Exhibit 10.1





Exhibit 10.1




This SIXTH AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT AGREEMENT is dated as of July 29, 2009 (this “Sixth
Amendment”) and is made in reference to the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of
July 1, 2004 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified to the date hereof, the “Credit
Agreement”), among PIKE ELECTRIC CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“Parent”), PIKE
ELECTRIC, INC., a North Carolina corporation (“OpCo”), the several banks and other
financial institutions from time to time parties thereto (the “Lenders”), J.P. MORGAN
SECURITIES INC., as syndication agent, FIRST TENNESSEE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as documentation
agent, and BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as administrative agent for the Lenders thereunder (in such capacity,
the “Administrative Agent”). All capitalized terms used herein that are defined in the
Credit Agreement and that are not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings
ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement.



W I T N E S S E T H:




WHEREAS, Parent and OpCo have requested that (a) the Lenders agree to amend the Credit
Agreement to modify certain terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement and (b) the Credit
Agreement be amended and restated in the form attached to this Sixth Amendment; and



WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions set forth below, the Required Lenders have agreed
to such amendments and the amendment and restatement of the Credit Agreement solely on the terms
and conditions set forth in this Sixth Amendment.



NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants contained herein,
the parties agree as follows:



SECTION 1. AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF THE CREDIT AGREEMENT




OpCo, Parent and the Required Lenders hereby agree that the Credit Agreement shall be
automatically amended and restated in its entirety effective as of the Sixth Amendment Effective
Date (as defined below) in the form set forth in Exhibit A (after giving effect to this Sixth
Amendment, the “Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement”).



SECTION 2. CONDITIONS PRECEDENT




This Sixth Amendment shall become effective upon the date hereof only upon the satisfaction of
all of the following conditions precedent (the date of satisfaction of such conditions being
referred to herein as the “Sixth Amendment Effective Date”):



2.1. Execution. The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts of this
Sixth Amendment duly executed by Parent, OpCo and the Required Lenders.



2.2. Fees and Expenses. The Administrative Agent shall have received (a) an
amendment fee, for the account of each Lender that consents to this Sixth Amendment by
executing and delivering this Sixth Amendment to the Administrative Agent appropriately
completed on or prior to July 27, 2009, in an amount equal to 0.25% of the sum of (1) such
Lender’s Revolving Commitment, if any, and, without duplication, Revolving Extensions of
Credit, if any, and (2) the outstanding principal amount of such Lender’s Term Loans under
the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and (b) an extension fee, for the account
of each Lender under the Revolving Facility that extends its Revolving Commitment to July 1,
2012 by executing and delivering this Sixth Amendment to the Administrative Agent
appropriately completed on or prior to July 27, 2009, in an amount equal to 1.00% of the sum
of such Lender’s Revolving Commitment and, without duplication, Revolving Extensions of
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2.3. Opinions of Counsel. The Administrative Agent and its counsel shall have
received originally executed copies of a written legal opinion of K&L Gates LLP, counsel to Parent,
OpCo and the other Credit Parties, dated as of the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (and Parent, OpCo and each other
Credit Party hereby instructs K&L Gates LLP to deliver such opinions to the Administrative Agent).



2.4. Consents and Approvals. All material governmental and third party approvals
necessary in connection with this Sixth Amendment, the continuing operations of Parent, Opco and
their Subsidiaries and the transactions contemplated hereby shall have been obtained and be in full
force and effect, and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being
taken or threatened by any competent authority that would restrain, prevent or otherwise impose
adverse conditions on this Sixth Amendment that the Arrangers reasonably deem to be material.



2.5. Restated Guarantee. The Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts
of the Second Amended and Restated Guarantee Agreement duly executed by the Guarantors.



2.6. Litigation, etc. On the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, there shall be no
actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of Parent or OpCo, threatened in writing
against any Credit Party with respect to this Sixth Amendment or any other Credit Document or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby which could be reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.



2.7. Other Documents. The Administrative Agents and the Required Lenders shall have
received such other documents, information or agreements regarding the Credit Parties as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request.



SECTION 3. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.




To induce the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders to enter into this Sixth
Amendment, each of Parent and OpCo hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders that (before and after giving effect to this Sixth Amendment):



3.1. Corporate Power and Authority. Each Credit Party has the corporate power and
authority, and the legal right, to make and deliver this Sixth Amendment and to carry out the
transactions contemplated by, and perform its obligations under, the Second Amended and Restated
Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents to which it is a party.



3.2. Authorization of Agreements. Each Credit Party has taken all necessary
corporate or other action to authorize the execution and delivery of this Sixth Amendment and the
performance of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents to
which it is a party.



3.3. Incorporation of Representations and Warranties from Credit Documents. Each of
the representations and warranties made by any Credit Party herein or in or pursuant to the Credit
Documents is true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Sixth Amendment Effective
Date as if made on and as of such date (except that any representation or warranty which by its
terms is made as of an earlier date shall be true and correct as of such earlier date).


 


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3.4. Performance of Agreements and Conditions. Parent, OpCo and the other Credit
Parties have performed in all material respects all agreements and satisfied all conditions which
this Sixth
Amendment and the other Credit Documents provide shall be performed or satisfied by Parent,
OpCo or the other Credit Parties on or before the Sixth Amendment Effective Date.



3.5. Absence of Default. After giving effect to this Sixth Amendment, no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, or will result from the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Sixth Amendment.



SECTION 4. MISCELLANEOUS.




4.1. Counterparts. This Sixth Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto in
any number of separate counterparts, and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to
constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of
this Sixth Amendment by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery
of a manually executed counterpart of this Sixth Amendment.



4.2. Expenses. OpCo agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for all of
its reasonable out-of pocket costs and expenses in connection with the negotiation, preparation,
execution and delivery of this Sixth Amendment, including, without limitation, the reasonable fees
and expenses of Latham & Watkins LLP.



4.3. Continuing Effect. Except as expressly amended hereby, the Credit Agreement
and the other Credit Documents shall continue to be and shall remain in full force and effect in
accordance with their terms. This Sixth Amendment shall not constitute an amendment or waiver of
any provision of the Credit Agreement or the other Credit Documents not expressly referred to
herein and shall not be construed as an amendment, waiver or consent to any action on the part of
OpCo or of Parent that would require an amendment, waiver or consent of the Administrative Agent or
the Lenders except as expressly stated herein. Any reference to the “Credit Agreement” in the
Credit Documents or any related documents shall be deemed to be a reference to the Credit Agreement
as amended by this Sixth Amendment.



4.4. GOVERNING LAW. THIS SIXTH AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND
INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.



4.5. Miscellaneous. On and after the Sixth Amendment Effective Date, each reference
in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein”, or words of like
import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the other Credit Documents to the
“Credit Agreement”, “thereunder”, “thereof”, or words of like import referring to the Credit
Agreement shall mean and be a reference to the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement.


 


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Sixth Amendment to be executed and delivered
by their respective duly authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.



	 	 	 	 	 
	 	PIKE ELECTRIC CORPORATION

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Anthony K. Slater
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Anthony K. Slater 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer 	 
	 	

PIKE ELECTRIC, INC.

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ Anthony K. Slater
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Anthony K. Slater 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Chief Financial Officer 	 



 


 









 





	 	 	 	 	 
	 	BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

as Administrative Agent

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/ David Barton
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	David Barton 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Director 	 



 


 









 





EXHIBIT A




[SEE EXHIBIT 10.2]





 


A-1