Document:

EX-10.1

 Exhibit 10.1 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 
 This
AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this “Amendment”) to the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Original Credit
Agreement”, and as the Original Credit Agreement is amended hereby and further amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), by and among H&E EQUIPMENT
SERVICES, INC., a Delaware corporation (“H&E Delaware”), GREAT NORTHERN EQUIPMENT, INC., a Montana corporation (“Great Northern”), H&E EQUIPMENT SERVICES (CALIFORNIA), LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“H&E California” and, together with H&E Delaware and Great Northern, each, a “Borrower” and, collectively, the “Borrowers”), the other Credit Parties named therein, the Lenders
named therein, GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as Agent, and the other agents party thereto, is entered into as of February 5, 2015 by and among the Borrowers, the Lenders signatory hereto and the Agent. Unless
otherwise provided, all capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Credit Agreement. 
 R
E C I T A L S: 
 WHEREAS, the Borrowers have requested that the Credit Agreement be
amended to increase the Revolving Loan Commitments by $200,000,000 (the “Amendment No. 1 Commitment Increase”); 

WHEREAS, the Lenders providing the Amendment No. 1 Commitment Increase (“Incremental Lenders”) are willing to provide
the Amendment No. 1 Commitment Increase, but only on the terms and conditions set forth in this Amendment; and 
 WHEREAS, the
Amendment No. 1 Commitment Increase is not, and shall not be deemed to be, an Incremental Revolving Loan Commitment pursuant to Section 1.18 of the Credit Agreement. 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, and subject to the terms and
conditions hereof, the Borrowers, the Requisite Lenders (including the Incremental Lenders) and the Agent agree as follows: 

Section 1. 

AMENDMENTS 
 Subject to
the satisfaction of the conditions to effectiveness referred to in Section 2 hereof, the Original Credit Agreement is amended as follows: 

(a) Annex A of the Original Credit Agreement is amended by adding the following new definitions in their proper alphabetical places: 

“Amendment No. 1” means Amendment No. 1, dated as of February 5, 2015, among the Borrowers, the Lenders
signatory thereto and the Agent. 
 “Amendment No. 1 Effective Date” means the “Effective Date”, as such term
is defined in Amendment No. 1. 

 (b) Annex A of the Original Credit Agreement is further amended by deleting the
definitions Commitments and Revolving Loan Commitment in their entirety and replacing them with the following: 

“Commitments” means (a) as to any Lender, such Lender’s Revolving Loan Commitment (including without duplication the
Swing Line Lender’s Swing Line Commitment as a subset of its Revolving Loan Commitment) as set forth on Annex J or in the most recent Assignment Agreement executed by such Lender and (b) as to all Lenders, the aggregate of all
Lenders’ Revolving Loan Commitments (including without duplication the Swing Line Lender’s Swing Line Commitment as a subset of its Revolving Loan Commitment), which aggregate commitment shall be Six Hundred Two Million Five Hundred
Thousand Dollars ($602,500,000) on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, as such amount may be reduced, amortized or adjusted from time to time in accordance with the Agreement. 

“Revolving Loan Commitment” means (a) as to any Revolving Lender, the aggregate commitment of such Revolving Lender to
make Revolving Credit Advances or incur Letter of Credit Obligations as set forth on Annex J or in the most recent Assignment Agreement executed by such Revolving Lender and (b) as to all Revolving Lenders, the aggregate commitment
of all Revolving Lenders to make Revolving Credit Advances or incur Letter of Credit Obligations, which aggregate commitment shall be Six Hundred Two Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($602,500,000) on the Amendment No. 1 Effective Date, as
such amount may be adjusted, if at all, from time to time in accordance with the Agreement. 
 (c) Annex J of the Original Credit
Agreement is hereby replaced in its entirety with Annex J attached hereto. 
 Section 2. 

CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS 

The amendments provided in Section 1 hereof shall become effective at the date and time (the “Effective Date”),
which must be on or prior to February 5, 2015, that: 
 (a) the Agent shall have received one or more counterparts of (i) this
Amendment, executed and delivered by the Borrowers, the Requisite Lenders, each Incremental Lender and the Agent, and (ii) the Consent and Reaffirmation in the form of Exhibit I hereto, executed and delivered by the Guarantors; 

(b) the Agent shall have received in immediately available funds and without offset or deduction of any kind for the pro rata benefit of each
Incremental Lender a non-refundable fee in an amount equal to 0.25% of the amount of the increase in the Revolving Loan Commitment of such Incremental Lender as reflected on Annex J attached hereto; 

(c) each Incremental Lender shall have received a promissory note to evidence its Revolving Credit Commitment if requested by such Incremental
Lender (which notes shall constitute Notes for purposes of the Credit Agreement); 
 (d) the Agent shall have received a certificate of the
chief financial officer of the Borrower Representative, dated as of the Effective Date, certifying that, after giving pro forma effect to all Revolving Loans that could be incurred under the Credit Agreement, after giving effect to Amendment
No. 1, (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (ii) the Credit Parties, taken as a whole, shall be Solvent; 

(e) the Agent shall have received a certificate of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Credit Party, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Agent, (i) certifying the resolutions of such Credit Party’s board of directors (or equivalent governing body) approving and authorizing Amendment No. 1, (ii) certifying that none of the organizational
documents of such Credit Party delivered to the 

  
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Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement on the Closing Date have been modified or altered in any way (or, if modifications have occurred, certifying new copies of such organizational documents)
and (iii) certifying the incumbency of the officers of such Credit Party; 
 (f) the Agent shall have received an opinion of counsel to
the Borrowers in form and substance and from counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, addressed to the Agent and the Incremental Lenders and covering such matters as the Agent may reasonably request; and 

(g) there shall be no continuing Default or Event of Default (after giving effect to the amendments contemplated by this Amendment), and the
representations and warranties of the Borrowers contained in this Amendment shall be true and correct in all material respects. 
 Section
3. 
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF INCREMENTAL LENDERS 

Each Incremental Lender hereby acknowledges that its Pro Rata Share of participations in Letters of Credit that are outstanding as of the
Effective Date are in accordance with the Revolving Loan Commitments set forth on Annex J attached hereto. 
 Section 4. 

LIMITATION ON SCOPE 

Except as expressly provided herein, the Loan Documents shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with their respective terms. The
amendments set forth herein shall be limited precisely as provided for herein and shall not be deemed to be amendments or waivers of or consents to or modifications of any term or provision of the Loan Documents or any other document or instrument
referred to therein or of any transaction or further or future action on the part of any Credit Party requiring the consent of the Agent or the Lenders except to the extent specifically provided for herein. The Agent and the Lenders have not and
shall not be deemed to have waived any of their respective rights and remedies against any Credit Party for any existing or future Defaults or Events of Default. 

Section 5. 

MISCELLANEOUS 
 (a) Each
Borrower hereby represents and warrants as follows: 
  

	 	(i)	this Amendment has been duly authorized and executed by such Borrower and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Borrower, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as (1) such enforceability may
be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting the rights of creditors in general and (2) the availability of equitable remedies may be limited by equitable principles of general
applicability; and 

  

	 	(ii)	such Borrower repeats and restates the representations and warranties of such Borrower contained in the Credit Agreement as of the Effective Date, except to the extent such representations and warranties relate to a
specific date; provided that references to the “Credit Agreement” or “this Agreement” in such representations and warranties shall be deemed to be references to the Credit Agreement as amended pursuant to this Amendment.

  
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 (b) This Amendment is being delivered in the State of New York. 

(c) Each Borrower ratifies and confirms that all Loan Documents remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the execution and delivery of
this Amendment and that nothing contained in this Amendment shall constitute a defense to the enforcement of any Loan Document. 
 (d) This
Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an original, but all of which counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. 

(e) This Amendment is a “Loan Document” and each of the following provisions of the Credit Agreement is hereby incorporated herein
by this reference with the same effect as though set forth in its entirety herein, mutatis mutandis, and as if “this Agreement” in any such provision read “this Amendment”: Section 11.6 (Severability),
Section 11.9 (Governing Law), Section 11.10 (Notices), Section 11.11 (Electronic Transmissions), Section 11.12 (Section Titles), Section 11.14 (Waiver of Jury Trial), Section 11.17 (Advice of Counsel) and
Section 11.18 (No Strict Construction). 
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 Witness the due execution hereof by the respective duly authorized officers of the undersigned of
this Amendment as of the date first written above. 
  

			
	H&E EQUIPMENT SERVICES, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Leslie S. Magee

	Name:	 	Leslie S. Magee
	Title:	 	Secretary and Chief Financial Officer
	
	H&E EQUIPMENT SERVICES (CALIFORNIA), LLC
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Leslie S. Magee

	Name:	 	Leslie S. Magee
	Title:	 	Secretary and Chief Financial Officer
	
	GREAT NORTHERN EQUIPMENT, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Leslie S. Magee

	Name:	 	Leslie S. Magee
	Title:	 	Secretary and Chief Financial Officer

  
 [Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1] 

 
			
	GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION,
	as Agent and as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kai Sorensen

	Name:	 	Kai Sorensen
	Title:	 	Duly Authorized Signatory

  
 [Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1] 

 
			
	PNC BANK,
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Jay Danforth

	Name:	 	Jay Danforth
	Title:	 	Vice President

  
 [Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1] 

 
			
	GE ASSET BASED MASTER NOTE LLC
	 as a Lender

		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kai Sorensen

	Name:	 	Kai Sorensen
	Title:	 	Duly Authorized Signatory

  
 [Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1] 

 
			
	BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Christopher Godfrey

	Name:	 	Christopher Godfrey
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

  
 [Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1] 

 
			
	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Ross Gilbert

	Name:	 	Ross Gilbert
	Title:	 	Authorized Officer

  
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Amendment No. 1] 

 
			
	CAPITAL ONE BUSINESS CREDIT CORP.,
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Julianne Low

	Name:	 	Julianne Low
	Title:	 	Senior Director

  
 [Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1] 

 
			
	WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC,
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Todd R. Nakamoto

	Name:	 	Todd R. Nakamoto
	Title:	 	Duly Authorized Signer

  
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Amendment No. 1] 

 
			
	DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Shannon

	Name:	 	Michael Shannon
	Title:	 	Vice President
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Michael Winters

	Name:	 	Michael Winters
	Title:	 	Vice President

  
 [Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1] 

 
			
	REGIONS BANK,
	as a Lender
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Kevin D. Padgett

	Name:	 	Kevin D. Padgett
	Title:	 	Senior Vice President

  
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Amendment No. 1] 

 EXHIBIT I 

CONSENT AND REAFFIRMATION 

Each of the undersigned (the “Guarantors”) hereby (i) acknowledges receipt of a copy of Amendment No. 1, dated as
of February     , 2015 (“Amendment No. 1”), to the Fourth Amended and Restated Credit Agreement, dated as of May 21, 2014, among H&E Equipment Services, Inc., Great Northern Equipment, Inc.,
H&E Equipment Services (California), LLC (collectively, the “Borrowers”), the other Credit Parties named therein, the Lenders named therein, General Electric Capital Corporation, as Agent, and the other agents party thereto;
(ii) consents to the Borrowers’ execution and delivery thereof and approves and consents to the transactions contemplated thereby; (iii) agrees to be bound thereby; and (iv) affirms that nothing contained therein shall modify or
diminish in any respect whatsoever its obligations under its Guaranty and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party and reaffirms that such Guaranty and the other Loan Documents are and shall continue to remain in full force and effect. The
acknowledgements contained herein by the Guarantors are made and delivered to induce the Agent, the Requisite Lenders (including the Incremental Lenders) to enter into Amendment No. 1, and the Guarantors acknowledge that the Agent and Requisite
Lenders (including the Incremental Lenders) would not enter into Amendment No. 1 in the absence of such acknowledgements. Although the Guarantors have been informed of the matters set forth herein and have acknowledged and agreed to same, the
Guarantors understand that the Agent and Lenders have no obligation to inform the Guarantors of such matters in the future or to seek the Guarantors’ acknowledgment or agreement to future amendments or waivers, and nothing herein shall create
such a duty. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings given to such terms in Amendment No. 1. 

[Signature page follows] 

  
 [Signature Page to
Amendment No. 1] 

 IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Consent and Reaffirmation on and as of the
date of Amendment No. 1. 
  

			
	GNE INVESTMENTS, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Leslie S. Magee

	Name:	 	Leslie S. Magee
	Title:	 	Secretary & Chief Financial Officer
	
	H&E FINANCE CORP.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Leslie S. Magee

	Name:	 	Leslie S. Magee
	Title:	 	Secretary & Chief Financial Officer
	
	H&E CALIFORNIA HOLDING, INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Leslie S. Magee

	Name:	 	Leslie S. Magee
	Title:	 	Secretary & Chief Financial Officer
	
	H&E EQUIPMENT SERVICES (MID-ATLANTIC), INC.
		
	By:	 	 /s/ Leslie S. Magee

	Name:	 	Leslie S. Magee
	Title:	 	Secretary & Chief Financial Officer

 ANNEX J (from Annex A – Commitments definition) 

to 
 CREDIT AGREEMENT

 COMMITMENTS 
  

					
	 Lender(s):
	  	Amount(s):	 
		
	 General Electric Capital Corporation
	  			
		
	 Revolving Loan Commitment:
	  	$	90,500,000	  
		
	 Swing Line Commitment:
	  	$	15,000,000	  
		
	 GE Asset Based Master Note LLC
	  			
		
	 Revolving Loan Commitment:
	  	$	33,000,000	  
		
	 Bank of America, N.A.
	  			
		
	 Revolving Loan Commitment:
	  	$	123,500,000	  
		
	 JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
	  			
		
	 Revolving Loan Commitment:
	  	$	112,000,000	  
		
	 Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC
	  			
		
	 Revolving Loan Commitment:
	  	$	75,000,000	  
		
	 Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch
	  			
		
	 Revolving Loan Commitment:
	  	$	71,000,000	  
		
	 Regions Bank
	  			
		
	 Revolving Loan Commitment:
	  	$	37,500,000	  
		
	 Capital One Business Credit Corp.
	  			
		
	 Revolving Loan Commitment:
	  	$	30,000,000	  
		
	 PNC Bank, National Association
	  			
		
	 Revolving Loan Commitment:
	  	$	30,000,000EX1030AddendumtoFarmerBrosCoAmendedandRestated2007Long-TermIncentivePlan

Exhibit 10.30
ADDENDUM REGARDING CASH-BASED AWARDS
TO THE
FARMER BROS. CO. 
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2007 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN
(Effective December 5, 2014)

The Farmer Bros. Co. Amended and Restated 2007 Long-Term Incentive Plan was approved by the Company’s stockholders at its 2013 annual meeting (the “Plan”). The purpose of this Addendum to the Plan is to further define cash-based awards or other incentives payable in cash, which is permitted under Section 2.2 of the Plan, by setting forth provisions adding phantom stock units as a method of providing a cash-based but equity-related incentive to key employees of the Company and its Board members, in order to provide the Administrator with more flexibility. The Addendum, as set forth in the paragraphs below, will become effective on the date on which it is approved by the Board of Directors.

The following Addendum is hereby added to, and attached at the end of, the Plan:

ADDENDUM TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED 2007 LONG-TERM INCENTIVE PLAN

PHANTOM STOCK UNITS

Phantom Stock Units. The Administrator is authorized to make Awards of Phantom Stock Units (as defined below) to any Eligible Individual selected by the Administrator in such amounts and subject to such terms and conditions as determined by the Administrator. At the time the Award is granted, the Administrator may specify the date or dates on which the Phantom Stock Units shall become fully vested and nonforfeitable, and may specify such conditions to vesting as it deems appropriate. Alternatively, the Administrator may in its discretion specify one or more Performance Goals, or other specific performance goals, the satisfaction of which shall cause the Phantom Stock Units to become fully vested and nonforfeitable. The Administrator may accelerate the vesting of any Award in the event of a Participant’s Termination of Employment or Termination of Directorship, or a Change in Control. “Phantom Stock Unit” means a right to receive a cash payment as set forth in this Addendum. The definition of “Award” set forth in Section 2.2 of the Plan shall also include any Phantom Stock Unit award.

Cash Payments. At the time the Award is granted, the Administrator shall specify the payment date or dates applicable to each Award of Phantom Stock Units which shall be no earlier than the vesting date or dates of the Award. On the payment date, the Company shall pay a cash amount to the Participant for each Phantom Stock Unit that is vested and scheduled to be distributed on such date and not previously forfeited. The cash payment for each Phantom Stock Unit that is vested and payable shall equal the Fair Market Value on the payment date of a share of Stock. The total of such cash payments to any Participant during a calendar year shall be subject to the limitation set forth in Section 3.3 of the Plan.

Award Agreements. Each Award of Phantom Stock Units shall be evidenced by a written Award Agreement satisfying the requirements stated in this Addendum, and also satisfying Section 7 of the Plan to the extent the Award is intended to constitute a Qualified Performance-Based Award. 

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