Exhibit 10.1
AMENDED AND RESTATED BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED BOND PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of May 7, 2024, by and between Pure Plastic LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Purchaser”), and PureCycle Technologies LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, qualified to do business in the State of Ohio (the “Seller” or the “Guarantor” and together with the Purchaser, the “parties”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Indenture (as defined herein).
WHEREAS, Southern Ohio Port Authority, a port authority and a body corporate and politic duly organized under the laws of the State of Ohio (the “Issuer”) and UMB Bank, N.A., as trustee (the “Trustee”), are party to that certain Indenture of Trust, dated as of October 1, 2020 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), pursuant to which the Issuer has issued the $219,550,000 Southern Ohio Port Authority Exempt Facility Revenue Bonds (PureCycle Project), Tax-Exempt Series 2020A (the “Series 2020A Bonds” or the “Senior Bonds”), the $20,000,000 Southern Ohio Port Authority Subordinate Exempt Facility Revenue Bonds (PureCycle Project), Tax-Exempt Series 2020B (the “Series 2020B Bonds” and together with the Series 2020A Bonds, the “Tax-Exempt Bonds”), and the $10,000,000 Southern Ohio Port Authority Subordinate Exempt Facility Revenue Bonds (PureCycle Project), Taxable Series 2020C (the “Series 2020C Bonds” or the “Taxable Bonds” and together with the Series 2020B Bonds, the “Subordinate Bonds”, and together with the Tax-Exempt Bonds, the “Bonds”);
WHEREAS, all of the Bonds are Outstanding;
WHEREAS, the Issuer and PureCycle: Ohio LLC, an Ohio limited liability company (the “Company”) are party to that certain Loan Agreement, dated as of October 1, 2020 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Loan Agreement”), pursuant to which the proceeds derived from the issuance and sale of the Bonds have been loaned to the Company in order to assist the Company in, among other things, financing the acquisition, construction, equipping and installation of a portion of a plastics recycling facility located in Lawrence County, Ohio;
WHEREAS, the Seller is party to that certain Amended and Restated Guaranty of Completion, entered into as of May 11, 2021, and effective as of October 7, 2020 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guaranty”), pursuant to which the Seller, in its capacity as Guarantor, has provided a guaranty with respect to Obligations of the Company under the Loan Agreement on the terms set forth therein in favor of the Trustee;
WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Purchase Agreement and Consent dated as of March 5, 2024, Guarantor purchased (i) all of the Subordinate Bonds, and (ii) all but $2,800,000 in aggregate principal amount of the Senior Bonds; and as of this date, the Guarantor is the Holder of the aforesaid Subordinate Bonds and all but $2,800,000 of the Senior Bonds;
WHEREAS, the Seller is willing to sell to Purchaser those Bonds listed on Exhibit A to this Agreement (the “Purchased Bonds”), at a purchase price of $800 per $1,000 principal amount of Purchased Bonds (the “Purchase Price”) upon the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Purchaser agrees with the Seller that Purchaser will purchase the Purchased Bonds from Seller at the Purchase Price and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein;
WHEREAS, on May 8, 2023, PureCycle Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation and parent of the Seller and the Company (“PCT Inc.”), entered into $40.0 million Term Loan Facility (the “Loan”) pursuant to a Term Loan Credit Agreement dated as of May 8, 2023, as amended August 21, 2023 and March 1, 2024 (the “Term Loan Credit Agreement”), among PCT Inc., PureCycle Technologies Holdings Corp. and the Seller (collectively, the “Credit Facility Guarantors”), and the Purchaser, which matures on December 31, 2025;
WHEREAS, amounts outstanding under the Term Loan Credit Agreement bear interest at a variable annual rate equal to Term SOFR (as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement) in effect for such period plus an applicable margin equal to 7.5%, and the interest rate for the outstanding Loan was 12.91929% as of May 6, 2024; the Loan was issued with a 5% original issue discount; and there is a prepayment premium of 12% of the amount paid (the “Prepayment Premium Amount”);
WHEREAS, as of May 10, 2024, the aggregate amount of principal outstanding, together with accrued but unpaid interest thereon under the Term Loan Credit Agreement is Forty-Five Million Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Five Hundred and Thirty-Eight Dollars ($45,450,538) (the “Outstanding Principal and Interest Payoff Amount”), all as more particularly described in that certain Payoff and Release Letter to be dated as of Initial Closing Date (the “Payoff and Release Letter”) by and among PCT, Inc., the Credit Facility Guarantors and the Purchaser;
WHEREAS, the Purchaser and the Seller agree that the Purchase Price for the Purchased Bonds shall be paid to the Seller by the Purchaser (i) by the deemed satisfaction of $45,448,000 of the Outstanding Principal and Interest Payoff Amount (the “Deemed Satisfied Payoff Amount”) in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Payoff and Release Letter to be delivered on the Initial Closing Date, (ii) together with cash in the amount of Thirty Million Dollars ($30,000,000), to be paid as provided herein, and that any and all other Payoff Amounts (as defined in the Payoff and Release Letter) payable in connection with Payoff and Release Letter, including, with limitation, the remaining balance of the Outstanding Principal and Interest Payoff Amount after giving effect to the Deemed Satisfied Payoff Amount and any Prepayment Premium Amount (all such Payoff Amounts other than the Deemed Satisfied Payoff Amount, the “Other Payoff Amounts”), shall be paid by PCT, Inc. from other sources and in the manner provided in the Payoff and Release Letter;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements contained in this Agreement, and for good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties, the parties hereto agree as follows:
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(A) Seller shall obtain from Frost Brown Todd LLP (“Bond Counsel”) a reliance letter addressed to Purchaser permitting Purchaser to rely on the opinion of Bond Counsel dated March 26, 2024 stating that execution and delivery of the Fourth Supplemental Indenture will not adversely affect the exclusion from gross income of interest on the Tax-Exempt Bonds for federal income tax purposes; provided, however, that interest on any Tax-Exempt Bond for any period during which such Tax-Exempt Bond is held by a "substantial user" of the facilities financed by the Tax-Exempt Bonds, or a "related person" within the meaning of Section 147(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as Amended (the "Code"), is not excludible from gross income for purposes of federal income taxation pursuant to Section 103 of the Code. Such form of opinion is referred to herein as the “Tax Opinion.”
(B) Seller shall obtain a Tax Opinion related to the Tax-Exempt Bonds from Bond Counsel with respect to the execution of this Agreement together with a reliance letter addressed to Purchaser permitting Purchaser to rely on such Tax Opinion.
(C) Seller shall obtain from Bond Counsel the forms of Tax Opinion and reliance letters addressed to the Purchaser that it will deliver on the date of
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adoption of the Supplemental Indentures referred to in Sections 5(a) and 5(b) below with respect to the Tax-Exempt Bonds and Bond Counsel’s statement that, with appropriate assumptions, it will deliver those opinions and reliance letters on adoption of the Fifth Supplemental Indenture and the Sixth Supplemental Indenture (each, as defined herein), respectively.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
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| SELLER: PureCycle Technologies LLC
By: /s/ Brad S. Kalter Brad S. Kalter Secretary
PURCHASER: Pure Plastic LLC
By: /s/ Daniel Gibson
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[Signature page to Amended and Restated Bond Purchase Agreement]
Exhibit A
Purchased Bonds
Par Amount CUSIP Numbers
$10,000,000 84355A AF9
$10,000,000 84355A AE2
$10,000,000 84355A AD4
$12,370,000 84355A AA0
$26,940,000 84355A AB8
$69,310,000
Par Amount CUSIP Number
$6,250,000 84355A AB8
Par Amount CUSIP Numbers
$ 5,510,000 84355A AB8
$13,240,000 84355A AC6
$18,750,000
Exhibit B
Investor Letter
FORM OF INVESTOR LETTER
May [10], 2024
PureCycle Technologies LLC
5950 Hazeltine National Drive, Suite 300
Orlando, Florida 32822
Locke Lord LLP
7850 Five Mile Road
Cincinnati, OH 45230
Re: $10,000,000 Southern Ohio Port Authority Subordinate Exempt Facility Revenue Bonds (PureCycle Project), Taxable Series 2020C (the “Series 2020C Bonds”);
$20,000,000 Southern Ohio Port Authority Subordinate Exempt Facility Revenue Bonds (PureCycle Project), Tax-Exempt Series 2020B (the “Series 2020B Bonds”); and
$69,310,000 Southern Ohio Port Authority Exempt Facility Revenue Bonds (PureCycle Project), Tax-Exempt Series 2020A (the “Series 2020A Bonds” and collectively with the Series 2020C Bonds and the Series 2020B Bonds, the “Bonds”)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
The undersigned, being the purchaser (the “Purchaser”) of the above-referenced Bonds from PureCycle Technologies LLC (the “Seller”) on this date, hereby represents and acknowledges to you as follows:
PURE PLASTIC LLC
By: _________________________________
Name: _______________________________
Title: ________________________________
Exhibit C
Wire Instructions for Seller’s Account
XXXXXXX
ABA #XXXXXXX
Account Name: XXXXXXX
Account No.: XXXXXXX
Further Credit: XXXXXXX
Exhibit D
Substantial Form of Fifth Supplemental Indenture
Exhibit E
Sixth Supplemental Indenture Covenants