Exhibit 10.5
WAIVER, CONSENT, AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
This Waiver, Consent, and Amendment Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of June5, 2026, is made by and between CONNECTICUT GREEN BANK, (the “Administrative Agent” and the “Lender”) and FUELCELL ENERGY FINANCE HOLDCO, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Borrower”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Credit Agreement, as defined below.
WHEREAS, the Borrower has entered into a Credit Agreement, dated as of August 18, 2023 (as the same may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its provisions, the “Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower and the Lender party thereto;
WHEREAS, as notified in Borrower’s Notice dated April 25, 2026 (the “Notice”), as of March 2026, the Project Company was completing works on the Facility to optimize its performance during which it determined that Facility reliability would be increased by upgrading from the existing technology to the 2.5 MW Energy Blocks in lieu of scheduled module replacements, and pending such planned upgrades, to forego repairs and have the existing units not generate electricity;
WHEREAS, as a result of the Project Company’s ceasing to generate electricity pending the equipment upgrade, it may not meet the Output Guarantee under Section 3.4 of the Power Purchase Agreement;
WHEREAS, as a result of the Project Company’s potential failure to meet the Output Guarantee, the Borrower may be unable to: (a) maintain the Liberty DSCR Reserve Account and / or deposit into the Liberty DSCR Reserve Account the Liberty DSCR Reserve Account Deficiency as required pursuant to Section 6.20 of the Credit Agreement; and (b) maintain the Amalgamated DSCR Reserve Account and / or deposit into the Amalgamated DSCR Reserve Account the Amalgamated DSCR Reserve Account Deficiency as required pursuant to Section 6.20 of the Credit Agreement; and (c) maintain the CGB DSCR Reserve Account and / or deposit into the CGB DSCR Reserve Account the CGB DSCR Reserve Account Deficiency as required pursuant to Section 6.20 of the Credit Agreement (the “Potential DSCR Account Defaults”);
WHEREAS, as a result of the preceding, the Borrower may not meet the requirements of Section 7.13(a) and (b), respectively, of the Credit Agreement with respect to the Senior Debt Service Coverage Ratio and the Total Debt Service Coverage Ratio, respectively, for the periods ending June 30, 2026, September 30, 2026, December 31, 2026, and March 31, 2027 (the “Potential Debt Service Coverage Ratio Defaults,” and, collectively with the Potential DSCR Account Defaults, the “Potential DSCR Defaults”);
WHEREAS, as a condition to the Lender’s agreement to provide the waivers and consents set forth herein, the Lender has required that FuelCell Energy, Inc. (“FCE”) deposit not less than $3,000,000 into the Payment Reserve Account to cover, during the Reserve Coverage Period (defined below), amounts payable under the waterfall under the Credit Agreement (including scheduled debt service and required reserve deposits); and FCE has advised that it will satisfy this
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requirement by transferring $3,000,000 into the Payment Reserve Account concurrently with finalizing this Agreement (including from funds previously contributed to the Borrower’s operating account);
WHEREAS, failure to perform or observe any covenant contained in Sections 6.20 and 6.21, or Article VII constitutes an Event of Default under the Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, Borrower has requested that the Administrative Agent and the Required Lenders consent to: (a) notwithstanding Section 6.20(a) and (b) of the Credit Agreement, (i) permit FCE or an affiliate of FCE to deposit the Liberty DSCR Reserve Account Deficiency into the Liberty DSCR Reserve Account rather than the Borrower; and (ii) permit FCE or an affiliate of FCE to deposit the Amalgamated DSCR Reserve Account Deficiency into the Amalgamated DSCR Reserve Account rather than the Borrower; and (iii) permit FCE or an affiliate of FCE to deposit the CGB DSCR Reserve Account Deficiency into the CGB DSCR Reserve Account rather than the Borrower;
WHEREAS, Borrower has requested a waiver of the Potential DSCR Defaults for the periods ending June 30, 2026, September 30, 2026, December 31, 2026, and March 31, 2027;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Credit Agreement, the waivers and consents requested by the Borrower must be contained in a written agreement signed by the Borrower and the Lender.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
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(e) No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, after giving effect to the consummation of this Agreement; and
(f) Administrative Agent shall have received reimbursement from the Borrower for
all of the Administrative Agent’s reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with this
Amendment and the Credit Agreement, except to the extent otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent.
| (a) | The definition of “Measurement Period” in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: |
“Measurement Period” means, at any date of determination (except as otherwise set forth in this definition), the most recently completed four (4) calendar quarters of Borrower.
| (b) | Section 6.01 (f) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “each fiscal quarter” in the second line thereof and inserting in place thereof “the first three fiscal quarters” |
| (c) | Sections 7.13 (a), 7.13 (b) of the Credit Agreement are each hereby amended by deleting “fiscal” in the second line thereof and inserting in place thereof “calendar”. |
| (d) | Section 7.13 (c) of the Credit Agreement are each hereby amended by deleting “fiscal” in each case in which it is used therein and in each case inserting in place thereof “calendar”. |
| (e) | Section 7.13 (c) of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows: |
(c) FCE Capital Contributions.
If, either the Senior Debt Service Coverage Ratio or the Total Debt Service Coverage Ratio at the end of any calendar quarter of Borrower would be less than the amounts required in subsection (a) or (b) above respectively, FCE, at its sole option (and not obligation), may make a cash capital contribution to Borrower at any time during or prior to the end of the applicable calendar quarter of Borrower and, in such case, such cash capital contribution shall be added to and included as part of the numerator in calculating each of the Senior Debt Service Coverage Ratio and Total Debt Service Coverage Ratio for such applicable calendar quarter of Borrower and only for such calendar quarter, and shall not be used or counted for any purpose other than calculating such ratio for such quarter; provided, however, that Borrower shall not be permitted to include cash capital contributions of FCE in the calculation of Senior Debt Service Coverage Ratio and the Total Debt Service Coverage Ratio as provided for in this
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subsection (c) more, in the aggregate, than two (2) times in any calendar year of Borrower and more than four (4) times during the term of this Loan.
| (f) | A new Subsection 6.02(i) of the Credit Agreement is hereby added as follows: |
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16, Successors and Assigns. This Agreement is binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns, heirs, executors, and legal representatives, and, for purposes of Section 15, each of the Released Parties that are not party hereto is deemed to be an express third-party beneficiary of this Agreement; provided, that Borrower may not assignor transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Lender.
17, Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts,
each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any signature delivered by a party by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be deemed to be an original signature hereto.
18, Effect of Waiver. No consent or waiver, express or implied, by Lender to or for any breach of or deviation from any covenant, condition or duty by Borrower, shall be deemed a consent to or waiver of any other breach of the same or any other covenant, condition or duty.
19. Headings. The headings, captions, and arrangements used in this Agreement are
for convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.
20. Conflicting Provision. If any provision of the Credit Agreement as amended
hereby conflicts with any provision of any Loan Document, the provision in the Credit Agreement shall control.
21. ENTIRE AGREEMENT. THIS AGREEMENT, THE CREDIT AGREEMENT
AND ALL LOAN DOCUMENTS EXECUTED AND DELIVERED IN CONNECTION WITH AND PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE CREDIT AGREEMENT REPRESENT THE FINAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE PARTIES AND MAY NOT BE CONTRADICTED BY EVIDENCE OF PRIOR, CONTEMPORANEOUS, OR SUBSEQUENT ORAL AGREEMENTS OF THE PARTIES. THERE ARE NO UNWRITTEN ORAL AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PARTIES.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.
| FUELCELL ENERGY FINANCE HOLDCO, LLC By: FuelCell Energy Finance, LLC Its: Sole Member By Fuel Cell Energy, Inc. Its: Sole Member, as Borrower |
| By_/s/ Michael S. Bishop Name: Michael S. Bishop Title: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| CONNECTICUT GREEN BANK, as Administrative Agent and Lender |
| By_/s/ Bryan T. Garcia Name: Bryan T. Garcia Title: President and CEO |
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