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EX-10.1

 

Exhibit 10.1

FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE FIRST AMENDED

AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT

          THIS FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT (this
“Amendment”), dated as of September 1, 2007, by and among MICHAEL BAKER CORPORATION, a
Pennsylvania corporation (“MBC”), MICHAEL BAKER, JR., INC., a Pennsylvania corporation (“Michael
Baker Jr.”), BAKER/MO SERVICES, INC., a Texas corporation (“Baker/MO”), BAKER/OTS, INC., a
Delaware corporation (“Baker/OTS”), BAKER ENGINEERING NY, INC., a New York corporation (“Baker NY”)
(MBC, Michael Baker Jr., Baker/MO, Baker/OTS and Baker NY are sometimes individually referred to
herein as a “Borrower” and collectively as the “Borrowers”), the Bank parties
hereto from time to time and CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA, a banking association organized and
existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, as administrative agent for the Bank
parties hereunder (in such capacity, together with the successors in such capacity, the
“Agent”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

          WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Banks and the Agent entered into that certain First Amended and
Restated Loan Agreement dated as of September 17, 2004, as amended by letter agreements dated as of
September 30, 2005, December 31, 2005 and June 15, 2006 and as the same may have been further
amended from time to time (the “First Amended and Restated Loan Agreement” or the
“Existing Credit Agreement”), pursuant to which the Bank parties to the First Amended and
Restated Loan Agreement made a revolving credit facility in the maximum aggregate amount of
$60,000,000 available to Borrowers and the Swing Line Lender (as defined in the First Amended and
Restated Loan Agreement) made a swing line facility in the maximum aggregate amount of $5,000,000
available to the Borrowers;

          WHEREAS, the parties to this Amendment, in their mutual interest, have agreed to amend the
First Amended and Restated Loan Agreement pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth herein to,
among other things, extend the expiration date of the revolving credit facility and the swing line
facility under the Agreement, all as provided for and upon the terms and conditions set forth in
this Amendment; and

          NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual covenants herein contained,
and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

     1. Defined Terms. All terms used in this Amendment and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Existing Credit Agreement. The Existing Credit
Agreement and this Amendment are to be treated as one agreement and are together referred to
hereafter as the “Agreement”.

     2. Recitals. The recitals set forth above are fully incorporated into this Amendment
by reference. All references to “Agent” shall refer to Agent in its capacity as agent for
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and for the benefit of itself and the Banks and on behalf of itself and the Banks, as provided
for and contemplated under the Loan Documents.

     3. Amendment of Certain Defined Terms.

          (a) The following terms contained in Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement are amended
and restated as follows:

               (i) “Agreement” shall mean the First Amended and Restated Loan Agreement entered into by and
among the Borrowers, the Banks and the Agent dated as of September 17, 2004, as amended by the
First Amendment dated as of the First Amendment Date, as the same may be further amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time.

               (ii) “Expiry Date” shall mean October 1, 2011 or such earlier date on which the Revolving
Credit Facility Commitment shall have been terminated pursuant to this Agreement.

          (b) The following terms shall be inserted in Section 1.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement in
the appropriate alphabetical order:

               (i) “First Amendment” shall mean the First Amendment to the First Amended and Restated
Loan Agreement by and among the Borrowers, the Agent and the Banks dated as of the First Amendment
Date.

               (ii) “First Amendment Date” shall mean September 1, 2007.

               (iii) “Net Proceeds” shall mean proceeds in cash, checks or other cash equivalent
financial instruments as and when received by a Person from a sale of stock or assets (a
“Disposition”), net of: (i) the direct costs relating to such Disposition excluding amounts payable
to any Borrower or any Affiliate of any Borrower (unless deemed reasonable by the Agent), and (ii)
any reserves for indemnification obligations in connection with the Disposition (provided, that any
reserves remaining at the end of the applicable indemnification period shall constitute Net
Proceeds hereunder).

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     4. Amendment of Section 2.02(a)(ii). The chart contained at the end of Section
2.02(a)(ii) of the Existing Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated as follows:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	Applicable Libor	 	Applicable Prime	 	Applicable L/C
	Tier	 	Leverage Ratio	 	Margin	 	Margin	 	Margin
	I
	 	X < 0.75
	 	75 basis points (bps)
	 	0.0
	 	75 bps
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	II
	 	0.75 £ X < 1.25
	 	100 bps
	 	0.0
	 	100 bps
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	III
	 	1.25 £ X < 1.75
	 	125 bps
	 	0.0
	 	125 bps
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	IV
	 	X
3 1.75
	 	175 bps
	 	0.0
	 	175 bps

     5. Amendment of Section 2.04(b). Section 2.04(b) of the Existing Credit Agreement
shall be amended and restated as follows:

          “(b) The Borrowers shall pay to the Agent for the account of each Bank, (i) the Letter of
Credit Commission pursuant to Section 2.06 hereof, and (ii) a commitment fee on the unused portion
of the Revolving Credit Facility Commitment during the period from the date of this Agreement to
the Expiry Date, payable quarterly in arrears on the first (1st) day of each October, January,
April and July of each calendar year and on the Expiry Date. Such fee shall be equal to the amount
by which the amount of each Bank’s Commitment has exceeded the average daily closing principal
balance of the sum of such Bank’s Revolving Credit Loans (for purposes of this computation, the
Swing Line Loans shall be deemed to be borrowed amounts under the Revolving Credit Commitment of
Citizens) plus its Pro Rata Share of the Letter of Credit Undrawn Availability during the preceding
calendar quarter, multipled by a fraction, the numerator of which is the actual number of days in
such calendar quarter and the denominator of which is three hundred sixty (360) days, multiplied by
the following percentage, which shall be determined in accordance with the first 2 sentences of
Section 2.02(a)(ii) of this Agreement:

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	 	 	 	 	Applicable Unusued
	 	 	 	 	Revolving Credit
	 	 	 	 	Facility Commitment
	Tier	 	Leverage Ratio	 	Fee
	I
	 	X
< 0.75
	 	20.0 bps
	 	 	 	 	 
	II
	 	0.75 £ X < 1.25
	 	25.0 bps
	 	 	 	 	 
	III
	 	1.25 £ X < 1.75
	 	30.0 bps
	 	 	 	 	 
	IV
	 	X
3 1.75
	 	37.5 bps

     6. Amendment of Section 2.05. Section 2.05 of the Existing Credit Agreement shall be
amended to delete the amount of “Fifteen Million and 00/100 Dollars ($15,000,000)” that is
contained in the first sentence of Section 2.05 and replace such amount with the amount of “Twenty
Million and 00/100 Dollars ($20,000,000)”.

     7. Amendment of Section 6.04(h). Subsection (h) of Section 6.04 of the Existing
Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated as follows:

     “(h) other investments set forth on Schedule 6.04 attached to the First Amendment and
additional investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed Two Million and 00/100 Dollars
($2,000,000) at any time from and after the First Amendment Date.”

     8. Amendment of Section 6.05(f). Subsection (f) of Section 6.05 of the Existing
Credit Agreement shall be amended and restated as follows:

     “(f) the aggregate purchase price of all such Acquisitions shall not exceed (i) Fifteen
Million and 00/100 Dollars ($15,000,000) in the aggregate in any fiscal year, and (ii) Twenty-Five
Million and 00/100 Dollars ($25,000,000) in the aggregate at any time from and after the First
Amendment Date.”

     9. Amendment of Section 6.07. Section 6.07 of the Existing Credit Agreement shall be
amended to (i) delete the word “and” at the end of subsection (b), (ii) delete the “.” at the

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end
of subsection (c) and place a “;” in its place, and (iii) insert a new subsection (d) at the end of
Section 6.07 as follows:

     “(d) so long as no Event of Default or Potential Default shall have occurred, a sale or sales
(either in one or a series of related transactions) of the capital stock of Baker/OTS, Baker/MO or
any of their Subsidiaries or all or substantially all of the assets of Baker/OTS, Baker/MO or any
of their Subsidiaries, provided that the Net Proceeds received by the Borrowers from the sale of
such capital stock or assets are at least Seventy Million Dollars ($70,000,000). In the event that
Borrowers sell all or substantially all of the capital stock of Baker/OTS and Baker/MO or all or
substantially of the assets of Baker/OTS and Baker/MO in
accordance with the terms of this subsection (d), the Agent and the Banks shall amend the Agreement
and any other Loan Documents to remove Baker/OTS and Baker/MO as “Borrowers” under this Agreement
and any other Loan Documents.”

     10. Amendment of Section 6.11. Section 6.11 of the Existing Credit Agreement shall
be amended and restated as follows:

     “6.11 Distributions. No Borrower shall declare, make, pay, or agree, become or remain
liable to make or pay, any Distributions of any nature (whether in cash, property, securities or
otherwise) on account of or in respect of any shares of the capital stock of such Borrower or on
account of the purchase, redemption, retirement or acquisition of any shares of the capital stock
(or warrants, options, or rights for any shares of the capital stock of the Borrower) other than
(i) Distributions declared, made or paid by a Subsidiary of a Borrower to such Borrower, (ii)
Distributions in an aggregate amount not to exceed Five Million and 00/100 Dollars ($5,000,000)
from and after the First Amendment Date, or (iii) Distributions to repurchase shares of capital
stock of MBC upon terms and at times that are determined by the board of directors of MBC from time
to time, provided that such Distributions do not exceed Ten Million and 00/100 Dollars
($10,000,000) during any rolling twelve (12) month period.”

     11. Amendment of Section 9.04. Section 9.04 of the Existing Credit Agreement shall be
amended to provide that any notice given to the Borrowers shall be addressed to “Craig Stuver,
Senior Vice President, Treasurer and Corporate Controller” in place of “William P. Mooney,
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer” and a copy of any notice given to the Agent
shall be given to: “Craig S. Heryford, Esquire, Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, PC, 20th Floor, One
Oxford Centre, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15219”, in place of “Jeffrey J. Conn, Esquire, Thorp Reed &
Armstrong, LLP”.

     12. Amendment of Schedule 6.04. Schedule 6.04 to the Existing Credit
Agreement is hereby amended and restated as provided in Schedule 6.04 attached to the First
Amendment.

     13. Amendment Fee. Borrowers shall pay to the Agent, for the account of the Banks in
accordance with their respective Revolving Credit Commitments, an amendment fee equal to Five
Thousand and 00/100 Dollars ($5,000) per each Bank party to the Existing Credit Agreement (the
“Amendment Fee”). The Agent shall promptly distribute the Amendment Fee to each Bank party to the
Existing Credit Agreement upon receipt by the Agent.

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     14. Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall
be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

     15. Saving Clause. Except as specifically amended or modified by this Amendment, all
parties to this Amendment hereby confirm and ratify the Existing Credit Agreement in its entirety,
including without limitation, the Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes thereto and agree to be bound by
the terms thereof.

     16. Fees and Expenses. The Borrower shall pay to the Agent on the First Amendment
Date (i) all costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys fees) incurred by the
Agent in connection with the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Amendment, and (ii)
the Amendment Fee.

     17. Authorization. Each individual signing this Amendment on behalf of a legal entity
represents that such individual is an authorized representative of such legal entity.

[Signature pages begin on following page]

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SIGNATURE PAGE 1 OF 4 TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT

          IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto, by their officers thereunto duly authorized, have
executed and delivered this Amendment as of the date first above written.

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BORROWERS:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	MICHAEL BAKER CORPORATION
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Craig O. Stuver
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller &

Treasurer
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	MICHAEL BAKER, JR., INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Craig O. Stuver
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Senior Vice President & Treasurer
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BAKER/MO SERVICES, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Craig O. Stuver
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Senior Vice President & Corporate Controller
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BAKER/OTS, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Craig O. Stuver
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller &

Treasurer
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	BAKER ENGINEERING NY, INC.
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Craig O. Stuver
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller &

Treasurer

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE 2 OF 4 TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	AGENT:
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 	 	CITIZENS BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ John J. Ligday, Jr.
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Vice President

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE 3 OF 4 TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ David B. Keith
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Vice President

 

 

SIGNATURE PAGE 4 OF 4 TO THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED LOAN AGREEMENT

	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	FIFTH THIRD BANK
	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	By:
	 	/s/ Neil Corry-Roberts
	 

	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	Neil Corry-Roberts
	 

	 	Title:
	 	Vice President

 

 

Schedule 6.04

Loans and Investments

Permitted Loans:

NONE

Permitted Investments:

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Investment in	 	Nature of Investment	 	Amount
	Energy Logistics	 	33.334% ownership. Balance at
July 31, 2007 was
	 	$	1,634,211	 
	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	Stanley Baker Hill	 	33.330% ownership. Balance at
July 31, 2007 was
	 	$	816,412exv4w1

 

Exhibit 4.1

[Founders’ Unit Legend

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS UNIT CERTIFICATE (INCLUDING THE UNDERLYING COMMON STOCK,
WARRANT, AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THE UNDERLYING WARRANT ) HAVE NOT BEEN
REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY
STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED IN VIOLATION OF SUCH ACT AND LAWS, OR AN
EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION THEREFROM.

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS UNIT CERTIFICATE (INCLUDING THE UNDERLYING COMMON STOCK,
WARRANT, AND THE SECURITIES ISSUABLE UPON EXERCISE OF THE UNDERLYING WARRANT ) ARE SUBJECT TO
ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER AND OTHER AGREEMENTS SET FORTH IN (I) THE LETTER AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF                     , 2007, AS MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, BY AND AMONG THE HOLDER, THE
COMPANY, LAZARD CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, AND MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED, AND (II) THE WARRANT
AGREEMENT DATED AS OF                     , 2007, AS MAY BE AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, BY AND BETWEEN THE
COMPANY AND THE WARRANT AGENT. COPIES OF SUCH AGREEMENTS MAY BE OBTAINED BY THE HOLDER HEREOF AT
THE COMPANY’S PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS WITHOUT CHARGE.]

SPECIMEN UNIT CERTIFICATE

      

			
	NUMBER
	 	                     UNITS
	 	 	 
	U-                    
	 	CUSIP                     

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN

           DEFINITIONS

ATLAS ACQUISITION HOLDINGS CORP.

UNITS CONSISTING OF ONE SHARE OF COMMON STOCK AND

ONE WARRANT TO PURCHASE ONE

SHARE OF COMMON STOCK

	 	 	 
	THIS CERTIFIES THAT

	 	
  

	 	 	 	 	 
	is the owner of

	 	 	 	Units.
	 

	 	 	 	 

Each Unit (“Unit”) consists of one (1) share of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (“Common
Stock”), of Atlas Acquisition Holdings Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and one
warrant (the “Warrant”). Each Warrant entitles the holder to purchase one (1) share of Common
Stock for $7.50 per share (subject to adjustment). Each Warrant will become exercisable on the
later of (i) the Company’s completion of a business combination with a target business or (ii)
                    , 2008 and will expire unless exercised before 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, on                     ,
2011, or earlier upon redemption (the “Expiration Date”). The Common Stock and Warrants comprising
the Units represented by this certificate will be permitted to trade separately ninety business
days (or such earlier number of days as the underwriters may permit) after the consummation of the
initial public offering of the Company (or as soon as practicable thereafter), subject to the
Company having filed a Current Report on Form 8-K with the SEC containing an audited balance sheet
reflecting the receipt by the Company of the gross proceeds of its initial public offering and
having issued a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. The terms of the
Warrants are governed by a Warrant Agreement, dated as of                     , 2007 as may be amended from
time to time, between the Company and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as Warrant
Agent, and are subject to the terms and provisions contained therein, all of which terms and
provisions the holder of this certificate consents to by acceptance hereof. Copies of the Warrant
Agreement are on file at the office of the Warrant Agent at 59 Maiden Lane, Plaza Level, New York,
New York 10038, and are available to any Warrant

 

 

holder on written request and without cost. This
certificate is not valid unless countersigned by the Transfer Agent and Registrar of the Company.

Witness the facsimile seal of the Company and the facsimile signature of its duly authorized officers.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	James N. Hauslein, Chief Executive Officer
	 	 	 	Gaurav V. Burman, Secretary
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Countersigned and Registered:	 	 	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	By:
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
	 	 	 	Registrar

CORPORATE SEAL

2007

DELAWARE

ATLAS ACQUISITION HOLDINGS CORP.

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     The Company will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests, a statement of
the powers, designations, preferences, and relative, participating, optional, or other special
rights of each class of stock or series thereof of the Company and the qualifications, limitations,
or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. This certificate and the Units represented
hereby are issued and shall be held subject to the terms and conditions applicable to the
securities underlying and comprising the Units.

     The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription on the face of this certificate,
shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or
regulations:

TEN COM — as tenants in common

TEN ENT — as tenants by the entireties

JT TEN — as joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	UNIF GIFT MIN ACT —

	 	 	 	                    
	 	Custodian                     	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	(Cust)
	 	              (Minor)	 	 
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	under Uniform Gifts to Minors	 	 
	 

	 	Act	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 	 	(State)
	 	 

Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.

     For value received,                                                              hereby sell, assign,
and transfer unto

	 	 	 
	PLEASE INSERT SOCIAL SECURITY
	 	 
	OR OTHER

	 	 
	IDENTIFYING NUMBER OF ASSIGNEE
	 	 
	 
	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 

	 	 

 

(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPEWRITE NAME AND ADDRESS, INCLUDING ZIP CODE, OF ASSIGNEE)

      

 

 

	 	 	 
	 

	 	Units

represented by the within Certificate, and do hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint

	 	 	 
	 

	 	Attorney

to transfer the said Units on the books of the within named Company will full power of substitute
in the premises.

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	Dated
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	(SIGNATURE)
	 
	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 
	 

	 	 	 	 	 	NOTICE
	 	The signature to this assignment must correspond
with the name as written upon the face of the
certificate in every particular, without
alteration or enlargement or any change
whatsoever.

Signature(s) Guaranteed:

 

THE SIGNATURE(S) SHOULD BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS,
SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS, AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE
MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15).

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