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CBD Energy Ltd – ‘20FR12G/A’ on 1/31/14 – EX-4.15

On:  Friday, 1/31/14, at 10:04am ET   ·   As of:  1/30/14   ·   Accession #:  1144204-14-5026   ·   File #:  0-55134

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 1/30/14  CBD Energy Ltd                    20FR12G/A   1/31/14   29:5.5M                                   Vintage/FA

Amendment to Registration of Securities of a Foreign Private Issuer   —   Form 20-F
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 1: 20FR12G/A   Amendment to Registration of Securities of a        HTML     36K 
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 2: EX-1.1      Underwriting Agreement                              HTML    450K 
 3: EX-1.2      Underwriting Agreement                              HTML     10K 
 4: EX-2.1      Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,   HTML    238K 
                          Liquidation or Succession                              
 5: EX-2.2      Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,   HTML     99K 
                          Liquidation or Succession                              
 6: EX-2.3      Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,   HTML     50K 
                          Liquidation or Succession                              
 7: EX-2.4      Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,   HTML     44K 
                          Liquidation or Succession                              
 8: EX-2.5      Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,   HTML     16K 
                          Liquidation or Succession                              
 9: EX-2.6      Plan of Acquisition, Reorganization, Arrangement,   HTML     18K 
                          Liquidation or Succession                              
10: EX-4.1      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    130K 
19: EX-4.10     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    194K 
20: EX-4.11     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     62K 
21: EX-4.12     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     74K 
22: EX-4.13     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    252K 
23: EX-4.14     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    193K 
24: EX-4.15     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     55K 
25: EX-4.16     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     70K 
26: EX-4.17     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    101K 
27: EX-4.18     Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     18K 
11: EX-4.2      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    292K 
12: EX-4.3      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    205K 
13: EX-4.4      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    181K 
14: EX-4.5      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    179K 
15: EX-4.6      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     95K 
16: EX-4.7      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     18K 
17: EX-4.8      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML    367K 
18: EX-4.9      Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders  HTML     18K 
28: EX-8.1      Opinion re: Tax Matters                             HTML     17K 
29: EX-15.1     Letter re: Unaudited Interim Financial Information  HTML     10K 


EX-4.15   —   Instrument Defining the Rights of Security Holders


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Exhibit 4.15

  

 

Amending Deed – New Convertible Notes

 

CBD Energy Limited

ACN 010 966 793

 

Each entity listed in Schedule 1

 

Wind Farm Financing Pty Limited

ACN 165 836 760

 

Wind Farm Financing Pty Limited 

ACN 165 836 760
in its
capacity as attorney for Sligo Investments Limited and Brio Capital, L.P. pursuant to section 8.21 of the Facility Agreement

 

Sydney  
Level 16, 321 Kent Street, Sydney NSW 2000  
PO Box Q1164, QVB Post Office, Sydney NSW 1230  
t: +61 2 9373 3555 | f: +61 2 9373 3599 | DX 282 | www.sparke.com.au  
adelaide | brisbane | canberra | melbourne | newcastle | perth | sydney | upper hunter

 

 
 

 

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Contents

 

Parties 3
Background 3
Operative part 4
1 Definitions and interpretation 4
2 Subscription of New Convertible Notes 5
3 Status of New Convertible Notes 6
4 Costs 6
5 Remaining provisions unaffected 6
6 Affirmation 7
7 Facility Document 7
8 Counterparts 7
9 Attorneys 7
10 Governing law and jurisdiction 7
Schedule 1  Obligors
Schedule 2  Note holder consent
Schedule 3  Table of commitment

 

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Amending Deed – New Convertible Notes

 

Date

 

Parties

 

Name CBD Energy Limited ACN 010 966 793 (Borrower)
   
Address  

 

Each entity listed in Schedule 1 (Guarantors)

 

Name Wind Farm Financing Pty Limited ACN 165 836 760 (Windfarm)
   
Address First Floor, 160 Pitt Street Mall, Sydney NSW 2000
   
Name Wind Farm Financing Pty Limited ACN 165 836 760 in its capacity as attorney for Sligo Investments Limited and Brio Capital, L.P. pursuant to Section 8.21 of the Facility Agreement (Other Noteholders)
   
Address First Floor, 160 Pitt Street Mall, Sydney NSW 2000

 

Background

 

A.The Borrower, the Guarantors, Windfarm (as permitted assignee of PFG) and the Other Noteholders are parties to the Facility Agreement.

 

B.The Borrower would like to issue new Convertible Notes to Windfarm on the terms of this deed.

 

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Operative part

 

1Definitions and interpretation

 

1.1Definitions

 

Unless otherwise defined below, terms defined in the Facility Agreement have the same meaning when used in this deed (unless the context requires otherwise). In this deed, unless the context indicates a contrary intention:

 

Conditions has the meaning given in clause 2(b).

 

Facility Agreement means the Convertible Note Facility Agreement originally between, among others, the Borrower, the Other Noteholders and PFG dated 30 May 2012, as amended from time to time and most recently pursuant to the second deed of amendment and restatement dated 13 February 2013.

 

New Convertible Notes means the Convertible Notes issued by the Borrower to Windfarm in accordance with clause 2(a).

 

PFG means Partners For Growth III, L.P..

 

1.2Interpretation

 

In this deed, unless the context indicates a contrary intention:

 

(a)(documents) a reference to this deed or another document includes any document which varies, supplements, replaces, assigns or novates this deed or that other document;

 

(b)(references) a reference to a party, clause, paragraph, schedule or annexure is a reference to a party, clause, paragraph, schedule or annexure to or of this deed;

 

(c)(headings) clause headings and the table of contents are inserted for convenience only and do not affect interpretation of this deed;

 

(d)(person) a reference to a person includes a natural person, corporation, statutory corporation, partnership, the Crown and any other organisation or legal entity and their personal representatives, successors, substitutes (including persons taking by novation) and permitted assigns;

 

(e)(party) a reference to a party to a document includes that party’s personal representatives, executors, administrators, successors, substitutes (including persons taking by novation) and permitted assigns;

 

(f)(rights and obligations) a reference to a right or obligation of a party is a reference to a right or obligation of that party under this deed;

 

(g)(requirements) a requirement to do any thing includes a requirement to cause that thing to be done, and a requirement not to do any thing includes a requirement to prevent that thing being done;

 

(h)(including) including and includes are not words of limitation, and a list of examples is not limited to those items or to items of a similar kind;

 

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(i)(corresponding meanings) a word that is derived from a defined word has a corresponding meaning;

 

(j)(singular) the singular includes the plural and vice-versa;

 

(k)(gender) words importing one gender include all other genders;

 

(l)(parts) a reference to one or more things includes each part and all parts of that thing or group of things but nothing in this clause implies that part performance of an obligation constitutes performance of that obligation;

 

(m)(rules of construction) neither this deed nor any part of it is to be construed against a party on the basis that the party or its lawyers were responsible for its drafting;

 

(n)(time and date) a reference to a time or date in connection with the performance of an obligation by a party is a reference to the time and date in Sydney, Australia;

 

(o)(writing) a reference to a notice, consent, request, approval or other communication under this deed or an agreement between the parties means a written notice, request, consent, approval or agreement.

 

2Subscription of New Convertible Notes

 

(a)Subject to the Conditions, Windfarm agrees to subscribe for a further 95 Convertible Notes to be issued by the Borrower (resulting in a further subscription of USD$950,000 by Windfarm).

 

(b)Windfarm must not subscribe for (and the Borrower must not issue) the New Convertible Notes until each of the following conditions precedent (Conditions) are fulfilled (to the satisfaction of Windfarm or waived by Windfarm in its absolute discretion):

 

(i)a duly executed counterpart of this deed has been delivered to Windfarm;

 

(ii)no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default has occurred or is subsisting under the Facility Documents (or will occur as a result of the issue of the New Convertible Notes);

 

(iii)the Other Noteholders have provided a letter of consent to Windfarm in the form of Schedule 2;

 

(c)If the Conditions are satisfied or waived in accordance with their terms and Windfarm subscribes for the New Convertible Notes:

 

(i)the table in Schedule 3 of the Facility Agreement is deleted and replaced with the table set out in Schedule 3 of this deed; and

 

(ii)the Borrower undertakes to procure that the Security will be duly up-stamped by the New South Wales Office of State Revenue within 20 Business Days of the date of subscription of the New Convertible Notes by Windfarm.

 

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3Status of New Convertible Notes

 

The parties agree that:

 

(a)the New Convertible Notes will be issued by the Borrower and subscribed by Windfarm pursuant to the Convertible Note Conditions; and

 

(b)all references to Convertible Notes in the Facility Agreement shall include the New Convertible Notes (thereby resulting in all obligations, covenants and undertakings that apply with respect to the Convertible Notes in the Facility Agreement similarly applying with respect to the New Convertible Notes),

 

and this includes, without limitation and for the avoidance of doubt, the New Convertible Notes applying to the following matters:

 

(c)the issuing of Convertible Note Certificates pursuant to Section 1.10 of the Facility Agreement;

 

(d)the representations and warranties in Section 3.17 of the Facility Agreement;

 

(e)obtaining shareholder consent in Section 4.9 of the Facility Agreement;

 

(f)the NASDAQ listing application in Section 4.11 of the Facility Agreement;

 

(g)the piggy-back registration rights in Section 4.12 of the Facility Agreement;

 

(h)Redemption occurring under Section 5 of the Facility Agreement (and the parties agree that the Maturity Date with respect of the New Convertible Notes is the same date as the Convertible Notes issued by the Borrower on 30 May 2012); and

 

(i)Conversion occurring under Convertible Note Condition 3 (and the parties agree that the Conversion Price for the New Convertible Notes is the same price as the Convertible Notes issued by the Borrower on May 2012).

 

4Costs

 

The Borrower must pay to Windfarm on demand, all costs, charges and expenses of Windfarm in connection with the preparation, execution and performance of this deed and all documents referred to in or contemplated by this deed (in addition to the Borrower’s own costs).

 

5Remaining provisions unaffected

 

5.1Full force and effect

 

Except as specifically amended by this deed, the Facility Agreement and all other Facility Documents remain in full force and effect.

 

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5.2Amendments not to affect validity

 

(a)Each party agrees that the amendments to the Facility Agreement contemplated by this deed do not affect the validity or enforceability of the Facility Agreement or any other Facility Documents to which it is a party.

 

(b)Except as expressly provided for in this deed or the Facility Agreement or otherwise agreed by Windfarm in writing, nothing contained in or effected by this deed:

 

(i)abrogates, prejudices, diminishes or otherwise adversely affects any power, right, authority, discretion, remedy or obligation of any of the parties under the Facility Agreement or the Facility Documents arising before the date of this deed; or

 

(ii)discharges, releases or otherwise affects any liability or obligation arising under the Facility Agreement or the Facility Documents before the date of this deed.

 

6Affirmation

 

The Obligors represent and warrant at the date of this deed that:

 

(a)all their representations and warranties in the Facility Agreement and the Facility Documents are true and correct and not misleading in any respect; and

 

(b)no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default subsists or will result from clause 2 taking effect.

 

7Facility Document

 

This deed is a Facility Document.

 

8Counterparts

 

This deed may be executed in any number of counterparts. All counterparts taken together constitute one instrument.

 

9Attorneys

 

Each person who executes this deed on behalf of a party under a power of attune warrants that he or she has no notice of the revocation of that power or any fact or circumstance that might affect his or her authority to execute this deed under that power.

 

10Governing law and jurisdiction

 

(a)The laws applicable in New South Wales govern this deed.

 

(b)The parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of New South Wales and any courts competent to hear appeals from those courts.

 

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Executed as a Deed

 

Executed by Wind Farm Financing Pty Limited ACN 165 836 760 in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by:  

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/s/ Wind Farm Financing Pty Limited          
Signature of Director       Signature of Director/Secretary
         
           
Name of Director (print)       Name of Director/Secretary (print)

 

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Executed by CBD Energy Limited ACN 010 966 793 in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by:  

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/s/ CBD Energy Limited          
Signature of director       Signature of director/company secretary
           
           
Name (print)       Name (print)

 

Executed by CBD Labs Pty Ltd ACN 130 054 625 in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by:  

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/s/ CBD Labs Pty Ltd          
Signature of director       Signature of director/company secretary
         
           
Name (print)       Name (print)

 

Executed by CBD Solar Pty Ltd ACN 145 810 126 in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by:  

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/s/ CBD Solar Pty Ltd          
Signature of director       Signature of director/company secretary
         
           
Name (print)       Name (print)

 

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Executed by Chatham Island Wind Limited NZCN 2314725 in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by:  

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/s/ Chatham Island Wind Limited          
Signature of director       Signature of director/company secretary
         
           
Name (print)       Name (print)

 

Executed by Eco-Kinetics Energy Systems Pty Ltd ACN 127 110 356 in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by:  

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/s/ Eco-Kinetics Energy Systems Pty Ltd          
Signature of director       Signature of director/company secretary
         
           
Name (print)       Name (print)

 

Executed by Eco-Kinetics Group Pty Ltd ACN 139 606 072 in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by:  

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/s/ Eco-Kinetics Group Pty Ltd          
Signature of director       Signature of director/company secretary
         
           
Name (print)       Name (print)

  

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Executed by Eco-Kinetics Pty Ltd ACN 123 950 256 in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by:  

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)

   
         
/s/ Eco-Kinetics Pty Ltd          
Signature of director       Signature of director/company secretary
         
           
Name (print)       Name (print)

 

Executed by Parmac Air-conditioning & Mechanical Services Pty Ltd ACN 066 288 202 in accordance with section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by:  

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/s/ Parmac Air-conditioning & Mechanical Services Pty Ltd          
Signature of director       Signature of director/company secretary
           
           
Name (print)       Name (print)

  

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