Document:

exv4w34

Exhibit 4.34

Private and Confidential

Date 8 April 2011

STEALTHGAS INC.

as Borrower

-and-

DEUTSCHE BANK AG

FILIALE DEUTSCHLANDGESCHÄFT

 

THIRD

SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT

 

in relation to a Loan Agreement

dated 12 February 2008 as amended

by supplemental agreements dated 21 October 2009 and 27 April 2010

and a supplemental letter dated 18 November 2010,

for a loan facility of up to USD40,250,000

PIRAEUS

 

 

Index

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Clause	 	 	 	Page No	 
	1

	 	INTERPRETATION
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	2

	 	AGREEMENT OF THE LENDER
	 	 	1	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	3

	 	CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
	 	 	2	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	4

	 	REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	5

	 	AMENDMENTS TO LOAN AGREEMENT AND OTHER SECURITY DOCUMENTS
	 	 	3	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	6

	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES
	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	7

	 	EXPENSES
	 	 	5	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	8

	 	NOTICES
	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	9

	 	SUPPLEMENTAL
	 	 	6	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	10

	 	LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 	 	6	 

 

 

THIS THIRD SUPPLEMENTAL AGREEMENT is made on 8 April 2011

BETWEEN

	(1)	 	STEALTHGAS INC. as borrower (the “Borrower”); and
	 
	(2)	 	DEUTSCHE BANK AG FILIALE DEUTSCHLANDGESCHÄFT as lender (the “Lender”).

BACKGROUND

	(A)	 	Pursuant to a loan agreement dated 12 February 2008 (as amended by supplemental agreements
dated 21 October 2009 and 27 April 2010 and a supplemental letter dated 18 November 2010) made
between (i) the Borrower and (ii) the Lender, the Lender has made available to the Borrower a
loan facility of up to USD40,250,000.
	 
	(B)	 	The total amount outstanding under the Loan Agreement as at the date hereof is USD32,750,000.
	 
	(C)	 	The Borrower has made a request to the Lender to amend the Loan Agreement.
	 
	(D)	 	This Agreement sets out the terms and conditions on which the Lender agrees at the request of
the Borrower to amend the Loan Agreement.

IT IS AGREED as follows:

	1	 	INTERPRETATION
	 
	1.1	 	Defined expressions. Words and expressions defined in the Loan Agreement shall have the same
meanings when used in this Agreement unless the context otherwise requires.
	 
	1.2	 	Definitions. In this Agreement, unless the contrary intention appears:
	 
	 	 	“Conditions Satisfaction Date” means, the date on which all the conditions precedent
referred to in clause 3.1 have been satisfied;
	 
	 	 	“Loan Agreement” means the loan agreement dated 12 February 2008 (as amended by
supplemental agreements dated 21 October 2009 and 27 April 2010 and a supplemental letter
dated 18 November 2010) referred to in Recital (A); and
	 
	 	 	“Third Mortgage Addendum” means a third addendum to the Mortgage, in such form as the
Lender may require in its sole discretion.
	 
	1.3	 	Application of construction and interpretation provisions of Loan Agreement. Clauses 1.2,
1.3 and 1.4 of the Loan Agreement apply, with any necessary modifications, to this Agreement.
	 
	2	 	AGREEMENT OF THE LENDER
	 
	2.1	 	Agreement of the Lender. The Lender, relying upon each of the representations and warranties
in Clause 4 and subject to Clause 3, agrees to amend the Loan Agreement as set out in Clauses
5.1 and 5.2 below with effect from the dates stated respectively in those Clauses.

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	3	 	CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

	3.1	 	Conditions precedent. The conditions referred to in Clause 2.1 are that the Lender shall
have received the following documents, evidence and payment:
	 
	(a)	 	Corporate documents
	 
	 	 	Certified Copies of all documents which evidence or relate to the constitution of the
Borrower and the Guarantor and its current corporate existence;
	 
	(b)	 	Corporate authorities

	 	(i)	 	Certified Copies of resolutions of the directors of the Borrower and the
Guarantor approving such of this Agreement and the Third Mortgage Addendum to which
the Borrower or the Guarantor is a party and authorising the execution and delivery
thereof and performance of the Borrower’s and/or the Guarantor’s obligations
thereunder, additionally certified by an officer of the Borrower and/or the Guarantor
as having been duly passed at a duly convened meeting of the directors of the
Borrower and/or the Guarantor and not having been amended, modified or revoked and
being in full force and effect; and
	 
	 	(ii)	 	originals of any powers of attorney issued by the Borrower and the
Guarantor pursuant to such resolutions;

	(c)	 	Certificate of incumbency
	 
	 	 	a list of directors and officers of the Borrower and the Guarantor specifying
the names and positions of such persons, certified by an officer of the Borrower or
the Guarantor to be true, complete and up to date;
	 
	(d)	 	Third Mortgage Addendum registration
	 
	 	 	evidence that the Third Mortgage Addendum has been duly registered against the Vessel in
accordance with the laws of the Marshall Islands;
	 
	(e)	 	Repayment
	 
	 	 	The repayment instalments of, respectively, USD625,000 and USD1,500,000 due on 19 May
2011;
	 
	(f)	 	Security maintenance
	 
	 	 	Evidence in form and substance acceptable to the Lender that (i) no other lender to the
Borrower or any Group Member has made any demand or is likely to make any demand for the
provision of additional security or prepayment of any loan under provisions equivalent to
those set out in Clause 8.2 of the Loan Agreement and (ii) neither the Borrower nor any
Group Member has given any undertaking to any such lender in respect of those provisions
which are (in the opinion of the Lender) more favorable to such other lender than the
terms of Clause 8.2 of the Loan Agreement;

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	(g)	 	Cash balance projections
	 
	 	 	Evidence in form and substance acceptable to the Lender that the cash balance development
of the Borrower described in the financial projections provided to the Lender for the
Borrower in January 2011 were reasonably derived from information available at that date
and remain valid at the date of this Agreement;
	 
	(h)	 	Laws of the Marshall Islands opinion
	 
	 	 	an opinion of the Lender’s nominated special legal advisers in respect of the laws of the
Marshall Islands;
	 
	(i)	 	London Agent
	 
	 	 	documentary evidence that the agent for service of process named in clause 18.2 of the
Loan Agreement has accepted its appointment in respect of this Agreement;
	 
	(j)	 	Further opinions, etc
	 
	 	 	any further opinions, consents, agreements and documents in connection with this Agreement
and the Security Documents which the Lender may request by notice to the Borrower;
	 
	(k)	 	Endorsement
	 
	 	 	the endorsement at the end of this Agreement signed by each Security
Party (other than the Borrower).

	 
	4	 	
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
	 
	4.1	 	Repetition of Loan Agreement representations and warranties. The Borrower represents and
warrants to the Lender that the representations and warranties in Clause 7 of the Loan
Agreement, as amended and supplemented by this Agreement and updated with appropriate
modifications to refer to this Agreement, remain true and not misleading if repeated on the
date of this Agreement with reference to the circumstances now existing.
	 
	5	 	AMENDMENTS TO LOAN AGREEMENT AND OTHER SECURITY DOCUMENTS
	 
	5.1	 	Specific amendments to Loan Agreement with effect from the date of this Agreement. With
effect on and from the date of this Agreement the Loan Agreement shall be, and shall be deemed
by this Agreement to be, amended as follows:

	 	(a)	 	by adding in Clause 1.2 thereof the definition of “Third Mortgage
Addendum” as set out in Clause 1.2 of this Agreement;
	 
	 	(b)	 	by deleting from Clause 4.1.1 thereof the words “and a final balloon
instalment in the amount of USD10,875,000” and replacing them with the words “, an
instalment of USD1,500,000 on 19 May 2011 and a final balloon instalment in the
amount of USD9,375,000”;
	 
	 	(c)	 	by adding a new Clause 8.1.20 as follows: “Charterhire. procure that
the Approved Charterer shall pay to the Earnings Account punctually and in

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	 	 	 	accordance with the Approved Charter charterhire of at least USD15,200 per
day.”; and

	 	(d)	 	by construing references throughout to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”
and other like expressions as if the same referred to the Loan Agreement as amended
and supplemented by this Clause 5.1 of this Agreement.

	5.2	 	Specific amendments to Loan Agreement with effect from the Conditions Satisfaction Date.
With effect on and from the Conditions Satisfaction Date the Loan Agreement shall be, and
shall be deemed by this Agreement to be, amended as follows:

	 	(a)	 	by adding at the end of the definition of “Mortgage” the words “, and
as further amended by the Third Mortgage Addendum”;
	 
	 	(b)	 	by deleting the definition of “Margin” in Clause 1.2 thereof and
replacing it with: “Margin” means (i) until and including 31 December 2009 two per
cent (2%) per annum, (ii) thereafter until and including 18 May 2011 two point five
per cent (2.5%) per annum (iii) thereafter one point nine per cent (1.9%) per
annum”; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	by deleting the definition of “Required Security Amount” and replacing
it with:
	 
	 	 	 	““Required Security Amount” means the amount in USD (as certified by the
Lender) which is, at any relevant time (i) up to 30 December 2009, one hundred
and five per cent (105%) of the Loan, (ii) from 31 December 2009 up until and
including 30 September 2010 zero per cent (0%) of the Loan, (iii) from 1st
October 2010 until and including 17th November 2010 one hundred and
twenty five per cent of the Loan, (iv) from 18th November 2010 up
until and including 31 March 2012 one hundred and ten per cent (110%) of the
Loan, and (v) thereafter one hundred and twenty five per cent (125%) of the
Loan”; and
	 
	 	(c)	 	by construing references throughout to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”
and other like expressions as if the same referred to the Loan Agreement as amended
and supplemented by this Clause 5.2 of this Agreement.

	5.3	 	Amendments to Security Documents. With effect on and from the date hereof each of the
Security Documents other than the Loan Agreement, shall be, and shall be deemed by this
Agreement to be, amended as follows:

	 	(a)	 	the definition of, and references throughout each of the Security Documents
to, the Loan Agreement and any of the other Security Documents shall be construed as
if the same referred to the Loan Agreement and those Security Documents as amended
and supplemented by this Agreement;
	 
	 	(b)	 	by construing references throughout each of the Security Documents to “this
Agreement”, “this Deed”, “hereunder” and other like expressions as if the same
referred to such Security Documents as amended and supplemented by this Agreement.

	5.4	 	Security Documents to remain in full force and effect. The Security Documents shall remain
in full force and effect as amended and supplemented by:

	 	(a)	 	the amendments to the Security Documents contained or referred to in
Clauses 5.1 and 5.2; and

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	 	(b)	 	such further or consequential modifications as may be necessary to give
full effect to the terms of this Agreement,

	6	 	FURTHER ASSURANCES
	 
	6.1	 	Borrower’s obligation to execute further documents etc. The Borrower shall, and shall
procure that any other party to any Security Document shall:

	 	(a)	 	execute and deliver to the Lender (or as it may direct) any assignment,
mortgage, power of attorney, proxy or other document, governed by the laws of England
or such other country as the Lender may, in any particular case, specify; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	effect any registration or notarisation, give any notice or take any other
step, which the Lender may, by notice to the Borrower or other party, specify for any
of the purposes described in Clause 6.2 or for any similar or related purpose.

	6.2	 	Purposes of further assurances. Those purposes are:

	 	(a)	 	validly and effectively to create any Encumbrance or right of any kind which
the Lender intended should be created by or pursuant to the Loan Agreement or any other
Security Document, each as amended and supplemented by this Agreement; and
	 
	 	(b)	 	implementing the terms and provisions of this Agreement.

	6.3	 	Terms of further assurances. The Lender may specify the terms of any document to be executed
by the Borrower or any other party under Clause 6.1, and those terms may include any
covenants, powers and provisions which the Lender considers appropriate to protect its
interests.
	 
	6.4	 	Obligation to comply with notice. The Borrower shall comply with a notice under Clause 6.1
by the date specified in the notice.
	 
	6.5	 	Additional corporate action. At the same time as the Borrower or any other party delivers to
the Lender any document executed under Clause 6.1(a), the Borrower or such other party shall
also deliver to the Lender a certificate signed by one (1) of the Borrower’s or that other
party’s directors which shall:

	 	(a)	 	set out the text of a resolution of the Borrower’s or that other party’s
directors specifically authorising the execution of the document specified by the
Lender, and
	 
	 	(b)	 	state that either the resolution was duly passed at a meeting of the
directors validly convened and held throughout which a quorum of directors entitled
to vote on the resolution was present or that the resolution has been signed by all
the directors and is valid under the Borrower’s or that other party’s articles of
association or other constitutional documents.

	7	 	EXPENSES
	 
	7.1	 	Expenses The provisions of Clause 5 (Fees and Expenses) of the Loan Agreement shall apply to
this Agreement as if they were expressly incorporated in this Agreement with any necessary
modifications.

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	8	 	NOTICES
	 
	8.1	 	General. The provisions of Clause 16 (Notices and Other Matters) of the Loan Agreement, as
amended and supplemented by this Agreement, shall apply to this Agreement as if they were
expressly incorporated in this Agreement with any necessary modifications.
	 
	9	 	SUPPLEMENTAL
	 
	9.1	 	Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts.
	 
	9.2	 	Third party rights. A person who is not a party to this Agreement has no right under the
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of
this Agreement.
	 
	10	 	LAW AND JURISDICTION
	 
	10.1	 	Governing law. This Agreement and any other non-contractual obligations arising out of or in
connection with it shall be governed by and construed in accordance with English law.
	 
	10.2	 	Incorporation of the Loan Agreement provisions. The provisions of Clause 17 (Governing Law)
and Clause 18 (Jurisdiction) of the Loan Agreement, as amended and supplemented by this
Agreement, shall apply to this Agreement as if they were expressly incorporated in this
Agreement with any necessary modifications.

IN WITNESS whereof the parties to this Agreement have caused this Agreement to be duly executed on
the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 

	SIGNED by KONSTANTINOS SISTOVARIS

	 	 	)	 
	the duly authorised attorney-in-fact of

	 	 	)	 
	STEALTHGAS INC.

	 	 	)	 
	in the presence of

	 	 	)	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 
	SIGNED by ROBIN PARRY

	 	 	)	 
	for and on behalf of

	 	 	)	 
	DEUTSCHE BANK AG FILIALE

	 	 	)	 
	DEUTSCHLANDGESCHÄFT

	 	 	)	 
	in the presence of

	 	 	)	 

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COUNTERSIGNED this 8th day of April 2011 by the following parties who, by executing the same
confirm and acknowledge that they have read and understood the terms and conditions of the above
Third Supplemental Agreement, that they agree in all respects to the same and that the Security
Documents to which they are respectively a party shall remain in full force and effect and shall
continue to stand as security for the obligations of the Borrower under the Loan Agreement, as
amended by the above Third Supplemental Agreement, and they hereby reaffirm the Security
Documents to which they are respectively a party as the same are amended by the above
Supplemental Agreement.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	KONSTANTINOS SISTOVARIS 	 	 
	 	duly authorized on behalf of

MR ROI INC. 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 
	/s/ Peter J Moller
 	 
	duly authorized on behalf of 	 
	NAVIG8 FAITH CORPORATION 	 
	 

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Exhibit 4 (b)

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

OF

GE EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTATION LLC, SERIES 2011-1

(A DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY)

Dated as of June 29, 2011

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GE EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTATION LLC, SERIES 2011-1

          LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT dated as of June 29, 2011, adopted by CEF Equipment
Holding, L.L.C., as a member (the “Initial Member”).

Preliminary Statement

          The Initial Member desires to form a limited liability company under the Delaware Limited
Liability Company Act (currently Chapter 18 of Title 6 of the Delaware Code), as amended from time
to time (the “Act”).

          Accordingly, the Initial Member hereby adopts the following as the “Limited Liability
Company Agreement” of the Company within the meaning of Section 18-101(7) of the Act.

ARTICLE I

          SECTION 1.1 Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the “Definitions Addendum”
attached to this Agreement and incorporated herein and shall otherwise have the meanings assigned
to such terms in the Act.

ARTICLE II

          SECTION 2.1 Formation. The Company was formed as a limited liability company pursuant
to the provisions of the Act on April 27, 2011 by the filing of the Certificate of Formation,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A, with the office of the Secretary of State of
Delaware. The Initial Member hereby adopts, confirms and ratifies said Certificate of Formation
and all acts taken in connection therewith. Julian (Yuli) Rudin is hereby designated as an
“authorized person” within the meaning of the Act, and has executed, delivered and filed the
Certificate of Formation of the Company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware. Upon
the filing of the Certificate of Formation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware,
his powers as an “authorized person” ceased, and the Member thereupon became the designated
“authorized person” and shall continue as the designated “authorized person” within the meaning of
the Act. The Member shall execute, deliver and file any other certificates (and any amendments
and/or restatements thereof) necessary for the Company to qualify to do business in any other
jurisdiction in which the Company may wish to conduct business. The existence of the Company as a
separate legal entity shall continue until cancellation of the Certificate of Formation as provided
in the Act.

ARTICLE III

          SECTION 3.1 Name. The name of the Company is GE Equipment Transportation LLC, Series
2011-1.

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ARTICLE IV

          SECTION 4.1 Purpose and Limitations on Activities. The Company shall limit its
purposes and activities to (i) the issuance and sale of Membership Interests, on the terms and
conditions set forth herein; (ii) acquiring (through purchase or otherwise) from CEF Equipment
Holding, L.L.C. or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates (collectively, the “Seller”),
holding, servicing, transferring and pledging equipment loan and lease receivables, mortgage loans
and receivables and any related rights, documents, assets, and interests (“Assets”); (iii)
entering into any agreement providing for the acquisition, sale, financing, servicing, hedging or
transfer of the Assets or interests in the Assets; (iv) retaining or reacquiring an interest in the
Assets; (v) lending or otherwise investing proceeds from Assets and any other income; and (vi) any
purposes and activities necessary, convenient or incidental to the conduct, promotion or attainment
of the business purposes and activities of the Company as set forth in clauses (i)
through (v) above; provided that, in connection with the permitted activities
specified above, the purpose and activities of the Company shall be further limited as follows:

     (vii) the Company may only hold (a) financial assets (as that term is defined within
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 140 and related Generally Accepted Accounting
Principles, as amended) transferred to it from the Seller (the “Transferred Assets”), (b)
cash obtained from collections of the Transferred Assets and temporary cash equivalent investments
of that cash pending distribution, and (c) nonfinancial assets that may be acquired from time to
time in connection with foreclosure and related servicing activities associated with the financial
assets acquired under clause (a) above. Temporary cash investments are intended to include
money market accounts and certificates of deposits with maturities no later than the next scheduled
Distribution Date;

     (viii) the servicing of assets held by the Company shall be conducted in a manner that is
consistent with the servicing agreement to which the Company shall become a party coincident with
the initial transfer of assets from the Seller (the “Servicing Agreement”);

     (ix) the Company may sell or assign assets only as specified in the Servicing Agreement; and

     (x) the Company may enter into derivative contracts or hedges that have the following
characteristics: (a) are interest rate swap arrangements, (b) have a fair value at inception of
zero, and (c) commence on a date within two (2) days of the effective date of the receipt by the
Company of Transferred Assets.

          SECTION 4.2 Authority. The Company, by or through the Member, or any Manager on
behalf of the Company, may enter into and perform under the Indenture, Transaction Documents and
all documents, agreements, certificates, or financing statements contemplated thereby or related
thereto, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, all without any further act, vote or
approval of any other Person notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Act or
applicable law, rule or regulation. The foregoing authorization shall not be deemed a restriction
on the powers of any Member or any Manager to enter into other agreements on behalf of the Company.

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ARTICLE V

          SECTION 5.1 Registered Office; Other Offices. The address of the registered office of
the Company in the State of Delaware is c/o Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road,
Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware 19808. The Manager may establish other offices of the
Company at such locations within or outside the State of Delaware as the Initial Member may
determine.

ARTICLE VI

          SECTION 6.1 Registered Agent. The name and address of the registered agent of the
Company for service of process on the Company in the State of Delaware is Corporation Service
Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware, 19808.

ARTICLE VII

          SECTION 7.1 Admission of Members. (a) By execution of this Agreement, the Initial
Member is hereby admitted as a Member of the Company and shall have a Membership Interest in the
Company including, without limitation, such rights in and to the profits and losses of the Company
and rights to receive distributions of the Company’s assets, and such other rights and obligations,
as provided herein.

          (b) Without the consent of any Member or other Person, the Manager may cause the Company to
issue additional Membership Interests and thereby admit a new Member or new Members, as the case
may be, to the Company, only if such new Member (i) has delivered to the Initial Member its capital
contribution, (ii) has agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement by becoming a
party hereto, and (iii) has delivered such additional documentation as the Initial Member shall
reasonably require to so admit such new Member to the Company.

          SECTION 7.2 Initial Member. The name and the address of the Initial Member of the
Company is as follows:

CEF Equipment Holding, L.L.C.

10 Riverview Drive

Danbury, Connecticut 06810

ARTICLE VIII

          SECTION 8.1 Management. Subject to Section 16.1, management of the Company is
initially vested in the Initial Member. The Initial Member shall be a “manager” within the meaning
of the Act (a “Manager”) until such time as the Initial Member appoints one or more
Managers to replace the Initial Member in its capacity as manager of the Company. Each Manager
shall perform duties, on behalf of the Company as Manager as set forth in this Agreement and in the
Act and may enter into contracts with Persons on behalf of the Company and engage in activities on
behalf of the Company, including issuing, delivering and executing contracts, agreements and other
documents in connection therewith, in each case in accordance with Section 4.1.

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          SECTION 8.2 Managers to Provide Information to the Initial Member. It shall be the
duty of each Manager, to keep the Initial Member reasonably informed as to material events relating
to the Company, including, without limitation, all claims pending or threatened against the Company
and the execution by such Manager on behalf of the Company of any material agreements or
instruments.

          SECTION 8.3 Accounting and Tax Reports; Tax Matters. The Manager shall: (i) maintain
(or cause to be maintained) the books of the Company on a calendar year basis on the accrual method
of accounting, (ii) deliver to each Member, as may be required by the Code and applicable Treasury
Regulations, such information as may be required to enable each Member to prepare its federal,
state and local income tax returns, (iii) file such tax returns relating to the Company, and make
such elections as may from time to time be required or appropriate under any applicable state or
federal statute or rule or regulation thereunder so as to prevent the Company from being
characterized as an entity treated as a corporation under Section 301.7701-3 of the Treasury
Regulations for federal income tax purposes, (iv) cause such tax returns to be signed in the manner
required by law and (v) collect or cause to be collected any withholding tax with respect to income
or distributions to Members.

ARTICLE IX

          SECTION 9.1 Initial Capital Contributions. The initial cash capital contribution to
be made by the Initial Member promptly hereafter is $10,000.

ARTICLE X

          SECTION 10.1 Additional Contributions. The Members shall have no obligation to make
any additional capital contribution to the Company after the date hereof, but the Initial Member
may elect to do so from time to time.

ARTICLE XI

          SECTION 11.1 Distributions. Distributions shall be made to the Members at the times
and in the aggregate amounts determined by the Manager, subject to the limitations of the Act or
other applicable laws.

          SECTION 11.2 Distribution upon Withdrawal. Upon withdrawal, any withdrawing Member
shall not be entitled to receive any distribution and shall not otherwise be entitled to receive
the fair market value of its Membership Interest.

ARTICLE XII

          SECTION 12.1 Transfers. (a) A Member other than the Initial Member may not Transfer
any part of its Membership Interest without (i) the prior written consent of the Initial Member,
such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, and (ii) the determination of the Initial Member that
such transfer will not cause the Company to be treated as a publicly traded partnership within the
meaning of Section 7704 of the Code. Any purported Transfer of any Membership Interest in
contravention of this Section 12.1 shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be null
and void and of no force or effect whatsoever. No purchase or transfer of a

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Membership Interest shall be made by or to a Benefit Plan Investor, no purchase or transfer of
a Membership Interest by or to a Benefit Plan Investor will be effective, and neither the Company
nor the Initial Member will recognize any such purchase or transfer. In addition, no purchase or
transfer will be effective if it would cause the Company to (x) be classified as an association (or
publicly traded partnership) taxable as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes or (y)
be required to withhold on the transferee’s distributions or distributive shares of income under
Sections 871, 881 or 1446 of the Code, and neither the Manager nor the Company will recognize any
purchase or transfer giving rise to such classification or withholding.

          (b) The Initial Member shall admit a transferee of a Member’s Membership Interest to the
Company only if such transferee (i) has agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this
Agreement by becoming a party hereto and (ii) has delivered such additional documentation as the
Initial Member shall reasonably require to so admit such transferee to the Company.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, both the Company and the Initial Member
shall be entitled to treat the transferee of a Membership Interest as the absolute owner thereof in
all respects, and shall incur no liability for distributions of cash or other property made in good
faith to it, until such time as a written assignment or other evidence of the consummation of a
Transfer that conforms to the requirements of this Section 12.1 and is reasonably
satisfactory to the Initial Member has been received by the Company. The effective date of any
Transfer permitted under this Agreement shall be the close of business on the day of receipt
thereof by the Company.

          SECTION 12.2 Restrictions on Expulsion. No Member shall be expelled as a Member under
any circumstances.

ARTICLE XIII

          SECTION 13.1 Liability of Members. Except as required by the Act, no Member or any
Manager, agent, shareholder, director, employee or incorporator of any Member solely by reason of
its capacity as such will be liable for the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company,
whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, which debts, obligations and liabilities shall be
solely the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company or such other Member, as applicable.

ARTICLE XIV

          SECTION 14.1 Exculpation and Indemnification of Members and Managers. (a) No
Indemnified Party shall be liable to the Company or any Member for any loss, damage or claim
incurred by reason of any act performed or any act omitted by such Indemnified Party in connection
with any matter arising from, or related to, or in connection with this Agreement or the Company’s
business or affairs; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not eliminate or
limit the liability of any Indemnified Party if a judgment or other final adjudication adverse to
the Indemnified Party establishes (i) that the Indemnified Party’s acts or omissions were in bad
faith or involved intentional misconduct or a knowing violation of law or (ii) that the Indemnified
Party personally gained in fact a financial profit or other advantage to which the Indemnified
Party was not legally entitled.

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          (b) The Company shall, to the fullest extent permitted by the Act, indemnify and hold
harmless, and advance expenses to, each Indemnified Party against any losses, claims, damages or
liabilities to which the Indemnified Party may become subject in connection with any matter arising
from, related to, or in connection with, this Agreement or the Company’s business or affairs;
provided, however, that no indemnification may be made to or on behalf of any
Indemnified Party (and expenses advanced shall be returned) if a judgment or other final
adjudication adverse to the Indemnified Party establishes (i) that the Indemnified Party’s acts or
omissions were committed in bad faith or involved intentional misconduct as a knowing violation of
law or (ii) that the Indemnified Party personally gained in fact a financial profit or other
advantage to which the Indemnified Party was not legally entitled.

          (c) Notwithstanding anything else contained in this Agreement, the indemnity obligations of
the Company under paragraph (b) above shall:

     (i) be in addition to any liability that the Company may otherwise have;

     (ii) inure to the benefit of the successors, assigns, heirs and personal
representatives of each Indemnified Party; and

     (iii) be limited to the assets of the Company.

          (d) This Article XIV shall survive any termination of this Agreement and the
dissolution of the Company.

ARTICLE XV

          SECTION 15.1 Duration and Dissolution. The Company shall be dissolved and its affairs
shall be wound up upon the affirmative vote or written consent of the Initial Member or as
otherwise required by the Act.

ARTICLE XVI

          SECTION 16.1 Bankruptcy. Except by the unanimous consent of all Members, and
Managers, the Company shall not file a voluntary petition in bankruptcy or otherwise seek relief
under Title 11 of the United States Code or any successor statute thereto, or under any similar
applicable state law.

          SECTION 16.2 Amendments. (a) Except as is otherwise set forth in clause (b)
below, this Agreement may be amended only if all the Members execute and deliver a written
instrument with respect to such modification, alteration, supplement or amendment;
provided, that so long as any rated debt obligation of the Company is outstanding, the
Rating Agency Condition is satisfied.

          (b) This Agreement may be modified, altered, supplemented or amended without satisfying the
requirement of clause (a) above (i) to cure any ambiguity or (ii) to convert or supplement any
provision herein in a manner consistent with the intent of this Agreement and other Transaction
Documents.

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          SECTION 16.3 Headings. The titles of Sections of this Agreement are for convenience
or reference only and shall not define or limit any of the provisions of this Agreement.

          SECTION 16.4 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICTS OF LAW
PRINCIPLES THEREOF.

          SECTION 16.5 Severability of Provisions. Each provision of this Agreement shall be
considered severable and if for any reason any provision or provisions herein are determined to be
invalid, unenforceable or illegal under any existing or future law, such invalidity,
unenforceability or illegality shall not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this
Agreement which are valid, enforceable and legal.

          SECTION 16.6 Further Assurances. The Initial Member shall execute and deliver such
further instruments and do such further acts and things as may be required to carry out the intent
and purposes of this Agreement.

          SECTION 16.7 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original of this Agreement. Executed counterparts
may be delivered electronically.

          SECTION 16.8 Assignment; Third Party Beneficiaries. The parties hereto acknowledge
and agree that the rights of the Company under this Agreement may be pledged from time to time by
the Company to creditors of the Company to secure the Company’s obligations to such creditors.
Nothing in this Agreement whether express or implied, shall be construed to give to any other
Person (other than a party hereto or an Indemnified Party) any legal or equitable right, remedy or
claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any covenants, conditions or provisions contained
herein.

          SECTION 16.9 Effectiveness. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
each Member agrees that this Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of such
Member, and is enforceable against such Member, in accordance with its terms.

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          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, has duly executed
this Agreement as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	CEF EQUIPMENT HOLDING, L.L.C.,

     as Member

 	 
	 	By:  	/s/
	 
	 	 	Name:  	Charles E. Rhodes	 
	 	 	Title:  	Vice President and Secretary	 

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DEFINITIONS ADDENDUM

TO THE

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT

          “Act” is defined in the Preliminary Statement.

          “Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, any Person or group of Persons acting
in concert in respect of the Person in question that, directly or indirectly, controls or is
controlled by or is under common control with such Person. For the purposes of this definition,
“control” (including, with correlative meaning, the terms “controlled by” and “under common control
with”) as used with respect to any Person or group of Persons, shall mean the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

          “Agreement” means this Limited Liability Company Agreement, as amended from time to
time.

          “Assets” is defined in Section 4.1.

          “Benefit Plan Investor” means an “employee benefit plan” within the meaning of Section
3(3) of ERISA (which is subject to Title I of ERISA), a “plan” described in Section 4975(e)(1) of
the Code (which is subject to Section 4975 of the Code), or any entity deemed to hold “plan assets”
of any of the foregoing by reason of investment by an “employee benefit plan” or “plan” in the
entity.

          “Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or a day on which banks
are required or permitted to be closed in the State of New York or the State of Connecticut.

          “Certificate of Formation” means the Certificate of Formation of the Company, as filed
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on April 27, 2011 or as amended, restated and
supplemented from time to time.

          “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and
Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

          “Company” means GE Equipment Transportation LLC, Series 2011-1, a Delaware limited
liability company.

          “Distribution Date” means the 20th day of each calendar month, or, if such day is not
a Business Day, the next Business Day, commencing on July 20, 2011.

          “ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from
time to time and any regulations promulgated thereunder.

          “Indemnified Party” means a Member, Manager, employee, organizer or agent of the
Company or any officer, agent, shareholder, director, employee or incorporator of the Initial
Member.

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          “Indenture” means the Indenture, dated June 29, 2011, between the Company and the
Indenture Trustee, as the same may be amended, restated and supplemented from time to time.

          “Indenture Trustee” means Citibank,N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as
indenture trustee under the Indenture, or any successor indenture trustee under the Indenture.

          “Initial Member” has the meaning assigned in the preamble.

          “Manager” is defined in Section 8.1.

          “Member” means the Initial Member and any Person that is admitted as a member of the
Company, in each case for so long as such Person continues to be a member of the Company, in such
Person’s capacity as a member of the Company.

          “Membership Interest” means the entire limited liability company interest of a Member
in the Company at any particular time, including the right of a Member to any and all benefits to
which a Member may be entitled as provided in this Agreement, together with the obligations of such
Member to comply with all the terms and provisions of this Agreement. A Membership Interest may be
represented by a certificate.

          “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, trust (including a business
trust), limited liability company, joint stock company, association, joint venture, government or
any agency or political subdivision thereof or any other entity of whatever nature.

          “Rating Agency Condition” means, for so long as such entity is rating any class of
notes issued by the Company, with respect to any action, that (i) Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
shall have been given at least ten (10) Business Days’ prior notice thereof and shall have not
notified the Company and the Indenture Trustee that such action will result in a reduction or
withdrawal of the then current rating of any class of the notes, and (ii) Fitch Inc. shall have
been given at least ten (10) Business Days’ prior notice thereof.

          “Seller” is defined in Section 4.1.

          “Servicing Agreement” means the Servicing Agreement, dated as of June 29, 2011,
between the Company and General Electric Capital Corporation, as servicer.

          “Transaction Documents” means this Agreement, the Related Documents as defined in the
Indenture and all documents and certificates contemplated thereby or delivered in connection
therewith.

          “Transfer” means, (i) as a noun, any transfer, sale, assignment, exchange, charge,
pledge, gift, hypothecation, conveyance, encumbrance or other disposition whether direct or
indirect, voluntary or involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise and, (ii) as a verb, directly
or indirectly, voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, to transfer, sell,
assign, exchange, charge, pledge, give, hypothecate, convey, encumber or otherwise dispose of.

          “Treasury Regulations” means regulations, including proposed or temporary regulations,
promulgated under the Code.

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CERTIFICATE OF FORMATION

OF

GE EQUIPMENT TRANSPORTATION LLC, SERIES 2011-1

     This Certificate of Formation of GE Equipment Transportation LLC, Series 2011-1, dated as of
April 27, 2011, has been duly executed and is being filed by Julian (Yuli) Rudin, as an authorized
person, to form a limited liability company under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (6
Del.C.§18-101, et seq.).

	1.	 	The name of the limited liability company is GE Equipment Transportation LLC, Series 2011-1
(the “LLC”).

	2.	 	The address of the registered office of the LLC in the State of Delaware is Trust Center,
1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle. The name of the
registered agent of the LLC at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

	3.	 	This Certificate of Formation shall be effective as of its filing.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate of Formation of the LLC
this 27th day of April, 2011.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 
	 	By:  	
 	 
	 	 	Name:  	Julian (Yuli) Rudin 	 
	 	 	Title:  	Authorized Person 	 
	 

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