Exhibit 10.1

 

NINTH AMENDMENT TO
 SENIOR FIRST PRIORITY SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE

 

This NINTH AMENDMENT TO SENIOR FIRST PRIORITY SECURED PROMISSORY NOTE (this “Ninth Amendment”) is made as of March 7, 2014 by and between Prospect Global Resources, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Maker”), and the Karlsson Group, Inc., an Arizona corporation (“Holder”), with respect to the following facts:

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Maker issued to Holder that certain Senior First Priority Secured Promissory Note dated August 1, 2012 (the “Original Note”), whereby the Maker promised to pay to Holder the principal sum of One Hundred Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($125,000,000);

 

WHEREAS, American West Potash, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“AWP”), Prospect Global Resources, Inc., a Nevada corporation (“Prospect Nevada”), Apache County Land & Ranch, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“Apache”), Maker and Holder entered into that certain Extension Agreement (the “Extension Agreement”) dated as of April 15, 2013;

 

WHEREAS, Maker and Holder entered into an Amendment to Senior First Priority Secured Promissory Note dated April 15, 2013 (“First Amendment” and the Original Note as amended thereby and as otherwise amended, restated or modified from time to time, the “Note”);

 

WHEREAS, AWP, Prospect Nevada, Apache, Maker and Holder entered into that certain Second Extension Agreement dated as of June 26, 2013;

 

WHEREAS, Maker and Holder entered into a Second Amendment to Senior First Priority Secured Promissory Note dated as of June 26, 2013;

 

WHEREAS, Maker and Holder entered into a Third Amendment to Senior First Priority Secured Promissory Note dated as of September 9, 2013;

 

WHEREAS, Maker and Holder entered into a Fourth Amendment to Senior First Priority Secured Promissory Note dated as of September 13, 2013;

 

WHEREAS, Maker and Holder entered into a Fifth Amendment to Senior First Priority Secured Promissory Note dated as of November 13, 2013;

 

WHEREAS, Maker and Holder entered into a Sixth Amendment to Senior First Priority Secured Promissory Note dated as of December 3, 2013;

 

WHEREAS, Maker and Holder entered into a Seventh Amendment to Senior First Priority Secured Promissory Note dated as of December 10, 2013;

 











 

WHEREAS, Maker and Holder entered into an Eighth Amendment to Senior First Priority Secured Promissory Note dated as of January 31, 2014; and

 

WHEREAS, Maker has requested that Holder agree to modify the Note to extend the deadline for discounted payoff of the Note in full by three days, until March 13, 2014, and to make certain conforming changes to the Note.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Maker and Holder hereby agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

1.                                      Defined Terms.  All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Note.

 

2.                                      Amendments.

 

(a)                                 Amendment to Section 2.2.  Section 2.2 of the Note is amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“Payments Other Than Interest or Principal.  Maker shall pay to Holder, designating in writing such payments as payments under this section of this Note, the following amounts, as additional consideration for the Holder’s sale of its membership interest in American West Potash, LLC under the Purchase Agreement and not as prepayments of principal under this Note, (i) a payment equal to the 2012 453A Amount on or before the Initial 453A Payment Date, (ii) a payment equal to the 2013 453A Amount on or before the Initial 453A Payment Date, (iii) a payment equal to the 2014 453A Amount on or before February 10, 2015, and, (iv) along with each payment of principal pursuant to Section 3.2 of this Note, and at the Maturity Date, the Principal Payment Tax Gross-Up Amount or amount due under Section 3.5 with respect to such payment; provided, however, that no Principal Payment Tax Gross-Up Amount or amount under Section 3.5 shall be due with respect to the first $200,000 of pre-payments under Section 3.2(a).  For purposes hereof, the “Initial 453A Payment Date” shall mean the earlier of (i) March 13, 2014; and (ii) the date of occurrence of the first Event of Default to occur under this Note on or after November 14, 2013.  For the avoidance of doubt, no payment made pursuant to any other provision of this Note, including but not limited to Section 3.2(c) hereof, shall satisfy in whole or any part Maker’s obligation to make the payments set forth in this Section 2.2.”

 

(b)                                 Amendment to Section 3.4.  Section 3.4 of the Note is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“Prepayment Discount.  In the event that Maker makes payments under the Note totaling Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) on or after December 10, 2013 and on or before March 13, 2014, whether through one or multiple payments, and whether pursuant to Section 2.2, Section 3.2 or Section 3.3, then all of Maker’s obligations under this Note shall be deemed to have been satisfied

 

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in full by Maker as of the date of such payment, or, in the case of multiple payments, the date on which the last such payment is made.”

 

(c)                                  Amendment to Section 5.4(ii).  Section 5.4(ii) of the Note is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

 

“No later than March 13, 2014, deliver a completed and updated 43-101 final resource report for purposes of the Definitive Feasibility Study.”

 

(d)                                 Amendment to Section 5.13.  Section 5.13 of the Note is amended to read in its entirety as follows:

 

5.13                        “Section 3.4 Prepayment.  Maker shall not have prepaid the Note in the full amount of Twenty-Five Million Dollars ($25,000,000) on or after December 10, 2013 and on or before March 13, 2014 in accordance with Section 3.4 of the Note.”

 

3.                                      Miscellaneous.

 

(a)                                 No Other Amendment.  Except as expressly amended in this Ninth Amendment, all provisions of the Note shall remain in full force and effect, and the parties thereto and hereto shall continue to have all their rights and remedies under the Note.  In the event of a conflict between the terms and provisions of this Ninth Amendment and the terms and conditions of the Note, the provisions of this Ninth Amendment shall govern.

 

(b)                                 Relation to Note.  This Ninth Amendment constitutes an integral part of the Note.  Upon the effectiveness of this Ninth Amendment, each reference in the Note to “this Promissory Note,” “hereunder,” “hereof,” or words of like import referring to the Note, shall mean and be a reference to the Note as amended hereby.

 

(c)                                  Successors and Assigns.  This Ninth Amendment shall be binding on and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns except as otherwise provided herein.

 

(d)                                 Counterparts.  This Ninth Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto on any number of separate counterparts, any of which may be executed and transmitted by facsimile, and each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, taken together, shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Ninth Amendment to be executed and delivered as of the date first above written.

 

	
 
    	
 
    	
MAKER:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
PROSPECT   GLOBAL RESOURCES, INC.,
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
a   Delaware corporation
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:   
    	
/s/   Damon Barber
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:   Damon Barber
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:   President, CEO and Secretary
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
ACKNOWLEDGED   AND AGREED TO
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
EFFECTIVE   AS OF MARCH 7, 2014:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
THE   KARLSSON GROUP, INC.,
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
an   Arizona corporation
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By: 
    	
/s/ Michael Stone
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Name:
    	
Michael Stone
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Title:
    	
CFO/Treasurer
    	
 
    	
 
    


 

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