Exhibit 10.44
AMENDMENT NO. 1
to
FINANCE AGREEMENT
between
TETRA4 PROPRIETARY LIMITED
and
U.S. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION
Dated as of March 30, 2020
DFC/9000083212
Exhibit 10.44
AMENDMENT NO. 1
to
FINANCE AGREEMENT
between
and
U.S. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION
Dated as of March 30, 2020
DFC/9000083212
AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FINANCE AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO FINANCE AGREEMENT, dated as of March 30, 2020 (this “Amendment”), is made between TETRA4 PROPRIETARY LIMITED, a limited liability company duly registered and validly existing under the laws of the Republic of South Africa (the “Borrower”); and the U.S. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FINANCE CORPORATION, an agency of the United States of America (“DFC”).
WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (“OPIC”) entered into a Finance Agreement dated as of August 20, 2019 (the “Finance Agreement”);
WHEREAS, DFC, as successor in interest to OPIC pursuant to the Better Utilization of Investments Leading to Development Act of 2018, 22 U.S.C. §§9601 et seq. succeeded to all of OPIC’s rights and interest in the Finance Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Borrower has requested additional time to enter into the Second Disbursement Lease;
WHEREAS, as permitted by the Broad-Based Economic Empowerment Act (Act 53 of 2003) and the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (Act 28 of 2002), certain shares of the Borrower have been purchased by the Sponsor from Cheryl Sjoberg, which purchase requires Schedule 3.01(d) of the Finance Agreement to be amended; and
WHEREAS, DFC and the Borrower have agreed to make such amendments.
NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings specified in the Finance Agreement, except that any references to OPIC shall be construed to mean DFC as the context requires.
SECTION 2. AMENDMENT.
SECTION 3. MISCELLANEOUS.
(a) be a consent to any waiver or modification of any other term or condition of the Finance Agreement or any of the instruments or documents referred to therein, (b) create, or be evidence of, alone or taken with any consent to, waiver or modification of, or other amendment of the provisions of the Finance Agreement or any of the instruments or documents referred to therein, a course of conduct, or (c) prejudice any right or rights which DFC may now have or may have in the future under or in connection with the Finance Agreement or any of the instruments or documents referred to therein.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered on its behalf by its Authorized Officer as of the date first above written.
TETRA4 PROPRIETARY LIMITED
By: /s/ Stefano Marani
Name: Stefano Marani
Title: CEO
U.S. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENNT FINANCE CORPORATION
By:
Name:
Title:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered on its behalf by its Authorized Officer as of the date first above written.
TETRA4 PROPRIETARY LIMITED
By:
Name:
Title:
U.S. INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENNT FINANCE CORPORATION
By: /s/ Carla Chissell
Name: Carla Chissell
Title: Director, Asset Management