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CEI 2013 8K Voting Ex 10.1

EXHIBIT 10.1

AMENDMENT NO. 1 
TO THE 
CHENIERE ENERGY, INC.
2011 INCENTIVE PLAN 
 
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Cheniere Energy, Inc. (the “Company”) and the stockholders of the Company (the “Stockholders”) previously adopted and approved the Cheniere Energy, Inc. 2011 Incentive Plan (the “Plan”); and 
WHEREAS, the Board has determined that it would be in the best interests of the Company, subject to approval by the Stockholders, to amend the Plan to increase the number of authorized shares under the Plan by 25,000,000 shares so that a total of 35,000,000 shares of common stock, $0.003 par value, of the Company is authorized under the Plan;  
NOW, THEREFORE, the Plan hereby is amended, effective on the date of approval by the Stockholders, as follows: 
		
	1.
	The first sentence of Section 5 of the Plan entitled “SHARES SUBJECT TO PLAN” shall be replaced in its entirety by the following: 

“Subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 15(a) hereof, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued with respect to Awards granted under the Plan shall not exceed 35,000,000 (the “Share Pool Limit”).” 
2.  Section 13(c)(ii) of the Plan entitled “Business Criteria” is hereby amended to add a new (FF) as follows:
“and (FF) implementation, completion or attainment of measurable objectives with respect to financing or construction of entire projects or stages of projects.”
		
	3. 
	The first sentence of Section 13(c)(iii) of the Plan entitled “Performance Period; Timing for Establishing Performance Goals” shall be replaced in its entirety by the following:    

		
	 
	“Achievement of performance goals in respect of Performance Awards may be measured based on performance over a Performance Period, as specified by the Committee, or may be determined based on whether or not the performance goals are satisfied at any time prior to the expiration of a Performance Period.”

		
	4.
	The first sentence of Section 13(c)(iv) of the Plan entitled “Settlement of Performance Awards; Compensation Contingent Upon Attainment of Performance Goal” shall be replaced in its entirety by the following:

		
	 
	“In the case of a performance goal measured over a Performance Period, at or after the end of the Performance Period, the Committee shall determine the amount, if any, of Performance Awards payable to each Participant based upon achievement of the business criteria over a Performance Period. In the case of a performance goal satisfied based upon whether or not certain specified business criteria are achieved at any time during a Performance Period, at or following the satisfaction of the applicable business criteria (even if prior to the expiration of the applicable Performance Period), the Committee shall determine the amount, if any, of Performance Awards payable to each Participant upon the achievement of the applicable business criteria.”

Except as modified herein, the Plan is hereby specifically ratified and affirmed.
This Amendment No. 1 to the Plan is adopted by the Company effective as of the 1st day of February, 2013. 
	
						
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	CHENIERE ENERGY, INC.
	 

	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 

	 
	 
	By:
	/s/ Meg A. Gentle
	 

	 
	 
	Name:
	Meg A. Gentle
	 

	 
	 
	Title:
	Senior Vice President and
	 

	 
	 
	 
	Chief Financial OfficerExhibit 10.1

		

			Exhibit 10.1

		

		

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			Date:November 29, 2012
		

		
			To:JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as U.S. Administrative Agent, and the Lenders
		

		
			From: Sysco Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the “Company”)
		

		
			Re:         Request for Extension of Maturity Date; Consent to Extension of Maturity Date
		

		
			 
		

		
			Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated December 29, 2011 among the Company and Sysco International, ULC, as borrowers, the lenders party thereto, the guarantors party thereto and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as U.S. Administrative Agent, and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., Toronto Branch, as Canadian Administrative Agent (as amended to date, the “Credit Agreement”).  All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings given in the Credit Agreement ).  This is an Extension Notice for purposes of Section 2.21 of the Credit Agreement.
		

		
			Pursuant to Section 2.21 of the Credit Agreement, the Company hereby requests an extension of the Maturity Date to December 29, 2017 (the “Maturity Date Extension”).    The undersigned is a Financial Officer of the Company and certifies the following as of the date hereof:
		

			
			
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			no Default has occurred or is continuing; and

			
			
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			the representations and warranties set forth in Article III of the Credit Agreement are true and correct in all material respects (except to the extent that any such representations and warranties specifically relate by their terms to an earlier date, in which case, such representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects on and as of such earlier date).

		
			Consistent with Section 2.21, we request that you promptly furnish a copy of this Extension Notice to each Lender, and request that each Lender give their consent to the Maturity Date Extension by executing a counterpart of this Extension Notice where indicated below within 20 days of delivery to such Lender of this Extension Notice.  The Lenders executing this Extension Notice below (each, a “Consenting Lender”) hereby consent to the Maturity Date Extension and, upon the effectiveness of this Extension Notice and notwithstanding the additional certification required to be delivered on the Existing Maturity Date pursuant to Section 2.21 of the Credit Agreement (which additional certification is hereby waived by each Consenting Lender), the Maturity Date applicable to the Consenting Lenders shall be deemed to be December 29, 2017.  
		

		
			 
		

		
			Sections 10.09 and 10.10 of the Credit Agreement are hereby incorporated herein by reference and shall apply to this Extension Notice, mutatis mutandis.  This Extension Notice may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract.  
		

		 

 

		
			This Extension Notice shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the U.S. Administrative Agent and when the U.S. Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of the Canadian Administrative Agent, the Issuing Banks, the Swingline Lender and not less than the Required Lenders.  Upon the effectiveness of this Extension Notice, this Extension Notice (and the Credit Agreement as amended hereby) shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Extension Notice by telecopy or electronic photocopy (i.e., “PDF”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Extension Notice.    
		

		
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			Executed as of the date written above.
		

		
			Sysco Corporation
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			_/s/_____________________________
Kathy Oates Gish
Vice President & Treasurer

		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		

		

		 

		

			Signature Page to Extension Notice

		

		

			 

		

 

		

			 

		

		Acknowledged and Agreed:
		

		
			 
		

		
			JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Swingline Lender, an Issuing Bank, a Lender and U.S. Administrative Agent
		

		
			 
		

		
			By:       /s/_____________________________
Name: Sarah L. Freedman__________________
Title:    Executive Director_________________
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		

		

		 

		

			  

		

		

			 

		

		

			Signature Page to Extension Notice

		

 

		

			 

		

		BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Lender
		

		
			 
		

		
			By:       /s/_____________________________
Name: Sabrina  Hassan____________________
Title:    Vice President____________________
		

		
			 
		

		
			Bank of America, N.A. is executing this Extension Notice to evidence its agreement to the terms herein; provided, it is agreeing to extend the Maturity Date to December 29, 2017 only with respect to $44,000,000 of its $110,000,000 U.S. Commitment.  The remaining $66,000,000 of its U.S. Commitment shall continue to mature on the Existing Maturity Date of December 29, 2016.
		

		

		

		 

		

			  

		

		

			 

		

		

			Signature Page to Extension Notice

		

 

		

			 

		

		BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (CANADA BRANCH), as a Lender
		

		
			 
		

		
			By:       /s/_____________________________
Name: Medina  Sales de Andrade____________
Title:    Vice President____________________
		

		
			Bank of America, N.A. (Canada Branch) is executing this Extension Notice to evidence its agreement to the terms herein; provided, it is agreeing to extend the Maturity Date to December 29, 2017 only with respect to $6,000,000 of its $15,000,000 Canadian Commitment.  The remaining $9,000,000 of its Canadian Commitment shall continue to mature on the Existing Maturity Date of December 29, 2016.
		

		
			 
		

		

		

		 

		

			  

		

		

			 

		

		

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		WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. , as a Lender
		

		
			 
		

		
			By:       /s/_____________________________
Name: Dana  D. Cagle_____________________
Title:    Director_________________________
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		

		

		 

		

			  

		

		

			 

		

		

			Signature Page to Extension Notice

		

 

		

			 

		

		WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE CORPORATION (CANADA), as a Lender
		

		
			 
		

		
			By:       /s/_____________________________
Name: Raymond Eghobamien_______________
Title:    Vice President____________________
		

		
			 
		

		

		

		 

		

			  

		

		

			 

		

		

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		TORONTO DOMINION (TEXAS) LLC, as a Lender
		

		
			 
		

		
			By:       /s/_____________________________
Name: Bebi Yasin_________________________
Title:    Authorized Signatory_______________
		

		
			 
		

		
			 
		

		

		

		 

		

			  

		

		

			 

		

		

			Signature Page to Extension Notice

		

 

		

			 

		

		THE TORONTO-DOMINION BANK, as a Lender
		

		
			 
		

		
			By:       /s/_____________________________
Name: Bebi Yasin_________________________
Title:    Authorized Signatory_______________
		

		
			 
		

		

		

		 

		

			  

		

		

			 

		

		

			Signature Page to Extension Notice

		

 

		

			 

		

		GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a Lender
		

		
			 
		

		
			By:       /s/_____________________________
Name: Mark Walton________________________
Title:    Authorized Signatory_______________
		

		
			 
		

		

		

		 

		

			  

		

		

			 

		

		

			Signature Page to Extension Notice

		

 

		

			 

		

		THE NORTHERN TRUST COMPANY, as a Lender
		

		
			 
		

		
			By:       /s/_____________________________
Name: Brandon C. Rolek____________________
Title:    Senior Vice President______________
		

		
			 
		

		

		

		 

		

			  

		

		

			 

		

		

			Signature Page to Extension Notice

		

 

		

			 

		

		BRANCH BANKING AND TRUST COMPANY, as a Lender
		

		
			 
		

		
			By:       /s/_____________________________
Name: Matt McCain________________________
Title:    Senior Vice President______________
		

		
			 
		

		

		

		 

		

			  

		

		

			 

		

		

			Signature Page to Extension Notice

		

 

		

			 

		

		COMERICA BANK, as a Lender
		

		
			 
		

		
			By:       /s/_____________________________
Name: Joey Powell_________________________
Title:    Vice President____________________
		

		
			 
		

		

		

		 

		

			  

		

		

			 

		

		

			Signature Page to Extension Notice

		

 

		

			 

		

		PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
		

		
			 
		

		
			By:       /s/_____________________________
Name: M. Colin Warman____________________
Title:    Vice President____________________
		

		
			 
		

		

		

		 

		

			  

		

		

			 

		

		

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		ZIONS FIRST NATIONAL BANK, as a Lender
		

		
			 
		

		
			By:       /s/_____________________________
Name: Jennifer Christopulos________________
Title:    Senior Vice President______________
		

		
			 
		

		

		

		 

		

			  

		

		

			 

		

		

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		U.S. BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as a Lender
		

		
			 
		

		
			By:       /s/_____________________________
Name: Patrick Engel________________________
Title:    Vice President____________________
		

		
			 
		

		

		

		 

		

			  

		

		

			 

		

		

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		HSBC BANK USA, N.A. , as a Lender
		

		
			 
		

		
			By:       /s/_____________________________
Name: Sarah S. Knudsen___________________
Title:    Vice President____________________
		

		
			 
		

		

		

		 

		

			  

		

		

			 

		

		

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		THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, as a Lender
		

		
			 
		

		
			By:       /s/_____________________________
Name: David B. Wirl________________________
Title:    Managing Director_________________

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