Exhibit



Exhibit 10.1





NINTH AMENDMENT  
TO NOTE PURCHASE AND GUARANTEE AGREEMENT
This Ninth Amendment to Note Purchase and Guarantee Agreement (this “Amendment”), dated as of December 6, 2017, is made by and among CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY (DELAWARE), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY N.V., a corporation incorporated under the laws of The Netherlands (the “Parent Guarantor” and, together with the Company, the “Obligors”), and each of the holders of the Notes (as defined below) set forth on the signature pages to this Amendment (collectively, the “Noteholders”). 
RECITALS:
A.    The Obligors and each of the Noteholders have heretofore entered into the Note Purchase and Guarantee Agreement dated as of December 27, 2012 (as amended from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Note Purchase Agreement” and as amended by this Amendment and as may be further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Note Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company issued (i) U.S. $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.15% Senior Notes, Series A, due December 27, 2017, (ii) U.S. $225,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 4.57% Senior Notes, Series B, due December 27, 2019, (iii) U.S. $275,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.15% Senior Notes, Series C, due December 27, 2022 and (iv) U.S. $150,000,000 aggregate principal amount of its 5.30% Senior Notes, Series D, due December 27, 2024 (as amended from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “Existing Notes” and as amended and restated pursuant to this Amendment and as may be further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “Notes”). 
B.     That certain letter to Michael S. Taff, dated August 9, 2017 (the “August 9 Letter”), provided for, among other things, Milestones (as defined therein) in connection with the sales process for the proposed Tech Business Sale, the completion of a strategic review and the delivery of certain related information by the Obligors to the Noteholders. Specifically, Section 1(d) under the heading “Technology Business Information” established December 8, 2017 as the deadline by which Obligors are required to select a winning Final Offer (as defined therein) and execute an asset or equity purchase and sale agreement. In addition, Section 10.3(b)(4) of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement requires Obligors to execute definitive purchase and sale documentation in respect of the Tech Business Sale on or before December 8, 2017. The required date of satisfaction of the Obligors’ obligations set forth in this Recital shall collectively be referred to herein as the “December 8 Deadline”.


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C.    The Obligors have requested an extension of the December 8 Deadline to December 18, 2017, and the Noteholders have agreed to such extension. 
D.    The Required Holders are willing to amend the Existing Note Purchase Agreement pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein.
E.    All requirements of law have been fully complied with and all other acts and things necessary to make this Amendment a valid, legal and binding instrument according to its terms for the purposes herein expressed have been done or performed.
NOW, THEREFORE, the Obligors and the Required Holders, in consideration of good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, do hereby agree as follows:
		
	SECTION 1.
	DEFINITIONS.


Capitalized terms used herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Note Purchase Agreement, as amended hereby, unless herein defined or the context shall otherwise require. 


		
	SECTION 2.
	AMENDMENTS TO AUGUST 9 LETTER AND EXISTING NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT


(a)    Amendment to August 9 Letter.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, effective as of the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, the reference in Section 1(d) under the heading “Technology Business Information” in the August 9 Letter to “December 8, 2017” shall be replaced with a reference to “December 18, 2017”.


(b)    Amendments to Existing Note Purchase Agreement.  Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, effective as of the Ninth Amendment Effective Date, the reference in Section 10.3(b) of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement to “December 8, 2017” shall be replaced with a reference to “December 18, 2017”. 
		
	SECTION 3.
	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE OBLIGORS.


To induce the Noteholders to execute and deliver this Amendment (which representations shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment), each Obligor represents and warrants to the Noteholders that:
(a)    this Amendment has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and this Amendment constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation, contract and agreement of such Obligor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement 


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may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws or equitable principles relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally;
(b)    the Note Purchase Agreement, as amended by this Amendment (including, without limitation, the acknowledgement and agreement of the Obligors set forth in the last sentence of Section 7.1(l) of the Note Purchase Agreement, after taking into account this Amendment), constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation, contract and agreement of such Obligor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws or equitable principles relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally;
(c)    the execution, delivery and performance by such Obligor of this Amendment (i) has been duly authorized by all requisite corporate action and, if required, shareholder action, (ii) does not require the consent or approval of any governmental or regulatory body or agency, and (iii) will not (A) violate (1) any provision of law, statute, rule or regulation or its certificate of incorporation or bylaws, (2) any order of any court or any rule, regulation or order of any other agency or government binding upon it, or (3) any provision of any indenture, agreement or other instrument to which it is a party or by which its properties or assets are or may be bound, including, without limitation, any Credit Agreement, or (B) result in a breach or constitute (alone or with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument referred to in clause (iii)(A)(3) of this Section 3(c); and 
(d)    as of the date hereof after giving effect to this Amendment and the Transaction Facilities Amendments, defined below, no Default or Event of Default has occurred which is continuing. 
		
	SECTION 4.
	EFFECTIVENESS; CONDITIONS PRECEDENT AND CONDITION SUBSEQUENT.


This Amendment and the amendments to the August 9 Letter and the Existing Note Purchase Agreement provided for in Section 2 hereof shall be effective as of the date first written above (the “Ninth Amendment Effective Date”) upon the satisfaction of the following conditions precedent:
(a)    executed counterparts of this Amendment, duly executed and delivered by the Obligors and the Required Holders shall have been delivered to the Noteholders; 
(b)    the representations and warranties of the Obligors set forth in Section 3 hereof are true and correct on and with respect to the date hereof; and


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(c)    The Noteholders shall have received a copy of an amendment to each outstanding Transaction Facility, in each case, in the form previously provided to them and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Noteholders (collectively, the “Transaction Facilities Amendments”).   
For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions set forth in this Section 4, each Noteholder that has signed this Amendment shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required under this Amendment to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to such Noteholder, unless the Obligors shall have received notice from such Noteholder prior to the date hereof specifying its objection thereto. 
SECTION 5.    MISCELLANEOUS.
(a)    This Amendment shall be construed in connection with and as part of the Note Purchase Agreement and the Notes, and except as modified and expressly amended by this Amendment, all terms, conditions and covenants contained in the Existing Note Purchase Agreement and the Existing Notes are hereby ratified and shall be and remain in full force and effect.
(b)    Any and all notices, requests, certificates and other instruments executed and delivered after the execution and delivery of this Amendment may refer to the Note Purchase Agreement without making specific reference to this Amendment but nevertheless all such references shall include this Amendment unless the context otherwise requires.
(c)    The descriptive headings of the various Sections or parts of this Amendment are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.
(d)    This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with New York law and shall be further subject to the provisions of Section 24.7 and Section 24.8 of the Note Purchase Agreement.
(e)    Should any one or more of the provisions of this Amendment be determined to be illegal or unenforceable as to one or more of the parties hereto, all other provisions nevertheless shall remain effective and binding on the parties hereto.  
(f)    Neither the execution and delivery of this Amendment nor the consummation of any other transaction contemplated hereunder is intended to constitute a novation of the Existing Note Purchase Agreement, the Existing Notes or any of the other Financing Agreements or any obligations thereunder. 


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(g)    This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original as against any party whose signature appears thereon, and all of which shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by telecopy or other electronic means (including .pdf) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.


[Signature pages follow.] 


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


                    
CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY (DELAWARE)




By: /s/ Luciano Reyes    
Name: Luciano Reyes
Title: Treasurer




CHICAGO BRIDGE & IRON COMPANY N.V.
		
	By:
	Chicago Bridge & Iron Company B.V., as its Managing Director






By: /s/ Michael S. Taff        
Name: Michael S. Taff 
Title: Authorized Signatory 





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AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY


NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY


THE INSURANCE COMPANY OF THE STATE OF 
   PENNSYLVANIA
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY INSURANCE COMPANY


AIG PROPERTY CASUALTY COMPANY


AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY  
   (SBM TO WESTERN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE 
   COMPANY)
AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 
   (SBM TO SUNAMERICA LIFE INSURANCE 
   COMPANY)
THE UNITED STATES LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY IN 
   THE CITY OF NEW YORK
AMERICAN GENERAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


THE VARIABLE ANNUITY LIFE INSURANCE 
   COMPANY


		
	By:
	AIG Asset Management (U.S.), LLC, as investment adviser






By: /s/ Marcy Lyons                
Name:  Marcy Lyons
Title:  Managing Director




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UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION


CATASTROPHE REINSURANCE COMPANY


USAA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY


USAA GENERAL INDEMNITY COMPANY


GARRISON PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE 
   COMPANY


USAA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY






By:   /s/James F. Jackson, Jr.        
Name:  James F. Jackson, Jr.
Title:  Assistant Vice President










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MIDLAND NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By:    Guggenheim Partners Investment     Management, LLC, as Investment Manager 




By: /s/ Kevin Robinson            
Name:  Kevin Robinson
Title:  Attorney-in-Fact




HORACE MANN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By:    Guggenheim Partners Investment     Management, LLC, as Advisor




By: /s/ Kevin Robinson            
Name:  Kevin Robinson
Title:  Attorney-in-Fact




NORTH AMERICAN COMPANY FOR LIFE AND HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY
By:    Guggenheim Partners Investment     Management, LLC, as Investment Manager




By: /s/ Kevin Robinson            
Name:  Kevin Robinson
Title:  Attorney-in-Fact


EQUITRUST LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By:    Guggenheim Partners Investment     Management, LLC, as Advisor




By: /s/ Kevin Robinson            
Name:  Kevin Robinson
Title:  Attorney-in-Fact








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CCP CREDIT ACQUISITION HOLDINGS, L.L.C.


By:   Centerbridge Credit Advisors, L.L.C., its managing member






By:  /s/ Suzanne V. Clarke ____        
Name:  Suzanne V. Clarke
Title:    Authorized Signatory 




CENTERBRIDGE SPECIAL CREDIT PARTNERS III, L.P.


By:   Centerbridge Special Credit Partners General Partner III, L.P., its general partner 






By:  /s/ Suzanne V. Clarke ____        
Name:  Suzanne V. Clarke
Title:    Authorized Signatory 


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THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


		
	By:
	Northwestern Mutual Investment Management Company, LLC, its investment adviser






By:  /s/ Michael H. Leske             
Name:  Michael H. Leske
Title:  Managing Director




NORTHWESTERN LONG TERM CARE INSURANCE COMPANY




By:  /s/ Michael H. Leske             
Name:  Michael H. Leske
Title:  Managing Director


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PAN-AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY






By:   /s/ Lisa Baudot            
Name:  Lisa Baudot
Title:    Vice President, Securities 






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METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


GENERAL AMERICAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, its Investment Manager




By: /s/ John Wills                    
Name:  John Wills
Title:  Senior Vice President and Managing Director




METLIFE INSURANCE K.K.
by MetLife Investment Advisors, LLC, Its Investment Manager




By: /s/ John Wills                    
Name:  John Wills
Title:  Senior Vice President and Managing Director


AXIS REINSURANCE COMPANY
by MetLife Investment Advisors, LLC, its Investment Manager


BRIGHTHOUSE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
F/K/A METLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY USA
F/K/A METLIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT AND AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO METLIFE INVESTORS USA INSURANCE COMPANY AND METLIFE INVESTORS INSURANCE COMPANY
by MetLife Investment Advisors, LLC, Its Investment Manager


BRIGHTHOUSE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NY F/K/A FIRST METLIFE INVESTORS INSURANCE COMPANY
by MetLife Investment Advisors, LLC, Its Investment Manager, 




By: /s/ Judith A. Gulotta                


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Name:  Judith A. Gulotta
Title:  Managing Director


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MODERN WOODMEN OF AMERICA




By:  /s/ Douglas A. Pannier        
Name:  Douglas A. Pannier
Title:    Group Head – Private Placements 






By:   /s/ Christopher M. Cramer         
Name:  Christopher M. Cramer
Title:    Manager – Fixed Income


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AMERICAN EQUITY INVESTMENT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY




By:  /s/ Jeffrey A. Fossell ___        
Name:  Jeffrey A. Fossell
Title:    Authorized Signatory  




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THE LINCOLN NATIONAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


		
	By:
	Macquarie Investment Management Advisers, a series of Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust, Attorney in Fact






By:  /s/ Karl Spaeth                 
Name:  Karl Spaeth
Title:    Vice President




LINCOLN LIFE & ANNUITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK


		
	By:
	Macquarie Investment Management Advisers, a series of Macquarie Investment Management Business Trust, Attorney in Fact






By:  /s/ Karl Spaeth                 
Name:  Karl Spaeth
Title:    Vice President






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UNITED OF OMAHA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY




By:  /s/ Justin P. Kavan ___        
Name:  Justin P. Kavan
Title:    Senior Vice President






MUTUAL OF OMAHA INSURANCE COMPANY




By:  /s/ Justin P. Kavan ___        
Name:  Justin P. Kavan
Title:    Senior Vice President






COMPANION LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY




By:  /s/ Justin P. Kavan ___        
Name:  Justin P. Kavan
Title:    Senior Vice President




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NATIONWIDE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY 
   
NATIONWIDE LIFE AND ANNUITY INSURANCE 
   COMPANY




By:  /s/ Mary Beth Cadle            
Name:  Mary Beth Cadel
Title:  Authorized Signatory




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ASSURITY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY






By:  /s/ Victor Weber ____        
Name:  Victor Weber
Title:    Senior Director – Investments 




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VOYA RETIREMENT INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY (F/K/A ING LIFE INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY)


VOYA INSURANCE AND ANNUITY COMPANY (F/K/A ING USA ANNUITY AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY)


RELIASTAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


		
	By:
	Voya Investment Management LLC, as     Agent






By:  /s/ John D. Inwood         
Name:  John D. Inwood
Title:  Vice President


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FARM BUREAU LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY






By:  /s/ Herman L. Riva             
Name:  Herman L. Riva
Title:    Securities Vice President  




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MASSACHUSETTS MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By:  Barings LLC as its Investment Advisor




By:  /s/ Steven J. Katz             
Name:  Steven J. Katz
Title:    Managing Director & Senior Counsel






C.M. LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By:  Barings LLC as its Investment Advisor




By:  /s/ Steven J. Katz             
Name:  Steven J. Katz
Title:    Managing Director & Senior Counsel




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SENIOR HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY OF PENNSYLVANIA
By: Conning, Inc., as Investment Manager


By:  /s/ John Petchler     _______    
Name:  John Petchler
Title:    Director  








PRIMERICA LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By: Conning, Inc., as Investment Manager


By:  /s/ John Petchler     _______    
Name:  John Petchler
Title:    Director  








AMERICAN HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By: Conning, Inc., as Investment Manager


By:  /s/ John Petchler     _______    
Name:  John Petchler
Title:    Director  








NATIONAL BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY
By: Conning, Inc., as Investment Manager


By:  /s/ John Petchler     _______    
Name:  John Petchler
Title:    Director  








TRITON INSURANCE COMPANY
By: Conning, Inc., as Investment Manager


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By:  /s/ John Petchler     _______    
Name:  John Petchler
Title:    Director  




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CMFG LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


CUMIS INSURANCE SOCIETY, INC.


By: MEMBERS Capital Advisors, Inc.
Acting as Investment Advisor 
                        
            


By:  /s/ Anne M. Finucane ______    
Name:  Anne M. Finucane
Title:    Managing Director, Investments




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FIDELITY & GUARANTY LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY


By: Blackstone ISG-I Advisors, LLC, as Investment Manager




By:  /s/ Jeffrey Iverson _                
Name:  Jeffrey Iverson
Title:    Chief Compliance Officer












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