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss had been recognized on an actual sale of each such property for an amount equal to its fair market value immediately prior to such issuance and had been allocated to the Partners at such time pursuant to Section 6.1(c) in the same manner as any item of gain or loss actually recognized following an event giving rise to the liquidation of the Partnership would have been allocated. In determining such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss, the aggregate cash amount and fair market value of all Partnership assets (including cash or cash equivalents) immediately prior to the issuance of additional Partnership Interests shall be determined by the General Partner using such method of valuation as it may adopt; provided, however, that the General Partner, in arriving at such valuation, must take fully into account the fair market value of the Partnership Interests of all Partners at such time and the General Partner shall make such adjustments to such valuation as required by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(h)(2). The General Partner shall allocate such aggregate value, as so adjusted, among the assets of the Partnership (in such manner as it determines) to arrive at a fair market value, for individual properties.


4.             Article V is hereby amended by adding thereto the following new Section 5.5(d)(iii):


(d)(iii)     In accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s), immediately after the exercise of any Noncompensatory Option, the Capital Account of each Partner and the Carrying Value of each Partnership property shall be adjusted upward or downward to reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss attributable to such Partnership property, as if (A) such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss had been recognized on an actual sale of each such property for an amount equal to its fair market value immediately after such exercise, and (B) (1) first, all Unrealized Gain had been allocated pro rata to the Partners holding Warrant Exercised Units until the Capital Account of each such Partner with respect to each such Warrant Exercised Unit equals the Per Unit Capital Amount of a Common Unit, and (2) second, any remaining Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss had been allocated to the Partners at such time pursuant to Section 6.1(c) in the same manner as any item of gain or loss actually recognized following an event giving rise to the liquidation of the Partnership would have been allocated. In determining such Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss, the aggregate cash amount and fair market value of all Partnership assets (including cash or cash equivalents) immediately after the exercise of such Noncompensatory Option shall be determined by the General Partner using such method of valuation as it may adopt; provided, however, that the General Partner, in arriving at such valuation, must take fully into account the fair market value of the Partnership Interests of all Partners at such time and the General Partner shall make such adjustments to such valuation as required by Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(h)(2). The General Partner shall allocate such aggregate value among the assets of the Partnership (in such manner as it determines) to arrive at a fair market value, as so adjusted, for individual properties. If, after making the allocations of Unrealized Gain and Unrealized Loss as set forth above in this Section 5.5(d)(iii), the Capital Account of each Partner with respect to each Warrant Exercised Unit received upon the exercise of any Noncompensatory Option is less than the Per Unit Capital Amount of a Common Unit, then, in accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s)(3), Capital Account balances shall be reallocated between the Partners holding Common Units (other than such Warrant Exercised Common Units) and Partners holding such Warrant Exercised Units so as to cause the Capital Account of each Partner holding such Warrant Exercised Units to equal, on a per unit basis with respect to each such Warrant Exercised Unit, the Per Unit Capital Amount of a Common Unit. In accordance with Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(s)(4), if Capital Account balances are reallocated pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the Partnership shall make corrective allocations so as to take into account the reallocation of Capital Account balances as provided in Treasury Regulation Section 1.704-1(b)(4)(x).

 

 
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5.             Article V is hereby amended by adding thereto the following new Section 5.12:


Section 5.12      Treatment of Penny Warrants.


All Penny Warrants shall be treated as Warrant Exercised Units from the date of issuance and, for the avoidance of all doubt, Articles IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII and XIII of this Agreement shall be interpreted accordingly as necessary to ensure that allocations, distributions, capital accounts, tax reporting and tax elections are all undertaken by the Partnership in a manner consistent with such treatment.


6.             Article V is hereby further amended by adding thereto the following new Section 5.13:


Section 5.13     Capital Contribution by Holders of Warrant Exercised Units and Oxford Resources GP.


(a)           As of the date of the Company’s issuance of the Holder Common Unit Warrants, each Holder of the Warrant Exercised Common Units shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, be treated as having made a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in an amount equal to such Holder’s Common Unit Warrants Purchase Price.


(b)           As of the date of the Company’s issuance of the Holder Subordinated Unit Warrants, each Holder of the Warrant Exercised Subordinated Units shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, be treated as having made a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in an amount equal to such Holder’s Subordinated Unit Warrants Purchase Price.


(c)           As of the date of Oxford Resources GP’s issuance of the General Partner Warrants, Oxford Resources GP shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, be treated as having made a Capital Contribution to the Partnership in an amount equal to the General Partner Warrants Purchase Price.


7.             Section 13.3 is hereby amended by adding the following subsection (f) at the end thereof:

 

 
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(f)            Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no amendment shall be effective that (i) enlarges the obligations of any holder of Holder Warrants (whether as a holder of Holder Warrants or Warrant Exercised Units) without the prior approval of the holders of a majority of the Warrant Exercised Units issuable upon exercise of the Holder Warrants, (ii) affects the holders of Common Unit Holder Warrants in a manner disproportionately and adversely as compared to the holders of Common Units without the prior approval of the holders of a majority of the Warrant Exercised Common Units issuable upon exercise of the Holder Common Unit Warrants or (iii) affects the holders of Subordinated Unit Holder Warrants in a manner disproportionately and adversely as compared to the holders of Subordinated Units without the prior approval of the holders of a majority of the Warrant Exercised Subordinated Units issuable upon exercise of the Holder Subordinated Unit Warrants.


8.             Article XVI is hereby amended by adding thereto the following new Section 16.14:


Section 16.14     Holders


The Holders shall, from and after June 24, 2013, be parties to this Agreement, bound by the terms and conditions hereof and entitled to their rights, subject to their obligations, set forth herein.


B.             Status of Partnership Agreement . Except as hereby amended, the Partnership Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.


C.             Applicable Law . This Amendment shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws.


D.             Severability . Each provision of this Amendment shall be considered severable and if for any reason any provision or provisions herein are determined to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal under any existing or future law, such invalidity, unenforceability or illegality shall not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this Amendment that are valid, enforceable and legal.


[Signature on following page]

 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed effective as of the date first written above.


 

GENERAL PARTNER:

 

OXFORD RESOURCES GP, LLC


 

 

By:      /s/ Daniel M. Maher               

Name:      Daniel M. Maher

Title:      Senior Vice President

 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed effective as of the date first written above.


 


HOLDERS:

 

TENNENBAUM OPPORTUNITIES

PARTNERS V, LP

 

 

By: Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC, its

Investment Manager

 

 

By: /s/ Howard M. Levkowitz                              

Name: Howard M. Levkowitz

Title: Managing Partner

 

 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed effective as of the date first written above.


 


HOLDERS:

 

TENNENBAUM OPPORTUNITIES

FUND VI, LLC

 

 

By: Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC, its

Investment Manager

 

 

By: /s/ Howard M. Levkowitz                            

Name: Howard M. Levkowitz

Title: Managing Partner

 

 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed effective as of the date first written above.

 

HOLDERS:

 

A544 ACQUISITION LLC

 

By:  PIMCO Distressed Credit Fund, L.P.,

its managing member

 

By:  PIMCO GP VII, its general partner

 

By:  Pacific Investment Management Company

LLC, its managing member

 

 

By:    /s/ Adam L. Gubner                          

Name: Adam L. Gubner

Title: SVP

 

 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed effective as of the date first written above.

 

HOLDERS:

 

A544 ACQUISITION-B LLC

 

By:  PIMCO Distressed Credit Fund B, L.P.,

its managing member

 

By:  PIMCO GP VII, its general partner

 

By:  Pacific Investment Management Company

LLC, its managing member

 

 

By:    /s/ Adam L. Gubner                           

Name: Adam L. Gubner

Title: SVP

 

 

 

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Exhibit 3.2

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO

THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

OXFORD RESOURCES GP, LLC

 

This First Amendment to Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Oxford Resources GP, LLC (this “ Amendment ”) is made and entered into as of June 24, 2013 by and among Members holding a Majority Interest and the Holders (as defined in this Amendment), for the purpose of amending the Third Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Oxford Resources GP, LLC dated January 1, 2011 (the “ LLC Agreement ”). Unless otherwise specified, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the LLC Agreement.


W I T N E S S E T H:


WHEREAS , in accordance with Section 16.05 of the LLC Agreement , the LLC Agreement may be amended or restated only by a written instrument approved by Members holding a Majority Interest;


WHEREAS , at the time of this Amendment, the parties hereto represent Members holding a Majority Interest; and


WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend the LLC Agreement as specified below;


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing recitals and the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the LLC Agreement is hereby amended as follows:


Section 1.      Amendments to LLC Agreement


(a)      Amendment to Section 1.01 . Section 1.01 of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended by restating the definition of “Investors’ Rights Agreement” to read as follows:


Investors’ Rights Agreement ” means that certain Investors’ Rights Agreement dated as of August 24, 2007 among the Partnership, the Company, AIM Oxford, C&T Coal, CCU and TTU, as amended from time to time.


(b)      Further Amendment to Section 1.01 . Section 1.01 of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended to add the following definitions:


AIM Director ” means any Director who has been elected to the Board in compliance with the Investors’ Rights Agreement other than any C&T Director, any Lenders’ Designated Director or any Independent Director.

 

 
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Applicable Ratio ” means, with respect to a Holder, a percentage, the numerator of which is the number of Class B Units subject to the Warrant held by such Holder and the denominator of which is the number of Class B Units subject to all Warrants.


C&T Director ” means any Director who has been designated by C&T Coal and elected to the Board in compliance with the Investors’ Rights Agreement, and, for the avoidance of doubt, does not mean any AIM Director, any Lenders’ Designated Director or any Independent Director.


Financing Agreement ” has the meaning given such term in the Investors’ Rights Agreement.


Holders ” means Oxford Resource Holdings, LLC, A 544 Acquisition LLC and A 544 Acquisition-B LLC.


Lenders ” has the meaning given such term in the Investors’ Rights Agreement.


Lenders’ Designated Director ” means any Director who has been designated by the Lenders and elected to the Board as a Lenders’ Designated Director as defined in and in compliance with the Investors’ Rights Agreement, and, for the avoidance of doubt, does not mean any AIM Director, any C&T Director or any Independent Director.


Penny Warrants ” means Warrants which have an exercise price of one cent ($0.01) or an otherwise nominal exercise price.


Warrants ” means the General Partner Warrants (as defined in the Warrant Agreement) issued to the Holders pursuant to the Warrant Agreement representing the right to acquire Class B Units of the Company.


Warrant Agreement ” means that certain Warrant Issuance Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, to which the Company and the Holders are parties.


Warrant Exercised Unit ” means any Penny Warrant which, for the avoidance of doubt, includes the Warrants upon the Company’s issuance thereof, and any Class B Unit issued by the Company upon the exercise thereof.


Warrant Purchase Price ” means the amount that a Holder is deemed to have paid for the Warrant held by such Holder as determined by multiplying the fair market value allocated to the Warrants pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Warrant Agreement by such Holder’s Applicable Ratio.


(c)      Amendment to Section 3.01(d) . Section 3.01(d) of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

 
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(d) Except as specifically and unconditionally required by Applicable Law, pursuant to Section 18-302 of the Act or pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Members agree that the Class B Units shall have no voting rights and the Class B Members shall have no right to vote the Class B Units.


(d)      Amendment to Section 3.01(e) . Section 3.01(e) of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:


(e)     The Members intend that each Class B Unit, other than Warrant Exercised Units, shall constitute a “profits interest” for U.S. federal income tax purposes as of the date of issuance of such Class B Unit, within the meaning of Rev. Proc. 93-27, 1993-2 C.B. 343 and Rev. Proc. 2001-43, 2001-2 C.B. 191.


(e)      Amendment to Section 3.01. Section 3.01 of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended by adding thereto at the end thereof the following new Section 3.01(f):


(f)     The holders of the Warrants shall automatically become Members upon exercise of the Warrants and compliance with the terms thereof and without any further action of the Board, any Officer or any Member. The Board shall immediately update Exhibit A upon the issuance of any Warrant Exercised Units.


(f)      Amendment to Section 4.04. Section 4.04 of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:


Section 4.04 Restrictions on Hypothecation


A Member may pledge its Class A Units to a third party lender with the consent of the Board, which will be provided within ten Business Days from such time as the Board has received a written request therefor so long as the Member requesting the consent has provided to the Company documentation satisfactory to the Board that the proposed lender has agreed to notify the Company of any default that may result in the lender becoming the owner of, or selling or otherwise disposing of, such Class A Units and has further agreed to allow the Company to purchase the Class A Units for an amount not to exceed the amount equal to the lesser of (a) the fair market value of the pledged Class A Units and (b) the indebtedness secured by such lender’s lien on the pledged Class A Units. In the event the Company exercises its right hereunder to purchase the Class A Units from the lender upon a default by the Member, such Member shall lose any right it may have to designate directors, if applicable. A Member may not pledge its Class B Units, except that a holder of Warrant Exercised Units may pledge its Class B Units to the extent provided in the definition of Permitted Transfers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Members are permitted to pledge their Units to the lenders under any credit facilities of the Partnership and any renewals, refinancings or replacements thereof.

 

 
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(g)      Amendment to Section 6.01. Section 6.01 of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:


Section 6.01 Issuance of Additional Units.

 

(a)     In order to raise capital or acquire assets, to redeem or retire any Company debt or for any other proper purpose consistent with the purposes of the Company, the Company may from time to time issue Units to Members or any other Persons (and, in connection with the issuance thereof, may accept additional contributions from such Persons and admit any such Persons to the Company as Members), in each case without the approval of the Members. There shall be no limit on the number of Units that may be so issued. The Board shall have full and absolute discretion in determining in good faith the consideration therefor and the other terms and conditions with respect thereto. In connection with any such issuance, the Board shall do all other things it shall determine are necessary or appropriate, including the filing of any certificates or other documents with any federal, state or other governmental agency. The admission of any Person as a Member upon the issuance of Units pursuant to this Section 6.01 shall be effective only after the new Member has executed and delivered to the Board a document, in form and substance satisfactory to the Board, that (a) sets forth the notice address of such new Member and (b) includes an agreement on the part of such new Member to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement. The Board shall have the power to amend this Agreement as necessary to reflect the issuance of Units (including the power to amend Exhibit A ), and such an amendment need be executed only by a Proper Officer.


(b)


(i)     If the Company offers to issue or sell any Units (or any securities containing options, warrants or rights to acquire Units or any securities convertible or exchangeable for Units) to any Person (an “ Acquiring Person ”), the Company shall offer to sell to the holders of Warrant Exercised Units a portion of such Units equal to the quotient determined by dividing (A) the number of Units held by such holder of Warrant Exercised Units at such time by (B) the total number of Units outstanding immediately prior to such issuance (a “ Preemptive Right ”). Each holder of Warrant Exercised Units shall be entitled to purchase such Units on the same terms and conditions as are offered to the Acquiring Person; provided that, if the consideration is in any form other than cash, the holders of Warrant Exercised Units shall have the right to exercise the Preemptive Right by purchasing such securities with cash with a value equivalent to the value attributed to the non-cash consideration being paid to the Company by the Acquiring Person (as determined by mutual agreement of the Company and the participating holders).

 

 
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(ii) The Company shall send written notice of a Preemptive Right (the “ Preemptive Rights Notice ”) to each holder of Warrant Exercised Units. The Preemptive Rights Notice shall set forth all of the terms and conditions of the Preemptive Right.


(iii) Each holder of Warrant Exercised Units shall have the right, exercisable by delivery of notice to the Company at any time within 20 days of delivery of the Preemptive Rights Notice, to exercise all or part of its Preemptive Right.


(iv) The Acquiring Person and the holders of Warrant Exercised Units shall make their purchase of all of their respective Units proposed to be purchased by them from the Partnership at not less than the price and upon terms and conditions, if any, not more favorable, individually and in the aggregate, from the Company than those in the Preemptive Rights Notice at the time and place provided for closing in the Preemptive Rights Notice, or at such other time and/or place as the holders of Warrant Exercised Units, the Acquiring Person and the Company shall agree.


(v) If the sale or issuance giving rise to the Preemptive Right has not occurred within 60 days of the date of the Preemptive Rights Notice, the provisions of Section 6.01(b) shall, if such issuance or sale is thereafter sought to be completed, be reapplied to such issuance or sale.


(vi)For purposes of this Section 6.01, each holder of Warrants shall be deemed to own as outstanding Units all Warrant Exercised Units which are subject to and would be issued upon exercise of the Warrants held by such Member assuming payment of the exercise price therefor in cash.


(h)      Amendment to Article VI. Article VI of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended by adding thereto the following new Section 6.05:


6.05   Treatment of Certain Warrants .


All Penny Warrants shall be treated as Warrant Exercised Units from the date of issuance thereof and, for the avoidance of doubt, Articles III, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX, XI,  XIII, XIV, XV and XVI of this Agreement shall be interpreted accordingly as necessary to ensure that allocations, distributions, capital accounts, tax reporting and tax elections are all undertaken by the Company in a manner consistent with such treatment.  In accordance therewith, upon the issuance of such Penny Warrants, the Company shall adjust the Gross Asset Value of the Company's assets pursuant to clause (ii)(A) of the definition of Gross Asset Value and shall adjust the Members' Capital Accounts accordingly . Immediately following such adjustment, the aggregate balances of all Members' Capital Accounts shall equal $66,666.67, of which $10,000 shall be the aggregate balances of the Capital Accounts of the holders of the Penny Warrants.

 

 
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(i)      Amendment to Article VII. Article VII of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended by adding thereto the following new Section 7.08:


7.08   Capital Contribution by Holders of the Warrant Exercised Units.


Each holder of the Warrant Exercised Units shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, be treated as having made a Capital Contribution to the Company in an amount equal to such Holder’s Warrant Purchase Price.


(j)      Amendment to Section 9.02 . Section 9.02 of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:


Section 9.02 Number; Qualification; Tenure.


Unless and until hereafter changed, the number of directors constituting the Board are authorized to be between three and fifteen (each, a “ Director ” and, collectively, the “ Directors ”). The Members holding a Majority Interest may at any time adopt a resolution to change the number of authorized Directors and/or to fix the actual number of Directors constituting the Board; provided that in no event shall the number be reduced below the number necessary to permit the Lenders’ Designated Director to be appointed to the Board. A Director need not be a Member. Other than the Lenders’ Designated Director, who shall be designated in accordance with the terms of the Investors’ Rights Agreement, the Directors shall be elected annually by a plurality vote of the Class A Members and each such Director shall hold office until his successor shall have been elected and qualified, or until earlier death, resignation or removal of such Director; provided that the Lenders’ Designated Director shall only be removed and replaced in accordance with the terms of the Investors’ Rights Agreement.” As of June 24, 2013, the actual number of Directors constituting the Board is fixed at seven, with the composition thereof consisting of one C&T Director, three Independent Directors and three AIM Directors, and with the Lenders not having elected as of such date to designate a Lenders’ Designated Director.


(k)      Amendment to Section 9.07 . Section 9.07 of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:


Section 9.07 Action by Consent of Board.


Except as otherwise required by Applicable Law, all decisions of the Board shall require the affirmative vote of a majority of the Directors (including at least one AIM Director) present at a meeting at which a quorum, as described in Section 9.09, is present. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the Board may act without a meeting so long as all Directors shall have executed a written consent with respect to any Board action taken in lieu of a meeting.

 

 
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(l)      Amendment to Section 9.09 . Section 9.09 of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:


Section 9.09 Quorum.


A majority of the Directors (including at least one AIM Director), present in person or participating in accordance with Section 9.08, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business, but if at any meeting of the Board there shall be less than a quorum present, a majority of the Directors present in person or participating in accordance with Section 9.08 may adjourn the meeting from time to time without further notice. The Directors so present at a duly organized meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough Directors to leave less than a quorum.


(m)      Amendment to Section 9.10 . Section 9.10 of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:


Section 9.10 Vacancies; Increases in the Number of Directors.


Subject to the terms of the Investors’ Rights Agreement, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the fixed number of Directors shall be filled by Members holding a Majority Interest, and any Director so chosen shall hold office until the next annual election and until his successor shall be duly elected and shall qualify, unless sooner displaced, provided, however, that Members holding a Majority Interest may choose not to fill the vacancy or newly created directorship and, in the event of such a choice, such vacancy or newly created directorship shall remain unfilled until such time as it may be filled by Members holding a Majority Interest or the size of the Board is reduced pursuant to Section 9.02.


(n)      Amendment to Section 9.11 . Section 9.11 of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended by adding thereto at the end thereof the following new subsection (f):


(f) During any period when the Lenders have the right to designate and have designated a Lenders’ Designated Director, the Lenders’ Designated Director shall have the right to serve as a member of each committee of the Board (so long as the rules of The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. do not require that any such committee be comprised solely of independent directors).


(o)      Amendment to Section 9.12 . Section 9.12 of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

 

 
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Section 9.12 Removal.


Other than the Lenders’ Designated Director who shall serve at the will of the Lenders, any Director (including the Chairman of the Board) or the entire Board (other than the Lender Designated Director) may be removed, with or without cause, by Members holding a Majority Interest.


(p)      Amendment to Article IX . The LLC Agreement is hereby amended by adding thereto the following new Section 9.13:


Section 9.13 Affiliate Transactions


Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, without the prior vote or written consent of the holders of a majority of the outstanding Warrant Exercised Units, the Company shall not and shall not consent to, or cause or permit any subsidiary of the Company to engage in any transaction, agreement, understanding or arrangement with , any Sponsor Holder, any Affiliate of a Sponsor Holder or any other Affiliate of the Company, other than the Partnership, unless, in each case, such transaction, agreement, understanding or arrangement is approved by a majority of the Independent Directors (or at least one Independent Director if there is only one Independent Director on the Board or the Lenders’ Designated Director, if there is no Independent Director on the Board), with such approving Person or Persons having determined that such transaction, agreement, understanding or arrangement is on terms no less favorable to the Company than would be had with an unaffiliated third party on an arms-length basis. For purposes of this Section 9.13, each holder of Warrants shall be deemed to own as outstanding Units all Warrant Exercised Units which are subject to and would be issued upon exercise of the Warrants held by such Member assuming payment of the exercise price therefor in cash.


(q)      Amendment to Section 11.02. The first sentence of Section 11.02 of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:


Written notice of a meeting called pursuant to Section 11.01 shall be given to the Members entitled to vote at such meeting and to the holders of the Warrant Exercised Units.


(r)      Amendment to Section 16.02. Section 16.02 of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended to add the following at the end thereof:


To the Holders of Warrant Exercised Units :


To the notice address provided to the Company by each of such holders.


(s)      Amendment to Section 16.05. Section 16.05 of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 

 
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Section 16.05 Amendment or Restatement.


Except as provided in Sections 2.03, 3.01 and 6.01, and Exhibit A , this Agreement (including any Exhibit hereto) or the Delaware Certificate may be waived, amended or restated only by a written instrument approved by (i) Members holding a Majority Interest and (ii) if and to the extent adversely affecting the rights of the holders of Warrant Exercised Units differently than the rights of the holders of any other Units, Members holding a majority of the Warrant Exercised Units. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no amendment to or waiver of Section 3.02(a), Section 6.01(b), Section 6.05, Section 7.02, this Section 16.05, Section 16.13, the definition of “Permitted Transfer” in Exhibit B, Section 5A of Exhibit B or Section 6A of Exhibit B, and during the term of the Financing Agreement no amendment to or waiver of Section 2.04(a), Section 9.11(f), Section 9.12 or Section 9.13, shall be effective as it relates to the holders of Warrant Exercised Units without the approval of Members holding a majority of the Warrant Exercised Units.


(t)      Amendment to Article XVI. Article XVI of the LLC Agreement is hereby amended by adding thereto the following new Section 16.13:


Section 16.13 Holders.


The Holders shall, from and after June 24, 2013, be parties to this Agreement, bound by the terms and conditions hereof and entitled to their rights, subject to their obligations, set forth herein.


(u)      Amendments to Exhibit B . Exhibit B to the LLC Agreement (“Exhibit B”) is hereby amended and restated as follows:


(i)     The introductory paragraph of Exhibit B is hereby amended and restated to read as follows:


Set forth below are the additional terms and conditions that are applicable to the Class A Units and the Class B Units, as the case may be. Class B Units have been granted by the Company to each Executive to provide each Executive with incentive compensation. Each Executive acknowledges and agrees that an integral component of such incentive compensation includes the forfeiture and other terms and provisions set forth in this Exhibit B that are applicable to such Executive’s Class B Units and, absent these provisions, the Company would not have granted such Class B Units to such Executive. Class B Units may also be issued to holders of Warrants which are defined as Warrant Exercised Units in the LLC Agreement. Each such holder of a Warrant acknowledges and agrees that an integral component of the issuance of such Warrant to it and the grant of rights thereunder to purchase Class B Units includes the terms and provisions set forth in this Exhibit B that are applicable to all Class B Units issued to such holder and, absent these provisions, the Company would not have issued such Warrant to such holder.

 

 
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(ii)     The definition of “Other Termination Event” in Exhibit B is hereby amended by modifying clause (i) thereof to read in its entirety as follows:


(i) with respect to an Executive, any termination of the applicable Executive’s employment with the Company other than (a) a termination by the Company for Cause, (b) a termination upon such Executive’s death or (c) a termination by the Company due to such Executive’s Disability;


(iii)     The definition of “Other Termination Event” in Exhibit B is hereby further amended by adding the following at the end thereof:


For the avoidance of doubt, this definition shall only apply to Executives and shall not apply to holders of Warrant Exercised Units or their Permitted Transferees.


(iv)     The definition of “Permitted Transfer” in Exhibit B is hereby amended by modifying clause (v) thereof to read in its entirety as follows:


(v)           with respect to an Executive, upon the death or Disability of such Executive, any Transfer to such Executive’s spouse, children, parents or siblings or to a trust for the benefit of any of them.


(v)     The definition of “Permitted Transfer” in Exhibit B is hereby amended by adding the following at the end thereof:


With respect to any Warrant Exercised Units, the following shall be Permitted Transfers: (i) any Transfer that is approved by the Board, in its sole and absolute discretion; (ii) any Transfer pursuant to Section 5 or 6 of this Exhibit B ; (iii) any Transfer by a holder of Warrant Exercised Units to its Affiliates; (iv) any Transfer constituting a bona fide pledge of the Units by a holder of Warrant Exercised Units or its Affiliates in connection with a bona fide margin account or any other margin loan entered into by such holder or its Affiliates in the ordinary course of business; (v) any Transfer to the Company pursuant to the terms of the Warrants; or (vi) any Transfer of Warrant Exercised Units together with any of the loans made by the Lenders to the Partnership or its Affiliates .


(vi)     Section 2 of Exhibit B is hereby amended by modifying the heading thereto and adding immediately thereafter an introductory paragraph to read as follows:


2.             Forfeiture of Class B Units by Executives.

 

 
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The following provisions shall be applicable to the forfeiture of Class B Units by Executives:


(vii)     Section 4 of Exhibit B is hereby amended by modifying the heading thereto and adding immediately thereafter an introductory paragraph to read as follows:


4.             Call by the Company of Class B Units of Executives. The following provisions shall be applicable to a call by the Company of Class B Units of Executives:


(viii)     Section 5 of Exhibit B is hereby amended by modifying the heading thereto and introductory paragraph thereof to read as follows:


5.            Tag Along for Executives. Subject to Section 5(c) of this Exhibit B , no holder of Class A Units shall Transfer Class A Units to a third party without complying with the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 5 as they relate to Executives, as applicable.


(ix)     Exhibit B is hereby amended by adding thereto a new Section 5A to read as follows:


5A.          Tag Along for Holders of Warrant Exercised Units. Subject to Section 5A(c) of this Exhibit B , no holder of Class A Units shall Transfer Class A Units to a third party without complying with the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 5A as they relate to the holders of Warrant Exercised Units (the “5A Holders”), as applicable.


(a)          If one or more Sponsor Holders or any of their direct or remote Transferees (collectively, the “ 5A Sponsor Holders ”) desire to Transfer more than ten percent (10%) of the Class A Units held by the 5A Sponsor Unitholders (such 5A Sponsor Holders, collectively the “ 5A Initiating Unitholders ”) in a single transaction or a series of similar or related transactions, such 5A Initiating Unitholders shall give not less than ten (10) Business Days prior written notice of such intended Transfer to each of the 5A Holders and to the Company. Such notice (the “ 5A Participation Notice ”) shall set forth the terms and conditions of such proposed Transfer, including the name of the prospective Transferee, the number of Units proposed to be Transferred (the “ 5A Participation Securities ”) by the 5A Initiating Unitholders, the purchase price per Unit proposed to be paid therefor and the payment terms and type of Transfer to be effectuated. Within five (5) Business Days following the delivery of the 5A Participation Notice by the 5A Initiating Unitholders to each 5A Holder and to the Company, each 5A Holder shall have the right, by notice in writing to the 5A Initiating Unitholders and to the Company, to elect to Transfer to the purchasers in such proposed Transfer (upon the same terms and conditions as the 5A Initiating Unitholders) the same percentage of the Units represented by the Warrant Exercised Units held by each 5A Holder (the “ 5A Units ”) as the percentage of Units the 5A Initiating Unitholders are Transferring in the same transaction (such 5A Holders who so elect, collectively the “ 5A Participating Offerees ”). The amount of Participation Securities to be Transferred by the 5A Initiating Unitholders shall be ratably reduced to the extent necessary to provide for such sales of 5A Units by the 5A Participating Offerees.

 

 
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(b)          At the closing of any proposed Transfer in respect of which a 5A Participation Notice has been delivered, the 5A Initiating Unitholders, together with all 5A Participating Offerees, as the case may be, shall deliver to the proposed Transferee certificates evidencing the Units (including 5A Units), if any and as applicable, to be sold, free and clear of all Claims and Encumbrances, together with unit powers duly endorsed, and shall receive in exchange therefor the same per-Unit consideration in respect of such Units which are Transferred by such person in such proposed Transfer. In connection with any such Transfer, the representations and warranties of a 5A Participating Offeree shall be limited to matters that relate specifically to such 5A Participating Offeree such as due organization and authorization, no violation, title and ownership and investor status, and such 5A Participating Offeree shall have no obligation to make (i) representations and warranties as to the Company or other holders of Units or (ii) any non-competition or non-solicitation covenant or any agreement limiting the business in which the 5A Participating Offeree (or its Affiliates) may engage; provided, however, that each 5A Participating Offeree may be required to indemnify the Transferee on a several and not joint basis on terms no less favorable than the indemnification provided by the 5A Initiating Unitholder to the Transferee (taking into account the relative ownership of Units being Transferred in such transaction), which such indemnification liability for all matters shall not exceed the aggregate value of the consideration received by the 5A Participating Offeree in connection with such Transfer.


(c)           The provisions of this Section 5A shall not apply to (i) other Permitted Transfers, (ii) any Transfer pursuant to or after a Company Public Offering and (iii) Exempt Transfers; provided that any direct or remote Transferee of Class A Units from a 5A Sponsor Holder in a Transfer prior to a Company Public Offering shall automatically succeed to the rights and obligations of the Transferor thereof under this Section 5A .


(x)     Section 6 of Exhibit B is hereby amended by modifying the heading thereto and adding immediately thereafter an introductory paragraph to read as follows:


6.             Drag Along for Executives. The following provisions shall apply with respect to drag alongs for Executives.

 

 
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(xi)     Exhibit B is hereby amended by adding thereto a new Section 6A to read as follows:


6A.          Drag Along for Holders of Warrant Exercised Units. The following provisions shall apply with respect to drag along rights for the holders of Warrant Exercised Units (the “6A Holders”) .


(a)          If one or more Sponsor Holders (“ 6A Sponsor Holders ”) elect to Transfer to any Person or Persons that is not one of the 6A Sponsor Holders or an Affiliate of either of the 6A Sponsor Holders in a bona fide arms’-length transaction or series of related transactions at least the Requisite Amount of Class A Units (as defined below) held by the 6A Sponsor Holders (a “ Sale Event ”), then, upon ten (10) Business Days written notice from the 6A Sponsor Holders to the 6A Holders, which notice shall include a description of all of the terms and conditions of the proposed Transfer, including the proposed time and place of closing, the consideration to be received, the identity of the purchaser (and its controlling owners) and the amount of the 6A Sponsor Holders’ Class A Units to be Transferred, along with information that establishes that the 6A Sponsor Holders’ Class A Units to be Transferred are equal to or greater than the Requisite Amount of Class A Units (the “ Sale Request ”), each 6A Holder shall be obligated to and shall (i) Transfer and deliver, or cause to be Transferred and delivered, to such Person the same percentage of Class B Units represented by its Warrant Exercised Units (the “ 6A Units ”) as the percentage of Class A Units the 6A Sponsor Holders are Transferring in the same transaction at the closing thereof (and will deliver certificates for all of such Units, if any and as applicable, at the closing, free and clear of all Claims and Encumbrances, together with unit powers duly endorsed); (ii) execute, deliver and agree to be bound by the terms of any agreement for the Transfer of such 6A Units and any other agreement, instrument or certificates necessary to effectuate such Transfer; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in connection with any Transfer pursuant to this Section 6A, the representations and warranties to be made by each 6A Holder in such agreement shall be limited to matters that specifically relate to such 6A Holder such as due organization and authorization, no violation, title and ownership and investor status, and each 6A Holder shall have no obligation to make (i) representations and warranties as to the Company or others or (ii) any non-competition or non-solicitation covenant or any agreement limiting the business in which the 6A Holder (or its Affiliates) may engage; and provided, further, that each 6A Holder may be required to indemnify the Transferee on a several but not joint basis on terms no less favorable than the indemnification provided by the 6A Sponsor Holders to the Transferee (taking into account the relative ownership of Units being Transferred in such transaction), which such indemnification liability for all matters shall not exceed the aggregate value of the consideration received by each 6A Holder in connection with such Transfer. For purposes hereof, the “ Requisite Amount of Class A Units ” is (i) that number of Class A Units which, when combined with the 6A Units, is more than fifty percent (50%) of the outstanding Units, where (ii) not less than thirty percent (30%) of the outstanding Units being Transferred are held by a single 6A Sponsor Holder and its Affiliates.

 

 
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(b)          The provisions of Section 6A(a) of this Exhibit B shall not apply to any Transfer (i) pursuant to or after a Company Public Offering or (ii) pursuant to any other Permitted Transfer , provided that any direct or remote Transferee of Class A Units from a 6A Sponsor Holder in a Transfer prior to a Company Public Offering shall automatically succeed to the rights and obligations of the Transferor thereof under this Section 6A .


(c)          If the Sale Event has not occurred within 90 days of the date of the Sale Request, the provisions of Section 6A(a) of this Exhibit B applicable to such Sale Event shall, if such Sale Event is thereafter sought to be completed, be reapplied to such Sale Event.


(xii)     Section 8 of Exhibit B is hereby amended by modifying the introductory paragraph thereof to read in its entirety as follows:


This Section 8 applies upon the divorce of an Executive holding Class B Units, but only with respect to the Class B Units held by such Executive.


Section 2.      General Provisions .


(a)      Modifications . No amendments or modifications of this Amendment shall be valid unless such amendments or modifications are made in accordance with Section 16.05 of the LLC Agreement.


(b)      Counterparts . This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts (including facsimile counterparts), all of which together shall constitute a single instrument, and shall become effective when one or more counterparts has been signed by each of the parties hereto and delivered (including by facsimile) to the other parties hereto.


(c)      Governing Law; Severability . THIS AMENDMENT IS GOVERNED BY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, EXCLUDING ANY CONFLICT-OF-LAWS RULE OR PRINCIPLE THAT MIGHT REFER THE GOVERNANCE OR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS AMENDMENT TO THE LAWS OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION. In the event of a direct conflict between the provisions of this Amendment and any mandatory, non-waivable provision of the Act, such provision of the Act shall control. If any provision of the Act may be varied or superseded in a limited liability company agreement (or otherwise by agreement of the members or managers of a limited liability company), such provision shall be deemed superseded and waived in its entirety if this Amendment contains a provision addressing the same issue or subject matter. If any provision of the Act may be varied or superseded in a limited liability company agreement (or otherwise by agreement of the members or managers of a limited liability company), such provision shall be deemed superseded and waived in its entirety if this Amendment contains a provision addressing the same issue or subject matter. If any provision of this Amendment or the application thereof to any Member or circumstance is held invalid or unenforceable to any extent, (a) the remainder of this Amendment and the application of that provision to other Members or circumstances is not affected thereby, and (b) the Members shall negotiate in good faith to replace that provision with a new provision that is valid and enforceable and that puts the Members in substantially the same economic, business and legal position as they would have been in if the original provision had been valid and enforceable.


(d)      Status of LLC Agreement . Except as amended by this Amendment, all other terms of the LLC Agreement shall continue in full force and effect and remain unchanged and are hereby confirmed in all respects by the parties hereto.


[ Signature Pages Follow ]

 

 

 
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, constituting Members holding a Majority Interest, have duly executed and adopted this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

  AIM OXFORD HOLDINGS, LLC  
  By: AIM Coal Management, LLC, its Manager  
  By: /s/ Matthew P. Carbone  
  Name: Matthew P. Carbone  
  Title:  Member  

C&T COAL, INC.

By: /s/ Charles C. Ungurean
Name: Charles C. Ungurean
Title:  President

 

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF
OXFORD RESOURCES GP, LLC

SIGNATURE PAGE


 

 


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Holder has duly executed and adopted this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.

 


HOLDER:

 

OXFORD RESOURCE HOLDINGS, LLC

 

 

TENNENBAUM OPPORTUNITIES

PARTNERS V, LP , Its Member

 

 

By Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC, Its

Investment Manager

 

 

By: /s/ Howard M. Levkowitz                      

Name: Howard M. Levkowitz

Title: Managing Partner

 

 

TENNENBAUM OPPORTUNITIES FUND VI,

LLC , Its Member

 

 

By Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC, Its

Investment Manager

 

 

By: /s/ Howard M. Levkowitz                       

Name: Howard M. Levkowitz

Title: Managing Partner

 

 

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF
OXFORD RESOURCES GP, LLC

SIGNATURE PAGE


 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Holder has duly executed and adopted this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.

 


HOLDER:

 

A544 ACQUISITION LLC

 

By:  PIMCO Distressed Credit Fund, L.P.,

its managing member

 

By:  PIMCO GP VII, its general partner

 

By:  Pacific Investment Management Company

LLC, its managing member

 

By:    /s/ Adam L. Gubner                          

Name: Adam L. Gubner

Title: SVP

 

 

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF
OXFORD RESOURCES GP, LLC

SIGNATURE PAGE


 

 


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned Holder has duly executed and adopted this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.


 

HOLDER:

 

A544 ACQUISITION-B LLC

 

By:  PIMCO Distressed Credit Fund B, L.P.,

its managing member

 

By:  PIMCO GP VII, its general partner

 

By:  Pacific Investment Management Company

LLC, its managing member

 

By:    /s/ Adam L. Gubner                                 

Name: Adam L. Gubner

Title: SVP

 

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT OF
OXFORD RESOURCES GP, LLC

SIGNATURE PAGE

Exhibit 99.1

 


Partnership Contact :

Bradley W. Harris

(614) 643-0314

ir@OxfordResources.com


Oxford Resource Partners, LP Successfully Completes Refinancing;

Closes on $175 Million of New Credit Facilities

 

Refinancing significantly enhances liquidity and financial flexibility for Partnership

 


COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 25, 2013 – Oxford Resource Partners, LP (NYSE: OXF) (the “Partnership” or “Oxford”) today announced that it has successfully completed a refinancing of its credit facilities that significantly enhances the Partnership’s financial flexibility and puts it in a stronger position to participate in a coal market rebound.


The Partnership has closed on $175 million of new credit facilities that replace its previous term loan and revolving credit facility, thereby extending the maturity profile of the Partnership’s debt and increasing availability under its revolver. The new facilities, which are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Partnership and its wholly owned subsidiaries, consist of a first lien $75 million term loan and $25 million revolving credit facility arranged by Cerberus Capital Management, L.P., and a second lien $75 million term loan arranged by Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC.


Oxford’s President and Chief Executive Officer Charles C. Ungurean commented, “I am pleased that we have closed on these new credit facilities which replace our maturing revolver and term loan credit facility. By extending the maturity profile of our debt and increasing availability under our revolver, we have significantly enhanced our liquidity as we continue to focus on increasing productivity across our operations.”


The net proceeds of the new facilities are being used to retire both the existing revolving credit facility maturing next month and the existing term loan maturing in July 2014, to pay related fees and expenses and for general corporate purposes. The new first lien facility matures in August 2015 with an optional extension to May 2016 if certain conditions are met. The new second lien facility matures in December 2015 with an optional extension to September 2016 if certain conditions are met. Both new financing agreements contain customary covenants, and also a covenant that precludes the Partnership from making any unitholder distributions during the term of the new facilities. Additional details regarding the terms of the new facilities are provided in the Partnership’s Current Report on Form 8-K being filed today with the Securities and Exchange Commission.


Evercore Partners acted as sole financial advisor and placement agent to the Partnership with respect to the new facilities.


About Oxford Resource Partners, LP


Oxford Resource Partners, LP is a low-cost producer of high-value steam coal in Northern Appalachia and the Illinois Basin. Oxford markets its coal primarily to large electric utilities with coal-fired, base-load scrubbed power plants under long-term coal sales contracts. The Partnership is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

 

 
 

 

 


For more information about Oxford Resource Partners, LP (NYSE: OXF), please visit www.OxfordResources.com. Financial and other information about the Partnership is routinely posted on and accessible at www.OxfordResources.com .


About Cerberus Capital Management, L.P.


Established in 1992, Cerberus Capital Management, L.P. (“Cerberus”) is one of the world's leading private investment firms. Cerberus has more than US $20 billion under management invested in four primary strategies: distressed securities and assets, control and non-control private equity, commercial mid-market lending, and real estate-related investments. From its headquarters in New York City and large network of affiliate and advisory offices in the U.S., Europe and Asia, Cerberus has the on-the-ground presence to invest in multiple sectors through multiple investment strategies in countries around the world.


About Tennenbaum Capital Partners, LLC


Tennenbaum Capital Partners™ (“TCP”) is a Los Angeles based, alternative investment management firm focused primarily on middle-market credit opportunities. TCP manages a publicly-traded business development company, TCP Capital Corp. (NASDAQ:  TCPC), as well as other funds and accounts. The firm’s investment professionals use their extensive expertise in industry, legal, operational and financial disciplines to successfully execute TCP’s investment strategies. Since its founding, TCP has invested more than US $11 billion in over 250 companies. For more information, please visit: www.tennenbaumcapital.com .


Forward-Looking Statements


Except for historical information, statements made in this press release are “forward-looking statements.” All statements, other than statements of historical facts, included in this press release that address activities, events or developments that the Partnership expects, believes or anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements.


These statements are based on certain assumptions made by the Partnership based on its management’s experience and perception of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors the Partnership’s management believes are appropriate under the circumstances. Such statements are subject to a number of assumptions, risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the Partnership’s control, which may cause actual results to differ materially from those implied or expressed by the forward-looking statements. These risks, uncertainties and contingencies include, but are not limited to, the following: productivity levels, margins earned and the level of operating costs; weakness in global economic conditions or in customers’ industries; changes in governmental regulation of the mining industry or the electric power industry and the increased costs of complying with those changes; decreases in demand for electricity and changes in coal consumption patterns of U.S. electric power generators; the Partnership’s dependence on a limited number of customers; the Partnership’s inability to enter into new long-term coal sales contracts at attractive prices and the renewal and other risks associated with the Partnership’s existing long-term coal sales contracts, including risks related to adjustments to price, volume or other terms of those contracts; difficulties in collecting the Partnership’s receivables because of credit or financial problems of major customers, and customer bankruptcies, cancellations or breaches to existing contracts or other failures to perform; the Partnership’s ability to acquire additional coal reserves; the Partnership’s ability to respond to increased competition within the coal industry; fluctuations in coal demand, prices and availability due to labor and transportation costs and disruptions, equipment availability, governmental regulations, including those pertaining to carbon dioxide emissions, and other factors; significant costs imposed on the Partnership’s mining operations by extensive and frequently changing environmental laws and regulations, and greater than expected environmental regulations, costs and liabilities; legislation and regulatory and related judicial decisions and interpretations including issues pertaining to climate change and miner health and safety; a variety of operational, geologic, permitting, labor and weather-related factors, including those pertaining to both our mining operations and our underground coal reserves that we do not operate; limitations in the cash distributions the Partnership receives from its majority-owned subsidiary, Harrison Resources, LLC, and the ability of Harrison Resources, LLC to acquire additional reserves on economical terms from CONSOL Energy Inc. in the future; the potential for inaccuracies in estimates of the Partnership’s coal reserves, which could result in lower than expected revenues or higher than expected costs; the accuracy of the assumptions underlying the Partnership’s reclamation and mine closure obligations; liquidity constraints, including those resulting from the cost or unavailability of financing due to current capital markets conditions; risks associated with major mine-related accidents; results of litigation, including claims not yet asserted; the Partnership’s ability to attract and retain key management personnel; greater than expected shortage of skilled labor; the Partnership’s ability to maintain satisfactory relations with employees; and failure to obtain, maintain or renew security arrangements, such as surety bonds or letters of credit, in a timely manner and on acceptable terms.


The Partnership undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements. Readers should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements, which reflect management’s views only as of the date hereof. Further information on risks and uncertainties is available in the Partnership’s periodic reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or otherwise publicly disseminated by the Partnership.