Document:

Exhibit 10.1

 

AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED 
 REVOLVING CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS AMENDMENT NO. 3 (this “Amendment”), dated as of March 1, 2016, to the Credit Agreement (as defined below) is entered into by and among the Lenders signatory hereto, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “Agent”), EMERGE ENERGY SERVICES LP, a Delaware limited partnership (the “Parent Guarantor”), and each of the undersigned Borrowers.  Terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement defined below.

 

RECITALS

 

A.                                    The Lenders, Agent, Parent Guarantor and Borrowers have previously entered into that certain Amended and Restated Revolving Credit and Security Agreement, dated as of June 27, 2014, as amended by Amendment No. 1, dated as of April 6, 2015 and by Amendment No. 2, dated as of November 20, 2015 (as further amended, modified and supplemented from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Lenders have made certain loans and financial accommodations available to Borrowers.

 

B.                                    The Required Lenders, Agent, Parent Guarantor and Borrowers, pursuant to Section 16.2(b) of the Credit Agreement, now wish to amend the Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth herein.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1.                                      Amendment to Credit Agreement.  Effective as of the Effective Date, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a)                                 Section 1.2 is hereby amended by adding the following definitions to such Section, in alphabetical order:

 

“Amendment No. 3” shall mean Amendment No. 3 to this Agreement, dated March 1, 2016.

 

“Amendment No. 3 Effective Date” shall mean the date of effectiveness of Amendment No. 3 pursuant to the terms thereof.

 

“Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, among the Credit Parties, the Agent, the holders of the Specified Obligations and the representative of the holders of the Specified Obligations.

 

“Specified Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth on Schedule 1.2(d) hereto.

 

“Specified Other Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth on Schedule 1.2(e) hereto.

 

 

“Tarrant County Property” shall mean the tract of land with the address 12625 Calloway Cemetery Road, Fort Worth, Texas, together with any and all buildings, structures, fixtures and improvements located thereon.

 

(b)                                 The definition of “Consolidated EBITDA” set forth in Section 1.2 is hereby amended by (i) adding “federal,” after “all” in clause (b)(iii) of such definition, (ii) replacing the “and” between clauses (b)(v)(x) and (b)(v)(y) with a comma and replacing the comma before clause (b)(vi) with: “and (z) the execution and delivery of Amendment No. 3 and documentation relating to the Specified Obligations and the Specified Other Obligations,” and (iii) replacing the “and” between clauses (b)(viii) and (b)(ix) with a comma and adding the following before “minus (c)”: “and (x) non-capitalized expenses in respect of Specified Other Obligations during such period,”.

 

(c)                                  The definition of “Customer” set forth in Section 1.2 is hereby amended by replacing “Borrower” with “Credit Party” each time such term is used.

 

(d)                                 The definition “Indebtedness” set forth in Section 1.2 is hereby amended by (i) adding the following before the period of the first sentence: “; provided that (x) the Specified Other Obligations and the Specified Obligations shall not at any time be considered Indebtedness except to the extent due and payable at such time (and not paid at such time), and (y) operating leases shall not be considered Indebtedness” and (ii) deleting the last sentence thereof.

 

(e)                                  The definition of “Leasehold Interests” set forth in Section 1.2 is hereby amended by replacing “Borrower’s” with “Credit Party’s” and replacing “Borrower” with “Credit Party”.

 

(f)                                   The definition of “Permitted Encumbrances” set forth in Section 1.2 is hereby amended by (i) replacing the “or” between clauses (p) and (q) with a comma and (ii) adding the following before the period: “, and (r) Liens on Collateral securing the Specified Obligations pursuant to documentation not more favorable to the holders of the Specified Obligations (or their representative) than the Security Documents are to the Secured Parties and otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent; provided that (x) the representative of the holders of the Specified Obligations shall be party to, and such representative and the holders of the Specified Obligations shall be bound by, the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement and (y) no holders of Specified Obligations (or any representative of such holders) shall be party to any control agreements over deposit accounts or securities accounts of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary of any Credit Party”.

 

(g)                                  The definition of “Real Property” set forth in Section 1.2 is hereby amended by adding “(including fixtures and improvements thereon)” between “property” and “owned.”

 

(h)                                 The definition of “Security Documents” set forth in Section 1.2 is hereby amended by adding “the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement,” after “Deposit Account Control Agreements,”.

 

(i)                                     Section 4.4 is hereby amended by deleting “subject to Section 4.9 hereof,” in the second sentence.

 

(j)                                    Section 4.6 is hereby amended by replacing “Borrower” with “Credit Party” in the sixth sentence.

 

(k)                                 Section 4.9 is hereby amended by adding “and without limiting Agent’s rights under Section 4.4” between “herein” and the comma thereafter.

 

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(l)                                     Section 4.12 is hereby amended by (i) replacing “Borrower” with “Credit Party” each time such term is used, (ii) by replacing “Borrowers” with “Credit Parties” in the fourth sentence and (iii) replacing “Borrowers’” with “Credit Parties’” after “to” and before “credit” in the fourth sentence.

 

(m)                             Section 4.16 is hereby amended by (i) replacing “Borrowers’” with “Credit Parties’” each time such term is used and (ii) by replacing “Borrower” with “Credit Party” in the second sentence.

 

(n)                                 Section 6.6(a) is hereby amended by (i) adding “(x)” between “provided that” and “the requirements” in clause (v) and (ii) adding the following between “2015” and “and” in clause (v): “and (y) if the Tarrant County Property (or the Credit Party that owns the Tarrant County Property) has not been sold within 120 days after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date (to the extent such sale is permitted by this Agreement), the requirements of this clause (v) with respect to the Tarrant Country Property shall be completed no later than 120 days after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date in a manner reasonably satisfactory to Agent, to the extent not completed prior to such date (which requirements may be satisfied by taking such actions as are reasonably satisfactory to Agent to confirm the continued validity of that certain Mortgage dated as of May 14, 2013 on the Tarrant County Property)”.

 

(o)                                 Section 7.12 is hereby amended as follows:

 

i.                                          “(a)” shall be added before the first sentence.

 

ii.                                       The following paragraph shall be added:

 

“(b)                           Amend, modify or waive any term or provision of any documentation relating to the Specified Obligations in a manner material and adverse to Agent or any Lender (for the avoidance of doubt, any amendment, modification or other change in such documentation (i) to increase the aggregate amount of Specified Obligations that is secured, (ii) to increase the aggregate amount of Specified Obligations by more than 10% than such amount outstanding on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date (other than by operation of the terms of such documentation as in effect on the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date or by capitalizing any rental or interest payable in respect of Specified Obligations), (iii) to accelerate or otherwise make earlier any payment date or (iv) to add any restriction on any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of Collateral or on the amendment, restatement, waiver, supplement or refinancing of any Senior Lien Obligations (as defined in the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement) is hereby deemed material and adverse to Agent and the Lenders).  The Credit Parties shall provide Agent a final draft of any amendment, modification or waiver of any documentation relating to the Specified Obligations at least three Business Days in advance of the proposed effectiveness of any such amendment, modification or waiver; provided that, in the case of any modifications to security documents relating to the Specified Obligations that are required by Section 5.03(b) of the Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement, no advance notice shall be required but a copy thereof shall be provided to Agent following effectiveness.”

 

(p)                                 Section 7.14 is hereby amended as follows:

 

i.                                          The section heading shall be retitled: “Prepayment of Indebtedness and Certain Other Obligations” and “(a)” shall be added before the first sentence.

 

ii.                                       The following paragraphs shall be added:

 

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“(b)                           At any time make any payments on any of the Specified Obligations, other than at their scheduled due dates.

 

(c)                                  At any time make any payments on Specified Other Obligations prior to the delivery of financial statements required by Section 9.7 or 9.8(a) covering the first date on which the Total Leverage Ratio, measured as of the end of the applicable fiscal quarter after the Amendment No. 3 Effective Date, calculated after giving pro forma effect to any incurrence of Indebtedness in connection with any payment of Specified Other Obligations, is less than 4.00 to 1.00.”

 

(q)                                 Section 11.1(a) is hereby amended by (i) replacing “Borrower’s” with “Credit Party’s” each time such term is used, (ii) replacing “Borrowers” with “Credit Parties” each time such term is used and (iii) replacing “Borrower” with “Credit Party” in the third and sixth sentences.

 

(r)                                    Section 11.1(b) is hereby amended by replacing “Borrower” with “Credit Party” each time such term is used.

 

(s)                                   Section 11.3 is hereby amended by replacing “Borrower’s” with “Credit Party’s”.

 

(t)                                    Section 14.1 is hereby amended by adding “to enter into the Other Documents and” immediately after “authorizes Agent” in the second sentence of such Section.

 

(u)                                 Section 14.2 is hereby amended by adding the following at the end of the first paragraph:

 

“No Secured Party has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Credit Party arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any Other Document, and the relationship between the Credit Parties, on the one hand, and the Secured Parties, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of debtor and creditor.  No joint venture is created hereby or by any Other Document or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby among the Secured Parties or among the Credit Parties and the Secured Parties.”

 

(v)                                 Section 15.1 is hereby amended to replace paragraph (c) with the following:

 

“(c)                            Each of the Borrowers shall be jointly and severally liable with respect to their Obligations under the Agreement and the Other Documents to which it is party (including the Obligations to repay the Loans and interest and fees thereon, together with each other payment, reimbursement, indemnification and contribution Obligation under this Agreement and any Other Document).  Such joint and several liability of each Borrower shall not be impaired or released by, and each Borrower irrevocably waives any defense it might have by virtue of:  (i) the failure of any Lender or the Agent or any successor or assign thereof to assert any claim or demand or to exercise or enforce any right, power or remedy against any Borrower, any other Person, any collateral under this Agreement or otherwise, (ii) any extension or renewal for any period (whether or not longer than the original period) or exchange of any of the obligations under this Agreement or any Other Document or the release or compromise of any obligation of any nature of any Person with respect thereto, (iii) the surrender, release or exchange of all or any part of any property (including any collateral under this Agreement or otherwise) securing payment, performance and/or observance of any of the obligations under this Agreement or the Other Documents or the compromise or extension or renewal for any period (whether or not

 

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longer than the original period) of any obligations of any nature of any Person with respect to any such property, (iv) any action or inaction on the part of any Lender, the Agent or any other Person, or any other event or condition with respect to any other Borrower, including any such action or inaction or other event or condition, which might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, such other Borrower, or a guarantor or surety of or for any or all of the Obligations under this Agreement or the Other Documents, (v) any disability, incapacity or lack or powers, authority or legal personality of or dissolution or change in the members or status of any Borrower or any other person, (vi) any unenforceability, illegality or invalidity of any obligation of any other Person under this Agreement or any Other Document or any other document, guaranty or security, (vii) any avoidance, postponement, discharge, reduction, non-provability or other similar circumstance affecting any obligation of any Credit Party under this Agreement or an Other Document resulting from any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, liquidation or dissolution proceedings or from any law, regulation or order so that each such obligation shall for the purposes of such other Borrower’s obligations hereunder be construed as if there were no such circumstances, (viii) the release or substitution of any other Borrower in respect of the Obligations, or (ix) any other act, matter or thing which would or might, in the absence of this provision, operate to release, discharge or otherwise prejudicially affect the joint and several nature of the obligations of such or any other Borrower.  It is understood and agreed that the Lenders and the Agent shall be entitled to payment from any one or more Borrowers, as determined by the Lenders and the Agent in their discretion, of any amount due in accordance with this Agreement and the Other Documents, and no Lender nor the Agent shall be required to seek prior or simultaneous payment from any other Borrower.  Until the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all Obligations and the expiration or termination of the Commitments under this Agreement, each Borrower hereby agrees that it shall not exercise any right or remedy arising by reason of any performance by such Borrower of its obligations hereunder, whether by subrogation, reimbursement, contribution, indemnification or otherwise, against any other Borrower or any other Person or any Collateral for any of the Obligations.

 

(d)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 15.1(c), the obligations of each Borrower under Section 15.1(c) with respect to advances made by a Secured Party to one or more other Borrowers shall be limited to a maximum aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such Borrower’s undertakings hereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or fraudulent conveyance under Section 548 of Title 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code or any applicable provisions of comparable state law (collectively, the “Fraudulent Transfer Laws”), in each case taking into account the provisions of Section 15.1(e), and after giving effect to all other liabilities of such Borrower, contingent or otherwise, that are relevant under the Fraudulent Transfer Laws and after giving effect as assets to the value (as determined under the applicable provisions of the Fraudulent Transfer Laws) of any rights to subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or similar rights of such Borrower pursuant to applicable law or any agreement providing for an equitable allocation among such Borrower and the other Borrowers and Affiliates of the Borrowers of obligations arising under co-borrowings or guarantees by such parties.

 

(e)                                  The Borrowers hereby agree, as between themselves, that if any Borrower shall become an Excess Funding Borrower (as defined below) by reason of the payment by

 

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such Borrower of any of the Obligations, each other Borrower shall, on written demand of such Excess Funding Borrower (but subject to the immediately following sentence), pay to such Excess Funding Borrower an amount equal to such Borrower’s Pro Rata Borrower Share (as defined below and determined, for this purpose, without reference to the properties, debts and liabilities of such Excess Funding Borrower) of the Excess Borrower Payment (as defined below) in respect of such Obligations.  The payment obligation of a Borrower to any Excess Funding Borrower under this clause (e) shall be subordinated and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Obligations and such Excess Funding Borrower shall not exercise any right or remedy with respect to such excess until payment in full of all of the Obligations.  For purposes of this Section 15.1(e), (i) “Excess Funding Borrower” means a Borrower that has paid an amount in excess of its Pro Rata Borrower Share of the Obligations, (ii) “Excess Borrower Payment” means the amount paid by an Excess Funding Borrower in excess of its Pro Rata Borrower Share of the Obligations and (iii) “Pro Rata Borrower Share” means, for any Borrower, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (x) the amount by which the aggregate fair saleable value of all properties of such Borrower (excluding any shares of stock of any other Borrower) exceeds the amount of all the debts and liabilities of such Borrower (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations of such Borrower hereunder and any obligations of any other Borrower that have been guaranteed by such Borrower) to (y) the amount by which the aggregate fair saleable value of all properties of all of the Borrowers exceeds the amount of all the debts and liabilities of all of the Borrowers (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement and the Other Documents), determined (A) with respect to any Borrower that is a party hereto on the date hereof, as of the date hereof, and (B) with respect to any other Borrower, as of the date such Borrower becomes a Borrower hereunder.”

 

(w)                          Section 16.1 is hereby amended by (i) replacing “Borrower” with “Credit Party” each time such term is used and (ii) replacing “Borrower’s” with “Credit Party’s” in the third sentence.

 

(x)                                 Section 16.2 is hereby amended as follows:

 

i.                                          The Section heading shall be retitled as follows: “Entire Understanding; Amendments; No Waiver by Course of Conduct.”

 

ii.                                       Paragraph (a) is hereby amended by (x) replacing “Borrower” with “Credit Party” each time such term is used and (y) replacing “Borrower’s” with “Credit Party’s” in the second sentence.

 

iii.                                    The following paragraph shall be added after paragraph (c):

 

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“(d)                           Nothing herein contained, and no act done or omitted by the Agent pursuant to the powers and rights granted it herein, shall be deemed to be a waiver by the Agent of its rights and remedies under this Agreement, any Organizational Document of any Credit Party or any related document, but this Agreement is made and accepted without prejudice to any of the rights and remedies possessed by the Agent under the terms hereof or thereof.  The right of the Agent to collect any amounts due to the Secured Parties hereunder or any Other Document and to enforce its rights with respect to Collateral may be exercised by the Agent either prior to, simultaneously with or subsequent to any action taken by it hereunder or any Other Document.”

 

(y)                                 Section 16.3(a) is hereby amended by (i) replacing “Borrower” with “Credit Party” and (ii) replacing “Borrowers” with “Credit Parties”.

 

(z)                                  Section 16.5 is hereby amended by (i) replacing “Borrower” with “any Credit Party” in the first sentence and (ii) replacing “Borrower’s” with “Credit Party’s” in the fourth sentence.

 

(aa)                          Schedule 1.2(d) hereto is added as Schedule 1.2(d) to the Credit Agreement.

 

(bb)                          Schedule 1.2(e) hereto is added as Schedule 1.2(e) to the Credit Agreement.

 

2.                                      Effectiveness of this Amendment.  The following conditions shall have been satisfied, as determined by Agent, before this Amendment is effective (the date of such effectiveness, the “Effective Date”):

 

(a)                                 Agent shall have received this Amendment, fully executed by each Credit Party, Agent and Lenders constituting Required Lenders.

 

(b)                                 Agent shall have received a closing certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of each Credit Party dated as of the Effective Date stating that each of the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 of this Amendment are true and correct on such date.

 

(c)                                  Agent shall have received a certificate of an Authorized Officer of each Credit Party dated as of the Effective Date certifying (i) to the effect that (A) attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the Organizational Documents of such Credit Party certified as of a recent date by the Secretary of State of the state of its organization, or in the alternative, certifying that such Organizational Documents have not been amended since the Closing Date, (B) attached thereto is a true and complete copy of resolutions duly adopted by the board of directors, board of managers or member, as the case may be, of each Credit Party authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment, and that such resolutions have not been modified, rescinded or amended, and there are no plans to modify rescind or amend, and that such resolutions are in full force and effect or in the alternative, certifying that the resolutions delivered to the Agent on the Closing Date by such Credit Party have not been modified, rescinded or amended, and there are no plans to modify rescind or amend, and that such previously delivered resolutions are in full force and effect and (C) attached thereto is a true and complete copy of the good standing certificates for each Credit Party dated not more than thirty (30) days prior to the Effective Date, issued by the Secretary of State or other appropriate official of each Credit Party’s jurisdiction of organization and (ii) as to the incumbency and specimen signature of each Authorized Officer executing this Amendment and any Other Document on behalf of any Credit Party and signed by another officer as to the incumbency and specimen signature of the Authorized Officer executing the certificate pursuant to this clause.

 

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(d)                                 The Parent Guarantor shall have paid to the Agent for the account of each Applicable Lender (as defined below), a consent fee equal to 0.15% of such Applicable Lender’s Commitment as of the date hereof. “Applicable Lender” shall mean each Lender that has executed and delivered to the Agent its signature page to this Amendment prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on 12:00 noon, March 1, 2016 or such later date and time specified by the Parent Guarantor and notified in writing to the Lenders by the Agent.

 

(e)                                  All fees and expenses of the Agent and its affiliates required to be paid or reimbursed at or prior to the Effective Date pursuant to the Fee Letter, dated as of February 4, 2016 by and among the Parent Guarantor, the Agent and PNC Capital Markets LLC shall have been paid in full, and all fees and expenses of Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP in connection with the Credit Agreement shall have been paid in full.

 

(f)                                   All other documents and legal matters in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Amendment shall have been delivered or executed or recorded, as required by Agent.

 

3.                                      Representations and Warranties.  Each Credit Party represents and warrants as follows:

 

(a)                                 Authority.  Such Credit Party has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Amendment, and to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Other Documents (as amended or modified hereby) to which it is a party.  The execution, delivery and performance by such Credit Party of this Amendment have been duly approved by all necessary corporate action and no other corporate proceedings are necessary to consummate such transactions.

 

(b)                                 Enforceability.  This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by each Credit Party.  This Amendment and each Other Document (as amended or modified hereby) is the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Credit Party, enforceable against each Credit Party in accordance with its terms, and is in full force and effect.

 

(c)                                  Due Execution.  The execution, delivery and performance of this Amendment are within the power of each Credit Party, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, have received all necessary governmental approval, if any, and do not contravene any law or any contractual restrictions binding on any Credit Party.

 

(d)                                 No Default.  No Event of Default or Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

(e)                                  Other Representations and Warranties.  Each of the representations and warranties made by any Credit Party in or pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Other Documents are true and correct in all material respects (or, if such representation and warranty is, by its terms, limited by materiality (including a Material Adverse Effect), then such representation and warranty are true in all respects) on and as of the date hereof as if made on and as of the date hereof (except to the extent any such representation or warranty specifically relates to a certain prior date).

 

4.                                      Choice of Law.  This Amendment shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York applied to contracts to be performed wholly within the State of New York.

 

5.                                      Counterparts; Electronic Signatures.  This Amendment may be executed in any number of and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, all of which, when so executed, shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts shall constitute one and the same agreement.  Any signature delivered

 

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by a party by facsimile or other similar method of electronic transmission shall be deemed to be an original signature hereto.

 

6.                                      Reference to and Effect on the Other Documents.

 

(a)                                 Upon and after the effectiveness of this Amendment, each reference in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement,” “hereunder,” “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, and each reference in the Other Documents to “the Credit Agreement,” “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as modified and amended hereby.

 

(b)                                 Except as specifically amended above, the Credit Agreement and all Other Documents, are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and are hereby in all respects ratified and confirmed and shall constitute the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of Borrowers to Agent and the Lenders.

 

(c)                                  The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not, except as expressly provided herein, operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Agent and/or the Lenders under any of the Other Documents, nor constitute a waiver of any provision of any of the Other Documents.

 

(d)                                 To the extent that any terms and conditions in any of the Other Documents shall contradict or be in conflict with any terms or conditions of the Credit Agreement, after giving effect to this Amendment, such terms and conditions are hereby deemed modified or amended accordingly to reflect the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement as modified or amended hereby.

 

7.                                      Estoppel.  To induce Agent and the Lenders to enter into this Amendment and to continue to make advances to Borrowers under the Credit Agreement, each Credit Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that, as of the date hereof, there exists no right of offset, defense, counterclaim or objection in favor of the Borrowers as against Agent or any Lender with respect to the Obligations.

 

8.                                      Integration.  This Amendment, together with the Credit Agreement and the Other Documents, incorporates all negotiations of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and is the final expression and agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

9.                                      Severability.  If any part of this Amendment is contrary to, prohibited by, or deemed invalid under Applicable Laws or regulations, such provision shall be inapplicable and deemed omitted to the extent so contrary, prohibited or invalid, but the remainder hereof shall not be invalidated thereby and shall be given effect so far as possible.

 

10.                               Submission of Amendment.  The submission of this Amendment to the parties or their agents or attorneys for review or signature does not constitute a commitment by Agent or the Lenders to modify the Credit Agreement, and this Amendment shall have no binding force or effect until all of the conditions to the effectiveness of this Amendment have been satisfied as set forth herein.

 

11.                               Guarantors’ Acknowledgment.  With respect to the amendments to the Credit Agreement effected by this Amendment, each Guarantor hereby acknowledges and agrees to this Amendment and confirms and agrees that its Guaranty and each Security Document to which it is a party (as modified and supplemented in connection with this Amendment) is and shall continue to be, in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects except that, upon the effectiveness of, and on and

 

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after the date of this Amendment, each reference in such Guaranty and Security Document to the Credit Agreement, “thereunder,” “thereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall mean and be a reference to the Credit Agreement as amended or modified by this Amendment.  Although Agent and the Lenders have informed the Guarantors of the matters set forth above, and each Guarantor has acknowledged the same, each Guarantor understands and agrees that neither Agent nor any Lender has any duty under the Credit Agreement, the Guaranty or any other agreement with any Guarantor to so notify any Guarantor or to seek such an acknowledgement, and nothing contained herein is intended to or shall create such a duty as to any transaction hereafter.  Each Credit Party hereby ratifies and reaffirms the validity, enforceability and perfection of the Liens and security interests granted to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties to secure any of the Obligations (as defined in the Credit Agreement and including after giving effect to this Amendment) by each Credit Party pursuant to the Other Documents to which any Credit Party is a party and agrees that the Liens and security interests granted pursuant to the Other Documents shall continue to secure Obligations under the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

 

12.                               General Release; Indemnity.

 

(a)                                 In consideration of, among other things, Agent’s and the Lenders’ execution and delivery of this Amendment, each Borrower and each other Credit Party, on behalf of itself and its agents, representatives, officers, directors, advisors, employees, subsidiaries, affiliates, successors and assigns (collectively, “Releasors”), hereby forever agrees and covenants not to sue or prosecute against any Releasee (as hereinafter defined) and hereby forever waives, releases and discharges, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each Releasee from any and all claims (including, without limitation, crossclaims, counterclaims, rights of set-off and recoupment), actions, causes of action, suits, debts, accounts, interests, liens, promises, warranties, damages and consequential damages, demands, agreements, bonds, bills, specialties, covenants, controversies, variances, trespasses, judgments, executions, costs, expenses or claims whatsoever, that such Releasor now has or hereafter may have, of whatsoever nature and kind, whether known or unknown, whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether arising at law or in equity (collectively, the “Claims”), against any or all of the Secured Parties in any capacity and their respective affiliates, subsidiaries, shareholders and “controlling persons” (within the meaning of the federal securities laws), and their respective successors and assigns and each and all of the officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, advisors and other representatives of each of the foregoing (collectively, the “Releasees”), based in whole or in part on facts, whether or not now known, existing on or before the Effective Date, that relate to, arise out of or otherwise are in connection with: (i) any or all of the Credit Agreement or any Other Documents or transactions contemplated thereby or any actions or omissions in connection therewith, (ii) any aspect of the dealings or relationships between or among the Borrowers and the other Credit Parties, on the one hand, and any or all of the Secured Parties, on the other hand, relating to any or all of the documents, transactions, actions or omissions referenced in clause (i) hereof, or (iii) any aspect of the dealings or relationships between or among any or all of Insight Equity Management Company LLC and its affiliates, on the one hand, and the Lenders, on the other hand, but only to the extent such dealings or relationships relate to any or all of the documents, transactions, actions or omissions referenced in clause (i) hereof. The receipt by any Borrower or any other Credit Party of any Loans or other financial accommodations made by any Secured Party after the date hereof shall constitute a ratification, adoption, and confirmation by such party of the foregoing general release of all Claims against the Releasees that are based in whole or in part on facts, whether or not now known or unknown, existing on or prior to the date of receipt of any such Loans or other financial accommodations. In entering into this Agreement, each Borrower and each other Credit Party consulted with, and has been represented by, legal counsel and expressly disclaims any reliance on any representations, acts or omissions by any of the Releasees and hereby agrees and acknowledges that the validity and effectiveness of the releases set forth above do not depend in any way

 

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on any such representations, acts and/or omissions or the accuracy, completeness or validity thereof. The provisions of this Section 12 shall survive the termination of this Amendment, the Credit Agreement, the Other Documents and payment in full of the Obligations.

 

(b)                                 Each Borrower and each other Credit Party hereby agrees that the Releasees shall each be an Indemnified Party and entitled to the benefits of Section 16.5 of the Credit Agreement, including, without limitation, with respect to any Claims arising from or in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery, performance, administration and enforcement of this Amendment or any other document executed and/or delivered in connection therewith.

 

(c)                                  Each Borrower and each other Credit Party, on behalf of itself and its successors, assigns, and other legal representatives, hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably, covenants and agrees with and in favor of each Releasee that it will not sue (at law, in equity, in any regulatory proceeding or otherwise) any Releasee, and will not assert in any proceeding any counterclaim or crossclaim against any Releasee, in each case on the basis of any Claim released, remised and discharged by any Borrower or any other Credit Party pursuant to Section 8(a) hereof. If any Borrower, any other Credit Party or any of its successors, assigns or other legal representatives violates the foregoing covenant, each Borrower and each other Credit Party, each for itself and its successors, assigns and legal representatives, agrees to pay, in addition to such other damages as any Releasee may sustain as a result of such violation, all attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by any Releasee as a result of such violation.

 

[signature pages follow]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have entered into this Amendment as of the date first above written.

 

	
PARENT GUARANTOR:
    	
 
    	
EMERGE ENERGY SERVICES LP
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By: EMERGE ENERGY SERVICES GP LLC, its General Partner
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Warren B. Bonham
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Warren B. Bonham
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: Vice President
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
BORROWERS:
    	
 
    	
EMERGE ENERGY SERVICES OPERATING LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Warren B. Bonham
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Warren B. Bonham
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: Vice President
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
ALLIED ENERGY COMPANY LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
DIRECT FUELS LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
SUPERIOR SILICA SANDS LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By: EMERGE ENERGY SERVICES OPERATING LLC, its sole member
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Warren B. Bonham
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Warren B. Bonham
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: Vice President
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
ALLIED RENEWABLE ENERGY, LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By: ALLIED ENERGY COMPANY LLC, its sole member
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By: EMERGE ENERGY SERVICES OPERATING LLC, its sole member
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Warren B. Bonham
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Warren B. Bonham
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: Vice President
    

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO EMERGE REVOLVING CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT]

 

 

	
 
    	
EMERGE ENERGY DISTRIBUTORS INC.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Warren B. Bonham
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Warren B. Bonham
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: Vice President
    

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO EMERGE REVOLVING CREDIT AND SECURITY AGREEMENT]

 

 

	
AGENT AND LENDER:
    	
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Ron Eckhoff
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Ron Eckhoff
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: Vice President
    

 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 3 to Emerge Revolving Credit and Security Agreement

 

 

	
A LENDER:
    	
Bank of America, N.A.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Anna Schroeder
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Anna Schroeder
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: AVP
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
A LENDER:
    	
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Daniel M. Smith
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Daniel M. Smith
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: Vice President
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
A LENDER:
    	
Branch Banking and   Trust Company
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ David A. White
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: David A. White
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: Senior Vice   President
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
A LENDER:
    	
Santander Bank, N.A.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Aidan Lanigan
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Aidan Lanigan
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: Senior Vice   President
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Puiki Lok
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Puiki Lok
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: Vice President
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
A LENDER:
    	
Morgan Stanley Bank,   N.A.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Lisa Vieira
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Lisa Vieira
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: Authorized   Signatory
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
A LENDER:
    	
Morgan Stanley Senior   Funding, Inc.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Lisa Vieira
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: Lisa Vieira
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: Vice President
    

 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 3 to Emerge Revolving Credit and Security Agreement

 

 

	
A LENDER:
    	
AMEGY BANK a division   of ZB, N.A.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Jesse Greadington   III
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Jesse Greadington III
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Vice President
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
A LENDER:
    	
STIFEL BANK &   TRUST
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ John H. Phillips
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name: John H. Phillips
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title: Executive Vice   President
    

 

Signature Page to Amendment No. 3 to Emerge Revolving Credit and Security Agreementcabo20151119_10k.htm

 

Exhibit 10.11

 

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT, between Cable One, Inc. (the “Company”), a Delaware corporation, and [NAME].

 

This Restricted Stock Award Agreement (the “Award Agreement”) sets forth the terms and conditions of an award of [NUMBER] performance-based restricted shares (the “Award”) of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share (a “Share”), representing the target number of Shares subject to this Award (the “Target Shares”), that are being granted to you under the Cable ONE, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Plan”) as of [DATE] (the “Grant Date”) and that are subject to certain restrictions on transfer and risks of forfeiture and other terms and conditions specified herein (such restricted Shares subject to this Award Agreement, the “Restricted Shares”). This Award provides you with the opportunity to earn, subject to the terms of this Award Agreement and the Plan, a number of Shares that is between 0% and 200% of the Target Shares, with such number of earned Shares to be determined by the Committee as set forth in Section 3 of this Award Agreement.

 

THIS AWARD IS SUBJECT TO ALL TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE PLAN AND THIS AWARD AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 11 OF THIS AWARD AGREEMENT AND THE RESTRICTIVE COVENANT, CLAWBACK AND RECOUPMENT PROVISIONS SET FORTH IN SECTION 5 AND APPENDIX A OF THIS AWARD AGREEMENT. BY SIGNING YOUR NAME BELOW, YOU WILL HAVE CONFIRMED YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS AWARD AGREEMENT.

 

SECTION 1.  The Plan. This Award is made pursuant to the Plan, all the terms of which are hereby incorporated in this Award Agreement, including but not limited to the provisions of Section 6(f) of the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Plan and the terms of this Award Agreement, the terms of the Plan shall govern. 

 

SECTION 2.  Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Award Agreement that are not defined in this Award Agreement have the meanings as used or defined in the Plan. As used in this Award Agreement, the following terms have the meanings set forth below:

 

“Business Day” means a day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions are legally permitted to be closed in the City of New York.

 

“Cause” shall mean the occurrence of any of the following events: (a) your fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement or misuse of Company funds or property; (b) your failure to substantially perform your duties to the Company; (c) your conviction of, or entry of a plea of guilty or nolo contendre to, a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude; (d) any wilful act, or failure to act, by you in bad faith to the material detriment of the Company; (e) your material noncompliance with Company policies and guidelines; or (f) your material breach of any term of this Award Agreement or any agreement between you and the Company; provided that in cases where cure is possible, you shall first be provided a 15-day cure period. If, subsequent to your termination of employment with the Company or one of its Affiliates for any reason other than for Cause, the Company determines in good faith that your employment could have been terminated by the Company or applicable Affiliate for Cause, then, at the election of the Company, your employment will be deemed to have been terminated for Cause as of the date the events giving rise to Cause occurred.

 

“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

“Disability” means your absence from employment due to a physical or mental condition, illness or injury for a period of 180 consecutive Business Days.

 

“Determination Date” means the date as soon as reasonably practicable following the Performance Period, but in no event later than March 15 of the year following the end of the Performance Period, as determined by the Committee, on which the Committee determines whether the Performance Goal has been achieved. 

 

 

 

 

 

“Good Reason” means the occurrence, without your written consent, of any of the following events or circumstances: (a) a material reduction in your annual base salary or target bonus opportunity; (b) a material diminution in your title, duties or responsibilities; (c) a relocation of your principal work location by more than 50 miles; or (d) any material breach of this Award Agreement by the Company; provided that Good Reason shall not exist unless you give the Company notice specifically detailing the event you believe gives rise to Good Reason within 60 days of the date you have knowledge of such event. In cases where cure is possible, the Company shall be provided a 90-day cure period after such notice is given in accordance with Section 12 of this Award Agreement; if such circumstances are not cured by the expiration of such cure period, you may resign for Good Reason within three months following the end of the cure period, but if such circumstances are cured within the cure period or if you do not resign for Good Reason within three months following the end of the cure period, such circumstances will not be deemed to constitute Good Reason.

 

“Performance Goal” means the applicable goal or goals set forth on Appendix B.

 

“Performance Period” means the period beginning on [DATE] and ending on [DATE].

 

“Pro-Ration Fraction” means a fraction, (a) the numerator of which is the number of days elapsed from the Grant Date through the date of termination of employment and (b) the denominator of which is the number of days elapsed from the Grant Date through the Vesting Date.

 

“Restrictive Covenants” means the restrictive covenants set forth in Appendix A, which are incorporated herein by reference.

 

“Vesting Date” means [DATE].

 

SECTION 3.  Vesting. Performance-Based Vesting. On the Determination Date, the Committee shall determine whether the Performance Goal has been achieved for the Performance Period, and shall specify the level of any such achievement (the “Performance Factor”) (and, accordingly, the number of earned Shares subject to this Award), based on the scoring and adjustment provisions set forth in Appendix B. If the Performance Factor is less than 100%, then the number of Target Shares that exceeds the Performance Factor shall be immediately forfeited on the Determination Date, and only the number of Shares correlating to the Performance Factor shall be deemed outstanding and shall be considered Restricted Shares for purposes of this Award Agreement. Except as otherwise determined by the Committee in its sole discretion, which shall be subject to Section 6(f) of the Plan, or as otherwise provided in this Section 3, vesting of the Restricted Shares is contingent on the achievement of the Performance Goal within the Performance Period and your continued employment with the Company or an Affiliate through the Vesting Date. Except as otherwise provided in Section 3(a)(ii) – (iv), if your employment with the Company or an Affiliate terminates at any time before the Vesting Date, the Restricted Shares shall be immediately forfeited.

 

(ii)  Termination Without Cause or for Good Reason. In the event that your employment is terminated by the Company without Cause or by you for Good Reason anytime on or after the first anniversary of the Grant Date, except as otherwise set forth in Section 3(a)(iv)(A), then a portion of your Restricted Shares determined by multiplying the Restricted Shares outstanding prior to such termination by the applicable Pro-Ration Fraction (such portion, the “Remaining Restricted Shares”) shall be treated as follows: (A) if such termination occurs before the Determination Date on which the Committee determines that the Performance Goal has been achieved, then the Remaining Restricted Shares shall no longer be subject to the service requirements, but shall remain outstanding and you shall be eligible to vest in a number of Shares on the Determination Date, determined by multiplying the Remaining Restricted Shares by the Performance Factor, and (B) if such termination occurs on or after the Determination Date, then the Remaining Restricted Shares (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be determined after application of the Performance Factor and the Pro-Ration Fraction) shall immediately vest. All Restricted Shares other than the Remaining Restricted Shares shall be forfeited immediately upon such termination of employment. For the avoidance of doubt, if such termination of employment occurs before the first anniversary of the Grant Date, or if the Committee does not determine on the Determination Date that the Performance Goal has been achieved, then all then outstanding Restricted Shares (including any Remaining Restricted Shares) shall be immediately forfeited as of the date of termination or the Determination Date, as applicable. 

 

(iii)  Death or Disability. In the event your employment is terminated due to death or Disability on or after the first anniversary of the Grant Date, the service and performance requirements shall no longer apply and you or your estate or applicable beneficiary, as the case may be, shall immediately vest in a portion of your Restricted Shares determined by multiplying the Target Shares or, if the Determination Date has occurred as of the termination date, the product of the Target Shares and the Performance Factor, by the applicable Pro-Ration Fraction. Any Restricted Shares that do not vest pursuant to this Section 3(a)(iii) will be immediately forfeited.

 

 

 

 

 

(iv)  Change of Control. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 3(a)(iv)(A) or in Section 3(a)(iv)(B) below, following a Change of Control, the unvested Restricted Shares outstanding as of such Change of Control shall no longer be subject to the performance requirements but shall remain outstanding and subject to service requirements through the Vesting Date; provided that in the event that your employment terminates on or after a Change of Control but before the Vesting Date under any of the circumstances described in Section 3(a)(ii) above, (I) if such date of termination is also within 18 months following such Change of Control, your date of termination of employment shall be deemed to be the Vesting Date, and all Restricted Shares then outstanding shall immediately vest and (II) if such date of termination is after the date that is 18 months following such Change of Control, then upon your date of termination, a portion of your then outstanding Restricted Shares shall immediately vest, determined in a manner consistent with the pro-ration provided in Section 3(a)(ii). Furthermore, in the event that your employment terminates under any of the circumstances described in Section 3(a)(ii) above before the Determination Date and before a Change of Control, upon a Change of Control that occurs prior to the Determination Date, the date of such Change of Control shall be deemed to be the Determination Date for purposes of your Remaining Restricted Shares and the Performance Factor will be deemed to be 100%.

 

(B)  Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event of a Change of Control before the Vesting Date, unless (I) the unvested but outstanding Restricted Shares remain outstanding following such Change of Control in accordance with the Plan and (II) the material terms and conditions of such Restricted Shares as in effect immediately prior to the Change of Control are preserved following the Change of Control (including with respect to the vesting schedules), the date of the Change of Control shall be deemed to be the Vesting Date for purposes of (x) the Target Shares, if such Change a Control occurs prior to the Determination Date and (y) the then outstanding Restricted Shares (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be determined after application of the Performance Factor), if such Change in Control occurs on or after the Determination Date.

 

SECTION 4.  Delivery of Shares. On or following the date of this Award Agreement, the Restricted Shares shall be evidenced in such manner as the Company shall determine. Any certificate or book entry credit issued or entered in respect of such Restricted Shares shall be registered in your name and shall bear an appropriate legend referring to the terms, conditions and restrictions applicable to the Restricted Shares, substantially in the following form:

 

“The transferability of the shares of stock represented hereby is subject to the terms and conditions (including forfeiture) of the Cable ONE, Inc. 2015 Omnibus Incentive Compensation Plan and an Award Agreement, as well as the terms and conditions of applicable law. Copies of such Plan and Award Agreement are on file at the offices of Cable One, Inc.”

 

In addition, the Company may affix to certificates for Shares issued pursuant to this Award Agreement any other legend that the Committee determines to be necessary or advisable (including to reflect any restrictions to which you may be subject under any applicable securities laws). The Company shall require that the certificates or book entry credits evidencing title of the Restricted Shares be held in custody by the Company or such other custodian as may be designated by the Committee or the Company, until such time, if any, as the Restricted Shares have vested, and the Company may require that, as a condition of your receiving the Restricted Shares, you shall have delivered to the Company or such other custodian as may be designated by the Committee or the Company, a stock power, endorsed in blank, relating to such Restricted Shares. If and when the Vesting Date occurs with respect to the Restricted Shares or the Restricted Shares otherwise become vested in accordance with Section 3, provided the Restricted Shares have not been forfeited pursuant to Section 3 or Section 5, the legend set forth above shall be removed from the certificates or book entry credits evidencing such Shares within 30 days following such date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be entitled to hold the Restricted Shares until it shall have received from you a duly executed Form W-8 or W-9, as applicable, and any other information or completed forms the Company may reasonably require.

 

SECTION 5.  Forfeiture of Restricted Shares. Unless the Committee determines otherwise, and except as otherwise provided in Section 3, if your employment terminates prior to the Vesting Date, your rights with respect to the Restricted Shares shall immediately terminate, and you will be entitled to no further payments or benefits with respect thereto. Furthermore, unless the Committee determines otherwise, and except as otherwise provided in Section 3, if the Committee determines on the Determination Date that the Performance Goal has not been achieved, your rights with respect to the Restricted Shares shall immediately terminate, and you will be entitled to no further payments or benefits with respect thereto. 

 

 

 

 

 

(ii)  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Award Agreement, in the event that you incur a termination of employment by the Company without Cause or due to Disability or by you for Good Reason, in order for the Restricted Shares that would be Remaining Restricted Shares to be treated as provided in Section 3(a)(ii) or (iii), you must sign a customary release of claims in favor of the Company and its Affiliates that is acceptable to the Company, and such release must become effective and irrevocable on or before the 65th day following your termination of employment. In the event you do not sign such release or revoke such release before it becomes effective, you will forfeit all rights to any unvested Restricted Shares or Remaining Restricted Shares, as applicable. In addition, in the event that you (A) violate the Restrictive Covenants, (B) engage in any conduct constituting Cause, (C) engage in fraud or wilful misconduct contributing to any financial restatements or irregularities or a material loss to the Company or its Affiliates or (D) otherwise violate any recoupment or clawback policy adopted by the Company, as may be amended from time to time, to the extent necessary to address the requirements of applicable law (including Section 954 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, as codified in Section 10D of the Exchange Act, Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 or any other applicable law) (any of the events described in the foregoing clauses (A)-(D), a “Forfeiture Event”), all outstanding vested or unvested Restricted Shares and Remaining Restricted Shares, as applicable, shall be forfeited and canceled. In addition, in the event of a Forfeiture Event, the Board may require you to disgorge to the Company all net after-tax amounts that you have realized or received in respect of this Award, including on the sale or transfer of Shares in respect of Restricted Shares or Remaining Restricted Shares, as applicable (or, in the case of any transfer for less than the Fair Market Value of such Shares, you will disgorge to the Company an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of such Shares) and any dividend amounts paid pursuant to Section 6 or, following the Vesting Date, in respect of Shares related to this Award, in each case, to the extent realized or received in the 12 months before or the 12 months after such Forfeiture Event. Furthermore, in the event that your employment is terminated for Cause, you will forfeit all outstanding Remaining Restricted Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent permitted by applicable law, this Section 5(ii) will cease to be effective as a basis for forfeiture, clawback or recoupment of any portion of this Award from and after a Change of Control.

 

SECTION 6.  Voting Rights; Dividends. If the Company declares and pays (or sets a record date with respect to) ordinary cash dividends on Shares on or after the Grant Date and prior to the Vesting Date, you shall not be entitled to receive such dividends at the time of payment. Instead, subject to Section 8 below, any such dividends as relate to the Restricted Shares and which you are eligible to receive pursuant to the immediately following sentence shall be held by the Company or an escrow agent that is designated by the Company and shall vest and be paid (less any taxes required to be withheld) at the time the corresponding Restricted Shares vest (it being understood that the provisions of this sentence shall not apply to any extraordinary dividends or distributions). You are eligible to receive ordinary cash dividends on the Restricted Shares during the period from the Grant Date through the Vesting Date as follows: (a) you shall be eligible to receive, and shall accrue in escrow, any such dividends declared, paid or for which a record date has been set prior to the Determination Date only in respect of the Target Shares and (b) you shall be eligible to receive, and shall accrue in escrow, any such dividends declared, paid or for which a record date has been set on or after the Determination Date in respect of the then outstanding Restricted Shares (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be determined after application of the Performance Factor). You shall have, with respect to the Restricted Shares outstanding as of an applicable date (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be the Target Shares prior to the Determination Date, and on and following the Determination Date, shall be the product of the Target Shares and the Performance Factor), the same right to vote the Shares as a shareholder of Shares. 

 

SECTION 7.  Non-Transferability of Restricted Shares. Unless otherwise provided by the Committee in its discretion, Restricted Shares may not be sold, assigned, alienated, transferred, pledged, attached or otherwise encumbered except as provided in Section 9(a) of the Plan. Any purported sale, assignment, alienation, transfer, pledge, attachment or other encumbrance of a Restricted Share in violation of the provisions of this Section 7 and Section 9(a) of the Plan shall be void.

 

SECTION 8.  Withholding, Consents and Legends. Withholding. The delivery of Shares pursuant to Section 4 of this Award Agreement is conditioned on satisfaction of any applicable withholding taxes in accordance with this Section 8(a) and Section 9(d) of the Plan. In the event that there is withholding tax liability in connection with the vesting of, or lapse of restrictions associated with, Restricted Shares and any accrued dividends related thereto, you may satisfy, in whole or in part, any withholding tax liability: (i) by cash payment of an amount equal to such withholding liability; (ii) by delivery of Shares owned by you (which are not subject to any pledge or other security interest) or by delivery of irrevocable instructions to a broker to sell Shares and promptly deliver to the Company the proceeds from the sale of Shares, in each case, with the amount realized equal to the amount required to cover such withholding liability; or (iii) by having the Company withhold from the number of Restricted Shares you would be entitled to receive a number of Shares having a fair value equal to such withholding tax liability.

 

 

 

 

 

(b)  Consents. Your rights in respect of the Restricted Shares are conditioned on the receipt to the full satisfaction of the Committee of any required consents that the Committee may determine to be necessary or advisable (including your consenting to the Company’s supplying to any third-party recordkeeper of the Plan such personal information as the Committee deems advisable to administer the Plan).

 

SECTION 9.  Successors and Assigns of the Company. The terms and conditions of this Award Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns.

 

SECTION 10.  Committee Discretion. Subject to the terms of the Plan and this Award Agreement, the Committee shall have discretion with respect to any actions to be taken or determinations to be made in connection with this Award Agreement, and its determinations shall be final, binding and conclusive.

 

SECTION 11.  Dispute Resolution.    (a)  Jurisdiction and Venue.  (i)  This Award Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of conflict of laws that could cause the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware. 

 

(ii)  Subject to the provisions of Section 11(a)(iii), any controversy or claim between you and the Company or its Affiliates arising out of or relating to or concerning the provisions of any Award Agreement or the Plan shall be finally settled by arbitration in Phoenix, Arizona, before, and in accordance with the rules then obtaining of the American Arbitration Association (the “AAA”) in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules of the AAA.

 

(iii)  In addition to its right to submit any dispute or controversy to arbitration, the Company or one of its Affiliates may bring an action or special proceeding in a state or Federal court of competent jurisdiction sitting in Phoenix, Arizona, whether or not an arbitration proceeding has theretofore been or is ever initiated, for the purpose of temporarily, preliminarily or permanently enforcing the provisions of the Plan, the Restrictive Covenants, or to enforce an arbitration award, and, for the purposes of this Section 11(a)(iii), you (A) expressly consent to the application of Section 11(a)(iv) to any such action or proceeding, (B) agree that proof shall not be required that monetary damages for breach of the provisions of the Restrictive Covenants or this Award Agreement would be difficult to calculate and that remedies at law would be inadequate, and (C) irrevocably appoint the General Counsel of the Company as your agent for service of process in connection with any such action or proceeding, who shall promptly advise you of any such service of process by notifying you at the last address on file in the Company’s records.

 

(iv)  You and the Company hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or Federal court located in Phoenix, Arizona, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of, relating to or in connection with this Award Agreement or the Plan that is not otherwise required to be arbitrated or resolved in accordance with the provisions of Section 11(a)(ii). This includes any suit, action or proceeding to compel arbitration or to enforce an arbitration award. You and the Company acknowledge that the forum designated by this Section 11(a)(iv) has a reasonable relation to this Award Agreement, and to your relationship to the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall preclude you or the Company from bringing any action or proceeding in any other court for the purpose of enforcing the provisions of Sections 11(a)(i), 11(a)(ii) or this Section 11(a)(iv). The agreement of you and the Company as to forum is independent of the law that may be applied in the action, and you and the Company agree to such forum even if the forum may under applicable law choose to apply nonforum law. You and the Company hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection which you or the Company now or hereafter may have to personal jurisdiction or to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any court referred to in this Section 11(a)(iv). You and the Company undertake not to commence any action arising out of, or relating to or in connection with this Award Agreement in any forum other than a forum described in this Section 11(a)(iv), or, to the extent applicable, Section 11(a)(ii). You and the Company agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a final and nonappealable judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court shall be conclusive and binding upon you and the Company.

 

(b)  Waiver of Jury Trial. You and the Company hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right either of you may have to a trial by jury in respect to any litigation directly or indirectly arising out of, under or in connection with this Award Agreement or the Plan. 

 

 

 

 

 

(c)  Confidentiality. You hereby agree to keep confidential the existence of, and any information concerning, a dispute described in this Section 11, except that you may disclose information concerning such dispute to the court that is considering such dispute or to your legal counsel (provided that such counsel agrees not to disclose any such information other than as necessary to the prosecution or defense of the dispute).

 

SECTION 12.  Notice. All notices, requests, demands and other communications required or permitted to be given under the terms of this Award Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given when delivered by hand or overnight courier or three Business Days after they have been mailed by U.S. registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, addressed to the other party as set forth below: 

 

	
If to the Company:
	
Cable One, Inc.

210 E. Earll Drive

Phoenix, AZ 85012

Attn: General Counsel

	 	 
	
If to you:
	
To your address as most recently supplied to the 

Company and set forth in the Company’s records

 

The parties may change the address to which notices under this Award Agreement shall be sent by providing written notice to the other in the manner specified above. 

 

SECTION 13.  Headings and Construction. Headings are given to the Sections and subsections of this Award Agreement solely as a convenience to facilitate reference. Such headings shall not be deemed in any way material or relevant to the construction or interpretation of this Award Agreement or any provision thereof. Whenever the words “include”, “includes” or “including” are used in this Award Agreement, they shall be deemed to be followed by the words “but not limited to”. 

 

SECTION 14.  Amendment of this Award Agreement. The Committee may waive any conditions or rights under, amend any terms of, or alter, suspend, discontinue, cancel or terminate this Award Agreement prospectively or retroactively; provided, however, that any such waiver, amendment, alteration, suspension, discontinuance, cancelation or termination that would materially and adversely impair your rights under this Award Agreement shall not to that extent be effective without your consent (it being understood, notwithstanding the foregoing proviso, that this Award Agreement and the Restricted Shares shall be subject to the provisions of Section 7(c) of the Plan). 

 

SECTION 15.  Section 409A. It is intended that the provisions of this Award Agreement comply with Section 409A, and all provisions of this Award Agreement shall be construed and interpreted in a manner consistent with the requirements for avoiding taxes or penalties under Section 409A.

 

(b)  Neither you nor any of your creditors or beneficiaries shall have the right to subject any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) payable under this Award Agreement to any anticipation, alienation, sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, attachment or garnishment. Except as permitted under Section 409A, any deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) payable to you or for your benefit under this Award Agreement may not be reduced by, or offset against, any amount owing by you to the Company or any of its Affiliates.

 

(c)  If, at the time of your separation from service (within the meaning of Section 409A), (i) you shall be a specified employee (within the meaning of Section 409A and using the identification methodology selected by the Company from time to time) and (ii) the Company shall make a good faith determination that an amount payable hereunder constitutes deferred compensation (within the meaning of Section 409A) the payment of which is required to be delayed pursuant to the six-month delay rule set forth in Section 409A in order to avoid taxes or penalties under Section 409A, then the Company shall not pay such amount on the otherwise scheduled payment date but shall instead pay it, without interest, on the first business day after such six-month period.

 

(d)  Notwithstanding any provision of this Award Agreement to the contrary, in light of the uncertainty with respect to the proper application of Section 409A, the Company reserves the right to make amendments to this Award Agreement as the Company deems necessary or desirable to avoid the imposition of taxes or penalties under Section 409A. In any case, you shall be solely responsible and liable for the satisfaction of all taxes and penalties that may be imposed on you or for your account in connection with this Award Agreement (including any taxes and penalties under Section 409A), and neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates shall have any obligation to indemnify or otherwise hold you harmless from any or all of such taxes or penalties.

 

 

 

 

 

SECTION 16.  Severability. If any provision of this Award Agreement is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, such provision shall have no effect; however, the remaining provisions shall be enforced to the maximum extent possible. Further, if a court should determine that any portion of this Award Agreement is overbroad or unreasonable, such provision shall be given effect to the maximum extent possible by narrowing or enforcing in part that aspect of the provision found overbroad or unreasonable.

 

SECTION 17.  Counterparts. This Award Agreement may be signed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument. You and the Company hereby acknowledge and agree that signatures delivered by facsimile or electronic means (including by “pdf”) shall be deemed effective for all purposes.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have duly executed this Award Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

	 	CABLE ONE, INC.,
	 	 	 
	 	by	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	
Name:

	 	 	
Title:

 

 

 

	 	[NAME]

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