Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Version

 

WAIVER AND SECOND AMENDMENT
TO TERM LOAN CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS WAIVER AND SECOND AMENDMENT TO TERM LOAN CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
(this “Amendment”), dated as of August 14, 2018, is by and among Hudson
Technologies Company, a Tennessee corporation (“Hudson Technologies”), HUDSON
HOLDINGS, INC., a Nevada corporation (“Holdings”), and ASPEN REFRIGERANTS, INC.
(formerly known as AIRGAS-REFRIGERANTS, INC.), a Delaware corporation (“ARI” and
together with Hudson Technologies, and Holdings, collectively, the “Borrowers”,
and each a “Borrower”), the other Credit Parties hereto, the financial
institutions party hereto as lenders (the “Lenders”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as collateral agent and
administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacities, the “Agent”).
Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the
meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement (as defined below).

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the other Credit Parties, the Lenders, and the Agent are
parties to that certain Term Loan Credit and Security Agreement dated as of
October 10, 2017 (as amended by that Limited Waiver and First Amendment to Term
Loan Credit and Security Agreement and Certain Other Documents, dated as of June
29, 2018 (as amended, the “First Amendment”), and as may be further amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit
Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, the Credit Parties have requested that the Agent and the Lenders (a)
waive compliance with the Total Leverage Ratio covenant set forth in Section 1.1
of the First Amendment and (b) amend certain provisions of the Credit Agreement,
and the Agent and the Lenders have agreed to grant such waiver and make such
amendments, in each case, in accordance with and subject to the terms and
conditions set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the agreements hereinafter set forth, and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Article I. 

WAIVER

 

1.1              Waiver of First Amendment Total Leverage Ratio. Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, the Agent and the Required Lenders hereby
waive the requirement to comply with the Total Leverage Ratio covenant set forth
in Section 1.1 of the First Amendment; provided, that, (x) on October 15, 2018,
the Credit Parties shall provide the Agent and the Lenders with a certificate
setting forth in reasonable detail (with accompanying calculations) the Total
Leverage Ratio as of the four fiscal quarter period ending September 30, 2018,
and (y) and the failure of the Credit Parties to (i) maintain, as of the end of
such four fiscal quarter period, the Total Leverage Ratio required under Section
6.5 of the Credit Agreement, or (ii) deliver the certificate described in the
immediately preceding clause (x) shall, in each case, constitute an immediate
Event of Default.

 

 

 

 

1.2              Waiver of Section 9.8(i) Reporting Requirement. Subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, the Agent and the Required Lenders hereby
waive the requirement to deliver the 10-Q report of HT filed for the fiscal
quarter ended June 30, 2018 within the forty-five (45) day time period required
by Section 9.8(i) of the Credit Agreement; provided, that such 10-Q report shall
be provided to Agent and the Lenders promptly as soon as such report is filed.

 

1.3              Effectiveness of Waivers. The foregoing waivers shall be
effective only to the extent specifically set forth herein and shall not (a) be
construed as a waiver of any breach, Default or Event of Default other than as
specifically waived herein nor as a waiver of any breach, Default or Event of
Default of which the Lenders have not been informed by the Credit Parties, (b)
affect the right of the Lenders to demand compliance by the Credit Parties with
all terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and the Other Documents, except
as specifically modified or waived by the terms hereof, (c) be deemed a waiver
of any transaction or future action on the part of the Credit Parties requiring
the Lenders’ or the Required Lenders’ consent or approval under the Credit
Agreement or the Other Documents, or (d) except as waived hereby, be deemed or
construed to be a waiver or release of, or a limitation upon, the Agent’s or the
Lenders’ exercise of any rights or remedies under the Credit Agreement or any
Other Document, whether arising as a consequence of any Default or Event of
Default which may now exist or otherwise, all such rights and remedies hereby
being expressly reserved.

 

Article II.
AMENDMENTs TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

2.1              Amendments to Section 1.2 of the Credit Agreement.

 

(a)     Section 1.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the
following new defined terms in proper alphabetical order:

 

““Bi-Weekly Reporting Package” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.13(b) hereof.”

 

““Exit Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(b) hereof.”

 

““Financial Covenant Waiver Period” shall mean the period commencing with the
fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2018, and concluding with the fiscal quarter
ending September 30, 2018.”

 

““Repayment in Full” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 3.4(b) hereof.”

 

““Sales/Inventory Report” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 9.13(b)
hereof.”

 

 

 

 

““Second Amendment” shall mean that certain Waiver and Second Amendment to Term
Loan Credit and Security Agreement dated as of August 14, 2018 by and among the
Borrowers, the other Credit Parties, the Agent, and the Lenders.”

 

““Second Amendment Effective Date” shall mean August 14, 2018.”

 

““13-Week Cash Flow Forecast” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
9.13(a) hereof.”

 

(b)    Section 1.2 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
term “Applicable Rate” in its entirety and substituting the following in lieu
thereof:

 

“Applicable Rate” shall mean the Eurodollar Rate plus 10.25% (it being expressly
acknowledged that (x) the increase in the Applicable Rate as a result of the
modifications set forth in the Second Amendment shall be retroactive from and
after July 1, 2018, and (y) in no event shall the increase in the Applicable
Rate as a result of modifications set forth in the Second Amendment exceed the
Applicable Rate in effect on the Closing Date by more than three percent (3.00%)
per annum (excluding the imposition of interest at the Default Rate)).

 

2.2              Amendment to Section 2.20(f) of the Credit Agreement. Clause
(i) of Section 2.20(f) is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read in
full as follows:

 

“(i) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, no Prepayment Premium or
Make-Whole Amount shall be payable (x) in the event Repayment in Full occurs
prior to March 31, 2020, or (y) in connection with any prepayment made pursuant
to this Section 2.20 (other than a mandatory prepayment under Section 2.20(b), a
payment as a result of acceleration or foreclosure, or a prepayment required as
a result of a disposition of assets not permitted hereunder).”

 

2.3              Amendment to Section 3.1 of the Credit Agreement. The second
sentence of Section 3.1(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by
replacing the text “3.00% interest per annum” with the text “6.00% interest per
annum”.

 

2.4              Amendment to Section 3.4 of the Credit Agreement. Section 3.4
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read
in full as follows:

 

“Fees.

 

(a)        Borrowers shall pay the amounts required to be paid in the Fee Letter
and the FS Fee Letter in the manner and at the times required by the Fee Letter
and the FS Fee Letter.

 

(b)       Subject to the last sentence of this clause (b), in consideration of
the agreements of the Agent and the Lenders under the Second Amendment, in
addition to any other fees payable hereunder, the Borrowers agree to pay to
Lenders an exit fee equal to three percent (3.00%) of the outstanding principal
balance of the Loans on the Second Amendment Effective Date (the “Exit Fee”),
which Exit Fee shall be fully earned as of the Second Amendment Effective Date,
but shall only be payable in full in cash upon the earlier to occur of (x) this
Agreement having been terminated pursuant to Section 12.2 and all Obligations
(other than contingent indemnification and reimbursement obligations for which
no claim has been asserted) having been paid in full (whether through a
refinancing transaction or otherwise) (“Repayment in Full”), or (y) any
acceleration of the Loans pursuant to Section 11.1. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, Lenders hereby agree that (i) payment of the Exit Fee shall be waived
in the event that Repayment in Full occurs prior to January 1, 2020, and (ii)
the Exit Fee shall be reduced to one-and-one-half percent (1.50%) in the event
that Repayment in Full occurs on or after January 1, 2020 but prior to March 31,
2020.”

 

 

 

 

2.5              Amendment to Section 6.5 of the Credit Agreement. Section 6.5
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read
in full as follows:

 

“Financial Covenants.

 

(a)               Total Leverage Ratio. Maintain as of the end of each fiscal
quarter, for the consecutive four fiscal quarter period then ending, commencing
with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2017, a Total Leverage Ratio of not
greater than 4.75:1.00.

 

(b)               During the Financial Covenant Waiver Period, without the prior
written consent of the Required Lenders, the Credit Parties shall not be
permitted to (x) make Permitted Acquisitions or any other investments under
Section 7.4(e) (excluding transactions permitted under Section 7.10 hereof so
long as such transactions are solely among Borrowers and/or Guarantors) and
Section 7.4(f), or (y) declare, pay or make any dividends or distributions on
any shares of the common stock or preferred stock of any Credit Party (other
than dividends or distributions payable solely in its stock or rights thereto,
or split-ups or reclassifications of its stock), including Permitted
Distributions, or payments in respect of Earn-outs, under Section 7.7.”

 

2.6              Amendment to Section 7.10 of the Credit Agreement. Section 7.10
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by replacing the proviso at the end
thereof to read as follows:

 

“provided, however, any Borrower shall be permitted to make loans (i) to
Affiliates (specifically excluding any other Borrowers or Guarantors), so long
as the aggregate principal amount of all such loans made by all Borrowers shall
not exceed $250,000 outstanding at any one time and (ii) to any other Borrowers
or Guarantors.”

 

2.7              Amendment to Section 9.13 of the Credit Agreement. Section 9.13
of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as
follows:

 

“Bi-Weekly Reporting.

 

(a)        Commencing August 29, 2018 and on a bi-weekly basis thereafter (by
5:00 p.m. New York City time no later than the third (3rd) Business Day of each
second week), furnish Agent and Lenders with a 13-week rolling cash flow
forecast, which shall (i) show receipts and disbursements of the Credit Parties
projected through such period, (ii) commencing with the second such forecast and
for each such forecast thereafter, contain a comparison of the Credit Parties’
actual receipts and disbursements for the immediately preceding two-week period
to the projected receipts and disbursements for such period as set forth in the
cash flow forecast for such period, and (iii) otherwise be in form and
substance, and with such detail, as is reasonably acceptable to the Required
Lenders (each such report, a “13-Week Cash Flow Forecast”). The Borrowers
represent, warrant and covenant that each cash flow forecast shall be, and when
delivered has been, prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by
the Borrowers to be reasonable in light of current market conditions, it being
acknowledged and agreed by Agent and the Lenders that projections as to future
events are inherently uncertain and are not a guarantee of financial performance
and that actual results may differ from projected results.

 

 

 

 

(b)        Concurrently with the delivery of any 13-Week Cash Flow Forecast
under the preceding clause (a), furnish Agent and Lenders with a bi-weekly sales
and inventory report, which shall (i) show, with respect to the Credit Parties
on a consolidated basis for the immediately preceding two-week period, (x) sales
by gas, including volumes and average pricing, and (y) inventory by gas,
including cost and pounds on hand, and (ii) otherwise be in form and substance,
and with such detail, as is reasonably acceptable to the Required Lenders (each
such report, a “Sales/Inventory Report”; together with the 13-Week Cash Flow
Forecast, the “Bi-Weekly Reporting Package”).

 

(c) Not later than the second (2nd) Business Day after delivery of any Bi-Weekly
Reporting Package, the Credit Parties shall cause their senior management to
make themselves available during normal business hours for a telephonic meeting
with the Lenders and their advisors to discuss information contained in such
Bi-Weekly Reporting Package, as well as any other information regarding the
Credit Parties’ business results and operations reasonably requested by the
Lenders.”

 

2.8              Amendment to Article IX of the Credit Agreement. Article IX of
the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following new Section 9.18:

 

“9.18 Information Sharing with FS’ Investment Advisor. With respect to any
information provided to FS pursuant to this Article IX or otherwise under the
Credit Agreement and the Other Documents (including the furnishing of reports
and holding of telephonic meetings pursuant to Section 9.13 hereof), furnish
such information and provide access to such meetings to FS’ investment advisor,
FS/KKR Advisor, LLC, subject to the obligations set forth in Section 14.15
hereof.”

 

Article III.
ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

 

3.1              Reaffirmation of Obligations Regarding Lenders’ Financial
Advisor and Ongoing Cooperation. The Credit Parties hereby reaffirm their
obligations under Section 3.1 of the First Amendment, including, without
limitation the Credit Parties’ obligations with respect to (x) the Lenders’
engagement of FTI Consulting Inc. (“FTI”) as financial advisor, and (y) ongoing
cooperation with the Lenders and their advisors (including FTI) in connection
with the Lenders’ examination of the Credit Parties’ financial affairs,
finances, financial condition, business and operations.

 

 

 

 

Article IV.
CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS

 

4.1              Closing Conditions. This Amendment shall be deemed effective as
of the date (the “Second Amendment Effective Date”) on which the following
conditions shall have been satisfied:

 

(1)      The Agent and the Lenders shall have received a copy of this Amendment
duly executed by each of the Borrowers, the other Credit Parties, the Required
Lenders and the Agent;

 

(2)      The Agent shall have received, for the account of each Lender in
Dollars and in immediately available funds, an amendment fee in an amount equal
to one percent (1.00%) multiplied by the outstanding principal amount of the
Loans held by such Lender as of the Second Amendment Effective Date; and

 

(3)      The Credit Parties shall have paid all accrued and outstanding fees of
the Agent and the Lenders in accordance with Section 14.9 of the Credit
Agreement (including accrued and outstanding fees and expenses of King &
Spalding LLP, counsel to the Lenders, FTI Consulting Inc., financial advisor to
the Lenders, and Nixon Peabody LLP, counsel to the Agent).

 

Article V.
CONDITION SUBSEQUENT

 

5.1              Revolving Loan Agreement Waiver. Within two (2) Business Days
following the Second Amendment Effective Date, the Credit Parties shall furnish
the Agent and the Lenders a waiver from the Revolving Agent and Required Lenders
(as defined in the Revolving Loan Agreement), in form and substance satisfactory
to the Required Lenders, covering substantially the same matters as those set
forth in Section 1.2 hereof. Failure to comply with this Section 5.1 shall
constitute an immediate Event of Default.

 

Article VI.
MISCELLANEOUS

 

6.1              Amended Terms. On and after the Second Amendment Effective
Date, all references to the Credit Agreement in each of the Other Documents
shall hereafter mean the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment. Except
as specifically amended hereby or otherwise agreed, the Credit Agreement is
hereby ratified and confirmed and shall remain in full force and effect
according to its terms.

 

 

 

 

6.2              Representations and Warranties of the Credit Parties. Each
Credit Party represents and warrants as follows:

 

(a)               It has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution,
delivery and performance of this Amendment.

 

(b)               This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by such
Credit Party and constitutes such Credit Party’s legal, valid and binding
obligation, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforceability may be subject to (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization,
fraudulent conveyance or transfer, moratorium or similar laws affecting
creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).

 

(c)               No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing,
registration or qualification with, any court or governmental authority or third
party is required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by
such Credit Party of this Amendment.

 

(d)               The representations and warranties set forth in the Credit
Agreement are true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof as
if made on and as of such date (except to the extent any such representation or
warranty relates to an earlier specified date, in which case they shall be true
and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).

 

(e)               After giving effect to this Amendment, no event has occurred
and is continuing which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default.

 

6.3              Reaffirmation of Obligations. Each Credit Party hereby ratifies
the Credit Agreement and the Other Documents and acknowledges and reaffirms (a)
that it is bound by all terms of the Credit Agreement and the Other Documents
applicable to it and (b) that it is responsible for the observance and full
performance of its respective Obligations.

 

6.4              Credit Document. This Amendment shall constitute an Other
Document under the terms of the Credit Agreement.

 

6.5              Expenses. The Borrowers agree to pay all reasonable costs and
expenses of the Agent and the Lenders in connection with the preparation,
execution and delivery of this Amendment, including without limitation the
reasonable fees and expenses of King & Spalding LLP, counsel to the Lenders.

 

6.6              Further Assurances. The Credit Parties agree to promptly take
such action, upon the request of the Agent or the Required Lenders, as is
necessary to carry out the intent of this Amendment.

 

 

 

 

6.7              Entirety. The Credit Agreement (as modified by this Amendment)
and the Other Documents embody the entire agreement among the parties hereto and
supersede all prior agreements and understandings, oral or written, if any,
relating to the subject matter hereof.

 

6.8              Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in original
counterparts each of which counterpart shall be deemed an original document but
all of which counterparts together shall constitute the same agreement.
Execution and delivery via facsimile or PDF shall bind the parties.

 

6.9              No Actions, Claims, Etc. As of the date hereof, each of the
Credit Parties hereby acknowledges and confirms that it has no knowledge of any
actions, causes of action, claims, demands, damages and liabilities of whatever
kind or nature, in law or in equity, against the Agent, the Lenders, or the
Agent’s or the Lenders’ respective officers, employees, representatives, agents,
counsel or directors arising from any action by such persons, or failure of such
persons to act under the Credit Agreement on or prior to the date hereof.

 

6.10          Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns.

 

6.11          General Release. In consideration of the willingness of the Agent
and the Lenders to enter into this Amendment, each Credit Party hereby releases
and forever discharges the Agent, the Lenders and the Agent’s and the Lender’s
respective predecessors, successors, assigns, officers, managers, directors,
employees, agents, attorneys, representatives, and affiliates (hereinafter all
of the above collectively referred to as the “Bank Group”), from any and all
claims, counterclaims, demands, damages, debts, suits, liabilities, actions and
causes of action of any nature whatsoever, including, without limitation, all
claims, demands, and causes of action for contribution and indemnity, whether
arising at law or in equity, whether known or unknown, whether liability be
direct or indirect, liquidated or unliquidated, whether absolute or contingent,
foreseen or unforeseen, and whether or not heretofore asserted, which any Credit
Party on or prior the date hereof may have or claim to have against any of the
Bank Group in any way related to or connected with the Credit Agreement, the
Other Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby.

 

6.12          Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction; Service of Process; Waiver
of Jury Trial. The governing law, jurisdiction, service of process and waiver of
jury trial provisions set forth in Sections 14.1 and 11.8 of the Credit
Agreement are hereby incorporated by reference, mutatis mutandis.

 

 

 

 

6.13          Agent Authorization. Each of the undersigned Lenders, which
together constitute th e Required Lenders, hereby authorizes the Agent to
execute and deliver this Amendment and, by its execution below, each of the
undersigned Lenders agrees to be bound by the terms and conditions of this
Amendment.

 

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  BORROWERS:         HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES COMPANY         By:   /s/ Brian Coleman
  Name: Brian Coleman   Title: President         HUDSON HOLDINGS, INC.        
By:   /s/ Brian Coleman   Name: Brian Coleman   Title: President         ASPEN
REFRIGERANTS, INC.         By:   /s/ Brian Coleman   Name: Brian Coleman  
Title: President         GUARANTOR:         HUDSON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.        
By:   /s/ Brian Coleman   Name: Brian Coleman   Title: President

 

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  AGENT:         U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,   as the Agent         By:  
/s/ Prital K. Patel   Name: Prital K. Patel   Title: Vice President

  

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  LENDERS:         FS INVESTMENT CORPORATION   By:   /s/ Philip S. Davidson  
Name: Philip S. Davidson   Title: Authorized Signatory         HAMILTON STREET
FUNDING LLC   By:   /s/ Philip S. Davidson   Name: Philip S. Davidson   Title:
Authorized Signatory         GREEN CREEK LLC   By:   /s/ Philip S. Davidson  
Name: Philip S. Davidson   Title: Authorized Signatory         JUNIATA RIVER LLC
  By:   /s/ Philip S. Davidson   Name: Philip S. Davidson   Title: Authorized
Signatory         JEFFERSON SQUARE FUNDING LLC   By:   /s/ Philip S. Davidson  
Name: Philip S. Davidson   Title: Authorized Signatory         FS INVESTMENT
CORPORATION II   By:   /s/ Philip S. Davidson   Name: Philip S. Davidson  
Title: Authorized Signatory         FS INVESTMENT CORPORATION III   By:   /s/
Philip S. Davidson   Name: Philip S. Davidson   Title: Authorized Signatory    
    FS INVESTMENT CORPORATION IV   By:   /s/ Philip S. Davidson   Name: Philip
S. Davidson   Title: Authorized Signatory

  

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