Exhibit 10.57

 

 

FIRST AMENDMENT 
 TO RESTRUCTURING SUPPORT AGREEMENT

 

First Amendment to Restructuring Support Agreement (this “Amendment”), dated as of February 25, 2016, to that certain Restructuring Support Agreement made and entered into as of January 10, 2016 (the “Restructuring Support Agreement”), by and among (i) the parties signatory thereto which are lenders under the First Lien Credit Agreement (each such party a “Consenting Lender”, and collectively, the “Consenting Lenders”), (ii) Arch Coal, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Arch Coal”), and (iii) each of the subsidiaries of Arch Coal signatory thereto (collectively with Arch Coal, the “Company”).  Capitalized terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Arch Coal, the other guarantors party thereto, the lenders party thereto (including the Consenting Lenders) and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as successor term loan administrative agent and successor collateral agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement (the “First Lien Agent”) have entered into the First Lien Credit Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Restructuring Support Agreement, the Parties thereto agreed to support a Restructuring that is to be implemented through the Plan;

 

WHEREAS, the Company has requested a limited waiver of the Consenting Lender Termination Event under Section 5.02(g)(iii) of the Restructuring Support Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Company has requested a waiver of the Consenting Lender Termination Event under Section 5.02(a) of the Restructuring Support Agreement with respect to the sale and transfer the membership interests in ICG Knott County, LLC (“ICG Knott Country”) pursuant to that certain Membership Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 16, 2015, among Arch Coal, ICG, Inc. and Quest Energy Inc. (the “ICG Knott County Sale”);

 

WHEREAS, the Company has requested an amendment to the Restructuring Support Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto have agreed to (i) provide a limited waiver or waiver, as applicable, of such Consenting Lender Termination Events and (ii) amend the Restructuring Support Agreement, in each case, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Amendment.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the foregoing recitals and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.   Limited Waiver of Consenting Lender Termination Event.  Effective as of the Amendment Effective Date (as defined below), the Consenting Lenders party hereto hereby waive any Consenting Lender Termination Event set forth in Section 5.02(g)(iii)

 











 

of the Restructuring Support Agreement solely to the extent arising out of the failure of the Company to obtain, prior to forty-five (45) days after the Petition Date, entry of the RSA Assumption Order by the Bankruptcy Court; provided that it shall be a Consenting Lender Termination Event if the Company fails to obtain, prior to ninety (90) days after the Petition Date, entry of the RSA Assumption Order, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Majority Consenting Lenders and otherwise in accordance with the Restructuring Support Agreement.

 

SECTION 2.   Waiver of Consenting Lender Termination Event. Effective as of the Amendment Effective Date, the Consenting Lenders party hereto hereby waive any Consenting Lender Termination Event set forth in Section 5.02(a) of the Restructuring Support Agreement solely to the extent arising out of the dismissal of the Bankruptcy Case of ICG Knott County in connection with the ICG Knott County Sale.

 

SECTION 3.   Amendment to Restructuring Support Agreement.  Effective as of the Amendment Effective Date, the Company and the Consenting Lenders party hereto hereby amend footnote 5 appearing in Exhibit A to the Restructuring Support Agreement by deleting the reference to “45” appearing therein and replacing such reference with “90”.

 

SECTION 4.   Compliance with Restructuring Support Agreement.  As of the Amendment Effective Date, each of the parties hereto represents and warrants, severally and not jointly, to each other party that (i) it is in compliance with all of the terms and provisions set forth in the Restructuring Support Agreement (as amended by this Amendment) and (ii) no material breach has occurred and is continuing under the Restructuring Support Agreement.

 

SECTION 5.   Effect of Amendment on the Restructuring Support Agreement.  Except as specifically amended or waived hereby, the terms and provisions of the Restructuring Support Agreement are in all other respects ratified and confirmed and remain in full force and effect without modification or limitation.  No reference to this Amendment need be made in any notice, writing or other communication relating to the Restructuring Support Agreement, and any such reference to the Restructuring Support Agreement shall be deemed a reference thereto as amended by this Amendment. This Amendment shall be limited precisely as written and, except as expressly provided herein, shall not be deemed or construed (i) to be a consent granted pursuant to, or a waiver (except for the specific waivers set forth above), modification or forbearance of, any term or condition of the Restructuring Support Agreement, any of the instruments or agreements referred to therein or a waiver of any breach under the Restructuring Support Agreement, whether or not known to the First Lien Agent or any of the Consenting Lenders, or (ii) to prejudice any right or remedy which the First Lien Agent, any Consenting Lender or the Company may now have or have in the future under or in connection with the Restructuring Support Agreement, or any of the instruments or agreements referred to therein, as applicable.

 

SECTION 6.   Effectiveness of This Amendment.  This Amendment shall become effective and binding on each Party on the date (such date, the “Amendment Effective Date”) counsel to the parties hereto have received signature pages hereto signed by the Company and the Consenting Lenders constituting Majority Consenting Lenders.

 

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SECTION 7.   Governing Law.  THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OR CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISION OR RULE (WHETHER OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION) THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 8.   Counterparts; Electronic Execution.  This Amendment may be executed and delivered in any number of counterparts, each of which, when executed and delivered, shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute the same agreement.  Delivery of an executed copy of this Amendment shall be deemed to be a certification by each person executing this Amendment on behalf of a party hereto that such person and party hereto has been duly authorized and empowered to execute and deliver this Amendment and each other party hereto may rely on such certification.  Delivery of any executed signature page of this Amendment by telecopier, facsimile or electronic mail shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed signature page of this Amendment.

 

SECTION 9.   Reference to Restructuring Support Agreement.  All references to the “Restructuring Support Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import in the Restructuring Support Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Restructuring Support Agreement as modified hereby and as may in the future be amended, restated, supplemented or modified from time to time.

 

SECTION 10.   Breach of Amendment.  This Amendment shall be part of the Restructuring Support Agreement and a breach of any representation, warranty or covenant herein shall constitute a breach under the Restructuring Support Agreement, without the giving of notice or the passage of time.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, have executed and delivered this First Amendment to Restructuring Support Agreement as of the date hereof.

 

 

	
 
    	
ARCH COAL INC., on behalf of   itself and each of the Guarantors
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ John T. Drexler
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
John T. Drexler
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Senior Vice President   & CFO
    


 

[Signature Page to First Amendment to Restructuring Support Agreement]