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February 2, 2016 4:32 PM EST



UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) January 27, 2016
QUANTUM FUEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
 
 
 
 
DE
000-49629
 
33-0933072
(State or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation or Organization)
(Commission File Number)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)

25242 Arctic Ocean Drive, Lake Forest, CA 92630
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(949) 399-4500
(Registrant's telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

o
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 

o
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 

o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 

o
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))









Item 1.01 - Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
On January 27, 2016, the Registrant’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Schneider Power Inc. (“SPI”) and its indirect wholly-owned subsidiary, Zephyr Farms Limited (“Zephyr”) entered into a Second Amendment to Master Amendment Agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries Co. Ltd. (“Samsung”) pursuant to which the parties agreed to defer until July 31, 2016 approximately $471,410 of interest owed by Zephyr to Samsung under the Master Amendment Agreement, as amended, that was originally scheduled to be paid on January 31, 2016.
A copy of the Second Amendment to Master Amendment Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference, and the description of the terms thereof is qualified in its entirety by reference to such exhibit.
Item 9.01 – Financial Statements and Exhibits
Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
 
10.1
 
Second Amendment to Master Amendment Agreement

 





SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
QUANTUM FUEL SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGIES WORLDWIDE, INC.
 
 
 
February 2, 2016
 
By:
 
/s/ Kenneth R. Lombardo
 
 
 
 
Kenneth R. Lombardo
 
 
 
 
General Counsel








EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit No.
 
Description
 
 
10.1
Second Amendment to Master Amendment Agreement dated January 27, 2016










 

 
EXHIBIT 10.1


SECOND AMENDMENT
TO
MASTER AMENDMENT AGREEMENT

THIS SECOND AMENDMENT TO MASTER AMENDMENT AGREEMENT is made on January 27, 2016

BETWEEN

(1)
ZEPHYR FARMS LIMITED, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Ontario, Canada with a principal place of business at 161 Bay Street 27th Floor, Toronto, Ontario (“Zephyr”);
(2)
SCHNEIDER POWER INC., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Ontario, Canada with a principal place of business at 161 Bay Street, 27th Floor, Toronto, Ontario (“Schneider” and together with Zephyr, the “Obligors”);
(3)
SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., a corporation established and existing under the laws of the Republic of Korea, having its registered offices at Samsung Life Insurance Seocho Tower 1321-15, Seocho-dong, Seocho-Gu, Seoul 137-857, Republic of Korea (“Samsung”).
BACKGROUND:
(A)
Zephyr is the owner of a 10 MW wind power project in Brooke-Alvinston Township, Lambton County, Ontario, Canada (the “Project”);

(B)
Zephyr and Samsung entered into a certain wind turbine generator (WTG) supply agreement dated June 30, 2010, as amended pursuant to a first amendment agreement dated February 8, 2012 (as may be further amended from time to time, the “Turbine Supply Agreement”);

(C)
Zephyr, Schneider and Samsung entered into a certain Master Amendment Agreement on March 19, 2013 (the “Master Amendment Agreement”), which, among other things, further amended the Turbine Supply Agreement;

(D)
Zephyr, Schneider and Samsung entered into a certain First Amendment to Master Amendment Agreement on January 26, 2015, which, among other things, further amended the Turbine Supply Agreement and the Master Amendment Agreement; and

(E)
This Agreement sets out the terms and conditions on which the parties hereto have agreed to further amend Section 3(v) of the Master Amendment Agreement and to further amend the Turbine Supply Agreement:




IT IS AGREED as follows:

1.
Amendment to Master Amendment Agreement and Turbine Supply Agreement

(i)
Section 3(v) of the Master Amendment Agreement and the paragraphs under the heading “Payment Schedule” in Attachment 3 (Price, Payments and Termination Charges) shall be deleted and replaced by the following:
“Payment of the Contract Price and the interest accrued thereon shall be made as set forth in the schedule below without setoff of any kind. At least ten (10) days before the due date for any payments due under this Agreement, the Seller shall notify the Buyer of the amounts due and payable by the Buyer to the Seller. All payments by the Buyer to the Seller under this Agreement shall be made in immediately available funds to such account or accounts as the Seller may notify to the Buyer not less than seven (7) days before such payment is required to be effected by the Buyer. Late payments shall be subject to a default interest equal to two percent in excess of the interest otherwise payable, compounded on an annual basis. The Parties acknowledge and agree that the failure by the Buyer to pay any amount due hereunder (and to the extent such failure is not remedied within any applicable grace period hereunder) shall constitute an Event of Default under the amended and restated credit agreement entered into between the Parties and dated as of March 19, 2013.”

TURBINE PAYMENT SCHEDULE





Date
Principal Payment Amount (CAD)
Interest Payment Amount (CAD)
Sub-Total Payment Amount (CAD)
31-7-2013
0
515,424.65
515,424.65
31-1-2014
213,051
523,967.60
737,018.60
31-7-2014
213,051
508,462.01
721,513.01
31-1-2015
226,867
47,644.88
274,511.88
31-7-2015
226,867
494,085.24
720,952.24
31-1-2016
241,411
494,737.48
736,148.48
31-7-2016
241,411
1,003,754.74
1,245,165.74
31-1-2017
257,408
478,697.08
736,105.08
31-7-2017
257,408
462,480.01
719,888.01
31-1-2018
1,817,849
461,593.77
2,279,442.77
31-7-2018
1,817,849
394,659.48
2,212,508.48
31-1-2019
391,927
340,807.82
732,734.82
31-7-2019
391,927
322,442.78
714,369.78
31-1-2020
418,104
314,766.44
732,870.44
31-7-2020
418,104
297,605.69
715,709.69
31-1-2021
445,008
286,985.72
731,993.72
31-7-2021
445,008
267,763.49
712,771.49
31-1-2022
473,368
257,417.39
730,785.39
31-7-2022
3,874,175
237,750.45
4,111,925.45
31-1-2023
3,400,807
112,982.43
3,513,789.43
Total
15,771,600
7,824,029.15
23,595,629.15

2
MISCELLANEOUS
2.1
Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts.
2.2
Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of and may be relied upon by, the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns and transferees, including, for the avoidance of doubt, any subsequent successors, permitted assigns and transferees.
2.3
Governing law. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.





IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective duly authorized signatories as of the day and year first written above.


ZEPHYR FARMS LIMITED



By:/s/ W. Brian Olson    
Name: W. Brian Olson
Title: Director

SCHNEIDER POWER INC.


By: /s/ W. Brian Olson            
Name: W. Brian Olson
Title: Director


SAMSUNG HEAVY INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.


By: /s/ GC Lee        
Name: GC Lee
Title:



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