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Exhibit 10.1

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT
 
This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of March 14, 2011 (the
“Amendment”), is entered into by and among Applied Natural Gas Fuels, Inc., a
Nevada corporation (the “Borrower”), the other persons designated as “Loan
Parties” on the signature pages hereto (the “Loan Parties”), the persons
designated as “Lenders” on the signature pages hereto (the “Lenders”) and Fourth
Third LLC, a Delaware limited liabililty company, as agent for the Lenders (in
such capacity, the “Agent”) and as a Lender.
 
WHEREAS, Borrower, the other Loan Parties, Lenders (as defined therein) and
Agent are party to a certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 24, 2010 (the
“Credit Agreement”; and
 
WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that Agent and Lenders make an additional loan
to permit Borrower to finance the purchases of certain equipment; and
 
WHEREAS, Agent and Lenders are willing to agree to such request and enter into
this Amendment upon the terms and conditions provided herein.
 
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions
and covenants herein contained, Borrower, the other Loan Parties, Lenders and
Agent agree as follows:
 
SECTION 1.
DEFINED TERMS AND SECTIONS

Capitalized terms set forth herein shall have the meanings when used herein as
set forth in the Credit Agreement.  Section references used herein shall, unless
otherwise expressly provided, be deemed to be references to Sections of the
Credit Agreement.

SECTION 2.
AMENDMENTS

Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions to effectiveness referred to in
Section 3 below, Borrower, the other Loan Parties, Lenders and Agent agree that
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
 
2.1           Definitions.
 
(a)           New Definitions.  The following definitions shall be added to
Section 1.1 of the Credit Agreement in the appropriate alphabetical order.
 
“Amendment No. 1” means the Amendment No. 1 to Credit Agreement, dated as of
March 14, 2011, made by the parties hereto, amending this Agreement.
 
“Amendment No. 1 Closing Date” means that date on which Medley disburses the
Medley Loan upon satisfaction of the conditions precedent thereto set forth in
Amendment No. 1.
 
“Capital Reserve” means a sum in cash equal to $500,000 constituting additional
Collateral to be used as provided in Section 2.3.4.
 

 
 

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“Capital Reserve Account” means a non-interest bearing deposit account opened by
the Borrower in its name at a bank selected by or acceptable to Agent over
which, by tri-party agreement with the depository bank and the Borrower, Agent
shall be given sole dominion and control.
 
“Medley” means Medley Capital Corporation, a Delaware corporation.
 
“Medley Loan” means the loan in the amount of the Medley Loan Commitment made
pursuant to Section 2.1.3 of this Agreement on the Amendment No. 1 Closing Date.
 
“Medley Loan Commitment” means the commitment of Medley to make the Medley Loan
to Borrower in the principal amount of $5,000,000 on the Amendment No. 1 Loan
Closing Date.
 
“Medley Loan Purposes” means the following purposes, in respect of the use of
the proceeds of the Medley Loan:  (i) to fund the Capital Reserve; (ii) to
finance the acquisition of the New Equipment; (iii) to pay the origination fee
owing to Medley and other closing costs associated with the closing of the
Medley Loan; and (iv) as to any remainder, for corporate purposes of the
Borrower not in contravention of any terms of this Agreement.
 
“New Equipment” means the equipment listed on Schedule A to Amendment No. 1.
 
(b)           Amended Definitions.  The following modifications shall be made to
certain existing defined terms in Section 1.1 as follows:
 
In “Collateral,” add at its end:
 
The term “Collateral” shall also extend to and include the Capital Reserve and
all New Equipment, from and after the Amendment No. 1 Closing Date.
 
In “Lenders,” add at its end:
 
The term “Lenders” shall also extend to and include Medley from and after the
Amendment No. 1 Closing Date.
 
In “Loan Commitments” add at its end:
 
The term “Loan Commitment” shall also extend to and include the Medley Loan
Commitment from and after the Amendment No. 1 Closing Date.
 
In “Loans,” add at its end:
 
The term “Loans,” shall also extend to and include the Medley Loan from and
after the Amendment No. 1 Closing Date.
 
2.2           Medley Loan.  There shall be added to Section 2 of the Credit
Agreement a new Section 2.1.3, to read as follows:
 
2.1.3           Medley Loan.
 
On the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Medley, acting
severally and for itself alone, agrees to lend to Borrower on the Amendment No.
1 Closing Date the entire amount of the Medley Loan Commitment, after which the
Medley Loan Commitment shall terminate, and no portion of the Medley
 

 
 

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Loan may be re-borrowed once repaid.  The proceeds of the Medley Loan shall be
used only for Medley Loan Purposes.  Without limitation of the foregoing Agent
shall have the right to require the Borrower from time to time to account to
Agent for the use of the proceeds of the Medley Loan, particularly in relation
to the acquisition of the New Equipment, all of which New Equipment the Borrower
agrees to acquire not later than 360 days from the Amendment No. 1 Closing
Date.  In addition to the foregoing:
 
(a)           Interest.  Notwithstanding any of Section 2.3.1 to the contrary,
Borrower agrees to pay cash interest on the unpaid principal amount of the
Medley Loan for the period commencing on the Amendment No. 1 Closing Date until
such Loan is paid in full at a per annum rate equal to thirteen percent (13.0%)
simple interest, provided that at any time that an Event of Default exists, at
the option of the Agent or if requested the Required Lenders, the aforesaid
interest rate shall increase to the Default Rate, as provided in, and subject to
the terms of, Section 2.3.1.  Interest on the Medley Loan shall be due and
payable, in cash, quarterly in arrears, commencing on April 1, 2011, and
continuing on the first day of each calendar quarter thereafter, provided that,
on the Amendment No. 1 Closing Date, the Borrower shall remit to Medley an
interest prepayment through March 31, 2011, calculated as if the Medley Loan
were disbursed on March 1, 2011 (regardless of the actual date of its
disbursement).
 
(b)           Prepayments.  The Medley Loan may be voluntarily prepaid in
accordance with, and subject to, Section 2.4.1, provided that any voluntary
prepayments of the Loans must be made, first, to the Medley Loan, until it is
Paid in Full, before being made to any other Loan.  The Medley Loan shall also
be subject to mandatory prepayment, as provided in, and subject to, Section
3.4.2 and Section 2.4.3, provided that all mandatory prepayments shall be
applied, first, to the Medley Loan, until it is Paid in Full, before being made
to any other Loan.
 
(c)           Repayment.  The outstanding principal balance of the Medley Loan
shall be Paid in Full, on the Maturity Date, unless sooner accelerated pursuant
to Section 8.2.
 
(d)           Origination Fee.  On the Amendment No. 1 Closing Date, Medley
shall receive from the Borrower an origination fee equal to 2% of the Medley
Loan Commitment, which fee shall be fully earned and non-refundable once paid.
 
2.3           Interest Payments Generally.  There shall be added to Section
2.3.2 of the Credit Agreement at the end thereof the following:
 
Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, commencing on April 1, 2011, and
continuing thereafter, interest accrued on each Loan, other than the Castlerigg
A Loan, shall be due and payable in cash quarterly in arrears on the first day
of each calendar quarter (for the preceding calendar quarter or portion
thereof).
 
2.4           Capital Reserve.  There shall be added to Section 2.3 a new
Section 2.3.4, to read as follows:
 

 
 

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2.3.4           Capital Reserve.  By not later than the Amendment No. 1 Closing
Date, Borrower shall have established the Capital Reserve Account and funded the
Capital Reserve with a portion of the proceeds of the Medley Loan.  Agent shall
have sole and exclusive dominion and control over the Capital Reserve Account
and the Capital Reserve at all times.  Upon any Event of Default, whether in
regard to the payment of interest on the Loans or otherwise, Agent may, and at
the request of the Required Lenders, Agent shall, use funds on deposit in the
Capital Reserve to pay any obligations then due and owing to Agent or the
Lenders but unpaid by the Borrower in accordance with the provisions of Section
2.6.2(b), provided that the application thereof shall not constitute a cure or
waiver of any Event of Default then existing in regard thereto.  The Capital
Reserve shall at all times constitute additional Collateral pending its use as
provided hereinabove.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, unless an Event
of Default has occurred which is then continuing, the Capital Reserve (or so
much thereof as is then existing) shall be subject to release upon the happening
of the events and in the amounts specified below:  (1) if Borrower’s EBITDA,
determined for its 2011 fiscal year from its annual, audited financial
statements, is at least $5,000,000, then, an amount equal to 50% of the Capital
Reserve then existing shall be returned to Borrower, and (2) if Borrower has
complied with clause (1) above, and received the portion of the Capital Reserve
referenced therein, then, if Borrower’s EBITDA, measured on a fiscal quarter
basis, for any fiscal quarter ending subsequent to the end of Borrower’s 2011
fiscal year, is at least $1,500,000, the remainder of the Capital Reserve shall
be returned to Borrower, provided that no such return shall be made pursuant to
this clause (2) any sooner then September 11, 2012 regardless when such
quarterly EBITDA amount is achieved; provided, further, that, any return of the
Capital Reserve shall be conditioned upon the understanding that the Borrower
will use the monies returned only to finance the purchase of (or reimburse
itself from funds expended on the purchase of) machinery and equipment for use
in its business with any remainder being used for proper corporate purposes
consistent with the terms of this Agreement, that Borrower will keep records of
such expenditures, and that Borrower will provide Agent with an accounting of
such expenditures as and when requested by Agent from time to time.
 
2.5           Waterfall Adjustment.  Section 2.6.2(b), clause (iv), of the
Credit Agreement shall be amended by and restated in its entirety to read as
follows (new language is highlighted in bold type):
 
(iv)           FOURTH, to the payment of all principal then owing in respect of
the Medley Loan, until it is Paid in Full, then, the Castlerigg A Loan, until it
is Paid in Full, and then, to the payment of all principal in respect of the
Loans, but for the Castlerigg A Loan and the Medley Loan, on a pari passu basis,
pro rata based on the proportion which each Loan then bears to the aggregate
amount of the Loans, and with sharing between Lenders on each Loan to be pro
rata based on each Lender’s Pro Rata Share thereof, until Paid in Full; and
 
2.6           Financial Covenants.
 
(a)           Section 7.13.1 (Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio) shall be amended by
deleting in its entirety the existing table set forth therein and replacing it
with the following table:
 
 
 

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Computation Period Ending
Amount
June 30, 2011
N/A
September 30, 2011
N/A
December 31, 2011
1.0:1
March 31, 2012 and thereafter
1.10:1

(b)           Section 7.13.2 (EBITDA) shall be amended by deleting in its
entirety the existing table set forth therein and replacing it with the
following table:
 
Computation Period Ending
Amount
March 31, 2011
$200,000
June 30, 2011
$300,000
September 30, 2011
$500,000
December 31, 2011
$600,000
March 31, 2012 and thereafter
$750,000

and adding thereto at the end thereof:
 
As used in this Section 7.13.2, “Computation Period” shall mean each Fiscal
Quarter ending on the date prescribed above.
 
(c)           Section 7.13.3 (Capital Expenditures) shall be amended by adding
thereto at the end thereof, after the existing table, this sentence:
 
In determining the Borrower’s compliance with the foregoing covenant, any
Capital Expenditures that are financed with the proceeds of the Medley Loan
shall be excluded.
 
SECTION 3.
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS
 
The amendments set forth hereinabove shall become effective retroactive to the
Closing Date (the “Effective Date”) provided that the following conditions are
satisfied in full:
 
(a)           Agent shall have received one or more counterparts of this
Amendment executed and delivered by Borrower, the other Loan Parties, Agent and
Lenders;
 
(b)           The Capital Reserve Account shall have been established, as
provided above.
 
(c)           Medley shall have been paid its origination fee and prepaid
interest amount, each, as provided above.
 
(d)           First Community Financial, a Division of Pacific Western Bank, and
successor to Greenfield in respect of the Greenfield Debt, the Greenfield Debt
Accounts and the Greenfield Intercreditor Agreement, shall have consented to the
Medley Loan on terms acceptable to Agent.
 

 
 

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(e)           no Default or Event of Default is continuing or would result after
giving effect to this Amendment; and
 
(f)           all representations and warranties of the Loan Parties contained
in this Amendment and in the Credit Agreement shall be true and correct in all
material respects as of the date hereof and as of the Effective Date, except to
the extent such representations and warranties relate to a specific date.
 
SECTION 4.
NO WAIVER; LIMITATION ON SCOPE
 
(a)           Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the representations,
warranties, terms, covenants and conditions of the Loan Documents shall remain
in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms.  The
amendments set forth herein shall be limited precisely as provided for herein
and shall not be deemed to be waivers of, amendments of, consents to or
modifications of any term or provision of the Loan Documents or any other
document or instrument referred to therein or of any transaction or further or
future action on the part of Borrower or any other Loan Party requiring the
consent of Agent or Lenders except to the extent specifically provided for
herein.
 
SECTION 5.
MISCELLANEOUS
 
(a)           Borrower and the other Loan Parties hereby represent and warrant
that this Amendment has been duly authorized and executed by Borrower and each
of the other Loan Parties and that the Credit Agreement, as amended by this
Amendment, is the legal, valid and binding obligation of Borrower and the other
Loan Parties party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as
such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether
enforcement is sought by proceedings in law or in equity).
 
(b)           Each of Borrower and the other Loan Parties repeats and restates
the representations and warranties of such Person contained in the Credit
Agreement as of the date of this Amendment  and as of the Effective Date, except
to the extent such representations and warranties relate to a specific date;
provided that references to the Credit Agreement or “this Agreement” in such
representations and warranties shall be deemed to be references to the Credit
Agreement as amended pursuant to this Amendment.
 
(c)           Borrower agrees to pay on demand all of Agent’s and each Lender’s
costs and expenses arising in connection with the execution and delivery of this
Amendment.
 
(d)           Borrower and the other Loan Parties hereby ratify and confirm the
Credit Agreement as amended hereby, and agree that, as amended hereby, the
Credit Agreement remains in full force and effect.
 
(e)           Borrower and the other Loan Parties agree that the Loan Documents
to which each such Person is a party remain in full force and effect (as amended
hereby in the case of the Credit Agreement) notwithstanding the execution and
delivery of this Amendment and that nothing contained in this Amendment shall
constitute a defense to the enforcement of any Loan Document.
 
(f)           This Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an
original, but all of which counterparts together shall constitute but one and
the same instrument.
 

 
 

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(g)           All references in the Loan Documents to the “Credit Agreement” and
in the Credit Agreement as amended hereby to “this Agreement,” “hereof,”
“herein” or the like shall mean and refer to the Credit Agreement as amended by
this Amendment (as well as by all subsequent amendments, restatements,
modifications and supplements thereto).
 
(h)           THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND
ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT
REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES (OTHER THAN SECTION 5-1401 OF THE NEW YORK
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).
 
(i)           This Amendment is a “Loan Document” and each of the provisions set
forth in Section 10 (Miscellaneous) of the Credit Agreement applies to this
Amendment to the same extent each such provision applies to any other Loan
Document. Without limitation of the foregoing, each of the following provisions
of the Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by this reference with the
same effect as though set forth in its entirety herein, mutatis mutandis, and as
if “this Agreement” in any such provision read “this Amendment”: Section 10.2
(Notices), Section 10.10 (Captions), Section 10.13 (Severability), Section 10.14
(Entire Agreement), Section 10.15 (Successors and Assigns), Section 10.17 (Forum
Selection; Consent to Jurisdiction) and Section 10.18 (Waiver of Jury Trial).
 
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
 

 
 

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Exhibit 10.1

WITNESS the due execution hereof by the respective duly authorized officers of
the undersigned as of the date first written above.

 
BORROWER:
     
APPLIED NATURAL GAS FUELS, INC.
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Cem Hacioglu
 
Name:
Cem Hacioglu
 
Title:
President & CEO
     
LOAN PARTIES:
 
     
NEW EARTH LNG, LLC
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Cem Hacioglu
 
Name:
Cem Hacioglu
 
Title:
President & CEO
     
APPLIED LNG TECHNOLOGIES, L.L.C.
 
By:NEW EARTH LNG, LLC, its Sole Member
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Cem Hacioglu
 
Name:
Cem Hacioglu
 
Title:
President & CEO
     
FLEET STAR, INC.
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Cem Hacioglu
 
Name:
Cem Hacioglu
 
Title:
President & CEO
     
ARIZONA LNG, L.L.C.
 
By:  NEW EARTH LNG, LLC, its Sole Member
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Cem Hacioglu
 
Name:
Cem Hacioglu
 
Title:
President & CEO

 
 

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AGENT AND LENDERS:
     
FOURTH THIRD LLC,
as Agent and a Lender
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Brooke Taube
 
Name:
Brooke Taube
 
Title:
Member, Managing
     
CASTLERIGG PNG INVESTMENTS LLC,
as a Lender
 
 
 
By:
/s/ R. Gashler
 
Name:
R. Gashler
 
Title:
G. C.
     
MEDLEY CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as a Lender
 
 
 
By:
/s/ Richard Allorto
 
Name:
Richard Allorto
 
Title:
Chief Financial Officer

 
 

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Exhibit 10.1

Schedule A
 
Equipment Acquisition Schedule
 

 
Trailer #
Manufacturer
Model
10% Down Payment
Delivery Date
 
1
Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
2/1/11
5/21/11
2
Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
4/1/11
5/30/11
3
Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
5/1/11
6/20/11
4
Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
5/1/11
6/28/11
5
Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
6/1/11
7/11/11
6
Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
6/1/11
7/24/11
7
Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
7/1/11
8/10/11
8
Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
7/1/11
8/21/11
8
Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
8/1/11
9/8/11
10
Cryogenic Vessel Alternatives
CVA-12.7K-70-TR-P
8/1/11
8/20/11
         
ORCA
       
1
Chart Inc.
ORCA LNG-3500
3/1/11
7/2/11
2
Chart Inc.
ORCA LNG-3500
TBD
TBD
         

 
 

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